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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

New Zealand vows to strip liberties

New Zealand vows to strip liberties

Henry Brettingen April 4, 2019

Reactionary policies are a dangerous tool politicians use to cause change and garner support. Although they have the ability to do good, because of their rushed nature they are often not well-thought-out....

Inappropriate setting, time to represent school shooting

Inappropriate setting, time to represent school shooting

Maria Perez-Barriga January 13, 2019

This article has been changed Jan. 17 to correct errors. Echo apologizes for the mistakes. Park’s selection for the winter play, “The Amish Project” is based on a true story about the aftermath...

Photo illustration by Grace Farley.

Assassins elicits new concerns

Atticus Raasch April 12, 2018

This story has been modified since the release of the print edition April 11.

Mass shooting prompts unproductive debate cycle

Mass shooting prompts unproductive debate cycle

William Phelan March 19, 2018

Nikolas Cruz, 19, opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing 17 people on Feb. 14. In the wake of this event, many experts...

Recent mass shootings increase mental health stigma

Recent mass shootings increase mental health stigma

Isaac Wahl March 13, 2018

The recent mass school shooting in Florida and the Trump administration’s response provokes many questions and debates exploring the correlation between mental illness and gun violence. According...

Gun control stalemate desensitizes shootings

Gun control stalemate desensitizes shootings

Emma Kempf February 16, 2018

On Jan. 23, a student in Kentucky shot and killed two people at Marshall County High School and injured eighteen others. The event marked the eleventh school shooting of 2018 and roughly the 50th of...

This country needs gun control

This country needs gun control

Hannah Leff December 31, 2017

A gunman killed four people while attempting to enter an elementary school in Northern California Nov. 14. Just nine days prior, 29 people died in a shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs,...

Gun-Free Zones do not stop crime

Gun-Free Zones do not stop crime

Adah Koivula December 6, 2016

It seems day after day we hear news of more people dying in places that were specifically deemed safe zones. The idea was to protect citizens in malls, movie theaters, any public place, primarily schools....

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