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  Sandy Hook, CT-  As everyone is aware, there has been a major increase in gun violence especially in schools. Sandy Hook was one of many that experience a school shooting.  On December 14,2012, a school shooting happened at   Sandy Hook Elementary   school killing 20 children and 6 adults.  Source: CNN.Com Over the years,  Sandy Hook  has been finding ways to help put an end to not only gun violence but also school shootings. This is where the Sandy Hook Promise happened. The purpose of the  Sandy Hook Promise  is to inform not only kids but also adults of the use of gun violence so that no one else would experience what they went through. They recently released a video on gun violence safety.  Source: Youtube.com Many people see the video as inappropriate because of the stuff that was shown but it is really an eye opener. This happens everyday as sad as it it. The more we know of what is happening, the more we can find ways to pu...

  Sexual harassment as been around since the beginning of time. The hashtag #MeToo is used on social media to help show how widespread sexual harassment and assault. Not only is it happening outside, it also happened in the workplace. This hashtag that was first used by social activist Tarana Burke but became popular when actress Alyssa Milano tweeted about it, was used to help survivors realize that they are not alone and it gets better. The purpose was to help women and men get the power and courage to stand up and feel good about themselves. As this began to take off, one singer made a huge impact to the movement. Kesha was a victim of sexual, physical, verbal, and emotionally abused. The person who caused this pain was her manager Dr. Luke. She tried so hard to break away from him and her record label but it couldn’t happen. As she was going through this, many celebrities stood by her side(Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Ect). In September, Kesha was finally free from Dr. Luke and her...

  The process of waiting to hear back from your dream school can be an emotional rollercoaster. One minute you feel confident, like you are on top of the world, nothing can bring you down but then you start thinking, “What if I don’t get in?”. Waiting for your letter can be stressful but guess wait: everyone goes through the same feeling you are going through. In fact, I’m pretty sure it looks like this…. 1.Whew! I have submitted my applications. Now I wait!! Your application is in. After the constant headache of filling out the applications and the personal statement and sending test scores, you finally turned it in. Now you can relax and not have a care in the world. 2.”I got this!” This feeling of confidence takes over as you think about how good your application was. You start to imagine your admission process - maybe they put it with the good applicants. All your friends start to worry but you feel like you got it! 3.“But wait… What if i don’t get in” Something triggers you a...

  Image:Knoxville news sentinel DREAMERS FIGHTS FOR WHAT’S RIGHT by:Carlos Shamburger Earlier this month president Donald Trump and his administration team has planned to get rid of DACA, the program that protects undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. Jeff Sessions said that “DACA is being planned to end in March 2018”. With their plans to terminate this, it is leaving almost millions of immigrants in fear of what will happen to them and their families. NBC News DACA is a government program that was created by former president Barack Obama to have kids and family who arrived to US illegally to temporarily have a right to stay, work, and get an education in America. They have to renew every two years and if they don’t , they risk the chance of getting deported. Those immigrants who are under DACA are called Dreamers. Dreamers are immigrants who are protected under DACA. Just as soon as Trump decided to end the program, almost 800,000 had already been app...