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The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

The Student News Site of Orono High School

The Spartan Speaks

junior Carolyn Fritz reads junior Isabel Bergersons speech at the head of the protest group

OHS students walk out a month after Florida shooting

Cari Spencer, Editor in Chief March 23, 2018

On March 14, a month after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, more than 3,000 student-led walkouts were planned across America, according to the Associated Press. OHS students, led by the...

Students Against Gun Violence Club

Cari Spencer, Editor in Chief March 12, 2018

Students across America have been rallying, ever since the Feb. 14 Stoneman Marjory High School shooting brought the gun control debate, again, to the front of the nation. This time, however, it seems...

Recent shootings ignite concern in lockdown procedures

Recent shootings ignite concern in lockdown procedures

Emma VandenEinde, Copy Editor February 15, 2018

With another shooting event in Florida Monday Feb. 15,  Americans are re-evaluating the current safety measures in an effort to protect the community in case of an active shooter event. Now, no matter...

Pro- Gun control

Gun control saves lives

Cari Spencer, Editor in Chief November 9, 2017

It’s 1999. Two teenaged boys open fire on Columbine High School: 13 people are killed, 24 are injured. Fast forward to 2007. Seung-Hui Cho opens fire on the Virginia Tech campus: 32 are killed, 23 are...

Orono students and families shoot targets at the local gun club.

Gun control laws called to question

October 16, 2012

Gun control laws have been called to the nation’s attention this election year in the aftermath of mass shootings in Colo. and Wis. this summer. The Sept. 29 shooting in the Bryn Mawr area of Minneapolis...

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