By JAKE
MOKRIS
Summer is almost here. Well, actually, it’s not even May, but summer is almost here for me: I’ll be done with my junior year of high school next week.
Ah, summer. The time when teens can rest and be free. No homework to turn in, and no tests to take. I propose that teens take advantage of this peaceful season — by wrecking it: Attend a pre-college program.
By JAKE MOKRIS
Fred Phelps makes me very aggravated. Mr. Phelps is a Baptist minister who preaches hatred toward homosexuals. He and his church stage protests at soldiers’ funerals, celebrating the soldiers’ deaths as God’s judgment on society for tolerance of homosexuality. Because they call themselves Christians (I’m not sure that they are), they give all Christians a bad name, and they dishonor Christ.
By JAKE
MOKRIS
The past few weeks have been rather riotous. College students in France rioted, and there were riots in the southwestern U.S. over the new immigration bill.
Though I am interested in the issues surrounding these riots, I’m concerned about something else: As I watched news coverage of the immigration riots, the channel I was watching played footage of school students participating in the riots. The students were marching through a street — a very busy street. They walked right in front of cars, meandered through the traffic, and crossed the street as if no cars were there at all.
By DANIEL LANNON
Susquehannock High School
Well, that’s it. March Madness is over! All the nail-biting, same-jersey-wearing, bracket mania is over. It’s finally time to count up all your winnings from the NCAA tourney — but that’s exactly the problem.
Gambling has become the norm in the U.S. Everyone seems to bet on anything in his or her sight. The NCAA tournament has, for years, drawn huge attention to bracket making. And what has come out of it? Gambling on a fan’s favorite team. Trouble is, teens are caught up in the midst of this gambling problem.
