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Tag: Gun violence
News Roundup
Unidentified Armed Man Kills Two People, Injures One Amid Protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which began after a police officer shot and severely injured Jacob Blake, a Black man, in front of his children on Sunday, reports the BBC. Blake is reportedly now paralyzed from the waist down. The latest shooting on […]
August 26, 2020
Opinion
Can We Break Our ‘Cycle of Gun Violence’?
It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, but the first week in May will always and forever commemorate the death of my cousin Stephen Guillermo, a 26-year-old senior at San Francisco State University in 2014.
May 6, 2019
News Roundup
UNCC Shooting Injures 4, Leaves 2 Dead
A shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Tuesday has left four students injured and two dead. Authorities identified the suspect as a 22-year-old history major who recently dropped out from UNCC, according to WRAL. The injured have been identified as Drew Pescaro, 19; Sean Dehart, 20; Rami Alramadhan, 20; and Emily […]
May 1, 2019
Opinion
On the Meaning of Survival
The deadliest school shooting in modern history happened before colleges and universities instituted emergency alert systems, and before the pervasiveness of social media allowed for instantaneous notifications. Many students continued to move between classes unaware of what was unfolding around them.
March 28, 2019
Opinion
Teaching Through Trauma
Trauma nestles in the crevices of our memories. It burrows in our shoulders, lies dormant in our muscles, and creeps in via a smell, a word, or even an unrecognizable reminder of the pain of the past. For our students, those triggers can be class discussions on controversial topics like the Department of Education’s retreat from addressing sexual assault or debates about sexual misconduct during judicial confirmation hearings.
January 7, 2019
Opinion
How Researchers of Color are Left out of the Gun Violence Conversation in Media and Academia
Although the frequency of mass shootings has increased, and the constant media coverage makes it seem that it is now a more common form of gun violence, it only makes up a sliver of gun deaths in the U.S. Homicide and suicide make up a majority of gun deaths.
December 20, 2018
HBCUs
Philadelphia Reporter Recognized for Journalistic Excellence
The School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) at Morgan State University (MSU) will award its 2018 Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence to Helen Ubiñas, an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com. Praised for her tenacious, fearless and compassionate reporting, Ubiñas will receive the Vernon Jarrett Medal and a […]
September 12, 2018
Opinion
A Memorial for the War in America
When I think of graduation time, I don’t think about my own. Nor do I think of my kids. I think about my cousin Stephen, who came to the U.S. an immigrant when he was 8 years old from the Philippines. He received his B. A. in International Relations from San Francisco State University in 2014. But there is a digression. The degree came a few weeks after his violent gun death.
May 25, 2018
African-American
Why Are Only the White Marches the Right Marches?
High school activism is now commonplace in America. Students are no longer the leaders of tomorrow: they are the leaders of today. In response, colleges and universities have voiced their support of these students exercising their free-speech rights. However, institutions give validation to which topics are okay to march for – and which are not.
May 20, 2018
Latest News
Youth-Led ‘March For Our Lives’ Targets Gun Violence
WASHINGTON — It was one of the largest gatherings in recent history. Hundreds of thousands of people from Hawaii and Houston to Virginia and Vermont took to the streets in the nation’s capital to call for an end to gun violence.
March 25, 2018
Health
Assessing the Relationship Between Gun Violence and Health Equity
Gun violence has become a crucial national problem that negatively affects health equity in the United States. The American Medical Association has declared U.S. gun violence a public health crisis requiring a comprehensive public health response and solution.
March 8, 2018
Students
China Concerned About Death of Syracuse Student from Beijing
BEIJING ― The Chinese government expressed concern Tuesday about the death of a Syracuse University student from Beijing whose body was found behind an apartment complex near the campus. Yuan Xiaopeng, 23, was found dead after residents nearby reported hearing gunshots Friday. The local sheriff’s office said Saturday that no suspects had been identified. Syracuse […]
October 4, 2016
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