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Fatal shooting in Pullman with suspect arrested
The incident occurred Saturday morning, leaving one dead and another with life threatening injuries

Pullman Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning on Washington State University’s College Hill with one individual being fatally shot and another with life threatening injuries.  Pullman […]

Shabbat shalom
Every religion should have a spiritual outlet represented in their Moscow community

Last week actress Mayim Bialik posted on her Facebook page an emotional video about the synagogue shooting that happened a few weeks ago. She is Jewish — just like me. […]

The cost of freedom
The shooting at the Capital Gazette was not just an attack on the press, but democracy

Coming into college, I had a set educational path I planned to embark down — medicine. However, I quickly realized a life of lab coats and stethoscopes wasn’t for me. […]

Big-box legislators
It’s no surprise commercial entities are leading the way in action on gun control

Much has been written about the cycle of shock, desire for action and apathy that follows a mass shooting. It seems as if no matter how raucous the public gets […]

UI gun policy under fire
A closer look at UI’s firearm policy

Seventeen people were shot and killed in Parkland, Florida, during a Feb. 14 school shooting. Shortly after, the conversation regarding gun control crept back into the national shared conscience, with […]

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Speak up, speak out
The latest mass shooting in Florida shows the young, student voice should be the leading voice in the gun control debate

Our current editorial staff has been producing editorials for just half a year now. This editorial will become our third piece on gun violence and our fifth piece on safety […]

Narrowing the scope
Mental illness may be a component of increased shootings in the U.S., but it isn’t the correct justification

Feb. 14, a day widely synonymous with love, was instead filled with sorrow as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on his former classmates at Marjory Stoneman […]

Circling the drain on gun violence
High profile shootings bring out the worst in American gun politics

Three of the five deadliest mass shootings in American history have taken place in the past two years. These high-profile events tear apart communities, but also poison the conversation surrounding […]