school shootings
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Athens-Clarke County
March for Our Lives Protest to Take Place Saturday
March For Our Lives is a protest against guns in schools. Two protests will be held this Saturday at 11 a.m. in Watkinsville and 1 p.m. in Athens, alongside hundreds of other protests across the nation. The nationwide movement is in response to recent and deadly school shootings. Grady Newsource…
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Uncategorized
Local Districts Outline School Safety Protocols
UPDATE: Barrow County has a number of safety measures in place. The school system say it does not plan on updating any safety measures after the shooting because they trust in the ones already in place. President Trump tweeted this morning in support of arming trained teachers. Local school…
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UGA
Problems Social Networking Apps Present on College Campuses
By Zack Sims Yeti is the new social networking app making waves at the University of Georgia. It provides a similar platform to Yik Yak, except it allows students to post anonymous pictures and videos instead of just text-only messages. It then compiles these posts into a campus story based on…
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Jackson County
School Shootings Continue, But Not in Jackson County
Some schools wait for tragedy to strike before change happens. But Jackson County isn’t waiting around for bad news to hit. Georgia led the nation with 12 school shootings last year, according to an Everytown for Gun Safety report in 2014. Jackson County schools are trying to take precautionary measures…
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In-Depth
Silent Protest By UGA Muslim Students
Athens- Muslim students Ridwan Bhuiyan and Tiffany Eberhard will be engaging in a silent protest tomorrow over the deaths of three muslim students at the University of North Carolina shooting. The protest will take place at the Arch at seven at night. The event is being planned by the Muslim…