After receiving the news while on campus at Ohio State that 17 students had been killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, her alma mater, Raychel Edelsberg, a second-year in social work, knew that the impact would be “insurmountable” for her family. Students Demand Action, ...
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Gun rights activist celebrate Patriot’s Day with Statehouse rally
More than 200 people gathered in front of the Ohio Statehouse Saturday in support of gun rights for an annual event that was organized by pro-gun organizations in Ohio. This year’s event was organized by Buckeye Firearms Association, Ohioans for Concealed Carry and Ohio Carry. ...
Read More »Crowd of nearly 100 protest gun violence as part of National School Walkout
Jillian Cressman used to think of time in terms of “pre-2012” and “post-2012.” “I’m from a small town that was the safest place in the world until someone brought a gun into the school,” Cressman said. On Feb. 27, 2012, a shooter came into ...
Read More »Ohio State students, professors discuss impact gun violence in schools have on education curriculum
Feb. 23 began as a normal day for Austin Waller, a student teacher at Westerville South High School. That started to change in third period, when he heard the lockdown announcement. “The first alarm that went off was the inflection in the voice that came ...
Read More »Ohio State students, staff plan to participate in national walkout
On Friday at 10 a.m., students will leave their lecture halls, classrooms and study tables to gather on The Oval to speak out against gun violence in America. In conjunction with the National School Walkout movement, Ohio State’s walkout falls on the 19th anniversary of ...
Read More »Fox News contributor leads campus discussion on guns with a “Trigger Warning”
Room 35 of Hitchcock Hall was almost completely full as more than 118 students gathered Tuesday night to hear Fox News commentator and Townhall contributor Katie Pavlich speak on the Second Amendment as it stands today and relates to college campuses. The event was organized ...
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Ohio State students among the thousands to “March For Our Lives” in Columbus demonstration
Thousands of students, teenagers, children, parents and teachers marched from the West Bank Park in downtown Columbus to the Ohio Statehouse as part of a sweeping movement. They marched for their lives, for others and for those who have already died at the hands of ...
Read More »Ohio State and Central Ohio students are ready to “March for Our Lives,” give voice to students over politicians
On Saturday, students from Ohio State, along with students from across the state will gather in West Bank Park at 11 a.m. to march to the Ohio Statehouse to protest gun violence in the March for Our Lives, a national event organized in effort to ...
Read More »Political Pulse: Rhetoric but no policy proposals follow mass shooting; Republican attorney generals under scrutiny
Political Pulse is a weekly column with the goal of giving objective, to-the-point information to readers on current political events. Rhetoric but no policy proposals follow mass shooting A tragic mass shooting last Wednesday cut 17 lives short. Plenty of politicians have taken the past ...
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