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National Monument to be Reduced in Size for Mining
Grand Staircase Escalante, a protected sacred monument, is being reduced in size to be mined despite national outcry. The Trump administration is cutting the Grand Staircase Escalante nearly in half. This new proposition will open new oil and gas leasing opportunities in protected lands, reduce drilling regulations, and dissolve habitat-protected shelter for endangered species. The […]
Posted in: Morgan Althouse
November Students of the Month Announced
December 18, 2018
by thetigertimes7
Seniors Brooke Gorman and Armando Torres have been named November’s students of the month at Fleetwood Area High School. Both Brooke and Armando are very involved, intelligent, and well-liked students. They are both very excited to have achieved this recognition. The teachers vote every month for the students of the month. “I’m happy the teachers […]
Posted in: Samuel Schappell
Fleetwood Secures Fourth State Title
December 17, 2018
by thetigertimes7
On 17 November 2018, it was a chilly Saturday afternoon at Hershey Park Stadium. Fleetwood squared off against Deer Lakes, looking to capture their fourth state title. The team went back and forth with shots, but no one was able to put the ball in the net during regulation. Sam Schappell helped the team throughout […]
Posted in: McKenah Rapposelli
Trump Trying to End Birthright Citizenship
December 14, 2018
by thetigertimes7
In a recent interview with Axios on HBO, President Trump revealed that he is preparing an executive order to nullify the long-accepted constitutional right of birthright citizenship in the United States. Legally, he can’t do this, as the 14th Amendment has protected this right for over a century: “All persons born or naturalized in the United […]
Posted in: Madison McElwee
Marijuana Is Sometimes Legal, but Still Debilitating
December 13, 2018
by thetigertimes7
Marijuana impacts the brain in many negative ways. The main cannabinoid found in marijuana that affects the brain is THC, which is similar to the brain chemical anandamide. These two chemicals reward the brain, encouraging addiction. Humans have an Endocannabinoid System found in many areas of the brain. Our bodies’ natural cannabinoid, anandamide, acts upon […]
Posted in: Madeline Feichtel
Man Sentenced to Electric Chair
December 12, 2018
by thetigertimes7
Sixty-three-year-old Edmund Zagorski became the first man to be executed in the electric chair in Tennessee since 2017. Zagorski was put to death 25 October 2018. The action that caused him to lose his life was shooting two men and slitting their throats during a drug deal many years ago. Edmund was pronounced dead at […]
Posted in: Elyse Essick
Mass Shootings Continue in the US
December 11, 2018
by thetigertimes7
Imagine having a beloved place destroyed, something once seen as home now seen as rubble. This is what has happened and is still happening to those affected by mass shootings. Statistics have shown that there have been 307 mass shootings during 2018 in the U.S. alone. Tel Orfanos was just one person who had experienced […]
Posted in: Jessica Carlin
December 19, 2018
by thetigertimes7
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