Girls Soccer
Climate Change is a Real Concern
Gun Control Controversy: How It’s Important to Our Country and How it’s Being Addressed
Hate Crimes
Growing Popularity of Eastern Medicine in The West
Teachers Should Carry Guns
Youth Sports Should be a Choice
Milk Prices
Police in Schools Would Prevent Violence
Torture Should be Used in the War on Terror
Vaping and E-Cigs or Cigarettes?
LGBT Rights and State Laws
Marijuana/Cannabis Legalization: Good or Bad?
Why is Poaching Wrong?
Athletes and Sexual Orientation
Legalized Marijuana with Age Limit
Fight for MLDA 18
Gun Control, Should it be Tighten or Loosened?
Abortion Should Continue To Be Legal
Compensation for College Athletes
Junk Food
Safer is Not Safe
Hate Crimes
June 8, 2017
History repeating itself is a controversial part of everyday life, and what is repeating itself today is hate crimes. In the world today, hate crimes are on the rise. Mo...
LGBT Rights and State Laws
June 7, 2017
In discussions of LGBT Rights and State Laws, one controversial issue has been whether gay marriage should be legal. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) has been a growin...
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Abortion Should Continue To Be Legal
June 2, 2017
In this photo, you see our President, Mr. Donald J. Trump, surrounded by fellow men, signing an executive order. This executive order just happens to be one that will aff...
Abortion Should be Legal
June 2, 2017
In the U.S abortion has been an ongoing debate. People who support “pro-life” believe that women shouldn’t have the ability to abort a human life, since th...
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Police in Schools Would Prevent Violence
June 7, 2017
Acts of violence in schools can range from a single brawl between two students, to an angry student threatening and attacking a teacher, to an adult intruder on school gro...
Torture Should be Used in the War on Terror
June 7, 2017
Torture…. It’s been around since the dark ages: it was used to instill fear, it was a punishment, and it was a way to get information. Kings, Cults, Armies, CIA, KGB,...
Preventative Policing: Has it Gone Too Far?
June 2, 2017
For centuries, individuals and governments have suffered the effects of terrorist attacks of different severity. Some attacks are carried by unhappy individuals who feel th...
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Teachers Should Carry Guns
June 7, 2017
Gun control is getting to be an issue. There are so many new laws: how is a gun collector supposed to remember them all? Yes, gun control is there for the people's safet...
Gun Control, Should it be Tighten or Loosened?
June 2, 2017
According to The Washington Times article, “Gun Crime Gallery,” “in 2013, a shooter opened fire at Prince Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. However, after wounding o...
No More Restrictions to 2nd Amendment
June 2, 2017
For years the US has had an ongoing debate: whether there should more restrictions on the ownership of guns. Granted, there has been an increase in school shootings, but the ki...
- The Right to Bear Arms June 2, 2017
- The Second Amendment June 2, 2017
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Girls Soccer
October 20, 2017
The Belfast Lady Bulldogs began Homecoming with a 3-0 win over the Scio Tigers on October 3rd. Morgan Hamer, Megan Rose and Hanah Helms each scored, and Hamer had six saves...
Youth Sports Should be a Choice
June 7, 2017
Children should not be forced to play organized sports at a young age. Children become tired of playing by the time that they reach their teenage years. Some kids are ...
Why is Poaching Wrong?
June 5, 2017
The sport of hunting is one that is enjoyed by many but it is also abused by some. Some people hunt for the pleasure of killing, or the trophy, and that is it. This act is...
Athletes and Sexual Orientation
June 2, 2017
In today's world, homosexuals playing professional sports is a huge controversy. People don't want to come out when playing sports because they are embarrassed. Or they a...
Compensation for College Athletes
June 2, 2017
College sports is a huge business. The two biggest businesses, of course, are college basketball and football. Big programs like the University of North Carolina and the Unive...
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Starting a Drama Club
May 25, 2017
Have you been thinking that you want to be in a play or musical at Belfast? I think starting a drama club would be a great experience for students 8-12. This club will help s...
Shorts Policy
May 25, 2017
Complaints about our school’s shorts policy have been rattling off the buildings walls ever since shorts became allowed here. This policy states that everyone’s shorts...
Why Don’t People Flush?
April 20, 2017
There have been times I’ve had to use the bathroom, but I just didn’t because the toilet wasn’t flushed. I tend to get easily disgusted. But is it normal to react like ...
- Racism March 17, 2017
- Social Media March 17, 2017
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Vaping and E-Cigs or Cigarettes?
June 7, 2017
Cigarettes are one of the leading causes of cancer and death in the United States. About one in five deaths are caused by cigarettes.(Google). E-cigs and vapes are on the...
Marijuana/Cannabis Legalization: Good or Bad?
June 7, 2017
A source of debate in many countries is the legalization of marijuana. Outlawed in the states since 1925 due to the international opium convention, marijuana has provoked...
Legalized Marijuana with Age Limit
June 2, 2017
People in today’s society think marijuana is unacceptable because it is a drug. These people don’t understand the positive benefits that can come from legalizing mariju...
- Fight for MLDA 18 June 2, 2017
- Should Marijuana be Legal? June 2, 2017
- Marijuana Legalization June 2, 2017
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