Rutgers’ Hermann sets poor example


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Last week, the Star-Ledger laid off 167 of its employees, including 25 percent of its newsroom staff. Company officials say the newspaper is on track to bleed $19 million this year, losses that publisher Richard Vezza said can’t continue if the largest circulated paper in New Jersey is to survive. Don’t expect Rutgers athletic director […]

School stabbing should not detract from gun control efforts


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On Wednesday, 16-year-old Alex Hribal rampaged through the hallways of Franklin Regional Senior High School in Murrysville, Pa. with two kitchen knives in hand and stabbed 21 of his fellow classmates and a security officer before being tackled to the ground by assistant principal Samuel King, according to Reuters. Though some have made the argument […]

Schools must be prepared for threats regardless of weapon


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No gunshots pierced the air, but the gory scene on Wednesday at Franklin Regional Senior High School in Murrysville, Pa. catapulted the already contentious subject of gun reform back into debate. Twenty-one students and a security official were wounded by 16-year-old Alex Hribal, who went on a stabbing spree with two kitchen knives until he […]

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The following incidents were reported in the USC Department of Public Safety incident report summary between Tuesday, April 8, and Wednesday, April 9.  Crimes against property at 8:02 p.m. on April 8, the RadioShack store manager reported that a suspect had entered RadioShack and attempted to return an iPod cable for a refund using a […]