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Student supports the use of hydraulic-fracturing

Read Shiyuan Wang’s column against hydraulic-fracturing here. Fracking land for oil is certainly one of the most controversial issues that we hear about on an almost daily basis, but there are many energy-saving benefits...

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Student opposes the use of hydraulic-fracturing

Read Gaelan Gatz’s opposing column in support of hydraulic-fracturing here.  Recently, there has been much controversy surrounding the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, where President Obama has threatened to veto a bill passed by...

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Charlie Hebdo attack poses questions

  Earlier this month in Paris, two Islamist extremists opened fire within the news organization Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Some members of the Islamic community perceived this...

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Stop mocking repressive tyrant

   When most Americans think of North Korea, we do not usually picture work camps or atrocious torture, or the state of poverty and impressment in which their people are living; rather, we think...

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Hactivism: admirable, but futile

  Anonymous recently struck again.  After the horrific shooting in Paris in which terrorists attacked a controversial French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, Anonymous retaliated by attacking Twitter accounts of various terrorist organizations, according to an...

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Editorial: WCSD Twitter causes confusion

  With the recent inclement weather resulting in both the closing and delays of academic days in the WCSD, there has been an increase in outside involvement in the announcement of cancelations of extracurricular activities...

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BOE slips in controversial policy change

  Over the past several months, the WCSD Board of Education has sparked controversy as a result of their calamity days policy. And as if reducing our snow days from five days to two days...

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Encrypted iMessage is a step toward user privacy

Personal security and privacy on the internet has become a contentious issue in the national media. Seventy- five percent of The Wooster Blade Editorial Board believes that Apple’s recent announcement of increased encryption and...