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On Wednesday during Pride Week at McCallum, Spectrum members sponsored a Color Your Pronouns activity, where all students could wear a button or color a name badge to help normalize declaring pronouns in support of trans students. According to Equality Texas, Republican lawmakers have filed 140 bills targeting LGBTQ+ Texans during the 88th legislative session. Among those measures is HB 1686, a proposed ban on transition-related care for trans Texans under 18. HB 1507, meanwhile, seeks to prohibit public school districts and charter schools from organizing or hosting programs dedicated to celebrating or providing special instruction regarding a sexual preference. The Pride Week observation that made the Color Your Pronouns activity possible would no longer be allowed if the bill passes.

Happy International Trans Day of Visibility

Josie Bradsby, staff reporter
March 31, 2023
Protestors from the nationwide March For Our Lives protest on March 14 2018 gather in front of the Texas state capital. March For Our Lives was prompted by the Parkland shooting in Florida. Since then, there have been 165 school shootings in the United States.

Enough is enough

Amy Smith , guest columnist
March 30, 2023
TEA rules limit students to only two excused absences for college visits, adding more stress to the college application process as students attempt to cram tours into a jam-packed 48 hours.

What can be done by two days?

Kate Boyle, co-print managing editor & co-news editor
March 9, 2023
Fast-forward four decades, and the same picture can be seen painted across the city, with more and more classic establishments, such as the ill-fated Dart Bowl, having been destroyed with expensive apartments put in its place.

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘Paradise years’ ending for Austin

Unknown student, staff writer
March 3, 2023
BeReals gimmick is sending out a notification to all users at once, urging everyone to post a photo and be real. However as the app has expanded in popularity, retakes and missing the alarm have become more common, making the platform just as manufactured as other social media sites.

Let’s BeReal

Caroline Owen, co-people editor, co-sports editor, co-photo editor
February 27, 2023
An example of one of the super-advanced discs needed for such a futuristic device as the CD-ROM player to function. Credit to Roberto Sorin on Unsplash.

THROWBACK THURSDAY: CD-ROM: a passion for art

Cory Macdonald, staff writer
February 23, 2023
Austins Net Zero plan seeks to create renewable energy solutions and eliminate carbon emissions through new infrastructure, but in reality these policies push for more urbanization and grant developers tax breaks.

Hidden in plain sight

Evie Barnard, co-editor-in-chief
February 19, 2023
Texas has no requirements regarding environmental or Earth science education, but as the effects of climate change continue to worsen and the consequences fall on the shoulders of the younger generation, its crucial that teenagers learn how to care for the planet.

Enact environmental education

Gaby Esquivel, staff reporter
February 10, 2023
As the effects of climate change set in and politicians and corporations continue to ignore scientists warnings, it can seem like fighting for our planet is a losing battle. With the power of optimism and personal action, however, its possible to envision and make strides towards a positive and sustainable future.

All hope is not lost

Shield editorial board
January 29, 2023
Astrology may boil down to generalizations, but the guide of the night sky provides truths to the fans who look for it.

Worse than a Mercury retrograde

Francie Wilhelm, co-news editor & co-online managing editor
January 19, 2023
With the prevalence of fentanyl on the street and the continuing rise in opioid abuse, we need to be doing more to educate our youth—not only on negative effects and consequences of substance use but on harm reduction too.

Addressing substance abuse

Shield editorial board
January 1, 2023
Najai Mckenzie Robinson of Crockett High School falls to her knees on the steps of the Capitol, screaming Dont shoot to protest school shootings and discontent with gun-control legislation. Photo by Madison Olsen.

Fighting for our future

Evie Barnard, co-editor in chief
December 17, 2022
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