In the News

Lately it seems as though teenagers are looking for attention of some sort. It's sad when in just a few months you here of 3 bomb/shooting threats in schools. For instance there was a shooting threat in a distant school where the person who was holding people hostage ended up shooting himself but nobody else. Another instance is at Western Technical College where there was a bomb threat writtin in the boys bathroom. The third instance this month was a student brought a gun to school at Onalaska High, yet nobody was hurt in the last two.  It makes you wonder what goes through peoples minds when they do these kinds of things. Threatening to put others in harm has severe consequences. One thing I hate are the excuses and rumors that go on with these sorts of things. An example is with the gun that was found in a students backpack at Onalaska High. Many different things were said about this like that the kid forgot to take it out of his backpack from when he went hunting. I dont think many people would forget to take a gun AND the bullets out of their backpack after hunting. Most dont carry that in a backpack when they are going hunting and it just doesnt seem right. Another example of something that was said was that the kid brought it to school to show his friend. Now to me, I think that every single person in a High School would know that it is illegal to bring a gun and ammunition to school. I dont think he would need to bring it to school to show his friend. I'm 100% sure he could have shown his friend at his own home or somewhere else. It makes you not know what to believe which makes it hard to put a punishment on certain people. Also, something needs to be done so that people aren't shooting themselves in school too. You would think somebody would see the signs before it actually happens. Writing threats in bathrooms is very immature as well. It costs money to have the police dept. and everybody else go through and search and put their lives in danger if there actually is a threat. I just dont understand what goes through their heads, I dont think I ever will...