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Spring State Approaching

Donald Drumpf

Super Tuesday Results

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THE LONE STAR GAZETTE

The Lone Star Gazette March 2016

Spring State Approaching By: Katherine Thomas

The last state-wide convention of this school

year will be taking place next month, Aprill

22nd-24th at the JW Marriot in Houston. This

event is one of the most important of the year

because everyone will have a chance to par-

ticipate in a political election. Students will be

running for different state office positions such

as governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker

of the house, and everyone who attends the

convention will be able to vote for which candi-

date they most agree with. Senators for the

various JSA districts will also be voted for with-

in district meetings. We also recommend that

you be up to date with your house of cards

viewing before attending Spring State so you’ll

be able to understand all the references

(and won’t have the 4th season spoiled for

you). Just as with our Fall State, various de-

bates will be occurring in multiple rooms

throughout the day. Unlike Fall State, the

entire convention will take place in the Mar-

riot hotel. This is a must-go event for all

Seniors as this will be your last convention

of your high school career and will be a very

emotional convention. Spring State brings

many wonderful memories from quizbowl to

Mr. JSA, and will definitely be an event to

remember. The early bird price for this con-

vention is $205 and the late price is $265 so

sign up early!

The Lone Star Gazette March 2016

On March 1st, eleven states and American Sa-

moa held primaries to determine the candidates

of the Republican and Democratic party who

would run for the presidency. Out of the 11

states who voted for the Republican nominees,

Donald Trump won 7 states and received 249

delegates (approximately 43% of the republican

super Tuesday delegates. Ted Cruz won 3

states, most importantly Texas, of which he gained 102 delegates of the total 214 he got on

super Tuesday. Rubio won Minnesota and Kasich won no state and both got a very small

amount of delegates. In the Democratic primaries (11 states and American samoa), Hilary

Clinton won 8 of the and gained 473 delegates (58% of the democratic super Tuesday dele-

gates) . Bernie won 4 and gained 336 delegates, putting him behind Hilary, but still having a

chance in future primaries.

Super Tuesday Results By: Andreana Yin

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Donald Drumpf By: Soojin Lee

It doesn’t take much work to find satire of politicians online. Simp-

ly scrolling through twitter gives one a multitude of Bernie/Hilary

memes to choose from along with conspiracies of Ted Cruz actu-

ally being Kevin from the Office. With something as serious as

the presidential elections, why are citizens so preoccupied with

the humorous side of candidates rather than their plan on running

our great country. Instead of being a civil presidential campaign,

certain politicians (read title) have chosen a more interesting plan

to get the presidency, through upright racism and blatant insults.

In my mind, I believe that America people have gotten tired of lis-

tening to boring politicians blabber about their policies that they

would never actually push through.... Continued on page 5

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By: Jaylen Bradley

Police Brutality

As a black male in this country, I am constantly fearful of the American Police. Everyday we hear a new story about an unarmed African American being wrong-fully murdered, and weeks late we hear of the officer receiving little to no punish-ment. I never speed, I never am out past 10, all out of the fear of showing up dead in the newspaper the next day. Police Brutality is an issue that is often overlooked throughout the campaign trail as a major issue, but in the lives of me and my people, it truly is. If the American public allows for this corrupt system of law enforcers to continue, it will only get worse and worse as the abuses of their power continue. Many people who aren’t of color don’t understand the prejudice we have to deal with on a daily basis, and I’m not asking that racism itself be stopped, because I know that is impossible. I just believe that a system that is supposed to protect all Americans equally, should do its job correctly. No human being should be scared of the police if they are a law abiding citizen. Racism in the police force is an issue that needs to be dealt with. This is 2016, no govern-ment paid officer of the law should be able to shoot anyone without rightful cause. Over 25% of police have witnessed another police abusing a citizen “most likely because of his/her race” and nearly of them fail to report it. Sexual misconduct also is a huge issue in the police community. These policemen feel as though their position gives the power to do whatever they want. Recently, a girl was in a car crash and instead of getting her medical help, the police officer raped her and forced her to perform oral sex. The officer was only charged with 6 months in jail. Stories like these make me so upset because they make me think of all the terror in the world, and how the people who are supposed to protect you are the ones who abuse you. I'm scared for my family, my little sister, and any man woman or child who tries to stand up to the police because they will most likely be beaten up or killed for trying to make a change in a broken system. This isn’t just a few “bad apples” who are causing the trouble, because on aver-age 5% of all officer of the law have a complaint field against them for miscon-duct yearly. Police brutality affects our entire society and leads to murders and rapes, the system cannot continue this way. These officers must be harshly pun-ished so no human will have to face these pigs of the police department again.

Texas JSA

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At conventions, the

publicity team does

competitions through

social media. Also they

spread awareness of

each individual chapter

and people involved in

Texas JSA.

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Donald Drumpf Continued from page 3… Donald Trump and his campaign plays upon the

frustration that many Americans have felt with the political system. They

want an outsider who speaks their mind plainly for them to understand.

While most politicians are generally smarter than the average American

and speak as such, Donald Trump dumbs his views down and adds humor

to entertain the American people. He speaks his mind a delves into all the

non-politically correct views that some of the American people hold. This

election has a lot of humor involved in it

that is usually only promoted by the

media to make things interesting. While

I personally think Donald Trump would

ruin this country, he is definitely smart

when it comes to manipulating the

America people. He is winning in all

age groups, while candidates like Hilary

struggle to form a connection with the

younger generation. He acts in ways

that give him tons of free media cover-

age that many of his opponents do not

receive. Even when the media portray him in a bad light, such as John Oli-

ver's segment on his supposed name “Donald Drumpf”, his followers love

him even more. Many politicians are scared of his influence over the Ameri-

can people, and they have every right to be. However, he alone cannot be

given all the credit for his success, because it was largely given by past

politicians who have let the American public down. The election cycle has

become a joke perpetuated by memes and parodies that circulate through-

out the internet. A large percentage of the American public is tired of the ivy

leaguers who speak fancy lingo and want someone who understands their

anger and has not sold their soul to politics.