Students from the Spring 2018 Advanced Reporting and Reporting for Electronic Media courses investigated the 20th anniversary of the Westside Middle School shootings and the ramifications of Arkansas’ soon-to-be-implemented college campus concealed-carry law.

• Miranda Reynolds details remembrances from the Westside School Board, a student and a former A-State faculty member.
• Seth Cleveland examines how Westside survivors continue to help other victims of school shootings.
• Katie Woodall examines how the Westside shootings changed active-shooter procedures.
• Tucker Crain details Arkansas’ Congressional leaders’ stances on gun violence and school safety.
• Christopher Lee examines contention at Arkansas State over the new campus concealed-carry law.
• DDNS Editor-in-Chief Kimberely Blackburn examines regional reactions to the campus concealed-carry law.

Ammar Taqi of the Advanced Photography class provided featured pictures of the Westside Middle School Memorial Garden. View the full pictures below.

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