The Prospector

Long-Anticipated Assembly Discusses Death of Former Student and Distracted Driving

Lucas Culver (11) signs a banner that was set out as part of the remembrance assembly. After the assembly had ended, many students made their way into the commons to sign the banner, and by the time most students had left, it was nearly full of signatures and messages for Ryan Lanosga.

Aubrey Hall, Photography Editor

March 17, 2016

In November of 2015, after Manitou’s annual Drive Smart campaign had drawn to a close, a large portion of the student body expressed their collective dissatisfaction with the content of it. This was primarily due to the omitting of an incident that had occurred several months prior: the death o...

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Are we becoming desensitized to death?

Photo by Aaron Tang
Paramedics helping people in deserted street.

April 22, 2013

This past week like many students, I first heard about the Boston Marathon Bombing via Facebook. However, most of what I saw was merely short messages saying things like, “Keep Boston in your prayers,” or “What a terrible thing.” So, being interested in reporting, I decided to dig a little dee...

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