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The Emery STAFF EDITORIAL

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The official student newspaper of Last year a safety concern was brought
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about regarding the crosswalk to Huron

Huron High School High on Huron Parkway. To aid in making
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the road during dark mornings, Ann Arbor’s 16. Pepper grinder
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city council approved a grant to add lights to
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the crosswalk signs. This school year, parents 19. Slip away secretly
are again expressing a safety concern for the 21. Like many musical wonders 38 39 40 41
crosswalk on Fuller Road after an Ann Arbor 23. Crude shelters
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Community High junior Qi-Xuan “Justin” 25. "Tuesdays With Morrie"

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when a car struck him. We are deeply sad-
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Kara Kozma issues, lights must be added to the crosswalk 35. ___ Friday's (restaurant 61 62 63 64
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Conservative Corner
Why do you believe what you believe?
Jack Harrison |
With the presidential elec-
tion just around the corner,
it is the perfect time to ask
ourselves the question: Why
do we believe what we believe?
The purpose of posing this
question is not necessarily
to encourage a change of mind or get us to
deem our views and opinions invalid. Rather,
asking ourselves this question may be an
opportunity to develop a greater conviction
for our beliefs because we have a better
understanding of why we hold the beliefs that
we do.
So how do we come to believe what we
believe? At a young age, many of us get our
beliefs from our parents, adopting similar
views and opinions because we tend to trust
them. As we get older, this can make ques-
tioning our beliefs difficult because we may
realize we no longer agree with many of the
fundamental, long standing beliefs we have
grown up with all our lives. Some of us may
take the complete opposite view of our par-
ents, solely because we do not want to agree
with anything our parents believe.
Our peers also have a major influence
on our beliefs, especially as teenagers.
Sometimes being accepted by our friends
becomes too important that we risk letting
others do our thinking for us. Social media
also inundates us with partial news, such as
sound bites from debates, edited video clips
from protests or biased commentary from
reporters. This can make it hard to evaluate
the facts and come to our own beliefs about
an issue or an event. Latching onto one sided
reporting is a mistake I have made, not giving
myself the opportunity to hear both sides of
an issue before making a decision about what
I believe.
One of the reasons America is so unique is
that people are allowed to express their opin-
ions and share their beliefs as stated in the
first amendment. “Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of religion…
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble…” While this provides the oppor-
tunity for free and open exchange of different
perspectives and ideas, whether between
friends, family or what is available in the
media, it can be overwhelming as our own
beliefs can get lost in the shuffle.
As high school students, some of whom
will be voting in next month’s election, I
challenge you to invest some time and effort
in really thinking not just about what you
believe, but the why behind the what. As you
go through this process, you may come to
realize what you once believed no longer lines
up with what you now feel is important and
becoming more passionate about. Or, perhaps
it will line up with your own life experiences
and be a direct reflection of what is important
to you, deepening your passion and convic-
tion for those beliefs.
As I have gone through this process of
evaluating why I believe what I believe, I have
realized I sometimes side with my political
party without always fully understanding the
position of the party. For example, although I
consider myself a conservative, as I investi-
gated the party’s position on the environment
and spending, I found I actually lean more
left. I encourage you to take the time to
reflect on your beliefs to understand why you
believe what you believe. That way you can
stand behind them and own them as yours!
If you are interested in learning more
about the Youth Conservatives Club, please
come to a meeting directly after school on
Mondays in 4203 starting next week. If
you have any questions about the club or
comments on the article please email me at
jack48105harrison@gmail.com