The class of 1983, more specifically, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave started The Student Pulse. This paper was established to express political views of students in a way that conservative teachers and administration could not control. In the Constitution of the United States, the 1st Amendment states that all people are entitled to the right of freedom of press. We should be allowed to say what we want, when we want, without authority trying to stop us. In these recent times our country has been experiencing important events, from 9/11 to the war in Iraq. It is imperative that students are filled in on what is going on. Students and their parents expect schools to help with that endeavor. In the past two years, I have requested teacher after teacher to explain to me what is happening in the world, and time after time I get the same answer; “We’ll talk about it some other time.” But they never do. Not once have any of these so-called “teachers” taught me anything that directly affects my interpretation of world politics. This is intolerable. Things need to change. So what can we do about it? Start a paper that will inform students of political views they might not learn about from parents or teachers. This paper will present an unbiased voice to the students. On top of that, it will create a universal effort to reform student rights, reveal flaws in the government and school systems, and fix these flaws. Each issue of this newspaper will contain a variety of important events that affect everyday life. It will cover anything from political problems in the town, state, country, and world, to controversial issues in the schools, to student and human rights. This would increase student’s awareness of what is happening in the world. An increase in awareness would give students the confidence to speak their minds a little more freely. With this new spark of action in the student body, there will need to be a change in the system. This change will need to make teachers and administration have to listen to what students want to say. What would happen if a school’s image of infallibility were undermined by such an expression of political intellect? A reform. A reform that would make the school, as they say, of the people, by the people, and for the people. In other words, a democracy. How many times have you heard a teacher say, “This is not a democracy, this is a dictatorship”? What if that could change? Teachers should allow constitutional freedoms to their students, but with caution. If there were no clear depiction of authority, there would be chaos. This democracy would not give students full power, but perhaps give the students a little more potency when it comes to more important issues. We need to establish a firm voice in the school that demands that power. First Edition