By Christian Steiner & Kaitlyn Pujols

A little over a year ago, The Harbinger hosted their first #ISISCrisis twitter chat. Now we are on our second outing with the same hashtag, raising lively discussion on many of the same issues from a year ago: vetting of refugees, military action, should there be boots on the ground, all issues which have recently been bombarding headlines.

The San Bernardino shootings and the chilling Paris attacks, have struck fear into the minds of people all around the world. The crisis is still very much alive and leave many of us asking: “What if we’re next?”, “What can be done?”, and “Are we even really safe now?”.

The president recently addressed the nation, asserting that there is much being done but also much left to be done, starting with the reforming of gun laws which President Obama has been pushing for the last years or so.

In light of the fact that people who are on the “no fly list” in airports are still able to purchase fully automated weapons, plenty of concern has risen over our own public security.

The no fly list is composed by the FBI and filled with the names of all kinds of possible threats to national security. These individuals are prohibited from taking flights domestically, they may fly out of country, but they may not be welcomed back – that is how dangerous they are considered.

ISIS is a growing threat to our nation, not only because of the fear they have struck in our hearts, but also because of its accessibility. The fact that they’re not affiliated with any specific country means that they accept anyone from around the globe. Anyone can become a part of their terrorist organization.

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Some inspired radicals have been springing up in different areas around the world solely due to the growth of ISIS’ social media platforms and the ability of ISIS to easily and efficiently communicate their beliefs to followers a continent away.

By taking to social media and using it as a means to discuss this issue more in depth, we are taking back some of the control and using one of the more powerful tools this era has at its disposal for good – for informing. It is through being informed that we are able to tackle such issues on a much larger scale and create change within our communities.

The twitter chats The Harbinger hosts allow even the younger, largely unheard generation, to get their opinions out there.

Much like last year, we held this discussion and were able to watch the mindsets of students and all participants alike transform into something completely different – something unified – while also working towards providing solutions for the questions raised.

Thank you for participating and making twitter chats like this so successful.

Take a look at this compilation of tweets from our twitter chat, #ISISCrisis.

https://storify.com/vivianbermudez/students-take-on-isiscrisis