'Paper Tigers' film to be screened at Northern

A film screening and discussion of the documentary film “Paper Tigers” will begin at 6:30 tonight at Montana State University-Northern in Hensler Auditorium housed in the campus’s Applied Technology Center.

Curtis Smeby, professor of education, said the 105 minute film follows teachers and students at Lincoln High School over the course of a year in Walla Walla, Washington.

The school uses trauma-based services to tackle the rampant violence, criminal activity, substance abuse and absenteeism that plagues its student body.

Smeby said by teaching students coping skills and resiliency, the schoo...