Orlando Shooter’s Wife Denied Release
TeresaH, Acting Online Editor
March 10, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
The Orlando Pulse nightclub shooter's widow will now remain in custody after a judge denied bail and an early release. On June 2016, Omar Mateen walked into the nightclub and killed 49 people causing the "deadliest mass shooting in the United States" (CNN). Mateen's wife, Noor Salman, was also tied...
Corruption and Park Geun-hye
TeresaH, Staff Reporter
March 9, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
After being South Korean President since February 25th, 2013, Park Geun-hye has been impeached on March 10th after a unanimous parliamentary vote following her role in a corruption scandal. Elections for a new South Korean president will now be held in 60 days. The South Korean court concluded that...
CIA and WikiLeaks
ColinH, Staff Reporter
March 8, 2017
Filed under In The World, News, Showcase
The notorious site WikiLeaks has uncovered one of the biggest secretive government programs since the Edward Snowden incident back in 2013. They uncovered a set of documents that details how the CIA has been developing ways to hack into all sorts of personal technologies, such as cell phones, com...
Dakota Pipeline Request Denied
TeresaH, Staff Reporter
March 7, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
The Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) is a $3.7bn project that would transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Last year, protests over the completion of the Dakota Pipeline reached their height after authorities used tear gas and water hoses to disperse a crowd of 400 people and 17 protesters were taken...
Horsing Into a Disease
HaleyB, Reporter
February 28, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
Taking a horse anywhere with other horses around is a risk for them to catch any disease or infection. Horse owners are required by law to carry a negative Coggins with them whenever they take the animal somewhere. Coggins is a test done on horses to ensure that they are not carrying any diseases....
Travel Ban Rears Its Head
BenG, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2017
Filed under In The World, News, Showcase
After the successful shut-down of President Trump's initial travel ban on seven Islam-majority countries, it seems that his team is very close to releasing a new and 'improved' version. The ban was initially shut down by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on February 9th, allowing for the intake of...
Debate at Harvard
JustinV, Staff Reporter
February 21, 2017
This past week, Harvard hosted their 43rd annual debate tournament for high school students across the world. The tournament had over 1,300 entries competing in a number of different events. Students came from places close to Boston like New York, while some flew all the way from China. While the...
The Future of NASA
TeresaH, Staff Reporter
February 17, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
Even with the increasing sci-fi movies, NASA has been quietly working on their next project, developing technology capable of sending humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. Currently, the world’s eyes are set on Mars as the first main destination of human exploration and expansion of the huma...
The Disappearing Bumblebee
TeresaH, Staff Reporter
February 16, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
As of this year, bumblebees in the United States have been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wild Service. According to the wildlife service, the population of the bumblebee population has shrunk by 87% since the late 1990s and is continuing to decline. Although listing the bumblebee as endang...
Official Tree Hugger
SujeanS, Co Copy Editor
February 16, 2017
Filed under Cy Woods, Showcase
What is better than helping the earth? Getting hundreds of people competing to see who can help the environment the most. Texas A&M Forest Service hosted the annual regional tree planting competition on February 11th. Groups from all over the region met up at Buffalo Run Park in Missouri City...
Oroville Dam Evacuation
ColinH, Staff Reporter
February 14, 2017
Filed under In The World, News
In northern California, nearly 188,000 residents were ordered evacuated after damage was found in the local Oroville dam. The dam, which is the highest dam in the country, standing at a whopping 770 feet, was found to have faulty overflow channels when the water levels rose and were nearly activated....
Successful Test to Detect Ebola
TeresaH, Staff Reporter
February 10, 2017
Filed under In The World, News, Showcase
In 2014, the world's attention was directed to the Ebola virus as an outbreak moved the virus from West Africa to places where it has never been, attracting unprecedented attention. The Ebola virus is spread only by direct contact with blood or other bodily fluids, but that did not stop the mass hysteria...
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