current event quiz

1. The two possible causes for the bas trop fire are due to an overheating shredder, or it could have been intetionally set. At 10:30  bas trop allowed displaced people to return back to their homes. The dies have done a lot of damage such as  burned 34,000 acres and destroyed 1,600 homes, and now the Hidden Pines fire is hard to swallow. 

2.The paradigm shift was that they switched to online textbooks instead of paper ones. This switch gives teachers more options on classwork assignments, but they also lost millions of states tax dollars. The robertson family experienced is that the text books aren't very user friendly and that the daughter couldn't find her geometry homework. They then paid 75$ to buy a text book that she could use at home. The Gorzycki teacher loves he idea of the online textbooks. 

I believe that this would be a great story and to see the different opinions on online vs. paper textbooks could be surprising. 

3.The big news from Canada was victory of Justin Trudeau will have reverberations beyond Canada’s borders after the Party leader put an end to a  rule by the most conservative leadership in the country’s history. The changes it will bring to Canada are major policy changes such as leagalizing marijuana, dropping out of the US bombing campaign and more. Our relationship with canada will most likely change, or a least thats what obama says. 

4. The national award goes to... Alan Guckian. He is a wonderful band director who is very dedicated, his program is very big at this school. He's close to winning and all the students love him, he states that he will throw a pizza party if he wins!

5. The new Ut coach is trying to change the mind-set of his players by  sharpening their intellectual acuity along with their jumpers and defense. He does this by using them in crazy drills that test their skill.

current event quiz 4

1) For city council, ACL free and vip. Gratis weekend passes, also available for parks board raise eyebrows. Donavan is a 71 year old man the austin parks defend this by providing access to the event for city representatives for municipal purposes. Rick Cofer says the he doesn't think that my presence there is worth basically an 800$ expense. Sabine Romero said that its okay for the mayor and council members to accept the tickets. Ann Kitchen used her cal pass last weekend and is planning on using it this weekend, she thought the free pass were appropriate. I think that this is a good perk and it is their choice wether or not they would like to use it or not.
2)Oklahoma started using the drug injection that will kill them, this is easier then the other ways of executions. Texas has been trading drug used in lethal injections along with virginia. Montana judge blocked the state from using this drug, the only way they can continue to use it is if the state legislature modifies the law. Midazolam is a short-acting sedative which was unreliable.
3)The prime minister stopped his ministers  from visiting a contested old city holy site.  He then ordered the police to stop the members of the parliament from going there. He did this because the clashes amount the muslim, jewish and the is real security forces threaten to unleash a broader religious war. They responded to this by defying the order. Muhanad Halabi was shot and killed by the security forces  saturday after he fatally stabbed two orthodox men in the old city and injured their family.
4) Svetlana Alexiecich won the nobel prize. She wrote stores or deeply researched works about the female russian soldiers in world war II and the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. This is rare because her work is non-fiction. Her works is blended with literature and journalism. Says states that much more work remains ahead of her and that she cannot stop now.
5)  Professor Emeritus Daniel S. Hamermesh says that he will not return next fall to teach. Hamermesh told the states men reporter that because of the concealed carry law that it wasn't best do do this anymore. At UT hamermesh was the first known professor at UT who decided to follow through. Hamermesh not only isn't continuing to teach because of the carry law but because of a job offer in sydney australia. 

FREE RESPONSE-
This extra is about how the Astros have had a number of wins in the past week, starting off with the royals and then the kansas city. Colby Rasmus also homered for the Astros, this is great news for me because I love baseball and the Astros.
These sections are very different from the normal paper because they are more factual then normal adds that have to do more with the journalism side of the story. I believe they add these to the story to provide something for all viewers and also to give a diversity in the story type that they are reading. I believe that these should be in the normal paper because of how informative they are. And the fact that they are short and sweet can be a up and a down. Some people might want them to continue on the Astros win in mortar detail. But others who don't want to sit there and read the stories fpor a long time might like the get to the point stories better. 

observation

Students were standing out side in the hallway. the drug dog come up to the door, for it then to be closed by the officers. Students and twirling there fingered messing with there hair and lookin at the ground. It was the week following acl all students weren't thinking about school but did there bad choices makes them get caught at school. All you can hear is suffering and silent sniffing. You can hear the dogs claws potter patter on the floor as he walking around searching for a reason to get someone in trouble. Quite whispers are being shared outside in the hall. The administratier watching the students to see who shows the most regret or nervousness. It smelled like bathroom soap that everyone uses after using the restroom. This smell reminds me of a doctors office that has just been freshly cleaned. After a crucial five minutes later students get a second of releif when the officer is opening the door with nothing in his hand. The other officer who was standing outside with the students congratulated the dog for doing his job. The dog was filled with joy, shaking side to side. The students all coowed when the dog was praised, some where frightened by the sight. The dog slowly walked down the hall with nails clicking against the white tiles on the floor.

observe

I walked into the the gym all I could hear were clicks and small talk. It smelled like the bathroom hand soap that's reminds me of a doctors office. senior were sitting on the group and they were all doing homework. possible thinking about their future, this is there last school picture. Camera people fixing senior hair, over and over again. kids were running in and out of the gym changing there tops to get the perfect picture. This was going on for hours. This was after a long time to sit on the group and someone had to get up and stretch because there day was so long. You could smell the summer perfume that filled the air.

Current Event Quiz 1.3

1)

The message of the speech given by the pope was "to break out of its cycle of polarization and paralysis and use its power to heal the “open wounds” of a planet torn by hatred, greed, poverty and pollution". The speech was delivered to the congress. This story illustrates a huge interest because the pope is a very all known man and the fact that he traveled to deliver this speech was a big deal. This speech was historic because the pope talked about a few different things thats mean a lot all around the world. He was invited to speak by Joe Boehner

2)

The Broad difference of opinion is that whether or not racial slurs caused the incident. The students that hurt the official and going to be suspend for around a month, they will not be returning to this current football season. Coach Mack Breed resigned after this incident. Motheral was frustrated because the central figures in the incident did not appear before the committee. 

3) 

The action that caused many students and parents to show up in front of the school on thursday morning was because of the teacher laving the school and parents plus students wanting him to return. This affected the 6th graders because the school then became over crowded. Bryker Woods was i the same situation, but because of all the outcry she was able to come back and continue teaching. 

4)

Both these men would like to know if school districts are banning openly carried firearms in parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways. This law will take effect january 1st. Whitmire interprets  the law by saying that school distracts would be allowed to ban guns in outdoor areas. Another interpretation would be that the state gun laws also do not consider parking lots, sidewalks and driveways to be apart of a "premises" where guns can be prohibited.  The authority general has 180 to reply to Whitmires question, this might not matter because the open carry law states that it will allow those with concealed handgun license to carry weapons in a hip or shoulder holster. 

5)

JURY AND EX-DEPUTY'S MURDER TRIAL SAYS IT HAS REACHED AN IMPASE

Ex-deputy was accused of murder after shoot Yvette Smith just a few seconds after encountering her. The judge and jury cannot come up with an agreement for his sentence, after 17 hours of court time. 

My opinion of this story is that this ex-deputy should be charged with murder. This man shot a women A FEW SECONDS after meeting her, in this article it doesn't state wheather or not she is white or black or any other race. But I did a little research and found out she was a young black women. This is so wrong on so many levels I can't believe the court hasn't decided yet. 

EXTENDED RESPONSE-  Obituaries and made for people who die. Some things that you might find in an obituaries are how they died. This could sometimes be very offensive to others. I am sure many people are assigned to and obituary story. 

Humans of McCallum

 Damaris Bentaris said " Something bad thats happened to me? well, a few years ago, when I was 13 years old my younger brother had an electric scooter that I really wanted to try out. I decided to go on the scooter with him. It was  fun  until we approached a hill. As we  were going down the hill my younger brother yells 'the brake doesn't work', my initial thought was to jump off on to the grass to save my self from crashing into something else, then I thought what if I brake my ankle?? After that instead of crashing into something, I just fell off and scrapped up my arm and leg. "

Current Event quiz 2

1) 1B. How was yesterday's presidential debate formatted to help longshot candidates? How was Donald Trump on center stage even when he was not yet on center stage?
The presidential debate was formatted to help the because they ended up going first so that people could hear what they had to say. They the non long shot candidates went shortly after.  Donald Trump was on center stage because of the one candidate that poles didn't quite make the cut.
2) Why was the CIA director on the UT campus yesterday? What larger trend in government led to yesterday's announcement at the Bass Lecture Hall? How can the public access the documents mentioned in the story? What is a PDB and why is it such an important document?
The CIA director was on the UT campus yesterday because he was speaking a a ceremony. The larger trend that led to yesterdays announcement at the Bass Lecture Hall was the unveil the records stemmed from the White House and marked a shift toward a new level of openness in government. CIA and National Security Council officials had worked together to make the declassification possible, he said, and that it was only the beginning. The public can access this documents in this story by going to the website. The Presidential Daily Briefs is important to this article because it gives important information about security in the vietnam war.
3)  What did Hungarian security forces do Wednesday that has human rights groups outraged? What alternate routes are their targets forced to consider and why are those routes also not good options (don't forget to take a look at the sidebar story)?
The hungarian security forces unleashed water cannons and tear gas that has human rights groups outraged. They had an alternate route from Germany to Scandinavia began crossing from serbia into croatia which pledged to allow them safe passage. 
4)Why was a 14-year-old McCarthur High School student detained and handcuffed yesterday? What actions did school officials take on Monday and how did they defend their actions? What was the response of half a million people and President Obama? Why do some in Irving fear that this action is connected to a city council resolution passed last spring?
14 year old high school student was handcuffed yesterday because he had a home made clock that resembled a bomb. The school officials said that the student looks suspicious in nature. Obama responded to this by invited him to the white house and said "his clock was cool". 

FREE RESPONSE- I first learned about this tory by reading this article today in class. I believe that social media is a reliable source because the kids or anyone that writes about it is there opinion and it gives an idea of what kids our age thing 
I do not agree with this placement because i think that it has a lot of human interest. The fact that a 14 year old boy got mistaken for a terrorist for building a clock that looked like a bomb was very odd for me and it should have been closer to the front of the newspaper.