Current Events Activity 1.1 - Back to the Past

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The University of Texas came under fire for hiring students that had been the assailants in an attack against a gay man back in 2004. The University is withholding any information it may or may not have on the two men based on federal law that prevents them from releasing confidential information on students. Weather the University knew or didn't knew is up for debate, however it is doubtful that the University hired wither of the two without first consulting their record as hate criminals.

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The city of Baltimore reached a $6.4 million settlement in a deal revolving around the police killings of Freddie Gray back in April. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, stated that the settlement did not reflect weather the officers involved were guilty or innocent and was simply "in the best interests of the city [of Baltimore]". The trial for the six officers involved is still pending.

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The Vice Chancellor of Germany, Sig-mar Gabriel, has stated that his country will be taking in half a million immigrants from the Middle-East and Africa in the coming year. Many people think that the policy of accepting half a million immigrants is foolish and will hurt the economy, however the government has stated that the people should be proud of their governments response to this humanitarian crisis.

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Ted Cruz invited Donald Trump to his anti Iran-Deal Rally, which is an odd move considering that most of the republican party is trying to kill the Donald. Cruz is trying to play nice and say things like "I am glad he in in this election." or that he shone a light on immigration issues and got Republicans excited. Trying to target Donald Trump in this election has proved to be political suicide for anyone who has attempted it so far, and Cruz has built his platform on attacking the Washington Insider "Campaign Conservatives" like Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio.

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Hillary Clinton apologized for using a private server for e-mails when she served as Secretary of State, however two Republicans, Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, are not letting her drop the ball on this one anytime soon. People are also pestering Hillary for voting for the Iraq war in 2002, which turned out to be a big mistake, but was something that happened in 2002.

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Two players for John Jay high school teed up a referee after he purportedly used a racial slur against them during a game, which is exactly what I would have done, but not during the game, especially if we were losing 15-9. The assistant coach of the secondary line got suspended after he decided that the referee would have to "pay for cheating [them]".

ESSAY RESPONSE.

A story was published called A Record Reign for Queen Elizabeth due to the queen officially becoming the longest serving monarch in British history. The story is uniquely relevant to it's proximity to a date - September 9th, 2015, however the human interest to people fond of monarchies and to British ex-pats may have been high. This is a milestone for a western monarch, whose landmark reign was not met with much fanfare or celebration. The reporter chose to keep this story mostly based in fact and to interview one historian, Hugo Vickers, for commentary. As far as a quiet passing of time is concerned, the report was done it's due. It was reported with all of the historical significance necessary and well reported in it's short column.