Category Archives: News

Julia Lucas, Staff Writer   On March 25, Palm Sunday, an intense and deadly shopping mall fire killed 64 Russian citizens and injured 79 others. Hundreds of people were trapped by the flames and fought to find ways to breathe through the black smoke that surrounded them. Zimnyaya Vishnya, or the Winter Cherry Shopping Mall,Continue reading “Shopping mall tragedy calls for Russian day of mourning”

Hannah Gabel, Staff Writer   On March 19, the last Northern White Rhino male passed away at the age of 45. With his death, only two females are left of the entire species. The Northern White Rhinos are currently listed as critically endangered, and are on the brink of full extinction, unless a scientific breakthroughContinue reading “The last of the Northern White Rhinos”

Abigail Lowrie   TRIGGER WARNING   April is sexual assault awareness month, but we should be talking about sexual assaults more than just one in 12 months of the year. Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) defines sexual assault as “sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim. Some formsContinue reading “Sexual assault reporting process at SMU”

Mariah Partin, Staff Writer   Facebook was recently involved with a huge data breach, which entailed a release of personal information of millions of users. According to Facebook, data was originally collected by a professor and then shared with third parties, such as Cambridge Analytica. Up to 87 million people may have been affected. AccordingContinue reading “Facebook Data Breach”

Mariah Partin, Staff Writer   As of March 16, former Catalan government ministers and separatist leaders are abroad or in custody. Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Germany but was just released on $65,000 bail, as the court ruled he could move freely around the country, pending an extradition to Spain. If heContinue reading “Leaders of Catalonian independence movement arrested”

Mariah Partin, Staff Writer   In 2018, the United Kingdom held a referendum on Brexit on the question of whether the United Kingdom should remain in or leave the European Union. Over 30 million Britons voted in the referendum and only just over 50 percent supported the decision to leave the EU. Newly appointed PrimeContinue reading “Brexit negotiations center on Northern Ireland”

Julia Lucas, Staff Writer   Gun control has been everywhere in the news this past month following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. While many school shootings and mass shootings in the United States have gained short-term attention, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School, organized by gun control activists nationwide, have been pushing forContinue reading “Controversial gun bill in Florida sparks uproar”

Brian Messing, Section Editor   On March 4, the Russian government launched an attack on Sergei Skripal, a former double agent, currently living in the United Kingdom. Skripal was attacked by a lethal nerve agent that affect both him and his daughter. Skripal was born in the Soviet Union in 1951, and acted as aContinue reading “Russian attack on agent in UK unites allies”

Zara Kulish, Staff Writer   We all know Amazon as a huge online retail marketplace, but they also have their own line of products and subsidiary companies that give them stake in many smaller and more varied industries. Among the companies in the Amazon empire, not counting CEO Jeff Bezos’ acquisitions under his other corporateContinue reading “Amazon acquires Ring security doorbells for $1 Billion”

Brenna Woslum, staff writer   2018 marks the 17th anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake. The infamous earthquake struck on the morning of Ash Wednesday (Feb. 28, 2001), at 10:54 a.m., and lasted between 40 and 45 seconds.  With a magnitude of 6.8, it was the largest earthquake many Washington residents had experienced in their livesContinue reading “Shake, Shake, Shake: A Reflection on the Nisqually Earthquake”