Each week you will be required to find a news article, read it, and share your opinion on the article. You will turn in your current event by commenting on the post for your class. Please provide a link to the article you read in your comment. Some weeks, I will give you an assigned topic, and other weeks you will be able to choose. The only topics that are off limits are sports and entertainment news. I have provided some links on the right side of the page to help you get started.
Let's practice! Please find an article on a topic of your choice, link it, and add your comments in the section below.
Each current event post is worth 10 points and due each Friday (only weeks where we are in school 5 days)by 4pm.
http://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/31/1660241/united-states-soccer-bob-bradley-new-contract-challenges-coach
ReplyDeleteThis artical is about Bob Bradly, he is the U.S soccer coach. Bob Bradly is a good soccer coach. But some of the players are not that good. They sould of won the game they lost agaist Ghana. But I knew that they weren't going to win but they had a chance.
Alex Rivera
4th period
Peace and Sammy
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/consumer-confidence-in-u-s-rose-more-than-economists-forecast-in-august.html
This article is about the US economy and it says things are getting better slowly. We think that the economy isn't going that bad as a everyone predicted, the economy of our country is going way better than it was 2 years ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/nyregion/26cabby.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=michael%20enright&st=cse
ReplyDeleteI choose the new story writen in the New York times about a cab driver that was recently stabbed while on duty. The cab drivers version of the story is that he was driving a passenger and the passenger asked him if he was Muslim, after the cabby responded that he was the passenger started making fun of the Muslim traditions and then the cabby notice that something was weird. The Passenger stabbed the cabby almost killing him, after the cab driver found the police the passenger told the police that the cab driver had tried to rob him, now the passenger is being charged with hate crimes,and attempted murder he could get as much as 25 years in jail. I am not someone who agrees with anytype of killing so I do not believe that the passenger should get the death penalty, but I do think he should get life in jail. This crime is unnexceptable and it is going to continue especially as close to ground zero as this one was. People need to get the message across that this is not okay. That just because someone is muslim doesn't mean they are terroist, bad people, it shouldnt mean they are anything they are still people. If someone gets off with any bit of slack on a crime like this then people might think, oh well I am fine with spending that ammount of time in jail to kill one person who is trying to kill hundreds of americans, well as I said because they are Muslim it doesnt mean that they are terroist. The passenger who stabbed the cabby was once with the marines, the cabby said that once they reached an intersection the passenger seemed to think he was back in Iraq a soilder again and thought it was his duty to stab this man. I do not think this crime is okay or that it should go unpunished -fiona
Kahdohmoo
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/hurricane_earl_blasting_its_wa.html
This article is about hurricane Earl and when and where it might hit the U.S. I think it won't be that bad, but maybe it will rain a lot in North Carolina on Friday.
http://www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2010-08-31-Iraq-arms-deal_N.htm
ReplyDeleteThis artical is about Iraq spending $13 billion dollars. On military equipment, such as hugearms order of tanks, armored vehicles and ships. i dont agree that they should be spending so much money on equipment. They can use that money for a better things.
Deybi Aguirre
4TH Period
Lauren Miller
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/hurricane_earl_blasting_its_wa.html
Hurricane Earl could hit North Carolina with heavy rain on Friday. If it does, then that means tehre will be heavy rain for the labor Day weekend. Hurricane Earl, as of right now, is a Category 4 storm. This means that there will be very heavy rain for us in North Carolina. Following Hurricane Earl is Tropical Storm Fiona. If Fiona hits us too, then we will have even more rain.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/mosque_madness_at_ground_zero_OQ34EB0MWS0lXuAnQau5uL
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the very controversial mosque that is going to be built near ground zero. There are many people that lost loved ones in the september 11 attacks. A lot of these people are very against the building of the mosque. Also, the mosque is scheduled to open on september 11, 2011. This date makes the mosque even more controversial. I agree that the mosque could be seen as an insult, but it is going to be on the bottom story of a 13 story building, so it wont be very invasive or obtrusive.
-Alex Burton
Jessie Clay
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsobserver.com/2010/08/26/648061/hot-now-in-chapel-hill.html
I find this a very current, and yummy event. The opening of the krispy kreme on franklin street drew over 150 people waiting in line. I wasn't there, but now I'm kind of glad that I wasn't. I love krispey kreme donuts, and I'm happy that theres a better way of getting them than at the front of harris teeter. It was a very good location shoice, now that school is back in at UNC, all the students flock to Franklin street.
Jessie Clay
Democrats Vs Republicans...
ReplyDelete-over-small-business-tax/
This artical is about Prestident Obama and Ex-President Gerorge Bush's different opions about rasing small business taxes. The artical is saying that democrates are for raise taxes while republicans are not. I think that you shouldnt raise taxes on small business because the business dont make that much money. So they probally struggle aready to keep the place up. I feel President Obama should keep taxes the same.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/30/obama-gop-debate-over-small-business-tax/
-K'La Noel
4th Period.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/31/hurricane-earl-photographed-space-astronaut/ Hurricane Earl strengthened to a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane strength Monday. As of this morning, it is moving toward the west-northwest with maximum sustained winds of up to 135 mph (217 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. The earlier hurricane, Danielle, has weakened into a tropical storm. WE'RE GONNA DIE!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMo Mo San and Thea Lah
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/hurricane_earl_blasting_its_wa.html
This article is about Hurricane Earl. It might hit New Jersey. It might hit North Carolina Friday morning. We think it will rain a lot on Friday. We hope it won't make too much damage.
Taylor Stone
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/hurricane_earl_blasting_its_wa.html
The article that I read was about hurricane Earl. This storm is going up the east coast. I think that when it hits there it will be bad because it is a category 4 storm. I think that all North Carolina will get is rain.
http://www.caribbean360.com/index.php/news/38140.html
ReplyDeleteThe article that i read was about hurricane earl and hurricane fiona. The storm Fiona formed about 890 miles east. Yesterday hurricane earl which is in front of hurricane fiona became a category 4. But had moved away from the U.S. Fiona has maximum sustained winds of about 40 miles per hour. This morning was seen about 500 miles east of the Leeward islands and moving west at about 24 miles per hour.
Holly
Alberto
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/consumer-confidence-in-u-s-rose-more-than-economists-forecast-in-august.html
This article says the US economy is getting better. I think even every month increase that staid in low level,the economy is realy come up but may be is kind of teke time.
RJ
ReplyDeletehttp://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100830/sports-related-concussions-on-the-rise-in-kids
This article talks about the rise of sports-related concussions in kids. The rate of concussions doubled in ten years. I think its dangerous.:))
http://abcnews.go.com/US/parents-cannot-regain-custody-children-nazi-inspired/story?id=11334970&page=1
ReplyDeleteTHis article is about children being taken away from their parents because their parent have put their children at risk of abuse and neglection due to the nazi inspired names,Adolf Hitler Campbell, 4, and his two younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, 3, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, 2. Their father teaches Adolf to kill people at the age of 3. Their mother wants to stand up to their father, but he has tried to kill her several time which leaves her terrified of him. She wanted to leave him, but that would make her have to leave her children and she was afraid he would abuse them. Neighbors became worried whenever the young boy would come over and hate having to return home, so they contacted DYFs(Division of Youth and Family Services.) THe boy threatens his sisters and anyone else to kill them or just call them different curse words. He can only be with white people or else he will curse them out
Jamarius Jones
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/hurricane-earls-track-still-uncertain-tropical-storms-fiona-and-gaston-lurk/19618483
ReplyDeleteThis hurricane coming, "Hurricane Earl", is looking to be a bad one. The storm is said to move at a maximum speed of 105 mph with exeeds ncs last hurricane. Its said to hit the outer banks tonight on september 2nd and pass near ncs barrier islands. People refer to this hurricane as not one to worry about, but history says anyone can be dangerous. Its said to hit the outerbanks hard but the more inland nc might just be caught in soft winds and slight rain.
,Alex Duncan
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/de571c4e-b460-11df-8208-00144feabdc0.html
ReplyDeleteIt seems dangerous to me that a private company is buying numerous high performance military aircraft as "training for military pilots". The govrnment does that theselves this seem to me much like something to be watched closely. Also its is in the atlantic ocean close to united states airspace.
Jamal Tollman
The article I read about was about how migraines are caused by genetic effects. Scientist from the University of Oxford found a gene caled Tresk and it was found in some patients and caused migraines. To do more research the international team used DNA samples from families with common migraines to identify the defective gene.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11408113
ReplyDeletekottia