Current Events Quiz 1.2
1) Yesterdays presidential debate was formatted to help long shot candidates because they gave a prime-time stage to prove they are worthy of attention. Donald Trump was on center stage even when he was not yet on center stage because he was reflecting his lead in the national polls that determine participation.
2) The CIA director was on UT campus for the release of some of the most sought-after documents in Washington. At the Bass Lecture Hall, Brennan said the drive to unveil the records steamed from the white house and marked a shift toward a new level of openness in the government. The public can access the documents on the CIA's website. The PDB (President Daily Brief) is among the governments most highly classified and sensitive materials. Though the bulk of the information comes from the CIA, intelligence officials said its contents are tailored to the needs and knowledge of each president, serving as a diary of sorts.
3) Human rights groups are outraged because on Wednesday Hungarian security forces unleashed water cannons and tear gas on asylum seekers who tried to break through a razor wire fence preventing them from crossing the Hungary-Serbia border. Desperation has already led hundreds to trek through cornfields toward the Serbian-Croatian border. These routes are not good options because they risk walking through areas littered with active land mines.
4) A 14 year old McCarthur High School student was detained and handcuffed yesterday because teachers decided a home-made clock he brought to school resembled a bomb. On Monday school officials searched Ahmed and he was escorted from school in handcuffs for further questioning by the police. They said "We live in an age where you can't take things like that to school." The incident drew President Barack Obama's attention and he was invited to go to the White House. People then shortly after this news came out and started to use the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed and this was tweeted more than 520,000 times by Wednesday afternoon.
3) Human rights groups are outraged because on Wednesday Hungarian security forces unleashed water cannons and tear gas on asylum seekers who tried to break through a razor wire fence preventing them from crossing the Hungary-Serbia border. Desperation has already led hundreds to trek through cornfields toward the Serbian-Croatian border. These routes are not good options because they risk walking through areas littered with active land mines.
4) A 14 year old McCarthur High School student was detained and handcuffed yesterday because teachers decided a home-made clock he brought to school resembled a bomb. On Monday school officials searched Ahmed and he was escorted from school in handcuffs for further questioning by the police. They said "We live in an age where you can't take things like that to school." The incident drew President Barack Obama's attention and he was invited to go to the White House. People then shortly after this news came out and started to use the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed and this was tweeted more than 520,000 times by Wednesday afternoon.
You did not answer the free-response question. It was the best question!
ReplyDelete1. The long-shot candidates all talked about Trump even though he was not yet on stage.
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