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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Philosophical Questions Polls
Infographics and polls done by Amy Lamont
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Top February News Stories Explained
By Stephanie Jakubec
The Government Shutdown
The president and Congress recently have been at what has been widely considered a stand-still over the border wall and budget. Congress doesn’t want to give Trump the 5.7 billion USD he has been asking for, and in return he shut the government down for a record 35 days. That may sound normal: disagreements over budget are why most shutdowns happen. This shutdown, though, that left over 200,000 government workers without paychecks, happened after the senate (Republican controlled) had already approved spending.
What does the shutdown mean for you? What does the shutdown mean at all?
When the government has a shutdown, federal agencies and organizations close or the workers are left without pay. Some mailing services were shut down, some military personal weren’t paid, the Department of Homeland Security was closed, parks and reserves were closed off, and many other agencies (about 9 executive departments). Any shutdown is bad, a 35 day long one was nearly catastrophic. Essentially the government is a bunch of gears turning and working together to run the country and the shutdown was a gear thrown in to halt nearly everything.
Conclusion?
As of February 18, 2019 President Trump has declared the southern border an emergency. According to CNN, 16 states have filed a lawsuit against him for this decision. The end, it seems, is not in sight just yet.
Source(s):
CNN - lawsuit, CNN - shutdown and wall, Politico
Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs recently made headlines when she rescued herself from her kidnapper and parent’s murderer. Jayme Closs was held against her will for 88 days by 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson. Patterson broke into her home on October 15, 2018 and shot Denise and James Closs, 46 and 56 respectively. Denise and James Closs died and there daughter was missing. Patterson saw Closs boarding a school bus on his way to work and decided she was who he wanted to kidnap. He had two other attempts at kidnapping her, but says he backed away due to how many people were around the home. On the 15th of October he broke into the Closs home and shot James Closs and then Denise Closs. Some reports say that James was shot while Denise and Jayme hid in a bathroom, Patterson broke into the bathroom and ordered Denise to tape her daughters mouth before he murdered her too. For 88 days Jayme was forced to hide under Patterson bed for up to 12 hours without food, water, or bathroom breaks. On January 10, 2019 he left and while she hid under his bed, she waited to escape. Once she was sure he was gone, she grabbed a pair of his shoes and she made a run for it. Neighbors found her and alerted the police and now she’s at home recovering while her kidnapper is held on a $5 million bail.
Patterson was set in court on February 6. He admits to the murders and kidnapping Jayme by saying “I did it.” Patterson smiled in court, his confidence and smugness on full display. While Jayme was held against her will in his childhood home, Patterson happily went about his life. He was confident no one suspected him and that he had fully gotten away with his crimes: this was ultimately his downfall. By being confident, he left Jayme alone and this allowed her to escape and leave him to rot in jail.
Jayme Closs is described as “badass” for saving herself and rightfully so. She was given the $25,000 award that was set for the person who found her by the company her parents had worked for: “Jennie-O.”
Source(s):
Peoples Magazine, Green Bay Gazette
The Grammys
On February 10, 2019 the 61st Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles, California. The awards started with celebrities walking the red carpet, stopping for pictures, and interviews with various reporters. Kacey Musgraves snagged a Grammy for her song ‘Rainbow,’ Cardi B won one for Best Rap Album, Drake won an award for Best Rap Song. Miley Cyrus had an arguably beautiful performance with legend Dolly Parton and Diana Ross sang for her 74 birthday coming up in March.
On the surface, the Grammys were as plain and straightforward as ever: celebrities dressed up to win awards and do a few performances.
When you take a closer look, much more is revealed. Drake’s speech about the award and the Academy was cut off, Joy Villa wore a “Build The Wall” dress, and Cardi B’s win resulted in her Instagram account being deactivated.
In all truth, the Grammys were just as messy and dramatic as any other year.
Source(s):
Grammy, Vogue, USA Today , Variety
The Government Shutdown
The president and Congress recently have been at what has been widely considered a stand-still over the border wall and budget. Congress doesn’t want to give Trump the 5.7 billion USD he has been asking for, and in return he shut the government down for a record 35 days. That may sound normal: disagreements over budget are why most shutdowns happen. This shutdown, though, that left over 200,000 government workers without paychecks, happened after the senate (Republican controlled) had already approved spending.
What does the shutdown mean for you? What does the shutdown mean at all?
When the government has a shutdown, federal agencies and organizations close or the workers are left without pay. Some mailing services were shut down, some military personal weren’t paid, the Department of Homeland Security was closed, parks and reserves were closed off, and many other agencies (about 9 executive departments). Any shutdown is bad, a 35 day long one was nearly catastrophic. Essentially the government is a bunch of gears turning and working together to run the country and the shutdown was a gear thrown in to halt nearly everything.
Conclusion?
As of February 18, 2019 President Trump has declared the southern border an emergency. According to CNN, 16 states have filed a lawsuit against him for this decision. The end, it seems, is not in sight just yet.
Source(s):
CNN - lawsuit, CNN - shutdown and wall, Politico
Jayme Closs
Jayme Closs recently made headlines when she rescued herself from her kidnapper and parent’s murderer. Jayme Closs was held against her will for 88 days by 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson. Patterson broke into her home on October 15, 2018 and shot Denise and James Closs, 46 and 56 respectively. Denise and James Closs died and there daughter was missing. Patterson saw Closs boarding a school bus on his way to work and decided she was who he wanted to kidnap. He had two other attempts at kidnapping her, but says he backed away due to how many people were around the home. On the 15th of October he broke into the Closs home and shot James Closs and then Denise Closs. Some reports say that James was shot while Denise and Jayme hid in a bathroom, Patterson broke into the bathroom and ordered Denise to tape her daughters mouth before he murdered her too. For 88 days Jayme was forced to hide under Patterson bed for up to 12 hours without food, water, or bathroom breaks. On January 10, 2019 he left and while she hid under his bed, she waited to escape. Once she was sure he was gone, she grabbed a pair of his shoes and she made a run for it. Neighbors found her and alerted the police and now she’s at home recovering while her kidnapper is held on a $5 million bail.
Patterson was set in court on February 6. He admits to the murders and kidnapping Jayme by saying “I did it.” Patterson smiled in court, his confidence and smugness on full display. While Jayme was held against her will in his childhood home, Patterson happily went about his life. He was confident no one suspected him and that he had fully gotten away with his crimes: this was ultimately his downfall. By being confident, he left Jayme alone and this allowed her to escape and leave him to rot in jail.
Jayme Closs is described as “badass” for saving herself and rightfully so. She was given the $25,000 award that was set for the person who found her by the company her parents had worked for: “Jennie-O.”
Source(s):
Peoples Magazine, Green Bay Gazette
The Grammys
On February 10, 2019 the 61st Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles, California. The awards started with celebrities walking the red carpet, stopping for pictures, and interviews with various reporters. Kacey Musgraves snagged a Grammy for her song ‘Rainbow,’ Cardi B won one for Best Rap Album, Drake won an award for Best Rap Song. Miley Cyrus had an arguably beautiful performance with legend Dolly Parton and Diana Ross sang for her 74 birthday coming up in March.
On the surface, the Grammys were as plain and straightforward as ever: celebrities dressed up to win awards and do a few performances.
When you take a closer look, much more is revealed. Drake’s speech about the award and the Academy was cut off, Joy Villa wore a “Build The Wall” dress, and Cardi B’s win resulted in her Instagram account being deactivated.
In all truth, the Grammys were just as messy and dramatic as any other year.
Source(s):
Grammy, Vogue, USA Today , Variety
Monday, February 4, 2019
Music Review Survey
By: Maiya Santiago
I surveyed some students on what their favorite music genre was and this chart was the results. Country coming on top as the number one favorite yee yee 🤠🤠Pop and Alternative/Indie tieing, coming up as in second place. There was few votes for R&B and a few for Emo stuff and one vote for other.
Favorite artists
In my survey, it was also asked if anyone had a favorite artist of 2018. These are the answers I received.Billie Eilish
Kenny Chesney
Ariana Grande
Luke Combs
Jon Bellion
Palaye Royale
The 1975
The Frights
Mac Miller
Twenty One Pilots Madison Pruitt
Chief Keef
Beyonce
Favorite Songs
Wow - Post Malone: Basically just an ode to Post’s success. Not to say it’s a bad thing, he deserves to speak on the amount of adoration he has been receiving as of late. I’m not the biggest Post Malone fan, but even I can admit it’s catchy. 3/5Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper: From the movie, A Star Is Born, this ballad is about diving into “deep ends” and leaving the “shallow” areas behind. Honestly, a very pretty sounding song. Gaga delivers beautiful vocals, per usual. 4/5
Down to the honkytonk - Jake Owen: In this lil country tune, Owen’s shares with us that he doesn’t mind if he doesn’t end up in the Hall of Fame, he’ll just go down to the Honkytonk. Stating how fame hardly matters to him, as long as he sticks to his roots. I’m not a country gal, with that being said ⅕, he tried.
Imagine - Ariana Grande: Grande touches on the subject of denial in this romantic number, dreaming of a lowkey relationship with a wonderful person (straight out of a movie) filled with everything loving and beautiful. Can Ariana do no wrong? 4/5.
Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs: Just another country boy. In this slow jam, Combs speaks on a love interest who is “drives him wild” who is on the crazy side, but no matter. It is beautiful to him. Again, I am not a fan of country, but this one was quite bearable and has a pretty sound. 2.5/5
Be my mistake - The 1975: A soft, slow ballad from pretty much the best band as of now (biased) Taking the time to think about guilt and being young and not knowing what to do with yourself. Leading to making many mistakes, which is perfectly okay, life is a learning process. Such a gorgeous delivery from a gorgeous group. 4.5/5.
Sicko Mode - Travis Scott and Drake: Definitely a popular song of 2019, this song has the rappers bragging about their strong work ethic. Showing the competition has nothing on them when they go “sicko mode” And please, let’s not forget to appreciate Swae Lee being the king of melodies in the background. ⅘.
Mrs.Infamous - Palaye Royale: Now time for a change of pace with this rock anthem. Palaye Royale discuss being almost infatuated with their “sweetness” vowing to always be around and to love them madly at all times. At first I didn’t know how I felt about this one, but i grew to really enjoy this. ⅘.
Drip too hard - Lil Baby ft Gunna: Another song bragging about success and wealth. Lil Baby tells us he’s been doing so many gigs and doesn’t care, as long as he’s getting paid. Okay i’ll admit, at first listen I wasn’t a fan, it sounded like any other song. Something changed and now it’s added to my playlist and has become something i listen to a lot. 4/5.
Chlorine - TOP: This one has a darker meaning, speaking on the struggle with anxiety/depression which the group compares with feeling like “sippin on straight chlorine.” Many also believe it could be about frontman Tyler Joseph's love/hate relationship with songwriting. Both could apply. A good song. ⅘.
Finer Thing - Polo G: Here Polo G reflects on his past of growing up in a rough environment and vowing to get a better life for him and his loved ones. Saying he has “God on his side, but it’s hard to do right.” I kind of like it. Sort of inspirational in a way, but not the best thing to ever come out of Chicago hip-hop. 3.5/5.
In god I trust - Kevin Gates: Gates tells us how he has rose above his past reputation and “in god his trust.” He has god on his side. It’s not the worst, it has a good message, even despite that. I’m not really a fan. Sorry. ⅖.
It’s not living (if it’s not with you) - The 1975: Yes. Just yes. A bop. The 1975 will never have a flop in my book. This song disguises itself as a love song, but is truly about lead singer Matty Healy’s struggle with addiction. It never fails to amaze me how open and genuine Matty can be with us about this difficult time in his life. I’ll probably never get sick of this song, bold statement i know. I doubt it’s a lie. 5/5.
Friday, February 1, 2019
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We will be featuring various stories about the lives of Clearview High School students and staff.
We will be featuring various stories about the lives of Clearview High School students and staff.
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