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Mustangs, Issues, Lifestyle, & Knowledge Ranked by the American Scholastic Press Association & Georgia Scholastic Press Association Inside this issue: Spring Musical
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Prom
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Nihilism
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Minecraft
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Clown World
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NBA Predictions
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MSA Spring Sports
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Notre Dame Fire
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Julian Assange
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Sri Lanka Bombings
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Mueller Probe
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Table of Contents Mustangs Bulletin
Shilpee Kathuria
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Spring Musical
Cameron Keskonis
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Prom
Christopher Walker
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Minecraft
Daniel Garguilo
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Clown World
Jordan Rothberg
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Nihilism and the Modern World
Garrett Cutchin
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NBA Predictions
Cameron Keskonis
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Tennis
Cameron Keskonis
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Golf
Jordan Rothberg
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Baseball
Eli Musgrave
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Track
Avery Terpstra
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Notre Dame
Eli Musgrave
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Assange Arrested
Garrett Cutchin
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Mueller Probe Ends
Peter Cook
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Sri Lanka Church Bombings
Avery Terpstra
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Issues
Parks and Lifestyle Brett Morgan Grave
Knowledge
Photo Credits on Front Cover (Left to Right Clockwise from top right): MSA Minecraft– Nic Allen; Donald Trump/ Robert Mueller– fortune.com; Notre Dame– nytimes.com; Steph Curry & LeBron James– heavy.com; Julian Assange– dailycaller.com Photo Credit for Back Cover: Robert Moore–Shilpee Kathuria
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MSA Bulletin Spring Concert:
Compiled By Shilpee Kathuria
What IS Everyone Doing Over the Summer?
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By Elizabeth Regas The lights are low. A hush falls over the crowd. Two young men, fearless in stance, brandish their gleaming Saxophones like musical warriors heeding the call to an unexplained battle. Tensions are running high. As the existential plane pulls taut, the silence is finally broken by the driving rhythm of the drums, counting the heroes in with relentless speed. And so it begins… The opening sax line to “Careless Whisper” by George Michael. An MSA Band concert is more than just a few familiar tunes performed by our finest musical artists. An MSA Band concert is the culmination of the mostly figurative, occasionally literal blood, sweat, and tears shed by those who are daring enough to step outside of themselves and contribute to a greater creation. The moment is fleeting, but the encounter lasts forever. Garrett Cutchin and Miles Kirby bring Wham! to life in practice on their saxes.
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Heading to New York City for vacation Daniel GarguiloGoing on a mission trip to West Virginia
Henry WallaceInternship as a Lab Assistant for Angela
Jordan RothbergMoving to Atlanta
Hayley Adams– Summer School and Hiking Ana Christina FieldsAvery Terpstra-
Moving to North Carolina
Summer School and Summer Camp
Lauren GoinesYoung Life Camp in Colorado
Alex RichChilling
James Maichle rounds out the brass section on his trumpet.
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Pictured (left to right clockwise): Henry Wallace, Hayley Adams, Lauren Goines, Jordan Rothberg (Photos by MSA)
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Shrek Junior: Spring Musical 2019
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For those who don’t know, Shrek is a movie about an ogre trying to save a princess from a castle that she has been trapped in. With a twist. Also this year’s musical, the cast did an exceptional job at doing there own version of Shrek in an hour, and they were hysterical. cast for the spring musical this year are Jack Hurtsellers, Anthony Papasidero, Robert Papasidero, Addison Monette, and Collins Losson, Cameron Carr, Henry Wallace. The Spring Musical was on April 27, 2019. The Spring Musical took place in the theater here at Mill Springs. The students that are interested into theater and musical plays would want to attend the musicals here at Mill Springs. Junior Henry Wallace said, “The play was dope,” while director Kate McElliott iterated, “What makes us special makes us strong.”
S Cast List Shrek—Henry Wallace Fiona—Addison Monette Donkey—Jack Buckley Lord Farquaad—Warner Jones Mama Ogre/Wicked Witch/Duloc Person– Rayna Doniparthi Papa Ogre/Knight/Blind Mouse– Liam Couch Young Shrek/Dwarf– Sammy Lesser Captain of the Guard— Anthony Papasidero
Henry “Shrek” Wallace (in the center) surrounded by his wonderful, supportive, and large family.
Addison “Fiona” Monette and Class of 2018 Graduate Trey Reid.
Pinocchio/Duloc Person/Knight— Jack Hurtsellers Straw Pig – Ella Parsons Stick Pig – Isa Stokes Stone Pig – Olivia Wallace Ugly Duckling – John Hartrampf Papa Bear/Baby Bear/Duloc Person/Knight – Jack Hurtsellers
Sammy Lesser with his very happy family.
Mama Bear – Camryn Padgett Big Bad Wolf – Robert Papasidero Peter Pan/Pied Piper – Cameron Carr Puss-In-Boots – Nick Pucciarelli
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Gingy/Knight – Nick Tate Guard/Bishop – Chris Carey Young Fiona/Blind Mouse – Maggie Erlacher
Cameron “Peter Pan” Carr and brother Brandon (Graduate Class of 2017).
Set Construction – Tech Theatre Classes
Teen Fiona/Duloc Person/Blind Mouse – Steele Ross Dragon – Lilliana Coco
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Mad Hatter – Connor Doyle
Scotty Owen, Aral Seckiner, Joseph Stanley, Cole Reed, Randall Robinson, Vivian Anker, Ridge George, Cameron Huffman, and Lily Vineyard
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PROM 2019 On Thursday, April 18, Mill Springs Academy held its annual prom in the gymnasium. The theme for this year was “A Midnight In Paris” and there were models of the Eiffel Tower, sparkling apple cider (under the guise of looking like champagne), and berets were handed out to students as they walked in through the doors. The disc jockey played great music throughout the night, and there were many group dances including the Macarena and the Cha Cha slide. Be sure to give special thanks to Elke Silva, Lisa Imsand, and all of the students and teachers who helped to take the time to organize, arrange, and attend prom, as it was the best one yet. All of the seniors took part in the Senior
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Walk, as Andrew Jones and Steffi Schneider won prom king and queen for Communication Arts and Jacobi Garrett and Jin Butler won for Upper School. Tatum Gordon attested, “It had a lot of energy, and I had a lot of fun.” Everyone was dressed their best; guys in their suits and tuxedoes, girls in their dresses, and everyone had a blast of a time.
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In summary, here’s a quote from senior Jin Butler: “As a senior, it was one of the best memories I will have forever. There was so much excitement and liveliness among the students.”
Jack Hurtsellers showing off his magic skills to math teacher Hayley Adams
Caroline Skinner, Rachel Brown, and Andrew Horton
The best couple of the night: Anthony and Robert Papasidero.
Siobhan Hightower and Jack Sheridan
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Is Nihilism Degrading Modern Culture? Nihilism is a philosophical school of thought that revolves around the rejection of all religious and moral ideas based off the notion that all things are intrinsically meaningless. A pretty hefty statement to make about life isn’t it? This ideology has taken off in recent years due to an ever growing increase in those who are areligious. And with that begs the question: Is that a detrimental attitude to hold toward life? IS it damaging modern art, culture, and life over all?
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enjoying life. I believe that true meaning in life comes from the interaction one forms with the world around him or her, with the connection with people, music, and art that actually means something. It doesn’t come from a rejection of everything that society holds close to oneself. To do so is to reject life itself.
It seems like nowadays nihilism is the hot new philosophical movement for the younger generations mainly due to a majority of them straying away from traditional religion. Without a traditional belief in a god or any sort of given purpose, it may be logical to come to the conclusion that life has no inherent purpose.
They instead try to take away meaning from what other people find meaning from. They seek out things that tear down tradition and modern axioms. Postmodern art is defined by this desire: What started out as a humorous culture of artists making fun of the pretentious art world has now become that level of pretentious. An incomprehensible mess of abstract insulations that all amount to a vague rebellion toward a culture that died before the great war. This art and these people breed an attitude that life Is just whatever. An attitude that doesn’t value human contribution or nature. Instead it complains, unsatisfied with life at a core level.
I believe life has no inherent meaning. However, that doesn’t mean that all things are meaningless to us as people. To surround oneself with things and that exclusively try to reject real meaning in life is a rejection toward
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While based in logic, many people have seen this lack of a clearly defined purpose as ample opportunity to live a life devoid of meaning. They allow the excuse of “nothing matters anyway” to avoid pursuing things that traditionally give life some semblance of meaning. Art, music, whatever it may be. It is a shield of apathy, an intellectual’s version of a teenager saying that they don’t care. While it may seem cool and laid back, it is simply an advanced version of laziness, of a desire to not improve oneself or find any actual meaning in the world.
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A drawing of Max Stirner, a forerunner of nihilism and egoism. Egoism is the belief that the constant acting of selfish interest is the only logical path in life. Many conservatives are outraged by this deal, including political cartoonist Ben Garrison.
Fredrich Nietzsche, another prevalent nihilist wasn't as hedonistic as some might think.
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Minecraft: Ageless Nostalgia Minecraft for those of you who don’t know is a popular game, where the player can create a world where the purpose of the game is to mine blocks and materials to build tools, houses, defeat monsters, and survive in the world they created, or the player can create a world with limitless materials and an ability to build whatever they want. The game world is entirely made of blocks, everything: the animals and creatures, the environment, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
What makes this game so special to so many of our childhoods? Well, many 2000’s kids grew up
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Minecraft iterations of the Mill Springs Campus (above and below) rendered by Junior Nic Allen.
playing Minecraft as children with our friends, having funny moments laughing at your friend when he dies in a dumb way or exploring dark caves with your friends looking for materials, or building massive structures in creative mode with friends. Minecraft has inspired creativity and fun for the kids of the 2000’s and parts of the game are used in memes by the same generation. I would argue the game grew our generation’s creativity and motor skills with it’s building feature and appealed to our natural urge to explore with it’s vast world map and hundreds of hidden underground tunnels to explore. Because of this Minecraft has appealed to us a lot. In conclusion, most of my generation grew up with this iconic game and no matter if we still like it or not we cannot deny the impact it had on our childhood.
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“A fire broke out backstage in a theater. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it’s a joke.” -Søren Kierkegaard, 19th Centur y Danish Philosopher & Social Critic That is a gist of the “Clown World.” One can switch in the clown for major pieces of our world such as religion, media, government, etc. and laugh at the absurdity of how these groups trick us. The Clown World itself is also an imagery, specifically of the well-known frog Pepe in a rainbow wig and a red clown nose going “honk honk,” like a clown. However, how could something as simple as a clown frog and a saying such as “clown world order” trigger so many? This is the plan of the trolls, proving that anything can become a hate symbol to “progressive” people if they use it enough, including Clown Pepe. Their previous plan was using the “okay” hand symbol ( ), which lead to people calling it a symbol of white power, which was also the previous “interpretation” of Pepe.
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The NBA 2019 Season and Playoff Hopefuls By Cameron Keskonis
The 2019 NBA playoffs began on April 13, and the fans had high playoff hopes for the following teams based on season performance: Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, and Oklahoma City Thunder. The winners from the eastern conference and the western conference meet in the NBA Final and is yet to be determined. The NBA teams that are currently in the NBA playoffs are the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors, Golden State Warriors, and the Portland Trail Blazers.
James Harden getting ready to shoot a slam dunk. Photo Courtesy of zimbio.com
The stars of the NBA this season included Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Kyrie Irving.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is getting ready to make a shot. Photo Courtesy of thestar.com
James Harden has been dropping 30 points a game for the Houston Rockets. James Harden has been dropping 30 points for 31 straight games. This is the second longest streak in NBA history. The Houston Rockets have a winning record when James Harden has 40 or more points a game. Giannis Antetokounmpo came out electric in the NBA all star game. He started with all sorts of slam dunks. He received an astounding “alley-oop” from Steph Curry. Giannis dropped 38 points in the NBA all star game.
Kyrie Irving is preventing Lebron James to make a pass or a shot.
Kyrie Irving gives his response to Anthony Davis’s latest comments. Kyrie was asked by Joe Vardon for his view on Davis’s change of heart on Boston. Irving says that Davis is a key-piece for the Celtics.
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MSA Tennis 2019 By Cameron Keskonis
The MSA tennis team has been very good this season. Everybody has been trying their best and they have done their part for the team. The tennis has done a great job this season. Nick Kiely says about tennis, “You only live once, but you get to serve twice. If you don’t practice you don’t deserve to win. Nothing can substitute for just playing hard work” Coach Nellie Jackson stated, “It is the best sport in the world and everybody should play it.” The team roster this year is Katherine Adair, Jacob Baum, Rachel David, Dante Doty, Richard Hill. Emily Hyman, Nicholas Kiely, Allison Kogoy, Andrew Liban, Sean Martin, Sean Martin, Katherine McCullers, Camille Michael, Griffin Middleton, Garrett Minor, Nathaniel Mostyn. Alexa Murphree, Madison Taylor, Ryleigh Trimble, and Zoe Weaver.
The ACC Championship took place on April 23rd at East Roswell Park, and at MSA on April 24. The defending champs came in second place against Cottage School but are completely ready for a rematch next year!
From left to right: Head Coaches Nellie Jackson and Vaidehi Rallapalli
A fellow player and MSA player Nick Kiely spar it out on the courts.
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Head Coach Michael Smith
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Let’s give it up for MSA Golf! Led by Coach Michael Smith , the Boys Varsity Golf team only runs around springtime. There are 10 members from Upper School who play in the team (Josiah Altland, Andrew Buchberger, John Craven, Madison Hahn, Cameron Huffman, Conor O’Keefe, Scott Owen, Jacob Riggins, Vijay Shah, and Isabel Stokes). The win/loss recor d resulted in winning 2/3rds of the games during regular season. A notable event in the season is Andrew Buchberger winning the AAC individual golf championship and that MSA came in second….by ONE stroke. “We are a very young team and the future looks bright.” –Michael Smith 10
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MSA Baseball 2019 The 2019 baseball season has come to a close and it was as exciting as ever. The team is coached by Greg Bodeep, Phil Hanson, and head coach Brad Smallwood. Coach Gr eg and Coach Phil took up the reigns and pushed the team throughout the season like any good coach would. The team began practicing in mid-February and had their first game in early March. The team played through various conditions that included freezing cold and blazing hot temperatures. Even though they didn’t always win they still played hard and didn’t stop fighting until the end. This year’s team consisted of Jacob Beck, Aaron Breitkopf,
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Edward Gorgoll, Jackson Holt, Ryan Lanzo, Michael Mallady, Mason Ogryzek, Benjamin Parker, Miles Robinson, Ethan Stroup, and Jackson Wickley. Along with team captain Ryan Rafuse and lone senior Eli Musgrave who says, “Thank you all for the three amazing seasons I have had here. This has been the best time of my life and I would do again every year until I couldn’t run anymore if I could. Thank you to all the coaches and all the players and I will be back next year to check up on you guys so you better be ready.”
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By Avery Terpstra
The track team this year had a great ratio of girl to boy. There were five girls; that included Ella Jensen, Avery Terpstra, Emily Suarez, Megan Suarez, and Ana Cristina Fields. We had ten boys; they were Charles Jefferson, Matt Campbell, Jody Cleveland, Quinton Day, Jacobi Garrett, Sam Henslee, Kyle Hessel, Christian Kelm, Zach Smith, and Harrison Steen. We had two incr edible and committed coaches, Angela White and Lisa Imsand. Every athlete worked hard even when things got tough. Throughout the season personal records were set, school records broken, and memories made to last a lifetime. Out of the 15 athletes on the team, ten made it to state. All the girls went for the relay, Boys team “A” went for a relay as well. Jacobi Garrett ran the 100m dash, placing 6th. Jacobi also competed in the long jump, placing first, and the triple jump, also getting first. In both events, Jacobi was one inch away from beating the state record. Jody Cleveland set the school record in the 800 meter dash, placing 8th in the state. He also competed in the 1600 meter dash, placing 6th. Our captain, Jacobi, gave some advice. He said “when your legs can’t run anymore, run with your heart.” Angela had this to say, “We had an awesome track and field season, which ended with 10 athletes going to State! Lisa and I are so proud of our entire team! Special recognition to Jacobi Garrett (graduating senior) and Jodi Cleveland who each broke school records in their individual events this season! We are looking forward to another great season next year!” Way to go MSA track team!!!
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On April 15, 2019 the Notre Dame Cathedral was engulfed in a blaze and nearly burned to the ground. The Cathedral was built sometime between the 12th and 14th century and has always been considered an architectural beauty. It was built in a gothic style and it is one of the first examples of the use of flying buttresses, and the Cathedral features numerous statues and stained glass windows. Many people know the Cathedral because of the provenance that has been associated with it. It has also been used in many different forms of entertainment such as TV and movies. Probably the most famous example is the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This novel was written by Victor Hugo
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and depicts the life of a hunchback named Quasimodo who was feared by the town’s people because they thought of him as a monster and found sanctuary in Notre Dame. It was adopted into a movie by Disney in 1996 much to the viewing enjoyment of the public. The fire started around 6:20 pm when the first fire alarm went off. Another alarm went off about 20 minutes later. The staff reportedly did checks after the first alarm went off but found nothing unusual. The fire then erupted and started to consume the oak-framed roof. The fire then spread and consumed one of the historic spires and caused it collapse. After the fire was put out people immediately wanted to investigate but the structure was not safe and secure. It took 10 days for the structure to be secured so the Milk.
first investigators to begin to investigate. The cause of the fire was questioned. The police interviewed all the guests, workers of the cathedral, and renovation workers about what happened before the fire started and so far have come up with no promising leads. Investigators believe the cause to be a short circuit so they have and are continuing to search the wreckage for remains of cables, wires, lights, or any remains of electronics. There was a report of some renovation workers smoking on the metal scaffolding even though there is a smoking ban on the sight. However, the police have ruled that a cigarette butt might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s oak roof. As of now, the most definitive cause of the fire is officially thought to be electrical. Spring 2019
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On April 11 2019, Julian Assange, founder and director of WikiLeaks (a nonprofit that publishes classified information provided by anonymous sources) was arrested in Knightsbridge, London by British authorities for crimes of espionage and computer related crimes committed in the U.S. in 2012. An indictment was issued then for his crimes but were foiled when he was able to find asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. However, the Ecuadorian embassy recently renounced their asylum toward him due to his recent releasing of articles that go against Ecuadorian governmental interests, as well as recent issues with his behavior within the embassy. Julian Assange is the founder and director of WikiLeaks, an organization known for revealing sensitive information from governments and private organizations. These current charges of espionage stem from a series of secret American military documents provided by the former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Ms. Manning was convicted in 2013 for leaking said documents and sentenced with 35 years in prison, though she only served about seven due to former President Barrack Obama commuting the remainder of her sentence. Spring 2019
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—Free Assange!” Assange is due for several legal interactions in the near future. It is yet to be seen what his sentence will be and how the public will react to it.
Chelsea Manning, former Army intelligence analyst
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Sri Lanka Bombed on Easter Sunday On Easter Sunday this year, Sri Lankan churches were bombed in three major tourist capitols. Those include Kochchikade capitol of Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa. A series of eight bombs were set off among many different churches and luxury hotels. They are thought to be set off by many religious terrorist groups. The bombings took place in major tourist cities, which has since affected tourism; the cities need tourism for money. These bombings are said to be the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka since their civil war that ended a decade ago.
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There were been about 73 suspects under investigation involved in the six bombs that were set off, between three churches and three hotels. All of those involved have either been arrested or are dead. Those bombers contributed to the 253 that are dead and the hundreds more that are injured. Of the injured, almost 40 foreigners are dead. Including those from the United States, Britain, some Danish citizens, Turkish citizens, and those of an Indian or Portuguese descent. They were killed by religion extremists that targeted popular places of the public and where they knew tourists would be.
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Days and weeks after the initial attack, more threats came in. Churches were closed for a few weeks due to fear, and when they did finally open, not many civilians were there to pray. Schools were closed for around two weeks. When the government owned schools opened again, many students stayed home because they were scared.
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Ever since the election of Donald Trump in 2016, the idea of Russian collusion has dominated American political discussion. The first allegations of collusion came on September 22, 2016 from Senator Dianne Feinstein and House representative Adam Schiff, two top Democrats on the Senate and House Intelligence Committee. In May 2017, a special counsel was appointed by Rod Rosenstein which took over an alr eady existing FBI investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. This counsel was called after the president was accused of obstructing justice after he fired FBI director James Comey. Robert Mueller was chosen as the special counsel and was granted the authority to not only head the investigation, but to also explore, “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigaTrump proclaiming no collusion after the report tion.” was released. Reddit
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Robert Mueller testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.
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Over the course of two years, Mueller’s investigation has revealed numerous criminal actions committed by officials connected to the Trump campaign, however, neither the president or his family have been connected to these crimes and most of the charges did not even involve election interference. The most notable indictments were that of Paul Manafort (Trump’s campaign manager) and Richard Gates on charges of conspiracy against the USA, conspiracy to launder money, false statements, and failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts. Michael Cohen , formerly the personal attorney for Trump, was also sentenced to prison time for giving false statements before the An exhausted senator at the Senate. However, while it was claimed that the president had instructed Senate Intelligence Committee him to lie, Muller quickly debunked that claim as false. The president hearing. and his supporters have repeatedly dubbed the probe, “a partisan witch hunt,” while Democrats have proclaimed that it is, “a matter of national security.” On Sunday, March 22, 2019, the details of the full report was released by Attorney General William Barr’s letter to lawmaker s at Capitol Hill. To summarize, the final conclusions stated that Mueller did not have any evidence that the president or anyone in his campaign had engaged in collusion with Russian Officials. It still remains unclear how much of the report, if any will be released to Congress or the public. On April 18, 2019, a redacted version of the report was released to the public and it completely clears the president of any suspicion of collusion, however, it does not clear him of money laundering and tax evasion. However, it should be noted that it does not recommend any further indictments either. On a final note, Trump consistently voiced his support for releasing the report completely unredacted to Congress and the public at large as he was confident in the report’s findings.
Paul Manafort was sentenced to four years for fraud and pled guilty for conspiracy.
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DEDICATION: We dedicate this issue of Milk. to our fearless leader, biggest cheerleader, and kindest supporter: Beloved Headmaster Robert Moore. Your life, character, and contributions will never be forgotten as we continue to teach, learn, and take the lessons you taught us out into the world. We love and miss you, and we will work our hardest to make you proud. -Shilpee Kathuria and the entire Milk. staff APRIL 10, 1956APRIL 26, 2019
Milk. Mustangs, Issues, Lifestyle, & Knowledge Milk. Staff Editor-in-Chief Garrett Cutchin News Editor Peter Cook Issues Editor Daniel Garguilo Lifestyle Editors Christopher Walker & Avery Terpstra
Sports Editor Cameron Keskonis Mustangs Editor Eli Musgrave Photo Editor Jordan Rothberg Advisor Shilpee Kathuria
Please contact us at: 13660 New Providence Road Alpharetta, GA 30004 Shilpee: skathuria@millsprings.org Garrett: gcutchin@millsprings.org