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VOL. LXII, ISSUE 3
THURSDAY, NOV., 19 2020
Alex Trebek, ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dead at 80 BY LAYAL SROUR LIFESTYLES EDITOR
After 37 years of hosting and more than 8,000 episodes, America's favorite game show host, Alex Trebek, has passed away. Trebek has been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer since March of 2019. Trebek's Journey to "Jeopardy!" In 1961, Trebek landed his first job as a "fill-in reporter and newscaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC TV." Then, in 1966, he moved from journalism to hosting game shows, where he was the host of "Reach for the Top." This show consisted of "teams of high school students against each other in academic competitions." In 1970, he went on to host the Canadian show "Jackpot." By 1973, Trebek left his home in Canada and moved to Hollywood, California to further his game show host career. During that time, he hosted his first American game show "The Wizard of Odds," which only "lasted for one season." He got the gig from Alan Thicke, actor from "Growing Pains." From 1974-1976 and 1978-1980, he hosted the game show called "High Rollers, which was aired on NBC." He hosted the show "The $128,000 Question" from 1977-1978 and "Pitfall" from 1981-1982. "Wheel of Fortune" creator, Merv Griffin, reached out to Trebek in 1984 asking him to host "Jeopardy!" The game show consists of three contestants where the "clues were offered in the form of answers and contestants answered in the form of questions." The first time the air showed was from 1964 to 1975, but ended after that, until Trebek became the host in 1984 making it "one of the most popular game shows in television history." See Jeopardy!, Page 4
Black Friday during the COVID-19 Pandemic BY HANNA HYLAND STAFF WRITER
With COVID-19 hitting its ninth month in the United States and infecting millions of Americans across the country, shoppers are wondering what this will mean for Black Friday. Retailers are dealing with the challenges of still reaching sales goals but also keeping everyone safe while shopping. They are dealt with the struggles of how to handle a holiday under these circumstances. This is something that is new to everyone and still very unknown. Large stores such as Walmart and Target have decided to spread out their Black Friday sales over the course of several weeks. This is to ensure safety for both employees and shoppers. Features like contactless payments, shopping reservations and curbside pickup will be offered at stores around the country. Walmart stated that health officials will be stationed at all entrances to ensure people are following safety protocol and wearing masks. Macy’s is also offering a same-day delivery deal through DoorDash. While their stores will still be open they want everyone to feel safe and do what is most comfortable for them. Mel Bratun, senior human resources student, is the manager at Love Obsessed in the King of Prussia Mall. Unfortunately, this small boutique is closing its doors this week due to the lack of sales that have come from this pandemic. Bratun stated that the negative of working in a mall is you have to follow the mall hours and it came to a point where “We were spending more money on payroll than we were profit wise.” Kate Thompson, senior business management student, also works in the King of Prussia Mall
and states “the mall has not been the same.” Thompson added that it has become rare for her store to hit their sales goals each day. With shortened hours, employees have been struggling with working less. This has been a common theme for many stores around the King of Prussia Mall seeing several stores closing. Smaller stores seem to be struggling the most compared to cheaper and larger stores like Primark and Forever 21. Small boutiques especially cannot afford to have their prices be as cheap as many larger clothing businesses’ which has really negatively affected them. Vic Monterosso, senior international business student, works at Golf Galaxy in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. She said that in previous years the store typically does a 25 percent off sale on Black Friday, but with COVID-19 they have changed this to smaller deals over the course of a week. Monterosso said, “Luckily for us, golf is one of the only things people can do right now, so our store has been pretty busy throughout the golf season.” Golf Galaxy is planning for a large number of shoppers but also planning safety protocols. She believes with the deals spread out, it will be safer for all involved.
Alex Trebek, long-time host of the game show “Jeopardy!”
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Students plans to come back after Thanksgiving break BY JYAIR FIELDS STAFF WRITER With the pandemic going on, it has made colleges and universities think of different ways to keep students safe. Some colleges have been completely online this semester. Some schools have done in-person classes, such as Cabrini. This has created a dilemma when it comes to Thanksgiving break. Thanksgiving break lasts a little less than a week and then students will come back for a short period of time for another week of classes and finals. After finals students can return home for a month-long winter break. This has created problems for universities. Colleges and universities debated on how to resolve the possible issue of students bringing back COVID-19 by going home and being around family members and friends. This was something schools really had to think about to keep their students safe once they get back to campus. The solution they came up with was to send the students home for Thanksgiving break and having the rest of the semester as well as finals online. Cabrini is giving the students the option to come back to campus to finish their online classes in their dorms. This can be a good option for students because they can still have that on-campus environment while finishing the rest of their classes before winter break. Although some would want to come back, some other students may not feel comfortable. See Thanksgiving, Page 4
While online sales are expected to increase up to 35 percent, stores across the country are still planning for thousands of people, long lines and lots of deals. When shopping, health professionals are urging everyone to wear masks, keep socially distant and definitely bring hand sanitizer. HANNAHYLAND6@GMAIL.COM
Deja Gillis favorite spot to do homework.
PHOTO BY JYAIR FIELDS