NEWS BRIEFS
Have you been hiding in your turtleneck to keep warm and missed the news? Here is your briefing for the past month. BY SUMNER WALLACE
5 Oct.
4 Oct.
GRETA THUNBERG VISITS IOWA CITY Activist Greta Thunberg visited downtown Iowa City to speak at a climate strike organized by City High student Massimo Biggers ’23. Biggers, inspired by Thunberg, started weekly Friday climate strikes. It is estimated that around 3,000 people packed the intersection of North Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue to demand the University of Iowa coal plants be phased out and to hear Greta and other activists speak.
PHOTO BY CAROLINE BARKER
HOMECOMING
For the second year in a row, West’s homecoming dance was held in the south gym. Like last year, the dance featured Heroes of Troy in place of a homecoming court to create a more inclusive environment. This year’s Heroes of Troy were seniors Christopher Caruthers, Natalie Dunlap, Chris Kim, Jessica Moonjely, Julian Wemmie and Natalie Young.
10 Oct.
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Oct.
HALLE SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING A gunman fired shots outside of a synagogue in Halle, Germany on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Spurred by anti-Semitic and rightwing extremist views, he live-streamed his attempts to gain entry to the synagogue. After a few unsuccessful attempts at entering, he killed two people, one outside the synagogue and one in a nearby kabob shop.
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PHOTO BY GWEN WATSON
CALIFORNIA BLACKOUT Predictions of high winds and dry conditions caused fears that another wildfire on the scale of the Camp Fire could start. The Camp Fire of 2018, sparked by electrical infrastructure, was the deadliest fire in California history. As a result, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, one of California’s biggest utilities, shut off power to millions of residents and ruffled many feathers in the process.
NEWS
NOV. 15, 2019
ART BY CAMERON REIMERS