ANNOUNCEMENTS
We’re experiencing problems with the Jstudentboard website, which stopped working yesterday. We apologize and will be working on trying to solve it today. Hopefully it’ll be back online soon.
Many of you have completed the survey included in the last email; thank you! For those of you who haven’t, please take a short amount of time to complete this survey with feedback about your editors. Your response will help make your experience better. Here, again, is the link: http://tinyurl.com/JSRSpring2013Survey1.
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
L.A. Unified has reached a $30 million agreement to settle almost 60 legal claims in a scandal involving sexual abuse and lewd contact… Governor Brown is trying to make nice with Republican lawmakers… The Obama administration is appealing a federal ruling that bans appointments during Congressional recesses… Six months after the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, the president has nominated a new ambassador to Libya… Residents of the Falkland Islands have voted to stay British… The Guardian argues that China is the key to solving the world’s problem with North Korea…
Music legend David Bowie’s first album in a decade is absolutely excellent… Controversial former Dodgers star Manny Ramirez will be playing in Taiwan this season… A new Chilean telescope will soon produce the clearest images we’ve ever had of space… Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg is becoming a controversial figure with the publication of her new book… This summer, the New York Historical Society will exhibit AIDS in New York: the First Five Years… Chris Hadfield has become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station…
March 14 is the birthday of Albert Einstein, perhaps the most prominent scientist of the 20th century… It’s not too late to buy your tickets for Sunday’s Inland Empire Cupcake Fair… Friday, March 22 is UN World Water Cooperation Day… West Hollywood’s Cinefamily is showing Terminator 2 on the big screen on March 23 and 24… Atheists United is hosting a Spring Equinox party on Sunday the 24th… Passover begins at sundown on Monday, March 25…
WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEBSITE?
A lot of stuff! Unfortunately, the website isn’t working right now (see above). Check back soon.
