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What’s happening?
social issues, politics – local, national, world
LA’s new mayor will have difficult financial issues to solve… 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has changed her gay marriage stance… Time magazine exposes the reasons behind the high cost of health care… Agencies across the federal government are bracing for sequester… After a bitter confirmation battle, Chuck Hagel has been confirmed as Defense Secretary… Iran is engaging in 7-party nuclear talks in Kazakhstan… Basketball star Dennis Rodman is visiting North Korea…
Music sales are on the rise for the first time in the 21sy century… Designer Jeremy Scott is facing intense scrutiny over plagiarism charges… Pianist Van Cliburn is dead… FIFA has banned 74 people in an ongoing match-fixing scandal… New research suggests that sleep deprivation leads to changes in gene activity… The next pope may be African, but there are doubts that he’ll be progressive… Did mysterious street artist Banksy make this art as retaliation for theft?…
March is a revolutionary month… March 2 is the anniversary of the 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence… March 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the March 8 revolution that began the period of Ba’ath party control in Syria and the 96th anniversary of the February Revolution that ended czarist rule in Russia… This March is the 165th anniversary of the Hapsburg and German uprisings of 1848… Punk icon Morrissey has asked the Staples Center to go vegetarian for his sold-out March 1 concert there… Daylight Saving Time begins March 10…
What’s New on the Website?
SpaceX Dragon is Ready to Fly
by Joshua Kim
Student Novelist Discusses Her Craft
by Daniel Chung
http://www.jstudentboard.com/reporter/articles/people/profiles/student-novelist-discusses-her-craft/
Infinite H Bends the Trend
by Teresa Yoon
http://www.jstudentboard.com/reporter/articles/arts-entertainment/infinite-h-bends-the-trend/
Editorial: E-Readers Benefit Students and Teachers
by Jennifer Shin
Editorial: the Pope Was Right to Resign
by Chiyoung Kim
Irvine Bake Sale Helps North Korea
by Eunice Kim
