https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/sports/baseball/julio-urias-dodgers-pitcher-arrest-domestic-violence.html

Last Sunday Dodger pitcher Julio Urias was arrested and charged with a domestic violence felony with his wife. Authorities stated that this occurred following after an MLS soccer match in Los Angeles, in which he attended. Urias was arrested just after 11 p.m. and released on $50,000 bail around 5 a.m. He is set to appear in court on September 27th. It was noted that the Los Angeles Dodgers were indeed notified of the incident but had no comment on the situation. The Dodgers flew out to Miami, Florida on Monday but did not take Urias.

It is unclear whether or not Urias will be suspended from MLB but it is worth mentioning that this isn’t the first time Julio has been through something like this. In 2019, Julio Urias was accused of the same charge and was found guilty and had to serve a 20 game suspension as his punishment. With this being his second time, it is unclear as to how severe his punishments will be. This event is crucial for his team as the Dodgers are heading closer ad closer to their playoff campaign and a loss like this will be very crucial to the team.

In the article entitled “This Gecko’s Camouflage Is So Good, It Masqueraded as Another Species”, Sofia Quaglia states that there was a reptile found in Madagascar that camouflaged itself so well that scientists mistook it for another species. Quaglia mentions that this Gecko tends to camouflage itself as a piece of bark on a tree trunk and is even seen as a better camouflager than a chameleon and it loves to hide itself in broad daylight.

This reptile is a newly identified species of the leaf-tailed gecko known as Uroplatus garamaso and look completely different from all the other forms. This type has a beard around the bottom of its chin as well as flattened tails. The Uroplatus garamaso is so good at camouflaging itself that is has been mistaken for for another gecko called the U. henkeli. It wasn’t until recently that scientist began to notice the very minor differences between after decades of research. It is still unclear as to how this type of gecko performs its stunts but scientist were glad to be able to finally identify and introduce this new species since they had reason to be seen as in an entirely different reptile group as a whole.

This is something I consider news because of how unique and different this species is and I believe it to be an interesting discovery. This event proves that there is still so much unknown about our world and that we are continuing to discover new things everyday and I believe it it very exciting.

Today I got the chance to interview senior Joseph Ciriaco, a History major from Omaha, Nebraska. Joseph has three brothers and two sisters and noted that his father has been around for a good while. Josephs father was stationed in Germany for some time and stated that it was quite the experience. During Joseph’s athletic career he was had great involvement in swim and even got swim with the fastest swimmer in the nation from the 2021 class.

This fall Joseph will spend a lot of time studying as he prepares for the LSAT test that will pair with his interest in law school as well as work on his personal statement. During this time he will take time to think of the great Albert Camou and his concepts of Absurdism.