For the scavenger hunt, I was supposed to find an academic success story and a Post-it note with a doodle on it.

For the academic success story, I talked to Elana Krutsinger. She said, “I got really good grades last year and was invited into the ODK club”. And you can only get in with an invite and have really good grades. Now she is in charge of Into the Streets.

For the Post-it note with a doodle on it, I went to the Financial Aid office in Lewis Hall and asked Karen Wiese for a doodle on a Post-it note and she was happy to help me. While making the doodle she said, “This is what I do waiting for people”. Meaning types of doodles on the Post-it note she made.

BBC New article: Ukraine launches missile attack on Crimea

I chose this article because Ukraine had been at war with Russia and I want to know more about what was going on with Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine has said that in one of its largest attacks on the Russian navy’s Black Sea fleet, it assaulted naval targets and port facilities in Crimea.

Russia had earlier claimed that Ukraine had attacked with 10 missile launches and three unmanned boats. According to Russia, it started a significant fire at a shipyard in Sevastopol that injured 24 people.

Ukraine’s goals have not changed. All they want is to reclaim the peninsula. I think Russia should give the peninsula back to Ukraine because Russia is already big enough and already has a lot of power. They are both wasting resources that could be put to better use.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66793900

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An earthquake in Morocco left more than 2,800 people dead and the count is still growing.

An earthquake hit Morocco that had a magnitude of 6.8 on the earthquake scale on September 8th. The earthquake caused many old buildings to fall because they were not able to withstand the shaking.

The quake’s epicenter was in  Marrakesh. “As of Sunday, the largest number of victims accounted for so far are in the Al Haouz province….Many of the areas affected by the quake are in remote mountain villages that are not easily accessed by emergency teams.” New York Times reported.

This massive earthquake is unusual for Morocco, according to Wendy Bohn, an earthquake geologist who told the Washington Post, “If you don’t have earthquakes a lot, you don’t build to withstand them.”

Morocco’s buildings were not built to withstand the damage the earthquake has caused. Bohn also said “Earthquakes don’t kill people. Buildings kill people.”

There were many people affected by the earthquake. Hicham Ahazar who saved himself and his sister told CNN, “I grabbed her and we ran outside. And as soon as we got outside, a whole wall collapsed.” He did this with an injured leg and didn’t notice it until he was outside.

CNN spoke to him while waiting for treatment. He told them he and his sister spent the last three nights sleeping outside because their home was no longer safe.

Aid has been sent from all around the world. CNN has reported that France gave 5.3 million to help the aid rescue efforts. The Spanish sent a search and rescue team. Turkey sent 265 personnel and 1,000 tents to support aid efforts. Britain has sent 60 search and rescue specialists, rescue equipment, and a medical team. Red Cross Society of China sent $200,000 to the Moroccan Red Crescent.

Plane Crash Kills 5 People

Plane crashed on takeoff at Kennedy International Airport. There were 45 passengers and crew members aboard among them 5 people were killed.

Associate professor of rural sociology John Dumont and associate professor of English George Johnson, both from Backwater State University. They were returning Thursday night from separate conferences in New York City. It crashed on takeoff at Kennedy International Airport. 45 passengers and crew members were aboard. Among them 5 people were killed. The Backwater State University professors escaped injury.

Backwater State University changes curriculum

President David French announces changes in graduation requirements. Because a recent study showed only 15% students took foreign language course and only 20% took a math course while at Backwater State University.

Students entering next fall (2023) must take one math, computer science, and foreign language course. The president said “We feel that these new course requirements will allow us to turn out better educated people.”

Daughter of local prominent attorney arrested for driving under the influence.

Cathy Wensen, daughter of Jim Wensen and Sharon Wensen. Is a 22-year-old senior at Vanderbilt University for study in biology.

Cathy was this year’s homecoming queen, has been a cheerleader, and a straight A student. She was arrested last night for driving under the influence of alcohol for the third time in six months.

East Dakota Highway patrol ordered a ban on hand-held radar guns yesterday in parts of Sioux City.

There were concerns that troopers could develop cancer from longterm exposure because of the radiation waves from the devices. The ban was ordered as a precaution while studies are conducted into the possible links between cancer and the use of such guns.

The ban affects 70 radar guns that will be withdrawn from service. State troopers will continue to use radar units with transmitters mounted on the outside of their cruisers.

Adam Smith the spokesman said “The feeling here is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue, the whole situation is under review.”

Hurricane Idalia Is Aiming for Florida’s Big Bend Region

Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/us/big-bend-florida.html?searchResultPosition=5

This news article is written by the New York Times and it discusses the effects of Hurricane Idalia on Florida’s Big Bend Region. Big Bend Region is roughly established in the north-south portion of the Florida peninsula curves toward the east-west portion of the Panhandle. And it was predicted Idalia could bring 12 feet of storm surge to the area.

Ceder Key in the Big Bend Region and the people of Ceder Key was ordered to evacuate on Monday along with other costal area. The people of Ceder Key did not listen to the order. And had to prepare for the chance that the one road of town might get taken out along with the power, water, and pumping could be out for a while.

While I do think this article was unbiased I believe it could have been more informative. By talking about the predicted damage the hurricane could cause and precaution people who do not want to evacuate take to be safer.

Carissa Johnson is a senior at morningside and is graduating in the spring, 21 years old, and is from Sioux Falls South Dakota, is majoring in marketing and has a general minor in psychology and is on the school’s bowling team. She has been bowling since she was three years old and She was also in the matching band in high school and she played the clarinet. 

She has a twin sister and older brother. She has a dog named Lucy and she used to have a bird that died. She is an introverted extrovert and has a job at Texas Road House as a server, her favorite show is Grey’s Anatomy.  She talked about her experience gambling with her friend. This is what she said about her experience “went to hardrock to gamble and lost twenty bucks and said this is stupid and left”. She does not have a favorite movie but went to Barbie and liked it.

Hello,

My name is Emma Anderson. I am a junior marketing major and a photography minor at Morningside. I am from Ankeny Iowa and I am a only child.