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The haunted basement of the Klinger-Neal Theatre

Last semester, me and my friends went to the basement of the Klinger-Neal Theatre right here on campus. Rumors were that it was haunted, which none of us believed, which gave us only one mission. We had to check it out for ourselves.

 One day after dinner in the cafeteria, we went to check the unlocked building out. None of us had ever been here. It was dark and creepy, much like any dark building. We quickly found the door to the basement. A heavy door that directly slammed shut behind us when we entered. Unlike the movies, we could luckily still open it from the inside as well.

In the basement, I directly  grabbed ahold of a friends shirt, just to be sure. Besides the noises of the machine in the back, it was silent. If something on this campus would be haunted, this would definitely be the place.

 There were the most random items, big clocks, puppets and other decorations used for plays in the theatre. We turned around a corner and were scared to death, a costume which reached to the ceiling was standing there staring us down while leaning against the wall.

Me, scared to death was just making sure I would remain in the middle of the group. Not in the front nor the back. We looked further for the one object we actually came for, the haunted chair. I heard stories that as soon as people touched the chair, fingernails scraped along their back, grabbing their shoulders and more.

We came to back and there we spotted it. A dead-normal chair which we use in classrooms standing there by itself it the corner. Whereas I tried to laugh it off since I was not expecting this exactly, I was still scared to death.

After standing there for some minutes with a safe distance, we quickly walked back up, not being sure what to think. Whereas we were proud of ourselves for being brave enough to go down there, we also all felt something was not right down there.

Waiting 18 hours at the Chicago Airport while flying to the USA by yourself for the first time. That is what Nienke van Drunen could withstand because of her quality of patience.

Last summer, while traveling from the Netherlands to Sioux City, Nienke had a 18 hour layover in Chicago. Family friends of hers allowed Nienke to use their Air Miles while booking her flight. While it were a lot of Air Miles, it was not enough to book both flights. Resulting in having to buy two separate tickets.

There would only be one non-expensive option so that Nienke would not miss her layover. Wait 20 hours in Chicago. Whereas she was lucky the waiting time changed to ‘just’ 18 hours, she would find out it would be terrible.

She had to wait in the cold lobby overnight since she could not check in her suitcases until the day of her flight. For 14 hours, Nienke could not get new food or sleep.

‘It was the first time I was awake for more than 45 hours’ Nienke concluded.

Messi scores in Argentina’s World Cup warm-up

Argentina warmed up for the World Cup with a 5-0 win over the Unites Arab Emirates Wednesday night in Abu Dhabi.

Two goals from Angel Di Maria and goals from Julian Alvarez, Lionel Messi and Joaquin Correa extended their unbeaten run to 36 games.

Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul said they are confident, while also taking precaution:

“But for many it will be their first World Cup so the first game will be very important,” De Paul said.

Argentina will open their World Cup adventure against Saudi Arabia on Nov. 22 before also playing against Mexico and Poland in Group C.

The audience are soccer supporters getting ready for the world cup. The lead is too long in my opinion. I do not think it has to include the goal scorers. But if you take that away the lead works and includes everything what it needs to include.

It does not have a point of view normally, however people could argue that the a “superb goal” could be of a point of view since people could have different meanings of what a superb goal, maybe based on the qualities of different people when it comes to soccer. But besides this one term there is no point of view as the article just talks about the game.

This article does not miss anything, while it even talks about why some players were not listed on the roster today.

Source:

https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/653772

Hi there, this is Marnix van Exel and you are listening to the Global News Podcast. Today we will be talking about the terrorist explosion in Istanbul, another injury case just a week before the World Cup in Qatar, and the midterm election results.

At least 6 people have been killed with 81 wounded in an explosion in Istanbul Sunday.

The explosion happened on a shopping street in the Taksim Square area. The city’s governor Ali Yerlikaya said that a suspect has been arrested.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan earlier said “the smell of terror” was in the air.

A female reportedly sat on a bench for more than 40 minutes and left just minutes before the explosion took place.

Whereas no organization has claimed this attack yet, it is suspected that the terrorist organization called the Kurdistan Workers’ Party is responsible. They are calling for an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.

(Plan on getting a reaction from a European here)

Source:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63615076

Furthermore, just a week before the start of the World Cup, Dutch Right-Back Denzel Dumfries had to leave his last club game early.

Inside the closing 20 minutes of his game with Inter Milan, the player had to come off the field with what appeared to be a knee injury.

Where Dumfries would be an important member of the Netherlands’ squad, it is now the question whether he will be fit in their opening game against Senegal in seven days’ time.

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal also came with more news regarding the squad. He revealed that Barcelona striker Memphis Depay would not be starting in the nation’s world cup opener due to his ongoing injury.

(Going to ask Dutch soccer player and fan that goes to Morningside on the impact that this could have on the team)

Source:

https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/netherlands-dealt-dumfries-blow-as-louis-van-gaal-confirms-memphis-depay-plans-for-world-cup-opener/

And lastly, the democrats have held the majority in the US Senate after midterms election results have been counted.

Republicans are furious. Critics blame former President Donald Trump as well as Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnel for the poor showing.

For now the race for the US House Of Representatives remains uncalled, but the Republicans are favored to win.

Normally, the party controlling the White House loses seats in a midterm election. The Democrats’ proved history different. Their performance this year is considered the best for a sitting party in at least 20 years.

Senior White House adviser Anita Dunn told CBS News that the midterm results were “hugely consequential” for the party’s agenda. She also said that President Biden believes he is the best person to continue the progress that his party had made.

If Mr. Biden does decide to run again, he will likely rematch Trump who is believed to announce his running for President this Tuesday.

(Will interview a Republican Student and ask what they believe caused this poor showing)

Source:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63618188

Thank you for listening to the top stories of the week. Tune in next Sunday again to hear more international stories.

Lakers’ LeBron James exits loss to Clippers with groin injury

Wednesday night, star player Lebron James had to leave Lakers’ game against the LA Clippers halfway through the fourth quarter with a reported groin injury.

Whereas the team lost their 4th consecutive game, head coach Darwin Ham wants Lebron to focus on himself and his body:

“do what you need to do, just take care of your body,” was coach Ham’s message to Lebron James after the game.

Lebron already suffered a tear in his left groin back in the 2018-19 season that caused him to miss 17 straight games. When comparing to back then he luckily said it was not as bad.

Team doctors will look at James on Thursday and make images of his groin to determine the extent of the injury.

The audience are basketbal fans and fellow sport fans. The lead, as well as the story itself, is effective since Lebron James is one of the most well known basketbal players on the planet. If a world class athlete gets injured it is always news which people would want to read about.

The story does not have a point of view since it only states facts as well as many quotes from the coach, Lebron James or other Lakers teammates.

In my opinion the story is not missing anything. I do not have much basketbal knowledge so I thought it was good that the article told about his past groin injury as well as quoting Lebron’s teammates answers on the impact this injury would have for the team.

Source:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34991770/lakers-lebron-james-exits-loss-clippers-groin-injury

South Korea star Son Heung-Min to have facial surgery, putting World Cup at risk

Tottenham and South Korea forward Son Heung-Min is a major doubt for the World Cup in Qatar, after having to go under surgery following their last game.

During Tottenham’s champions league game against Marseille last night, Son collided with Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba, fracturing a part around his left eye.

The World Cup begins on November 20 for the South Korean national team. Whether Son will make it is in doubt. However assistant head coach Cristian Stellini said that Son was feeling better after the game and could even celebrate the team’s victory.

The audience here are soccer fans. More and more top players are getting injured ahead of the world cup now. Every new injury therefore is big news within the soccer world. Everyone feeling sad for the players, but also sad for themselves since everyone wants to see as much superstars at the world cup as possible. That is why saying “major fitness doubt for the World Cup” in the lead is very effective.

This article does not have a point of vies since it only states facts, quotes and dates of future games.

What you want to know now is an update on the player, something that this article could not contain already. But that is the only part which I could think of that I do not know yet after reading this article.

Source:

https://www.espn.com/soccer/tottenham-hotspur-engtottenham/story/4789125/tottenhamsouth-korea-star-son-to-have-facial-surgery-putting-world-cup-in-doubt