Introduction :
First Story :
The Morningside Mustangs take on Ottawa University in the first round NAIA playoffs.
The Mustangs have gone undefeated this season and are currently ranked second in the nation. Morningside won the GPAC Conference Champions title for the eleventh year in a row after beating Northwestern College on November 6th.
The team is hopeful for another trip to the championship game. Here is one of Morningside’s football players and his view on this season.
*insert football interview*
Last year, the Mustangs fell just short of playing in the national championship game due to a loss against Northwestern in the semi-final game of the playoffs. This loss was the end of Morningside’s 39-game winning streak and first loss since 2017.
Second Story :
In national news, President Biden’s administration signed an Executive Order in September that required all businesses with more than 100 employees to have a COVID-19 vaccination with exceptions only as required by law. Last week, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard that will affect faculty, staff, and student employees.
This ETS is mandating that employees and student workers have their final dose of the vaccination by January 4, 2022. If a student worker or employee is choosing not to be vaccinated, they will be required to provide weekly negative COVID-19 tests at their own time and wear a mask at all times.
This ETS affects all of Morningside’s employees and student workers. Here is a student who is currently employed by Morningside’s work study program to share how this standard affects her and her job.
*insert student interview*
Third Story :
Whale poop is vital to the flow of the nutrient cycle in the ocean.
According to National Geographic, Scientists are finding that whales eat three times more than they previously thought. Whales typically feed hundreds of feet deep in the ocean. How much whales eat is not the direct goal of the discovery. Scientists are also interested in how much these whales are defecating, because of the importance of whale feces in the productivity of the ocean.
Matthew Savoca has set out to find the answer that he desires. Baleen whales were chosen for this research. Baleen whales mostly eat krill and zooplankton found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. The results of this research show that the average blue whale eats 16 tons of food every day.
This discovery also led to the finding that baleen whales play a much more important role in the ecosystem. There are fourteen known baleen whale species and they are all crucial to the moving nutrients through the ocean.
Conclusion :