ScotSkim: terror
Julia Rhodie, Staff Writer
December 15, 2018
Filed under ScotSkim - quick news briefs
Bomb threats spark nationwide anxiety A wave of bomb threats was sent to schools, businesses, hospitals, and other places nationwide and in Canada on Thursday, Dec. 13. These threats sent public facilities across the continent into a panic. Many locations that received threats were evacuated. ...
Bedlam in Brussels: the world responds to another terror attack
Kian Karamdashti, Staff Writer
March 26, 2016
On March 22, more than four months after a series of terrorist attacks shocked Paris, France, terror struck Europe again as suicide bombers attacked the Brussels Airport and Metro in Belgium. This attack came only days after Belgian police had reported the capture of Salah Abdeslam, a known suspect in...
Americans reconsider Syrian refugees in light of attacks
Ivy Nguyen, Staff Writer
November 23, 2015
Filed under News
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on Paris, France and Beirut, Lebanon in mid-November, the debate surrounding Syrian refugees has been loaded with demands for the United States to close U.S. borders to Syrian refugees. Donald Trump, a high-profile presidential candidate, has been vocal in connecting...
France hit by the horror of terrorism once again
Sarah Tocatlian, Staff Writer
November 14, 2015
This weekend, the streets of Paris are quiet. After the terrorist attacks that took place at 9:20 p.m. local time on Friday in Paris, France, French President, François Hollande, has announced three days of national mourning. Six sites in Paris were simultaneously attacked, where at least 129 died and ...
U.S. makes big strides in war on terrorism
November 18, 2010
Filed under Campus
In an effort to finally eliminate terrorism once and for all, the U.S. has decided to eliminate dangerous words from the English language. Once common words such as terrorist, bomb, kill the president, and harm, just to name a few, will no longer exist as of January 6, 2011. It is believed that if pe...
Emma Romanowsky, Staff Writer
Trump and O’Rourke butt heads in El Paso Former Rep. and potential Democratic presidential candidate...
Sjoerd Huitema, Staff Writer
Yellow papers that display the messages "Move here, nerds are the virus!" and "Every day sucks with move...
Leela Stuepfert, Staff Writer
Every day throughout the year, a local resident works wholeheartedly to look after the deer living in...
Andrew Shao, Staff Writer
February 17, 2019
One remarkable December day, on the mostly unremarkable year of 1946, two employees of the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Earl Menefee and Ralph Salisbury, founded a soaring...
Kimberly Brodersen, Staff Writer
February 17, 2019
There is always at least one student in every classroom who can't stay put — twitching, talking, or daydreaming when they shouldn't be. They are often considered to be disrespectful...
Kevin Shimizu, Staff Writer
February 16, 2019
Mid-winter break, otherwise known as ski week, is one of a few breaks left before the scheduled dates for the Advanced Placement (AP) tests. This often causes students to...
Miles Ozorio, Staff Writer
February 15, 2019
The boys varsity soccer team suffered a close 1-0 loss to Aragon during senior night on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Despite their loss, the team still had a positive senior night...