ScotSkim: terror

Julia Rhodie, Staff Writer

December 15, 2018

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, ScotCenter Sports

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 24, 2015

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

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...