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Monday, March 15, 2021
As spring break nears, many students on college campuses are eager to travel home and see their families. However, many schools are discouraging this and even offering students money to stay on campus. This is because they are afraid that students traveling might increase the number of COVID-19 infections. Still, many people are traveling anyway. TSA said they screened about 1.3 million people in the US yesterday, the highest number of travelers since exactly one year ago. Wesley Hamilton is a CNN Hero who runs a nonprofit called Disabled But Not Really. In 2012, he was injured in an altercation that led to him being paralyzed from the waist down. For years, he struggled with depression and obesity, but his daughter brought him out of this and caused him to change. He lost weight and opened a nonprofit gym that helps all kinds of disabled people stay fit and move on with their lives.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The unrest in Myanmar continues. In recent protests, multiple protestors and at least one member of the military have been killed. In addition, a Chinese factory was attacked and several workers there were killed, prompting the Chinese government to speak out against the Burmese military coup and call for a restoration of the civilian government. At the US-Mexico border, there has been a surge of migrants detained as more migrants stream in the hopes that the Biden Administration will allow them to stay. For the time being, they have only allowed children to remain in the US. The backlog has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as tents fill up and the border patrol isn't able to process people fast enough. Finally, smart glass could change office buildings. Smart glass from several different companies is able to change shading in order to optimize the temperature in a room.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
College enrollment in the US is continuing to stall. A study found that this spring, there was a 2.9% drop in college enrollment overall. On the other hand, there was a 4.3% increase in graduate students, and also an increase in enrollment for traditionally online schools. Traditionally in-person schools saw decreases because many students felt that they were missing out on campus life. In addition, many selective colleges decided not to look at things like the SAT, leading to an increase in applications. Many community colleges saw budgets get tighter and fewer students enrolled, disproportionately affecting poorer communities. It is unclear if this trend will continue into the coming fall semester. Broadway has now been dark for over a year, the first time that this has happened since the American Revolutionary War. The theater industry is a tough one, and many young hopefuls have dropped out. But when Broadway does finally reopen, it will serve as an international signal that the pandemic is coming to an end. Across the Western United States, heavey snowstorms have been hitting many areas. Several cities have seen record snowfall.
Thursday, March 18, 2021
The American Red Cross has been reporting higher rates of people who had yet to be vaccinated but had antibodies to COVID-19. This means that they had previously been infected and developed a resistance to it. Of course, this isn't a random sample of the population, and the CDC estimates that more than a quarter of the population had been infected by the end of 2020. Scientists still do not know whether immunity against the virus is long lasting or goes away like with the yearly cold virus. Yesterday, the National Storm Prediction Center issued its top level warning for tornadoes across the American Midwest, something that hasn't happened in years. This year's La Niña weather pattern could make tornado season worse. This phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean causes cooler air in the north to collide with warmer air from the south, speeding up the jetstream and making perfect conditions for tornadoes to form. More fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been found in a cave after nearly a 60 year lull.
Friday, March 19, 2021
Events this week in Atlanta have sparked new outrage against hate crimes, specifically against Asian Americans. A shooter killed 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian. Though the shooter, who is now in custody, says the shooting was not fueled by hate, it does reflect an overall rise in Asian American hate in the US since the COVID-19 outbreak began. Hate crime is difficult to prosecute because hate and hate speech are not crimes - in fact, speech is protected by the 1st amendment. In addition, laws vary from state to state. An asteroid that recently passed by Earth has been determined to be the first-ever interstellar object seen from Earth. It has an oblong shape, unlike any other asteroids from our solar system, and scientists hope it will give clues as to how other solar systems formed. The US 1 Highway leads from the Florida mainland all the way to the end of the Florida Keys. It has a series of scenic stops, beginning with restaurants and even underwater hotels that you have to scuba dive into.
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