Phila. SRC approves doomsday school budget by Martha Woodall and Melissa Chea-Annan

In this article "Phila. SRC approves doomsday school budget", by Martha Woodall and Melissa Che-Annan, Martha and Melissa talks about the meeting at the school district building that was held thursday night. Come next year, schools will open without new books, paper,clubs,counselors, liberians, assistant principals, and secretaries. This article includes quotes from the superintendent, William R. Hite Jr, who thinks that these cuts would be a catastrophic for the citys schools. In the meeting, Joseph A. Dworetzky was the only one of five commissioners to vote against the budget. "I do not believe that the administration looked hard enough to find other savings" says Hite. Something that i found interesting in this article was that there could be 3,000 layoffs including teachers. This is interesting because to me this means that schools will be out of order this year. There will be few teachers and the children will be out of control. I think that these budget cuts are a bad idea and that they should consider cutting something else. This is the worst thing the the counsol could do. I think that this has an effect on everyone.

Time For A Raise? By Patricia Smith

In this article "Time For A Raise?", by Patricia Smith, Smith talks about how President Obama wants to increase the federal minimum wage to $9 dollars an hour. The federal minimum would be raised in stages, reaching $9 an hour by the end of 2015. This article includes statements from a 10th grader that attends Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida. She says that her salary is $7.79 an hour. She works 20 to 25 hours a week and still struggles to pay her gas, car insurance, and her phone bill. This means that she is not making enough. I think that it is a good idea to boost it to $9 an hour. I do not think that you should be working so many hours and getting paid so little. Something I found interesting in this article is when it said "Their hourly rate may go up, but their number of hours may come down, so their is not an overall increase". I found this interesting because either way they will still not be making enough to support their selves. When the price goes up the hours go down.

Korean War Part 2? by Choe Sang- Hun

In the article "Korean War Part 2?", by Choe Sang-Hun, Sang-Hun talks about the tensions rising on the North Korea peninsula. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has risen the threat of a military confrontation. North Korea has threatened to launch a "pre-emptive nuclear strike" against South Korea and the United States. I think that this war that is about to be created is meaning less and stupid. I think the Kim Jong just wants to show North Korea that he is "powerful" and "unafraid". I do not think that either countries, the United States, South Korea, or North Korea could afford to go to war right now. We should go over to North Korea and talk things over with him. This could be a very dangerous war because nuclear weapons are involved. I think the United states should also get prepared though. If Kim Jong is serious we need to be aware and ready.

Sisters In Arm by James Dao

In the article "Sisters in Arms" by James Dao, Dao talks about a change that will lift the long- standing ban on women in combat. This means that women will start being able to join the combat. Some people think that this is a great change and other think that this is not such a great idea. It is said that this is one of the most significant military personnel shifts since President Harry Truman's 1948 executive order to integrate the armed forces. This article includes a story about Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall's experience during her second deployment to Iraq. In the story it tells about her bravery and how she did just what a man in the combat would do. One thing that I found interesting in this article was when the article mentioned that women might have not had the physical strength to perform tasks required of some combat soldiers, such as walking for miles, wearing heavy armor and carrying packs that can weigh 100 pounds. I found this interesting because I think that they are doubting women. Some women are stronger than men. I agree with the change that women should be allowed in combat because it is not fair for women.

Found Poem - A Cold Case of Cold-Blooded Murder- Sheila Weller

Quadeira Patterson Journalism Found Poem April 12, 2013 Cold Case File My name is Robin Samsoe. I am 11-years-old. It was a hot day in July. A hot day in July when… When I was killed. Around this time police knew about my death. My bones were found on the ground. My mother would never see my again. Investigators found my killer, But he was not charged with my death. He had been charged with the murder of another little girl. And another. But my case, Will remain a Cold Case File A Cold Case of Cold-Blooded Murder: By Sheila Weller

Slaughter of the African Elephants By Samantha Strindberg and Fiona Maisels

In the article "Slaughter of the African Elephants" by Samantha Strindberg and Fiona Maisels, Maisels and Strindberg talk about the killings of elephants that is going on in the African forest. This article includes reasearch from a study. The research that the study has collected was "A staggering 62 percent vanished from central Africa between 2002 and 2011.... We have just published with 60 other scientists in the journal PLoS One". This was one of the biggest search studies ever performed in the central Africa forest. One fcat in this article that i found interesting in this article was that they were killing these animals because they wanted to use their tusk. "An elephants tusk have become bling for consumers who have no idea or simply dont care that it was obtained by inflicting terror, horrendous pain and death on thinking, feeling, sel-aware beings". I believe that this is very wrong and that this should be against the law. I think that they xould at least wait until an elephants death, by nature, to take their tusk.

Lil Wayne, an Epileptic, Has Seizures Often, But Last One Almost Killed Him By Marc Hogan - Choice Blog

In the article "Lil Wayne, an Epileptic. Has Seizures Often, But Last One Almost Killed Him" by Marc Hogan, Marc talks about the "Best Rapper Alive", Lil Wayne's, recent seizures. Lil Wayne has suffered from MANY MANY seizure, but three in a row was a first from him. This article includes quotes from Lil Wayne also know as Tunechi himself. Hogan also gets quotes from the TMZ. One fact that stood out to me in this article was "But this time it got real bad cause i had three of them in a row and on the third one, my heart rate went down to like 30 percent". This was a quote from Lil Wayne. I found this quote interesting because he was so close to dieing. He had three in a row. He is very lucky to be living today. Before reading this article there was alot of talk on why Lil Wayne suffered from the seizures. There was say that all the drugs that he is taking was the cause. After reading this I do not believe that. I believe this because he said himself that he is an epileptic and that he is prone to seizures.