MM 2003 - Taylor Rich

  Earlier this year, the Delta Chi chapter of Virginia Commonwealth University was suspended after a 19- year old pledge, Adam Oakes, was found dead after a fraternity party. Eleven fraternity brothers have been charged in relation to the "hazing death" of the young man. Out of those eleven, eight have been arrested and charged with unlawful hazing of a student, and several received additional charges for purchasing and providing alcohol to minors.  While hazing rituals are common for most fraternities and sororities across the country, over 200 deaths caused by hazing have occurred since 1838.  And the stories are not unlike Adam Oakes tragedy. Young men and women are pressured into hazing every year, forcing them into uncomfortable and usually dangerous situations. The hazing ranges from alcohol poisoning to starvation to abuse. Each year, deaths occur and fraternities are slow to change their ways in an effort to maintain their sense of "brotherhood".  Recently...

                     Home of the Texas Longhorns and Keepin' it Weird, Austin, Texas is famous for numerous reasons. From music festivals to selling out every seat in the DKR Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin is a hotspot for tourists and an excellent source of the strangest and intriguing news stories in Texas.          The biggest news story delivered from Texas recently has revolved around the passing of new abortion laws, restricting and punishing women who abort. Since the news has trended nationwide, protests have taken place, fighting for pro-choice.          A Texas doctor decided to perform an abortion in opposition of these new laws and has a civil lawsuit filed against him.  Dr. Alan Braid  challenged this new law and performed the abortion after the six weeks mark, newly added through Texas' Senate 8 Bill.  The "brave" doctor has since pub...

                The stories are true, everyone knows everyone in a small town, and everyone knows what is going on in your life! Growing up in a small town, you learn pretty fast that your news is not limited to local newspapers or television stations, you could just as quickly learn the hottest news driving down the street or looking at a text. I n Salado, Texas the residents are as reliant on gossip as they are for the local news station. But even with the private Facebook group, Salado People, which feeds the nosy and bored residents, The Salado Village Voice remains the prominent source of small-town news.      The Salado Village Voice covers all areas of Salado. On their website, they specify their topics under News and Opinion, Sports (Salado ISD), Obituaries, Living, Calendar, Crosswords & More, and Classifieds. Since Salado’s population barely touches 3,000 residents (2019) , the Salado Village Voice primaril...

The popular K-pop group, BTS, set to appear at the U.N. Assembly to represent global youth. K-pop icons BTS appointed South Korean presidential special envoys ahead of U.N. General Assembly https://t.co/QlRfrC497X — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021  North Korea launched two missiles, days after a successful test run. North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into the sea, according to the South's military, as China's foreign minister visits Seoul and days after Pyongyang says it successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles https://t.co/CBy7yaB1YM pic.twitter.com/dsKxU2IYkd — AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 15, 2021 A Texas lawyer dressed as a horror movie character causes a scare on Galveston beach, receives fine. ⚡️ “Texas city fines lawyer for strolling beach as Michael Myers with bloody knife” by @mySA https://t.co/s21osZ78IU — mySA (@mySA) September 14, 2021 Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, begins new company in an effort to clean up s...

  Breaking News Over a 24 Hour Period With one click or scroll on Twitter, you can see the most recent worldwide news that’s trending today. Whether it’s a celebrity meltdown or a crisis overseas, the delivery of news across social media platforms spreads within seconds. A small-town news story can become national interest once it’s “trending”, instantly changing the most discussed topic on the internet in a moment, making it "breaking news". Today, according to Twitter’s ‘Trending In News’ page, the hot topic refers to the newest laws in Texas in regards to abortion bans. Since the release of these new laws on September 1, Twitter has been in an uproar, from both the pro-life and pro-choice side. This breaking news has taken over social media platforms, and with every click and scroll, more hashtags and captions flood the screen in reference to the new anti-abortion laws in Texas. Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted on September 1, urging people to "Join the Fight" ag...

  Defining the word news can be a difficult task. News varies in topics as well as delivery, and with the rise of social media in the 21st century, news constantly surrounds our daily lives, whether we intentionally look for it or accidentally stumble upon it. So how do we classify news? Merriam Webster Dictionary defines news as,“ a report of recent events”. Today, news stems from that simple definition and creates a complex platform of what news is.  News has changed dramatically since the basic word-of-mouth communication so many were dependent on. While spoken and written news used to take months to travel, today we can hear or see the recent news story at any point of our day. Whether it’s accidentally reading a headline on your browser page, or intentionally checking Twitter to see What’s Happening , news has become an integral part of our lives.  As a child who watched my parents read the newspaper, watch the local and national news channels, and tune into radio ...