Current Event Quiz 1

1. The University of Texas is under fire for hiring two student graduate assistants back in 2012. They committed a high profile hate crime, and violent assault against a gay man in Austin. The UT officials say that federal law forbids exposure of confidential student information. UT performs extensive background checks, but in unlike what they claimed in the paper, they didn't restrict the actions of these hires until this topic was brought to light.

2. On Tuesday, with the prompts of riot and protest, the city of Baltimore decided on a $6.4 million dollar settlement for the critical injury of a son in police custody. The mayor told the paper that it is in the best interest of the city to heal the wounds caused, and not to callously spend taxpayer money later in damages.

3. Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that the refugees coming from war torn countries is only increasing, and is escalating into a humanitarian crisis. Some observers have criticized Germany's generous benefits for alluring more and more refugees. In turn, Germany announced a reduction in cash handouts during initial processing. However the larger crisis is the war spreading across the Middle East in countries like Iraq and Syria. Germany has led the way to mitigate the human damage by accepting 500,000 refugees a year, and taking a lion's share of the refugees in Europe.

4. Texas senator Ted Cruz invited Donald Trump to his anti-Iran nuclear deal rally. Cruz says the invitation was only to draw attention to the intentions of this catastrophic deal. "Where ever Donald goes, the media follows in droves," as said. Trump has never been held in office, so he's not one of Cruz's "standard targets."

5. Hillary Clinton apologized on Tuesday for the use of a private email account as secretary of state. Two Republicans in congress are provoking the former Clinton aide to testify by providing him legal immunity. Co-mingling is principally, to mix and blend. Clinton is trying to hide the truth behind careful words. That's just what Clinton's allies are doing too, in so-far refusal to disclose information, and only quoting her actions were "a mistake", which she strongly pushed, herself. As well, She was slow to admit that using a private server as a secretary of state was against the law.

6. Two John Jay high school students were suspended after knocking down, and spearing a game official. Northside school district officials said he told players "This guy needs to pay for cheating us." The prompt from this action is still under investigation.

SHORT FREE-RESPONSE ESSAY:

    The story on page A4 tells of Clinton's apology and cover-up for the use of a public server as secretary of state. She is quoted to use phrases like "a mistake", and "be transparent as possible", and it talks about the attempts to give her allies legal immunity to testify.
    This story really entices the currency value. Hillary has been under fire for quite some time, and the media has been all over it. Hillary is running for president, so it's imperative to know about the candidates.
    The story uses a lot of quotes from Hillary, emphasizing, her side, but also considering the actions of her allies and members of Congress. It was a well-reported story that outlined her actions in a concise and informative manner.