Uloop Morning Scoop: Race Against Time in Mexico, Georgia Tech in Turmoil as Washington St. Gives Back

By Uloop Staff on September 21, 2017
Thursday — the unofficial start of the weekend — is here. But before you think about anything else, fill your brain with what’s happening outside of your campus:

 

RACING AGAINST TIME IN MEXICO

Frantic rescue efforts are underway in Mexico City (Image: YouTube screenshot/BBC)

In Mexico City, where a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck late Tuesday, rescuers and volunteers searched the rubble of buildings for survivors, with time to find those alive running out. The search is most intense around a collapsed school. 

“‘The priority now is continue rescuing those who are still trapped and provide medical attention to the injured,’” President Enrique Peña Nieto told CNN, calling Tuesday’s quake – the second to shake Mexico in 12 days –”‘a new national emergency.’”

The death toll has surpassed 250 in Mexico. Some experts are wondering if the latest earthquake should put California on alert.

 

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LAST DITCH EFFORT TO REPEAL OBAMACARE

Obamacare replacement brainstorming session

A meeting at the White House in March, when initial efforts to repeal Obamacare got underway (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

 

Four GOP senators have proposed a new healthcare act to overhaul Obamacare, their last chance before their deadline for voting passes on Sept. 30.

Backed by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Dean Heller of Nevada and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson measure would stop Obamacare’s mandate to buy insurance, give more power to states and alter health care program Medicaid.

However, PBS reports that this measure stands out from its predecessors for, “…its much more aggressive proposal to shift funding to states. It
would move a trillion dollars in federal health care spending directly to states, in a formula the senators say would be based on the state’s percentage of lower-income people and (to a lesser degree) older and sicker residents.”

 


GEORGIA TECH CAMPUS STILL UNSETTLED IN WAKE OF SHOOTING, WASHINGTON ST. GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

Screenshot from a video that shows the moments before the shooting of a Georgia Tech student (Image: YouTube/Inside Edition)

In the wake of a campus police officer shooting a student on Saturday and protests that followed, the campus of Georgia Tech is still shaken and unsettled, according to Inside Higher Education.

“Scout Schultz, a 21-year-old student with a history of mental-health issues, died Sunday after being shot in the heart, family members said. Schultz was the president of the student group representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students and preferred the pronouns “they” and “them,” having identified as nonbinary and intersex,” reports IHE.

Many, including Schultz’s family, have questioned the training given to the officer and why campus officers aren’t armed with tasers.

In some more upbeat campus news, Washington State is offering free tickets to this weekend’s football game to any members of the community in the wake of a shooting at local Freeman High School last week, per a report from Yardbarker.

“Washington State University has invited all friends and family of the Freeman community to the Cougar football game on September 24,” a local CBS News affiliate reported on Wednesday. “All you need to get into the game for free is your driver’s license, student ID, staff ID or any other form of identification that will identify you as a community member.”

One person was killed in the shooting perpetrated by 15-year-old Caleb Sharpe. He’s facing first-degree murder charges.

 


AND FINALLY, 7 THINGS YOU SHOULD BRING TO YOUR NEXT COLLEGE SPORTING EVENT

Big or small, college sports are in full swing this fall. (Image: ULoop )

It’s really starting to feel like fall, as pumpkin spice is showing up everywhere, leaves are turning and of course, college sports are in full swing.

Julia Dunn, a senior Uloop writer from UC Santa Cruz, has spent some time thinking about what you need to get the most out of your college sports experience.

Here’s here handy list of 7 items every student should bring to their next college sporting event. 

 


Congrats, you are now ready to go face Thursday. Have a great one.

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