An open campus lunch policy will soon be in place at RHHS after the school board voted to allow it because of phenomenal test scores. The option is open to all students except for freshmen, and lunch periods will be extended to 45 minutes.

A new Super Walmart will be coming to Rock Hill in May of 2006, despite the fact that Super Walmarts are usually at least 75 miles apart. Some people believe that this will hurt local business and are sending around a petition and holding a town meeting next Thursday.

A genius, tested and proven multiple times, named Napoleon Dynamite, grade 6, has been nominated by Mr. George to bypass middle school and go straight to high school so that he can go to medical school earlier and be better prepared.

3 to 4 children die every day in the United States due to child abuse or neglect, according to a recent survey published by the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Baltimore. The number of child abuse cases has risen 100 thousand in the last year, with more than half of the children who died being under age 1 and seventy nine percent of deaths among children under age 5.

$76,000 in damages were caused to a two-bedroom home in Los Gatos after a lighted cigarette was left on a sofa, firefighters said after arriving at the house at 3:30 AM. They had the blaze under control in 5 minutes and found the homeowner with minor burns on her hands and feet.

The topic of my article is a foiled bomb plot at a 9/11 memorial. The title is “Florida Man Accused of Bomb Plot at 9/11 Memorial, FBI Says”. I found the article on cnn.com. A Muslim man from Florida is accused of instructing who he thought was a potential jihadist on how to create a pipe bomb. The person the suspect was actually communicating with, however, was actually an FBI agent. Agents raided his home and took him into custody. He claims that he planned to notify authorities before the bomb went off so that he could be hailed as a hero.
This event is even more proof that Islamic terrorism is one of the biggest threats to Americans today, and that they are already here and among us. This event does not surprise me because there are stories of Muslims beheading, shooting, or blowing up more people in the news almost every week. Recently, a cartoon festival in Dallas was attacked by jihadists, a newspaper headquarters in France was assaulted, and another terrorist was stopped in a train by several U.S. Marines who heard a rifle being loaded in the restroom. The movement of jihad grows as more and more Muslims become radicalized, falling victim to the propaganda of ISIS and similar terror groups. This event affects me because these terrorists are out to kill people like me. However, the chances of me actually being killed by an Islamic terrorist are very small. The main way that this event and ones like it will affect me is more laws being passed that take away freedoms of American citizens. If Muslims continue to create bombs out of plumbing materials, then soon metal pipes will be banned, just as the fertilizer ammonium nitrate, a popular ingredient among terrorists for IEDs, is now next to impossible to acquire. I believe that politicians need to realize that banning things at random after they are used to hurt people will do no good, and that real changes are needed if these kinds of attacks are going to be prevented. This impacts impacts the world because jihad is set to be one of the major problems of this century, with ISIS burning the Middle East and terror attacks on the west occurring more and more frequently. Their movement is growing, and more and more people are being brainwashed into attacking innocents. However, it is good that this terrorist has been stopped in his tracks and will no longer be coordinating attacks around the world.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/us/9-11-memorial-bomb-plot-kansas-city-missouri/index.html

Current Events                                                                                 Cade Gilbreath

My article is about the use of technologies that track mobile phones by law enforcement. The title is “US tightens mobile phone tracking rules.” I got the article from bbc.com. In the past, law enforcement agencies such as the FBI did not need to obtain a warrant to use cell-tracking technology, but new rules have been set into effect that will force law enforcement to get a warrant before tracking cell phones. The technology works by imitating a cell tower and connecting to every phone in range of them, then using the information provided over the cellular network to locate the exact position of the phone’s user. The technology can also be used to collect call records, text messages, and emails stored on the phone. The ACLU called the rules a “positive first step,” but expressed concern over some parts of the new rules. Although many agencies such as the FBI now have to obtain a search warrant before using cell-tracking equipment, there are still many police departments and other federal organizations that can freely use the equipment without consulting a judge first. I agree with the ACLU on the fact that these rules are a positive first step. I also believe that the use of these devices should always require a warrant; law enforcement or government officials should not be allowed to track anyone’s phone for any reason. This event affects me because I have a cell phone. It’s not a good thing that the new rules allow for “limited exceptions.” In my opinion, any law enforcement agency could use this loophole to track phones for any reason, claiming that it is an exception. The gap in the rules allows agents to access most of the information on a person’s phone without even obtaining a warrant first. This event impacts the world because this technology’s function is very similar to the technology used by the NSA to unethically collect phone and email data on Americans and people in other nations for years, until the public finally found out through an employee’s leak. The government has since claimed to have stopped spying on Americans, but as long as this technology is available for use without even getting a warrant, how can we be sure that our phone calls and text messages aren’t being sifted through by some federal agent eating donuts at his desk? This event is important because it affects the world’s right to privacy and American’s freedom to assemble without government supervision.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34145162

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