Entries Tagged as 'World/Regional News'

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Man Arrested After Mailing HIV-positive Blood to Obama

by Terrlandus F.
An Ethiopian immigrant is in custody after mailing a letter with HIV-tainted blood to President Barack Obama. Saad Bedrie Hussein who is said to have mental health problems said “he is an admirer of Obama and that the letter — containing his photo, an admission ticket to Obama’s election night victory party in Chicago’s [...]

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Recession?

by F. B.
I’m sure a lot of you have heard about how bad the economy is getting. For example, more that 533,000 people lost their jobs just in the month of November. Additionally, in September, 312 people lost their homes and I’m sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.
The question everyone wants to [...]

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Economy

by C. C.                   
Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s Plan
  
         I keep hearing about how the economy is getting bad and that it’s getting worse. So in order for the Americans to not lose jobs we have to make our every day expenses more affordable. [...]

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

In Memorium: One of Our Own

by M. B.
In honor of one of our beloved teachers who had an unfortunate accident earlier this year and passed away, I have created an image poem using Wordle. The poem was created using quotes from various students and faculty members. We miss you Ms. Alley.

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Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Universal Healthcare

      I am writing an article about universal healthcare. If you don’t already know what universal health care is, it is a type of healthcare plan to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for the people of the United States. Right now, our health care is extremely expensive. 
If we had universal healthcare it would help us underclass/middleclass pay [...]

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Texting While Driving

by M. W.
Lately, I have been watching shows at home and for some strange reason most of the topics were about texting while driving. As a teenager that drives, I have a lot of opinions and I know others do too. So, I decided to ask around. Below are some transcripts of interviews I conducted [...]

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Education in Nashville

by C. W.
Living in Nashvile is a great place to get a good education. There are 21 colleges and universities in the city. Vanderbilt University is the largest with about 11,000 students. The college education you can recieve here is great. The high schools in the city are decent as well. Currently there are 15 high [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Barack Obama Assassination Attempt

Barack Obama made history in the United States when he surpassed John McCain to become the first black president. Although Obama was supported by many U.S. citizens there are always those white supremacists that have a main goal to see Barack Obama DEAD. To those types of people, it is an insult to have a [...]

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Nashville Events

by Fre’Drisha H.

There are many fun and exciting things going in the city of Nashville. Look at the list of events going on in Nashville and see what you would like to do.  This list names events between December, 2008 – May, 2009

December
Monday 12/01/08 TSU VS. Belmont University at the Gentry Center Tennessee State [...]

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Metro’s Failing Economy

by Jamie L.
The economy in Nashville, TN has been a disaster to all of us. Why? Because so many places are going out of business. So many jobs are shutting down because they can’t afford to keep their stores open. Some people are losing their TennCare and food stamps. What can we do?
We can work to together and [...]