On Sept. 23, the Chatham County Board of Education voted to continue the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year using Plan C, an entirely online instruction plan, for all high school students. The real question is, how do students feel about remaining virtual for the remainder of the year, and how will it potentially affect them?
On Sept. 26, President Donald J. Trump announced his nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. This occurred eight days after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom Barrett will succeed if approved.
In August, the Chinese-based owner of TikTok, ByteDance, was given a choice: Sell to a U.S. company by Sep 15 or end all U.S. operations.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the woman who inspired and empowered women all over the world to achieve their goals, the woman who showed the world that it is not what power you have that matters but rather what you do with that power, the woman who taught me to never give up hope that I can make the world a better place. On Sept. 18, 2020, we lost this woman.
Staff writer, Olivia McMurray, breaks down the importance of voting while also explaining voter requirements and ways to register.
On Sept. 17, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced that students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 could go back to in-person learning as soon as Oct. 5. This announcement came after an increasing number of critics have denounced Cooper’s social distancing mandates as unnecessary and ineffectual. Currently, all students are in either a fully virtual classroom, or in a mix of virtual and in-person classes. Cooper’s announcement means that students will be able to return to school under Plan A, a minimal social distancing plan.
Since much of the western United States has most of its moisture in the fall and winter, the vegetation dries out in the summer because of low rainfall and high temperatures. This has traditionally allowed for perfect wildfire conditions
