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BAKER HUGHES: BAKER Many residents of the town are worried about the the about worried are the town of residents Many OUR NEIGHBORING HOW WILL THIS AFFECT HOW COMMUNITY as well as they, how is because that in customers, drop Baker Hughes at survive. layoffs The Tomball, of the rest a chain or effect”, called is a “domino what create may Dic- in Webster’s explained as definition The reaction. effect produced cumulative this “a is, that tionary says events”. similar of a succession initiates event when one these small businesses at shopping not are people If making not are people or cut, because their jobs are survive. The cannot these companies money, much as things then other and down, shut to forced are shops in flow money of the lack affected become from start to survive small economy if its a town can How the area. Tomball of city . The blow? a devastating such suffers who students so many campus, UHD’s from far not is be affected by may there live that university our attend local our within community. collapse this economic ‘FREE’ tion programs similar to Tennessee’s Tennessee’s to similar programs tion or a Republican issue,” Obama said. said. Obama issue,” a Republican or state If a issue. “This American an is this doing is leadership Republican with is leadership Democratic with a city and all we do it.” about then how it, doing detrac- its does have the plan However, Bob Corker Senator Tennessee tors. he believes educa that afterwards stated ment stating that the proposal would would the proposal that stating ment over billion, $60 approximately cost period. banking a 10 year is Obama bipartisan will spur support public that - con a Republican is Tennessee support. controlled Democrat and state, trolled in place plan a similar had has Chicago higher ed- of the doors “Opening now. be issue a Democratic shouldn’t ucation AT A PRICE THAT MAY PROVE COSTLY PROVE MAY THAT A PRICE AT Small businesses make up this growing town and and town this growing up make Small businesses PRESIDENT OBAMA’S OBAMA’S PRESIDENT - oil largest the world’s part of facility, the Baker Hughes these of thefield owners helped service has companies, the all over from people With exponentially. businesses - a con was there facility, this popular to coming world these small of businesses. traffic out flow of in and stant - a 7,000 job lay announced has Baker Hughes that Now seeing not are the shops workforce, total its 11% of off, new they as faces in the past. had many as When Baker Hughes opened its worldwide training training worldwide its opened Baker Hughes When new many brought 2014 it in May in Tomball facility ones These are faces community. the Tomball faces to that in a way the town to presence a significant hold that realize. not may many by Kayla Foster Foster Kayla by Writer Staff President Obama continues to swing for for swing to continues Obama President the right- by unintimidated the fences, striking him at aimed coalition wing a two new plan: ambitious an with out, - qual to degree college community year A bold move free. for ifying students, too it is but Obama, by a reach? of much recently President The bold new his presented the to in response plan a for global demand highly skilled/trained Modeled workforce. Tennessee the after the initiative plan, those provide would a 2.5 least at hold that half-time and GPA free with enrollment college community plan Obama’s tuition. the to in response is the of globalization - indus in which American workforce, seeking the are corporations tries and foreign in found often minds, brightest offset help to plan seems The countries. - enroll encourage debt, student future - pro and universities, year four for ment to workforce competitive vide a more House White The economy. the world - a state with presser Obama’s followed by Jason J. Rivas J. Jason by Editor Life Campus 04 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING IN Thurs CROSSHAIRS OF PARTISAN IMMIGRATION BATTLE by GeRoyal D. Jackson Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell conceded, “I think it’s Feb. 19, News Editor clearly stuck in the Senate,” after failing to pass the legislation three times. McConnell then placed the responsibility of a 2015 In what has become a surprise to almost no one, the U.S. new bill on the House. Congress in Washington D.C. is facing yet another show- In a press conference the following day, a fired up House down. At stake is funding for one of the most vital agencies Speaker John Boehner rejected any notion that the House in the country, the Department of Homeland Security and of Representative would work on or even consider a revised a February 27th deadline that threatens a shutdown for the spending bill. “The House has done its job. Why don’t you go agency and a furlough of ask the Senate Demo- 30,000 workers. crats when they’re going House Republicans to get off their ass and passed a bill in January do something other than to fund DHS operations, vote ‘no’?” however the legislation He then advised his also included provisions Republican counterparts that would basically in the senate, to, “…get gut President Obama’s unstuck.” executive actions on im- However with all sides at migration. In short, the a stalemate, it is possible legislation would reverse that the Republicans legal protections for as have a back-up plan. 12 many as five million un- states including Texas NEWS documented immigrants, have sued to block Pres- including children. ident Obama’s execu- Senate Democrats are tive actions. The case is united against any being decided by a judge legislation other than a here in Texas any many “clean” spending bill and speculate the ruling have filibustered to prevent Senate Republicans (who are in could come any day. If the court rules against the President’s the Senate Majority) from taking a vote on the spending bill executive actions, it would pave the way for Republicans to passed by the House of Representatives last month. President temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security. It Obama has also promised to veto any spending bills that would also allow them to roll back many of Obama’s signa- undo any of his executive actions. ture immigration victories. This is where the traditional shutdown dynamic takes a turn. While that plan may present a short-term victory for Re- With Democrats and the President solidly united for a “clean publicans many observers believe this brinkmanship over bill”, the House Republicans have become at odds with Senate Obama’s executive orders could likely escalate all the way to Republicans over the issue. the Supreme Court. The impasse between Republicans began when Senate 2014 HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD by Ryan McCall hotly contested idea around the world. Staff Reporter While a large majority of scientists NASA and the National Oceanic and agree on climate change, the arena of Atmospheric Administration haves public perception is not so readily con- indicated that 2014 was the hottest year vinced. since record keeping began in 1880, While the U.S. Senate recently vot- which indicates a and continueds a ed 98-1 in answer to the question “is trend of global warming. climate change real?”, recent polls show Scientists from four worldwide scien- only 57 percent of believe in tific organizations have analyzed global manmade climate change. temperatures in 2014 concluding that Global warming is purported to be it is the hottest on record. This shows a caused by large amounts of manmade continuing trend of warming, not only greenhouse gasses being trapped by our in the US, but worldwide. Normally previous record in 2010. atmosphere. These gassesis gas comes temperatures like those seen in 2014 are This has been a trend over the past thir- from two main sources:, the burning caused by El Niño, which is when the ty years. In that time China and of fossil fuels, and methane emissions equatorial Pacific has unusually warm have started to produce similar levels from large-scale livestock operations. temperatures. This was not the case as of greenhouse gasses as the U.S. These This causes a rise in temperatures El Niño had very littlethere was very surges in emissions are expected to globally, which can impacts our weather little El Niño effect over the past year. accelerate as the two countries devel- patterns. One consequence of this is Since 1997 we have recorded ten of the op their industrieseconomies further, the melting of the polar ice caps at an highest global temperatures on record. leading to an increase in global carbon alarming speed, increasing sea water 2014 was the warmest year, at 0.07 emissions. levels, and endangering millions of peo- degrees Fahrenheit, warmer than the Man-made global climate change is a ple living on or near the coast. PRESIDENT OBAMA’S State of the Union Speech 05 by Miguel Nunez Staff Reporter

Recently President Obama gave his yearly State of the Union Address which was his sixth in front of a joint session of Congress. An estimated 31.7 million people watched as the president gave his speech at home from televisions and computers. Some of the major points he hit in his speech where topics like free community college, paid sick days, and what he termed middle class economics. Much if not all those topics were not well received by Republicans. All these ideas such as free community college, paid sick days, and even free child care are ideas that the NEWS president believes will help the mid- dle class. For starters free community college is something that the president believes is urgently needed, especially going into the future where he said that across the U.S. He also said that there Of course one has to only look at most jobs about two out of every three should be a focus on building modern other topics that the president discussed will require a higher education. In order ports, faster trains, and faster inter- in his speech to see how wrong some for the workforce of the United States to net. The president made the point that people might perceive House Speaker keep up there must be a present day in- investing in the nation’s infrastructure Boehner to be. President Obama said vestment in opportunity. For President would be a great idea because it would that the economy is recovering and he Obama that opportunity can only come lead to job growth. He did not just stop had the numbers to support his claim. through making community college there though he also mentioned that According to a CNN article the econo- free. these jobs in infrastructure would be my is growing. “More than 2.95 million Paid sick days was also a big jobs that would pay better. It would give jobs were created last year, according to talking point in President Obama’s growth to an already growing economy. the latest figures from the Department speech. He mentioned that the United One big topic the president of Labor.” States is the only advanced nation in brought that affects not only the U.S. These were not the only good the world which does not promise paid but the entire world was climate change. news the president had. Through the sick days to its workers. The number he The president said that 2014 was the Affordable Care Act which the president mentioned was a large 43 million. This planet’s warmest year on record. He passed, the uninsured rate in the U.S. is the number of people who currently added to that severe fact only more bad has gone done drastically. According work in the U.S. and have no paid sick news when he said that 14 out of the to the Urban Institute’s Health Reform days. The president said he would be last 15 warmest years on record have all Monitoring Survey, “The number of working with individual states to help been in the first 15 years of this century. uninsured non-elderly adults fell by an them adopt new paid sick day laws. It is an alarming fact to say the least. estimated 10.6 million between Septem- The president also brought up The president though threw in a quick ber 2013 and September 2014: a drop equal pay. President Obama said it was joke saying that the people who deny of 30.1 percent in the uninsurance rate.” time for men and women to get paid the evidence for climate change use the This is good news considering than an the same amount of money for the same excuse of “well I am not a scientist” at estimated 44,000 people die each year amount of work. He even made a brief which the president said that he is not a because they do not have health insur- joke when he brought the issue up. He scientist either but that he knew a lot of ance according to a study done in 2009 said it was time for men and women to good ones from universities and from by Harvard Medical School and pub- get paid the same after all it is the year NASA. The evidence speaks for itself. lished in American Journal of Public 2015. Even the pentagon has come forth and Health. President Obama said that the said that climate change poses a threat In this year’s State of the Union way he would pay for programs like to the security of the United Sates. there was also some humor. One hu- this would be to have some tax reform. All in all Obama’s message was a pro- morous moment that stood out the Mainly his focus would be on closing gressive message and that did not sell most was when the president made tax loopholes that result in some larger well with Republicans. the remark that he no longer has any corporations and the top 1 percent of NPR quoted House Speaker campaigns to run, at which the Repub- wealthy individuals in the U.S not to John Boehner (R-Ohio) as saying, “All licans broke out in applause and cheer. pay a substantial amount in taxes. the president really offered last night The president took it well though when President Obama also wants to was more taxes, more government, he made the following remark that, focus on the nation’s infrastructure, like more of the same approach that has “I know because I won both of them”. bridges and streets that need repair all failed the middle class for decades.” There was a hearty cheer after that one. 06 SUPERBOWL XLIX AND DEFLATE-GATE Thurs by Shannon Wright was a blowout. that day to reduce the ball pressure Feb. 19, Arts & Entertainment Editor The media has been milking de- by two psi. flate-gate for every last drop. It Did Quarterback Tom Brady and 2015 The biggest game in U.S. sports is seems every newscaster, journalist, Coach Bill Belichick manipulate the the Superbowl, and Sunday’s match- celebrity, and sports fan has turned balls to make it easier to grip? Sever-

ENTERTAINMENT up between the New England Patri- into an expert on the issue, and argu- al quarterbacks have openly admitted ots and the Seattle Seahawks at the ments for and against the Patriots are to trying to get away with slightly University of Phoenix Stadium in popping up like a pimple on prom adjusting the size of the football in Glendale Arizona didn’t disappoint. night. Is the culprit the employee order to give them an advantage. So, Wow—what a game! The Seahawks who was captured on video taking obviously this is nothing new; how- could have had it, but an ever, it is against the interception by Malcolm rules and, if the Patriots Butler, a rookie corner- are found guilty, a fine back out of Alabama, should be paid. It was secured the 28-24 win for obvious that nothing the Patriots ensuring that was going to be done they would return to New about the issue until England with their fourth after the game anyway. Lombardi Trophy. The Superbowl generates millions of dollars, and In the weeks prior to the the league would never big game, the media has get in the way of its eco- been in a tizzy over the nomic impact. controversial deflate-gate in which 11 of the 12 Will it matter in the footballs owned by the end? Not really. Brady Patriots were found to be and Belichick will still as much as two psi (pound go down as one of the per square inch) below regulation the bag of balls into a bathroom for most dynamic duos in the history of during the AFC Championship game 90 seconds? If this guy can deflate all the sport. They will both eventually against the Indianapolis Colts. The these balls in 90 seconds, I say to hell be immortalized and inducted into Patriots, who dominated the Colts with the NFL—he needs to work for the Football Hall of Fame, and all of 45-7, scored four touchdowns in the NASCAR. Or was it the cold tem- the past week’s ear-piercing prattle second half after the footballs were perature that affected the pressure of about deflated balls will be forgotten. checked and return to regulation 12.5 the balls in the same way our tires are And honestly, it was much more fun psi. If it had been a close game, the affected? One can say that anything when the media talked incessantly brouhaha over deflated balls would is possible, but is it probable? No, the about Superbowl 2004’s nipple-gate. be understandable, but the fact is it weather wasn’t nearly cold enough

by Shannon Wright Budapest Hotel,” and “Whiplash.” Arts & Entertainment Editor Julianne Moore is a shoo-in for Best Actress in her brilliant portrayal of a woman coping with early-on- The 87th annual Academy Awards will air on Feb- set Alzheimer’s disease in “Still Alice.” The Oscars ruary 22, 2015, at 7e/4p on ABC. Emceeing the cer- for Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor will al- emony is the multitalented Neil Patrick Harris, who most certainly go to Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood” has previously successfully brought down the house and J.K. Simmons for “Whiplash.” as host of The Tony Awards and the Emmy Awards, The nail biter will be the award for best actor in a but this is Harris’ first run as Oscar host. His open- lead role with beautiful performances by Steve Carell ing numbers are always a perfect in “Foxcatcher,” Bradley Cooper in blend of song and dance mixed with “American Sniper,” Benedict Cum- pop culture and wit. OSCARS 2015 berbatch in “The Imitation Game,” Initially predicted to be the most Michael Keaton in “Birdman,” and uneventful awards show in years, the Oscars have now Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything.” Red- turned into one of the most highly anticipated shows mayne’s captivating portrayal of theoretical physicist, cos- thanks to the controversial juggernaut “American Sniper.” mologist, and author Stephen Hawking’s battle with ALS This biographical war drama about the life of Navy SEAL has earned him a Golden Globe, Sag Award, and a Cinema Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in American history, has Vanguard Award, but will the universe grant him the cov- shattered box office records, won praise from veterans and eted award for excellence in cinematic achievement—the viewers, and caused an all-out social media war between Oscar? One thing is for sure: it won’t be easy with a cate- fans and a few celebrities that have criticized the film. gory bursting with so much talent. Other films besides “American Sniper” that have churned Invite a few friends over, pop a bottle of champagne, and out stellar performances and are nominated for Best Pic- dig your toes into the couch cushions to watch some red ture are: “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Imitation Game,” carpet action on February 22nd. “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything,” “The Grand 07 ARTS -

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COWBOY UP! COWBOY IT’S TIME TO IT’S TO TIME ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ Special event dates are: dates Special event ∩ 6:45p.m. start at performances •Weekday 3:45p.m. at performances •Weekend ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ - con Rodeo’s The thing? your really not bulls and Broncs all for Tickets talent. amazing cert some series lined up has NRG to access include $300 and $18 to from range shows The the carnival. and Center, NRG Arena, NRG Stadium, below: listed are dates specialfull and event lineup The month of March is chock-full of bull riding, horse riding, horse bull chock-full is of March of month The and, shows horse shows, livestock racing, barrel cutting, bustin’! mutton night, the theentire best part of arguably 6-year- 5 and watching of the pleasure had never you’ve If life, dear for on saddled while a sheep olds to holding the of true of delights one on out missing simply you’re state. in this great living The 2015 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kicks off Rodeo and off kicks Show Livestock 2015 Houston The - the highly with anticipat Stadium NRG 3-22 at March cook-off’s 26-28. The February ed rodeo cook-off set for can that enter to bracelets require tents only invitation - tick the golden as by difficult as feel come sometimes to if you’re but Factory,” the Chocolate and “Charlie ets from row to access have you’ll a bracelet, score to enough lucky bar- filled free booze, with tents championship of row after music! great and b-que, Shannon Wright Shannon Rodeo Houston 08 “MUSIC DOING GOOD” SCHOLARSHIP CAM- Thurs by Darci McFerran Staff Writer Feb. 19, While we all dread the day a professor says, “The 2015 class will be working in groups this semester,” occasion- ally it can present a rare opportunity. Such was the case when I took the Non-­‐Profits in America class in Fall 2014. As the title would suggest the class centered on non-­‐profit management and the groups were tasked with designing a special project that directly benefited a local non-­‐profit. During the Universities production of Smokey Joes Café, in Fall 2013, I had the privilege of working with Phillip Hall who is the Musical Director

COLLEGE LIFE at Music Doing Good. Ultimately, my group decided to do a crowd-­‐funding campaign for Music Doing Good in an effort to raise the amount for a scholarship. Music Doing Good is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to inspire and transform lives through innovative, music-­‐based programming. Their mission was particularly important to me because the arts had a tremendous impact on me as a child and still does to this day. The organizations Scholarship Program grants awards to local students, ages 12-­‐18, displaying financial need and exceptional musical talent to fund lessons and tuition. In addition to this direct benefit, many studies show that learning music can help children to grow and learn in other subjects. Photo by Darci McFerran - Dateline Downtown Traditionally when the semester ends so does the project, but I couldn’t walk away without reaching the projected dreams and this is our collective opportunity to “pay it goal, so I have taken it upon myself to oversee this cam- forward”. My group set-­‐up a GoFundMe page for the paign through to completion. As of the date that this scholarship campaign at www.gofundme.com/MusicDo- article was written, we have successfully raised $355 of ingGood so that anyone interested in helping can the $1,500 needed for the additional scholarship. This is make a donation toward the cause. However, I realize where I’m asking students, faculty, and alumni to step in that not everyone can make a monetary donation, be- and help me see this project through to the end. Music cause we are college students after all, right? If you cant Doing Good awards scholarships in April and I am make a donation but would still like to help, share the determined to help provide this additional scholarship GoFundMe page on all of your social media platforms. for them. As students we can all appreciate the hefty Every contribution is one step closer to changing a child’s financial burden that accompanies the journey to our life. DIARY OF ANNE FRANK DEBUTS AT O’KANE IN APRIL the Jewish Emigration Office ordering her to report for relocation to a work camp. The family is then forced to speed up their process of going into hiding sooner than they had anticipated. The Franks are then shepherded into the famous “Secret Annexe”. For the next two years in hiding Anne records the events that took place during their confinement up to their arrest on August 1944. Her final entry in her diary was written three days before her arrest. Anne was then transferred to a concentration camp along with her family. She died in early March of 1945. Her fa- By Karen Reyez ther Otto, depicted by Ralph St. Vincent Bradley, was the Staff Reporter only survivor of the family. Auditions for the bittersweet drama were recently com- The O’Kane Theater (located on N-364) is setting up for pleted with Sarah Nunez, Jerrell Brown, Rolando Can- their upcoming spring play: a production of the histori- tu Jr., Monica Henderson, Anthony Butcher, Erhan cal play The Diary of Anne Frank. GunerƼȝ, and Brenda Alvarez rounding out the ensemble. The production, based on the book and play of the same Rehearsals are currently underway Monday through name, tells the story the young Jewish girl Anne Frank, Friday with the cast and crew hard at work perfecting portrayed by Perla Ramirez, living in the midst of the their craft. persecution of Jews in World War II, known as the Ho- Directed by Dr. Thomas Lyttle, the university’s produc- locaust. The story begins as Anne’s older sister Margot, tion debuts April 3rd thru the 11th at the O’Kane played by Chelsea Chance, receives a call-up notice from Theatre. SITTING DOWN WITH MR. MCVEY 09 by Joshua Burgman ably ranked as one of the nation’s Assistant Editor best cities to find a job, and it seems McVey intends to build on that. The 2015 mayoral race is Large numbers of our stu- under way, and while the voter’s job dents at UHD are uninsured, and he COLLEGE LIFE doesn’t come until November 3, the believes that investing in educating candidates are hard at work spread- young people on the benefits of the ing the message of their respective Affordable Care Act would go a long campaigns. Dateline Downtown was way in combating low numbers of fortunate enough to sit down with students who find themselves with- one of those candidates, the Honor- out insurance; students who are also able Marty McVey. contributing members of the work- Mr. McVey earned a Bachelors force. “We want healthier people,” he and Masters of Business Administra- said, “Healthier employees are more tion, with a concentration in man- productive employees. agement, from American University. On immigration McVey’s He went on to receive a Global Mas- views fall in line with the Obama ter of Business Administration from administration. Regarding the Georgetown and a Máster Universi- president’s 2014 executive actions; tario en Administración Empresas allowing nearly five million undocu- from Esade University in Madrid, mented immigrants to remain in the Photo by Blake McDaniel - D:D Spain, and he has travelled all around country. McVey agrees with the ad- the world conducting business and Houston, McVey has thrown his ministration, stating “I think that the serving communities. He is the name in the hat of the mayoral race. president’s decision was right, I sup- founder of Safi Energy, a renewable When asked what interested port it. The type of folks that would energy company, and in 2011 was ap- him in being mayor of our great city, qualify for that program are the type pointed by President Barack Obama McVey said that he loves Houston, of folks we want, because they are to the Board for International Food and that his goal is to “make sure contributing members of society.” and Agricultural Development (BI- that Houston has a continued in- As the campaign gears up, Mr. FAD); an advisory panel to the U.S. ternational presence.” McVey’s long McVey says he is ready to work for Agency for International Develop- history and experience in the private you, and he wants you to know, that ment (USAID) tasked with providing sector should be seen as an incentive as mayor his mandate will always be advice on global food security-relat- to voters. Houston is already favor- “to protect Houstonians and to pro- ed issues. Now that he is settled in tect the interest of Houstonians. DEVICES, DOCUMENTS BEING HELD HOSTAGE by Elisa Gonzales While PC forms of ransomware have been around for Staff Reporter several years now, these types of hackers only began targeting personal Android and Apple devices within the Months after Sony Pictures fell victim to hacking, new last year, initially appearing as apps and more recently forms of ransomware (or digital hostage taking) are now inspam text messages that include clickable links. actively targeting personal devices and smart phones Lookout, a mobile security company that provides sup- throughout the U.S. port to a large percentage of Android and iPhone user’s, Ransomware enters a user’s system like a Trojan horse, warns clients not to grant administrative access to third through an innocent looking email or a link to download party applications outside of the Google Play and App helpful software. Once downloaded, the virus will either stores, and to be mindful of suspicious looking apps restrict access to its victims’ files or lock their devices within stores. Red flags for untrustworthy applications entirely and demand money for renewed access. include a relatively low number of downloads, very few This is the type of hacking corporate giant Sony Pic- or no reviews, and poorly written product descriptions. tures fell victim to last November. After they refused to Microsoft and Lookout both implore victims not to pay pay a ransom, hackers identifying themselves as #GOP any ransom, advising that there is no guarantee that supplied confidential emails and unreleased films to the access to locked data or devices will be granted after public, and Sony reportedly suffered a $15 million loss in payment. Microsoft’s website includes instructions for revenue as a result of the attack. manually removing the virus and Lookout recommends Unlike the one that hijacked Sony’s system, the most backing up data regularly and downloading a mobile common form of ransomware virus presents itself as an security app to detect malware on applications before official law enforcement agency claiming to have identi- installation. fied illegal files or internet activity and threatening crim- Like all viruses and malware, Ransomware targets vic- inal punishment unless a fine is paid. Microsoft reports tims indiscriminately. As such, smartphone owners and some especially convincing strains of ransomware being internet users should remain vigilante and remember the deployed by hackers who include official FBI, CIA, and most basic anti-virus principle: no matter how alluring the Department of Justice emblems in their emails and they appear, never click any links delivered by an un- notifications. known source. 10 MAYOR PARKER NUMBER ONE Thurs MAYOR IN USA, Feb. 19, NUMBER SEVEN IN THE WORLD 2015 by Kara Moore her city and represents it well. HOUSTON LOVES MAY- Staff Reporter OR PARKER!!” and “Annise Parker should be chosen as World’s Best Mayor because throughout her three terms When Annise Parker was elected in 2010 to represent as Mayor, she has never worked toward the goal of being Houston, she immediately made national headlines. As reelected as Mayor, but rather she works toward doing one of few openly gay mayors in the USA and the only what is best for the future of the City of Houston.” The one to represent such a populous city, she completely World Mayor association described her by saying “Her defied conventional ideas about traditional Texas ideals policies, which enabled the city to remain fiscally healthy to become an LGBT leader. She again made headlines in during the worst of the recent recession, set the stage for 2014 when she proposed an ordinance that extended fed- the tremendous economic growth Houston enjoys today. eral protections not only to Gay and Lesbian individuals, Meanwhile, she champions human rights issues such as but Transgender individuals as well. by being a pioneer — first openly-gay mayor of a major Today Mayor Parker again makes headlines in 2015, all city — and a role model.” across the nation and the world. She was announced to This kind of praise is well deserved; under her leadership be one of the top ten mayors in the world by the City Houston has lessened much of its debt and has recently Mayors Foundation which hosts the annual World Mayor beat out Austin for the fastest growing US city. She was Prize. She was the only US mayor to be on the list. The elected right after Hurricane Ike had swept over, taking mayors are decided based on the persuasive arguments what was left and turning it into a home most Housto- sent in via email by people all over the world who want nians can be proud of. Still, even in winning this presti-

NEWS to share why they love the Mayor they love. gious award Mayor Parker was humble in saying “It’s a The comments on Mayor Parker include “Mayor Park- great honor to be recognized for doing what I love for a er is proof that Houston is more than a conservative, city that I dearly love.” old-guard ruled city. Houston is a progressive and cos- As evidenced by the outpouring of support that got her mopolitan city full of open-minded and open-hearted this award, the city clearly loves her back. individuals. She is a strong leader, a woman who loves

PRESIDENT SEEKS FORMAL AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY FORCE AS ISIS SINKS TO BARBARISM by GeRoyal D. Jackson January 31st showing Goto’s beheaded body. President Obama made the case to Congress on Wednesday Four days later, ISIS released a video of displaying the murder February 11th, to formally authorize the use of military force of al-Kasasbeh in which is shown burning alive in a cage. in the war with the Islamic State also known as ISIS and ISIL. The videos sparked international outrage and prompted a The Obama’s proposal the Authorization of Military Force forceful response from . The Jordanians completed or AUMF, would limit the president’s authority to wage a three days of intensified aerial bombing on ISIS targets and military campaign not exceeding three years and would not resumed aerial raids on February 12th. authorize enduring ground combat operations. In addition, a recent U.N. report found that ISIS in Iraq was Instead AUMF would give the military the flexibility to tackle increasingly in its terror campaign and even going as far as to “unforeseen circumstances,” possibly by deploying special selling children into enslavement. forces operations in the region. Back here in the U.S., Congressional Democrats and Republi- The President’s request comes on the heels of fresh news can largely agree on the proposal, minus minute details. With of barbarism by ISIS in their assassination of a number of an NBC/Marist poll showing that 54% of Americans agreeing international hostages including the possible indirect death of with the President and a more or less approving Congress, the American aid worker, Kayla Mueller. Authorization of Military Force is likely to become a reality in In January, ISIS stunned many when a viral video surfaced of some form or another. the militant group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless Tokyo paid a $200 million ransom. Soon after, they released a subsequent video of the body of one of the Japanese hostages. The terrorist organization the offered to negotiate the release of the second Japanese hostage, journalist, Kenji Goto in exchange for an Iraqi terrorist member of ISIS on death row in Jordan. ISIS enticed Jordan into prisoner swap exchange by offering the release of Royal Jordanian Air Pilot, Lt. Moath al-Kasasbeh, who had been captured in December 2014 when his F-16 fighter jet crashed over . However, when no deal was reached between the countries and the terrorist organization, a video was released on NET NEUTRALITY 11 by Miguel Nunez types of products and services can be delivered, leading Staff Reporter to fewer choices, fewer opportunities and higher prices.” The truth is that Net Neutrality would do no such thing. There is a debate going on right now about the Net Neutrality is the idea that all Internet traffic should future of the Internet. On the one side you have Repub- be treated equally and proponents say that the only way licans who are against Net Neutrality like Senator Ted to do that is to reclassify the Internet into a regulated Cruz (R-Texas), who has gone on twitter to say, “Net public utility. Neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet The Republicans in both the Senate and the should not operate at the speed of government.” Senator House disagree though. The Republicans have their own Ted Cruz is a good overall representation of what most ideas about how the Internet will be treated. Recently Republicans think of Net Neutrality. They are heavily in both the House and the Senate the Republicans pro- opposed to it. They believe that there should be no Net posed new legislation that is meant to counter the F.C.C. Neutrality and that Internet provider’s such as Comcast mandates on Net Neutrality. They believe that the F.C.C. and Verizon should be able to charge companies however mandates are outdated and that new legislation needs to much they want to use their services. be put in place. Cable companies and wireless providers Proponents of Net Neutrality such as Senator Al are standing with the Republicans and this to some ad- Franken (D-Minn.) and others are making the case that vocates of Net Neutrality is a bad sign. In the past cable opponents of Net Neutrality like Ted Cruz do not under- companies have been against Net Neutrality. stand the true issue. If we allowed companies like Com- Of course, any legislation that the Republicans cast to treat certain web traffic different from other web come up with that is against Net Neutrality will likely be OPINION traffic just because a certain company could not pay the vetoed by President Obama. The president has come out bill for premium speed then start up companies would be as saying that Net Neutrality is something he is in favor at a disadvantage. It would be more likely that a company of. According to USA Today Obama said that, “an open like Facebook, for example could pay this new premium Internet is essential to the American economy, and in- price, but what about other start up companies? Would creasingly to our very way of life.” Of course even though they be able to pay the premium price? It is unlikely, and the president is in favor of Net Neutrality that will not it is for this reason that people like Senator Al Franken, stop the Republicans or cable companies from still trying are fighting for Net Neutrality. They want the Internet to get new legislation passed that will favor their side. to stay the same. Yet people like Ted Cruz have this false In late February the F.C.C. is set to vote on new idea that Net Neutrality is nothing more than some sort rules for Net Neutrality, and some signs, to the dismay of government take over of the Internet. of Republicans, points to the Internet being reclassified In an op-ed in Senator Ted as a utility. This is good news for anyone in favor of all Cruz wrote the following about Net Neutrality, “One Internet being treated equally. Yet it is likely that if this of the biggest regulatory threats to the Internet is net were to happen the cable companies and the Internet neutrality. In short, net neutrality is Obamacare for providers like Verizon and Comcast would sue to change the Internet. It would put the government in charge of the rules. determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what WE MEAT AGAIN

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