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President Trump Acquitted in the Senate FREE TO ALL PLEASE REUSE OR RECYCLE THE BAGPIPE AFTER READING MONDAY, FEB 10, 2020 14049 SCENIC HIGHWAY, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA 30750 VOLUME 68.3 Wuhan Coronavirus SpaceX Starlink Kobe Bryant Civil Rights Photography Erik Peeples on Student Facts and figures on the new virus Astronomy is getting difficult Mourning and remembering a Art history students present Senate spreading in China with 12,000 new artificial stars basketball legend exhibition on the Civil Rights The student body president says Movement in Chattanooga that Senate doesn’t matter Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 7 GOODBYE YMCA, BREXIT PRESIDENT TRUMP HELLO COMMON COMPLETE HOUSE ACQUITTED IN THE SENATE by Kyle Kraus by Katie Smith As of January 31, the United Kingdom [UK] has official- On Thursday, January 23rd, ly left the European Union. founders Derek Sieg and Ben Brexit has finally happened Pfinsgraff announced theafter three and a half years of development of Common uncertainty. How did the king- House Chattanooga with a dom reach this outcome, and tour through the old, historic what will it mean for the UK’s YMCA building in Southside future? for their Chattanooga neigh- bors. Brexit’s History The path to Brexit began in Virginian businessmen Sieg May of 2015 when the Con- and Pfinsgraff are co-founders servative Party brought the of Common House, a modern vote of leaving the European take on social clubs with hous- Union [EU] to the British pub- es already in Charlottesville, lic. It would be a full year be- VA, soon-to-be Richmond, fore the vote would occur on VA, and now right here in June 23, 2016, the UK public Chattanooga. formally voted on the resolu- tion, with 51.9% voting in fa- Common House describes vor of the separation. Most of itself as “an inclusive space southern Britain voted for the designed to bring people to- resolution (minus London) gether through vibrant shared and most of Scotland voted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tears apart a copy of President Trump’s State of the Union address, one experiences. It’s more than just against. Even though the vote day before Trump’s Senate acquittal. - photo by Toni L. Sandys, Washington Post a membership, the house is a was non-binding, the UK gov- place to play, dine, work, and ernment formally vowed to by Mya Bosgraf charge, crossing party lines. Even Trump himself claimed discover — an opportunity follow it through to the end. that his talk at this event did to form new connections and However, this was much more On February 5th, both of Pres- The trial concluded with not have an exact purpose create a new kind of commu- difficult than expected. ident Trump’s impeachment Speaker of the House, Nancy saying, “It’s not a news confer- n it y.” charges were dropped. The Pelosi, ripping up the packet ence, it’s not a speech, it’s not The Prime Minister of the 45th President was charged of paper containing the presi- anything.” As he waved around Located on Mitchell Avenue UK, David Cameron, who with obstruction of Congress dent’s concluding remarks. a USA Today magazine with right off of Main Street near had been against leaving, but and abuse of power. Howev- the headline, “ACQUITTED” Chattanooga favorites, Blue- forced into holding a vote, re- er, the Republican-dominat- Following the trial, President people clapped and cheered. grass Grill, Neidlov’s, and The signed shortly after the vote. ed Senate cleared him of both Trump tweeted that he would Local, the 30,000-square-feet, Theresa May succeeded him as charges, keeping him in office. be giving an announcement He then began his speech call- four story white stucco estab- PM. However, even after this from the White House, “to dis- ing the people involved in his lishment dominates the area. change of leadership, Brexit The first article, regarding the cuss our Country’s VICTORY impeachment, “dishonest” and was stopped multiple times in abuse of power, was rejected on the Impeachment Hoax!” “corrupt” and claimed that The original YMCA building the Parliament from passing, 48 to 52 and the second article, they very badly hurt “our great was raised in 1929, but ceased due to the differences in opin- obstruction of congress, was The next day, February 6th, country.” With no real for- functioning in the 1980s. The ions of how to carry Brexit out. rejected 47 to 53. Mitt Rom- President Trump shared his mat, this message from Trump YMCA had a swimming pool, After multiple failures, May ney, the Republican Senator opinions on the process of im- of Utah, was the only Republi- peachment with a message at can that voted against the first the National Prayer Breakfast. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 reported in the U.S. so far. In al growth than from the U.S., is preventing the virus from order to keep it from spreading Europe, and Japan combined.” spreading, but many people CORONAVIRUS IN CHINA more, the Trump administra- in the city are unable to re- tion declared a public health People are becoming con- ceive medical help, masks or by Hannah Urban are in China, but many experts emergency that became effec- cerned that the virus will any kind of remedy. Numbers fear that it may become a pan- tive on Sunday, January 2. The have a lasting impact on the are increasing to a point that The World Health Organiza- demic. declaration called for any U.S. economy. The size of the Chi- they cannot be fully diagnosed tion, or WHO, declared a glob- citizens who were in the Hu- nese economy has more than because there aren’t enough al public health emergency on The coronavirus is named for bei province of China in the 14 doubled since the outbreak of hospitals to house patients or January 30 due to the corona- the spikes that extend from days since the declaration to be SARS in 2003, which killed test them. China is building virus. WHO director-general their membranes. These spikes subject to 14 days of mandato- more than 700 people. Supply two new hospitals for those Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus resemble a crown or the sun’s ry quarantine if they decide to chain disruption is predicted who are diagnosed with coro- said in an NPR article, “The corona. Symptoms of the virus travel back to the US. to cause a bigger problem for navirus. In certain regions, the main reason for the declara- can range from the common the economy than it was then medical care consists solely of tion is not what is happening cold to fearful conditions such Wuhan, China has been on because of how much the Chi- taking people’s temperatures in China but because of what is as severe acute respiratory lockdown since days before the nese economy has grown. The each morning and night be- happening in other countries.” syndrome, otherwise known Lunar New Year on Saturday, virus has appeared at an inop- cause of the overwhelming WHO is concerned about as SARS. The virus can infect January 25. An estimated 50 portune time for China. After growth of the virus. The goal what might happen if the vi- animals and people, and is be- million people are not allowed a period of slow growth and of the quarantine is to slow the rus spreads to countries with lieved to have started in a sea- to leave the area, closed in to a trade war with the United spread to other countries, es- weaker health systems. The food and meat market in Wu- keep the virus from spreading States, there is much tension pecially the US. However there declaration of a global health han, China. The main animal more than it already has. Chi- involved in supplying goods are tens of thousands of people emergency is meant to better that caused the virus is still nese supermarkets and shops and in the stock market. in China who may still remain help those countries avoid the unknown. are having a hard time provid- undiagnosed as a result. virus. ing food to the 1.4 billion res- The quarantine in Wuhan Malik Peiris, chair in virolo- idents in China because peo- The coronavirus is a respirato- gy at the University of Hong ple are hoarding food out of ry virus so new that it does not Kong, said in an AP news arti- a fear that the epidemic could have an official name yet. The cle, “The fortunate thing about last weeks, or even months. first reports of the virus were SARS, if there was anything Businesses such as Starbucks, released on January 8, and sci- fortunate, was that transmis- IKEA, and Apple have tem- entists call it the 2019-nCoV. sion did not take place before porarily closed their stores in It originated in Wuhan, China symptoms.” He warned that if China. and, as this issue went to press, the coronavirus can be trans- had spread to at least 27 other mitted through people without In a New York Times article, countries. At least 37,232 peo- symptoms a pandemic needs Andy Rothman, an economist ple inside China and 360 in to be considered. at Matthews Asia, an invest- other countries have been in- ment fund manager, said “Chi- fected. More than 814 people There is little risk of receiving na today accounts for about have been killed by the sick- the coronavirus in the United one-third of global economic The Wuhan market where 2019-nCoV may have jumped from a bat to a ness.
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