THE LITTLE BULLDOG March, 2017 Newspaper Staff Assignment Editor: Carolyn Cohen Production Editor: Nate Gordon Copy Editor: Nathan Chen Assistant Copy Editors: Anneke Lewis, Elizabeth Martin Reporters: Alexis Ewing, Alisha Schruefer, Anneke Lewis, Clay Narcisenfeld, Dilan Mendiratta, Drake Arnold, Elizabeth Martin, Jack Sandi, World News Matthew Halle, Nathan Chen, Samantha Pepper Glasses for the Colorblind By Alisha Schruefer A new breakthrough has been realized: glasses for the colorblind! A Table Of Contents company called EnChroma has created glasses for colorblind people that pp. 1-4 World News separate light into its colors before it reaches the eye. pp. 4-5 Sports These glasses don't look like crazy clown glasses, they're just normal p. 5 Health and sunglasses from the outside. However, the glasses have changed people's Wellness lives, from colorblind 10-year-olds to colorblind elderly and adults. p. 6 Science Whether it’s being able to tell the difference between red traffic lights p. 6-9 National News and green, or being able to see whether you are using blue or purple pp. 9-10 Interviews crayons for the sky in your drawing, these glasses can change your life. pp. 11 School News p. 11 Reviews 1 There are 300 million colorblind people in the world, and EnChroma is working to try and help them see better. Hopefully it’ll work! Meanwhile, if you have someone who is colorblind in your family, a colorblind EnChroma colorblind glasses friend or know a colorblind person, these glasses are for them! They cost over $200 dollars, but it will be worth it once they are able to tell the difference between colors. EnChroma’s website is www.enchroma.com. They have a test for you to take to check your vision (kind of like an IQ test), and a page for you to explore about the new glasses, developed in 2010. Thanks to EnChroma, we can now help the 300 million colorblind people around the world through this amazing invention! Bao Bao Leaves the National Zoo By Matthew Halle Most pandas around the world are on loan from China and cubs born abroad are sent to a Chinese breeding program before they turn four years old. The National Zoo in Washington D.C. has had pandas since the 1970’s. Bao Bao, a female giant panda, was born at the National Zoo on August 23, 2013. On February 21, 2017, Bao Bao went to her new home in Chengdu, China. Federal Express flew her in a steel crate on a custom jumbo jet 8,500 miles to China. Three giant pandas remain at the National Zoo, Bao’s Bao’s father, Tian Tian, her mother Mei Xiang and her little brother, Bei Bei. In two years Bei Bei will go to China. Bao Bao Bao Bao’s brother Tai Shan moved to China in 2010. Giant pandas are no longer considered endangered but they are a vulnerable species in the wild. Bao Bao is special because she is only the second surviving cub born at the National Zoo. Flying Cars By Matthew Halle In as little as ten years there will be flying cars. They will take off and land vertically like helicopters. Some of the aircrafts are drones that will be programmed before each flight. However, there are big challenges to developing flying cars. The key will be able to create longer lasting light weight batteries. Currently they are able to keep people in the air for 15 to 30 minutes before they have to land. Another challenge is that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) would have to certify any big new aircraft. This could take years to approve. Further research is needed to make sure that self Flying Car Design By Terrafugia 2 flying aircraft are safe. Reducing noise would be another factor. In addition, an air control system would need to be created along with landing pads. Currently NASA is developing a traffic control system for small drones that could be expanded to include flying cars. It is important to create flying cars because there is a lot of traffic on the roads and more people are commuting far distances for jobs. Women's History Month By Elizabeth Martin Women’s History Month was not a whole month when it started. In fact, it was only one day. It all started in New York City on February 28, 1909. This was the first Women’s History Day. The Socialist party organized it as a national observance. That day marked the one year anniversary of the garment workers’ strikes in New York. On that day, a year ago, thousands of women marched for economic rights. Women’s day grew to an international observance that spread through Europe. A US feminist group noticed a lot of women’s history was left out from the history books. They came up with the idea of Women’s History Week in 1978. This idea spread to schools across the country. Organizers held “Real Women” essay contests. Women made presentations in their classrooms. A parade was held in Santa Rosa, California to celebrate. The first Women’s History Week was March 28, 1980. Congress made a proclamation in 1987 establishing Women’s History Month. This year’s theme for Women’s History Month is “Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business." International Women’s Day was on Wednesday, March 8th. Happy Women’s History Month! The Arctic Ice Melt By Clay Narcisenfeld The Arctic Ocean is located on the northern part of the globe. There is a part of this ocean which is called the Arctic Sea and it is mostly covered in ice. It has the most ice in the winter, but even in the summer there is still a lot of ice. Last year the amount of ice decreased by a large amount because of an increase in greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are from pollution. Scientists are worried about the decrease in ice because it will make the whole earth hotter. Scientists are also concerned about the animals who live in the Arctic. Seals and polar bears need the ice to walk on so they can find their food in the ocean. If there is no ice, they will starve to death because they do not like the food that is on land. Some scientists think that the ice can grow again. Maybe this will happen if people stop polluting. Hopefully this will happen but we will have to wait and see. Travel Ban By Elizabeth Martin President Trump signed an executive order on January 27, 2017 banning immigrants from entering the country. It blocked refugees from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the country for 90 days. All seven countries have a majority of Muslim people. You may 3 wonder why President Trump signed this order. Well, he said he wanted to keep our country safe from terrorists. He also said it will give the government time to go over the refugee approval process. A refugee is a person who is forced to leave his or her country to escape war, persecution, or a natural disaster. There have been protests all over the country and around the world to stop this ban. Many protests have been at airports where several refugees have been stopped from coming into the country. As of Monday, March 6th, President Trump released a new executive order. It removed Iraq from the seven countries. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson said “ Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat ISIS,” though the six other countries will still not be able to enter this country for 90 days. Sports Adidas Makes 3D Printed Running Shoes By Jack Sandi Adidas has sold out of its first ever 3D printed running shoes within hours of releasing them even though these shoes cost $333.00. They are looking to make more of them. 3D printing has a high cost and its slow, but Adidas wants to change that. They have been working with fifteen development teams to build their 3D printed running shoes. They are working on making the process faster and more affordable. The technology works by loading the design into the printer and then layers over layers of material are fused together. There is no uniform foam and there is no gluing or stitching. It is the web-like structures that you can adjust for impact on your foot and the knitted yarn from machines that gives flexibility. The unusual thing about this technology is that you can customize it to your feet. Can you imagine walking into an Adidas store and getting a customized shoe just made for you? Serena Williams By Alexis Ewing Serena Williams was born on September 26, 1981. She is an American professional tennis player. The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her as number one in the world for singles on seven different occasions. She became number one in the world for the first time in 2002 and achieved this for the seventh time in 2017. Serena is considered by many to be the best tennis player of all time. She holds the record for 23 Grand Slam singles titles records and has won 14 double Grand Slams with her sister Venus. Serena grew up in Compton, California and started playing tennis when she was just three years old! When she was nine, she moved to Florida to attend the tennis academy of Ricci Massi to get better coaching. At age ten, she started competing in junior tennis tournaments, but there she was faced with a lot of racism by players and parents so her father Richard made a decision to pull her out.