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A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsberg LOOK INTO HER WORK WITH GENDER DESCRIMINATION AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
By: Gianna Phillips
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, or the Supreme Court judge that served from 1993 until her tragic death this September. She was a beacon of hope and inspiration to so many women in the US, as well as other countries. From her work to uphold women-s rights in the US, cofounding the Women’s Rights Project, she tackled over three hundred gender discrimination cases. Her legacy will be remembered for generations. She devoted much of her career to helping women and upholding gender equality in the USA. She experienced numerous accounts of sexism as she was going into a career generally dominated by men. While attending Harvard Law School and then transferring to Columbia University, she was one of the nine women in her graduating class. Throughout her years at school she was subjected to ridicule from fellow students and even the Dean at Harvard Law School. She and her fellow female classmates were asked why they were “Occupying seats that would have otherwise been filled by men”. Despite the challenges she faced, Ginsberg tied as top of her class and graduated from Colombia in 1959. Although she faced expected discrimination when searching for a job after graduation, Ginsberg was eventually hired to clerk for judge Edmund L. Palmieri of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1959 to 1961. After working on Colombia Law School’s International Procedure Project, and coauthoring a book on Sweden’s legal system, she joined the faculty of Rutgers Law School in 1963. During her time there she discovered that she was being underpaid compared to her male counterparts, so she joined an equal pay campaign at the university. Due to the discrimination she faced in her chosen field, she decided to begin handling sex discrimination complained from the New Jersey Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union.
In 1972 the ACLU Women’s Rights Project was created under her leadership, for which she argued six landmark cases on gender discrimination and in the same year she became the first women granted tenure and Columbia Law School. In 1980, she was appointed to the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia, then in 1993 Bill Clinton appointed her to the US Supreme Court, becoming the second female Supreme Court Justice and the first Jewish female supreme court justice. At the time of her appointment to the supreme court there were still many laws and regulations that discriminated against women. However, during her time in office she was able to overturn many of them, including the principle that derived from the case Reed v Reed, which determined that administrators of estates are unable to discriminate between sexes. This was the first case that the supreme has struck down involving gender discrimination. In 1996, Ginsberg wrote the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in United States v. Virginia, which decided that the Virginia Military Institute could no longer refuse to admit women. According to Aryeh Yier, the past executive director of ACLU, “Everybody working on women’s legal rights in the 1970s knew that Ruth’s litigation was of central significance. It enhanced our ability to attract outstanding legal talent for our work. It also helped build a strong feminist caucus on the board.” In conclusion, Ruth Bader Ginsberg was the pinnacle to building women’s rights in the US. She worked on numerous cases on the subject of women's right and gender discrimination. Her work in gender discrimination has given hope to countless Americans and women all over the world. Her legacy will no doubt be remembered for generations to come.
The Present and Future of Businesses By Kerry Yoon Hence, the rise of video conferencing platforms Businesses have been forced to adjust and
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Zoom is simply how we hold meetings.” Apart from the business meetings that video conferencing platforms were mainly designed for, people in the fitness sector have also begun utilizing online software to hold live workouts and yoga sessions, The National Theatre—part of the entertainment sector—is live streaming performances, and the education world has seen an substantial transition to distance learning. With large-scale, in-person events being cancelled until the foreseeable, a strong digital approach and effective online management is a key for business moving forward. Another key industry that has been revolutionized throughout the course of the pandemic are restaurants and delivery services. Despite many restaurants having to shut down and eventually go out of business, leading to huge layoffs and unemployment rates, some are experimenting in ways to stay open and provide food to their communities. Amazon said in March that it would hire 100,000 full and part-time employees, and corporate pizza delivery companies have also opened up job positions. In regards to how restaurants operate, take outs, partnerships with delivery companies, and procedures that consist of ensuring maximum hygiene which are communicated transparently to customers have become crucial for restaurants. The effect on consumer behavior and attitude can be seen in recent Google searches, where search interest for “is food delivery safe” skyrocketed 650% across the U.S. since March, and the search interest for “take out” increased by 285%. In Guatemala and Latin America as a whole, the delivery service industry has grown significantly, as seen by Spanish startup Glovo selling its Latin American operations to German corporation Delivery Hero in a deal worth up to 230 million euros. Although retailers were struggling to adapt to the online world prior to the pandemic, COVID-19 has forced them to start building an online presence quickly with an increase in online shopping and stores having to either close or set a maximum capacity limit. While some retail giants such as Inditex—which owns fashion-brand Zara—closed approximately 1,000 shops worldwide in July, according to Aneesha Sherman, senior analyst at Berstein, “people like buying in store, even millennials and Gen Z who have all the apps on their phones, still like to shop in stores.” What this means for the retail industry is that physical shopping continues to remain valuable, and people are likely to return to stores once restrictions are eased. For stores, this has meant implementing contactless payment and curbside pickup while simultaneously crafting a strategy for effective ecommerce. Nine months after the first Coronavirus case was reported on December 31st, 2019, we have seen how all types of industries and businesses have adapted to consumer behavior and government restrictions to ensure public safety. With the definition of “normal” constantly changing, there is a chance that things will not go back to how they used to be, with elements regarding how businesses run already changing forever. For now, businesses will have to continue working on responding and adapting to current events, while also preparing for future worst-case scenarios.
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Hubie Haloween Movie Review By Franco Galasso During the uncertain times, in the midst of a global pandemic with much of the world still under lockdown, it is important to relax and do the things you love with the people close to you. Watching a comedy movie with friends and family is a great way to spend this time, which is why I've decided to give my review of the movie Hubie Halloween. I love Hubie Halloween because Adam Sandler combines kindness with humor, and what greater time to release it on Halloween season. Plus, the idea of trick or treating is nothing we have ever seen during quarantine, so it’s also very reminiscing. The movie is relevant because it relates more to history than you may think: set in Salem, Massachusetts, this seemingly innocent town was home of the Salem Witch Trials back in 1692 (alludes to a part in the movie where Hubie meets his long-time crush Violet Valentine who chaperoned her daughter’s field trip to the Salem Witch Museum) All of Sandler’s movies have the same actors, and Hubie Halloween isn’t the exception: other than Ben Stiller’s cameo, names from Kevin James, Rob Schneider, Steve Buscemi, Shaquille O’Neal, to June Squibb, to Karan Brar and China Anne McClaim I recommend the story because, even though it might contain multiple times of dark humor, it makes you reflect about how kindness is taken for granted in society nowadays while you laugh. The story is powerful because the people that bullied Hubie realize that they have low self-esteem.
Poland’s anti-LGBT Sentiments Sparks Fear Through Out The Country By Gianna Phillips
Over the last few years Poland has began an ever familiar anti-lgbt political discourse. During the summer of 2020 this rhetoric has become stronger and is facing backlash from the LGBT+ population in Poland. Although Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawieck, has spoken out; outright denying that his LGBT+ citizens are being denied rights or tolerance in Poland, there is concrete evidence against his claim. Recently, many Polish government officials, including the president, have voiced their anti-lgbt sentiment to the public. They have degraded the LGBT+ community, claiming them to be a threat to “traditional families”. The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda even went on record saying that the “LGBT Ideology” is one more dangerous than communism. This was before he was reelected for a second term. As of this year (2020) the Rainbow Maps, an annually compiled ranking of European countries' commitment to LGBT+ rights and equality, Poland plummeted to the lowest ranking European country. Poland now sits with 16 points, decreasing dramatically from their previous 24 points in 2014 (the highest they’ve ever been). The reason for this has become clear after an LGBT protection declaration, which dedicated to protect LGBT+ teens from bullying and harassment. The declaration garnered almost immediate backlash from Catholic clergymen and conservative politicians alike after being signed by the mayor of Warsaw and a recent presidential candidate. Andrzej Duda called the declaration an attack on the nation’s children, and the Warsaw bishop states that “the declaration is contrary to parents’ constitutional right to raise their children in accordance with their own beliefs and biding educational law". With the current political climate supporting the rise of homophobia in Poland, the city council of Swidnik passed a resolution declaring their city free from “LGBT Ideology”. This was the first declaration of many, and as of today nearly a third of the country’s territory consists of these so-called “LGBT free zones”. Although these declarations are far from legally binding, they were met with dissent from the international community and EU institutions, and even some western European towns have suspended their year-long partnerships with Poland cities over this issue. Legal complaints have been filed by Poland’s commissioner for Human Rights, Adam Bodnar, against these resolutions but only four cases have been won so far. Judges have ruled that the resolutions declared by the municipalities are a violation of their constitutional anti-discrimination clause, and although the towns have argued that these declarations are not targeted at any specific members of the LGBT community, but simply the “Ideology”. That argument was refuted by a judge at the Provincial Administrative Court in Gliwice, Kryzystof Wujek, who said this: “Claiming that the LGBT are not people but an ideology is turning a blind eye to the reality when you do not want to acknowledge the full consequences of such words. ”Responding to these declarations, the EU has undertook drastic measures to ensure the protection of those in the LGBT+ community. They have begun denying funds to six of the Polish towns that applied for the Town Twinning Programme. They say this was a necessary step due to the government’s lack of protections for the LGBT+ community. Throughout all of this the Polish government has insisted that there are no misgivings toward the LGBT+ community.
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What is Happening With Collegiate Sports? A Closer Look Into A Return Plan for College Basketball and Football By Kerry Yoon With both the college football season supposed to be well under way at this time of the year and basketball making its return in November, the current pandemic has forced the NCAA to make tough decisions in regards to its biggest revenue generator.Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA has been forced to delay the seasons of their two biggest profit makers: college basketball and college football.
Recently, decisions have been made on when and how both sports will begin and run. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has decided to start the 20202021 basketball season on November 25th, right before Thanksgiving break. Three weeks earlier, football games began in some regions of the United States, while fans continue to wait for the Big Ten Conference’s anticipated return on the 24th of October. There are key differences between how the NCAA’s two most profitable sports will return to action in the foreseeable future. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, NCAA vice president for basketball Dan Gavitt stated the following: “We had the benefit of time, watching other sports starting and learning from them. It’s not perfect, and we weren’t even shooting for perfection. But I do hope we’ve achieved a responsible and unified plan to start college basketball.”
The past six months have consisted of Gavitt and his team coordinating with conferences across the country, building a framework for the upcoming season. On Wednesday, September 16th, Gavitt and the NCAA Division I Council voted on a plan that consists of no preseason scrimmages or exhibition games played, and the regular season games being reduced from a maximum of 31 games to 27. Regarding practices and workouts, teams will be able increase their 12 hours per week practice time to a 20-hour practice week starting October 14th. Additionally, the minimum games to be considered for NCAA tournament qualification were cut from 25 games to 13, and the NCAA recommends at least four non-conference games in order to facilitate tournament seeding with the ultimate goal of holding the usual 68-team mega tournament. The return date of November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving, interrelates with the decision of multiple schools to send students home until Christmas to prevent the spread of on-campus COVID-19 cases, as approximately 75 percent of DI schools will have completed the fall semester or transition to online instruction and exams by that date. As Gavitt stated in a press release, “The new season start date near the Thanksgiving holiday provides the optimal opportunity to successfully launch the basketball season… It is a grand compromise of sorts and a unified approach that focuses on the health and safety of student-athletes competing towards the 2021 Division I basketball championships.” On the other hand, the Power Five conferences—made up of the most elite college football teams in the country—have taken a different approach. Whereas every team in the basketball season will start and end at the same time as one unit, each football conference holds independent control over how and when they decide to carry the season out. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 are running, the Southeastern Conference is said to start on September 26th, the Big Ten will begin on October 14th, and the Pac-12 stated that sports will not take place until January 1st although authorities are pushing for an earlier date. Continued on page 9...
Schedules for both sports will be released and most likely change throughout the following weeks, with most major decisions of return dates being final at the moment. Only time will tell how the season will roll out for each sport, as leaders will need to adapt and ensure the safety and health of their athletes and of the entire student body across universities.
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There has been heavy criticism about the decisions in regards to the return of football, as each conference holds significant amounts of influence due to the popularity of college football, as well as the fact that students, fans, and coaches have opposed further prolongation of the beloved sport. “This flimsy collection of largely autonomous fiefdoms, each concerned mainly with hoarding wealth and power, was never going to make the right call against a fearsome opponent like the coronavirus,” said Paul Newberry of the Associated Press in his column. Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated supports this notion by saying, “the difference between two sports contested by many of the same schools is striking. It underscores what can be done with centralized NCAA leadership and cohesive conferences (basketball), as opposed to five oligarchies that don’t much care whether the whole of the enterprise survives as long as each gets their own (football).”
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Continued... A reason for the difference in return dates is the COVID-19 infections varying across regions of the United States. For example, according to a New York Times database of infections at colleges, there have been over 8,500 reported cases of the virus at Big Ten universities. Furthermore, Ed Orgeron, coach of the current national champion LSU stated that, “Most of our players have caught it.” The virus has already begun to disrupt the season in places where it has started, as seen in the postponing of Virginia and Virginia Tech season opener on September 19th, and Georgia Southern having 33 players out of their squad on their first game against Campbell.
Work Out At Home! Can’t go to the gym because of Coronavirus? Here are some workouts you can use at home to stay fit during this pandemic! Beginner: Push-ups Trains: Push-ups is a very old but very used exercise in gyms, militaries, and sports. This exercise can be used at home whenever because you don’t need weights. Modification: Start the push up by leaning forward on your knees to create less resistance to your arms. The push-up mainly works out your chest but it also works out the following muscles: shoulders, triceps, and abdominals. Beginner: Planks Trains: Planks is a very reliable exercise on which you can keep up with your progress with how much time you can stay in a plank. This exercise has a lot of variations to it but the plank is a way to build up muscle and sweat. Modification: Start by going on your forearm. It can work out your chest but it also works out the following muscles: Shoulders, the backs of triceps, and abdominals.
Intermediate: Burpees Trains: Burpees are a calisthenics exercise. With burpees, the focus is on a full-body exercise workout that aims to build muscle strength and endurance in both your lower and upper body. Modification: Instead of jumping twice, you jump when you stand. A standard burpee exercise works to strengthen the muscles in your: legs, hips, buttocks, abdomen, arms, and shoulders. Intermediate: Bear walk Trains: Bear crawl you use muscles throughout the entire body. This exercise takes a lot of room to do, but it’s one with great benefits. If you do the exercise regularly, you'll build both strength and endurance in the chest and in the following muscles: shoulders, back, glutes, quadriceps. hamstrings, and core.
Advanced: Chest Dips Trains: Chest dips are a great way to work the chest but be careful, not to get hurt and get sturdy resistance to support your weight. For example, find a sturdy table or chair without wheels. This exercise is a bit more advanced as it's a full muscle workout with your own body. The chest dip exercise not only specializes in the chest but in the following muscles: Pectoralis Major, Triceps, Back (Trapezius), Triceps (Brachii). Advanced: Diamond Push-ups Trains: Diamond Push-Up is a more difficult variation of the classic push-up, with your hands coming together to make a diamond shape. This exercise is considered to be a higher level than the normal push up. Only do this exercise if you’re confident in your body, because it is used in the Army; this exercise helps build your chest as well as the following muscles: abdominal muscles, arm muscles
For the next workout, we will be doing exercise on the legs that you can do at home, so stay tuned for the next isuue!. By Christian Miron Garcia Granados
A Snapshot of the COVID-19 Vaccine By Franco Galasso Numerous research teams race against each other to develop safe and effective solutions as a response to coronavirus pandemic.
Waiting is the better solution around the world, one hundred and seventy research teams from the United Kingdom to China will have the tough task to release an affordable, safe and effective solution to the novel Coronavirus-19 in records’ time. The issue is that the world is becoming increasingly anxious from their expectation to end the pandemic as soon as possible. Out of 5 phases of trial, 9 laboratories are closest to getting their antidote approved. The laboratory that first cracks the code will undoubtedly gross massive amounts of money overnight. The world is on the brink of acquiring a sustainable vaccine that aims to fight the current state of affairs. We are essentially laying our trust on 9 laboratories that are close to the antidote: Johnson & Johnson, Oxford/AstraZeneca, CanSino/Beijing Institute of Technology, Pfizer, the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, Moderna, Sinovac, Sinopharm, and Gamaleta Research Institute (Oxford holding the upper hand). These 9 laboratories are found in phase three of trials. You might be asking yourself what these phases consist of. The research begins with animals on preclinical and, once achieved, extends to less than a hundred human beings in phase 1. As phases increase, more efficacious trials ensure hundreds turn to thousands of patients until approved for affordable distribution in phase 5. What’s more, it takes longer to elaborate a vaccine free of side effects. At this point in time, most people should already know that SARS CoV-19 began in October 2019 at a marketplace in Wuhan, China. And the virus never looked back, infecting over 32 million people and nearly killing a million as of September 2020. The situation led the world to protect themselves through quarantine
It is not yet known when a vaccine will be approved, and there has been strong pressure over the laboratories’ progress. Pressure not only by anxious civilians, but within sectors of economy and politics: confinement has led to a dramatic fall in the global economy, production and the flow of merchandise. Not to mention that presidential candidates in the United States are using the coronavirus as part of their proposal for election. Laboratories (including the previous 9) are approaching the virus with the following kinds of vaccines: genetic vaccines happen when one or more of the coronavirus’s genes are put into our cells to cause an immune response. Viral vector vaccines are vaccines that contain viruses engineered to carry coronavirus genes. Protein based vaccines contain coronavirus proteins but no genetic material, it either contains whole or fragments of these molecules. Inactivated vaccines are vaccines created from weakened or chemically killed coronaviruses. And finally, repurposed vaccines are vaccines already in use for other diseases that may also protect against coronavirus Scientists agree that anticipating a vaccine without an appropriate amount of trials and processes, it can bring worse consequences to the population as an insecure vaccine will be utilized; people would also be more vulnerable to contract the virus because social distancing won’t be accepted to a higher extent. So, all we have to do is wait.
Voting by Mail and Absentee Voting Does Not Lead To Fraud By Kerry Yoon With coronavirus still spreading throughout the United States and the 2020 November Election approaching, skeptics are concerned about the potential fraud as a result of voting through mail. However, research suggests that mail-in voting does not favor one political party over the other.
According to the early-voting tracking site ElectProject.org, approximately 80 million people have voted in the 2020 U.S. election, with 50 million of those ballots having been casted through mail (as of October 29). During the first presidential debate between incumbent Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, Trump claimed that “this is going to be a fraud like you’ve never seen” when discussing the shift to mail voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While many shared the president’s concerns amid an unprecedented increase in scale, research found that voting by mail or absentee is fair and secure. In a recent study led by Andrew Hall, a professor of political science at Stanford University, election data from California, Utah, and Washington was examined in order to compare election outcomes and voter behavior. Although Hall and his team did find that overall turnout 2 percentage points on average, voting by mail policies did not affect the share of votes that went to the Democratic and Republican party. The paper’s key takeaway is the following: “Claims that that vote-by-mail fundamentally advantages one party over the other appear overblown. In normal times, based on our data at least, vote-by-mail modestly increases participation while not advantaging either.” Charles Stewart III of MIT and Amber McReynolds support Hall’s findings through historical data provided by The Heritage Foundation, which has an online database of election fraud. With over 250 million votes having been cast by a mail ballot across the United States over the past 20 years, “204 involved the fraudulent use of absentee ballots; 143 resulted in criminal convictions.”
When putting this data into a broader context, this means that nationally, there have been seven to eight cases of fraud by mail ballots per year. Furthermore, across the 50 states, there has been on average, “one case per state every six or seven years.” As Stewart III and Reynolds put it, “we are talking about an occurrence that translates to about 0.0006 percent of total cast” from data spanning 20 years.” Despite research strongly suggesting security and fairness of the voting by mail and absentee voting systems, there are valid logistical challenges at the state and county levels as officials continue preparing for election day on November 3rd. For instance, according to an article from the New York Times, laws in Michigan do not allow clerks to begin processing absentee ballots until 7am on Election Day. Poll workers cannot work in shifts, often working for over 18 hours, which could lead to potential mistakes in the process of counting votes. There have also been several examples of absentee ballots being sent to people with incorrect names, and many states still need for funds to fully be prepared for the election. Hence, the steps of voting by mail and filling in absentee ballots will have to be carried out with no room for mistake, and those in charge of administering ballots will have to ensure that all ballots are registered and counted. It has been proved time and time again through both historical and recent data that voter fraud in the United States as a result of voting by mail is extremely slim—the Brennan Center for Justice claims that the average American is “more likely to be struck by lightning than to commit voter fraud.” This widespread increase in voting by mail and absentee ballots in the upcoming 2020 Election will provide some increased protection to voters from being exposed to COVID-19, while also giving the opportunity to millions of Americans to exercise their essential right of voting so fundamental to maintaining the country’s democratic ideals.
Facemask Pollution in oceans causes detrimental effects to Marine Life By GIanna Phillips Worldwide scientists and environmentalists are discovering increasing amounts of face mask pollution in oceans and beaches. Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, face masks have become mandatory in many countries to slow the spread of the virus, however with this increase use also comes increased levels of littering. The sheer amount of face mask pollution has caused detrimental effects to marine life, and the newness of this type of pollution makes it that much more frightening.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic face mask pollution in oceans has become a worrying issue that affects marine life world wide. Although currently the amount of facemasks found is less than extravagant, it’s the inevitable new form of pollution that is frightening many environmental scientists. In May, 2020, the French non-profit organization, Opération Mer Propre, unearthed dozens of disposable gloves, face masks, hand-sanitizer bottles, and more at the bottom of the medeteranian. This form of pollution has now been coined as “Covid Waste''. According to Joffrey Pelteir, a member of the organization, “Soon, we’ll run the risk of having more masks than jelly fish in the Medeteranian.” Another daunting factor of mask pollution, other than its effect on the ocean environment, is the toxicity of the waste. If this waste isn’t properly discarded, it could pose dangerous health hazards on both human and marine life. Due to the dangers that covid 19 contamination poses for the public, discarded masks have now been classified as toxic waste.
This is especially worrying due to the predictions documented by the United Nations Convention on Trade and Development. They expect about 75% of used masks to end up in either landfills or our oceans. The thought of incinerating the mask waste, and other “Covid Waste” has been mulled over, but ultimately it would release toxic gasses into the environment.So what’s the solution? If we continue to let this Covid Waste problem get out of hand, it would be detrimental to both our environments, our people, and the wildlife that live on this planet. Many have proposed the idea of either making or buying reusable masks. Reusable masks, of course those that are WHO and CDC certified, function just as well as surgical masks, but cut down on waste and overall costs.For those that are unable to buy reusable masks, it is very simple to make them yourself. They can be made with multiple layers of simple cloth sheets. Instructions can be found in multiple sources online MAsk pollution has been causing detrimental effects to our wildlife, especially marine life. Masks and other Covid Waste has been found in oceans worldwide, and has been ravaging ocean environments since the pandemic started back in February of 2020. Everyone must do their part in lessening the effect of Covid Waste if possible, and the best way to do so as of now is to use reusable cloth masks.
LA Dodgers Win the World Series
By Kerry Yoon
With two runs from Mookie Betts in a pivotal Game 6, the Dodgers sealed a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays to finish off the World Series Despite seven straight divisional titles and two World Series appearances in the last three years, the Dodgers continuously came up short as they were the ones who had to watch the opposing team being crowned world champions. After a drought of 32 years and over $2 billion spent on player’s salaries over the last eight years, however, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bays Rays 3-1 on Tuesday at Global Life Field in Texas to win the World Series at last. Hits from catcher Austin Barnes, superstar outfielder Mookie Betts, and World Series MVP Corey Seager gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead immediately after Rays pitcher Blake Snell was pulled out of the game at the beginning of the 6th inning—a decision that will be debated for years. Snell left the mound with evident frustration after a powerful performance highlighted by nine strikeouts. COVID-19 led to a shortened regular season and a bubble-like environment for the playoffs, in which the players spent weeks separated from their families and friends due to the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, the virus’s impact was still felt as Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner had to be pulled out of the game after a positive test result. Nonetheless, long-time Dodgers who have been through all of the team’s losses including multiple CY Young winner Klayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen have finally achieved the long-anticipated, coveted title of world champions.
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LGBT Protests in Poland Fogiel PiS spokesperson, Radosław, and Karolina Gierdal, Lawyer at the Campaign Against Homophobia. “Poland's Culture War: LGBT People Forced to Turn to Civil Disobedience.” Euronews, 6 Oct. 2020, www.euronews.com/2020/10/06/poland-sculture-war-lgbt-people-cornered-by-toxic-politics-are-turning-to-civil-disobedie. Morris, Loveday. “Poland's 'LGBT-Free Zones' Energize Some Activists, Prompt Others to Leave.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 28Oct.2020,www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/poland-lgbt-rights/2020/10/27/e82bce8a-12f7-11eb-a258614acf2b906d_story.html.
Mask Pollution Kassam, Ashifa. “'More Masks than Jellyfish': Coronavirus Waste Ends up in Ocean.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 8 June 2020, www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/08/more-masks-than-jellyfish-coronavirus-waste-ends-up-in-ocean. Lo, Zabrina. “Waste, Unmasked: How Covid-19 Masks Have Affected The Environment.” Tatler Hong Kong, 6 Oct. 2020, hk.asiatatler.com/life/covid-19-face-masks-pollution. Tabb, Neva Duncan. “Triple-Win Climate Solutions: An Easy Fix for Toxic Mask Pollution.” The Mountaineer, 21 Oct. 2020, www.themountaineer.com/life/triple-win-climate-solutions-an-easy-fix-for-toxic-mask-pollution/article_51ea0038-0e54-11eb81e8-ef54c3309d4d.html. Coronavirus Vaccine Article Kirkpatrick, David. “In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead.”Https://Www.Nytimes.Com/#publisher, 2 May 2020,www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html. Kommenda, Niko. “Covid Vaccine Tracker: When Will a Coronavirus Vaccine BeReady?” The Guardian, 25 Sept. 2020,www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/sep/25/covid-vaccine-tracker-when-will-a-coronavirus-vaccine-beready.
Hubie Halloween Paragraph Sandler, Adam. “Hubie Halloween.” Netflix, uploaded by Happy Madison Productions, 7 Oct. 2020, www.netflix.com/search? q=hubie&jbv=80245104. Sullivan, Corinne. “Hubie Halloween Filming Location Spots.” POPSUGAR Smart Living, 17 Oct. 2020, www.popsugar.com/smart-living/where-was-hubie-halloween-filmed-47874203.
Businesses: ABC News. "How Businesses Are Adapting to a Coronavirus Pandemic Economy." ABC News, 29 Mar. 2020, abcnews.go.com/Business/businesses-adapting-coronavirus-pandemic-economy/story?id=69748107. Arndt, Felix. "Coronavirus Disruption: A Chance for Businesses to Adapt and Renew." The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2020, theconversation.com/coronavirus-disruption-a-chance-for-businesses-to-adapt-and-renew-135516. Aten, Jason. "Zoom Became the Most Important App in the Business World Overnight. Here Are 5 Reasons." Inc.com, 26 Mar. 2020, www.inc.com/jason-aten/heres-how-zoom-became-most-important-app-in-world-its-really-quite-simple.html. "Business After COVID 19: What Will Change." The European Business Review, 4 July 2020, www.europeanbusinessreview.com/business-after-covid-19-what-will-change/. Lewin, Amy. "Glovo Sells Latin American Operations to Delivery Hero." Sifted, 16 Sept. 2020, sifted.eu/articles/glovo-delivery-herolatin-america-sale/. Olohan, Ryan. "How Restaurants Can Better Assist Customers During Times of Uncertainty." Google, Apr. 2020, www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/search/restaurant-marketing-strategy/. Russo, Thomas A. "How to Lower Your Coronavirus Risk While Eating Out: Restaurant Advice from an Infectious Disease Expert." The Conversation, 21 May 2020, theconversation.com/how-to-lower-your-coronavirus-risk-while-eating-out-restaurant-advicefrom-an-infectious-disease-expert-138925. Wylie, Courtney. "Six Ways Covid-19 is Changing Business (for the Better)." The Drum, 10 June 2020, www.thedrum.com/opinion/2020/06/10/six-ways-covid-19-changing-business-the-better.
College Sports: Blinder, Alan. "Big Ten Will Play Football in 2020, Reversing Decision." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia, 16 Sept. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/sports/ncaafootball/covid-big-ten-football-season.html. Buckley, Clint. "NCAA Extends D-I Recruiting Dead Period Through Dec. 31." 247Sports, 16 Sept. 2020, 247sports.com/Article/NCAA-extends-Division-I-recruiting-dead-period-through-Dec-31-no-in-person-contact-visits-COVID19-151585619/. Forde, Pat. "Difference in College Hoops Vs. Football Return Plans Is Striking." Sports Illustrated, 16 Sept. 2020, www.si.com/college/2020/09/17/college-basketball-football-return-plans-differences. Accessed 30 Oct. 2020. Ilsley, Blair. "Colleges Battle COVID-19 but Also the Budget Hit of Canceling Sports." CU Anschutz Newsroom, University of Colorado, 16 Sept. 2020, news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/colleges-battle-covid-19-but-also-the-budget-hit-of-cancelingsports. "Men's and Women's 2020-21 Basketball Seasons to Start on Thanksgiving Week." NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships | NCAA.com, 17 Sept. 2020, www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-09-16/mens-and-womens-202021-basketball-seasons-start-thanksgiving-week?utm_campaign=trending. Newberry, Paul. "Column: College Football Whiffs in Tackling the Coronavirus." AP NEWS, 17 Sept. 2020, apnews.com/article/virusoutbreak-college-football-epidemics-football-education-083f5aaada061153a303298af1fe4983. Raskin, Alex. "NCAA Considers Empty Arenas for March Madness Due to Coronavirus." Daily Mail, 4 Mar. 2020, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8071757/An-NCAA-Tournament-arenas-It-ruled-out.html. Ryan, Shannon. "College Basketball Season Will Begin Nov. 25 — the Day Before Thanksgiving." Chicagotribune.com, 16 Sept. 2020, www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-college-basketball-return-date-20200916-qfvwbcyfxfge3m2q7k2xx7eycu-story.html. Wolken, Dan. "Opinion: College Football Celebrates COVID-19 Outbreaks, Ridicules Cautious Approach." USA TODAY, 15 Sept. 2020, www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2020/09/15/college-football-celebrates-covid-19outbreaks-lsu-texas-tech/5809446002/.
2020 Election "2020 Election: Vote by Mail Works, Despite What Donald Trump Says." USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2020, www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/08/12/2020-election-vote-mail-works-ignore-donald-trump-editorialsdebates/3335769001/. "2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics." US Elections Project, 29 Oct. 2020, electproject.github.io/Early-Vote2020G/index.html. Bracken, Kassie, and Alexandra Eaton. "How Could Voting by Mail Affect the Election? Look at Michigan." The New York Times Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos, 11 Oct. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/us/elections/vote-by-mailelection.html. De Witte, Melissa. "Stanford scholars find no partisan advantage of mail-in, absentee voting but other challenges lie ahead." Stanford News, 3 Sept. 2020, news.stanford.edu/2020/09/03/examining-effects-challenges-mail-in-voting/. McReynolds, Amber, and Charles Stewart III. "Let's Put the Vote-by-mail 'fraud' Myth to Rest." TheHill, 28 Apr. 2020, thehill.com/opinion/campaign/494189-lets-put-the-vote-by-mail-fraud-myth-to-rest. Weiser, Wendy R., et al. "Mail Voting: What Has Changed in 2020." Brennan Center for Justice, 17 Sept. 2020, www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/mail-voting-what-has-changed-2020. World Series: Del Rosario, Alexandra, and Patrick Hipes. "Los Angeles Dodgers Win First World Series Since 1988." Deadline, 28 Oct. 2020, deadline.com/2020/10/dodgers-win-world-series-2020-1234604624/. Waldstein, David. "Dodgers Win the World Series After Years of Frustration." The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos, 27 Oct. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/sports/baseball/world-series-game-6.html.
