Pottermore is Open!
April 23, 2012 • Sophia Chan
Filed under Entertainment, News, Technology, Top Stories, World News
The long-awaited Harry Potter interactive experience has finally arrived! For almost a year, Potterheads who didn’t get a beta account for Pottermore finally got their prayers answered with the official opening of Pottermore to the public on April 14. 2012. Even though the opening was supposed... Read more »
Occupy No More
December 7, 2011 • Japjot Bal
Filed under News, World News
The Occupy Movement slowly seems to be coming to an end On September 17, 2011 around a thousand protestors – unaware of the global impact this movement was to have- camped out at Zuccotti Park, Manhattan. Protestors now range in the hundred thousands. However, many of the protestors are unaware that... Read more »
Gadhafi’s Decease
November 4, 2011 • Japjot Bal
Filed under News, World News
After forty-two years of dictatorial rule, Moammar Gadhafi is killed by rebels. On Thursday, October 20, 2011, troops captured and brutally beat former Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi – all the while recording this gruesome scene. The explicit videa footage showed Gadhafi begging for life as he bleeds... Read more »
Earthquake in Turkey
November 4, 2011 • Rashi Sexana
Filed under Top Stories, World News
7.2 Magnitude Earthquake in Turkey Recently On October 23, 2011, a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the country of Turkey in Eastern Europe. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city of Ercis, the capitol of Turkey. Rescue workers from Turkey and many other countries rushes to help in evacuation... Read more »
Reno Plane Crash with no cause
September 30, 2011 • Deepika Dilip
Filed under News, World News
Just as road haves have consequences, so do air races. Last week, a World War II-era fighter plane crashed into stunned spectators at an air race in Reno, Nev. Nine people were killed with over eighty injured. Eyewitnesses who described the plane claimed it took an “upside down roll” (ABC News).... Read more »
Do Ask and Do Tell
September 29, 2011 • Japjot Bal
Filed under News, World News
President Obama has finally fulfilled his promise to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy implemented in the vanished from the lives of Americans. This repeal has led our nation into a new, more progressive form... Read more »
A Decade Passed
September 15, 2011 • Japjot Bal
Filed under News, World News
America memorializes the victims of 9/11 on its 10-year anniversary. A decade ago, on September 11, Americans witnessed the monstrosity of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Mere minutes after this horrific shock America paradoxically united and separated. As citizens joined... Read more »
Reaching Out
March 28, 2011 • Katherine Wang
Filed under Irvington News, Student Spotlight, World News
Sophomore Wanda Zhan winds top honor in China Sophomore Wanda Zhan was recently voted one of the Top 10 People of the Year in China for her work in the Sichuan province of China where she taught and played with children affected by the Sichuan earthquake of 2008. Nominated by a media outlet, she received... Read more »
World News Events
January 28, 2011 • Selina Mahesri
Filed under World News
North Korea fired artillery shells at Yeonpyeong Island, some landing in sea but some landing on the island’s residential area, said Col. Lee Bung-Woo, a spokesman for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The South responded with its own artillery fire. South Korean media is reporting that... Read more »
French Rioting in Smaller Numbers
November 28, 2010 • Maryam Khademi
Filed under World News
Protests to Pension Reform That has Consequently Become Law Workers have been demonstrating in the streets of France... Read more »
