Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Current Event Quiz 1

1) The university of Texas is under fire for hiring two graduate assistants back in 2012 because two out of the four of them were involved in a mass harassment and had just got out of jail. While they were getting the job at UT the people there were given false and in accurate information. Usually when the campus figures out that somethings has gone wrong they investigate. But spokesmen Garry Susswein came to the conclusion that since they weren't university employees nor had any supervisory roles there was no need for an investigation. Although UT does not forbid anyone to work there if they have a criminal record, Anyone who has been convicted in the past seven years is generally not allowed to work at UT. I do not believe that the university had the full story before hiring these two men because if UT wanted publicity they wouldn't try to get bad publicity they would want good publicity.

2) In the case of Freddie Gray, their family would receive over 5.7 million dollars; was the deal the city of Baltimore made on Tuesday. The mayor supported this deal because she wants her city to heal and in order for her to do so they need to move on and this could potentially taxpayers many millions more in damages.

3) Vise Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel of Germany announced yesterday that he could take half a million refuges a year "for several years". Some observers criticized the policy he announced and questioned whether generous asylum policies are enticing more migrants to make the dangerous trek for Western Europe. The German leaders responded the criticism by . Germany was led by  Berlin and that's why they responded the way they did.

5) Democratic front-runner Hilliary Clinton apologized on Tuesday for . The likely action by two Republicans in Congress makes it seems this issue will continue to be in the news is . Co-mingling is a mix or blend,  and the two things co mingled in this story was . Clinton's earlier mistake that slow yo admit was a mistake was .

2 comments:

  1. 1. A mass harassment? They committed a hate crime against a gay man. I don't think UT asked for the information or knew about it at all.
    2. There is still a criminal case underway.
    3. How did German leaders respond to the criticism?
    4. No. 4 is left blank?
    5. Three of the four sentences are question stems without answers.
    What about the free response?

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  2. 1. A mass harassment? They committed a hate crime against a gay man. I don't think UT asked for the information or knew about it at all.
    2. There is still a criminal case underway.
    3. How did German leaders respond to the criticism?
    4. No. 4 is left blank?
    5. Three of the four sentences are question stems without answers.
    What about the free response?

    70

    ReplyDelete