As Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Jan. 20, he promised to renew the country’s former greatness in an appeal as a champion of the common man.
Year: 2017
Post
Trump inauguration met with protests
At least two groups of protesters, those at Logan Circle and 13th Street and K Street, celebrated President Donald Trump’s inauguration by breaking windows, damaging police cars, and igniting vehicles on fire.
Post
Zemel, Parker zap awards for bug research
Although people typically consider wasps, flies, and mosquitoes to be pests, seniors Joel Parker and Ryan Zemel spent part of their summer trying to attract the insects. Parker and Zemel both won cash awards from the Michigan Entomological Society for their presentations on LED lighting in traps and a survey of specific insects present at...
Post
Catching waves and life lessons
When junior Nainoa Johsens was a “young and reckless” 16-year-old, he found himself thrown to the bottom of the ocean, wrapped in kelp, asking, “Is this it?” Tangled in seaweed and thrashing against the turbulent seawater, Johsens learned a valuable lesson from surfing: respect the power of the ocean and its control over him. “Surfing...
Post
Wire wound with love
Two men stand on the first car of the train: one waves, the other holds a shovel. Black steam billows out of the engine in a spiraling gray cloud. The second car, securely hinged to the first, carries blocks and blocks of hard black coal. Against a copper background, the name PETRIE is written in...