Current Eventz Quis

Current Events Quiz #1

1. In 2012, the University of Texas hired Darren Gay, a man convicted of a hate crime against a gay man along with his brother Glen back in 2005, as a teaching assistant. Glen was also hired as an unpaid  volunteer worker. UT officials said that federal laws concerning student information prevent the school from releasing the information concerning the two men and how they ended up having jobs at an esteemed university, but last February, Darren Gay is not listed as a teaching assistant anymore. I believe that some corrupt higher-up in the school's system wanted these men and their opinions in the school to perpetuate said higher-up's similar homophobic opinion.

2. This Tuesday, a deal was made between the city of Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray for 6.4 million dollars. Around five months ago, Freddie Gray was fatally injured while in police custody, inciting riots all around the city of Baltimore. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings, has full support of this settlement, saying "It is in the best interest of the city, and will avoid costly litigation.", to say nothing of the racial qualities of the mistreatment. This settlement is not a verdict, as the trial of the police department and officers involved is still pending.

3. Yesterday, Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that he would allow half a million refugees into Germany each year for severTal more years to come. Critics have denounced this policy as enticing more migrants into making the dangerous journey to Western Europe. Sig-Mar has replied to these concerns, saying that the crisis of war refugees has not been adequately addressed by major countries such as France and Germany, as well as reducing the amount of cash handouts given to refugees, instead giving them food-stamps and first aid.

4. Donald Trump was recently invited to an anti-Iran nuclear deal rally by Ted Cruz in Atlanta. This is very unusual, seeing that most of the GOP conservatives hate Trump for his extremist values and immigration policies. Cruz explains that inviting such a controversial figure will bring the media with him, increasing the much needed coverage for Cruz.

5. Hillary Clinton recently apologized over the use of a private email account as secretary of state. In order to try and incriminate her, two high ranking republican senate chairmen have contacted Bryan Pagliano, who was paid to keep the personal server running. This story was commingled with a previous story from 2008, where Hillary claimed to have accidentally voted for invading Iraq.

6. Two John Jay high school football players attacked a referee at a game recently for allegedly using a racial slur. The assistant coach was also suspended, due to people involved saying that he may have said something to incite the two players against the referee.