Current Event Quiz 2.1

1. The perk is that members of the parks and recreation board get two VIP passes for one weekend of ACL. Tom Donovan received the passes and the Austin Parks Foundation is defending this by saying it is for work purposes. Rick Cofer and Don Zimmerman declined to use the passes because they felt uncomfortable about doing it. Sabine Romero said it was okay for them to accept the tickets in an email. Ann Kitchen used the passes and Ora Houston gave them away. I don't see a problem with giving the members passes. If they want to go they should be allowed to because it might help them in their jobs, but if they don't, they shouldn't be allowed to give them away.

2. Oklahoma implemented a stay of all death-penalty executions because the wrong drug had been sent to the execution. Texas is trading drugs used in executions, and in Montana a judge has stopped all executions. Midazolam is a sedative that is used, but it is now considered to be unreliable. Without midazolam, it is harder to carry out executions.

3. Benjamin Netanyahu has barred ministers from visiting a holy site. He told police to stop members of  parliament from going to the holy site. He hopes this will stop violence and unrest. Members of Parliament didn't listen to the decision. Muhanad Halabi, a law student at Al Quds University was killed after killing two Orthodox men in Old City.

4. Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. She is famous for works about female Russian Soldiers in World War 2 and the Chernobyl disaster. This is a rarity because her work is mainly non-fiction. She blends literature and journalism. She looks to the future thinking she has much more work ahead of her.

5. Professor Emertius Daniel S. Hamermesh has decided to stop teaching at U.T. next fall. The Statesman reporter found out about this when the Daily Texan got a copy of a letter sent to the U.T. president. Hamermesh is the first professor to have decided to leave because of the concealed carry law. He also quit because he has opportunities to work elsewhere.

Free-Response - Reigning After Delay:
The Astros beat the Royals 5-2 in the opening game of their AL Division Series. Colin McHugh only allowed four hits in six innings and the relievers didn't give up a run.

The extra sections are different because it goes in-depth on not as important matters. The Statesman is including them in the electronic edition because the paper is limited in how much is included. I think it makes the paper better because lots of people care about the content in the extra section or find it interesting. I think it makes the electronic edition better.