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September 29, 2017
San Diegos Hepatitis Outbreak
BY Megan Sweeny
Staff WRiter
San Diego Countys Board of
Supervisors unanimously de-
clared a local health emergen-
cy on Friday, September 1st,
after a hepatitis A outbreak
killed 15 and hospitalized
hundreds.
Hepatitis A is a serious
disease that attacks the liver
and has often proved fatal. It
is found in human feces and
spreads through exposure to
unsanitary conditions, es-
pecially those related to not
thoroughly washing ones
hands after using the re-
stroom. However, most out-
breaks are associated with
sexual contact or specific
foods or objects contaminated
with the virus.
Since March of this year,
local epidemiologists have
noticed a pattern of infection
spreading quicker than nor-
Nuclear Testing In North Korea
BY CARSTEN FEHLAn
Staff Writer
On September 3rd, North Ko-
rea conducted a nuclear test
near the Punggye-re test site.
North Korea says that it tested
a hydrogen bomb that could be
mounted on an ICBM.The test,
North Koreas sixth in eleven
years, created an earthquake
with a 6.3 magnitude.
Earlier, on August 29, North
Korea launched a missile over
Japan. The missile reached
550 km in height and flew ap-
proximately 2500 km around
the country of Japan before it
crashed in the Pacific.
The United States, obvious-
ly concerned with these trials,
says that all options are on
the table with regards to how
to deal with Korea. US De-
fense Secretary Mattis warned
there would be a huge re-
sponse to any threat given by
Korea on the US or any of their
territories or allies.
Betsy DeVos on Campus Sexual
Assault Legislation process either protects every-
BY NIZHONI HAWTHORNE
Staff Writer
In a speech given at the Antonin
Scalia Law School in Virginia,
Secretary of Education Betsy
DeVos said that her depart-
ment would revisit the Obama
Administrations guidelines on
campus sexual assault, which
protected students under Ti-
tle IX and even threatened the
loss of fundings for schools that
didnt do enough to stop sexu-
al assault and harassment on
campus.
Title IX bans sex discrimi-
nations in educational insti-
tutions that receive federal
funding. The Obama Admin-
istration issued the Dear Col-
league Letter in 2011, which
gave instructions on how
schools should investigate and
arbitrate accusations of sexual
violence. The letter has become
a symbol for the support of sex-
ual assault victims to some, but
a symbol of the failure of due
process on campuses to others.
DeVos said she plans to replace
these guidelines in order to
protect both the sexually ha-
rassed and the accused. Due
process is the foundation of
any system of justice that seeks
a fair outcome, she said. Due
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mal. It is the largest surge to
occur in 20 years, with more
than 380 cases confirmed to
date. County officials have
reported that 70% of those in-
fected were homeless, illicit
drug users, or both.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, the
countys public health officer,
signed the declaration to raise
the publics awareness of the
health crisis and to request
the states assistance in legal
protection for safety mea-
sures taken earlier that day.
Our president, Donald
Trump stated in August that
nuclear threats, will be faced
with fire, fury, and frank-
ly power. But within hours
North Korea responded stating
that they are considering fir-
ing on U.S territory in Guam.
This caused fear in Americans
that they had developed mis-
siles that can reach Guam.
In 2017 North Korea has
been building up their num-
bers of missiles and chemical
weapons, raising the ques-
tion of what will they do with
them. The leader of North Ko-
rea, Kim Jong Un, has stated
many times that he has many
missiles that are able to reach
mainland U.S. This could be a
problem for the U.S, which has
a poor relationship with North
Korea. There is no definitive
reason for North Koreas sud-
den buildup of missiles and
nuclear tests but some say it is
to compete with the U.S.
one, or it protects no one. De-
Vos said that she will meet with
university officials and experts
to come up with a new plan.
In response to her plan to re-
place the failed system, many
sexual assault survivors were
shocked, believing that the dis-
missal of the Obama Adminis-
trations guidelines will make it
harder for survivors to get re-
lief. Supporters of the previous
guidelines think of DeVos as
nothing more than a defender
of rapists, and find no reason to
trust her because she is part of
the Trump administration.
On the other side of the de-
bate, supporters of DeVos de-
cision think that the guidelines
put in place by the Obama ad-
ministration were too harsh on
accused rapists, and failed in
protecting due process rights
on campus. The guidelines
were unfair to the wrongly ac-
cused and accused these peo-
ple with little evidence, they
said. Being accused of rape
destroyed careers, and even
brought some close to taking
their own life, DeVos men-
tioned in her speech. We must
do better, because the current
approach isnt working, DeVos
said.
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Since the outbreak in March,
19,000 have been vaccinated.
Of those vaccinations, 7,100
were administered to the at-
risk homeless population,
Wooten said.
On Friday morning, a pri-
vate company working with a
city contract began distribut-
ing hand-washing stations to
locations where the homeless
population typically reside.
Next, street cleaning crews
working for the sanitation
plan were to shoot high-pres-
sure water spiked with bleach
in efforts to remove feces,
blood, bodily fluids, from any
contaminated surface.
Free vaccines have been
issued for those without in-
surance at any county health
clinic.
World War II Bomb Discovered in Frankfurt
BY SARA EVANS
STAFF WRITER
In Frankfurt, Germany, almost
60,000 people were evacuated
when a British World War II
bomb was found. The bomb
was found in a construction
site and had to be deactivated
in order to declare it as safe.
Authorities recognized this
potentially dangerous situa-
tion and recommended that
anyone living in Frankfurt
evacuate as soon as possible.
Rohingya Crisis Continues
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BY NIZHONI HAWTHORNE
STaff Writer
The Human Rights Office
of the UN declared that the
crimes against the Rohing-
ya could amount to crimes
against humanity, and that it
regretted the Myanmar gov-
ernments failure to act upon
recommendations set out by
the UN, like lifting restric-
tions of the Rohingya.
Since August 25, at least
370,000 Rohingya Muslims
have fled into Bangladesh, and
thousands more are escap-
ing every day. Women have
been raped and hundreds are
thought to be dead. Other ac-
counts describe babies being
thrown into rivers and decap-
itations. Ultimately, the crisis
in Myanmar has resulted in
the death of hundreds of peo-
ple and the displacement of
thousands.
Election Annulled by Kenyas
Supreme Court
BY Evan Gold
Staff Writer
On Friday, September 1st,
Kenyas Supreme Court an-
nulled the presidential election
of August 8th, which reelected
President Uhuru Kenyatta,
on the grounds that the Inde-
pendent Electoral Boundaries
Commission (IEBC) did not
handle the election properly
and according to Kenyan law.
The new presidential election
is planned for October 17th,
2017.
Kenyattas opposition, Raila
Odinga, claimed that comput-
er systems of the IEBC were
hacked in order to provide
Kenyatta with an unfair ad-
vantage. According to Odin-
ga, official forms differed from
electronically recorded results
of the election. The Supreme
Court investigated Odingas
claim and substantiated it. A
technology expert for IBEC
was murdered 10 days prior
to the election. Odinga and his
lawyers claimed that approx-
imately seven million votes
went to Kenyatta that should
have been recorded in Odin-
gas favor.
The court stated that the
IEBC failed, neglected, or re-
The bomb weighed 4,000
pounds and was most likely
dropped by Britain in an ef-
fort to fight Nazi Germany.
The bomb probably landed
and failed to explode before
plummeting into the ground.
The scale of the evacuation
was huge. People left their
homes and possessions and
relocated to other cities, or
to shelters. In addition, all
the hospitals and clinics were
evacuated in order to keep all
the patients safe.
The UN Secretary Gener-
al Antonio Guterres has said
that the attacks against the
Rohingya are completely un-
acceptable. The humanitar-
ian situation is catastrophic,
he said. The UN human rights
chief, Zeid Raad Al Hussein,
has called the violence a
textbook example of ethnic
cleansing.
The words of Secretary
General Guterres and Zeid
Raad Al Hussein have only
added to the growing interna-
tional criticism of the military
actions in the Rakhine. The
Dalai Lama has also criticized
the military and Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace
Prize winner and effective
leader of the country who has
yet to say anything about the
situation. Other Nobel
Peace Prize winners have
also criticized her silence, and
many people have protested
fused to conduct the presiden-
tial election in a manner con-
sistent with the dictates of the
Constitution and committed
irregularities ... in the trans-
mission of results. The court
did not find any wrongdoing,
however, on the part of Presi-
dent Kenyatta.
After hearing the election
had been annulled, Odinga
stated, I am happy to be Ken-
yan todayit is a historic day
for the people of Africa. The
ruling marks the first time that
an African court has annulled
a presidential election with
irregularities. President Ken-
yatta respected the courts de-
cision and agreed to the new
election.
Odinga served as Kenyas
second prime minister from
2008-2013 and ran for Presi-
dent in 1997, 2007 and 2013,
losing to Kenyatta in 2013. The
candidate is a member of the
traditionally moderate to left
Orange Democratic Move-
ment. Kenyatta, on the other
hand, is a part of the Jubilee
Party of Kenya, which was
formed in September of 2016
through the merging of the
Jubilee Alliance Party with 10
other political parties.
Germany has encountered
this situation before, and took
educated steps to inform the
public and keep people safe.
German authorities acted
fast and remained calm as
they handled this daunting
task. This sort of discovery
is not uncommon in Germa-
ny. Many other unexploded
bombs have been found in the
country, being that it was a
major force in World War II.
against her.
A third of the Rohing-
ya population in Myanmar
has left the country as what
the UN is calling an ethnic
cleansing rages, something
that the government of Myan-
mar denies.
The evacuation started
when a group of Rohingya
militants attacked police out-
posts and a military base, kill-
ing a few guards. In response,
the Myanmar military began
to raid villages, claiming to
look for members of the mi-
litia. As a result, thousands
have had to flee. Thousands
have been displaced inside
the country.
Refugees arriving in Ban-
gladesh have spoken of their
villages being burned and
men, women and children be-
ing slaughtered. The military
has denied this, saying that
the Rohingya burned their
own villages.
The Rohingya Muslims
have always a minority in
the mostly Buddhist country
of Myanmar, and the govern-
ment does not even recognize
them as citizens. Myanmar
sees them as immigrants from
Bangladesh that came over
when the country was under
British rule. They were de-
scribed as one of the largest
stateless populations after a
census was released in 2014
and didnt count the Rohing-
ya as citizens.