By Veronica Rarick Yesterday, Gov. Rick Scott proposed a significant move for gun control in Florida in the wake of the deadly Parkland shooting last week. The ideas expressed weren’t up to par with what the student activists want after 17 of their friends and teachers were killed. Scott favored raising the minimum age for…
By Alexandra Reboredo They demanded change. Students, faculty, and parents, who feared for their lives and lives of their loved ones one week ago all gathered to drill lawmakers with pressing questions about their safety and security, and demanded answers. On Wednesday night, CNN hosted a special Town Hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise,…
By Robyn Forbes Khayelitsha is a poverty-stricken city in South Africa—the country with the largest and most high-profile HIV/Aids epidemic in the world. Approximately 6.3 million individuals in South Africa live with the incurable disease. A staggering 33 percent of adults are HIV positive, and that figure jumps to 40 percent for pregnant mothers. The…
By Valeria Bula The end of a historic 20 year scientific endeavor has arrived as Cassini became a part of the perplexing and beautiful planet it once studied. Contact was lost with Cassini after it completed it’s deliberate “death dive” into Saturn’s atmosphere at 6:30 am Eastern Time on Friday, with NASA confirming it’s demise…
By Valeria Bula Shock waves were sent although London as the third terrorist attack of the year took place on the night of Saturday, June 3rd. In the style of the Nice attack in France almost a year ago, the perpetrator of Saturday night’s carnage plowed his vehicles through a crowd of pedestrians on London…
Alumni Boris Sanchez visited MLEC’s journalism class and shared a few wise words about working hard, having “a relentless pursuit of greatness” and a “thirst for knowledge.”
Sanchez is a CNN Correspondent based in NY and is now moving back to South Florida to work out of CNN’s Miami bureau and be closer to family.
By Juanita Cardona It can be hard to believe that reduced oil prices don’t mean the economy is doing well, on the contrary, it can signify that the global economy is in trouble. According to CNN, when economies are booming a lot of oil is consumed. Concerning the United State’s economy, this can affect us…
By Veronica Rarick and Daniela Morales The Republican debate on September 16th was the second of the election season. Carly Fiorina who was in the “little league” debate the first time, now made her way up to the prime time debate, joining the 10 other highest polling candidates. This is a recap of the debate showing…