According to nbcnews.com, on Feb. 22, a power failure occurred that disturbed the City of Tampa David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility. The power problem resulted in low water pressure or a loss of water service for all customers. Officials reacted to this by issuing a temporary water advisory notice.
The situation began earlier this month when two fraternities, Sigma Chi and Alpha Epsilon Pi, were charged with hazing and alcohol violations. Sigma Chi was the first to be charged because of a photo of hazing that surfaced during a fraternal event.
In recent weeks there has been a big stir in the media. Hackers have attacked thousands of American corporations, which include Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Coca-Cola, the New York Times and The Washington Post. This has occurred over the past five years. Recently, however, many companies did not disclose this information in fear that their investors may flee or that the company itself may have a lawsuit filed against it. In the last month, though, many companies have come forward and stated that they have been hacked.
In the past few years the United States has become less of a place for smokers. Many states passing legislation that prohibits the smoking of cigarettes inside, these states are known as indoor clean air states. If one has ever been to the Tampa international airport, one would hear the automated message that smoking is prohibited inside the terminal except in specific areas. Now this designated smoking area has been proposed at many universities and implemented most recently at the University Of Tampa.
The 2013 State of the Union address by President Barack Obama was layered with optimism throughout. Proposals and partnerships were announced in the House Chamber for solutions to policy concerns spanning early childhood education to industry innovation. The unusual campaign styled approach to the address sparked significant debate afterward among those in political circles. On a note close to our community, President Obama announced the White House’s creation of a national college affordability and transparency center available for free to the public online.
A small meteorite exploded near the Russian town of Chelyabinsk, just as DA14, an asteroid that is 150 feet wide was set to pass nearby earth. The meteorite did not break off of DA14, it was the remains of a much smaller object that entered earth’s atmosphere. The importance of this is that this meteorite was one of the countless number of small space debris that is not tracked.
Just seven months after Egypt’s first free democratic election, protesters are calling for the complete resignation of President Mohammed Morsi and his officials.
60 years after Watson and Crick’s discovery of the double helix, science is at it again. Researchers from Cambridge University have stumbled upon a new segment of DNA called a G-Quadruplex.
While the nation watched the inauguration of President Obama, a stone’s throw away in Virginia, the Republicans, who controlled a majority of the state’s House of Representatives, passed a bill that would allow their party an advantage in the next presidential election. The bill would change the electoral districts in the state, creating one majority black district but dispersing the black vote in other places. This change would also be coupled with a change in how the state would award its Electoral College votes.
Advertisers such as Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, AXE, Best Buy, Cars.com, Century 21, Coca-Cola, Doritos, Fiat, Ford/Lincoln, GoDaddy.com, Hyundai, Kia, Kraft’s Mio, Mars, Mercedes-Benz, Milk Processor Education Program, Paramount, PepsiCo, Skechers, SodaStream, Taco bell, Tide (Proctor & Gamble), Toyota, Volkswagon, and Wonderful Pistachios were all featured in between game time. When looking at the list of brands, it is obvious that NBC turned over a big profit for the 2013 year. However, the question still remains, was it worth it?
