After being denied the ability to grow out his hair for the organization Locks of Love, Jim Stack has requested that the school board allow him the right.

Stack and the Student Council have both written letters to the school board, requesting the principal’s decision be reversed. The school board will vote at their meeting on Monday.

“We have rules for a reason,” Principal Tonya King said. “We can’t go breaking them anytime we want. I know about Jim’s sister and I am glad she is doing well, but I can’t bend the rules for one student.”

Principal Tonya King still holds strong in her beliefs on the issue. She claims that the dress code does not allow for his request to be approved.

“Donating my hair to Locks of Love is a very special project to me,” Jim Stack said. “When we recieved my sister’s wig, she was so happy. I had not seen a smile on her face for a long time. Not very many people donate hair and the group works entirely off of donations. I hope the school board understands.”

Stack is refuting Principal King’s decision because this is obviously a very important project to him. He feels as though since he is doing it for an organization, his offer should be approved.

“Jim was so upset last year when his sister was diagnosed with cancer,” Gilbert Castillo, student council president said. “He told me he felt helpless through the whole ordeal. He didn’t think there was any way to help. Now, he can.”

Student council president, Gilbert Castillo, supports Jim Stack and his cause. The student council has written a letter to the school board showing their support. The letter was signed by 350 students that also support Stack and Locks of Love. 150 of these students are willing to grow out their hair for the organization, 78 of them being males.

The school board will vote on their final decision on the matter this Monday night at 7 p.m.

Based off of: http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21664226-beleaguered-strongman-picks-fight-seeking-scapegoats

In an nation, foreign relations is a big deal. If you don’t know what the Iran Nuclear Deal is, just think foreign relations. Foreign relations is basically how the relationship between nations is handled. As a leader of a nation, you want as strong of foreign relations with as many different nations as possible. Well, with neighbors Colombia and Venezuela, this ideal situation has never quite been a reality. Tensions really arose in July when a stretch of pipeline blew up and then tensions of another kind soon flared. But the current quarrel is having a particularly dire effect on ordinary people, and it makes a mockery of the efforts of Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia’s president, to mend fences with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro. In August, Mr. Maduro closed the border crossings connecting Venezuela’s Táchira state with an adjoining department of Colombia, Norte de Santander. He said his aim was to stop Colombian smugglers which he blames for food shortages in his nation. The Venezuelan leader has now called a state of emergency and is now ordering all illegal Colombian immigrants to be deported back to Colombia. And then he closed another border post. 1,500 Colombians were deported in the short time period of two weeks and a staggering 18,600 have fled back to their homeland. Now there are more than 3,400 deportees crowded into a meer 21 shelters in Colombia. Colombia is enraged, and rightly so, saying Venezuela has created a humanitarian crisis. They are now accusing Venezuela for blaming their economic incompetence on others. That last allegation may be well-founded; Mr Maduro has every reason to distract opinion ahead of elections in December that his Socialists may lose. But if he wants to win an election come December, picking a fight with Colombia may not be his best strategy. 5 million of Colombia’s 30 million people are of Colombian descent… and many are registered to vote. Mr Santos and Mr Maduro initially said they were ready to discuss ways of easing tension; but that was before the fresh border closure on September 7th. “When we open the door to dialogue, Venezuela responds by closing the border even more,” fumed the Colombian leader.
This could quite potentially have a great affect on America. We have strong relations with Colombia, and we can only hope that these disputes do not affect our relations. Recent partnership that links the governments of both nations around several key issues, including fighting communism, the War on Drugs, and especially since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the threat of terrorism. During the last fifty years, different American governments and their representatives have become involved in Colombian affairs through the implementation of policies concerned with the above issues. As long as these issues do not mess with their views on foreign policies, which many times situations like this will cause, the United States should be well off. We just need to hope that no foreign policies are changed in Colombia that could cause an issue with US’s policies.

1. For all students except freshman, the option will be available on October 2 to leave campus for lunch, due to phenomenal test scores over the past three years.

2. Due to Rock Hills growing community, on November 20, there will be a new super-Walmart in town.

3. Due to Napoleon Dynamite’s genius status, Mr. George, Saluda Trails High School principal, is requesting he be placed into high school early. Mr. George feels that he shouldn’t be wasting time in middle school.

4. According to a survey released by the CAPC yesterday, 3-4 children die everyday in the U.S. due to abuse or neglect. The number has risen from 2.6 million to 2.7 million in the last year.

5. At 3:30, firefighters arrived at the home of Kathy Mahoney after a fire was started due to a lighted cigarette on a sofa. Ms. Mahoney suffered mild burns on her hands and feet.

Bases off of this article:http://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas-take/article/Measuring-endorsements-6493576.php

In politics, many times a good endorsement can change the direction of your whole campaign. An endorsement is an act of giving public approval or support to someone’s campaign.  Representative Bryan Hughes and Representative David Simpson are in one of the most closely watched Republican primaries in the state of Texas. The race is to fill the Senate District 2 seat. Representative Simpson doesn’t necessarily have backing from any influential Texas politicians, especially when measured up to Hughes. Hughes’ campaign team has wasted no time showing off endorsements from Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC. Simpson has the backing from Ted Cruz’s close friend, Senator Konni Burton. For either of these candidates grass-roots campaigns, a formal endorsement from Senator and Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz would be a definite game changer. But, it is one thing to thank someone for the work in Austin, as Cruz did of Hughes, but another to publicly say that East Texas voters should cast their ballots for Hughes. A Cruz endorsement is a well-worn route to high state office in Texas. Will either of these candidates be able to take it?

Based off of this article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/03/poll-says-hillary-and-trump-are-unpopular-why-could-win-anyway/#

In the polls, you would think that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are doing everything right in their campaigns. They are both front runners by a large percentage and have a lot of support from many people, but is that enough to carry them all the way through to election?

Although Clinton and Trump are both front runners for their respective parties, they are both extremely unpopular with the voters. How is that possible? There are many standard questions when choosing who you are going to vote for in any election: do you like the person, do you trust the person, do they have the same beliefs as you. These questions don’t realistically measure whether you will vote for the candidate in question. Many will vote for a random candidate because they strongly dislike their opponents. The presidential primaries are not a national contest.How you’re doing in swing states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada is more important than some national numbers. Because if you win a couple of those early contests, it can fuel a huge surge that changes the polls immensely.

In my opinion, I believe that the reason Trump and Clinton are doing so good, so early on is because they are getting their names in the news. Whether it is for good or bad things, people know who they are. Clinton has been in the news since March for her email scandal and Trump has been in the news since he entered the race for just being Trump. None of these are necessarily good things, but if you are looking at a poll and you see Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump and a list of his 16 other opponents, their names will immediately stick out. If you don’t already have a strong idea of who you want to vote for the odds of you voting for them are pretty high just because you recognize them.

This problem will affect us immensely if we don’t get a hold on it. People just randomly voting will not cut it. People feel as though their vote doesn’t really matter so they do not take it seriously. If we can not trust Hillary Clinton to have a personal email without shared classified information on an unencrypted address, how are we supposed to trust her to control our nation, but not share any classified information or worse. Same with Trump, how are we supposed to trust him with all of our classified information if we can’t even trust him with the cell phone number of a senator and fellow presidential candidate. People need to make sure they know what they are voting for if we want our nation to survive.

 

Based off of this article from The Economist: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21662533-political-polarisation-helping-barack-obama-preserve-iran-deal-counting-heads

On September 17. congress will have the chance to vote for the Iran Nuclear Deal. For Republicans to win this deal and avoid presidential veto, they will have to win over at least 57 democrats from the house and senate combined. Politicians ignoring much analysis and advice from Washington make make Mr. Presidents deal a reality.

I believe that the Iran Nuclear Deal is not a good idea for America and the progression we need to achieve as a nation. We have seen deals like this before promising peace, but in result causing us to come closer to war than if we had never made the “peaceful” deal in the first place. The deal will give Iran hundreds of millions of dollars and clear access on the path of nuclear weaponry. If history repeats itself we are taking potential steps towards a nuclear deal. If there is potential prospects of a nuclear deal, I believe it shouldn’t even be considered.

We will be giving nuclear power to a nation who chants “death to America” and burns our flags. A nuclear war, which involves many nuclear bombs exploding and would end civilization in the nations involved. Not only will it affect the direct nation, but many others would be contaminated radioactively. That would cause great problems in nations other than the ones directly involved. The world would not be able to survive a nuclear war, and we as Americans need to go to whatever lengths we need to, to not only save our nation, but our world.