The Roar keeps you updated with local news, recent events and interesting stories ― everything you need to know for this week.
1. Five arrests were made and two police officers were injured at University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion Friday night as frontrunner Donald Trump postponed his scheduled rally. A day later, at the rally in Ohio, a man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and inducing panic for trying to rush on Trump’s stage.
2. Saturday morning Sarah Marquis discussed her book wild by nature on CBS This Morning: Saturday about her journey on foot from Siberia to Australia in over 1,000 days and 10,000 miles.
3. On its national tour, First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, arrived at Texas A&M last Monday and will on display until April 3, 2016. The exhibition will visit one location in each 50 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.
4. On Friday, Guinness World Records announced that Israel Kristal, an Auschwitz survivor, is currently the oldest man in the world. He is 112 years and 179 days old.
5. On Friday, the funeral for former first lady Nancy Reagan was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
6. Earlier this week, U.S. officials announce North Korea lost contact with one of its submarines during military exercise. It’s presumed sunk. In addition, a fourth nuclear test increases tension on the Korean peninsula.
7. Friday morning Ben Carson became the second former presidential candidate to endorse Donald Trump stating, “He is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America…There’s a lot more alignment, philosophically and spiritually, than I ever thought there was.”
8. On Wednesday, Director Emeritus of the Fighting Texas Aggie Band, Colonel Joe T. Haney, passed away with Alzheimer’s disease. He is best known for writing the song “Noble Men of Kyle” which is played at every Texas A&M football game.
9. Record floods kill at least five people in the South. As of Friday the Red Chute Bayou water level reached 25 feet and continued to rise.
10. Saturday night Rusty Thompson, Director of Student Activities at Texas A&M, was removed from life support after suffering a massive heart attack and undergoing an amputation on his leg last week. A GoFundMe account was created by some students and raised over $24,000.
