10 Things To Know This Week: October 3

1. Hurricane Ian, Florida’s deadliest storm since 1935, has been linked to the deaths of at least 119 people in the state as of October 4.
2. Spirit Night was on Wednesday, October 5. It was preceded by the Homecoming carnival where clubs hosted different activities in school spirit. It was followed by a chariot race at the football field, after which seniors joined in to light the torch.
3. The Homecoming king and queen this year is Jordan Cobb and Campbell Gattis.
4. A missing family of four in California was found dead on Wednesday, October 5. Suspects have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder.
5. Train strikes disrupt the lives of millions of people in the United Kingdom, as unions representing train conductors and other rail workers go on strike from October 5 through 8.
6. New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency to address a “crisis situation” over an influx of migrants, on Friday, October 7, as more than 17,000 have arrived in the city from the southern border since April.
7. Consol’s varsity football won 41-0 against Pflugerville Hendrickson at the Homecoming game on Friday, October 7. Following the game, the Homecoming dance will be at the gymnasium starting at 8 pm, on October 8. 
8. A New York University professor, Dr. Maitland Jones Jr., was fired after students said his class was too hard. He taught the subject for decades, and even wrote an influential textbook. But last spring, as the campus emerged from pandemic restrictions, 82 of his 350 students signed a petition against him, saying the high-stakes course was too hard, and blaming Dr. Jones for their poor test scores. The professor defended his standards, but just before the start of the fall semester, university deans terminated his contract.
9. Anna Sorokin, the woman who pretended to be a German heiress, has been released to house arrest from immigration custody as she fights deportation. 
10. Central heating will be restricted in Italy this winter, as it becomes the latest country to take action on European gas supply shortages. Under a new government decree, buildings will face an extra fifteen days without central heating.