The Roar keeps you updated with local news, recent events and interesting stories ― everything you need to know for this week.
1. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has called for a campaign against fake news. Cook called for other Tech companies to help him promote preventative measures like media literacy, as well other solutions to simply stop the news from spreading.
2. Adele won 5 Grammy awards at Sunday’s annual award show. Beyonce also won many awards, and Chance the Rapper was honored as new artist of the year.
3. Over 150 people attended the “Meet your Muslim neighbors” event hosted by the Islamic Community of Bryan-College Station. The mosque’s Imam, Islam Mossaad, answered community questions about the religion.
4. An unarmed man was shot by a Bryan police officer Sunday night. In a press conference Monday, Bryan’s police chief stated that the man was unarmed.
5. The Northeast could be victim to its third snow storm this week. The region has already received over 1 foot of snow.
6. Texas A&M may require a cultural discourse class next year, which would educate students about different global cultures. Students would discuss issues such as politics, as well as gender and racial issues. If approved, the class will become mandatory by the Fall semester of 2019.
7. The Orville Dam, located in California, has an enormous spillway that could possibly lead to uncontrollable flooding. Over 188 thousand people living downstream of the Dam have been evacuated.
8. Mexican senator Armando Rios Piter has lead a committee to boycott US corn, and claims he will introduce a bill for Mexico to shift its corn imports from the US to Argentina and Brazil. Experts say the bill could be devastating to US corn producers.
9. White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night. The resignation came after Flynn reportedly had potentially misled Trump administration officials in his communications with the Russian ambassador.
10. Downtown Bryan event organizers have requested an increase in funds from the city. According to DBA executive director Sandy Farris, Downtown Bryan “has more than doubled the number of events in the last three and a half years–while the money backing them has remained the same.”
