Volume II Issue X: March 10, 2017 |
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STAR Search Program Seeks TalentBy CAITLIN MILLER
The Rotary Star Search Program is looking for applicants. This program is, as stated on its website, “a talent show benefit fundraiser presented by Sunrise Rotary.” The event will be held Friday, April 29 at 7:00pm at the Fox Theater... |
Ethic Visual: Episode 10 |
Trump Budget Proposal Seeks Increases and Cuts |
Ethic Visual News. March 10, 2017
Hosted by ANGEL CONCHAS and JONAS POGGI Video by SETH HENDRICKSON |
By CAMERON KROETZ
The first budget proposal that has come out of the Trump Administration’s Office of Management and Budget seeks to increase Defense spending by $54 billion, nearly a 10% increase. President Trump formally announced this budget increase by saying, “[the budget plan] will include a historic increase in defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the United States of America at a time, [it] most needs it.” The current U.S. defense budget is $598.5 billion. The budget plan also proposes cuts to the State Department and Foreign Aid that have a combined budget of $50 billion; the proposed to cut the State Department/Foreign Aid amounts to a 37% budget decrease. The President is making good on a campaign promise to cut Foreign Aid funding, 1% of the current Federal Budget goes directly to Foreign Aid. Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator from South Carolina spoke of the State Department cut on MSNBC saying, “It’s dead on arrival. It’s not going to happen. It would be a disaster.” James Jay Carafano, director of foreign relations research at the conservative Heritage Foundation called the cut “a good thing”. The Environmental Protection Agency is another executive department that is facing budget cuts. The President’s budget plan proposes a 25% budget cut and a layoff of 20% of its employees. President Trump spoke of wanting to cut EPA funds throughout his campaign and these cuts have been on the Republican agenda for well over a decade. Proponents of the President’s plan say that he is sticking to his campaign promises and getting rid of unnecessary government oversight whereas opponents to the cuts say that they will hurt the environment and will play into the big-business agenda. Gallup ran a public opinion poll in 2016 in which 56% of those polled agreed with the statement: “protection of the environment should be given priority even at the risk... |
By CAITLIN MILLER
Students from Redlands East Valley High School, Citrus Valley High School, or Redlands High School can start signing up for the Redlands Unified School District summer school opportunity, AAA Academy. AAA Academy is available to all Redlands Unified School District students who have completed Grade 8 or above. Registration began on Wednesday, March 1 and will continue until July 5. If students don’t sign up before ... |
By MIA DELMONICO
On March 1, 2017 members of the Ethic staff visited Moore Middle School and Beattie Middle School. The purpose of this trip was to share the goals of Ethic and encourage incoming high schoolers to consider joining the program in the future. Young recruits were informed about the main principles of Ethic and about some of the responsibilities they would have if they were to join Ethic... |
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