Current Events October 2013

Current Events October 2013

Caroline Phillips, Erin McAfee, Riley Longtain, Zoe Dobson

International

Obama and Rouhani Phone Call

U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

First direct conversation between leaders in Washington and Tehran since 1979

Raises possibility that a deal can be reached over Iran’s controversial nuclear program

Rouhani tells reporters that his election will help better Iran

and the West’s relationship wants a quick resolution to the

nuclear issue

West leaders believe that the country’s nuclear program is designed to produce weapons

Iranian leaders say it is purely peaceful

Video

Malala Yousafzai In October 2012, the Taliban

attempted to assassinate Malala Yousafzai who was an advocate for girl’s education in Pakistan

This month, one year after her injury, she was awarded the EU’s Sakharov Award and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Award went to the Organization for

Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Taliban responds: “We are

delighted” Yousafzai responds she felt she did

not deserve the honor yet Video

National

Standoff over Obamacare Results in Government Shutdown

October 1st Congress fails to agree on a

budget Largely due to Obamacare, or

Affordable Care Act Republicans want to pass a bill

that will delay the Obamacare act

Senate will NOT pass these bills because they are PRO Obamacare

Disagreement= shutdown Due to shutdown

National parks and museums are closed Non-essential government jobs are shut down

(ex: NASA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

800,000 federal workers out of jobs (paychecks delayed)

October 16th: Day 16 Senate optimistic that an agreement is

coming close

Video

Common App Glitches The Common Application is

used by over 1 million students and 500 colleges and universities

In 2013, CA4 was introduced to phase out paper applications

The new Common App has been experiencing major problems

Glitches have already caused schools to push back their admissions deadlines

Local

Austin City Limits The annual Austin City

Limits music festival came to a close this past weekend

This was the first year that included two weekends

The second Sunday was cancelled due to flash flood warnings and customers were reimbursed for a third of the ticket price

UT VS OU Game Texas beat Oklahoma this

past weekend in Dallas Quarterback Case McCoy

really stepped up to the plate and revived the Longhorn spirit

Going into the game, the odds were against the Longhorns but they ended up victorious over the Sooners with a score of 36-20