A Weekly Update

With the marking period coming to an end, this past week has been a crazy buzz of activity. All the students were cramming in late work in order to fix their lacking grades, and teachers had enormous stacks of everything to grade. It cracks me up how they advocate so devoutly for us to keep on top of our work when they themselves get just as behind on entering grades. "You guys need to turn your homework in on time, I will not enter grades of late papers." It doesn't seem like they enter any grades until the last minute anyways.

On a more pleasant note, the lineup for Lollapalooza 2015 was finally released yesterday! I am particularly excited about this year's schedule in essence to the variety of music genres that are going to be featured. Some artists that will be there include Paul McCartney, Sam Smith, Bassnectar, Of Monsters and Men, Odesza, Carnage, The Chainsmokers, The Weekend, Walk the Moon, Marina and the Diamonds, and even Kid Cudi. (There are plenty more of course, these artists are just who I consider to be some of the headliners). So yes, this year will be crazy and I am really hoping to make it out there for at least one of the days. Per usual, Lollapalooza will be held the weekend of July 31-August 2 in Chicago's very own Grant Park. Ticket prices can be expensive and hard to acquire, but totally worth it in my opinion. Unfortunately, I missed my all time favorite band last year, Imagine Dragons, but I think I'm ready to redeem myself and go see some of my favorites from this year, like Odesza and Of Monsters and Men.

Besides fantastic news in regards to summer music festivals, there is more going on in today's world of current events. Recently, a German plane carrying 150 passengers, including a class of 16 adolescents and their two teachers, crashed into the French Alps leaving no known survivors or cause of the crash. In Florida of 2012, a Cuban resident, Jose Lantigua, fabricated a heart attack causing a fake death in order to scam insurance companies of almost $8 million. Lantigua has been hiding out since his "death" and has just been arrested on several accounts of fraud and will be convicted for a 30-year sentence. In the science realm, an American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut will be leaving earth this week and will live in the International Space Station for a year as guinea pigs for research on how the human body adapts to space life. Doctors and scientists will conduct medical experiments on the two space travelers in order to determine what protocol NASA will need to take for the upcoming mission to Mars to be successful. In a New Jersey home, a dog somehow managed to get his paw stuck in a fixed treadmill; the dog was able to free itself. As for sports, I am uneducated. I do know that Michigan State has beat the number two ranked team, Virginia, in a victorious win of 60-54. MSU is hoping for their next win this Friday against Oklahoma University. And that's a wrap for our wordly update.

This also conclude my first real blog post: another exciting accomplishment.
Until next time, Hannah