1. The last known patient with the Ebola virus, in Liberia, has been released from the treatment ward. She is now fully cured of the virus after spending 16 days in the treatment center. (Los Angeles Times)
Now that that’s taken care of, are we ready for the epic battle of the new superbug virus?
2. Although it’s another two years away from hitting the theaters, the producers of “Toy Story 4” will not pick up the same plotline as “Toy Story 3” but will instead form a new plot of having the movie become a romantic comedy. Instead of having an interaction with the toys and their owners, like Woody and Buzz did with Andy, there will be a better focus of the characters’ interactions with each other. (Huffington Post)
I still wish that all my old toys could come to life, however, the hype that “Toy Story 3” had doesn’t mean that Pixar needs to put out another movie. It simply means that Pixar did a wonderful job concluding the story of Woody, Buzz and Andy and that their time is over. We don’t want to lose our longtime experiences with Disney movies, but 2015 should be the time to create new ideas instead of building off ones that were made decades ago.
3. Two fraternity members at Syracuse University have been charged with hazing after it left a prospective member severely frostbitten with the potential amputation of three of his fingers. The fraternity Nu Alpha Phi has also been suspended. (NBC)
We should probably appreciate that North Central College doesn’t have fraternities or sororities for this reason.
4. Prairie Farms is planning on marketing a new line of milk with flavors of the Easter candy Peeps. The three flavors will be “Marshmallow Milk,” “Chocolate Marshmallow Milk” and “Easter Egg Nog” and will hit the grocery store market within the next week. (ABC)
This candy is already disgusting as it is; pink, yellow and blue sugar bombs ready to blacken teeth. Now they’re trying to bring in a Christmas beverage into spring? I doubt the potassium levels in this milk will overcome the liquid sugar that will be consumed.
5. ISIS struck an ancient archeological site in Nimrud, one of the ancient Mesopotamia’s greatest cities, and bulldozed thousands of treasures dated as far back as when the city was founded in 900 B.C. ISIS has destroyed other priceless museums in “defying the will of the world and the feelings of humanity (CBA)
Another piece of ancient history is now completely destroyed. That will be quite a story to tell elementary students in social studies class while watching the textbooks change in Mesopotamia history.
