Morning Scoop: Mass shootings cause college to make a name change
Uloop Morning Scoop for November 16, 2017 was compiled by Uloop Staff and Natalia Kolenko.
THE LEAD: SHOOTINGS CAUSE COLLEGE TO CHANGE MASCOT’S NAME
The seemingly endless stream of mass shootings in the U.S. have caused Marist College in New York to drop Shooter as the nickname for its sports mascot. The Chicago Tribune reports that the school “came up with a new name for the costumed mascot for its Red Foxes men’s and women’s basketball teams after last month’s mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas.”
Officials from the school’s athletics department chose Frankie as the new name, in tribute to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was born in nearby Hyde Park, N.Y.
“Unfortunately, in our culture today, there is a negative stigma to that term ‘shooter.’ And I just didn’t think it was appropriate for us at this time to perpetuate that term,” Marist Athletic Director Tim Murray told the Poughkeepsie Journal earlier this week.
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FIRST REPUBLICAN ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO HIS PARTY’S NEW TAX PROPOSAL
GOP Senator Ron Johnson declared Wednesday that he opposes the Republican tax bill, the first of his party to do so. The move could signal trouble for the high-profile legislation.
CNN reports, “Johnson issued a statement saying the current proposal in both chambers is imbalanced in favor of large corporations but he left open the door to supporting the bills if they are altered.”
Johnson added he would not vote for the bill in its current form. This leaves a narrow passage for Republican leaders to pass the bill; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can only lose two members of his conference to pass the bill along party lines.
TODAY IN A TWEET
Well, just because it’s National Fast Food Day doesn’t mean you have to eat fast food.
DA VINCI PAINTING BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE WORK OF ART EVER SOLD
Forbes brings us the details on the story that has the entire art world talking this morning:
“Touted as the last painting attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci still in private hands, Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World) hit the astronomical price of $450,312,500 (including buyer’s premium) Wednesday night in New York, becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction.”
Christie’s website described “a rapt audience of nearly 1,000 art collectors, dealers, advisors, journalists and onlookers packed into the main auction room at Rockefeller Center, with many thousands more tuning in via a live stream.”
The nearly 500-year-old work is often called the ‘male Mona Lisa’ due to its subject’s unreadable expression.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: THE LINEUP FOR THE WORLD CUP IS SET
After a qualifying process that took more than two years, Peru completed the 32-team field for the 2018 World Cup yesterday with a 2-0 victory over New Zealand. They join favorites Germany, Brazil, Spain and France for the world’s most-watched sporting event, which will begin next June across Russia.
Among the teams who won’t be there next summer are the United States, whose failure to qualify left American men’s soccer in turmoil. They join big names like Chile and Italy on the sidelines.
210 teams attempted to grab one of the 31 spots available. As hosts, Russia automatically qualified.
OK people, it’s officially one week until Thanksgiving. You better start getting done whatever you have to get done before you head home next week to gorge on tons and tons of food.
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