Current Events Quiz 5.1

1. List the top 2 candidates in the Texas primaries for each political party and tell me the percentage of voters who selected them. Page A1, jumps to page A11 (Hint: you will find the information you need on page A11 somewhere, but looking at the start of the stories on page A1 is smart)
DEMOCRAT: Hilary Clinton with 68% and Bernie Sanders with 31%
REPUBLIC: Ted Cruz with 41% and Donald Trump with 28%

2. How many students will benefit from a $1 million donation by Gregg Lowe and his wife? Page B1 "Couple donates $1M..."
1090 students

3. What will Savara Pharmaceuticals do with its recently acquired $20 million? Page B7 "Austin's Savara raises $20M"
They are preparing to launch new clinical trials of its inhalable drug for cystic fibrosis. 

4. Which of the 4 streaming titles would you be interested in watching? page D2 "Austin filmmaker getting..."
The teller and the truth because I like crime stories and things that are based on real life events. 

5. Who were the two teams that beat the UT mens and women's basketball teams yesterday emphatically sending the message that neither team is ready for the post-season and what was the score in each game? Page C1 (Hint: the boys played one team and the girls played another, they are not the same school)
Men"s basketball played Kansas and lost 86 to 56. 
Women's basketball played Baylor and lost 74 to 48. 

SHORT ANSWER

          I don't believe that apple should be forced to crate a backdoor for the information stored in their phones but  I think it is the right thing to do. These phones could have valuable information on them and the government could use it to help prevent anymore mass shootings or terrorist attacks. However I do commend apple for sticking strong to the privacy policy that it has promised its customers. 

          If someone took my phone I would not want them to have access to the information on their but only for safety purposes. I feel like accessing the information on a terrorists phone is different because you don't need to protect the terrorist but unlocking that information would provide safety for the rest of the united states people.

          I think "national security" should be a good enough reason to access this information but only on this one phone. I think that there should be a system and actions that have to be taken for each phone that they want to unlock and I think the people should decide if it gets unlocked. Because if the people don't think the information on that phone would make them feel safer than the excuse or reason of unlocking for "national security" purposes goes away. However I do believe it is a good enough reason because the governments job is to protect their people and if unlocking this phone and accessing that information provides safety and security then it should be unlocked. 

          My parents do check my phone. They look at my Instagram and occasionally will check my texts to make sure that I am safe and that I am not doing or posting anything wrong to the internet. 

          I do think parents should do this for their children. I know that I get annoyed with it sometimes but keeping a watch on your kids and making sure that they stay safe and make good decisions is one of a parents many jobs. Many kids act totally different on social media because either no one knows it's them or they know that no adults are looking. I think that if more parents checked their teens phones, their would be less drama and kids and teens would make better decision. 

          I think that kids should be exposed to electronics around 6th grade. Sixth grade is when activities and homework and friends become a big part of your life and having a phone to communicate with others and help with your homework is very helpful. Phones can be used for so many different things and I think can really start helping you once you reach middle school.