MC Fall 2020

EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S
NOTE
I think I speak for everyone when I say that this
year has not gone as expected. With the high
hopes of counting down to the new year we were
all hit with a series of events that changed the
dynamic of how we live that will affect us for the
rest of our lives. The uptick in the coronavirus
has forced us to most things completely virtual
with limited human connection. Yet despite all
the negativity, we all have been able to find a way
to keep our heads up and seek entertainment
through other outlets. Whether we tuned in on
the Versuz battles, zoom called old friends and
family or started a new hobby, we all found a
way to keep going and that’s what you’ll see in
this issue.
Taking a look back on this year is sort of
weird for me because time has simultaneously
moved slow and fast at the same
time. March feels like it was last week
yet forever ago at the same time. It’s as
if everything has been put on pause and
the world will resume as normal as soon as
this is all over. But it won’t, with the presidential
election and the continuation of
the Black Lives Matter movement over
the past few months, as a country we are
shifting and reconstructing once again.
This magazine issue gives insight on the
beauty and pain this year has given us.
JAN
MAR
MAY
JUL
2020 started out as a whirlwind with the COVID-19 first travel bans for the US
being imposed on the 6th. It wasn’t until the 20th that the first COVID-19 cases
reached the US. Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for obstruction of Congress
and abuse of power began on the 16th. To end off the month, Kobe Bryant and his
daughter Gigi were killed in a helicopter crash on the 26th.
In February, President Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial while
Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison
for sex crimes after dozens of women came forward during the #MeToo movement accusing
him of sexual abuse. The first Americans to die of COVID-19 pass away.
FEB
The World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Colleges across the country send home their students and close their campuses.
The 2020 Summer Olympics are postponed. The US Stock Market reaches its
lowest day since 1987.
In April the U.S. Department of Defense releases 3 declassified videos of UFOs,
sparking an alien buzz on social media with everyone talking about how they are
real. During this time, rumors were also circulating the North Korean leader, Kim
Jon Un, had died or faked this own death, after a few weeks it was released that he
was still alive. Protests against Coronavirus restrictions and precautions begin.
In May, the deaths of two African American men, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd
sparked massive protests, with hundreds of thousands of people flooding the streets of
cities across the country to protest racial injustice and police brutality. These protests
would go on to last months. During this time, “murder hornets” also make their first
appearance in Olympia, Washington.
Halfway through 2020, in June, the Black Lives Matter protests continued to gain
more traction and spread past America’s borders, reaching countries across the
world. President Trump gets back on the campaign trail to host rallies in preparation
for the 2020 election as the primaries begin. The Supreme Court blocks the
Trump administration’s attempt to block DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals), allowing young immigrants to be protected against deportation.
In July, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested for her involvement with Jeffery
Epstein and his sex crimes. The NFL’s Washington Redskins make a statement
saying that they will be changing their name after years of questioning the cultural
accuracy and effect of their current name. During this time, COVID-19 restrictions
and regulations begin to loosen up as the country attempts to reopen. At the end of
July, a national coin shortage begins, which comes as a result of fewer people using
cash during the Coronavirus.
As summer comes to an end, the West Coast begins to catch fire, with recordbreaking
wildfires spreading from Oregon to California. These fires are so big
that smoke from them was able to be seen on the East Coast. Meanwhile, on the
East Coast, Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1.
Democratic Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden, nominates California Senator,
Kamala Harris, as his running mate.
By Carly Herbert,
News Editor
APR
JUN
AUG
SEP
By September, schools and businesses were re-opening with strict regulations. On Sep.
18, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies of cancer, she was a trailblazer
in women’s equality and was the 2nd woman, after Sandra Day O’Connor to serve on the
Supreme Court. On Sep. 23, the grand jury decision of Breonna Taylor, indicting one
of the three Lousiville Metro Police Officers involved in the fatal shooting. Trump and
Biden have the first fiery debate of the 2020 election season.
Natalie Hockaday
Editor and Chief
On Oct. 1, only two days after the debate, President Donald Trump tests positive for
COVID-19. Oct. 7 California Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence
faced off during the Vice Presidential Debate. Amy Coney Barrett nominated to fill
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court Bench.
OCT
NOVEMBER
Joe Biden & Kamala Harris.
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