March 2017 Opinion
The Raider Review Whose life is it?
By Brooke Crouse and
Patrick Becker
Abortion is a rather
touchy subject in this country.
Should it be the woman’s right to
choose or should abortion be illegal all together?
Patrick: Abortion is not a subject
to be taken lightly. I have an issue with the idea that one can
end a life before it starts. There
are exceptions, if the life of the
mother is in serious risk or if the
child has little chance of survival,
I can understand why it is necessary to abort the child. That being said, if the woman just does
not want to be a mother, there are
other options that can give a child
a chance in life, and it is unfair to
take that chance away.
Brooke: I understand your point
of view. However, many women
not only need the right to choose
if there is little chance of survival,
but if she was raped. Also, every
child does deserve to live, but I
strongly believe that it is a mother’s right to choose.
Patrick: I have a hard time with
that article. I do not completely
disagree because I can see how
a victim of rape would probably
have a hard time carrying that
baby. That being said, it is not
the fault of the baby and not giving it a chance is just wrong in my
eyes.
Brooke: A rape survivor definitely would have a hard time
carrying that child, and I understand that the child did not do
anything wrong by simply existing. However, that doesn’t mean
that government officials should
take away a woman’s right to her
own body. I’m not pro-abortion,
I’m pro-choice. Babies do deserve
a chance at life, but there are circumstances like rape and like life
threatening conditions that do
unfortunately end in abortion.
Patrick: It’s not really taking
away a woman’s right to her
own body though; it is defending the life of the unborn. There
is a difference in my eyes. Yes, if
it is medically necessary, women
should be able to have that option to save themselves, but why
should we allow perfectly healthy
people make a permanent choice
for a living being before it takes
its first breath?
Brooke: I think it’s very easy for
people who don’t have the ability to birth a child to say that a
woman shouldn’t resort to abortion. Yes, infants do deserve a
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Threat of
war looms
chance at life, but who am I, and
more importantly, who is anyone
to make such an impactful decision for a woman and her unborn
child.
Patrick: Life’s not a decision that
one human should be able to make
for another, especially when they
have not lived to do anything
wrong. Women should have the
right to choose every aspect of
their life and body until it interferes with the rights of another
person. Life is life, whether it is
the first heart beat or an eighty
year old. One person should not
have the power to destroy the life
of another.
Brooke: I do agree that all lives
are important, but I remain prochoice. Like you said earlier, this
topic divides people into two
groups which create violent opposition. It’s almost impossible
to agree let alone come to at least
a mutual understanding. So, I am
going to say I will agree to disagree with you on this one.
By Austin Minnick
North Korea and their
leader Kim Jung-Un recently
tested military grade rockets.
Many individuals question if the
United States should be concerned.
North Korean Leader
Kim Jung-Un ordered the ballistics tests and tested the rockets for a substantial period of
time. According to the Korean
Central News Agency (KCNA),
Kim Jung-Un said, “The world
will soon witness what eventful significance the great victory
today won today carries.” North
Korea was reported for scheduling and conducting multiple missile launches this month, four of
which were held on March 6. The
testing occurred at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, in the
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New life on new planets
By Tanner Deal
An amazing discovery
of seven new planets that blew
the minds of many individuals
could either possibly have life
or have water on them. The discovery of these planets was first
announced in May 2016, but at
the time scientists only thought
that there were two new planets
until February 2017. The planets
names are TRAPPIST-1B, C, D, E,
F, G, and H and they are located
40 light years away from Earth.
In 2018 astronomers
plan to send NASA’s James Webb
Telescope to learn more about the
TRAPPIST-1 planets. Webb will
be able to detect the chemical
fingerprints of water, methane,
oxygen, ozone, and other components of a planet’s atmosphere.
Three planets, planets E, F, and G,
fall into the “habitat range.” Life
may begin and evolve differently
on other planets, so finding the
gases that indicate life is the key.
The planets are so close to each
other and their star that there are
seven of them within a space five
times smaller than the distance
from Mercury to our sun.
Scientists predict that
from the surface of Trappist-1
its sun would appear three
times bigger than what we see
from Earth. A full orbit of Earth
around our sun is 365.26 days but
full orbits for TRAPPIST-1 planets range from 1.51 days on Planet
B to around 20 days on Planet H;
these planets are so tight in orbit
that it’s possible to see three of
the other planets from one planet’s surface.
TRAPPIST-1
barely
classifies as a star at half the temperature and a tenth the mass of
our sun. It is red, dim and just a
bit larger than Jupiter, but these
tiny ultra-cool dwarf stars are
common in our galaxy. This star
system will probably outlive us
because this type of star evolves
so slowly. “When our sun dies,
TRAPPIST-1 will still be a young
star and will live for another trillion years,” Todd Gillon said. He
added, “After we are gone, if there
is another part of the universe for
life to carry on, it may be in the
TRAPPIST-1 system.”
After many years of
wondering whether more planets
than those that were already discovered, all of the TRAPPIST-1
planets were discovered! The discovery is so astonishing because
more life could be out there just
waiting to be discovered.
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