The Current | Vol. 31 Issue 17

February 17, 201 5 | nsucurrent.nova.edu News Janua y 12, 20 1 | n suc rrent.nova.e 2 3301 College Avenue Don Taft University Center, PVA Room 328 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796 nsucurrent.nova.edu NEWSROOM Phone: 954-262-8455 nsunews@nova.edu The Current serves Nova Southeastern University from its location in Room 328 of the Don Taft University Center. The Current is NSU’s established vehicle for student reporting, opinion and the arts. All community members are invited to contribute. Editorials, commentaries and advertisements in this publication reflect the opin- ions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University or its officials, The Current staff or other advertisers. The Current will not publish unsigned letters except under special circumstances at the dis- cretion of the Editor-in-Chief. The Current reserves the right to edit. Contributing writers must not be directly involved with their coverage. Coverage by contributing writers must be meaningful and of interest to the NSU community. The Current reserves the right to edit, publish or deny submitted works as it sees fit. The Current shall remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility or otherwise cre- ate a bias, real or perceived. Megan Fitzgerald Rey Perez Daniella Rudolph Nyla Wyte Chole Rousseau Briana Ramnauth Ana Maria Soto Blake Malick Gabriel J. Stone Isabella Gomez Aliyah Gomez Veronica Richard Gaby Holmes Erin Cowan Faculty Advisor mf821@nova.edu Jarrod Bailey Staff Advisor jbailey1@nova.edu Sofia Gallus Siena Berardi Madelyn Rinka Alexander Martinie Rick Esner Christina McLaughlin Flor Ana Mireles Farhan Shaban Sports Editor Features Editor Arts & Entertainment Editor Co-Editor-in-Chief Co-Editor-in-Chief Opinions Editor News Editor Copy Editor Chief of Visual Design Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Contributing Writer Visual Design Assistant Emma Heineman BUSINESS & ADVERTISING Phone: 954-262-8461 thecurrentad@nova.edu Right wing mob storms the U.S. Capitol in an effort to delay presidential winner certification A group of right wing extremists mobbed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 in an attempt to object to the certification of the electoral college results appointing Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. The attempted coup resulted in a lockdown of the Capitol building as well as a curfew of 6 p.m. set by the D.C. mayor. Five people died during the attack, including one woman shot by police, one police officer assaulted by the mob and three other people due to unannounced medical emergencies. While only 68 arrests have been made, the D.C. police department and FBI are looking for information on those who participated in the riot. Joe Biden is the certified winner of the U.S. presidential election Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the official winner of the 2020 presidential election, only hours after they were placed on lockdown and escorted off the congress floor due to a mob of Trump supporters breaking and entering into the Capitol building. While originally over a dozen Republican lawmakers claimed to have plans to object to the electoral college results, only six objected in the final count. Despite the objections, vice president Mike Pence announced Joe Biden as the formal winner of the election in the early hours of Thursday morning. Many call for Donald Trump’s impeachment after violence in the Capitol Many lawmakers, both Democratic and Republican alike, are calling for the resignation or second impeachment of current President Donald Trump following the violence that occured when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would be pursuing a second impeachment of Donald Trump if he did not resign immediately. Senator Lisa Murkowski is the first Republican lawmaker to publicly call for Trump’s immediate removal from office. Global news, courtesy of the current Japan declares a state of emergency in Tokyo On Thursday, Japan’s Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, declared a state of emergency in Tokyo as the country’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise. In a news conference, Suga said, “This global infectious disease has exceeded our imagination and it’s becoming a severe fight…We need to ask people to have a limited lifestyle.” The state of emergency, which is said to be in place until Feb. 7, includes early closures of restaurants and bars, limited attendance at events and a request for residents to refrain from non-urgent outings. Filomena blankets Spain with snow On Thursday, snowstorm Filomena presented parts of central Spain with heavy snowfall, “leading to serious disruptions by mid-Friday,” according to ABC News. Parts of central Spain, including Madrid, received more than 24 hours of continuous snowfall, accumulating over eight inches of snow. Due to the snow, 270 roads were closed and over 40 flights were delayed or canceled. Sweden passes law allowing COVID-19 lockdowns On Friday, Sweden’s parliament passed an emergency law “empowering the government to impose coronavirus-related lockdowns,” according to theWashington Post. The Swedish law went into effect on Sunday, permitting the government to have specific restrictions for both specific locations and activities. Sweden decided to pass this law as the world enters a new stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, where some countries are creating vaccines while others are battling surges. Iran bans imports of U.S. and U.K. COVID-19 vaccines Iran’s highest political and religious authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, banned the importsofU.S.andU.K.COVID-19vaccineson Friday, stating they are “forbidden.” According to Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Khamenei says “he does not ‘trust’ the two countries.” The U.S. has developed two COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna and Britain has developed AstraZeneca. With that, Khamenei said Iran would be obtaining vaccines from “other reliable places.” Other countries like China and Russia have also developed vaccines.