Friday: Trump appoints new Supreme Court Justice
This week: previous and upcoming basketball, soccer games
Boys’ varsity basketball won in their away game against Camarillo Wednesday, Feb. 1, 65-44. They will play a home game against Moorpark tonight, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.
Boys’ varsity soccer will play home against Moorpark tonight, Feb. 3, at 6:45 p.m.
Girls’ soccer will play an away game against Moorpark tonight, Feb. 3, at 6:45 p.m. Varsity and junior varsity will both be playing at the same location and same time.
Next week: winter sports come to a close
Boys’ basketball will play an away game against Simi Thursday, Feb. 9. Frosh-soph will play at 4:30 p.m., junior varsity at 6:00 p.m. and varsity at 7:30 p.m.
Girls’ basketball will play a home game against Simi Thursday, Feb. 9. Junior varsity will play at 5 p.m. and varsity at 6:30 p.m.
Boys’ soccer will play an away game against Simi Wednesday, Feb. 8. Frosh-soph will play at 3:30 p.m., junior varsity at 5 p.m. and varsity at 6:45 p.m.
Girls’ soccer will play a home game against Simi Wednesday, Feb. 8. The boys’ game times apply to them as well.
Beyond Oak Park: Trump appoints Neil Gorsuch, 49, to Supreme Court Justice
Donald Trump announced that he had chosen Neil Gorsuch to replace late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Tuesday, Jan. 31. Trump selected the Colorado judge out of 21 people he had on a list, which he released to the public. Gorsuch, 49, will restore the conservative majority that was lost with Scalia’s passing. “Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline, and has earned bipartisan support,” Trump said. Read more from BBC News.
More Beyond Oak Park:
- Before right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos delivered his scheduled speech, violent protests occurred at UC Berkeley to shut it down. The riots, which took place Wednesday, Feb. 1, caused $100,000 of damage and sent the campus into lockdown for the night. In response, Trump tweeted, “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view — NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Read more from CNN.
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick left Trump’s economic advisory council Thursday, Feb. 2. This resulted after he received public criticism for giving rides at the airport in the midst of protests against Trump’s immigration order. Read more from the New York Times.
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Michelle Chen served as the opinion editor for the 2016-17 school year; she served as the online editor from August to October of the 2017-18 school year.