Turner Today
What is a conspiracy? An explanatory propositional theory? An agreement between two or more people in the criminal law committing a crime in the future? Or an evil, treacherous or surreptitious secret master plan created by two or more people? Well, it could be either of these definitions but, in most cases, conspiracy theories can be taken to an extreme. Take the original twenty dollar bill that came out in 1998 for example. Many people had came up with the idea that if you'd fold the bill in a sort of pentagonal way, you could see two towers bursting in flames, the twin towers that were attacked two years later the bill came out. Our government was basically telling us they were predicting the towers destruction. Or worse, they had planned it. Now, the new one hundred dollar bill that came out on October of 2013 has another secret story to tell. Some people have predicted that if you fold the bill in a pentagonal form and flip it up side down, you can see a missile heading down towards a city. If you turn it around, you can also see a wall of water rising up, apparently caused by the missile, supposed to be a tsunami, crashing against buildings. Many people think that this prediction they've summed up from the one hundred dollar bill will happen in maybe between two to twenty years though, they're not sure. But who knows, they could be wrong, they could be right. After all, it is a conspiracy theory.
One Hundred Dollar Bill Conspiracy
By: Scarlett Madrid
CoacHELLA fun, The Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival 2014
By: Sydney Palmer
Three hours, that’s all it took to sell out the annual 2 weekend, 3 day music festival, Coachella. The Colorado Desert brought 200,000 art and music lovers out to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California where Coachella was held this year April 11th through the 20th.The popular event features an eclectic music line up including, rock, indie, hip hop, and electronic dance music, the grounds of coachella also carry art pieces and sculptures. Coachella is one of the biggest, best, and most money making music event in the U.S. That being said, of course you would expect to see some celebrities performing but you also get to see them all around you! Some among the crowd were, Paris Hilton, Alessandra Ambrosio, Kid Cudi, David Hasselhoff, Alexander Wang, Kate Bosworth, Kendall Jenner and so many more. And those are just people watching the shows! The big bang of coachella has to be all the musical guests it hosts, the music festival showcases popular and established musical artists, also artist on the come up, and reunited groups (This year OutKast was the reunited band!). Notable appearances in the past have set high expectations for the event that fulfilled them once again this year, 2014 line up included 184 artists. Despite the harsh weather, and being crowded with happy faces the 15th edition Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was one of the most satisfying yet.
Pot on the Playground
By: Sydney Palmer
Since January 1st recreational marijuana has been legalized for sell and usage of persons 21 and older in Colorado, but never did the law permit 4th graders to sell or even possess the drug. Just this happened on the playground of Monfort Elementary School in Greeley, Colorado; a 10 year old student in the 4th grade got caught green handed, selling a small amount of edible marijuana to three other 4th graders. The student was told on by a peer, who eligibly saw the transaction which profited the young boy $11. John Gates, director of safety and security for the school district spoke on the incident, he tells ABC News, "the students involved, three 10-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl, faced tough punishment but no suspension or explosion" no other information of the students discipline was given by Gates, other than that police were called, but officials will not handle this as a criminal matter. The small amount of pot the boy had was legally purchased by his grandparents, and parents of the young boy claim he must of found it in the grandparents things. Principal of the elementary sent a letter home to all parents and students acknowledging the greater access to marihuana, but urges all parents and guardians to treat the drug as any other thing you wouldn't want your child to get into, and no student was harmed. Colorado's legislature is considering new safety regulations for marijuana edibles, including warning labels, etc.
Flashback: Mean Girls 10th Anniversary!
By: Scrarlett Madrid
Are you keeping up with the Mean Girls tradition of wearing pink every Wednesday? Well, since the movie premiered on April 30th 2004, every one who is in love with the movie has! The famous Lindsey Lohan who starred as Cady Heron who was caught hopelessly in between the click of the meanest girls in her new school, the jungle mess of a high school that is, has just about everyone who is anyone celebrating the 10th anniversary of one of the hilarious meanest movies of all high school movies. Amanda Seyfried, who played the dumbest but very hot girl in high school Karen Smith, and Lacey Chabert who took the role of the big-hair-full-of-secrets Gretchen Wieners. And last but most certainly not least, Rachel McAdams who nailed the qualities of the famous yet meanest girl in high school, Regina George. This movie has virally spread world wide. And by world wide I mean spread through out the social media world. Just about everyone on twitter, instagram, vine, you name it, was referencing to the celebration of the Mean Girls 10th anniversary on April 30, which was coincidentally on aWednesday, where every Mean Girls fan traditionally wore pink.
Russian militants that have taken over Ukraine were reported to have passed out“registry” forms to Jewish people as they left their synagogue, forms requiring that they list the properties they own and pay a fee, or face the consequences: removal of citizenship, deportation, and confiscation of assets. A chairman of the temporary government over Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, denies to distributing the leaflets. Despite the identity of the distributors being inconclusive, the threats remain, leaving Ukrainian citizens uneasy.
Stop That, Russia
By: Rachel Johnson
Frozen Adventure in the Heat of Summer
By: Eunice Lemus
The turner band will be hosting their spring concert the 20th of May, 2014. Their concert, held in the auditorium, will begin at 7:00 PMwith the Symphonic band. The Wind Ensemble, or honor band, will contain a mx of songs from Disney's Frozen to beat the heat of the oncoming summer.