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Malfunction messes with PCs
Frances Griffey, Reporter

On Wednesday, April 21, many computers in U-Prep shut down due to a purported virus. It turns out, that this didn’t happen only at our school, or even in our town. This was a global event! Although McAfee could not say how many were affected, it is estimated that thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of computers in schools, companies, and hospitals around the world got “infected” with this suspicious “virus.”

Budget cuts threaten Mother Nature
Sara Stratte, Senior Reporter

Nature’s beauty is breathtaking, inspiring, and thought provoking, whether it’s a rugged mountain range, a luscious valley, a roaring river, or the expansive ocean.There’s something so amazing about this awe inspiring quality that most words fail in the attempt to describe it. However, in the midst of financial and economic crisis, all government departments face budget cuts and reductions, including Parks Service agencies. Not as immediate of a problem for national parks, it is the state parks that are suffering right now.

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