As of Feb. 2, approximately 54 mass shootings have already taken place in 2023 in the U.S. The most destructive mass shooting of the year so far occurred in Monterey Park, CA, resulting in the deaths of 11 victims and the injury of nine others. On Jan. 21, a man opened fire at approximately 10:30 p.m. PT in the Star Ballroom Dance Studio. The shooter then attempted to open fire in the nearby Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra, CA, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Staff injured on Skinner Green
When students returned to campus on the weekend of Jan. 21, they were greeted by large piles of dirt and a wire fence with signs warning of danger surrounding a pit in the ground at the center of Skinner Green. Facilities Management began this excavation process due to a leak in the steam line that runs beneath the green. Throughout the day, workers were seen driving a van back and forth with supplies over pads placed on top of the Green’s muddy surface. At the end of January, the center of the excavation site contains two thin pipes, one green and one gray, overlapping a much thicker pipe and a blue rod sticking into one of the tubes.
Bill proposes to decrease incarcerated individuals’ sentencing in exchange for organ donations
A newly proposed bill in the Massachusetts House of Representatives would allow in-state incarcerated people to remove between 60 and 365 days from their sentences in exchange for the donation of their organs or marrow, according to Insider. Though the bill — entitled “act to establish the Massachusetts incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation program,” according to CBS Boston — has not yet been passed, it has struck controversy among leadership within the state.