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Elephant Farewell Ceremony
BY ISABELLA SORENSON
EDITED BY KALE DAVIS
EDITED BY KALE DAVIS
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Are zoos like the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City beneficial, or harmful towards animals that they keep? Do they save or entrap endangered animals? It was announced that on the day of September 23rd, The beloved African elephants from Hogle Zoo are being shipped elsewhere, and nobody thinks they are coming back. KSL states that this is an “end of an era” for Hogle Zoo. But why are they leaving? KUTV answers, “to give them the opportunity to join a larger herd and have offspring within their prime reproductive windows.” These sweet creature’s names are Christie and Zuri. Mother and daughter. The location to where they are being taken is undisclosed, in order to ensure their safe transportation.
Safety. That is what every zoo you have ever been to claims to keep their animals. They say their facilities protect endangered creatures and enlighten the eyes of those who are curious towards earth’s natures. Hogle Zoo has been a very popular home to hundreds of animals not native in Utah. And their elephants are leaving. They have kept elephants at the zoo for over one hundred years. Does the continuous care in one place in a small herd of their kind made it unsafe for the elephants to stay? The answer is unclear. What does this say about zoos in general, and what that can do to the safety of endangered animals around the world? In an ideal world, animal diversity would be common everywhere, and zoos would be less common. However, due to hunting, and the threat of animal habitats around the world, zoos are known to be a sanctuary for endangered creatures. According to the AZA, “Facilities are beneficial because of the high standards they exemplify in animal welfare, conservation, research, education, and recreation.” Meaning that the longer zoos have been around, the better they have been for animals because of the standards they would have to meet to keep animals healthy to rehabilitate the planet. Elephants, like Christie and Zuri, are always having people at zoos working on protecting them. Although the Hogle zoo very much wanted and tried their best to keep them, it is better to make sure they are around a larger herd at a better zoo. The heartwarming farewell ceremony showed that many people care for elephants, and other animals that can only be seen in zoos in Utah. 
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What can/cannot be recycled
It can be extremely difficult to keep track of all of the many things that can and cannot be recycled. I hope that this article can put it in very simple terms and help to make recycling less of a hassle. Here are some items that can be recycled, make sure to hover over them for additional information and some stipulations.
There are also many things that people believe they recycle when they shouldn't be. This can compromise entire batches of recycling and is important to keep in mind. Here are some common items that should not be placed in recycling, make sure to hover over them for additional information and stipulations.
The Rise/Fall of Elon MuskThis opinion piece does not reflect the beliefs of The Corner Canyon Chronicle.
BY KALE DAVIS
SCIENCE & TECH EDITOR June 28th, 1971, His birth, although he claims untrue --despite substantial evidence-- his initial wealth came from a stolen apartheid emerald mine in Zambia --that was entirely fueled by slavery--. This strongly contradicts the idea of a “poor, struggling childhood” that he claims he had. This is strongly supported by multiple articles published by Futurism. August 15th, 1995, Elon Musk graduated from University of Pennsylvania. Soon after, switching to Stanford in which he lasted 2 days then dropped out. Followed by his graduation from Queens university. 1995-1999, Elon Musk began his startup Zip2 with the help of Greg Kouri. He paints this as a ground floor start up --despite his fathers $28,000 contribution--. On February 28th, 1999, Compaq acquired Zip2 for $305 million dollars ($22 million of which directly went to Musk). March 13th, 2000, Elon Musk founded X.com with $10mil from the Zip2 sale. However, the investors believed he was far too inexperienced and incompetent to run the company. Therefore, he was replaced by Bill Harris. Soon after, X.com merged with confinity which later became paypal. In October, Paypal was acquired by ebay in which Elon Musk gained $165mil. Elon Musk's manipulation of the crypto market was largely fueled by his ownership in large shares of BitCoin. Newsweek (a largely centrist source) states that his sale of Bitcoin totaled $373 million dollars. On June 2nd, 2002 Musk founded SpaceX.
February 9th, 2004, Musk invested in --not founded-- Tesla Motors and became the chairman of the board of directors. Skipping to June 6th, 2021, following Elon Musk's rampant tweeting used to disrupt the crypto market, Anonymous posted a message strongly condemning his behaviors and tearing apart the idea of his “self-built” status. Elon Musk's manipulation of the crypto market was largely fueled by his ownership in large shares of BitCoin. Newsweek (a largely centrist source) states that his sale of Bitcoin totaled $373 million dollars. October 27th, 2022 following his 43 billion dollar purchase of Twitter, he soon became the owner and rebranded it as X. --most likely because he wanted to use the X.com domain he previously spent a large sum of money on--. Following his purchase of Twitter, in an attempt to promote “freedom of speech” he went through an unbanning campaign of anti-semites, neo-nazis, racists, homophobes, sexists and transphobes. Furthermore, he platformed them and heavily supported them, in once example that is highlighted by Rolling Stones --a factual although left leaning source-- Elon Musk heavily promoted and supported a propaganda campaign against the ADL, a civil rights organization that fights against anti-semitism and extremism. POSTED 9/11 |
Public perception For multiple years Elon Musk held a quite favorable perception of US citizens, he was seen as a sort of “Good Billionaire”.
During 2020-2021 Elon Musk held a majority positive opinion of US Adults. Though, there is a shift in 2022, due to the increased exposure of his shady business practice, concerning political beliefs, and nonexistent morals. This is demonstrated by this chart by Statista Research Development: 
The left two bars represent those who have a favorable opinion regarding Elon Musk. While the middle two represent those who hold an unfavorable opinion.
As demonstrated, 42% hold a positive opinion, and 41% hold a negative. This is a significant shift relative to 2020-2021. The proportions who like/dislike Musk heavily align with the proportions of those supporting specific political parties. Initially, Musk was a centrist, who gained praise from both sides --shown by his higher overall favorability rating-- but following his radicalization public perception has largely changed. |
