Current Culture: Cubs start reign as MLB’s elite, United Airlines’ stock plummets, Charlie Murphy succombs to illness
NEW AGE CUBS
It took 108 years for the hometown Chicago Cubs to win the World Series and that sentiment was felt this Monday as the Cubs played their home opener and brought home the flag to Wrigley Field. For the first time in what feels like forever, the Cubs are the defending champions and have the potential for many more great years down the line.
“DONALD TRUMP” THE BUTTON
From both a political and business viewpoint, this has been a very busy newsweek, with the incident at United Airlines where a passenger was knocked unconscious and forcefully removed from an oversold flight catching headlines to concerns later in the week over increasing tensions with North Korea. Thursday, the United States launched the ‘largest non-nuclear bomb’ against ISIS forces in Afghanistan,with the aptly titled ‘MOAB’ (Mother of All Bombs).
SKY HIGH TROUBLES
With United Airlines’ terrible incident earlier this week and their awful PR response dragging down their stock price and image across the country, social media activists have taken to Twitter to give their helpful advice for a new motto for the airline, with the hashtag #NewUnitedAirlinesMottos.
#RIP CHARLIE MURPHY
It is with heavy hearts that we would like to wish condolences to comedian Charlie Murphy’s family and closest friends. The beloved star, best known for his roles on Chappelle’s Show, passed away this Thursday from a battle with leukemia. He was 57 years old. He will be dearly missed as well as his contributions to TV comedy.
