THURSDAY, OCT. 4
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Online elections for freshmen Student Senate and Interclass Council continue today on myRWU. 10 freshmen are vying for just four seats on the Senate. Elections close at midnight. For continuing coverage on the elections and the results, stay with WQRI and pick up the Hawk’s Herald, on stands now.
Ishmael Beah says he was a child soldier. At just 12 years old, the Sierra Leone government gave him a gun and sent him off to fight a civil war. Tonight at 7, Beah, now 26, was scheduled to tell his survival story at the Roger Williams Recreation Center. His book, A Long Way Gone, chronicles his years as a child soldier before being rescued in 1996 by UNICEF.
President Bush is under fire from both Democrats and Republicans after he vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have expanded children’s health insurance–a move Senate Majority leader Harry Reid called “heartless.” Bush argued that the $35 billion bill was too costly. Democratic leaders said they would override the veto within the next two weeks.
Facebook could be facing a consumer fraud charge for failing to protect young people from sexual predators. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed the popular social-networking site last week, claiming it has been uncooperative with law enforcement officials who want the Web site made safer. Facebook says it is working on technology that would protect its users.
WQRI SPORTS
Roger Williams mens soccer beat Eastern Nazarene College Wednesday, 3-1.
Women’s tennis also beat Eastern Nazarene, 9-0.
Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, 4-0. They face each other again tomorrow night.
WQRI FORECAST
Sunny today, high near 80.
Clear tonight with the low near 60.
Partly cloudy tomorrow with the high back at 80.
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