The Top 5

1. Women’s March
   As I was getting driven back in an Uber to my apartment, I heard on the radio about the annual Women’s March that is planned to occur in Washington DC on January 18, 2020. Prior to listening to the radio advertisement, I did not know that there was an annual march and also, did not know that it will be occurring in DC next week during my stay. I decided to research further into the event and sadly found this article by the Washington Post:

The importance and popularity of the march has declined: ” The 2020 Women’s March expects about 10,000 people to attend Saturday’s march to the White House, according to a permit application filed with the National Park Service. About 4,500 people have indicated on Facebook they will attend.”

2. The Vatican Goes Digital

As I was scrolling through Facebook, one of our Allara Library librarians posted that the Vatican Library digitized tens of thousands of manuscripts, books, coins, and more. The link in reading about this story is here: http://www.openculture.com/2020/01/the-vatican-library-goes-online-and-digitizes-tens-of-thousands-of-manuscripts-books-coins-and-more.html?fbclid=IwAR3dhQ_8c46UmUqsddjn-hU_LzVvs90N3l7G40MJoWFAtLgrx3FmpFFcHuA

3. Puerto Rico Earthquake

While passing through the apartment lobby earlier this week, CNN happened to be playing in the background when it announced that Puerto Rico was struck by not one, but two earthquakes. It later went viral on Twitter.

4. Jazz played the Wizards

This became a popular spot on my Snapchat feed and I got the chance to watch others posts about what was occurring during the game.

5. Women outnumber men in the US Workforce

While scrolling through Instagram, The Washington Post, posted an image of two briefcases sharing the following information: “For just the second time in history, women outnumbered men as the majority of the U.S. paid workforce. It’s the second time ever, and now it could be permanent.”