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The 2020 Presidential election has certainly been one for the history books. With a raging pandemic and a highly divided nation to set the stage, the path to 270 has been convoluted and drawn out to no end. Although Joe Biden has been decisively declared Presidential-elect, with his running mate Kamala Harris as Vice-Presidential elect, many Americans still feel uncertain about the results as President Donald Trump has not yet conceded.

As Congress has been deadlocked over a stimulus package, they have attracted many critics. One of them, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, had some less than flattering words to describe them.

The stocks of several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies rose after they announced the successes of their COVID-19 vaccine trials. And some have already submitted them for emergency approval from the FDA. These vaccines have been considered to be at least 90% effective. The stocks and investors of these companies will have obviously benefited financially as a result of these announcements.

After months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been looking for new ways to exercise without going to gyms. Many turned to Pelotons, or exercise bikes where an instructor can teach an online exercise class to any who would like to join.

On October 29, a public announcement was made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that stated, gray wolves (Canis lupus) would be delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), in most of the contiguous 48 states. A few days later on November 3rd, it was officially published in the Federal Register. The terms to this delisting will take full effect January 4, 2021.

By Henry Su At the end of August, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe announced his sudden resignation, citing health concerns. Elections originally anticipated for 2021...

On October 18th, Bolivian held its first general election since the disputed 2019 election. Luis Arce and his running mate David Choquehuanca, of the Movement for Socialism party (MAS-IPSP) won the election with 55.1% of the vote. The general election was originally scheduled for May 3rd, but it was delayed to September 6th and then to October 18th. Arce had previously served as Morales’s Minister of Economy and Public Finance. While Choquehuanca had previously served as Chancellor of Bolivia. Arce received almost double the votes of the closest candidate, Carlos Mesa of the FRI, a center left party. MAS-IPSP was also the ruling party in Bolivia before the 2019 political crisis. MAS-IPSP also held on to its majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Bolivia.

20,000 is considered a large number. To count from 1 to 20,000 would take you approximately five hours—twenty thousand seconds totals to 5 hours, 33 minutes, and 20 seconds. Now imagine the number 20,000 in people. East itself instructs around 1,050 students; 20,000 people would fill East 19 times and then some. Imagine we removed 20,000 people from East Amherst. Over 80% of the town would be gone.

For the third time, Alpha Condé and Cellou Dalein Diallo faced off at the polls for the Guinean presidency. The 82-year-old Alpha Condé won a much-disputed third term with 59% of the vote after elections on October 18th. There is a two-term limit, but a constitutional referendum last March increased the presidential term from five to six years and also reset the term count of the current president. This gives Condé the opportunity to remain in office for another twelve years, something that has led to violent protests spreading across the nation.

By Sophie Zhu Invariants are attributes of a mathematical object that stay constant if one changes certain, non-central features. Typically, the features that can be...