Three things for November 16
1. Lady Flames win GSC Championship
On Saturday, Nov. 13, the Lady Flames soccer team won the Gulf South Conference Championship. They won 3-0 against West Georgia, making their all-time record 12-0 against the Wolves. This is the Lady Flames’ second GSC title.
Following this win, the Lady Flames soccer team will host the NCAA DII National Tournament on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Ray Conn Sports Complex at 2 p.m.
The Lady Flames will have a bye game in the first round of the tournament before their regional debut on Sunday.
For more information on the conference win and the list of all-tournament players, visit the GSC website.
2. Biden administration approves $1 trillion US bipartisan infrastructure bill
On Monday, President Joe Biden passed a $1 trillion US infrastructure bill with bipartisan support.
According to the White House website, this bill will deliver clean water to all-American families, ensure every American has access to reliable high-speed internet, repair and rebuild roads and bridges, improve transportation options for millions of Americans and reduce greenhouse emissions, upgrade airports and ports to strengthen supply chains and fight inflation, make the largest investment in passenger rail since the creation of Amtrak, build a national network of electric vehicle chargers and more.
“My message to the American people is this: America is moving again, and your life is going to change for the better,” said Biden.
According to AP News, Biden hopes to build back his popularity with this bill after the threats from increasing inflation and health and economic risks from COVID-19.
“Folks, too often in Washington, the reason we didn’t get things done is because we insist on getting everything we want,” said Biden. “With this law, we focused on getting things done. I ran for president because the only way to move our country forward in my view was through compromise and consensus.”
This bill was passed on Nov. 5, but Biden waited to officially sign until legislators were out of recess.
On Sunday, Biden announced former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu will aid in managing and coordinating the implementation of infrastructure spending.
For bipartisan involvement, Biden had to cut his original aspirations for infrastructure spending from $2.3 trillion.
For details about the new bill, visit the White House website.
3. SpaceX sends 53 Starlink satellites into orbit
The American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL on Saturday.
The low Earth-orbiting satellites were launched from a Falcon 9 rocket deployed after a 16-minute launch.
SpaceX has been building the Starlink program to use satellites to improve global internet access.
For more information on the satellites and SpaceX, read the full AP News article.
