On Thursday, April 17, armed youths broke through the gates of the UN Mission in South Sudan and opened fire, killing forty-eight people and injuring a hundred more before UN peacekeepers could repel the attack. The base—in Bor, the capital of the war-torn but oil-rich Jonglei—is estimated to house 5,000 displaced Sudanese. 

On April 23, 2013, in a large eight story building on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladeshis rushed from shops and banks on the lowers floors after noticing deep cracks in the pillars and foundations of the structure. The businesses would remain closed for the day, and signs warned people not to go inside the building. However, the twenty garment factories housed in the upper four floors ignored the warnings and forced their workers to return the next day.

Last week, the University of Alabama’s Student Government Association Senate passed a groundbreaking resolution to support the full racial integration of the university’s Greek Life system.

Sorry – did I say ‘groundbreaking?’