More Women Were Elected to the Senate Than Ever Before. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, won another five gold medals in Rio, bringing his career grand total to 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold. United States athletes were virtually unstoppable at this year's Olympic games. Treasury announced it would replace former President Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The American unemployment rate plummeted to its lowest level since the recession. Chicago's 762 homicides is highest in 19 years. Protesters successfully disrupt a rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump preventing him to visit Chicago's rally. McDonald's announces it will move its headquarters from Oak Brook to the West loop.
Chicago Cubswins the World Series after 108 years. 195 countries endorse the Paris agreement to limit climate change of which 2 years later Trump reneges and is the only country to pull out. NASA confirms the presence of water on Mars. Same-sex marriage became a right in the U.S. Millennials surpassed boomers as the biggest U.S. Gun deaths became as common as traffic deaths in the U.S. Video of the Shooting of Laquan McDonald is released by court order, and protests ensue after he was shot by a cop 16 times and was unarmed. Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup yet again for the third time in six years, establishing a " puck dynasty" nationwide and arguably becoming the best team in the NHL. Beck has now come to Senn to take the helm and lead the students into excellence. Principal Susan Lofton is Removed from her position as Senn Principal and escorted out of the building by the CBOE inspector pending an investigation that she " Lowered Test Scores to keep Special Needs Kids Out of Senn". The Mayan calendar runs down, but the World did Not End. Sandy Hook Elementary shooting killing 26 people, most of the victims were 6-7 yr. " Curiosity Rover" successfully lands on Mars.
A gunman at the " The Dark Knight Rises" movie in Aurora, Colorado, opens fire killing 12 & injuring 58 people. 38th G8 summit & 2012 Chicago Summit takes place in Chicago. Students focus on writing original news articles about topics ranging from Senn’s many accolades to global politics. McCormick Foundation, Senn has opened up a $30,000 broadcast studio that includes two cameras, a mixer, and Apple computers with sophisticated editing software. Thanks to a generous grant from the Robert R. The four year curriculum is for students interested in finding their voices through print and broadcast media. Loyolapartnered with Senn on multiple fronts, one of those being the formation of a state of the art Digital Journalism program. Honorary street signs( Senn Centennial Way 2013) designated on the 4 corners of school periphery.