Name: ________________________________ Per: _____ Date: _____________
Current Events Analysis
Part I: Individual Research
Title of Article: Two nuns admit embezzling cash for Vegas gambling trips.
Date of Article: December 11, 2018
Topic of Article: Nuns embezzled 500,000 dollars for Vegas gambling
SOURCE - Where is the article from (name, date, pages):
· Sisters Mary Kreuper and Lana Chang
· December 11, 2018
WHO is this article about?
Two nuns that embezzled 500,000 dollars from a Catholic church in California.
WHAT is this story about? List four facts related in your article.
· The sister’s embezzled 500,000 dollars from the account that was holding tuition fees and donations from the catholic school in California.
· Mary Kreuper was a school principal there for 29 years while her best friend Lana Chang worked there for 20 years.
· It took them a decade to embezzle all that money to go traveling and gambling.
· There will be no charges against the sisters in California due to their deep remorse and apologizes to all the families that have been with them for a long time.
DEFINE two words in the article you didn’t understand. (Use a dictionary or look them up online)
· Misappropriation: stealing something, or use it in a way that the owner didn’t intend.
· Sobriety: the state of being sober.
WHEN did this story take place?
This took place December 11th
WHERE is this event or issue occurring? (Specify city, country, region, etc.) Does it have an impact beyond its location?
Yes this issue if occurring it happened in California at a Catholic school. It also has an impact beyond this location because it also happened in New Jersey, Somerset.
HOW & WHY is this story importa...
