The document discusses several major news events from the 1980s including the Soviet-Afghan War, the rise of futuristic movies featuring technology, Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign, the AIDS epidemic, the story of Ryan White who contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion, the 1986 Challenger disaster, and the 1987 stock market crash. It also mentions secret student organizations that informed their members about current events using code words by radio.

1. What if there was no news? Generation X What is news? Peter Cialkowski Skye McCarthy Hannah Rucker My Phan Courtney Weiss Fatema Rajmohamed

3. Soviet forces supported the Afghanistan Marxist Party Carter aided the Afghanistan’s Islamic resistance group Soviet-Afghan War The United States spent $10 billion

5. Futuristic movies in the 1980s Tron Wargames Technology started to make it’s way into Cinema as well as the home. The Terminator Back to the Future Escape from New York

6. Riches to Rags Hosted Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse Nancy Reagan was criticized for wearing expensive clothing Wore ill-fitting, ragged clothes to the Gridiron Dinner to impress the Media

8. Epidemic Known as “Gay Cancer” 4,855 deaths in 1988 Patient Zero – first gay male diagnosed Thought to be only in gay community

9. Age: 13 Disease: AIDS Cause: Blood Transfusion Ryan White

11. Challenger NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter Christa McAuliffe was the first member of the Teacher in Space Project 73 seconds into its flight the spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean

13. DARKEST DAY ON WALL ST The Stock Crash that changes many lives in ONE day 19 October 1987 Program Trading takes on the blames

15. Secret Organizations Created to inform people about the happenings of the world Transmits information through code language by radio

16. Cronkites Founded by Amy Meetings held underground Amy Mary Danny Cynthia Sarah Nancy We’ve got the leader of the organization here with us tonight! I even heard some of his associates were going to be in the crowd. Are you excited?

18. “Humans and You” “Space” “Wonders of Nature” “The Life of Monkeys” MOVIES

20. Challenger Survives Due to ignorance, the people at large are not able to pressure the launch Overall, more flights are successful