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 XWhat is news?Peter CialkowskiSkye McCarthyHannah RuckerMy PhanCourtney WeissFatema Rajmohamed

3. Soviet forces supported the Afghanistan Marxist PartyCarter aided the Afghanistan’s Islamic resistance groupSoviet-Afghan WarThe United States spent $10 billion

5. Futuristic movies in the 1980sTronWargamesTechnology started to make it’s way into Cinema as well as the home.The TerminatorBack to the FutureEscape from New York

6. Riches toRagsHosted Ladies Conference on Drug AbuseNancy Reagan was criticized for wearing expensive clothingWore ill-fitting, ragged clothes to the Gridiron Dinner to impress the Media

8. EpidemicKnown as “Gay Cancer”4,855 deaths in 1988Patient Zero – first gay male diagnosedThought to be only in gay community

9. Age: 13Disease: AIDSCause: BloodTransfusionRyan White

11. ChallengerNASA'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 STThe Stock Crash that changes many livesin ONE day 19 October 1987Program Trading takes on the blames

15. Secret OrganizationsCreated to inform people about the happenings of the worldTransmits information through code language by radio

16. CronkitesFounded by AmyMeetings held undergroundAmyMaryDannyCynthiaSarahNancyWe’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 SurvivesDue to ignorance, the people at large are not able to pressure the launchOverall, more flights are successful