This Episode of Pirate News Desk covers:

-Katie interviews Dr. Vanessa May about race equality and social justice.

-Lady Gaga featured in Super Bowl 51's halftime show.

-A Kenilworth, NJ girl is suing a Catholic school for not allowing her to play on the boy's basketball team.

-Apple CEO Tim Cook pondering legal action towards President Trump.

-Soccer found to be more concussion-prone than most think.

-Starbucks planning to hire refugees.

-Reactions from the Setonian on Donald Trump's Muslin executive order.

This episode of Pirate News Desk features:

-South Jersey getting a new (609) area code

-Amtrak trying to relieve congestion

-NJ offering parents baby boxes

-SHU's graduate employment rate up to 90%.

-Update on SHU's Federal Pell Grant Program

-Oracle sued by the Department of Labor

-Controversial footage from "A Dog's Purpose" is being investigated by the American Humane Association

-The MTA is testing portable subway vacuums

- Tesla Autopilot found not defective following NHTSA investigation

-Maplewood is the first N.J. town to declare sanctuary status

-Patients want virtual care treatment options

- Profile on the Rev. Dr. Forrest Pritchett, director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Program at Seton Hall University.

- Students and prospective-students react to Seton Hall's construction projects.

-New Amazon Prime credit card revealed

-Trump getting assistance from Rudy Giuliani with cybersecurity

-Trump and his criticism of CNN and Buzzfeed

-NYC speed limit lowered

-Cat "bird flu" spreading

-Norway shutting down analog radio

-BEAT program for cardiac screenings

-Top doctors in NJ "201" issue

-Jersey Arts People's Choice Awards

In this special Christmas Eve edition of Pirate News Desk:

-Tim interviews executive director of Catholic Charities Mary Ann Majewski

-Katie interviews one of the founders of One Simple Wish Danielle Gletow

-Jocelyn reports news on various charities and good causes.

This episode of PND discusses:

-Innovations to Facebook Video

-Amazon launching its delivery drone in the UK

-New improvements to Snapchat Spectacles

-Konrad Reuland passes away from a brain aneurysm

-Trump adds Uber CEO Elon Musk to advisory team

-NJ one of the worst states in smoking prevention

-NJ River improvements

-Seton Hall University involved in NJ hospital and medicine

-The death of astronaut John Glenn

-NJ lawsuit over hunter and Pedals the bear

-Two NJ people arrested for not having a license and marijuana charges

-New toys that report conversations

-Essex County student charged with murder

-Seton Hall fraternity suspended for five years

-Trump on Obama's actions on immigration

-South Orange on cleaner water and local events

This episode of Pirate News Desk covers:

-Queen of Peace High School Fire

-Former New York Jets Running Back Joe McKnight Shot and Killed

-PTSD and MDMA Potential Aid

-South Orange Author Donating Portion of Proceeds

-New PhD Program for Communications and the Arts at SHU.

-Commencement and Speaker Update for SHU

-Hackers Infecting Android Phone Through Illegitimate Apps.

-Second Hand iPhone Counterfeit Chargers "Dangerous"

-Holiday Activities in NYC

Staff Rep Rich (DJ Worldwide) joins Tech Ops Assistants Hanoi and Rachel for the perfect podcast. The discussion comes full circle talking about adobo seasoning, cinnamon crackers and hot chocolate, a drive around Freehold, and so much more. The official Tech Ops counter came to 14 with 1 Tech Ops and 2 Technicallys.

End song: Harbinger, Protest the Hero

This week

-Morristown Medical Center on dog and animal testing.

-New Jersey may be the first state to make declawing of cats illegal.

-Hoboken crash train operator having sleep apnea.

The Setonian covers:

-The election and campus reactions.

-Seton Hall University graduation, date, speaker, and location.