As many of you know, the platforms, which are basically the written speeches the candidates give on why they would make a good Senator and what they plan to do, were deleted.

Every single platform that was up, along with their votes... all disappeared.

Rumors began to circulate like a rapid fire. The number one rumor was, "Some idiot deleted all the platforms."

That's probably not a rumor at all, in my opinion. I have no reason to believe that anything else happened, aside from the main computers of Whyville having a glitch. Either way, the deletion caused mayhem in City Hall.

That's when a girl came to the Whyville Beach and shouted, "The Pope Has Died!!! Doesn't Anyone Care!?!"

I was shocked!

If I had known what had happened, I wouldn't have been on Whyville that day. I am Catholic and attend a Catholic school, so we have learned a lot about the Pope. The Pope means a lot to me and my family.

I was so sad. I quickly called my mom and dad on their cell phones and told them the terrible news. I had been hearing in the news about his critical condition and how he had been recently hospitalized. We also had prayed for him in our Religion class at school.

As I write this, I feel so sad. Never in my lifetime have I ever felt this feeling before. I didn't know him personally and I had never met him before, and yet I feel a terrible loss. read more...