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An attempted hijacking of a Turkish flight to Sochi occurred today. This is just after the ban of all liquids on flights to Russia was enforced.

Attempted hijacking of Turkish flight to Sochi foiled

by Shay Lari-Hosain and Vivian Isenberg February 7, 2014

There was an attempted hijacking today by a passenger aboard a Pegasus Airlines flight en route to Istanbul from Kharkov, Ukraine. According to the New York Times, the alleged passenger attempted to divert...

Technology at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Technology at the 2014 Winter Olympics

by Vivek Bharadwaj and Vedant Thyagaraj February 7, 2014

Several technology companies are partnering to modernize the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and increase security surrounding the event. ATOS Origin states that Sochi games will be the most ā€œdigitally enabledā€...

Chicago Tribune reporter Stacy St. Clair voices her concerns about unfiltered water. Other common problems visitors of Sochi face include broken fixtures and lack of internet.

Alleged Corruption in the Olympics

by Kevin Kai Huang, Maya Jeyendran, Vineet Kosaraju, Stephanie Chen, and Vasudha Rengarajan February 7, 2014

The Olympics are supposed to be a spectacle of athleticism: a show of international cooperation and national pride that lifts up the host city for years to come. This yearā€™s Winter Olympics in Sochi,...

A Sochi journalists complains about his hotel wi-fi. Hotels have been reported to have poor living conditions.

Sochi conditions disappoint Olympics-goers

by Tiara Bhatacharya February 7, 2014

Thousands of athletes and attendees arrived in Sochi anticipating the 2014 Winter Olympics, only to be greeted by shambling hotel accommodations. Despite the enormous, unprecedented budget surrounding...

The writer behind @SochiProblems ridicules the presence of only four Olympic rings as opposed to the traditional five. Technical difficulties are one of numerous problems faced by people visiting Sochi.

SochiProblems Twitter Created

by Maya Jeyendran February 7, 2014

An anonymous twitter account called @SochiProblems has been created to mock the unsatisfactory accommodations of the Sochi Olympics. The account was created on February 4th, and has since gathered over...

Social media in Sochi

Social media in Sochi

by Shannon Su, Mariam Sulakian, Anokhi Saklecha, and Trisha Dwivedi February 7, 2014

Social media has dominated the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In attempts to regulate media, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set guidelines on the official website of the Olympics Movement,...

Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics

by Tiara Bhatacharya February 7, 2014

Elation, anger, anticipation, and resentment are just a few of the sentiments surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics to be hosted in Sochi, Russia from Feb. 7 to 23. The best athletes from around the globe...

Polina Edmunds (15) poses in her skating attire.

Mitty skater heads to Sochi

by Tiara Bhatacharya February 7, 2014

Archbishop Mitty student Polina Edmunds (10) earned a spot on the U.S. Womenā€™s Olympic Figure Skating Team for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics after 13 years of training, joined by teammates Gracie Gold,...

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