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HC Wake-Up Call: House Votes to Prevent Government Shutdown, LA Times Employees Demand Firing of CEO After Sexual Misconduct Allegations & Millennial Pink Kit Kats Exist

Good morning Her Campus! With a break-neck news cycle, there is no possible way for you to stay on top of every story that comes across your feeds—we’re all only human, after all.

But, life comes at you fast. So grab a cup of coffee and settle in for this quick and dirty guide to stories you might’ve been sleeping on (like, literally. It’s early.)

The House Has Passed a Bill to Prevent a Government Shutdown (For Now)

On Thursday evening, the House approved a short-term spending bill with a 230 to 197 vote in order to prevent a government shutdown just in time before current government funding expired Friday at midnight, the New York Times reports. However, the bill will move to the Senate this morning, where many Democrats are prepared to vote no following charged DACA and immigration talks last week, in which Trump referred to Haiti and several African countries as “shithole countries.” If passed, the spending bill will keep the government open through February 16.

Los Angeles Times Employees Are Calling for the CEO to Be Fired Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Following a report by NPR, which found Los Angeles Times CEO Ross Levinsohn had engaged in sexual misconduct at multiple media companies throughout his career, multiple reporters and editors at the newspaper are calling for Levinsohn to be fired, BuzzFeed News reports. Levinsohn was the defendant in two sexual harassment lawsuits and reportedly referred to gay members of the fashion industry as “fags,” often creating, “a frat house environment,” as described by one former coworker.

As a result, employees of the LA Times have been calling for the CEO to, “resign or be fired immediately.” For their part, Tribune Publishing, the paper’s parent company, has said it, “is taking the allegations seriously” and promises it will “take appropriate action.”

Millennial Pink Kit Kats Are Now a Thing That Exists

You can now officially buy pretty much everything in millennial pink —including your chocolate. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kit Kats now come in everyone’s favorite shade of pink thanks to something called a Ruby cocoa bean, which turns the chocolate a rosy hue without any weird food coloring. The only bad news? Like many other fancy Kit Kat flavors, these new ones are only being sold in Japan and South Korea for now — though those of us in the U.S. will be able to order them online starting in February. #Bless

What to look out for…

Tomorrow is the 11th anniversary of High School Musical — so while I’m over here freaking out over how old I now feel, please enjoy this GIF of Troy Bolton being dramatic AF:

Caroline is the Evening/Weekend Editor and Style Editor at Her Campus, a senior public relations major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a leather jacket enthusiast.  You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @c_pirozzolo.