Read the article below carefully and answer the question that follows. On the morning of July 15, 2006, fourteen school buses we

re vandalized. The buses, property of Walt Whitman Middle School, were parked in the "bus barn" on campus. The vandals spray-painted the buses with pictures of dogs. Dogs happen to be the mascot of rival school Edgar Allan Poe Academy. This has led some to believe that some students from EAPA may be the culprits in the incident. Says the mother of one Walt Whitman student, "Oh, yeah, the [Edgar Allan] Poe [Academy] kids are definitely responsible. Those kids don't have any discipline, and they're still stewing over the loss of last week's football game." Police, however, say that they currently have no suspects. Which of the following best describes the purpose of this article? to convince the audience that the bus vandalism had a negative effect on the community to inform the audience of the events that occurred on the morning of July 15th to entertain the audience with an exciting story about the bus vandalism scandal to inform the audience about the rivalry between Whitman and Poe students and warn them of potential effects of this rivalry to convince the audience that Poe Academy students were to blame for the incident