Author: Kristen Swilley

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Florida unemployment expected to rise

Florida’s unemployment rate is expected to hit 12 percent, the highest ever recorded, with more than one million out of work in the state. This is the first time in Gov. Charlie Crist’s tenure as governor that state economists project state tax revenues to raise, if modestly. The state’s unemployment […]

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FAMU’s 57-seat charter bus boost recruitment

When some students came back from winter break, it would be hard for them to not notice Florida A&M’s newest recruitment tool parked by Bragg stadium. Large enough to block the sun when standing nearby, student, parents and pretty much anyone on the road will see FAMU’s 57-seat charter bus […]

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An 8.8 magnitude earthquake causes state of catastrophe in Chile

The seventh-strongest earthquake ever recorded struck Chile this past Saturday. A resulting tsunami threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean. The quake was felt as far as 1,800 miles away from the epicenter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8, resulting in at least 147 deaths, […]

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Floridians fight against death penalty

Dwarfed by the lectern, Tallahassee resident Agnes Furey smiled as she stepped to the platform in the Leroy Collins Public Library. Furey, 73, gripped the back of the chair as she recounted circumstances surrounding a double-murder that brought her to speak at the “Don’t Kill in My Name” workshop. Tallahassee […]

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Initiative upholds status quo

Sunday, March 7, will mark the tenth anniversary of the march, which drew thousands of Florida’s black residents to Tallahassee in protest of the One Florida Initiative. The initiative replaced affirmative action with race-neutral, legally defensible practices meant to expand diversity in education and the workplace. For Florida’s public colleges, […]

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Music revives Haiti

MIAMI (AP) — At 21, Alan Lomax went to Haiti and recorded its citizens making music — songs about Voodoo, carnival politics, children’s games and the first airplanes crisscrossing its Caribbean skies in the late 1930s. He preserved the sounds on aluminum discs for the Library of Congress, but they […]

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Meats excluded from diets

People are modifying their eating habits; spiritual conviction and health reasons are what motivate some. Giving up meat and meat by-products may seem challenging for many, but necessary for others. The Vegetarian Resource Group reported that there are four types of vegetarians. Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian’s eat dairy and egg products, an […]

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Tilikum is not important. Brancheau is.

One thing that the world is no stranger to is death. People die every day, sometimes with an alarming frequency. Most people can switch on the news, look at the face of someone who just passed and think, “Darn, another one.” A nation of people finding death to be as […]

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Cold weather does not deter students spring break plans

Spring break is almost here. This is typically the best time of year for college students because it symbolizes the end to hardest part of the semester. Once they make it to spring break, the rest of the semester seems like a breeze. All across campus students are making vacation […]