Instead of using national polls to predict the next president of the United States, LaRae Donnellan and her PR Research & Strategies class in the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University, conducted their own polls surveying college students all over the country. FAMU, along with Midwestern […]
Author: Christine Thomasos
Florida elects officials:8th District State House
In a landslide victory, Democrat Alan Williams was elected as the Florida House Representative for District 8. Williams beat opponent Robert Maddox, who filed non-partisan, and write-in candidates by 31,745 votes. Maddox received only 15.86 percent of the total votes. “There was a void in the seat and I knew […]
Florida elects officials:Group 5-County Judge
Nina Ashenafi Richardson won the Leon county judge race with 59.1 percent of the total votes. Opponent Sean Desmond had 40.9 percent. Richardson will serve as a judge for the Leon county court seat 5. Supervisor of elections Ion Sancho, said the judicial races were critical because anyone charged with […]
Students to create SACS logo in contest
Students have the opportunity to show their creativity and receive reserved parking for a year. The parking privileges will be granted to the student who submits the winning design for the Quality Enhancement Plan student logo competition. The Southern Association of Colleges and School Quality Enhancement Plan said students interested […]
Circuits down
Circuit City Stores, Inc. will be closing 155 stores nationwide and withdrawing from 12 U.S media markets. “We deeply regret the impact that this announcement will have on our associates, our guests and the communities where these stores are located,” said James Marcum, vice chairman, acting president, and chief executive […]
Florida elects officials:9th District State House
After decades of being dominated by Democrat representatives, Republican candidate, Peter Boulware, took the 9th seat in the House of Representatives in a nail biting victory over Democratic candidate, Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda. “The way my family has helped me through has been great,” Boulware said. “I lean on my wife […]
Florida elects officials:2nd Circuit Judge
While many focused on the presidential election, the race for Circuit Judge of Leon county’s 2nd District ended with a victory for Frank E. Sheffield. He won with 51.55 percent of the vote, compared to Lisa Raleigh who had 48.45 percent of the vote. As he replaced former Circuit Judge […]
Sean D finds his true voice
It’s 2:20 p.m. Friday and Sean Woods is standing in James S. Rickards High School’s gymnasium. He’s tired. His black hoodie covers his freshly braided hair, and his fatigue, as he paces across the gym floor. He hugs students and consults with school officials about the rally while text messaging […]
Serious boosts in economy needed for recovery
While politicians and financial experts debate whether the American economy is in a recession, some local scholars say the economic outlook is so dismal it doesn’t matter what people call it. “We haven’t seen numbers like this since the 1980s,” said Nathaniel Johnson, associate economics professor at Florida A&M University. […]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
There was a time when players like Walter Payton, Richard Dent and John Stallworth had white majority schools’ athletic directors, praying for a few white players with talent like theirs. Over time we’ve seen a major shift in the spectrum of where the talent lies in college sports. There are […]