Sunday, April 28, 2024
After emphatically proclaiming five months ago that the COVID-19 vaccination would only be for those age 65 and older, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state of Florida have officially opened the vaccine up to those age 18 and older. Teenagers who are 16 and 17 may also receive […]
If you weren’t there, you should have been. In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Florida A&M’s Department of History and Political Science kicked off its inaugural women’s history symposium on Thursday. The theme was WAP, Women and Power, Politics & the Public Gaze. The inaugural event had a powerhouse of […]
The brand-new Institute of Politics at Florida State University kicked off the month of March with its inaugural keynote panel discussion featuring Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and former Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL), moderated by the Honorable Al Cardenas. The panel discussed the importance of civic engagement, political participation and civil […]
The Florida Senate has been making progress with Senate Bill 264, which addresses higher educationand is heavily dependent on federal funding to complete its duties. After being filed on Dec. 14, the bill is now with the AppropriationsCommittee where it is waiting on decisions made by Congress about how the […]
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida has been shaky at best. Gov. Ron DeSantis has emphatically underscored the sense of urgency the state of Florida has had with only vaccinating its seniors 65 years old and older. Unfortunately, this decision has been devastating for many Florida residents. Thousands […]
As the nation frantically searches for answers to their pandemic prayers in the Covid-19 vaccine, new strains of the virus have descended and made landfall in different parts of the country. The new strain of the virus — initially detected in southeastern England in September of last year — is […]
As schools continue to struggle to find their footing in the 10th month of the global pandemic, Florida begins to roll out plans that may be promising. On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state has registered over 400,000 seniors in the last week who have received the COVID-19 vaccination […]
Since the first days of lockdown to now, I have witnessed my parents do a complete 180. I remember the days when they “didn’t understand what was so important on my phone” and couldn’t fathom why “Olympus Has Fallen” needed to be on volume level 55 instead of 15. I […]
Living in a society where nothing feels certain can be scary. What’s even more scary is knowingly putting your health at risk for the lives of others. This is something my dad has done every day for the last 27 years working as a physician. I have always been extremely […]
COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, has taken the world by storm. What started out as “under control,” as described by President Trump, has turned into a very real and very threatening global pandemic. With the pandemic has come a new way of life. Social distancing is the latest norm […]