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Misdemeanors should not warrant suspension

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss spent the night of Sept. 24 in jail and was later charged with careless driving and failure to obey a traffic officer. I wish I would’ve been there because from the reports that I read I still don’t understand what happened. Police spokeswoman Cyndi […]

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Ex-Negro League players seek pensions

In 1947, Jackie Robinson and Larry Dolby broke the color line into Major League Baseball. Fifty years later, Major League Baseball granted limited benefits to about 70 of the former Negro League players who played in the majors. To receive the pension, the ballplayer must have made the major league […]

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Young M.C. practices old tricks

Young MC has no business exposing his feeble attempts to create music to the public. This album is wack. It lacks both quality beats and rhymes. The album opens up with Young’s unwarranted boasting “My rhymes are like wine made from grapes on the vine/getting better with time to engage […]

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Precautions prevent theft

As a college town, Tallahassee is home to thousands of student drivers. Invariably, it is also home to several cases of auto theft and burglary. While many students have had their cars stolen or burglarized, some did not take the proper precautions to protect their cars from being targeted. “The […]

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Save works of art to preserve black culture

The famous economist John Maynard Keynes once remarked, “in the long run, we are all dead.” True. But it is also true that barring the failure of the Earth’s systems, generations of our progeny will continue on after we are gone. This essay has nothing to do with economics, but […]

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Randy Moss makes public apology

During an emotional nine-minute news conference on Thursday afternoon, Vikings receiver Randy Moss was somber and apologetic about the recent incident involving a Minneapolis traffic official, though he did not apologize to her. “It’s been a real long couple of days for me,” he said. “I am human. I am […]

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Fines increase for not wearing seatbelts

Students can face a $60 fine for not wearing their seatbelt according to the Tallahassee Police Department. These new penalties are part of the Buckle Up Florida, “Click it or Ticket” campaign in the state. Last year the “Click It or Ticket” campaign led to 30,000 citations statewide along with […]

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Arm kids with sex education

One out of every eight teenagers is pregnant, according to The Times Mirror Company. That is a problem. So how can eradicating sexuality education from the public schools even be an issue? According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the pregnancy rate for teenagers 15-19 has decreased 22 percent […]

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Know your roles, ladies, gentlemen

You hear the thudding of a trunk attempting to stay shut against the heavy vibrations underneath. You see brightly colored patches of boxer shorts underneath pants slipping further than they should in the name of fashion. You hear the calls of, “Hey, girl!” Any zoologist can tell you, these are […]

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Clubs promote registration

With intensity mounting as the deadline to register to vote approaches for the Nov. 5 general election, campus organizations are doing all they can to get students registered. Teaming up in pairs, members of the NAACP went to The Moon, Late Night Library, BW3 and The Grove last week with […]