Not Just Snakes
Every year in October, Dade City’s annual Rattlesnake Festival takes place. This year, the festivities were as grand and unique as ever, boasting food, vendors, and entertainment.
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Early-Voting Shuffle Could Push Republican Primaries into December
The Florida Republican Party has decided that they will move their 2012 presidential primary on Jan. 31 ahead of the Iowa primary, which is traditionally one of the first in the nation. This was followed up by Nevada declaring their primary for Jan. 14, as well as South Carolina rescheduling for Jan. 21, throwing the Republican Party into complete disarray.
Florida’s Driving Under The Influence Laws: An Eye For An Eye
Ten years ago, 24 year old University Of West Florida senior Eric Smallridge left a bar where he had been watching a favorite band with some friends. Smallridge was drinking beer, but like other times, he did a self-sobriety field test by standing on one leg and putting his index finger on his nose and felt he was sober enough to drive. While driving home, a white car in the right lane that was ending cut into his lane. Smallridge swerved his truck into the left lane in order to avoid a collision with the white car, but ended up hitting another car in which two college girls were riding. Their car spun out of control and hit a tree. The impact killed the girls.
I Drank, Drove, Killed, & WE LOST!
On Thursday evening, September 29, 2011, placed on top of a trailer outside the Student Activities Building, was what used to be a Mazda 626. Renee Napier is the mother of Meagan Napier, who along with her best friend Lisa Jo Dickson, was killed in the Mazda by drunk driver Eric Small-ridge. Napier tows the Mazda from school to school and has made it her mission to raise awareness of the danger of driving under the influence of alcohol, and to promote forgiveness and healing.
Video Gamers Hold Your Breath: Let’s Take a Look at Nintendo’s Wii U
You all may have experienced Nintendo’s Wii console. If so, you probably fell in love with its motion controls and or games such as Mario Kart, Wii Sports, or even Mr. Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy series. You’re probably thinking: what more can Nintendo do? Do they even have any more ideas? Well, the answer is yes. Nintendo will soon be launching a new game known as Wii U. It may be a strange name, but what this system has to offer sends gaming evolution into a new era.
The Hangman’s Daughter: The devil comes alive in seventeenth-century Bavaria
The year is 1659 and the Thirty Years’ War has just ended. There had not been a shred of witchcraft pandemonium in several decades, but all the years of peaceful silence come crashing to a bitter halt when a young boy is found gruesomely murdered and pulled from the river covered in the markings of witches.
Study USA
Danielle Ferguson is an international student from Northern Ireland who received a scholarship from the British Consulate. The scholarship is called Study USA and is geared to give a business edge to students. Last year the scholarship offered 150 spots to fill, but this year the spots were cut down to 75 which led to Ferguson to be in a more competitive race for this scholarship. The scholarship is specifically for business, and those who receive the Study USA scholarship must take four business classes and one elective each semester so she will return to Northern Ireland with a new international edge in the business world.
Nuclear Crisis Raises Safety Questions at Home
The world has followed the crisis in Japan with feelings of shock and terror from the initial news of the earthquake and tsunami to the growing concern of a nuclear meltdown. Crews at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor have battled endlessly to cool a reactor, hoping to prevent a major nuclear incident.
Health presentation honors Women’s History Month
When many are asked what the leading cause of death for females in America is, their first guess is breast cancer. However, this is not the case. At the Women’s Health: Then & Now panel discussion, the audience was informed that the deadliest disease is actually heart disease. The presentation took place on March 10, 2011 in Selby Auditorium, and was in celebration of Women’s History Month. The speech addressed health issues that have plagued women for decades, health improvements, and health areas that could still use improvement.
We are in For a World of Hurt
In the past decade, this world has seen its share of natural disasters. From floods to hurricanes, and from earthquakes to volcanic eruptions, the statistics show that we are in for a wild ride.
