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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Tour bus crash in New York City proves deadly

The Associated Press reported that the gruesome bus crash on Saturday, Mar. 12, took the lives of 15 people. A 70-year-old man who had been in critical condition passed away Monday, Mar. 14, at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York. The World Wide Tours bus returning from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut scraped along a guard rail before flipping over and colliding with a pole that sliced the bus almost completely in half. The bus, carrying 32 people, slid roughly 300 feet along Interstate 95 leaving a mass of bodies and gnarled metal on the New England Thruway in the Bronx, New York.

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Spring Fling 2011

Spring Fling this year took place on Mar. 4, 5, and 6. It was advertised to be a whole weekend event, but due to weather conditions and flight cancellations, Friday’s scheduled comedian Jen Kober could not attend. However, students can look forward to seeing her on campus in April

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