OPINION: Give USF professors control over their classrooms
USF is back at full capacity for the fall semester with roughly 50,000 students on all three campuses, according to 2021 enrollment data. This combined...
OPINION: Partisan school board elections will silence voters
North Fort Myers Rep. Spencer Roach proposed an amendment Aug. 12 in a move to return partisanship to school board elections. House Joint Resolution 35...
OPINION: Please, wear a mask this fall
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 21-175 on July 30 that bans schools from enforcing mask mandates, despite the recent surge in COVID-19 cases caused...
OPINION: Bills improving student loan process need to be prioritized by Congress
As Americans reached a new high of $1.7 trillion in student loans in May, according to the Federal Reserve, three bills proposed by a group...
OPINION: USF’s Diversity and Equal Opportunity policy needs revision
USF Athletics announced June 15 it won’t renew associate head men’s basketball coach Tom Herrion’s contract after an independent review by the Lightfoot, Franklin and...
OPINION: Miami-Dade’s plan to combat gun violence should be implemented in Hillsborough
The Miami-Dade County Commission passed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s Peace and Prosperity Plan on June 1 to combat high rates of gun violence...
OPINION: Voting amendments will boost underrepresented voices in Florida
Former Florida Rep. Sean Shaw presented three separate amendments to the state constitution May 30. These amendments would increase ease of voting in Florida through...
OPINION: DeSantis should drop scare tactics, embrace well-rounded K-12 curriculum
Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to eliminate critical race theory (CRT) from Florida’s K-12 curriculum in a May 24 speech at Florida International University as part...