Financial aid distribution climbs more than $130M
The tuition hike last year may have been discouraging news to those already’banking on financial aid, but’the number of students receiving help has increased. This...
National Guard members hurt in bus crash
CAMP BLANDING – At least 19 members of the Florida Army National Guard were injured when the bus they were riding in overturned in north...
NASA’s 7 new space pioneers are companies
WASHINGTON – A half century ago, the Mercury Seven embodied America’s space future. Now it’s the merchant seven – space companies’for hire. Mimicking a scene...
2 Dems, 3 GOP seek Wexler’s congressional seat
WEST PALM BEACH – Polls closed Tuesday night after a rainy day with low voter’turnout in a special primary election as two Democrats and three...
Students need to ignore some campus preachers
Everyone is entitled to’freedom of speech, and while some don’t use it as well as’others, it is protected by the First Amendment. Case in point:...
Florida should continue – ,to raise college tuition
Student tuition in Florida increased by as much as’15 percent last year, and it’s a trend that may continue for several years to come. While...
Big picture predictions
Nominations were released Tuesday for the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, unsurprisingly dominated by the best-selling film, ‘Avatar,’ and the theme of war. With several original’screenplays...
Obama has big plans for Tampa
A high-speed rail linking Tampa and Orlando was the main topic of President Barack Obama’s speech. But the mention of a new student loan initiative...
Gadget gear for students
Technology has been’working to simplifying life and make daily tasks easier since, well, the Stone Age. And college students are’especially open to new’shortcuts and gadgets...
US military resuming Haiti medical flights
MIAMI – The U.S. military will resume flying Haitian earthquake victims to the U.S. for medical treatment,’ending a suspension that’lasted several days, the White House...