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• The Florida YES Coalition works toward Green Fee By Heidi Kerr Editor in Chief The Florida Youth Environmental Sustainability Coalition is petitioning the Board of Governors to approve a Student Green Energy Fee option for Florida’s universities. The fee, [...]

• Locals Protest Reinstatement of Hoffman Case Officer Ryan Pender By Bryn Hafer Staff Writer On April 10, locals of all ages gathered in front of the Tallahassee Police Department and on the nearby street corners to protest former Tallahassee [...]

• Survey reveals alarming trends in sex under the influence By Emily Ostermeyer Staff Writer Some women prefer sex under the influence of alcohol, according to one U.K.-based study released this past September and published in the online British newspaper [...]

• FREE THE LATEX: Tennessee Street CVS keeps condoms behind bars By Morgan Kayser News Editor At pharmacies and grocery stores around the country, condoms are being held hostage. These stores, some motivated to stop theft, others motivated to keep “inappropriate” [...]

• Economic inequality persists among the races By Jackquelyn Givens Staff Writer A national research organization, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, recently released a report that revealed persisting wealth gaps between racial groups in the [...]

• Healthcare reform By Emily Ostermeyer Staff Writer The healthcare reform bill signed by President Obama on Tuesday March 23 will bring change to the state of Floridian college students’ healthcare, though the [...]

• Pot Smoking Expands Local Minds, Sensible Drugs Policies Result By Bryn Hafer Staff Writer Originally Featured in the April 2010 print issue. The Florida State University chapter of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy is working to prevent hazardous drug situations. SSDP is a national organization with a full agenda of harm-reducing campus drug policies that could save lives.

• Students rent puppies for charity By Elizabeth Lacquement Contributing Writer Students spent time on Landis Green playing with rented dogs to raise money for the Capital Ark Animal Shelter.

• Nobel laureate starts PeaceJam with speech at FSU By Emily Ostermeyer Staff Writer The 2nd annual PeaceJam conference begins with a speech from Guatemalan Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum. She is honored for her work with indigenous tribes and human rights.

• Collegiate Veterans Association Host Memorial Run By Jackie Givens Staff Writer To date, 4,378 U.S. Soldiers have been killed in the war on Iraq since its commencement in 2003. To honor these fallen soldiers and support [...]