Jennifer Lin awarded second place in Division G Toastmasters competition
(Photo courtesy of Jennifer Lin) Jennifer Lin (second from left) gave an impromptu speech about her greatest life lesson in the Fall 2017 Toastmasters Table Topics contest in Division G.

Jennifer Lin awarded second place in Division G Toastmasters competition

While students were finally winding down from a week of midterms and preparing for their fall break adventures, members from the campus Toastmasters chapter were partaking in the Fall 2017 Toastmasters Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest in Division G, which encompasses Sarasota and Manatee…

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The new wild west: cryptocurrency and blockchain

Opinion and understanding surrounding Bitcoin (BTC) is varied, but the revolutionary initial intention behind its creation remains its central telos. Bitcoin was introduced as a decentralized digital currency which bypassed formal financial institutions by allowing users to be their own holder of their funds. Despite…

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Tampa residents concerned over possible serial killer
In this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 photo, Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Interim Police Chief Brian Dugan address the media at press conference at Giddens Park in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Fla. Buckhorn told police officers looking for a suspect in three fatal and apparently random shootings in the neighborhood to hunt him down and "bring his head to me." (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa residents concerned over possible serial killer

The shooting of 22-year-old college student Benjamin Mitchell on the night of Oct. 9 was the first murder at the hands of a mysterious killer who has left the police perplexed and residents of the Seminole Heights community on edge. The body of Monica Hoffa,…

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Puerto Ricans still left in the dark

Most of Puerto Rico remains without power more than a month after Hurricane Maria ripped through the island. The total of lost hours in electricity between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands has added up to the largest blackout in United States history. Hurricane…

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