Category: National
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Alex Jones to Pay Millions in Emotional Damages After Recent Verdict
By: Arianna Santiago Alex Jones is a right wing extremist radio host and conspiracy theorist whose radical ideas and beliefs shot him to fame. Jones has recently been the subject of multiple lawsuits for his statements regarding the Sandy Hook school shooting. His radio show, Infowars, is mainly where he proposes and discusses several theories. […]
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‘No One Has an Excuse’: Student Guide to Voting in the 2022 Midterm Elections
By Chuck Merlis The 2022 midterm elections, which are being held nationwide on Nov. 8, 2022, are rapidly approaching. The deadline to register to vote in the state of Florida, which was Oct. 11, 2022, has passed. However, voter registration deadlines are state-to-state, and University of Tampa students from out of state can find up-to-date […]
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Biden Administration Takes Steps Forward on Decriminalizing Marijuana
By Arianna Santiago On Oct. 6, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that pardons all simple possession of marijuana on a federal level. It pardons all that were previously convicted on federal charges as well as those in the D.C. area. The Biden Administration released a statement providing a deeper insight into the […]
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Eliza Fletcher Abduction Case Raises Concerns Over Victim Blaming
By Miranda Rider On Sept. 2, 2022, Eliza Fletcher was reported missing by her husband after she hadn’t returned from her four a.m. jog near The University of Memphis campus in Tennessee. She was an avid runner, a loving mother, and the heiress to a multimillion-dollar hardware store fortune. Not long after her disappearance, the […]
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Mississippi Water Crisis is the Latest in a Long History.
By Arianna Santiago There are over 150,000 residents currently without clean water in Jackson, Mississippi. In late August of 2022, heavy rainfall led to flooding at the Pearl River. As a result, it affected the treatment process at one of the water treatment plants–a plant with already damaged pumps. The failure caused thousands of homes […]