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Guest AuthorJune 10, 2015

Amid the flotsam of a journalism instructor’s desk at the end of a hectic academic year – strewn business cards, papers never picked up by students, memos, meeting notes, neon pink paper clips and half a pack of Ice Blue breath mints – lies a stub of a burned-out candle. “Every journalist has talismans,’’ says […]

Phil AmmannJune 1, 2015

Carlos Guillermo Smith, the Orange County Democratic Executive Committee chairman, is running for Florida House District 49. Frank Torres of The Orlando Political Observer reported that the University of Central Florida graduate made his announcement Monday morning. Smith had previously suggested he might run in April. Smith previously was a legislative aide to Democratic state […]

Guest AuthorMay 28, 2015

I love the movie Contact about a scientist played by Jodie Foster, who has an extraordinary experience traveling through space. In the end, when she could not explain the experience, she ended up finding her faith in something unexplainable. The movie has always reminded me that there is something bigger than us, but that sometimes […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 6, 2015

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The Florida Department of Health was the first health agency in the nation to earn the “gold seal” from a nationally recognize accrediting agency for its protocols involving human research. On Wednesday members of the DOH Institutional Review Board met in Tallahassee to discuss how the state can improve its Human Research Protection Program in […]

Guest AuthorMarch 11, 2015

As an immigrant and first-generation college student, I have overcome many challenges throughout my life that I have had trouble sharing with others. For most of my childhood, I was ashamed of my background because I did not feel that I could connect with my peers. However, because of ABC’s new TV show “Fresh Off […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

Ryan RayFebruary 25, 2015

A Florida League of Women Voters announcement Wednesday finds the group linked with strange bedfellows such as University of Florida’s W. Kent Fuchs and, stranger still, John Thrasher of Florida State University in an effort to prevent overturning a state law that outlaws firearms on college campuses. In light of Monday’s shooting at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach — […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 11, 2015

From time to time I am invited to speak at gatherings of various groups and organizations. Corporations are often intrigued by the inner workings of an athletic team that has demonstrated success on the field of play. Teamwork is essential to the productivity and maximization of corporations, businesses, or the workplace. I’m invited into their […]

Frank TorresJanuary 22, 2015

Orlando Sentinel City Hall reporter Mark Schlueb announced this morning that he will be leaving the newspaper business after 20 years to accept a position with the University of Central Florida, reports Orlando-Politics.com. “Big changes ahead for 2015, you guys. As some of you have already heard, I’m leaving the newspaper business after 20 years or so. […]

Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2014

“So you’re telling me there’s a chance.” I love movie lines. So many epic motivational themes about overcoming obstacles come from movies like “Braveheart,” “Rocky” and “Remember the Titans.” Admittedly my opening quote doesn’t come from any one of these cinematic masterpieces. It comes from the much-less-appreciated classic “Dumb and Dumber.” Yet “a chance” has […]

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Democrat Carlos Guillermo Smith enters House District 49 race

Alaina Bernard: This is our home — so please help care for it

For human research, Florida Department of Health gets ‘gold seal’

Vu Tran: As an immigrant, I was wrong to view my difference as a drawback

League of Women Voters joins Florida's university presidents to oppose guns on campus

League of Women Voters joins Florida’s university presidents to oppose guns on campus

Todd Dagenais: Don't be a leader who looks around – and nobody is following

Orlando Sentinel City Hall reporter takes PR position with UCF

Todd Dagenais: Telling UCF women’s volleyball team ‘There’s a chance’