At Saturday’s University of Miami vs. Florida State game, the house was rockin’, and no doubt it was rockin’ hard. No home game in the Randy Shannon age has attracted more fans. With 7,800 student seats full, extra security and police, Sun Life stadium was swamped with thousands of spirited Nole and Cane fans.
Federal law enforcement and national security officials want Congress to implement new “wiretap” regulations that would be able to intervene and reveal concealed messages.
Last Friday, University of Miami Police Department (UMPD) sent out an alert to students, faculty and employees through their Emergency Notification Network (ENN). “Avoid 1540 South Dixie Hwy. Hostage Situation at Bank of America,” read a text message. “Think, STAY.”
This November, a ballot initiative to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act will be up for public vote in the state of California. If passed, it will put this act on hold until the state unemployment rate falls to 5.5 percent or lower for at least four consecutive quarters.
Yesterday, Hurricane Sports tweeted “Jacory Harris said he received tweets from people saying that UM doesn’t need a black quarterback.” Shortly after, the site tweeted, “Jacory: ‘A tweet like that almost brings you to tears. I put it out of my mind and move forward.’”
At colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the future of this country. We know, for example, that nearly eight in ten new jobs will require workforce training or higher education by the end of this decade. And we know that in a global economy, the nation that out-educates us today will out-compete us
Last Thursday, U.S District Court Judge Virginia Phillips ruled that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gay members of the military is unconstitutional.
Setting the world on edge with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11, Pastor Terry Jones from Gainesville, Fla. stated on Thursday he would “suspend” the event. At a press conference, Jones claimed he canceled the event because Imam Rauf had agreed to move his proposed Islamic Center away from Ground Zero.
