By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — T.K. Wetherell, a former state House speaker who went on to become president of his alma mater, Florida State University, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, the university announced. He was 72. Wetherell, a Daytona Beach native, served in the House from 1980 […]
By Scott Carswell Jr. On Saturday at 3:30 on ESPN2 the Seminoles will take on the Boston College Eagles. The 7-3 Eagles come in ranked no. 20 in the college football playoff poll. Their seven wins were against Massachusetts, Holy Cross, Wake Forest, Temple, Louisville, Miami and Virginia Tech. Their three losses have come against […]
By Scott Carswell Jr. This Saturday FSU will travel to Raleigh to take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack at 3:30 on ABC. NC State is 5-2 on the season and 2-2 in the ACC. The Wolfpack started off 5-0 with wins over James Madison, Georgia State, Marshall, Virginia and Boston College. They have since […]
By Scott Carswell Jr. On Saturday at noon the Seminoles will take on the Clemson Tigers on ABC. Clemson is number two in the AP poll and are leading the ACC Atlantic. They are undefeated at 7-0 with victories over Furman, Texas A&M, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Wake Forest and North Carolina State. Clemson […]
By: Amy Farnum-Patronis, FSU NEWS Florida State University will launch its new Civil Rights Institute with an inaugural event on Thursday, Nov. 1, featuring acclaimed civil rights speaker Desmond Meade. The institute is an interdisciplinary endeavor created by the Office of the Provost, FSU Libraries, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, the College […]
By Scott Carswell Jr. Florida State plays host to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons this Saturday at 3:30 on ESPN2. Wake Forest is 3-3 on the year with wins against Tulane, Rice and Towson and losses to Boston College, Notre Dame and Clemson. The last time Florida State played the Demon Deacons was last year […]
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida university leaders want to revise the system’s performance-funding model, looking to eliminate a dreaded “bottom three” that annually denies state money to the lowest-performing schools. In this academic year, Florida A&M University, the University of North Florida and New College of Florida missed out […]
According to the FBI’s 2017 crime statistics, Florida State University had the highest violent crime count of any public college in Florida. This was also the case in 2016. See the FBI reports below. The FBI states that university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding […]
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida universities continued their academic climb in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual college rankings, placing five schools in the country’s top 100 public universities for the first time. The 2019 rankings, which were released Monday, included: — The University of Florida moved […]
By Scott Carswell Jr. The national champs! The FSU softball team has one it’s first national championship in program history. It was also the first by an ACC program. During the postseason the team became to be known as the ‘cardiac kids’. The Seminoles were a perfect 6-0 in elimination games. During their postseason run […]