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If football coaches ran higher education: trust, mentoring, ‘Chomp! Chomp!’

Published on May 26, 2016 in Statewide by Scott Powers

If Florida’s top college football coaches actually ran Florida’s universities, life mentoring would begin the moment a student arrived and not end for years after he left. As that student makes his way from high school to finding his place in college, someone would be there to help. As that student strives to understand what might be important in life, someone would be there to help. And as that graduate finds himself, perhaps years down the road, struggling to find his way in the…

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FSU student reps: No headdresses at Seminoles games

Published on May 3, 2016 in Sports by Associated Press

Florida State University’s student government has passed a resolution discouraging Seminoles fans from wearing Native American headdresses at games. The Student Government Association approved the nonbinding, formal opinion by a 27-4 vote on April 20 asking the university’s administration to consider adding the wearing of headdresses as a violation of the student code of conduct. The SGA said it passed the resolution because many of the headdresses worn at athletic events are representative of other tribes, in particular Plains tribes…

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Will more college athletes take on the establishment?

Published on November 14, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Associated Press

College athletes have more power than ever before, almost everyone can agree on that. What is up for debate is whether that will lead to overdue change, or whether it will throw programs into turmoil. Protests have been rare during the college athletes’ eight-decades and counting campaign for a bigger piece of the pie – and successful protests have been rarer still. But the winds of change buffeting the power structure of college sports are stronger than at any time…

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