June 2016 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Seminoles, Gators take rivalry to Super Regionals

June 15, 2016

By Tim Linafelt Seminoles.com Senior Writer With their 18-6 win over South Alabama last Sunday night, the Florida State Seminoles swept through an NCAA Regional that a few pundits projected as the nation’s toughest. Along the way, they made a statement that ought to echo in Gainesville. And

Howard University offers rebates to students who graduate on time

June 14, 2016

By Zenitha Price Trice Edney News Wire Howard University last year offered a large carrot to its students to encourage them to graduate on time. This April, the school announced it has begun making good on its promise to offer 50 percent refunds on students’ final semester’s tuition to

Black students graduate with nearly $8,000 more in college debt than White students

June 14, 2016

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire This is the time of the year when college students proudly march down the aisle to their parents’ cheers, applause, shouts of approval, some relief and the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance. ” That’s the good news. Then there’s the

Diversity remains elusive in U.S. churches

June 14, 2016

By Zenitha Prince Trice Edney News Wire Churches in the United States remain bastions of segregation decades after the Civil Rights Movement produced legal barriers to the practice. In 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America

The Greatest will forever “Float like a Butterfly…”

June 14, 2016

By Commissioner Bill Proctor Special to the Outlook Muhammad Ali razzled and dazzled all who knew him. His life’s contributions and energies exceed his own lifetime and of necessity must flow across the ages of time to come. His athletic brilliance was supreme. His oratorical genius remains unmatched.

Child obesity continues to rise during summer break

June 14, 2016

By Anjelicia Bruton Outlook Writer Kids will have all summer to play, but it might not be enough to help the weight-gain issue that commonly leads to obesity that often occurs when kids aren’t in school. According to professionals in fitness, children weigh a lot more in the summer because

Shoe repair, is it a dying trade?

June 14, 2016

By Sean Sanders Outlook Writer Lucrative businesses aim for longevity. When it comes to the shoe repair business, the end seems near because of the lackluster interest presented by younger generations. “There isn’t that many people entering this business anymore,” said Willy J. Johnson, the owner of Johnson’s Shoe

Wood makes push to reduce “generational criminals”

June 14, 2016

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Mike Wood saw it during his tenure as head of Leon County Sheriff corrections unit. Other officers before and after him have seen it, too. Young repeat felons with familiar last names that linked them to their parents or grandparents

As Western nations drag their feet, African children drown

June 14, 2016

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire There’s no telling when the tidal wave of migrants embarking from Libya to hoped-for safe shores in Europe will end or even decrease. In miserable camps on the Libya coastline, tens of thousands of migrants, most of them

Muhammad Ali remembered as “The Greatest” and a “True American Hero”

June 14, 2016

By Stacy M. Brown The Washington Informer, NNPA Member Muhammad Ali’s historic win against George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974 was perhaps the greatest of all of his ring victories. Ali dropped Foreman in the eighth round of that heavyweight bout known as “The Rumble