June 2017 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Young boxer makes comeback after trying football

June 20, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer During his early teens, amateur boxing was a side thing for De’Tron Hall. That has changed in the last three months, though. Hall, who gave up boxing to concentrate on playing football for a shot at getting a college scholarship, is

Four urban students named 2017 math and science scholars

June 20, 2017

Council of the great city schools awards ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Scholarships Four graduating high school seniors have been selected by the Council of the Great City Schools(CGCS) to receive the 2017 ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Math and Science Scholarship. The students were chosen from several hundred applicants in big-city school districts

GML INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS

June 20, 2017

Special to the Outlook The Gamma Mu Lambda Chapter (Tallahassee, FL) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. installed new officers at its June meeting recently. Former Chapter President, Dr. William Hudson, passed the gavel to incoming President Christopher Knight, a Theta Sigma Chapter initiate at the University of

Judge rules against school on football game prayer

June 20, 2017

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida A federal judge has sided with the Florida High School Athletic Association in a dispute about whether a Christian school should have been allowed to offer a prayer over a stadium loudspeaker before a football championship game. U.S. District Judge

Tallahassee’s Chef Shac goes from adversity to Food Network victory

June 20, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer When Shacafrica Herring-Simmons gets emotional, it’s not just because she recently won Food Network’s Chopped competition. It’s the journey on the way to her appearance on national television in primetime that almost always brings her to tears. Affectionately known by

Technology will be key to mobilizing the Black vote in 2018

June 20, 2017

By Roger Caldwell Special to the Outlook As a child growing up in the 1950’s and 60’s, I don’t understand millennials’ fixation on texting, and their spending hours on other social media platforms. I am engaged with the internet, and I spend limited time on Facebook, but I am

Political, media elites enable Griffin, Maher

June 20, 2017

By Clarence McKee Special to the Outlook British Prime Minister Theresa May said after the London terrorist attacks this weekend that there was “too much tolerance of extremism in our country.” It’s too bad someone in the political, religious, and media leadership in our country won’t say the same thing

Stop repeal of Obamacare now!

June 20, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook GOP Senators are currently hatching a plan behind closed doors to repeal Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA); and replace it with a plan that eliminates most of our health benefits and throws over 23 million Americans off Medicaid. Longreads, an article by

Ground breaking ceremony for FAMU’s Center for Access and Student Success,

June 20, 2017

Construction is expected to begin soon on the Center for Access and Student Success, following ground breaking ceremonies last week. The center, which will be built in an area currently being used as a parking lot between Gaither Gym and Gibbs Hall, will be a multi-purpose building serving as a

Tallahassee judge sets driver’s license restoration clinic

June 20, 2017

By Jakeira Gilbert Outlook writer For years driving with a suspended or revoked license has created quite a conundrum for judges and attorneys. Judges Layne Smith and Stephen Everett, who have seen a majority of drivers who violate traffic rules, want to find an answer. They’ve scheduled two