October 2020 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Myths and lies about poverty

October 6, 2020

Jesse Jackson “The poor will always be with us,” say the cynics. No doubt, some will always be wealthier than others. We wouldn’t want to live in a society that forced all to be equal. But poverty isn’t inevitable. The 30 million people in America who lived in poverty even

Maier sets cross-country record

October 6, 2020

Special to the Outlook Sophomore Mat Maier set a school-record in the 8K race to lead the Tallahassee Community College men’s cross-country team to an eighth-place finish in the college division at Florida State University Cross Country Invitational. The annual FSU Invite last Friday marked the first event at Apalachee

TCC basketball head coaches selected for TopConnect workshop

October 6, 2020

Special to the Outlook Tallahassee Community College head women’s basketball coach, Matt Huddleston, and head men’s basketball coach, Zach Settembre, have been selected to participate in the inaugural TopConnect NJCAA symposium set for Oct. 8-9. The inaugural class consists of 30 men’s basketball coaches and 11 women’s basketball coaches across

Travis makes a case for starting QB job in first FSU win

October 6, 2020

Seminoles.com Florida State might have found its newest starting quarterback, after redshirt sophomore Jordan Travis’ impressive performance in a must-win game for the Seminoles. Travis directed five consecutive touchdown drives in the second and third quarters to lead Florida State to a come-from-behind 41-24 victory over Jacksonville State at Doak

AD plans to move quickly on FAMU’s Bragg Stadium renovation

October 1, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Since the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board approved $10 million for the renovation of Bragg Memorial Stadium at FAMU, the big question athletic director Kortne Gosha now faces is when work will begin. There are some logistical things to be done and protocol to be

Rallying for a cause

October 1, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer Injustice and inequality were clearly among the concerns that brought protestors to the entrance of City Hall, a place they’d been many times before last Saturday. The rally was advertised as being a day of action to stop repression of Black Lives Matter, talk

Citizens don’t mind bringing concerns to virtual city commission meetings

October 1, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer When Tallahassee residents get to talking and it takes up the first four hours of a City Commission meeting, board members will surely hear a lot. The topics were vast and at times some who plugged into the virtual meeting seemed confrontational. Perhaps more

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering moves up to second among Florida engineering schools

October 1, 2020

FAMU Office of Communications The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering vaulted 51 spots to reach No. 69 among all doctoral granting undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. and 37 spots to No. 40 among public universities, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. The improvement ranks the

A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

October 1, 2020

Ronald W. Holmes, Ph.D.Special to the Capital Outlook In 1971, Marvin Gaye recorded one of his most famous songs, “What’s Going On.” As the death toll from the coronavirus surpasses 200,000 in the U.S. alone, parents are faced with the challenge of trying to explain to their children, “what’s going

Black households earned 61 cents for every dollar of White median incomes

October 1, 2020

By Charlene Crowell Special to NNPA The Aug. 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage of a Black man. A series of multiple gunshots fired by a local police officer, were not fatal for 29-year