By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer While Florida is known for its golf courses, recent incidents show that playing on them poses a far greater hazard than ever seen before on the greens. With the diverse wildlife throughout the state, alligators have become a common occurrence on golf courses. In fact, these reptiles have made their presence…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer Tara Lunsford is a sophomore at Lynn, who originally called Michigan home before her family moved to Sarasota, Fla. The biology major has found her involvement role at Lynn mostly through serving as a resident assistant after her brief stint with the Lynn swim team. “I left the swim team…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer Last year, Google announced that they would be making changes and upgrades to Chrome, the most used browser across the world. Google promised that Windows would be able to use Chrome in a cleaner and safer way. In the plans, Google would be improving the Chrome Cleanup Tool for Windows…
By Kaitlin Armstong Staff Writer Sudan, a 45-year-old northern white rhino who had been in poor health recently, was euthanized after he had deteriorated drastically. Sudan resided in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, and he was surrounded by armed guards in the days leading up to his death to protect him from poachers. He was…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer Toys “R” Us, a store filled with childhood memories for many people, has become an icon for the toy industry. Toys “R” Us is currently planning to either sell or close their 800 stores nationwide. The process has already begun as the company has liquidated almost 200 of their stores,…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer While it may be winter, the Arctic is experiencing weather that feels like summertime right now. Although the Arctic is enclosed in 24-hour darkness, the temperatures have been above the freezing level. These stand as the hottest temperatures that have ever been recorded for a winter, according to scientists from…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer An experimental treatment completely reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice by reducing the levels of a single enzyme in the animals’ brains. As noted by Newsweek, they tested mice that were bred to develop Alzheimer’s and produce less of the BACE1 enzyme as they grew older. This enzyme was a crucial…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer The biggest event, arguably, to happen this month was the release of “Black Panther.” This long-awaited film has finally given African American children and adults the opportunity to see heroes that mirror themselves on one of the largest superhero platforms imaginable. Seeing a movie with a predominately black cast is…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer Russia was missing from the Winter Olympics, preventing the world from seeing a Russian flag raised at any point for their ever-talented athletes. When most people think of the Winter Olympics, they think of Russia, China, America and all of the other powerhouses. Russia was the overall medal winner in…
By Kaitlin Armstrong Staff Writer Paul Watson, originally from Tuskegee, Al., graduated from Lynn in 2016. During his time at Lynn, he had the opportunity to study abroad in Japan and Israel and was able to learn about two entirely different cultures and realities in these countries. One of the most positive aspects of traveling…