As FSU mourns, lawmakers advance hate prevention plan

As FSU mourns, lawmakers advance hate prevention plan

Sirens pierced the air across downtown Tallahassee as lawmakers worked through budget and policy negotiations last Thursday. Just a mile away, shots had been reported on the Florida State University campus. Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old student with a “troubling fascination with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany” and a history of espousing hateful, racist rhetoric, opened fire in the bustling FSU student union, leaving two dead and six others, not co…

FSU students come to Capitol with asks following campus shooting

Simon Monteleone, a student at Florida State and intern for Rep. Mitch Rosenwald, speaks n April 22. 2025, during a news conference with Rep. Fentrice Driskell and other FSU students who were on campus during the April 17, 2025, campus shooting. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)Florida State University students, joined by House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell, are calling for policy change following a campus shooting within walking …