Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

       I whispered those words to an HBCU journalism student whose hands were shaking as she looked up to address Vice President Kamala Harris and Keisha Lance Bottoms in the White House’s mock briefing room. Moments later, her nerves gave way to sharp, well-researched questions. Watching her and her fellow HBCU students rise to the occasion confirmed what I’ve long believed: talent has never been the problem. Access is.

       Wes Moore is stepping in for Howard University students who lost their spots this summer. The governor announced Thursday that Maryland will offer expedited admissions support and an $800 credit to any incoming student affected by Howard’s mass disenrollment, according to the governor’s official announcement. That gives families a real option just weeks before the fall semester starts.

       In May 2025, Broward Circuit Court Judge David A. Haimes entered a final judgement officially quieting title back to the local lodge, successfully concluding a grueling multi-year legal battle against rogue lodge members, and private lender HIF IV who illegally recorded a fraudulent warranty deed in 2018. Local Elks members make no secret about how the national Grand Lodge remained silent regarding involvement in filing the March 2018 lawsuit against rouge lodge members and Eutsey’s Sator Investments, LLC. These displaced lodge members and golf friends of Kevin Eutsey illegally cut a deal for Eutsey’s entity to pay off the lodge’s unmanageable debt, with Eutsey getting the deed for the Elks property on an alleged joint venture agreement. Eutsey would turn property into a “state of the art” club with an area for Elks activities.