At an Atlantic Beach crosswalk March 31, 2010, Ashley Stump pressed the button, the walk light turned on and she started pedaling her bicycle across Fairway Villas Lane. She said it was then an Atlantic Beach Police patrol car pulled forward, and the two collided. Stump was knocked off her bicycle, which was then lodged under the tire of the patrol car.

Martha Faulk, a UNF MBA student, decided graduate school was her next course of action in order to give herself more time to decide what to do with her degree and to prepare herself for competition in the job market. Faulk said master’s degrees are becoming a lot more common. Faulk said it is imperative to have a master’s degree in today’s professional world.

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