Seems like I can't get the base install URL to work. To get Craft to show posts I have to format the URL as,
/public/index.php?p=news/2015/we-just-installed-craft
Instead of just the /news/2015/we-just-installed-craft
I think the .htaccess is getting read because after putting in garbage the server did error out when I used the /public/ URL but not sure what else I'm doing wrong or how I could troubleshoot this.