thast becuase you didnt put it in the same position as before.
youve put it in the head of the document which means, as written, you are trying to manipulate something on the page that doesnt exist until the page is done laoding.
Code:
$("#request").load('/staffpanel/_frontend/requests.php')
$("#dj-says").load('/staffpanel/_frontend/djSays.php')
should be:
Code:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#request").load('/staffpanel/_frontend/requests.php');
$("#dj-says").load('/staffpanel/_frontend/djSays.php');
});