September 14, 2018

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Formal recruitment changes Reems Landreth Photo Editor Fall 2018 recruitment marks the first time in recent history that sorority recruitment will be held off campus at the RP Funding Center.

Sorority recruitment has also been moved from a Monday start, as in years past, to a Friday start with a Kick-off event on Thursday, Sept. 20. Formal recruitment will take place from Sept. 21 to 23 ending with a Monday night Bid Day. This change was implemented to help reduce conflicts with academics.

Along with the many changes facing sorority recruitment this semester is the addition of a Financial Transparency sheet that each student will receive during the first night of recruitment. According to Panhellenic President Alyssa Rinehart, chapters will be able to share detailed financial information with potential new members during the first round of recruitment, as each women will leave with a single sheet of paper containing the chapter’s dues and fees.

“Our participation in the program will allow our community to be more open about talking about finances, increase understanding of sorority expenses, and increase potential members’ knowledge and comfort about the financial obligations of a sorority,” Rinehart said via email.

Rinehart also believes that it will help new member retention and help to show the values of the sororities on campus.

Fraternity recruitment has not changed from previous years, as recruitment will take place during the week of September 17. The Interfraternal Council will open the week with a kick-off event on Sunday, Sept. 16 before five days of recruitment culminates in a Saturday morning Bid Day. IFC Vice President of Recruitment Bryce

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Gressani feels that “it’s going about as well as could be expected.”

“We’re all pretty optimistic about recruitment considering that there have been a lot of changes in the past couple of months in the administration for Greek life.

We are concerned with the ratio of men to women, but I feel like we’re able to sign up a good amount for recruitment and the freshmen men we do have seem engaged in the idea of Greek life,” IFC President Andrew Burnham said.

Last April saw a substantial change to the sorority recruitment process when it was announced by then Director of Student Involvement Brittany Donatelli that formal recruitment for the 2019-2020 academic year would be moved to the spring semester.

According to current Director of Student Involvement, Allison Manning, the change to spring will allow first year students to become acclimated to campus, establish themselves academically, and find their place involvement-wise with other campus organizations. “[Spring recruitment] also allows the

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Sorority Bid Day, 2017 (bottom), potential new fraternity members at Meet the Greeks. (above)

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fraternities and sororities to get to know the individuals for a lot longer than a couple of weeks before they are making decisions going through recruitment,” Manning said.

This change looks to be in anticipation of the new generation that is entering higher education. The recruitment changes are also a way for Greek life at Florida Southern to show that it is different from how Greek life is portrayed in the media.

“I think it allows us more time to talk about those differences and what makes Greek life so great here at Florida Southern and to share that story over the whole first semester,” Manning said.

While the school is still not sure how informal recruitment will run next fall, Manning believes that fraternities will still have a form of a recruitment week during the fall while sororities will be able to give out bids if their chapter is below the average size of chapters on campus. Manning says this is to give all sororities an equal playing field coming into formal recruitment.

Informal bids will be available to both men and women next fall who are upperclassmen and/or transfer students who may not have gone through recruitment their first year.

“We hope that giving freshmen time to establish roots on campus and figure out who they mesh with the best will allow for Greek orgs to be stronger in the long run,” said Burnham on the transition to Spring recruitment.

Panhellenic Vice President of Judicial Affairs, Holly Roman, feels that recruitment will become “more values-based because students will get to know the people within the organizations over a greater period of time rather than potentially focusing on the superficial aspects seen over the first month.”

Any questions regarding Greek events may be addressed to Allison Manning at amanning@flsouthern.edu, Panhellenic President Alyssa Rinehart at fscpanpresident@gmail.com or to IFC President Andrew Burnham at fscifcpresident@gmail. com.

At the start of each new academic year, students that are planning on bringing their vehicles to campus must register them with the school and purchase a parking permit.

Due to a limited number of parking spaces on campus, students residing offcampus were given two options for parking permits.

Permit option #1, at $60, restricts students from parking on campus Monday through Friday 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Permit option #2, at $250, allows these students to park on campus anytime, except for special event restrictions.

If the restrictions are not followed, the student will be assessed a fine of $100.00.

The fine will immediately be billed to the student’s account and there will be no appealing the citation.

If a student receives three such violations in the same semester, the vehicle will be towed off campus, at the owner’s expense, and parking privileges will be taken away.

Members of the administration cited environmental concerns as a reason for the change. The move is to encourage offcampus residential students to use alternative methods in coming to campus, such as bicycling, taking the shuttle service, or walking, according to the Florida Southern website—shuttles now run more frequently and are greater in number.

Lake Hollingsworth Apartments resident, Meg Thompson, worked extra hours at her job before coming back to campus in order to compensate for the difference in parking permit prices.

“I understand where the school was coming from in trying to encourage upperclassmen to take other modes of transportation to school, but it puts us in a tricky spot if we need to get to campus in a hurry and don’t make it to the shuttle,” Thompson said.

In comparison, the cost for a parking permit for on-campus residential students is $120, less than half of what an off-campus student would pay for the same parking privileges.

The change in pricing has caused students to express their feelings through social media and other outlets. Many expressed feelings of discontent surrounding issues of communication.

The Student Government Association took complaints into account. See fscsouthern.com for more information.

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News Briefs Legoland hosts outing for children with Down Syndrome Legoland Florida Resort hosted their annual outing for the families of 90 children and young adults on Saturday, Sept. 8 in conjunction with its Merlin’s Magic Wand Children’s Charity. The Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida hosted friends, family, and children who spent their day riding, playing at the theme park, and meeting other children who face the same difficulties as them.

CBS President and CEO steps down Les Moonves stepped down as the President and CEO of CBS after a second round of sexual misconduct allegations were brought against him. 12 women have come forward claiming that Moonves touched them inappropriately and made them perform sexual acts with him. Moonves has admitted to three of the relationships but claims that they were consensual.

Roman Catholic Church faces investigation from NY and NJ New York and New Jersey have both launched investigations against the Roman Catholic Church regarding their mishandling and concealment of sexual assault. These cases were opened following investigations in other states and country-wide public scrutiny of cover ups by the Church.

New York has subpoenaed the dioceses in their state while New Jersey has launched a task force overseeing assault allegations. Advocates for survivors claim that it will be hard for New Yorkers to do anything about past abuse because of the state’s strict statute of limitations.

Alligator Alley Trail construction delayed Local construction on the Alligator Alley Trail at Circle B Bar Reserve is delayed again while Polk County officials wait for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A portion of the trail eroded during Hurricane Irma last year. According to Polk County’s Director of Parks and Natural Resources, if all goes right with the permit, work could begin as soon as Oct.

Discover FL 2018 kicks off at MK Jacklyn Washington Southern Correspondent Florida Southern students had the opportunity to take a trip to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom park on Saturday, Sept. 1 through FSC’s Discover Florida program.

Over 50 students were able to experience the magic of a day at Disney for special discounted price of $95 or $45 for Annual Passholders. The trip included a meal voucher and transportation to and from the park.

The trip was aimed to help students get away from the stress of campus life and enjoy a day experiencing what Florida has to offer. Having this trip so early in the year is also a way to help freshmen students branch out and meet fellow Mocs.

“When I got on the bus, I was nervous because I didn’t go with any of my friends, but all of the people around me were so nice and we instantly became friends. We spent the entire day together,” sophomore Gabby Liddell said.

Liddell says the trip was perfectly planned and students were able to get on nearly every ride and visit every attraction they wanted to, including Space Mountain, the People Mover, Peter Pan, and more.

“We even got to ride my two favorites-

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Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountainand ended just in time to watch the Happily Ever After fireworks show. A perfect ending to a perfect day,” Liddell said.

The Discover Florida program has been dedicated to getting Florida Southern students out and about to explore all that the sunshine state has to offer, no matter what their interests are.

Trips range from amusement parks, to theatrical performances, and even outdoor thrills like rock climbing and kayaking. These trips are offered all through-

out the year and during specific college breaks for students who are remaining on campus.

If you haven’t yet been on a Discover Florida trip you still have time. Upcoming events this year include a trip to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, Hollywood Studios, Cocoa Beach, the Salvador Dali Museum and many more.

For more information, or to sign-up go to: flsouthern.edu/campus-resources/ student-involvement/discover-fl.aspx

FSC to hold first Transcribathon Hannah Kiester News Editor On Thursday, Sept. 20, English Honors Society, Sigma Tau Delta, will partner with Dr. Eskin’s British Literature class to host FSC’s first Transcribathon.

“Thousands of manuscripts from earlier periods are untranscribed- that means they are there but none but a few actually know what they say,” English professor Dr. Eskin said, “The Transcribathons organized through the Folger Shakespeare Library make those materials available for readers and researchers.”

At the Transcribathon, students will be working in teams to “decode” old manuscripts- a manuscript being any type of book, musical piece, or other document that was written by hand rather than typed.

Most of the manuscripts that scholars deal with are dated before the invention of the printing press.

Teams will work to decode a given manuscript using a website called Dromio, which allows participants to record their transcriptions and save them as they work.

Winning teams will receive prizes, as well as free refreshments for all who show up to participate. Additionally, the event counts as Passport credit for those who stay at least 2 hours of the event time.

An event like the Transcribathon merges history with puzzle-solving in a friendly, competitive environment. It is also merging departments by stretching beyond the English department to reach other disciplines.

“The guest list for our Transcribathon is growing. New faculty member Dr. Anna Caney, who specializes in European History, will be joining us for the event,” Dr. Eskin said.

Students who wish to participate do not need to have experience with manuscripts, history, or transcribing in order to participate. Sigma Tau Delta members will be working to help the teams set up their stations and begin the process.

The program in use, Dromio, is also designed to help make the transcription process easier. All students need to bring to participate is a laptop, so they can access Dromio online.

Despite this semester being the first Transcribathon at FSC, events such as this one have been held on several college campuses before. Most are in partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library, which provides manuscripts that are used in these events.

“Some of the first Transcribathons date from about 2014, with their numbers and diversity of locations increasing in the past 4 years,” Dr. Eskin said.

In addition to the Transcribathon, students from Dr. Eskin’s ENG 3313 Brit Lit I class are working this semester in partnership with Brit Lit I students at Stetson University to transcribe selected manuscripts for a class project. The project allows students from both Stetson and FSC to work together using Dromio to learn more about

manuscript culture before the invention of the printing press.

“I have really enjoyed the opportunity of working with a colleague at Stetson (Dr. Joel Davis) and hopefully allowing our students to make connections with Stetson students,” Dr. Eskin said.

Providing for a unique learning opportunity, the Transcribathon and the efforts of the ENG 3313 class may be paving the way for more engaged learning at FSC. “I’d like to make the Transcribathon at FSC a biannual event (every two years), providing the space for students from across campus to become familiar with manuscripts and help out the academic community,” Dr. Eskin said.

Students who are interested in attending the event can learn more about Transcribathons by visiting the Folger Shakespeare Library website at www.folger.edu and searching their history of working with old manuscripts and hosting Transcribathons.

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Zero Tolerance Policy Students can chase hurts children goals starting clubs

Mylena Ferman Contributing Writer

How anyone can think it’s humane to separate families from each other is beyond me. How people can consider it as anything other than cruel baffles me. However, that’s exactly what is implied within the zero tolerance policy.

The Zero Tolerance Policy states that any immigrant who crosses the border without a visa will be prosecuted as a criminal.

Anyone who claims the policy doesn’t tear families apart didn’t hear Jeff Sessions, who, during a news conference on May 7, stated that adults with children “may be separated from (the adult) as required by law.”

The law in question says to separate children from parents who are being prosecuted of a crime, even if the “crime” s the act of crossing the border in order to seek sanctuary.

The Department of Homeland Security says that the children in its care are provided with “medical care, mental health care, educational services, and other services.”

However, the conditions described by children formerly in their custody show a very grim reality.

Eddy, 17, and Lillian, 9, spoke of their experiences within the facilities in an interview with The Guardian. While speaking about the conditions they’ve experienced, Eddy described how cold it was even with the aluminum blanket provided and how the water source they had to drink from was purposefully polluted with chlorine.

“You can see them adding the chlorine so you can’t drink it,” he said. “Out of desperation kids try it, but you get more thirsty, and your throat burns.”

The devastation this policy causes is so severe that the American Academy of Pediatrics penned five different letters to the secretary of the DHS to call for the removal of the policy.

Dr. Colleen Kraft, President of AAP, explains that not only is the physical atmosphere traumatizing but that the damages separation causes on the child’s brain structure can be irreparable.

“This type of highly stressful experiences, like family separation, can cause irreparable harm, disrupting a child’s brain architecture and affecting his or her short- and long-term health… [it] can carry lifelong consequences for children,” she said in a letter to DHS. With all this information at hand, how is it that there are still supporters of this policy? Do people truly hate Hispanics and Latinos so much that they are willing to rips their basic human rights from them?

The answer is drawn from Trump’s many tweets about the repercussions for these people, these humans, trying to protect their family, “whether they have children or not.’

And that answer is no.

However, there are many things you can do to help these families seeking protection. Research protests and join them.

Stuff government mail with letters of outrage. Call and voice your thoughts to a representative. Volunteer at places like the American Civil Liberties Union. Do anything to help!

Remember, you not only have a voice but the ability to be heard.

Help speak out for those whose voices are being suffocated by corrupt policies.

Abby McHenry Staff Writer I want to start a Running Club. Before writing this article, I had actually thought about founding this club.

I have been running since my elementary school days. I joined the track team in fifth grade and cross country in my freshman year of high school.

I still run for fun a few times a week. It has always been a stress reliever for me as well as my favorite form of cardio.

Running has always been a passion of mine, so why not share that with other people and form a group dedicated to running?

There are definitely a few important steps that must be taken first before making my club official.

In order to start my club, I would need at least ten people to say they will be a part of it.

I need to hold at least four meetings per semester, which will not be hard since I want the group to meet up once a week.

I would then need to get the Student Government Association approval.

The gym would be the first place I would look for recruiting members. People running on the treadmill is a good start and maybe even people using the elliptical.

I run the lake a few times a week, so if I run into someone else running or walking the lake, I could see if they are interested in having a group to run with.

I would get everyone’s names and contact information and start a GroupMe. I will send a poll to the members to see what day works best for everyone.

We would also need to decide if the run should be in the morning or evening. It would be held at either six o’clock in the morning or evening (right before sunrise or a little bit before sundown).

My club would be for anyone who loves to run, whether it is for fun, to get in shape, or both.

My first meeting would be a lap around the lake at “your own pace” just to see where everyone is pace wise. From there, I could make different workouts for speed and stamina.

I will make sure there is Gatorade or water at each mile marker so that people can stay hydrated and know when they have completed another mile.

Running is a great stress reliever, but it can also be stressful at times, which is why I would make sure to send an inspirational video before our meeting.

My cross country and track coach in high school would send an inspirational video each week. It would show a famous runner or other athlete overcoming an obstacle.

I would like for the club to run local races together occasionally. If they want to race, I can help them reach a specific time goal by pacing them.

In order to promote my club to people outside the gym, I will make posters and put them around campus.

I would also write a post on the Class of 2022 Facebook page.

My hope would be that this club promotes a healthy lifestyle and can help relieve some stress from school and work like it does for me.

If you are going to start a club, why not do something you are passionate about?

Upcoming election pits polar candidates Voters’ choice is between Ron DeSantis and Andrew Gillum Sean Munroe Staff Writer The upcoming race for governor might be a litmus test for the future of Florida considering the drastic differences between the two candidates, Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum.

DeSantis grew up in Jacksonville, where he excelled academically. After graduating high school, he went to Yale, where he earned a BA in history.

After graduating from Yale in 2001, DeSantis went to Harvard Law School, earning his law degree in 2005.

After spending two years working various positions in the armed forces, DeSantis was assigned to SEAL Team One in 2007.

DeSantis was deployed in Fallujah, Iraq, where he was Lieutenant Commander.

For his service, DeSantis received the Bronze Star Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal in 2010.

In 2012, DeSantis ran for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, which surrounds the city of Daytona. He won the election by a margin of 14 percent.

Gillum spent his childhood in Gainesville, Florida, in a household of nine. His mother worked as a school bus driver, and

his father worked in construction.

After graduating high school, Gillum pursued a political science degree at Florida Agriculture and Mechanics University, a historically black university in Tallahassee.

In his senior year at FAMU, Gillum ran for Tallahassee City Commission. He ended up winning the race, becoming the youngest person elected to the commission.

Most notably, Gillum ran for mayor of Tallahassee in 2014. He won the general election uncontested.

Apart from being born and raised in Florida, DeSantis and Gillum are almost polar opposites. The two candidates heavily disagree on two key issues: financing and illegal immigration.

Gillum promised to raise Florida’s current minimum wage of $8.05 an hour to $15 an hour. Although a raise in minimum to $15 sounds appealing, typically, when there is spike in minimum wage, there is also a spike in unemployment.

Gillum also pledged to raise Florida’s corporate tax to 7.75 percent, which would be 41 percent increase from the current 5.50 percent.

Conversely, DeSantis wants to keep

corporate taxes and minimum wage the same in order to not hinder the booming economy.

On the topic of immigration, Gillum also wants to abolish ICE, and make Florida a sanctuary for refugees. DeSantis, on the other hand, pledged to enforce a zero tolerance policy on illegal immigration state-

wide.

This election, the direction of Florida will either be in the hands of conservative Ron DeSantis or democratic-socialist Andrew Gillum. The question is this: who do you want steering the Sunshine State?

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Black & Brew 2: coming soon near you Abby McHenry Staff Writer A second Black and Brew Coffee House and Bistro will be opening in the Lakeland Public Library on Lake Morton this fall. The new location will give customers a completely different experience, while keeping some of the aspects that made the original Black and Brew so popular.

The original Black and Brew is located in downtown Lakeland and serves as a place to study, hang out and get some coffee and food. Both locations are extremely close to the Florida Southern campus.

Chris McArthur, the owner of Black and Brew, said the new location is going to reflect the neighborhood that they are serving. As far as interior and exterior, the atmosphere will be very relaxed, and the decor and seating will reflect that. The patio will be significantly larger, and it will include a combination of lounge and cafe seating.

“We have tried to strike a balance between creating an experience that was unique to this location, but is still everything you’d expect from Black and Brew,” McArthur said.

The food menu will be condensed, but some of the more popular items will be

kept. McArthur said the new Black and Brew will have a baker to create completely new offerings of freshly baked goods, including gluten-free items.

The menu will also feature locally made “A Cow Named MOO” ice cream sandwiches and “Hyppo” Ice Pops. Most of the classic menu beverages will be featured, including locally roasted Patriot coffee, but it will include some new items as well including a sparkling cascara cold brew, affogatos, cold brew floats and an extended menu of craft sodas. The new location will be open later on weekdays than the downtown location.

“This project has been over two years in the making, so the anticipation is killing me,” McArthur said. “I’m especially looking forward to bakery offering we are crafting. It is really special.”

McArthur said the decision was made to open at Lake Morton because the city created an opportunity that gave them one more way to be an asset to the community.

The city published a request for proposals (RFP) from qualified persons, and when Black and Brew saw the level of creative control they would be able to have, they submitted their plan and won the contract.

With the flagship store nearly at capacity, it made sense to explore other ways to

serve customers. The owner’s hope is that Lakelanders will go from asking “Where would you like to meet up?” to “Which Black and Brew did you want to meet up at?” Whichever Black and Brew people decide to go to, the owner hopes to offer the best overall experience for customers.

“It’s been very rewarding to create op-

Raj’s. “She’s the reason we are here,” she said fondly.

For Raj’s family, education was important, and so was service. “My dad made it a requirement for all three of us”—Raj has two siblings—”if we were not going into full-time ministry that we had to... give a year of our lives to some kind of mission or volunteering.” For her gap year, Raj lived in Alabama for almost ten months and afterwords began college at the University of South Florida.

At USF, Raj discovered her passion for student affairs. She inherited the presidency of the third-largest student organization there, the Caribbean Cultural Exchange, and balanced those responsibilities with a major in Broadcast Journalism.

“After undergrad, I worked for the College of Medicine for three years while I looked for news jobs. I didn’t find any news jobs, so my sister said, ‘Let’s get our master’s degrees together,’ so we did,” Raj said.

Raj’s degree is in higher education student affairs, which she said fits her passion perfectly.

Seven years after she got her graduate degree, she began looking at doctoral programs, and applied at Florida Southern.

She heard about the internship through Marc Tuschen, Assistant Dean of Student Development for Community Living. She began talking to Ms. Brenda Lewis, Director of the Simmons Center, in January 2018, and begins her doctoral program, “hopefully,” in January 2019.

In the office, Raj has an official title: “Student Development Intern.” For her, the role entails what she describes as a balance between challenging students to come forward and lead and supporting students in everything. She holds firmly to having a teachable spirit as a necessary facet of her position at the Simmons Center.

“I love seeing the progression of students as they go from being a freshman to a senior; every year has its own challenges,” she said. “Even though high school is im-

portant… college is really where I learned my professional skill sets.” Raj noted how grateful she was to those who poured into her when she was an undergraduate student and wants to pay it forward. “I would really like to give that back and help develop college students and then send them out into the world to be really amazing, great citizens of the world along with their vocations.”

Raj is excited to make the Simmons Center and MSC events places where students can experience, learn, find a home, and make new connections. She felt that she is fulfilling a need that the Simmons Center had, a need for support and passion and devotion to issues of diversity and awareness.

“We hopefully have turned a corner with what I hope is the worst part of what our country has been experiencing with racial tension and all of that,” she said. “I’d like to believe that now we’re at a place where most of this generation is tired of the tension and they want to try—even if they don’t understand or don’t know, they want to try to understand, and I think we’re at a place where we can.”

“I think Florida Southern is heading that way and I can’t wait to see what happens and I can’t wait to see the doors open for a lot of different opportunities and ideas and I’m really excited about that,” she said, smiling out the window.

Raj decompresses like most other college students: she runs, she watches series that let her relax, and she journals. She also likes to visit her parents, who still live in the area. Raj gives of her time every day of the week to different tasks, and she said, “It’s nice to be able to go somewhere and know that people will do other things for you.”

Raj’s work ethic is inspired mainly by her parents, whom she watched work to provide for their family in the United States.

She felt like while her family wasn’t starting from square one exactly, she remembers that her family was on food stamps

portunities for some of our best team members to move into management roles at the new location,” McArthur said.

McArthur is excited that the new location is right on Lake Morton as it will be within walking distance of Florida Southern, in a great neighborhood and serve both the library and museum.

Photo by Abby McHenry

Black & Brew opened on Feb. 14, 2006. The new location is set to open this fall.

Tabitha Raj brings passion to diversity

Peter Edgar Editor-In-Chief The front corner room in the Simmons Center, on Johnson Avenue, has been the office of three distinct people since I enrolled at Florida Southern in 2016. This year, Tabitha Raj took up the office—and the mantle of advisor to the Multicultural Student Council (MSC) and other operations in the Simmons Center.

When I sat in the office with her after the MSC barbeque during Weeks of Welcome, music resounded through the Simmons Center house on Johnson Street. Despite the sounds and shouts of the party, Raj, who goes by Tabi among friends, agreed to sit with me and talk about her role at Florida Southern.

“It’s important that I am here and am open and I listen,” she said. “That in turn will foster a more open dialogue, a safe environment, people being more inclusive, opening up their minds.”

Raj was born in India to a pastor and a nurse, and moved to the United States when she was five years old. Her parents were sponsored by an American missionary they met in India who offered to help her father continue his Bible education in the US. She described her upbringing as a combination of traditional Indian and Christian values.

“I grew up in a very structured household—very strict—but at the same time my parents raised us to love everyone and to be kind to everybody and to treat everybody with respect,” she said. “Indian culture was in our household: respect, the way we talk to our parents, the way we were raised with education being a priority and then being involved in church.”

When the Raj family moved to the USA, the woman hosted them in her “manufactured home, in Clearwater.” They stayed there for four years and then got a house, and though the woman passed away a couple years ago, her family remains close to

Photo courtesy of Tabitha Raj

Raj serves as an MSC mentor.

and didn’t go out to eat often. “I think it taught us to live simple lives,” she said.

Her parents later started their own business, and then they felt more comfortable financially, but there are still times when she feels guilt. “Even now, I’m like, I go to McDonald’s, and I feel like ‘I can’t have [a Happy Meal]!’.... It taught me hard work, seeing my parents sacrifice—this country is really amazing.”

Raj wants to be someone that is a “driving force, even if it’s just to inspire people to open up their world and learn more about each other.” She also wants to continue seeing new places as part of her personal quest to learn more about people: Greece, Alaska, Spain, and Australia, where she lived for six months as part of study abroad during her undergraduate years, are all places she would like to visit.

She described her current position, though, as perfect. “I love multicultural affairs and I love to be able to have this experience… to get involved with students again.” The music giving her life right now is by Sade (pronounced shah-day).

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19th century masterpiece discovered at FSC Erin Daugherty Staff Writer

The Von Wagner Code is a uniquely curated exhibition on display at the Polk Museum of Art until Sept. 23. A large scale painting, known as The Chariot Race

by Alexander Von Wagner, was found in a closet on Florida Southern’s campus.

The painting which was found dirty and tattered was revived, and the story of the painting is still unfolding.

Art historians originally thought that the painting was created in 17th-century Italy.

It is now recognized to have been a framed version of Alexander Von Wagner’s The Chariot Race, in the 19th century.

The Chariot Race is the centerpiece of this exhibition, which also features loaned pieces from the Smithsonian Museum of History, the Library of Congress and a few other institutions around the world. The Von Wagner Code exhibit explores both the historical and cultural influence of the painting and Von Wagner as an artist.

The concept for the show is based on a conversation Dr. Alexander Rich had with Dr. Kerr in Sept. of 2016, when Kerr shared with Rich this painting of a chariot race found by Lynn Dennis, the Executive Assistant to the President at Florida Southern. At the time, this painting was believed to be a gift given to the school in 1953 and thought to be a Domenico Fetti painting.

The painting was removed from its frame and replaced with a mirror, only to be rolled up and stored in a closet until it was rediscovered 60 years later by Dennis.

According to Rich, “the painting itself did not exactly look like a 17th century style painting, but that’s what it was known to have been.”

Rich and Kerr were unsure of what to do

Photo by Erin Daugherty

Von Wagner’s The Chariot Race displayed at the Polk Museum of Art.

with the painting, but Rich knew he wanted to find out more about it, specifically if it was genuine and if it could be restored.

A conserver came to the Polk Museum in February of 2017 to test the painting, and discovered that it could have been created no earlier than the 19th century.

“I wasn’t that surprised because it didn’t look like a 17th century painting,” Rich said.

From there, he began researching possible 19th century artists that could have created this masterpiece. Rich was standing in line at the Haunted Mansion in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom when he received the news that the painting of the chariot race was created two centuries after what was originally believed. While he was standing in line, Rich decided he was going to figure out what the painting was.

“I dug through Google Image search, using 19th century chariot race painting as my search term, and I scanned through everything and discovered that our painting is a near compositional match for another really famous painting of the 19th century, called The Chariot Race by Alexander Von Wagner,” Rich said.

Further research revealed that Von Wagner had done at least three variants of this painting, so was one of these variations found on Florida Southern’s campus?

At this point, it was known that the painting was not a Fetti, but there was no concrete evidence that it was created by Von Wagner. The search for these answers began to shape the exhibition.

“I never could have imagined how much we learned about the painting and about Von Wagner,” Rich said. “Despite Von

Wagner’s fame, this is the first exhibition on his work.”

The show aims to display the significance of this painting in the culture and depiction of chariot races. It includes the written works, music and even movie renditions inspired by The Chariot Race.

This exhibition also focuses on the restoration process, because unlike most artworks, The Chariot Race is displayed on a horizontal angle, rather than hanging vertically on a wall. If the painting were hung vertically, it would crumble under its own weight. Viewers can see the restoration of the painting including the staples holding it together and the new level of conservation that has brightened its colors.

Since the beginning of the exhibition, there have been new discoveries as well.

“We just learned a few weeks ago, that back in the 1950s, despite what we thought, it was not thought to be a Fetti,” Rich said.

It was discovered that The Chariot Race was displayed on campus as a painting by Alexander Wagner, Von Wagner’s American name. The school knew in the 1950s it was a painting by Von Wagner, and it is actually titled Claudius Triumph.

It is currently explained in the exhibition that the museum is unsure who the painting is actually by and what the name is, but when it was gifted to the school it was believed to be a Wagner painting. After further research, it turned out that the Fetti attribution was not incorrect, because Claudius Triumph had been on campus prior to 1950, and a Domenico Fetti painting was gifted to the school in 1953 but has not yet been found.

Stop by the Polk Museum of Art to see the 19th century masterpiece for yourself, and the first exhibit ever on the legendary but mysterious Alexander Von Wagner.

Students trade dorm rooms for manor

Jacklyn Washington Staff Writer

As technology continues to advance and cultures become even more interconnected, it essential students have an appreciation for all cultures and perspectives.

Florida Southern College believes so strongly in this well-rounded education and understanding that they guarantee all students that have completed four semesters a travel abroad experience.

Through the Junior Journey program, each FSC student is offered a domestic or foreign travel experience. Some past and current locations include the Caribbean, Africa, London, Scotland, Sicily, Mexico, New York City and many more.

Students are able to choose between going abroad for a few weeks, an entire summer, a semester or a whole year with one of FSC’s travel partners. This summer, students traveled across the globe to London, Spain, Iceland, Germany and Mexico.

FSC junior Kate Lemcke packed her bags and headed across the pond with 11 other upperclassmen for three weeks this summer. The group stayed at the Harlaxton Manor which is located right outside of a small town in Grantham, England.

“The manor was absolutely beautiful,” Lemcke said. “ It felt like we were staying in a real castle. The building sat at the end

of a mile-long road with bluebell cows surrounding the nearby grass.”

Lemcke remembers being intimidated pulling up to this beautiful building with fancy architecture and stonework all around it. While she says it was no Frank Lloyd Wright building, it was still a work of art.

While on the trip, students dove into a

whirlwind of engaged learning about mass communication all over the world with a specific focus on communications in England.

“We toured BBC Studios, which is where all of England’s public and private broadcasting is screened,” Lemcke said. “I enjoyed seeing the inner-workings of the studio and getting the hands-on experience

Photo by Jacklyn Washington

Florida Southern students visiting BBC in Manchester, England.

working on set.”

Mocs were also given tickets to the Tate Modern Museum in London which had an entire exhibit about communications.

Lemcke thought it was amazing to see her major come to life and to be able to compare the differences between communications in the United States and London.

“The highlight of my trip would have to be going to the National Gallery and being able to see Leonardo Da Vinci and Van Gogh paintings in real life, it was so inspiring,” Lemcke said. “I definitely think going on my Junior Journey has given me a better understanding of how other cultures live and a greater appreciation for the world we get to live in. Since returning from London, I am a more well-rounded person and I will take some of the skills I learned with me into my professional life to be more adaptable in the global marketplace.”

Junior Journey trips for the summer may have come to an end, but a whole new group of Mocs will be packing their bags in a few short weeks for travel experiences over fall break.

Some upcoming trips will be traveling to the Cayman Islands, Eastern Europe, Gambia, London, Panama, Sicily, Switzerland and more.

For more information on Junior Journey trips and to sign-up, visit the Travel Abroad page on Florida Southern’s website.

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his time last year, this issue of The Southern was not published because there were no students to work on its production and there were no students to read the information.

This was because of Hurricane Irma and that students were directed to evacuate the Florida Southern campus as a precaution for student’s safety as the Category 3 hurricane, Irma, was approaching Florida. The students were emailed and instructed to evacuate and classes would be cancelled until further notice.

Florida Southern offered shuttle services to and from the Orlando and Tampa airports to help students in their travel expenses and accessibility.

Students were asked to evacuate from Sept. 6 until classes resumed on Sept. 18. For those who were unable to find a place to go, Florida Southern kept students in Branscomb Auditorium during the storm.

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PREPARING FOR

HURRICANE SEASON 2018

With September being notorious for being the peak of hurricane season, stay up to date with the latest developments. None of the current storms are predicted to hit Florida, but the projection of the storms can change at any moment.

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Have an emergency fund.

Make a plan where to go if evacuation from campus is necessary.

The American Red Cross recommends one gallon of water per person per day.

Charge phone and computer.

Stock up on nonperishable goods to eat if there is no power.

Charge all portable backup chargers.

Get a batterypowered radio to keep up to date on storm.

Fill up your car’s gas tank.

Keep cash on hand since a power outage may prevent ATMs from working or credit card machines may be down after storm.

Unplug everything from outlets.

Remove anything from windows.

Take shelter in a room with no windows.

Lift anything off the ground that could be damaged by flood waters.

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Entertainment

‘Christopher Robin’ turns hearts to honey Megan Price Staff Writer

For most Americans, Disney films were a very formative aspect of their childhood.

Reminiscing on these films brings back nostalgic memories of pixie dust, singing bears and beautiful princesses. Recently, Disney has been reimaging those childhood movies into new, modernized films, bringing viewers back to their childhoods.

The most recent Disney release stars a little bear with a huge heart, oh and Tigger too! On Aug. 3, Christopher Robin was released to the world, bringing Winnie-thePooh, the Hundred Acre Woods and its inhabitants to life to tell the tale of how impactful a visit from your old friends can be.

The family film was directed by Marc Forster and depicts an adult Christopher Robin, who, during a pivotal moment in his life, reencounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh and his other animal friends.

The film has been at the top of the Box Office charts since its release, grossing nearly 25 million dollars on its opening weekend, following a 9.5 million-dollar opening night. Christopher Robin is the most recent live-action adaptation, following the reimaginations of Cinderella (2015), The Jungle Book (2016), and Beauty and the Beast (2017).

The trend of adapting animated classics to live-action seems to be paying off for the

Disney brand and doesn’t show signs of stopping. More films like Dumbo, Mulan, and The Lion King will be hot on the heels of Christopher Robin with release dates in 2018 and 2019.

The feedback and reviews from Christopher Robin have been impeccable, and some even claim to bring grown men to tears. According to the movie rating site, Rotten Tomatoes, Christopher Robin has an 87-percent audience approval rate and scores 4.3 of 5 stars. Most viewer reviews find the story nostalgic and enjoy the subtle twists added to the movie. It was enjoyable to pick up on the small political hints littered in the background.

The film touches on economic equality in the sweetest manner, staging Winniethe-Pooh and Christopher Robin’s daughter Madeline as the unsung heroes – they pull Christopher Robin out of the rut he has found himself in at work, and remind him to enjoy the small things in life.

Mother-of-four, Katherine Dion, went to see the film with her husband, daughter and youngest son. Dion found the film refreshing and heartwarming to say the least.

“Christopher Robin really pulled at my heart strings because I remember growing my kids up on Winnie-the-Pooh,” Dion said. “To see him come to life again to tell a bigger story really made me smile.”

Dion also acknowledged that the film was one that catered to the whole family.

“This was one of the few films that we have seen as a family recently,” Dion said.

“While two of my older kids are off at college, it was nice to have my oldest and youngest in the same theater and to have everyone walk out with a smile.”

Like any film though, Christopher Robin is facing its share of difficulties. The movie has made headlines in China for a more negative reason.

According to the Washington Post, in 2013 images began circulating the Chinese internet comparing the physical features of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Winniethe-Pooh. Since then, Pooh-Bear has become a symbol of resistance in the country.

In the following years China has censored Pooh by restricting photos of him on their internet. China only allows 34 foreign films to play in Chinese theaters each year, and has declined to release Christopher Robin in the country.

Fortunately, Robin and his friends have experienced smooth sailing with American audiences. It would be an injustice to give all the secrets of the fun-loving film away, but if you’re interested in a film that will take you back to childhood bedtime stories and Saturday morning cartoons, Christopher Robin, his honey-hunting bear and their delightful friends need to be added to your must-see movie list.

Christopher Robin is playing in all Lakeland theaters now.

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Winnie the Pooh continues to inspire generations of viewers.

Science explains celebrity gossip Erin Daugherty Staff Writer

Other people’s live have taken over our screens in recent years.

Celebrities like Kanye West, Justin Bieber and the Kardasian family are all over social media. They are on our Twitter and Instagram feeds constantly promoting themselves.

“Celebrities that I usually follow are just music producers, so I can see what kind of new music is coming out,” junior Alexa Garcia said.

There is no escape from learning about people’s lives that, honestly, I don’t care about. What is it about these people that puts their lives all over my social media feeds and searches, without me looking to find out any of it?

In 2015, Medical Daily delved deeper into why we love celebrity gossip.

“The human brain is hardwired to tune in to gossip, but there’s something different about celebrity gossip that sets it apart

from everyday office chatter,” said Dana Dovey from Medical Daily.

According to Daniel Krugar, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Michigan, our desire to know about the activity of higher-status individuals is actually an evolutionary tactic. Krugar spoke to Live Science about this evolutionary tactic and further explained that by learning what higher-status individuals do, we are preparing to become one and be able to navigate their social scene.

Celebrities spend more money than most on items generally considered lavish. Essentially, they have what we want, so we pay attention to what they’re doing and how they got it.

With all their followers comes a relationship, whether personal interactions have occurred or not.

“I think celebrity gossip is so popular because the media connects us with celebrities so much it’s almost like we are their friend,” Garcia said.

Followers of celebrities also build relationships, sometimes creating fandoms to the point of nicknames like “Bieber fever”.

Stuart Fischer, professor of media psychology at UCLA found that people who lack social skills may use a celebrity as a base to form relationships with people who also like that celebrity.

The BBC set up an experiment to test whether “negativity bias”, or our inclination to read bad news, is actually real, and solid evidence found this to be true. The results found that people were more likely to choose to read news stories with a negative tone, such as corruption.

At the same time, the participants in the experiment said that they preferred to read good news, but the media is too focused

on negative stories. “Bad news could be signal that we need to change what we’re doing to avoid danger,” BBC staff member Tom Stafford said.

When it comes to celebrities, we’re able to see what mistakes they make in their own lives and try to prevent making those same mistakes ourselves.

“Of course we will make mistakes but it’s always neat to see how they will grow from it,” Tina Pagano said.

I think that celebrity gossip can be motivating and inspiring. It can be entertaining.

It can be to understand sometimes. However, It can even lead to new, enriching relationships that stem simply from liking the same person.

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‘FLCL: Progressive’ ‘Adventure Time’ does not live up to hype reaches the end of run

Angelo Grajo Staff Writer

In the year 2000, anime studio Gainax released their six-episode hit, FLCL, which eventually reached the states in 2003 on Adult Swim’s Toonami block. The show was a strange, wild ride involving surreal imagery, a nonsensical plot, and stylized animation that was constantly changing throughout the episodes.

In 2016, Gainax was brought to court over unpaid royalties. The following year, Gainax lost the dispute, owing the US equivalent of $11.8 million. To recoup their losses, Gainax sold the FLCL franchise to Studio I.G and Adult Swim. With the second season released over this past summer, and a third season to be released this month, it’s sad to say that the past should just stay in the past. FLCL: Progressive, while it does have some high points, does not fill in the shoes of its predecessor.

Due to a new studio and series director, the animation is less stylized, making it jarring when returning characters appear in a cleaner style. Just like the first season, this one aired with six episodes – unfortunately, the only memorable ones were the

last three. While the first three episodes did have strange and surreal moments, the tone was underwhelming. Fortunately, the latter three episodes were much better, having brought back the spirit of the first season.

The fourth episode used bouncy and cartoony animation, while the fifth episode used a different style - outlines of the characters and background were made to look like they were done with colored pencils instead of clean, smooth outlines.

The finale brought back the over-the-top fight sequences that made the original great. The highest point would be return of Kari Wahlgren as Haruko, who delivers a fun performance, and the return of the Japanese rock band, The Pillows, providing the soundtrack.

Unlike the first series, the show follows a more condensed plot and smaller cast.

Further, the main character is more sympathetic. However, the protagonists more sympathetic backstory does not redeem the other lack luster parts of the show. Despite everything including a sympathetic hero, the show fell a little short and, didn’t bring the same punch of what made the original entertaining.

Angelo Grajo Staff Writer

During the late 2000s, there were barely any good cartoons to watch. For a while, it seemed like the only cartoon on television was Phineas and Ferb, since most kid’s networks where relying on sitcoms and live-action programing, including the then ironically-named Cartoon Network. Televised animation was thought dead, but that changed in the year 2010, when Cartoon Network announced that they were going to release a strange new show called Adventure Time. At first, people were a bit skeptical.

The animation looked different from other shows. Episodes featured psychedelic scenarios, littered with bright colors and toilet humor. Soon enough, this show became a pop-culture phenomenon that would last ten seasons and be nominated for 13 Emmy awards winning six of them. Adventure Time ended this month, but looking back, its legacy has impacted the TV animation of the 2010’s. Despite its fun exterior the show has is not afraid to take risks. For example, the protagonist, Finn, gets older as the series progresses and he matures as a person.

The show caters to adults as well as children, a practice that hasn’t been done well since SpongeBob SquarePants. That being said, the show’s success was inconsistent.

In 2014, the middle of the show’s fifth season, its creator, Pendleton Ward, left, bringing in a new showrunner. From that point to the end of the series, fans complained about uneven pacing due to the amount of filler. Consequently, Cartoon Network aired the show less until its most recent series finale.

While Adventure Time, is no longer the pop-culture giant it was when it started, its legacy has inspired many new cartoons to follow in its footsteps. TV networks had faith in animation again, and brought new odd but lovable shows such as Regular Show, Gravity Falls, Steven Universe, Over the Garden Wall, Star vs. The Forces of Evil, The Amazing World of Gumball, and many more.

Jake the Dog and Finn the Human might be gone, but thanks to their influence the fun will never end.

Most of Adventure Time’s episode backlog is currently streaming on Hulu and available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.

Great villains require great empathy Chris Colllins Staff Writer Villains are real people with whom bad events have changed them for the worst. Instead of learning and growing with those events that happened, their maturation process is stunted.

However, there are a few characteristics that truly make a good villain great.

Villains are usually convinced that they are the good guy. That whatever scheme they have they are doing it to better themselves or even someone else.

“The most important thing for the villain is for them to think they’re the hero,” Florida Southern Col-

lege student Lily Archambault said.

The Wicked Witch of the West in “The Wizard of Oz” is often seen as a villain, but truth is, she just wanted her sister’s ruby red slippers back after Dorothy killed her and took the slippers from the Wicked Witch of the East. Instead of just giving back the slippers she just killed the other witch too.

Ra’s Al Ghul in “Batman Begins” is also seen as a terrible villain, but he really isnt in the wrong. Gotham is a cancer in the world, ran by crime bosses and even Batman can’t fix it. Ra’s Al Ghul wanted to cleanse the world of the cancer that makes the world a little more balanced. Sometimes that requires great sacrifice.

“They have to represent something that is inside all of us, like the Joker being crazy. We all got a little crazy in us,” FSC student Richard Widick said.

Thanos, in the Marvel franchise is now seen as one of the worst villains. He wanted to destroy half of the Earth’s population.

And with a snap of his fingers, he was able to help Earth with overpopulation, famine, and disease. He genuinely believes his actions can lead to a universe without suffering. He treated overpopulation just like a doctor would any illness - eliminate the virus.

“A good villain properly balances out the hero. They have to understand the hero

but also pull some sort of deepness on their level that then allows them to properly combat the hero. Do you know what I mean?” FSC student Will Ferguson said.

Being a good villain means that we can see their motives and relate to them in some way, shape or form. Seeing how the villain feels in their situation can make the audience empathetic to the evil acts they commit during the duration of the movie, book or television show.

The villains that standout above the rest are the villains that beat the hero. That is what makes it great.

‘Queer Eye’ renews faith in humanity Jillian Kurtz Copy Editor

Since Feb. 2018, “Queer Eye” has been on the “Trending Now” list on Netflix.

Being busy with school and then summer jobs, I only recently have been able to binge-watch the show all my friends have been raving over. It is a Netflix Original Series that has been running for two seasons, and is slated to premiere the third season in 2019. The show returned as a reboot from the 2003 reality television show that was on Bravo Network.

After a rocky start to my sophomore year, I decided that I needed some extra positivity in my life, so I decided to open up Netflix and start the show. Right from the start, the audience is introduced to the Fab Five: Bobby Burk, Antoni Porowski, Kamaro Brown, Tan France, and Jonathan Van Ness. These men are a group of outwardly gay friends whose goal for this

show is to help in people by giving them the tools and confidence to lead a better lifestyle.

Each member of the Fab Five has a different “speciality” that they help in the total transformation; fashion, cooking, health and beauty, interior design, and culture. Each member takes time to spend one on one with their “client” and get to know them on a more personal level. These interactions spark social conversations relating to topics from religion to police brutality.

The group handles these hard topics very gracefully and tries to promote kindness and respect to the people in the communities that they visit.

“The conversations we have on our show would be just as valid if they swapped us out with straight guys,” France said in an interview with Variety.com. “What we do is important, not just because we’re a niche gay show. We’ve gotten past that.”

As a college student, I think anyone who has the opportunity to should watch this show, if they have not already. Not only does the show promote acceptance and understanding, but can provide viewers with the confidence to take charge of their lives and make it the best that it can be by living up to one’s fullest potential. I have incorporated some of the ideas talked about on the show into my personal life and have noticed a difference in the way I carry myself and how I practice self-care.

College is a weird time for many students because it is a balancing game of academics, career-building, while still maintaining a social life. While all of those ideas are important, one cannot live up to their fullest academic success without personal growth and success, and I think that is exactly what the Fab Five tries to incorporate into each of the lives that they touch both on and off of the screen.

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Soccer kicks off the year at Moccasin Field Mikaela Queen Staff Writer On Aug. 30, men’s soccer kicked off their season with a win on the new Moccasin Field.

After playing the 2017 season at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, this was their first game played on the newly designed Moccasin Field at Barnett Athletic Complex.

The team had a six to zero victory over Trinity Baptist.

After a scoreless first half, sophomore James Meehan scored two goals in his first Florida Southern appearance. Junior Ian Mclntosh scored within a minute after Meehan’s first goal.

Seniors Daniel Moore and Pablo Gallo Arias elevated the lead, scoring the next two goals and freshman Will Draper finished the game off scoring the last goal in the 77th minute of the game.

The team traveled to South Carolina playing USC Aiken on Sept. 1. Knocking down the only goal that game, sophomore Julian Jordan-Canosa scored off of a penalty kick in the 43rd minute. This win gave the team a two to zero record coming back home.

The Mocs played at home again on Sept.

3 against Montevallo.

Junior Jacob Ling-Vannerus came to life in the second half scoring four goals within a span of nine minutes, making him

the first Moccasin in 22 years to score four goals in one game.

Junior Taylor Vincent scored his first ever collegiate goal in the 81 minute assisted by Tobias Rodriguez Brindicci.

“Scoring my first goal was really exciting,” Vincent said. “Especially being on the new field at home in front of fans.”

“We have been improving everyday and so we are very excited to start conference play,” Vincent said.

The team’s season starting three to zero record is the first since 2011. They will start conference play Sept. 15 against Lynn University in Boca Raton.

Women’s soccer picked up their first victory of the season on the road against Shorter University on Sept. 1.

After losing their season debut on the new Moccasin Field, the Mocs traveled to Georgia and beat Shorter three to zero on Saturday.

Freshman goalkeeper, Crista Noelle Rolfsen, had her first collegiate shutout while senior Kylie Harris played an important role in two goals. Harris scored in the 87th minute and assisted freshman Amy Volk in the 88th minute.

Since then, the team lost to Georgia College zero to two. The Bobcats scored in the eighth and 51st minute of the game. Senior Anna Griessler took six attempts at the net, but was unable to score. The Bobcats took one more aim at the net, but Rolfsen made the save.

The team traveled to Boca Raton on Wednesday to defeat Lynn University three to zero. Goals by Tatum Albrecht, Rachel Peck and Kaitlyn Svopa shut down the Knights chances of winning.

They will start conference play tomorrow against Lynn at Moccasin Field. Head coach Paul Lawrence said the teams aim is to repeat last season success and finish the season in the conference top six.

“We see the importance of how disci-

pline and accountability can impact out season,” Lawrence said.

The addition of female volunteer assistant coaches has provided a good balance of personality to the teams dynamic.

“The roster is youthful, but talented,” Lawrence said.

The women will be back in action Sept.

15 against Lynn University on Moccasin Field.

Photo courtesy of Reems Landreth / FSC Athletic Communications

Junior Jacob Ling-Vannerus scoring one of his four goals on Sept. 3 against Montevallo.

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Volleyball opens ‘18 season Andrew Pawling Sports Editor Volleyball opened their fall season going 1-3 on the road. The Mocs followed up their slow start with a winning streak, by going 4-0 in their first home tournament of the season; the Terrace Hotel Classic.

In their first home matchup against Ferris State, the Mocs won in three sets: 259, 25-18, and 25-22. As a team, the Mocs needed a strong home opener to turn their season around and stop the bleeding early on.

“Our energy was really on top of everything, being on our home court we had that drive to win,” sophomore Rachel Martin said. “We have really been focusing on serving and passing hard to keep teams out of system.”

After defeating Ferris State, Florida Southern went and swept Drury University in three consecutive 25-19 sets. Drury was one of the schools to defeat the Mocs during their opening week, making the victory in the Terrace Hotel Classic even more important for team morale.

Following their victories against Fer-

Photo courtesy of Andrew Pawling / FSC Athletic Communications

Seniors Bethany Besancenez (left) and Nicole Mattson (second from left) line up on defense, both would take home SSC Weekly honors following the Terrace Hotel Classic on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

ris State and Drury University, the Mocs capped of a perfect weekend by beating both Catawba and West Texas A&M. The Catawba match had a final of 3-1 with the Mocs winning sets one, three and four. Against the Texas A&M Lady Buffs, the Mocs went 3-0 in very close sets with the finals being 25-21, 25-23, and 26-24.

Over the course of the classic, the Mocs were out hitting their opponents nearly .100 per match. This can be credited to their powerful offense and heads up defense as the team avoided making mental mistakes throughout their 4-0 weekend run.

By the conclusion of the classic, the Mocs were on a 20 game home win streak, dating back almost a calendar year.

Following the Terrace Hotel Classic, the Mocs swept the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week Awards.

Senior Nicole Mattson was named the Offensive Player of the week after putting up 85 kills, averaging just north of six per set. For Mattson, this was the fourth time in her career as the Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week. In addition to her SSC honors Mattson was named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week.

Senior Bethany Besancenez earned Setter of the Week while tallying 185 total assists, 13.21 per set. Besancenez is now second all time in school history with over 4,200 career assists.

Freshman Tierra Porter took home her first ever Sunshine State Conference award when she was named Defensive Player of the Week. Over the weekend, Porter totaled 28 blocks, 21 kills, and four digs. During the Drury match, Porter had 12 blocks, the most for any Moc in a single match in 16 years.

The Mocs will play away in Boca Raton tonight against Lynn University, and again tomorrow at Barry University.

Upcoming Moccasin Games Men’s Soccer Saturday - Sept. 15 @ Lynn 6 P. M. Wednesday - Sept. 19 vs. Rollins 7 P. M.

Women’s Soccer Saturday - Sept. 15 vs. Lynn 7 P. M. Wednesday - Sept. 19 @ Rollins 7 P. M.

Volleyball Friday - Sept. 14 @ Lynn 7 P. M. Saturday - Sept. 15 @ Barry 4 P. M.

Saturday - Sept. 22 @ St. Leo 7 P. M.

Saturday - Sept. 22 vs. St. Leo 7 P. M.

Friday - Sept. 21 vs. Embry Riddle 7 P. M.

Tuesday - Sept. 25 @ Flagler 7 P. M.

Saturday - Sept. 29 vs. Tampa 7 P. M.

Saturday - Sept. 22 vs. Florida Tech 4 P. M.

Saturday - Sept. 29 @ Tampa 7 P. M.

Friday - Sept. 28 vs. Palm Beach Atlantic 7 P. M. Saturday - Sept. 29 vs. Nova Southeastern 4 P. M.

Sports Athlete Spotlight

Volleyball:

Nicole Mattson

Major: Applied Mathematics Career Goals: To potentially go into finance Position: Outside hitter Goal for this season: To make it back to the Elite 8 Funniest memory with your team: When our coach made us all grunt at practice every time we hit the ball.

Best volleyball memory: Playing in the National Championship Favorite professional team: Chicago Cubs Role model: My dad Favorite thing to do on campus: Take naps in the locker room Favorite song: Young Dumb and Broke by Khalid Favorite place to travel to: North Carolina Favorite TV show: Greys Anatomy Favorite food: Chipotle Favorite Movie: The Blind Side

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Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:30pm Location: Branscomb Auditorium

POSTCARDS FROM RUSSIA

Monday, November 19, 2018 at 7:30pm (Pre-concert presentation at 7:00pm) Location: Branscomb Auditorium

BRASS EXPLORATIONS

LAUNDRY AND BOURBON/LONE STAR November 1-4, 2018 at 10:00 pm Sunday at 7:30pm Location: Frank Lloyd Wright Theatre-in-the-Round

KISS ME, KATE November 15-18; November 29- December 2, 2018 at 7:30pm Sundays at 2:30pm Location: Loca Lee Buckner Theatre

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:30pm Location: Anne MacGregor Jenkins Recital Hall

Dance

‘TIS THE SEASON: The Christmas Gala

Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm Location: Branscomb Auditorium

Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 7:30pm Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 2:30pm Location: Branscomb Auditorium

Special Event

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE FOR STUDENTS

FLORIDA DANCE THEATRE PRESENTS: TCHAIKOVSKY’S The Nutcracker

ALL EVENTS ARE PASSPORT CREDIT

Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 7:30pm Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 2:30pm Location: Branscomb Auditorium

FSC|DANCE: Fall into Dance 2018