Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Alexis Huston Editorial Staff The Criminology Club invited Chris Herren, a former Celtics basketball player, to talk about his life story in the Athletic Center this past Tuesday. Many gathered on the bleachers to hear his story about his struggle defeating his addiction to drugs. Many students who currently play on athletic teams at [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Alex Shuman Staff Writer For those wondering what all the commotion was outside of the McCarthy Center last Thursday, April 26, it was this year’s Playing for Change event, which featured live musical performances from students and gave support and recognition to a meaningful cause. With a wide variety of musicians, performances were never [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Talia Adry Asst. Arts & Features Editor On May 16, FSU will welcome Dr. Howard Gardner, eminent psychologist and Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Gardner is perhaps most widely known for his work in multiple intelligences, and will discuss one of his more recent publications, “Frames of [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events, Profiles
Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Talia Adry Asst. Arts & Features Editor Professor Lisa Eck gestured to her slide of a woman laborer in India with haunting eyes. “What is she thinking here? What is the content of her gaze? For one, she’s probably caught me taking my zoom-lens photo, and she’s wondering, why aren’t I photographing the monument [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Vincent Hayes Staff Writer Well over a hundred people filed into DPAC for the Black Student Union’s second annual culture show to celebrate diversity not only on campus, but in the greater MetroWest area on Friday April 20. Performers brought a broad range of talent as diverse as the cultures they had come to [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 04 May 2012.
By Tara Kelly Asst. Arts & Features Editor FSU has created over a dozen events related to Green Politics this April, in honor of Earth Day. Last Wednesday, April 18, the Green Team hosted the second annual Green Festival. Not only did the forum host a range of tables run by on-campus organizations such as [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 20 April 2012.
By Alex Shuman Staff Writer On Wednesday night, DPAC hosted Women Behind Bars, with guest speaker Cristina Rathbone, an Episcopal priest who works in Boston. Rathbone discussed her experiences working with women at MCI Framingham, one of the oldest functioning women’s penitentiaries in the country, established in 1877. When MCI Framingham opened, the majority of [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 20 April 2012.
By Michael B. Murphy Staff Writer Speaking before a small group of students and faculty in May Hall last Thursday, author and artist Anna Joy Springer shared passages from her book “The Vicious Red Relic, Love.” The event began with an introduction from FSU Professor Sam Witt, who described Springer’s work as a [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Posted on 20 April 2012.
By Zack Comeau Arts & Features Editor According to Forrest Kline, lead singer of Hellogoodbye, his band began with “no aspirations of any kind,” other than just to play house parties. From the basements and living rooms of Orange County, California, Hellogoodbye has emerged as one of the more recognizable power pop bands of our [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events, featured
Posted on 13 April 2012.
By Alexis Huston Editorial Staff On Mar. 27, FSU’s Pride Alliance brought the self-described all-female professional “gender bender” act “All the Kings Men.” The six-member cast was unintentionally created 10 years ago. “We became a group by mistake – however, a very happy and fortunate mistake,” said performer Jill Gibson. They had so much fun [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Arts and Features, Campus Events
Recent Comments