Megan Price, a 2019 graduate of Florida Southern College, was crowned Miss Lakeland on March 9 at the Polk Theatre in Lakeland, Florida. The LaBelle native, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Journalism, now resides in Fort Myers.   

After teaching every grade level throughout the last 51 years in various schools – Costa Rica and throughout Florida – education professor Dr. Bernardo Blanco says he is “building his legacy” at FSC and plans to continue, for the foreseeable future, his passion for teaching.

Every March, people around the nation celebrate Women’s History Month by recognizing the triumphs and accomplishments that women have achieved. Women everywhere prevail through discrimination and show the world their strength by becoming successful in male-dominated areas of work and study.

When I first began my academic career at Florida Southern College, it is safe to say I was overwhelmed by all the opportunities and chances to get involved both on and off campus. I wanted to make a name for myself and take advantage of all the opportunities I had available out of nowhere. With the high expectations I had set for myself, it was a good thing that I heard about the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship before it was too late for me to apply. The Gilman scholarship turned out to be the perfect fit for me. However, I didn’t apply for the program until my senior year of college.

Deep in the McKay Archives Center is a shelf of old Interlachens – back when they were the school yearbook – depicting the various events at Florida Southern College each academic year. If you pick the 1998 Interlachen from the shelf and turn to pages 98-99, you’ll see a band of adventurous faculty members in canoes.

As a student who attends a school that prides itself on its anti-hazing legislation, it was shocking to hear that organizations my peers from home belong to were getting in trouble for it.

Alongside the extinction of the L.N. Pipkin Bandshell, the development of Adams Athletic Performance Center has one more flaw: its construction.

Is Valentine’s Day all what it is cracked up to be? Could one’s favorite holiday be another’s day of misery?

After the release of the 2019 Hulu mini-series, The Act, Americans have anxiously awaited the release of Gypsy Rose Blanchard from prison.

When the House of Representatives expelled New York Republican George Santos from Congress on Dec. 1, no one expected him to retaliate by becoming a pop culture icon.

The classic play, “Witness For the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie will run on April 5 through April 14 at Buckner Theater. Directed by Paul Bawek, the play will be shown on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday’s matinee at 2:30 p.m. on both weekends. 

Arts in Musical Theatre and a minor in communications, Morgan Bruewer continued with the Missoula Children’s Theatre for her second summer.

The theatre department closed its second production of the year last weekend with a satire comedy.

The theatre department’s first play of the year is “Unnecessary Farce,” which has just entered its second weekend of shows at Loca Lee Buckner Theatre.

ad the option to send her into surgery to break her hips and put a metal rod in between them, or send her to ballet class. She chose to send her daughter to ballet class.