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Saturday, December 3, 2022

News
- Athletics Campus Campus Safety Coronavirus Community
  
  “He’s real”: Gen-Z’s take on U.S. Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost
  
  November 30, 2022
  
  Floridian Maxwell Frost made history these past midterm elections by becoming the first person of Generation Z to be elected into Congress.
  
  Gallery | 3OH!3, Sage the Gemini, draw hundreds of students
  
  November 11, 2022
  
  As the sun went down, the stage lights turned on at ACE’s biggest musical event of the school year, Southern Takeover.
  
  New park in Lakeland serves as a spot for the community to gather
  
  November 11, 2022
  
  After over seven years of planning and development, Bonnet Springs Park opened as a hub for the Lakeland community to escape, engage and explore.
  
  Polk County experiences Republican shift with Florida
  
  November 9, 2022
  
  Polk County, Fla., the state's seventh-largest Republican-voting county, remained as the same decades-old GOP stronghold on Election Day.
  
  Classes canceled, Tropical Storm expected to reach hurricane status
  
  November 9, 2022
  
  Classes were canceled midday Nov. 9 as FSC braces for Tropical Storm Nicole, a storm with the projected to barrel through Central Florida.
Features
- Alumni Faculty Lakeland MSC Southern Spotlight
  
  Students read letters from Florida prisons
  
  November 1, 2022
  
  Florida Southern College’s Deskovic Foundation is the only college chapter in the country strictly for undergraduates to shuffle through stacks of mail sent from those incarcerated in Florida prisons. They seek all seek claims to innocence.
  
  Lakeland coffee shop owner unites community with books
  
  October 25, 2022
  
  In July 2021, Christina and Paul Needham achieved their dream of opening an independent coffeeshop and bookstore in downtown Lakeland: Pressed Books & Coffee—leaving a long-lasting impact on the Lakeland community ever since.
  
  Cookie-themed First Friday draws local bakers
  
  October 7, 2022
  
  At October's First Friday event, the Cookie Carnival, gave local bakers an opportunity to participate in a contest where visitors and judges could vote on their favorite baked good.
  
  Remembering the Queen of England’s swans
  
  October 7, 2022
  
  One of the most prominent fixtures of Lakeland are its famous swans that live on Lake Morton.
  
  ACE, Mocs Comedy host open mic night at TuTu’s
  
  September 15, 2022
  
  “It was really fun to see people express themselves and transform Tutu’s into a different kind of place,” junior Sierra Robertson said.
Southern View
- Columns Editorial Letter to the Editor Politics Southern View
  
  Scooby Doo’s Velma comes out as lesbian. It’s about time.
  
  November 7, 2022
  
  "There is one aspect of the film that audiences will not stop talking about," Nathalie Moreno writes in her opinion. "The ‘coming out’ of original cast member Velma Dinkley as LGBTQ. And frankly, it’s about time.
  
  Opinion | Ned Fulmer scandal shows that men can hold each other accountable
  
  November 7, 2022
  
  "Why? Because like celebrity deaths, scandals happen in threes. After the John Mulaney and Adam Levine scandal came to light, another man was bound to be next," Caroline Bryant writes in her opinion.
  
  Opinion | Nothing is being done about climate change
  
  November 7, 2022
  
  "Our planet is suffering, and we are to blame," opinion writer Isaac Wardyn writes.
  
  Opinion | The ethics of ‘Dahmer’
  
  October 31, 2022
  
  "It’s understandable to have a morbid curiosity," columnist Emma Matzen writes. "However, it doesn’t seem like all true crime fans consider the very real people who were hurt in many of these crimes."
  
  Opinion | Thank you, Loretta Lynn, a trailblazer for women
  
  October 8, 2022
  
  For a younger version of me, someone who loved music and played any instruments she could get her hands on (and still does), Patsy and Loretta were idols.
Sports
- Baseball Basketball Cross Country eSports Golf
  
  New class inducted to Small College Basketball Hall of Fame
  
  November 12, 2022
  
  On Friday, Nov. 4, the Polk Theater came to life as the newest class of members in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame were honored.
  
  Women’s Soccer team wins SSC regular season championship
  
  October 28, 2022
  
  The women’s soccer team brought home the first Sunshine State Conference regular season championship title in program history.
  
  Moccasin to Angel: Ryan Langford reflects on his first steps toward the big leagues
  
  October 4, 2022
  
  With an attitude and talent like Langford’s, it’s hard to go wrong.
  
  Men’s soccer bounces back after loss to Lynn
  
  September 20, 2022
  
  The Florida Southern Men’s soccer team defeated Atlantis University and tied number 6 Florida Tech after falling to Lynn University on September 17.
  
  FSC women’s golf team finishes second at first tournament
  
  September 8, 2022
  
  The Florida Southern College women’s golf team finished in second place at the Seminole State Warmup at Mayfield Country Club in Sanford, Fla on Sept. 4, 2022. Loren Perez led the team to second when she finished second overall individually with a score of 75 in round one and 75 again in round two.
Arts & Entertainment
- Art Comedy Comics Movies Music
  
  Theater department performs tale-spinning, prose-filled farce, ‘The Liar’
  
  November 14, 2022
  
  David Ives’ “The Liar” is a fast-paced farce full of lying, misunderstandings and spanking.
  
  Theater program puts on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’
  
  October 5, 2022
  
  While this play may not be familiar unless you've read it in your high school English class, there is a pretty famous line: “To be or not to be, that is the question.”
  
  Buckner Theatre performers cast ‘In the Heights’ of Tampa
  
  August 31, 2022
  
  Buckner Theatre performers Ariana Perera, ‘23, and Isabella Falber, ‘23, took their Broadway aspirations to the next level this summer after landing major roles in the popular Broadway show In The Heights.
  
  Inside the ‘Box’: the stars of Florida Southern’s improv comedy troupe
  
  April 27, 2022
  
  On Friday nights at around 10:30p.m., after the stress of classes and a busy week are over, Florida Southern College students pack the seats of the theater in the Carole and Marcus Weinstein Computer Science building.
  
  In Photos | SGA’s second annual Frank Lloyd Wright Day a success
  
  April 24, 2022
  
  Florida Southern College held its second annual Frank Lloyd Wright Mental Health Day (FLW Day) on April 8, which included food, games and mental health programming throughout the day.
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