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Celebrating 100 years in Lakeland

Beach volleyball looks to set new win record

Andrew Pawling Beach volleyball starts their second season with a 4-7 record over 11 matches and are on track to surpass last season’s win total where they finished 5-18 overall. “I feel as if though we act...

Swim Teams Prepare for SSC Championships

Erin Daugherty  The men’s and women’s swim team will be competing in the 2018 Sunshine State Conference Championships next weekend. The SSC Men’s and Women’s Championships will be held at the Long Center in Clearwater,...

Ice hockey falls to USF in home opener

Andrew Pawling  The Mocs fell 1-0 in front of a full house to the University of South Florida (USF) in their home opener at the Lakeland Ice Arena (LIA) this past Saturday.  Nearly 800 fans, with...

Women’s lacrosse wins six straight games

Mikaela Queen Women’s lacrosse started a six game win streak with their 22-8 victory Mount Olive on March 30.  Since then, the Mocs have defeated Rollins, Embry-Riddle, Saint Leo, Tiffin and Findlay, all by more than...

Women’s Tennis Wraps Up Fall Season

The women’s tennis team wrapped up their fall season at the Florida Tech Panther Invitational last weekend. The tournament was the third for the Mocs this fall in preparation for the spring slate of matches...

Equestrian team sees largest freshman class

Ariel Molinaro  In the month since students arrived back on campus and the fall 2018 semester classes began, the Florida Southern athletic season took off at a running start. As men’s and women’s soccer kicked...

Athlete Spotlight: J.J. Niekro Baseball

Academic major: Sports Communication and Marketing Baseball Position: Pitcher Future plans: Be a baseball player or work in the front office of a team. Favorite baseball memory: Going to the World Series in New York in 2015....

Hanson looks back on four years at FSC

Mikaela Queen In August of 2016, Brett Hanson came to Florida Southern College from Manchester, New Hampshire as a 6’2” guard. Hanson began playing basketball at the time he could walk. He said that the game...

Women’s Golf Spotlight: Tori Higgins

Women’s golf is in full swing with help of junior Tori Higgins leading the way. Higgins was named Sunshine State Conference Women’s Golf Player-of-the-Week for the week of Sept. 18 after leading the Mocs to a...

Beach volleyball prepares for Small College AVCA Championship

 Andrew Pawling Beach volleyball will be traveling to Tavares, Florida, to compete in the AVCA Small College Championship on April 19-21.  The Mocs finished their regular season with a final record of 11-11 which is an...

Recent Articles

Almost 25 years later, past and present faculty reminisce the canoe club

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.

What can we do to mitigate the effects of construction?

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

Traveling into her heart: How commuter students found love at FSC

As a commuter student, Rachelle Petit Homes hung out by the Career Center, where other commuter students would gather. This spot is where she met her now husband, Robens Petit Homes, for the very first time.

FSC alumna speaks on life after college

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

“Hillternships”: What internships look like in Washington, D.C.

Today, internships are becoming more valuable than other items on a resume. With the need to receive the best internship, students are traveling across the nation for their experience. One of the most popular places for these experiences are on Capitol Hill.