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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Celebrating 100 years in Lakeland

Citrus disease affects Florida’s orange trees

Amelia Jackson With the disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), spreading like wildfire across Florida’s citrus community, the need for students majoring in citrus at Florida...

Kevin Spacey, the divide between actor and role

Derrick Jean-Baptiste Hollywood is currently in the midst of sexual scandal that has blindsided many within the field. With all of the allegations coming a...

SPCA Cat Cafes come to campus

  In February, Florida Southern College’s shelters for feral cats known as “Cat Cafés” will be set up around campus, along with traps to spay,...

FSC takes on annual Christmas traditions

By Christina Meiser In the eyes of many FSC students, December is the the most wonderful time of the year. Just like millions of families...

EngageFSC replaces MOCsync

Hannah Keister Over the summer, The Center for Student Involvement worked to replace MOCsync with a platform called Engage. The platform was designed to be...

AGR hosts food drive for the Bahamas

Sophia Gonzalez Florida Southern College’s Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity (AGR) hosted a hurricane relief food drive following Dorian’s landfall in the Bahamas as a Category...

Q&A | The multicultural center hosts ‘welcome back’ barbecue

The Simmons Multicultural Center is home to diversity and inclusion on campus. Wishing to promote these values, the center hosts an annual Welcome Back Barbecue for students and faculty every September. Features editor Caroline Bryant talks to Assistant Director Kanesha Hicks about the organization and its upcoming event.

Senior volleyball player plans to say goodbye to FSC after May

Deanna Wright Rachael Martin is a senior nursing major who plays for FSC volleyball team as a middle blocker plans to go back to California...

Trash fire ignites during dead week

Leah Schwarting Co-Editor Students poured out of Wesley Hall on Dec. 4 when, around 1 a.m., the fire alarm went off. In a mixture of pajamas...

Lakeland joins the Global Climate Strike

Jillian Kurtz Lakelanders participated in a strike meant to bring attention to climate change on Friday outside of the Southgate Shopping Plaza on S Florida...