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Celebrating 100 years in Lakeland

Mocs slay Lions in 14th straight win

Reems Landreth Camille Giardina (20 pts) and Anja Fuchs-Robetin (21 pts) combined for 41 points in a 68-34 win over Saint Leo University. The Mocs now have 11 straight wins against the Lions of Saint...

Freshman water skier wins national title

  David Tomchinsky Staff Writer Ellie Rae Horton was born into a water ski family. Recently, she won the national title in the tricks competition at the National Collegiate Water Ski Association Championship. The California native grew up water...

FSC student returns to Douglas

Hannah Kiester It has been a month since the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, but the public is still reeling from the tragedy. To remember the victims and prompt action to prevent future school...

Beach volleyball battles in St. Petersburg

Dakota Webb The beach volleyball season has started, and the Mocs are taking to the courts. The team traveled to Eckerd College and Stetson University for its first round of tournaments. At the Battle on the Bay...

Athlete Spotlight: Kassidy Watkins, Women’s Track

Academic major: Political Communications Future plans: To attend law school and work in politics. Favorite track memory: Breaking the medley relay with my teammates. It was so fun to cheer them on during the race and...

Volleyball wraps up regular season

Mikaela Queen Ranked fourth in the NCAA South Region rankings, Florida Southern volleyball advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth-straight season.  The Mocs played 31 matches in the 2018 regular season, with 20 of them...

Mocs Play Detroit Tigers

Megan Price The words “fresh lemonade” bounce off the walls, hot dogs ooze with ketchup, the smell of sunscreen and fresh popcorn fill the air and you can hear the zing of each pitch no...

Drew Howard named FSC Director of Athletics

Jillian Kurtz Drew Howard was named the new Director of Athletics for Florida Southern College on March 25 at a press conference in the Streamline Sale Arena at Jenkins Field House. “I am honored and...

Equestrian Team Making Strides

College sports are extremely popular in the community, but when’s the last time an equestrian team was the talk of the town? The Florida Southern Equestrian team, established two years ago, is in its second...

Students help put on PALA Qualifiers at Lake Myrtle Sports Park

Jillian Kurtz Florida Southern students and athletes helped at the 2019 Pan American Lacrosse Association Women’s Lacrosse World Qualifiers that took place Nov. 14-17. Founded in the Fall of 2018, Pan American Lacrosse Association (PALA) is...

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The Hallmark debate: Comforting classics or corny cliches? 

Few genres spark as much debate as “Hallmark” movies. Some viewers eagerly await the time for movies with small-town charm and holiday cheer, while others can’t stomach another minute of predictable romances. To explore the great “Hallmark” divide, two perspectives are put in place: the individual who adores these films and the other who dreads them.

Is Oasis Crafting Chaos? The potential flaws of the AI-based video game

Released on Oct. 31, Oasis is an AI-generated game from Decart credited as being “the first real-time AI world model.” Based on user input, the game generates its environment as users play it, similar to Minecraft but powered entirely by AI. While it’s an impressive technological feat, some users' experiences have been less than spectacular, revealing potential limitations and significant challenges.

Florida’s Book Ban and Its Ripple Effect on Public Education

Amidst controversial times, the banning of over 700 books in Florida is one of the most important topics when it comes to the future of education in the state. While it is important for there to be some limits as to what kind of content children should have access to, it is a very questionable decision made by the Florida Department of Education to outright ban pieces of literature that have been a stepping stone in the progression of writing in our country.

When is it ‘too early’ to start celebrating Christmas?

There are two types of people in the world: the ones who put their Christmas tree up before Thanksgiving, and the ones who put it up after. Of course, there is also a third type who is way too excited about the holiday and has their tree up and Mariah Carey playing by the middle of October. Is there a happy medium?

A college trio’s journey through the Lakeland music scene

Seniors Johnny Horwood, Chris Horwood and Hannah Noll have taken their original music to the stage at local Lakeland venues. The Horwood twins first started working with Noll when J. Horwood was asked by his producer’s brother to find an opener for his band. She was the first person that came to mind.