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Fast and feelin’ The Fast and Furious

April 7, 2015

So it has come to this. After a decade and a half of fast cars, sexy women and the furious Vin Diesel, the cash cow street-racing franchise (that at this point has very little to do with actual racing)...

Spring semester movie preview

Spring semester movie preview

January 6, 2015

Jan. 30   “Project Almanac” “Chronicle” meets time travel in this newest entry into the found footage genre. Several teens discover one’s father’s research for DARPA and it takes them...

Minaj-a-trois: “The Pinkprint” Review

December 26, 2014

Nicki Minaj's third album was released this December, and the divisive pop star has decided to go a far different route than her breakout album, "Pink Friday." Instead of being saturated with catchy,...

Reach out and care for pals, even strangers, dealing with mental illness

Reach out and care for pals, even strangers, dealing with mental illness

October 8, 2014

Here's a fun fact you're surely aware of: there's a lot of terribleness out there. So often, it doesn't come from any external forces, but from within ourselves or those closest to us. The common instinct...

FGCU’s Powerlifting Club: Meet some of the strongest athletes on campus

September 17, 2014

While sports such as basketball, soccer and baseball pretty much own the popularity index, none of those teams are going to be wreaking the brute force that powerlifters have to exert every training session. Powerlifting...

This week’s fitness class reviews: Yoga and Ab Attack

September 17, 2014

Every week, the Florida Gulf Coast University Fitness Center offers 14 diverse exercise classes in its group fitness room. The classes appeal to a variety of students with interests that range from self-defense...

Are we losing our humanity to technology?

September 3, 2014

So, my friend rented “Robocop” the other week, and despite being a remake, it actually raises some fairly poignant questions about the state of the current world of technology and its consequences,...

Fall film preview: This is the slump season

August 27, 2014

It’s an unfortunate facet of show business that September and October are the slow months. Summer blockbusters are over and award season has yet to begin. Add that to the fact that everyone’s going...

Bro, do you even etiquette? Proper procedure at the gym

August 20, 2014

Wipe everything down: We’re in the middle of ebola season (too soon?), and while Florida might not have any cases, there are a lot of other diseases to worry about. “If I’m going to use it right...

FGCU alum supes up custom costumes

April 23, 2014

Melissa Gallagher is better known in the world of comic book and gaming conventions as “Mad Mel Madigan.” A former FGCU student, Gallagher spends a lot of weekends in the spotlight as a well- respected...

Artist draws upon service-industry experience

April 23, 2014

We’ve all worked at jobs frequented by... quirky patrons. Now think about how weird comic book geeks are, and multiply their respective bizarritude levels by each other. Comic store worker-turned-...

Fantasy gives insight to reality

April 23, 2014

Batman’s a pretty popular guy. A couple billion-dollar film grosses surely proved that point. Now, here on the character’s 75th anniversary, I think of why this cultural icon has endured for three...

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