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Gudfellas performed at the Eagle Radio Music Festival on March 23, 2023.

FGCU Student-formed Band, Gudfellas, to Perform at Nectar Lab This Weekend

Addyson McCullough, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

Gudfellas, the latest indie/alternative rock band entering Fort Myers’s world of music, is performing at Nectar Lab Saturday, April 22. While most bands are known for certain sounds, Gudfellas is...

FGCU Seeking Applicants for Its Fifth President

FGCU Seeking Applicants for Its Fifth President

Riley Hazel, Executive Editor February 24, 2023

The Presidential Search Firm, Greenwood Asher & Associates, has entered the recruitment phase in the search for FGCU’s fifth president. During Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, material...

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How to Watch Tonight’s Student Government Candidate Forum

Riley Hazel, Executive Editor February 23, 2023

In the case that you aren’t able to make it to tonight’s Candidate Forum to hear from student body presidential and vice presidential candidates, here’s how to virtually tune in.  Student Government...

Updated: Male Students Questioned Overnight for Possession of Pellet Gun

Updated: Male Students Questioned Overnight for Possession of Pellet Gun

Riley Hazel, Executive Editor January 23, 2023

Updated Jan. 23, 2023, 11:24 a.m. to add information from a campus-wide email from Chief of Police James Slapp.   UPD detained three male subjects in Eagle Hall for possession of pellet guns early...

FGCU Returns to In-Person Commencement Ceremonies This Fall

FGCU Returns to In-Person Commencement Ceremonies This Fall

Hayley Lemery, Assignment and Features Editor August 2, 2022

Florida Gulf Coast University is returning to in-person commencement graduation ceremonies since the pandemic for fall 2022 graduates. FGCU’s Commencement Team alerted the student body through an email...

Dead Body Found in South Village

Dead Body Found in South Village

Hayley Lemery, Assignment and Features Editor August 2, 2022

A man was found dead near Garage B in South Village just before 4 a.m. on Aug. 2. The University Police Department responded to the scene. They do not suspect any foul play.  Pamela McCabe, the Coordinator...

The ultimate connection between sustainability and music: FGCU Food Forest collaborates with The Bower School of Music

The ultimate connection between sustainability and music: FGCU Food Forest collaborates with The Bower School of Music

Tori Foltz, Editor-in-Chief May 23, 2022

Sustainability and music are two completely different things, but a few passionate students found a way to make them intertwined, complementing each other in a celebration that everyone can enjoy. And...

25 years at FGCU: A digital history project

25 years at FGCU: A digital history project

Tori Foltz, Editor-in-Chief May 9, 2022

Living in 2022, digital history is a thing of the future. This year was FGCU’s 25th anniversary and one student here thought it was important to showcase that history digitally. FGCU history and accounting...

FGCU Student is ‘Monkeying’ around in South Africa

FGCU Student is ‘Monkeying’ around in South Africa

Emma Rodriguez, Staff Writer May 9, 2022

Broadening one’s horizons is the vehicle to knowledge, experience, and growth. This March, FGCU Environmental Science Masters student Ella Guedouar embodied this sentiment and traveled abroad to study...

US Congressman Byron Donalds visits FGCU to talk about Critical Race Theory

US Congressman Byron Donalds visits FGCU to talk about Critical Race Theory

Gwendolyn Salata, Contributing Writer April 29, 2022

U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds visited Florida Gulf Coast University last Monday and spoke about critical race theory to FGCU Turning Point USA members. He spoke in opposition of critical race theory...

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A Manta Ray breeding ground discovered in South Floirda

Tanner Jenni, Contributing Writer April 20, 2022

A marine biologist is educating FGCU students about the importance of a recently discovered possible manta ray breeding ground. In February 2022, marine biologist and research scientist, Jessica Pate,...

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Fort Myers High School Robotics Team prepares for state championship

Eddie Stewart, Contributing Writer April 18, 2022

A local robotics team is preparing for a competition far, far away - the FIRST® Robotics World Championships in Houston, Texas. Java the Hutts is a team of high school students, two of which are dual-enrolled...

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