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UPD Beat: Alligator the Length of a Car Found on Campus

UPD Beat: Alligator the Length of a Car Found on Campus

Alexandra Cavalier, Assistant Assignment & Features Editor February 19, 2024

On Feb. 6, a parent requested a welfare check on their student because they were unable to contact them. The officer contacted the student and asked them to contact the complainant. The student did not...

Azul’s Attire Provides FGCU Students with Professional Attire

Azul’s Attire Provides FGCU Students with Professional Attire

Emma Rodriguez, Staff Writer February 27, 2022

The Office of Career Development Services launched Azul’s Attire, a professional closet available to all FGCU students earlier this semester. Azul’s Attire aims to give students professional wear,...

FGCU Announces Plan to Phase Out COVID-19 Services

FGCU Announces Plan to Phase Out COVID-19 Services

Riley Hazel, Assignment and Features Editor February 27, 2022

FGCU announced yesterday that it will begin to phase out its COVID-19-related resources, according to an email. The Veoci app and its contact tracing system will become inactive on March 7, the first...

Caffeine Frenzy

Caffeine Frenzy

Tori Foltz, Staff Writer October 26, 2021

Throughout my life, I have always wanted to like coffee. I have tried the hand-crafted drink too many times to count and every single time, I like it even less.  Now energy drinks, I always knew I could...

FGCU Student Stopped from Playing Tuba on Fort Myers Beach Plays On

FGCU Student Stopped from Playing Tuba on Fort Myers Beach Plays On

Alexandra Porter, Contributing Writer August 26, 2021

Derick Nangle, a music therapy major at FGCU, has been playing his tuba while carrying a sign along the shore of Fort Myers Beach since August 2020. Nangle performed every Saturday until last month, on...

FGCU Launches Vaccine Incentive Program

FGCU Launches Vaccine Incentive Program

Sabrina Salovitz, Editor-in-Chief August 20, 2021

FGCU has launched a vaccine incentive program for students and faculty who voluntarily show proof of vaccination. All currently enrolled students and active employees are eligible for $100 in Eagle Dollars...

Student Government Welcomes New Year

Student Government Welcomes New Year

Sabrina Salovitz, Editor-in-Chief August 20, 2021

The school year is just beginning, and as classes kick off and the campus starts to settle down, Student Government leaders are preparing to introduce themselves to the student body. Alyssa Fleischer and...

New and Improved: What Students Need to Know About Fall Construction and Renovations

New and Improved: What Students Need to Know About Fall Construction and Renovations

Alexandra Porter, Contributing Writer August 19, 2021

FGCU takes pride in developing the campus to aid students in their endeavors. This means creating new structures as well as renovating what is already present. This Fall semester, students will get a first...

HB233 to Ironically Limit Intellectual Thought on Campus

HB233 to Ironically Limit Intellectual Thought on Campus

Riley Hazel, Contributing Writer August 5, 2021

Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation this past month that will require public universities and colleges to annually survey their students and staff about their beliefs, citing in the bill that these...

New Scholarship Raises Awareness of Pet Overpopulation

New Scholarship Raises Awareness of Pet Overpopulation

Samantha Roesler, Executive Editor July 19, 2021

FGCU is partnering with non-profit organization For the Love of Cats by offering a scholarship to biology students that have the intent to go into veterinary practice in SWFL. For the Love of Cats is...

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Kathryn Kelly: from Architect to Accidental CEO

Katie Fogarty, Contributing Writer April 27, 2021

Kathryn Kelly is the CEO and founder of The Heights Foundation, an organization that works to build strong, sufficient families in the Harlem Heights neighborhood in Fort Myers, Florida. Many families...

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GSA Hosts Panel to Celebrate Transgender Students

April 20, 2021

By Erica Fish Staff Writer We all have a story to tell, but not everyone can see it. Gender norms have grounded what beauty is supposed to define. From slims waists and curves to thick shoulders and striking...

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