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always been a big deal in my house. It’s my dad’s birthday, but that didn’t stop him from spending hours assembling our Halloween costumes and Photo by Katiuska Carillo
taking us Trick-or-Treating. My mom would make witch’s fingers and fill the house with cobwebs. Everything would smell like cinnamon and pumpkin for weeks. So, when I tell you that I am so excited to present to you a very spooky edition of Eagle News, I mean it. We’re hoping to pull on your nostalgia this issue, as students explain their fall favorite movies and shows. And if this season is all about the snacks for you, we have a whole host of weird and wonderful recipes for you to try. We spoke with the FGCU Archives about their strangest artifacts and had our writers whip up some blood-curdling short stories. That’s not all, but you’ll have to read on to see what else we have to offer.
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Trick or Treat Halloween Treats
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100 Word Horror Stories
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Are There Ghosts in SoVi?
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By Eagle Media Staff By Neil Nestor
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Eerie Artifacts: Unlocking the FGCU Archives
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October in the Tropics
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Favorite Halloween Movies
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October Events
By Sabrina Salovitz
By Rachel Newman
By Eagle Media Staff By Gracie Burgess
ENTV Director Sarah Mankowitz
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Fall Mimosas (21+) Ingredients: • Apple Cider • Choice of champagne • Caramel drizzle • Brown sugar • Cinnamon To begin, grab a glass, stem or no stem, and prepare two plates for the brown sugar rim. On one plate, caramel syrup, the other a mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon. Rim your glass with the caramel and coat with the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture. Then, add the preferred mix of apple cider and champagne. Enjoy!
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ny holiday season, especially one as iconic and nostalgic as Halloween cannot be complete without seasonal recipes and sweets to go with. To properly celebrate this holiday season, consider grabbing your best spatulas, a couple pumpkins to carve and sipping on some fall mimosas. Featured are some seasonal recipes, from mummy dogs, to monster cookies, to dirt cake, with a few spooky twists mixed in. To embrace the holiday season, my sister and I challenged ourselves to complete an array of baking activities, which was more like I told her I had a list of desserts we had to make and I delegated. In all fairness, she got all of the patience between the two of us and I can make a mean bowl of soup or cocktail. My sister’s speciality is her Oreo Cheesecake, which we only slightly altered to add in some haloweeney features. This recipe’s ingredients and the steps we took to make the cheesecake are provided, but the basics of this item is that it is an easy, no-bake recipe that uses Oreo cookies and has a made-fromscratch whipped cream. To add in the spooky effects, we used red and blue food coloring to make a purple cheesecake, which includes cream cheese, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream and, of course, crushed up oreo. “A tip on the cheesecake filling is to use the whole Oreo, including the icing in the middle when you crush them up,” said Allie Wilson, cheesecake expert. Using the whole cookie gives it moistness and when it comes to the crust, allows for more compactness and structure. To wrap up discussion and move on to our mummy dogs, I will give an honorable mention to the candy eyeballs we adorned the top of our cheesecake and whipped topping dollops with, which adds to the holiday spirit. The cheesecake was an easy recipe, but definitely posed issues when it came to my attention span and baking incapacities. The mummy dogs were definitely more my speed and I made them a solo project, think pigs in a blanket, but undead. For these, I used a regular package of hotdogs and two packages of crescent rolls and then condiments of choice. The prep was as simple as wrapping the hotdogs with their crescent bandages and baking them for just about 20 minutes at 350 degrees. This Halloween food idea is great for last minute parties and is kind of a classic. The final step in making the mummies is to draw on, ever so carefully, their little faces with ketchup, mustard or relish if you are so bold. Perhaps my favorite item that was made during my self-inflicted baking extravaganza was the fall mimosas. This was an idea I had gotten last year at this time, from Pinterest or TikTok and I have already used it numerous times this holiday season. The beverage is for those 21+, but can be altered to attract the underage crowd as well. The drink features a brown sugar and cinnamon rim to your wine glass, which is stuck on using caramel syrup. From there, you add apple cider and your favorite champagne or sparkling wine to taste. For my concoction I used prosecco, my 19-year-old sister used sparkling white grape juice. Along with these recipes, I also made a couple others, including pumpkin seeds, strawberry filled chocolate cupcakes themed after “Little Shop of Horrors”, monster cookies and dirt cake. An honorable mention is given to pumpkin bread which I planned out to make, but did not realize the extent to my baking endeavors, but I will hopefully test out before autumn comes to an end.
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Ingredients: • For Crust • 2 cups oreo crumbles • ¼ cup melted butter • For Filling • 24 oz room temperature cream cheese • ½ cup sugar • 2 tsp vanilla extract • 1 ¼ cups heavy whipping cream • ¾ cups powdered sugar • 1 ½ cups oreo crumble • 7-10 oreos • For Whipped topping • ¾ cup heavy whipping cream • 6 tbsp powdered sugar • ½ tsp vanilla extract
Ingredients: • A boxed cake/cupcake mix of choice, preferably chocolate • Frosting • Green and black food coloring • Strawberry filling • Strawberries The dream for this recipe was homemade cupcakes with homemade frosting, but us college students are busy people, so let’s make it easy. Follow the box instructions in making a portion of cupcakes, and after they cool, scoop out a portion of the centers. Insert a scoop of chilled strawberry preserves/filling. Next, frost your cupcakes with your choice of frosting. I used vanilla and added green food coloring to create a plant-like base. For the toppings, cut the stems off of several strawberries and then cut them in half. The strawberry pieces are placed on top of the cupcake to look like the mouth to a monstrous plant from “Little Shop of Horrors” aka Aubrey II. To add the little details, use piped white and black frosting to add in the teeth and a slithering tongue.
To build the crust of this cheesecake, blend up/ crush some oreos until you have 2 cups. Then in a bowl mix this with the ¼ cup of melted butter. Take the mixture and coat the bottom of a pie pan, let the crust sit in the fridge while you work on the filling. For the filling, beat out the 24 oz of room temperature cream cheese with ½ cup of sugar, 2 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 ¼ cups of heavy whipping cream and gradually add in the ¾ cups of powdered sugar and 1 ½ cups of oreo crumble. After the mixture is all together and you add in your food coloring of choice (to make it spooky), pour it into the pie pan. Leave this mixture to cool for at least two hours. When you are ready to serve, put together the whip cream mix by beating the ¾ cups of heavy whipping cream with 6 tbsp of powdered sugar and ½ tsp of vanilla extract, along with food coloring. Then dollop the whipped topping on, or create a piping bag by scooping it into a ziploc and cutting one of the corners. For our spooky cheesecake, we adorned the whipped cream dollops with candy eyeballs.
Pumpkin Seeds Ingredients: • Seeds • Butter • Salt/pepper • Olive oil After gutting and deseeding your pumpkin, mix in a bowl the seeds, salt and pepper, olive oil and butter, measure with your heart, but beware it can get salty really fast. Lay the seeds out on a baking tray and heat the oven to 275 degrees. Stir the concoction about every 15 minutes, waiting until they reach a perfect golden brown coloring. After they are cooked to your liking, lay them out on a newspaper to draw out the excessive amount of oil and butter that may be on the seeds. Then enjoy!
Mummy Dogs Graveyard Dirt Cake
Ingredients: • Hot dogs • Crescent rolls • Mustard/ketchup
Ingredients: • 8 oz tub of whipped topping • 3.9 oz of chocolate instant pudding • Oreos • 2 cups of milk • Gummy worms • Chocolate chips
Assembly comes first, grab your hotdogs and package of crescent rolls. Simply wrap the crescent rolls around the hotdogs to resemble the wrapping of a mummy. I cut my crescents in half to add to the ghoulish adornment. Next, bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. The last step after they have cooled is to add little mummy faces with ketchup or mustard, but be careful, it’s easier than it looks when it comes to the faces.
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To start, mix pudding and milk in a large bowl, stirring for 5 minutes. Let that stand while crushing cookies; we used a mini blender. You crush all the cookies finely. Fold in your whipped cream until blended then proceed to mix half of the crushed cookies and your chocolate chips. Fill individual cups or large bowl with this mix and then top with remaining crushed oreos. Finish up by decorating with gummy worms/bugs of choice.
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The Carving
Ronique Bobb, Staff Writer
My name is Olive and I’m going insane, at least I think. For two weeks now, I can’t shake the feeling I'm being followed. Even when no one is near I still feel a presence. By the third week, I still could not shake this eerie feeling. The third week happens to be my last week of high school at Byers Prep. Our teachers made us clean out our desks. At first, I wasn’t going to because I never put anything in there. I then remembered that Allison put my gray stylus pen in the desk of my last class. It was the last couple minutes of class and I opened up my desk drawer and saw the pen. Adjacent to it was: “Just know I’m watching” carved into the floor of the drawer. My initial response was to burst out in laughter, but a cold wind then blew over my shoulder and I was reminded of my unshakeable fear. I went to confront Allison. “That was hilarious what you did,” I said jokingly. “What are you talking about?” Allison replied. I was so scared by the words she uttered, I didn't know if I should laugh, run, or cry. I felt helpless but worst of all, crazy. I had to find out what this was if it was the last thing I’d do.
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The Vampire
Serena Tartaglia, Staff Writer
I suppose we are crepuscular creatures: the ivory moon is our only confidante in a night as black as ink. The sun, the glowing ball of gas and heat that gives life to so many, is now indifferent to us, so now we thrive in the shadows. If you see us while out-rather unwisely- at night, do not fear us. That night in particular, when I was loitering in the glaring light of a neon sign, I saw two humans walking past me; a distorted reflection of what I used to be. They were much too mundane for my taste, so I let them pass without incident. How I loved it: I could hear the man’s heartbeat slamming in his chest, and the woman’s shoes clicking rapidly as they hurried away from me. I c h u c k l ed t o my s el f: I do not envy them any longer. When I caught up to the others like me, they greeted me, but still seemed withdrawn, lost in their own cravings. We do not terrorize, only lurk, only gaze, only thirst. When you see us in the dark, do not fear us.
Lost Things
Sabrina Salovitz, Editor-in-Chief
I’m always losing things. Socks, earring backs, ponytails. My favorite backpack, my sister’s toy giraffe, the page of homework I’d finished just last night. My parents would always tell me to be more attentive, to trace my steps. I thought I just had bad luck until a few weeks ago, when I started losing the really important things. My name, my face, and so much time. I’m missing hours, maybe even days. I don’t know, everything is starting to get really fuzzy, and I can’t seem to remember what I was looking for in the first place. I’m always losing things but I’m starting to worry that someone… or something… might be taking them.
Don't Look Up Alexandra Porter, Staff Writer
Keep looking down at these words. Don’t look. It sees you already. Keep your breath steady. The gentle rise and fall of your shoulders from each breath should keep it at bay. No matter what you hear, do not look up. Its own voice, its own breath, is like the many sounds you know. It may be near or far. It’s like a game to it. It wants you to know it’s there, so it can start playing its game with you. So, don’t look up, or else your game will begin. And end like mine. Don’t look up.
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arious accounts of paranormal experiences have erupted from FGCU’s South Village (SoVi) over the past four years. Reports of falling objects, out-of-place noises, and vanishing entities are unsettling and exciting the students that live there. “I believe in ghosts, 110%,” former SoVi resident Sam Grizelj said. “When I encountered them, they seemed more annoying than threatening.” Grizelj recalls multiple paranormal incidents that he experienced while living in Everglades Hall. One of which involved a fan “flying” off the fridge. Not long after Grizelj says he heard strange knocking on the wall separating the living space between him and his roommate. His roommate was not present during that event. “There is always something in Everglades,” Grizelj said. “There’s always something watching you no matter if your cooking, doing homework, or doing laundry.” In another case, Grizelj reported that he might’ve seen a ghost, nicknamed “Benjamin” by the residents, while doing laundry. He saw a boy with light-brown hair and khaki pants standing outside the lounge door on the 3rd floor. He says the figure vanished without a sound once he went to go let him in. Grizelj claims that he didn’t hear the elevator, or any hallway doors, open or close during the boy ’s departure. I was shown security camera footage by student Marleigh Hall that captured one of the dryer doors spontaneously opening without anyone in the room. The clothes in the dryer began to fly out, tossed out of the dryer with what looked like no outside interference. I investigated SoVi last October to try and figure out what was going on. I knew that Everglades was my
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Ghosts in SoVi? By Neil Nestor
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There’s always something watching you no matter if your cooking, doing homework, or doing laundry. point of interest, so I carefully scanned the area
with an Electromagnetic Frequency Detector app that I downloaded on my phone. The app yielded no abnormal fluctuations on frequencies in Everglades and Biscayne, but it did pick up something interesting in between the walkway of the two dormitories. The frequencies would pulsate, in and out of range and I was able to follow them. In other words, the frequencies were moving. There weren’t any students or electrical devices that could’ve interfered in my radius of detection. SoVi Dining Supervisor Laurel Phelps says thar there have been numerous paranormal occurrences in the facility. Most of these events have taken place after or before business hours. Phelps says that she and other workers have heard the radio change in tone or randomly turn on without anyone touching it. She also says that employees have reported hearing voices when no one is around. “Small things like trinkets, pencils, and personal items have gone missing on occasion,” Phelps said. “For me, in particular, I usually keep my office locked, but something always finds a way to hide or steal my belongings.” These events could be a collection of random incidences caused by electronic malfunction and student routines, there’s no way to know. What’s for certain is that residents believe in ghosts and believe that their housing is haunted to some degree. So, my answer to the question “Are there ghosts in SoVi?” is yes, without a doubt. Want to hear more about stories just like this? Be sure to check out my podcast on Eagle Radio, How To Cry “Monster”—the home of monsters, mysteries, and paranormal conspiracies. Our eighth episode was on the SoVi Ghosts, which includes details not mentioned in this article.
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Reconstruction of Francisco Pizarro's skull from the William R. Maples Collection in the FGCU Library Archives.
EERIE ARTIFACTS: Unlocking the FGCU Archives By Sabrina Salovitz
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tamps, books, conquistador skulls and the writings of a cult. The Florida Gulf Coast University Archives is the official repository of records that serve as an institutional memory. “We handle everything, it's really diverse,” University Archivist Kaley Dietrich said. “We have artist books and ziens from all over the country. A bit of everything really.” Most of these records are benign; there’s a large collection of fish journals and a collection of Florida railroad history. The William R. Maples Collection includes images
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and documents from the many high-profile cases of the renowned forensic anthropologist. The Archive’s current exhibit celebrates the Porecki Collection which includes rare prints and a collection of stamps among other things. These collections are all extraordinary, but it is the Koreshan collection that stands out from the rest as being uniquely spooky. “I would say that the Koreshan stuff has more of an energy to it,” Archives Coordinator Bailey Rodgers said. “I've only had one experience where I was like, that's weird.”
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We have artist books and ziens from all over the country. A bit of everything really.
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Rodgers says she was making coffee in the small kitchen in the back of the Archives when she felt somebody tap on her shoulder. “I was the only one in there, but I still looked and there was no one there,” Rodgers said. “So that one was kind of weird. That was around the time when we were taking out a lot of the Koreshan stuff.” The Koreshans were led by the Prophet Cyrus R. Teed. He first founded the Science of Universiology and the Koreshanity religion in New York and he eventually moved his community to Estero, Florida in 1894. He called the area “New Jerusalem” and set about creating a utopia. “He believed he was a Messiah, and he was ushering in a new age, and that he had been sent by an angel to start to redeem all of humanity,” FGCU Professor Lyn Millner said. “He believed that the earth is hollow, and that we live inside of it. He preached celibacy and told his followers they needed to be celibated in order to achieve eternal life.” Millner is the author of a book about Teed and his followers called “The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet.” She describes the Koreshans as an intelligent and industrious group of people who built a real community here. “They had a bakery, a laundry, they had their own school,” she said. “They had performances of dramas, they read Shakespeare, they learned Latin, they had an orchestra, they had a band. They were incredibly cultured and smart people and they had very odd beliefs.” This juxtaposition is what drew Millner to write her book. She says she’s always believed that if you're intelligent and educated, you won't fall for crazy stuff. The strangest part of the Koreshans wasn’t their beliefs, but how they ended. Teed had long preached that upon death he would “theocratize” and while no one was quite sure what that meant, he promised to return to earth as God incarnate.
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Koreshan Premise poster that reads: A straight line extended at right angels to a perpendicular over land, or water, will meet the water or surface of the earth at a distance proportionate to the distance of the perpendicular. In front of the poster there are three globes sitting on a desk with two men to the right of the table.
“When he died, they mourned him, they put him in his bathtub, and waited for him to come back to life because he had always told them that's what he was going to do.” Millner said. “And when he didn't come back to life, they kept him for five days in his bathtub, and watched his body decay, and this is where it gets spooky, right?” Millner doesn’t buy into the idea that the Koreshan artifacts are haunted. She says that while there is a lot of mythology around them, she doesn’t know why people fear the
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things they left behind. So, whether you want a taste of the strange energy described by the Archive employees or, like Millner you like to learn about really cool, local history, you should check out the Archive’s website. “We have all of the Koreshan writings. We have personal papers from other members of the group, we actually have their paintings, we have some of their clothes, we have quilts that they made and instruments,” Rodgers said. “It's all on our website, you can definitely take a look. We also have a digitized collection, too."
It's all on our website, you can definitely take a look. We also have a digitized collection, too.
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The chilly autumn air, the vibrant orange and red leaves, and the cozy fireplace are all the best parts about fall. Here at FGCU, though, we get none of that. The temperatures rarely dip below 80 degrees, the palm trees stay the same color year-round, and it is rare for any house--especially dorm--in Florida to have a fireplace. However, we do have one benefit when it comes to Halloween: people can actually see our costumes. “I’m so used to wearing layer upon layer for Halloween when I would go trick or treating. The Florida weather is really nice because you can dress up true to the costume,” FGCU Freshman and Chicago native Katie Havener said. “I think I appreciate that aspect more now that I'm older.”
Fortunately, most students feel the same as Havener in that the Florida heat does not detract from their ability to thoroughly enjoy Halloween. Junior Briana Briggs has never even seen snow or experienced the change in seasons that goes on up north but she that the weather does not affect the way she enjoys Halloween. “The only time I ever feel like I have missed out is when I watch movies or TV shows where the seasons are more pronounced than they are in Florida,” Briggs said. Students like Freshman Erik Jepson would rather it be enjoying the warm weather than the snow, but some Floridians do miss out on some of the beauty of fall. OCTOBER 2021
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I really miss the leaves though. There is no other experience like watching the trees turn bright red and fiery orange.
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“I really miss the leaves though. There is no other experience like watching the trees turn bright red and fiery orange,” Havener said. “The crisp autumn air you hear people talk about is no myth. It’s a feeling nearly impossible to describe. I’m happy I live in Florida and get the chance to go to FGCU, but the memory of fall in Chicago will always bring a smile to my face.” Another struggle that the change in seasons up north and the lack thereof in Florida brings is the snowbirds, clogging up the interstate and making it harder for commuter students to make the drive to campus.
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FGCU students have found their own ways to enjoy Halloween, attending the FGCU Cooking Club’s Halloween Potluck, the Halloween Night Hike at Waterfront, and the Programming Board’s Pumpkin Party and EagleBOOlooza. There are even some activities and events outside of the University that students take advantage of to get more into the Halloween spirit, such as Halloween Horror Nights at Universal,
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens, and Farmer Mike’s Haunted Corn Maze and Fall Festival. Some of these events could not happen up north because of the snow and low temperatures, so the Florida heat may even increase students’ ability to enjoy Halloween. For students feeling like they are missing out on fall, go grab a pumpkin spice latte or pumpkin cream cheese muffin from Starbucks, watch a Hallmark movie or fall episode of Gilmore Girls, and remember that only Floridians can celebrate Halloween on the beach.
My favorite Halloween movie is Coraline. I've never thought of it as a scary movie, though. Ever since I was little, I have loved the effort that was put into stop-motion films like Coraline. My first tattoo is going to be of the doll made to look like her!
Taylor Wilson Staff Writer
One of my all-time favorite Halloween series is the Halloweentown movies. The fourth (Return to Halloweentown) is one of the best, even though it doesn’t feature the original actress for Marnie. I love that these movies carry through the constant theme of a world where Halloween creatures and beings exist and once lived among mortals.
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Hocus Pocus is my favorite Halloween movie because of the storyline that includes a cat. I have a black cat so that’s why I gravitate towards it. I also really enjoy the spooky storyline!
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My Favorite Halloween series is Halloweentown because I love all of the theatrics that went into filming, especially Halloweentown High. Singular moviewise, I love the original Mostly Ghostly. I genuinely just love R.L. Stine, I think he is a creative genius when it comes to his films. They always capture me and the gore and theatrics are also fun.
I love Twitches because it has a great storyline with a relationship between sisters. Every Halloween I make it a tradition to watch both Twitches and Twitches Too with my sister. I enjoy all of the details that went into the movie.
Tremors is my favorite Halloween movie because it has a classic feel that most modern hack-and-slash horror movies can’t compete with. It’s one of the few horror films that have such an interesting monster design with the Graboids and how they play out as monsters. The fan favorite, Burt Gummer is particularly a cornerstone of the film — and later series — with his humor and personality.
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Eagles Explore to Soar will be hosting Majors Mania! If students have yet to declare a major, this is a perfect time to learn more about all that is offered on campus. Declared students will have the opportunity to network and meet with others in their selected major.
Join other FGCU students and the general public for a showing of The Misanthrope performed by students from the FGCU Theater Program. Tickets are on sale and available for online purchase at fgcu. edu/theatrelab. Be sure to stick around after for a discussion with the cast and crew!
FGCU Volleyball Vs. Jacksonville
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Archive 81 is my favorite horror podcast. I am a huge fan of horror that relies on atmosphere over cheap jumpscares or gorey visuals, and as such, horror podcasts have always been a huge draw for me. Archive 81's horror is well-crafted around a mystery, suspense and confusion building a sense of dread in listeners as they follow the protagonist on his journey, hearing him ask the same questions the audience might.
My favorite Halloween movie is Halloween Town! I love how fun the movie is. Growing up, I remember seeing it on Disney Channel every year. Still to this year, I watch it and remember how much I would look forward to watching it every year!
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Eagle Family Weekend is coming up! FGCU family members are able to visit with their student and see what their life at FGCU is like on campus, and in the surrounding community. For all the events that will be taking place during Eagle Family Weekend, you can visit the FGCU Eagle Family Weekend website at
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More Information Price: Students $7, Public $10 Date: ALL WEEKEND! October 29-31, 2021 Time: 7:30-9:30 PM Location: FGCU Campus (See website above for more info)
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The FGCU Volleyball team will be taking on Jacksonville in a BLUE OUT event! Parking will be available in the Alico Arena lot and tickets can be purchased by opening your phone camera to scan the QR code below. To stay up to date on the information surrounding the FGCU Volleyball team, be sure to follow @FGCU_VB on Twitter and Instagram!
More Information Price: Students $7, Public $10 Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021 Time: 6:00-8:00 PM Location: Alico Arena
FGCU Programming Board presents: Eagle-Boo-Looza! Come and get spooked in our haunted house, as well as eating some fried Oreos, funnel cakes, and decorating your own pumpkin! Eagle News will be hosting a costume contest during this event!
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FGCU Men’s Soccer Vs. Stetson The FGCU Men’s Soccer team will be taking on Stetson in a BLUE OUT event! This game is to honor the FGCU Seniors during Senior Night! Come to the game early to see a pregame ceremony! Parking will be available at Alico Arena and OSC Lots. Tickets can be purchased by opening your phone camera to scan the QR code below.
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eaglenews.org Our Mission Eagle News, the official student media group at Florida Gulf Coast University since 1997, represents the diverse voices on campus with fairness. We select content for our publication and our website that is relevant to the student body, faculty, and staff. Members are committed to reporting the news with accuracy and truth. Our purpose is to encourage conversations about issues that concern the on-campus community. Eagle News views every culture with equal respect and believes every person must be treated with dignity.
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