TIPS Newsletter Volume 3, Number 11

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Vol. 3, No. 11 March 2011

ranging from beatboxing to live music. The main event from 6:45 pm – 9 pm features the Indak Dance Troupe and TCC Dance Company. A free dinner catered

by Lasang Pinoy will be served.

Help support the Vietnamese Student Association by coming out to their Pho Fundraiser on Sunday, March 27, from 11 am – 7 pm at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. Pho, a Vietnamese beef noodle soup, will cost $5 a bowl, drinks included.

You can also order the unlimited all-you-can-eat bowl for $14.

NAACP Spring Week: Theatre of the Mind will take place Sunday, March 27 – Saturday, April 2. The events of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People include a Health Fair on Wednesday, a multicultural panel called Race Relations on Thursday, and, tying the week up, Relay for Life on Saturday. Search the Facebook group “I Love FSU’s Chapter of NAACP” to learn more info about the organization and upcoming events.

Giving back to their community is the goal of FSU students who will take part in the Big Event, an initiative of the Student Government Association, at Union Green on Saturday, March 26, from 10 am – 2 pm.

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Masculinity To Be Redefined

Art Students Create New Zine

By Rachel Sanderford

By Claudia Martinez

Masculinity is defined in the dictionary as “having qualities traditionally ascribed to men,” but what does this mean? Men Advocating Responsible Conduct and the National Organization for Men Against Sexism are creating a modern outlook on masculinity.

MARC and NOMAS will host the Breaking Out of The Box: ReDefining Masculinity event from Friday, April 1, through Sunday, April 3, in the Student Services Building. Registration will begin at 8:30 am and end at 7 pm on Friday, April 1. There will be workshops addressing topics ranging from domestic violence to the role that media play on the view of men.

This is the 2nd Annual MARC Sex Symposium and the 36th National NOMAS Conference on Men and Masculinity.

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The Undergraduate Art History Association has a new platform for student artists to share their artwork. Caroline Keegan, the chief editor and treasurer of UAHA, created Art Scene Zine, a monthly print-and-online magazine focused on FSU art events and artists.

The zine is usually comprised of an Artist Spotlight article focusing on an innovative student artist as well as articles on local art shows and global art issues. There is also a competition for the front cover art; an article about the winner is included.

Danielle Delph’s human-heart-and-plant drawing won February’s

By Tiffany Lettsome The Big Event is here again. It gives students a chance to say thank you to their local community by completing service projects. Get involved on Saturday, Mar. 26, with the largest one-day, student-run community service project in the nation. For more information and to register for The Big Event, go to thebigevent.fsu.edu.

Check out the Filipino Student Association’s annual event, Barrio Fiesta: No Reservations, Saturday, March 26, from 4:30 pm – 9 pm. At the TCC Student Union Building, 444 Appleyard Drive, a carnival will take place from 4:30 pm – 6 pm. It will feature games for all ages and snacks. Different regions of the Philippines will be showcased, and donations from the carnival will go to Gawad Kalinga, a volunteer organization.

Fiesta performers will showcase their talents in the afternoon,

Big Event volunteers in 2010

Big Event Prepares To Help Tallahassee

By Kestrel L. Ambrose

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to thank them for housing us as students,” said Harrison Dubosar, the overall director of the Big Event.

The Big Event is one of the largest student-run service projects in the nation. It started at Texas A&M University in 1983. In 2008 then SGA President Laymon Hicks brought the Big Event to FSU as an SGA Initiative. Today the Big Event at FSU functions as its own individual RSO. To put the event together, the organization reached out to local organizations and businesses in the Tallahassee area for donations and sponsorships.

They also contacted job sites and reached out to local community centers and organizations such as the Boys and Girls club.

“Campus recruitment efforts begin in January, and we tap into Greek life, Inter-Residence Council and other RSOs for individual and group participation,” Dubosar said.

To spark participation among residence halls, the organization created a competition to see which hall could create the largest team. A pizza party will be thrown for the winners.

The deadline for individuals, groups and organizations to sign up for the Big Event is March 21. The registration form can be found on the organization website thebigevent.fsu.edu.

Dubosar said that last year’s big event was still in the experimental stages since it was only the second one held at FSU. “This year’s event is going to be a great experience,” said Dubosar. “We’re expecting about 2,500 to 3,000 volunteers to participate, almost double last year’s participation.”

Since becoming an RSO this year, the Big Event has taken on a variety of service projects. Their next major project is the restoration of a park located in a residential area along Woodville Highway and Capital Circle. “We’re naming the park in honor of Ashley L. Cowie, the student killed in a recent shooting incident at Heritage Grove,” Dubosar said. Cowie was a member of Chi Omega sorority.

Chi Omega can be contacted for further details on the park’s dedication ceremony.

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Masculinity To Be Redefined

MARC, an FSU student organization, reaches out to students to show them a new meaning for masculinity. Nick Savelli, the director of MARC, said, “Masculinity or gender is socially constructed. We work to bring awareness to the negative effects of gender socialization like the perpetuation of men’s violence against women.”

Aside from the annual Breaking Out of the Box event, MARC participates in on-campus happenings such as documentary viewings and more workshops.

“We hope to leave conference attendees with seeing gender as a social construct as well as a foundation for Nick Savelli understanding gender issues and their intersections within areas of social oppression,” Savelli said.

MARC and Savelli are inviting everyone, both males and females, to attend the event. “Over the past five years, I’ve developed a passion for fighting for social and environmental justice issues,” Savelli said. “I believe global equality and justice is something that can be obtained if we want it.

Staying silent is perpetuating the problem.”

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Art Students Create New Zine

competition. Delph is a senior BFA student in design and a chair of the Student Leadership Council. Her digital art is inspired by biological and botanical illustrations found in old textbooks at the Dirac, Strozier and Medical Libraries.

Along with the rest of her graduating class, she will display her final artwork at the FSU Museum of Fine Arts from April 8 – 28.

“Art Scene Zine is a way to give students an opportunity to write about their artwork, promote it and inform the rest of the campus on the Tallahassee art scene,” said Heather Cook, the president of UAHA and a writer for Art Scene Zine. Cook is a senior Art History major with minors in General Business and Museum Studies.

“Our next initiative is to point out different art resources on campus that students wouldn’t have been aware of, such as the Oglesby Gallery,” said Cook. The next issue will feature an article on art conservation and a review of a recent lecture by Michelle Scalera on Andrea Del Sarto paintings. Scalera, the chief conservator at the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota, FL, has written many award-winning pieces about conservation.

All students are encouraged to apply to the competition and submit articles. If you are interested in participating in the zine as an artist, designer, editor or writer, or just want to know more information, contact artscenezine@gmail.com or visit artscenezine.com.

Autism Awareness Promoted

By Kestrel L. Ambrose

TIPS, News to Use, is the newsletter of Student Publications, an affiliated project of the Student Government Association of Florida State University. E-mail submissions to mharris2@ admin.fsu.edu. Graphic Designer Adrianna Cournoyer. Assistant Editor/Columnist Tiffany Lettsome. Designer/Assistant Editor Renatta Griffith. TIPS, A302 Oglesby Union, (850) 644-0037.

Students Promoting Autism Awareness has made it their mission since 2008 to educate the FSU community on autism and other related disorders. Their motto is “Educate. Motivate. Participate.”

On March 26 the organization will participate in FSU’s Autism Project 5K. Details for the 5K can be found at autism. fsu.edu. Look out for events during Autism Awareness Week from April 4 – 9.

SPAA volunteers with local schools and works closely with organizations such as the Tallahassee Autism Support Lauren DeWitt Coalition to help raise money for autism research and education. They host campaigns to educate FSU’s student body and the general public about autism and other related disorders.

Lauren DeWitt, SPAA’s public relations officer, said she joined SPAA because she has always been passionate about helping people with autism.

Her younger brother was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old.

“There are a few people who have made a big difference in my brother’s life and also helped to make things easier for my family,” she said. “I want to be able to do that for someone else’s family.”

“When students join SPAA, they should expect to learn and be exposed to a lot of aspects of autism,” DeWitt said. “We want our members to me be knowledgeable and able to educate others.”

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CPE: Free University Still Teaching, Advocating

By Claudia Martinez

The Center for Participant Education is a radical campus initiative designed to provide alternative classes for FSU students. Its mission is to be a forum for progressive and alternative ideas on education, politics and the arts; provide an area where students and local citizens can initiate and enact new programs; and provide educational classes and programs for free. Anyone is able to teach or attend a class, whether you are a student, faculty member, teacher or Tallahassee local.

“CPE is basically a free university,” said its director Patrick Shepherd. “We endorse a nonhierarchical model of class where anyone can share Patrick Shepherd information and learn from it.”

Shepherd joined CPE his sophomore year and become co-director with his predecessor, Amelia Hoppe, last summer. “We try to encourage professors to open up their classes and advertise for them,” he said. “People who aren’t even enrolled in FSU can come and sit in a class. We’re trying to nurture a more constructive and cooperative learning environment.” After graduation, he plans on either applying to Tulane University for law or graduate school or staying in Tallahassee to advocate for issues related to education.

The Center for Participant Education has its roots in the Free School Movement established in 1960s and 70s San Francisco as a way to educate

community members, specifically LGBT youth. In 1970 FSU formed CPE. Students wanted to explore socially relevant topics and to foster a healthier philosophy of education through classes in which anyone could teach or attend. In 1973 an astonishing one-fourth of FSU students were taking CPE classes. Since then CPE has been investigated by the Legislature, suspended by the Board of Regents and challenged by the FSU administration. CPE has managed to hold strong through all of this, and is the longest-running Free School program.

CPE holds guest lectures and various on-campus events throughout the semester. Past speakers have included Noam Chomsky, Bobby Seale, Bill Ayers, Allen Ginsberg, The Yes Men and many more. On April 4 they will hold The Beehive Collective — a gathering of artists, musicians and poets who create a giant mural depicting a relevant issue. This year’s issue is The Mountaintop Removal, advocating safer coal mining practices in Appalachia.

The Beehive Collective takes the mural around Appalachia and other parts of the country as a teaching tool and lecture aid.

CPE adds new classes and workshops throughout the semester, so check their Facebook group page for updates on class times and locations or contact orncpeclasses@gmail.com. To teach a class or get more information, contact CPE at cpeclasses@gmail.com or visit their office in 202K in the Student Activities building in the Oglesby Union. CPE also holds weekly meetings on Thursdays at 7 pm at their office.

Meet…

Her Campus Magazine

By Tiffany Lettsome

Colleen Herrera

Krista Newhook

Andrea Ortega

Colleen Herrera, president of the Collegiate Merchandising Association, is a junior majoring in Merchandising and Business Management. The Collegiate Merchandising Association is a professional organization that provides opportunities for students to explore and participate in industry activities on campus. Krista Newhook, president of Gamma Phi Beta, is a junior majoring in Advertising. The chapter at Florida State prides themselves in having a strong sisterhood and promoting the highest type of womanhood.

Their national philanthropy, Camp Fire USA, provides all-inclusive, co-educational programs to hundreds of communities across the United States. Andrea Ortega, president of Women in Accounting, is a senior majoring in Accounting. Women in Accounting set up the first free tax preparation site on campus with the help from United Way. The organization

By Rachel Sanderford

Nisha Pradeep

Signé Thomas

represents aspiring young professionals in the field of accounting at FSU. Nisha Pradeep, president of Students Promoting Autism Awareness, is a senior majoring in Psychology.

The organization is dedicated to volunteering with the local community, hosting on-campus events with guest speakers, assisting families and individuals on the autism spectrum, raising funds for research, education and resources, and educating the student body about the autism spectrum and other related disorders.

Signé Thomas, president of Thank A Soldier, is a sophomore double majoring in Economics and International Affairs. Their mission is to promote a patriotic spirit on campus. They hold various events to send support (via letters of appreciation, supplies, etc.) to deployed troops serving overseas as well as veterans.

“Meet...,” e-mail Tiffany Lettsome details and a photograph to tsl08@fsu.edu.

Her Campus, an online magazine, offers FSU women an atmosphere that is relatable because everything on it can be seen or heard every day on campus. A new issue of Her Campus FSU (hercampus.com/fsu) is put out every Monday at noon.

The Her Campus FSU chapter has been around for a couple of years, but in December 2010 it was decided that Her Campus FSU should reach new heights.

So it began, the networking to find writers and collaborators for the website. Danielle Sanchez, vice president and head editor, recruited writers from Clutch magazine, sororities and her classmates.

Five features were established: a campus celeb article that spotlights outstanding students, a news section, a weekly poll, a blog and now a new advice column by FratTwice, an anonymous FSU male who doles out advice to collegiate women who ask him questions. So whether it be a new fashion craze a college girl isn’t sure she can pull off or if the first date went as well as she thought, he is there to answer the lingering questions.

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Students interested in joining SPAA can attend general body meetings, which are held every other Monday at 7 pm in HCB 314. GBMs usually feature a guest speaker, and movie nights, discussions and workshops are also hosted. The next GBM will take place on March 28.

SPAA can be reached through Facebook at Students Promoting Autism Awareness or by e-mail at spa. fsu@gmail.com.

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Kiteboarders Surf and Sail

By Yanique Banton

Ride the waves with FSU kiteboarders. Grab your gear and gain some knowledge and you, too, can take part in the sport that combines surfing and sailing.

The Florida State Kiteboarding Association has about 40 members and is recruiting others. President Pierre Garreau joined the group in 2008. “Joining the club has been a tremendous experience for me, in all aspects,” he said. “I have learned as much from it as I have taught new members.” The club meets every Thursday night at 9 pm at AJ’s Sports Bar at 1800 W. Tennessee St.

Gear starts at $1,200 and can go up to $2,000 for one kite, board, harness and pump. Having two kites opens up the possibility of riding more winds. Knowledge of the weather, local spots and the technique of the sport are important. The club organizes frequent clinics in which senior members teach new ones. “This year alone I have trained four new riders that are now fully self-sufficient on the water,” Garreau said.

The group, founded in 2002, is believed to be the first established college kiteboarding club in the nation.

This spring the group has two major competitions: Triple S in Cape Hatteras, NC, and The Round-ups in South Padre Island, TX. “The windy season will last until the end of April, beginning of May in Florida, so the club will be traveling frequently to make sure to get some water time,” he said.

Contact them at Facebook at FSU Kiteboard Association, visit their site at fsukiteboarding.com or e-mail them at fsukiteboardingassociation@ yahoo.com.

Hispanic Engineers New SGA Leaders, New Posts

By Amanda Fernandez

Promoting science, technology and math is the goal of the FSU chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, a group that has grown from ten members in 2003 to 75 today.

Stephany Azuero, who is on the chapter’s Corporate Sponsorship Committee, has had three internships through SHPE in her five years at FSU. “Being a member looks good on a resume and shows leadership skills and openmindedness,” Azuero said. “The network you build and the exposure you get helps you to grow in your field.”

There is a $5 chapter fee and a $5 fee to join the SHPE national organization, the leading social-technical Stephany Azuero organization for Hispanic engineers. The chapter meets every other Wednesday at 7 pm in Union 313.

The annual national conference is four days of workshops, seminars and networking and has a career fair with 300 companies seeking interns.

Member’s of FSU’s chapter hold a welcome BBQ at the beginning of each semester and hold social functions and fundraisers.

For more info, e-mail fsushpe@gmail.com or visit eng.fsu.edu/shpe.

They can be contacted on Facebook page by searching FSU SHPE.

Newly sworn in SGA leaders are inviting their fellow students to get involved with shaping the future of FSU. One way to get involved is to seek a position in the Executive Branch, now headed by SGA President Avi Assidon and Vice President Dayne M. Hutchinson, both former student Dayne Hutchinson Avi Assidon senators who were committee chairs.

Assidon and Hutchinson were among the new student leaders who took office at the SGA Inaugural Gala and Installation Ceremony on March 23.

Also sworn in were Student Body Treasurer Dayron Silverio, student senators, Union Board members and the Senior Class Council.

The positions touch on many facets of campus life. Offices cover academic affairs, athletics and recreation, community affairs, campus development, campus involvement, campus security, environmental and energy services, health and internal affairs.

Information about the positions can be obtained by visiting the site at sga.fsu.edu or the SGA Office in A205 Union.

Mandatory Financial Training for RSOs Every student director/president and financial officer, excluding those funded by the Sports Club Council, that received funding from Bill 2010 or plan to request funding during the 2010/11 fiscal year must complete the SGA or COGS on-line financial certification packet. This training is designed to teach the policies and procedures for requesting and expending A&S funds. The certification packet includes the 2010 Financial Manual, financial quiz and mandatory forms. There are two certifications: one for SGA organizations and the other for SGA graduate organizations who receive

funding from COGS, LSAC or MSC. Upon completion, print out the necessary documentation and take it to either the SGA accounting or the COGS office for review. The certification packets are at the following websites: SGA http://www.fsu.edu/sga/sgaacct/ and COGS http://sga.fsu.edu/ sgaacct/_PDF/FINANCIAL_CERTIFICATION_2010. If you have any questions or concerns, call the SGA Accounting and Advising Office at telephone number 850 644-0940 (A209 Oglesby Union) or the COGS Office at 850 644-7166 (245 Askew Student Life Center).

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