TIPS Newsletter Volume 3, Number 12

NEWS TO USE FSU SGA Student Publications Newsletter

Tiffany’s Corner

By Tiffany Lettsome Come out to the annual President’s Ice Cream Social on Thursday, April 14, from 1 – 3 pm on Landis Green. There will be free Edy’s Ice Cream, free Coca Cola, a live DJ, inflatable games and special performances. It’s an event you won’t want to miss.

My favorite time of the spring semester, the Spring Football Weekend, is Thursday, April 14, to Saturday, April 16. On Thursday there will be fireworks in downtown Tallahassee at 9 pm and a performance by the FSU Flying Circus on Thursday through Saturday, all at 8 pm. On Saturday, Apr. 16, there will be tailgating at 9 am, live performances on Langford Green starting at 11 am, Best of Tallahassee BBQ Cook-off judging at 2 pm, and the Annual Garnet and Gold

Spring Football Game at 4 pm.

Let’s Go Noles!

The Women’s Center as part of Rape Awareness Week will have an event, “Speak Out.” An open forum about sexual abuse, it will be in Student Life Cinema 101C at 5 pm Friday, April 8.

PRIDE Student Union is hosting an alternative prom, Vogue Nights, on Friday, April 8, in the Union Ballrooms at 8 pm. The theme is NYC Ball Culture.

As part of Global Peace Exchange Peace Week, Saturday, April 9, from 12 pm – 6 pm is the Midtown Peace Celebration on Thomasville Road. Also on Sunday, April 10, is a Day at the Rez from 1 pm – 4 pm. Carpooling starts at 12 pm from the Dunlap Student Success Center.

On Saturday, April 9, there will be a Coffee Social with Students Promoting Autism Awareness and the Tallahassee Autism Support Coalition from 1 – 3 pm at Borders Coffee Shop.

FSUnity Day: Show Your Colors

By Kestrel Ambrose

Free t-shirts, canvas painting and Rita’s frozen ice-cups are features of this year’s FSUnity Day. The Center for Multicultural Affairs will host the annual day on Wednesday, April 13, from 11 am – 2 pm on the Union Green.

“FSUnity Day is an opportunity for the FSU Community to come together to celebrate the uniqueness of our community and to enhance and expand diversity on campus,” said Robert Bryant, CMA’s assistant director.

CMA’s mission is to create a welcoming environment that is inclusive to all students on FSU’s campus. CMA has hosted FSUnity Day for the past seven years. This year’s theme is Show Your True Colors.

“We want students to come out and have a great time,” Bryant said.

“Participation is the best way to get involved at this point.”

For more information on FSUnity Day and the Center for Multicultural Affairs, you can e-mail Robert Bryant at rgbryant@admin.fsu.edu or phone (850) 645-2450.

Vol. 3, No. 12 April 2011

Belly Dancers from left to right: Yeneisy Pineiro, Ebony Olivier, Gillian DiAddezio, Alexandra Coughlin, Lucia Kennedy and Nicole Weinstein with Darla Wola, Raa Middle School’s belly dance instructor.

Belly Dancers Showcase Talents

By Kestrel L. Ambrose

The FSU Belly Dancers will host their spring showcase at Café Shisha on Friday, April 8, at 7 p.m. The mission of the organization, founded on FSU’s campus in 2005, is to enrich the lives of students by promoting cultural diversity, self-esteem and good health.

The dancers offer free beginner’s classes, and intermediate classes are offered for $2 per session. They also offer free workshops to other RSOs.

“We aren’t just a dance group, “said Ebony Olivier, who serves as the groups fundraising chair and a co-instructor. “Our purpose is to promote women’s health and induce the love of your body.”

The Belly Dancers teach and mentor a group of young girls at Raa Middle School on a regular basis.

There will be a Belly Dancers showcase on Tuesday, April 12, at 1 pm. Students can take a belly dancing workshop on April 16 at 12 pm for $5.

Another showcase will take place on April 16 at 7 pm in Moore Auditorium.

“In order to become a member of the FSU Belly Dancers, students can take the beginners and intermediate classes and learn a routine to audition for the troupe,” Olivier said.

Auditions are held at the end of each semester. The next audition will take place on Tuesday, April 12, at 6 pm in Union Room 302.

For more information on the FSU Belly Dancers, you can join their Facebook group by searching “Belly Dancers at FSU” or send them an e-mail at bellydancersfloridastate@gmail.com. facebook.com/fsustudentpublications

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Paintball Team Targets Victory at Championships

By Yanique Banton

Team member dodging a paintball

Tournament Paintball at FSU hopes their teamwork and problemsolving skills will result in victory at the National Championships. President Ryan Bixler said the team will compete in the tournament April 16 – 17 in Lakeland, Fla.

“We play up to six tournaments a year, five conference tournaments against other schools from the southeast, finishing with the National Championship Tournament in April, where we compete against teams from all over the country,” said Bixler.

The club’s 14 members meet at the beginning of each semester in the Union and during the semester at the field before practice. They practice in Tallahassee and at tournaments all over the southeast.

“Our goals are always to win tournaments and gain the highest national ranking possible,” Bixler said. “Currently we are ranked 21 in the nation and looking to improve that ranking after the conference and national championship tournament.”

Bixler got involved with the club, founded in 2004, in the fall of 2008 initially as a player. Later, serving as the club’s secretary, he coordinated and planned travel to and from tournaments.

“The experience has been fantastic,” he said. “Being part of the club has helped to introduce me to many other students who share similar interests. It also allows for travel around the south to tournaments in places I normally would not have traveled to.”

For more information, visit the Facebook group Tournament Paintball at FSU.

Meet…

By Tiffany Lettsome

Kadian Grant

Renatta Griffith

Kadian Grant, chair of SOAR Board, is a junior majoring in Business Management.

The Student Organization Advisory and Resource Board serves as a liaison between the Student Activities Center and Recognized Student Organizations by providing events, workshops, resources and peer advising to help them create their FSU experience.

Renatta Griffith, senior graphic designer and assistant editor of Student Publications, is a senior majoring in Graphic Design and Psychology. She oversees the production of the TIPS Newsletter and designs various flyers for different student groups across campus.

Matthew Mascoe, president of

Matthew Mascoe

Rueben Stokes

Progressive Black Men, is a junior majoring in International Affairs.

PBM’s purpose is to eradicate the negative stereotypes placed upon people of African descent, especially those of African-American men.

They fulfill this purpose through community service, volunteer work, humanitarian aid, and the development of a high standard of personal integrity and moral character. Rueben Stokes, SGA chief of staff, is a junior majoring in Social Science. He manages the Executive Cabinet and serves as a leader on the Executive Branch to accomplish its goals. “Meet...,” e-mail Tiffany Lettsome details and a photograph to tsl08@fsu.edu.

Save Your Moving-Out Stuff for Charity

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.

Chuck it for Charity is a program of the FSU Sustainable Campus Initiative and Housing and Residence Life to collect all the “stuff” that is usually thrown out during student move-out. The material is weighed, sorted and redistributed to Tallahassee area community agencies in support of their work and the people they help. This year the FSU community is invited to donate personal items gathered during any “spring cleaning” efforts on Saturday, April 23, from 9 am - 3 pm at the collection warehouse (1238 Crate Street, off of Airport Drive & Eppes Drive). For a complete list of items to donate, visit http://sustainablecampus.fsu.edu/chuckit.html **Please NO broken items or hazardous waste.

TIPS, SGA Student Publications, April 2011, Vol. 3, No. 12