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Florida State traveled to Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday afternoon and walked out of the Dean E. Smith Center with a 20-point loss at the hands of North Carolina. The loss dropped FSU to 16-7 overall and 6-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
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TURNER COWLES Staff Writer A year ago this month, Eric Barron assumed the role as president of Florida State University, taking the reins from former President Thomas Kent Wetherell, with the goal of making FSU one of “the most student-centered universities in the country.” “By being completely committed to your institution and its success, you become part of the fabric essentially,” Barron said in one his first interviews as president. “This is a chance to renew that fabric here at Florida State and to be proud. It’s great to be back.” Nearly a year later, Barron still expresses his appreciation for what FSU offers. “I think coming back I all of the sudden realized just how broad FSU is and how many different things there are [going on] that are exciting,” Barron said. “I’ve got a lot to brag about—about the whole institution, and it’s a lot of fun.” In that first interview, Barron clearly expressed his desire to establish FSU as a student-centered university. “Dr. Barron has come in and proclaimed a studentcentered university,” Vice President for Finance and Administration John Carnaghi said. “He wants more activities focused on [the] student. Not a difficult change for us to make, because we’ve been there. We’re here for the students, but Dr. Barron making this one of the
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Top: Veronica Diaz (Left) and Emily Snyder (Right), are volunteers in charge of the Wheel of Furtune, where students attempted to guess the resources the library offers. Left: Florida State University student John Jenning disk jockeys for the Secrets of Strozier event, held at the library on Thursday, Feb. 3.
Strozier’s service secrets revealed BRYAN VALLEJO Phtographer On Thursday, Feb. 3, Dorman Hall coordinated with Strozier Library to host an informational event called “Seminole Scholars: Secrets of Strozier.” The event, which lasted from 6 through 8 p.m., aimed to make students more aware of the services offered at the Strozier Manning Library. In order to make the event more appealing to students, there were different games available for students to play. Each game station incorporated a fun way of getting the word out on the different services available at what students like to call “Club Stroz.”
At the Reference station, the event held a trivia game about the Secrets of Strozier. Here, students were tested about their knowledge while learning about resources that some students were not aware Strozier offered. There was also a “Wheel of Fortune” game available for students to play. At this desk, students spun the “infamous wheel” hoping to get one of the prizes available, such as candy and neoncolored “Club Stroz” sunglasses. The purpose was not only to win prizes, but also to guess a letter, word or phrase regarding specific Strozier resources. The host gave players some clues, but it was up to the student to actually
figure out and win their prize. Technical center representatives of Strozier Library were also present. Their services include troubleshooting problems for various programs, such as Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office 2007. The tech center also checks out “smart rooms,” laptops, headphones, dvds, cameras and flip video camcorders. As the night’s activities came to a close, the disk jockey packed up his gear and stopped the tunes. But Undergraduate Programming and Outreach Associate Lyn Williams sat down at the lounge piano and treated the crowd to music to keep the evening going.
EMILY OSTERMEYER Contributing Writer She might have missed the message in her junk e-mail folder with the subject heading reading, “NEH Fellowship OFFER,” but Irene ZaniniCordi had been anticipating that subject line for years. This past year, the Florida State University assistant professor in Italian was awarded the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship, for her research in Italian Literature. “You know you always have hope, and I couldn’t believe it when I saw the heading,” Zanini-Cordi said. “It was beautiful— very exciting.” With the funding from this fellowship, ZaniniCordi will be researching the Italian salons—or intellectual gatherings hosted by female nobility— that took place amongst the educated class in Italy between the 1780s leading up the unification of Italy in 1860, and the writings that these women produced. “I am arguing for an expression of women’s identity through their writing together with national feelings and national ideas regarding nationalism,” Zanini-Cordi said. “At the same time, more specifically regarding literature, I also detect a development of genres in which they write.” Zanini-Cordi said that, at the beginning of the 1770s, these women would only write letters and short poems. Over
time, they started to write diaries, and eventually in the 1850s, write novels. “So it’s as if these women that were in the public eye and exposed to all these ideas gained selfconfidence and strength also from a literary point of view, and so that’s basically what I’m doing with this project,” ZaniniCordi said. “It is a study of the social network of the time.” Dr. William Cloonan, department chair of Modern Languages and Linguistics at FSU and colleague of Zanini-Cordi, explained the cultural significance of these meetings. “These literary gatherings were not simply meetings to discuss the literature of the day, but also they helped create trends in fashion, in culture, and they became political sounding boards,” Cloonan said. Beyond just a study of these women’s writings, Zanini-Cordi’s research is interdisciplinary in the humanities, producing findings she hopes will appeal to disciplines such as women’s studies, history and the arts, in addition to literature. “It’s a very nice topic because it allows her to talk about the important roles that women had, both political and literary,” said colleague and Assistant Professor of Italian Silvia Valisa. Though much research has been done on the French salon and its historical and cultural implications, Zanini-Cordi is one of the very first SEE SCHOLAR 4
Study abroad fair sparks interest International Programs event showcases worldwide opportunities EMILY OSTERMEYER Contributing Writer Over 600 students attended the Florida State University International Programs study abroad fair Feb. 2 on the Union Green, which provided attendants a chance to learn about international opportunities at FSU. “It’s probably very safe to say it was our largest spring turnout we’ve had, so we feel very good about the attendance,” said Meghan Greene, IP’s marketing director. Greene said hosting the event outside in such a visible location contributed to the high turnout. “In the past years, we’ve had it in the union ballrooms in the spring, which is great, but usually students who are going have to be very intentional about going, but this way we were able to pick up a lot of people who were just curious, who maybe had forgotten but saw it on their way out of class and stopped by,” Greene said. According to Greene, the fair was successful at providing students an easily accessible opportunity to speak with IP representatives, past program participants and financial aid advisors. “If you had really specific questions, they were able to get answered,” Greene said. Brenna Griffin, an FSU
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A student finds information about prospective study in Israel during the International Programs fair held in the Union on Feb. 2. sophomore, attended the fair and will be studying abroad through IP in Valencia, Spain, this summer. “I talked to someone who went during the summer and they told me all they did,” said Griffin, a double-major in hospitality management and Spanish. “I got to see a scrapbook, they told me prices, and how it all worked and stuff, so it’s definitely really helpful.” IP faculty members were also present at the event and were able to talk to students about the courses and program experience. “I think it’s a really great
way for students to actually get to interact with faculty, especially those who know they’re going on the program already to kind of meet their program leader and talk to them for a little bit,” Greene said. “The faculty enjoy it and the students do, too.” Door prizes of $250, $500 and $1,000 airfare scholarships were raffled off at the event, which winning students could use on any one of the international programs. Arelis Palacios, a graduate research assistant in the IP department, said that students are often pleasantly surprised by the
opportunity to be entered into the airfare scholarship raffle and are often excited about the chance to talk with students and peers involved with the international programs about their experiences. “I think those two things are always what surprise students the most about the fair,” Palacios said. “They can really get some firsthand, sincere information about what happens. A lot of times they just have so many misapprehensions, and even misperceptions about what study abroad is. I think it’s important for them to be able to listen to other students’ experiences, and
really learn and even begin to start imagining that they can be the ones that can do it themselves.” Griffin also understands students’ hesitation toward studying abroad, and sees the fair as a way to encourage students that might not otherwise be interested. “I think a lot of people are hesitant about thinking about studying abroad, and just going there, they get you really excited, and really want to go,” Griffin said. “I know the money is a really difficult part, but there are definitely ways that you can pay for it, and they’re always willing to help you and answer any questions you have.” In addition to the airfare scholarships, other door prizes were raffled off from local businesses such as Jimmy John’s, Quarter Moon, On the Boarder, Guitar Center, Barnacle Bills, Tropical Smoothie, Krispy Kreme, Rita’s Italian Ice, Crystal River Seafood and El Tapatio. Greene said that, overall, the event was a success. “It’s just a good event for our office because we’re able to get outside and interact with our students all together,” Greene said. Palacios agreed. “Any time we get to talk to students who have never heard or seen what we do, I think it’s always really good,” Palacios said.
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Genese Koua Koua and members of the Black Student Union lip-sync to “I Want You Back� by The Jackson 5 at the Motown Getdown in Club Downunder, Thursday, February 3.
Left: Double D, the opening act of Comedic Relief Pt. 2 at the Oglesby Union Ballroom, raps to some Lil Wayne with the FSU audience on Friday night. Right: Nema Williams jokes with the FSU audience at the Comedic Relief Event on Friday, Feb. 4.
BSU follows ‘Evolution of Black’ this month ‘Motown Getdown’ looks back to the ’60s to celebrate collective history KARLANNA LEWIS Staff Writer In order to celebrate Black History month, the Black Student Union (BSU) is taking Florida State University through the “Evolution of Black,� beginning with the ’60s soul stylings of the “Motown Getdown.� Events throughout February aim to celebrate how far African-Americans have come. Celebrations include entertainment, music, sports, service, and the purely social Black Student Union Birthday Party. Thursday night, the BSU hosted a “Motown Getdown� at Club Downunder to pay tribute to Motown Records. “[Motown Getdown] is about the black congregation and getting people together and uniting over something we all shared,� said Jade McLain, membership chair of the BSU. “One of the biggest privileges of having this kind of music is it influenced a lot of other kinds of music.� Performers lip-synced to the legendary recordings of everyone from The Jackson 5 and Marvin Gaye to Aretha Franklin and The Temptations. Friday night was “Comedic Relief,� an event that brought major comedians to the FSU Ballrooms. Event organizer and BSU Treasurer Larry Edwards said they wanted to bring some highquality, free comedy to students. “Comedic Relief is a big comedy show with a bunch of BET Comic View comedians—Tony Roberts, Nemo Williams, Double D,� Edwards said. The Springfield Community Fair held on Saturday was a family affair, where local children took part in the celebration. BSU has been working with children at the Springfield Community Center since the fall. Saturday’s afternoon of games, face-painting and other activities was the culmination of their efforts this year. Miss BSU Kai Daniels said that Saturday was the most important part of the month. “FSU is a civically engaged university and BSU is standing behind that,� Daniels said. “We want to give back to the community at large, not just FSU.� Those involved said the events this month are not only about black students, but about bringing everyone together, be it for Motown music or a night of comedy. “[The music] brought us together,� McLain said. “It got a lot of other
minorities that weren’t black and the majority of whites.� McLain also spoke to the connective power of laughter. “All comedy is the same, whether it’s black, Hispanic, Asian or white,� said McLain. “Whenever somebody laughs, it’s a way to bring a lot of people together.� While “Motown Getdown� gave students a unique opportunity to
boogie to their parents’ music, they were proud to have moved forward from the decade’s social grievances. “Things have really changed since back in the ’50s, ’60s,� Edwards said. “Now we’re on an equal playing field with everybody else. Racism is clearly over, so we’re just showing how we’ve evolved through time and we’re at our prime right now.�
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Students came to the “Getdown� dressed in their ’60s best, from afros and sequined glamour to fringed vests and poof skirts. The musical event was a mixer in true ’60s fashion. “It’s really cool for people to get out of their
everyday humbo-mumbo, the boring things of every day,� McLain said. “It’s kind of like Halloween: You get to play somebody different in the middle of February.� Events this month are expected to only get better, building up to the
BSU Birthday Party at the end of the month. “The BSU wants to create a sense of family at FSU and events like this where people can come and show off their skills and watch their friends,� Daniels said. “We’re going to go out with a bang.�
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FSU Business program ranks nationally JOSHUA LEVIN Contributing Writer Florida State University’s College of Business Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) program was recently named the 5th largest national program for undergraduates, and the 2nd largest national program for graduate studies by Business Insurance, a weekly online publication for insurance professionals. “One big benefit of having a program with a decent size is that the alumni community can be very strong,” said James M. Carson, chairman of the Department of Risk Management/ Insurance, Real Estate & Legal Studies and the
Undergraduate, graduate programs among largest Payne & Charlotte Hodges Midyette Eminent Scholar in Risk & Insurance. “We really rely on our alumni community to help place our current students.” Additionally, FSU offers a variety of programs and events to its current 142 undergraduate and 64 graduate students, including access to two in-house research facilities—the Center for Insurance Research and the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center—a job placement fair known as “Insurance Days” and international learning opportunities for students. The Center for Insurance
Research was initially created to research the effects of business choices and public policy surrounding the insurance industry. This could mean research on any number of issues, including health care, workers’ compensation and other national issues. As well as research, the center facilitates conferences and symposia related to risk management and insurance. “The Center for Insurance Research has helped bring our students closer to industry executives, regulators and academic researchers by providing opportunities to interact
outside the classroom,” said Associate Professor Patricia Born, director of the center. “Last year, the center hosted two conferences on insurance regulation and health insurance reform, and brought several guest speakers to campus to meet with students and faculty in the RMI program. The center fosters its ties with members of the insurance community, which have always been supportive of our educational objectives.” The RMI program also houses the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center. Since 2007, the center has per-
formed research to better the government’s prevention of, preparedness for, and response to catastrophic storms. The center generally focuses on issues endemic to Florida, such as hurricanes and sinkhole issues. The Insurance Society at FSU is the organization responsible for running “Insurance Days” and a number of guest speakers, corporate tours and social events for RMI students. “Insurance Days” generally brings about 50 potential employers to FSU’s campus to assist with job placement and networking. “Insurance Days contin-
ues to be one of the distinguishing attributes of FSU’s RMI program,” Carson said. “Throughout the phases of this latest economic cycle, Insurance Days has enabled our students to meet and interact with employers, ultimately resulting in a near-100 percent student placement rate each and every year. The quality of our students keeps the employers coming back, and the career opportunities, coupled with the excellent faculty and staff, attract outstanding students to the RMI major.” More information regarding the Risk Management and Insurance program can be found on the website for the College of Business at www.cob.fsu.edu.
BARRON from 1 jewels of his administration—it’s very easy now to go in and argue a position based on how it’s going to benefit the students.” Vice President for Student Affairs Mary Coburn said that Barron has come to the right place at the right time. “My experience is that everybody is there at the right time for what you need,” Coburn said. President Barron has created the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society, a society focused on recognizing students who are involved in multiple areas of campus life. The Society focuses on students’ involvement in study abroad, internships, undergraduate research, service and leadership. “Those things are just added signals that we’re not just expecting the student to go in the door, take the class, get a grade and leave,” Barron said. “We look at it much more broadly than that [….] We got picked as the most engaged campus by the Florida Compact, and I think justifiably so.” Much of Barron’s yearlong tenure as president has focused on the school’s financial situation. Over $80 million of the state-appropriated budget was cut from FSU in just one year. Since then, FSU has faced even more cuts from the State of Florida. As such, the FSU Board of Trustees focused largely on Barron’s ability to raise funds for FSU. “The trustees felt so strongly about fundraising that they made this the cornerstone of his contract,” Carnaghi said. “[Barron] came into this with huge expectations from his bosses. He has tackled his job with enthusiasm, with drive and commitment. I have never really seen, in all my years, an employment contract so laden with fundraising expectations.” This is not Barron’s first billion-dollar campaign. He was a part of Penn State’s and Texas’ billiondollar campaigns; however, while at those schools, he was only involved on a college level as a dean. “The discussion is to raise a billion dollars
[for FSU],” said Barron. “Frankly, I think it should be more than a billion dollars. We certainly need it and we’re capable of raising it.” While Barron admits that the FSU community has the capability to raise the money, he also admits that FSU was not ready to take this challenge when it was assigned. “At Penn State, there was one person on the road—an academic fundraiser—for every 5,200 alumni,” said Barron. “Texas has one person on the road for every 3,800 alumni. [FSU has] one person on the road for 14,000 alumni. How many people can that person really talk to in a year?” Nearly 300 was this reporter’s guess. “That’s a pretty good guess,” said Barron. “That means there are 16,700 people who aren’t even getting a ‘hello.’ How many of those people are successful and we don’t know they’re successful? How many of those people love FSU and we don’t
know they love FSU?” According to Barron, Penn State and Texas spend close to $20 per year per alum to stay in contact with them. Those schools send different media to update their alumni—from e-mails to magazines. Barron said that FSU, as an institution, spends only $6 per alumnus to keep up with them. “That means that, as a university, we don’t know where everybody is.” Barron said. “We haven’t been making that same level of contact, so we’re behind. But we’re fixing that.” A large part of fundraising, Barron said, is having a clear vision of what FSU wants to do with alumni’s donations. Barron said that the university must have a developed vision of what it wants to do with money it seeks in order to effectively persuade alumni to donate money back to FSU. “If you want someone to give you their hard-earned money, they don’t do it because I walk over, shake
their hand and say, ‘Could you give me $100,000?’” Barron said. “It isn’t going to work that way. They want to see where their money’s going.” Nationally, philanthropy has declined by three percent, while FSU’s philanthropy increased by 32 percent in 2010. FSU has 285,000 who have been waiting for the university to ask for their donation, Barron said. In his first year as president, Barron has made over 40 trips to ask alumni for donations. Barron attributed that jump in FSU’s philanthropy to greater interaction between alumni and institution. “We’re so far behind, and they want to help, but we haven’t gone and asked,” Barron said. “Now, in these 40 trips in the first year, we’re talking to people about the great things we’re doing and what we need to do in order to be successful. It is interesting to watch philanthropy decline nationally. We’re not up a little bit; we’re up a lot.
“I want to beat all the records. I’m not competitive, though, but I do want to beat all the records. Sixty-two universities right now have billion-dollar endowments; it’s time to be in that company. That can have a tremendous impact on our programs.” In December, FSU passed the $100 million benchmark in donations. This, according to Barron’s contract, allowed him to receive a bonus. According to his contract, for every $100 million raised, he receives a $100,000 dollar. When asked about this bonus, Barron expressed his plans for giving a large portion of the money back to the university. “When I negotiated my contract, I actually said I didn’t think we should do a bonus like that because people will think that I’m doing this fundraising to feather my own pocket,” said Barron. “The chair of the board said, ‘No, Eric, I want everybody to know that this is the job we told you that you had to do.’ ”
Barron, as well as his wife, Molly Barron, created an endowment for the women of FSU. President Barron said he hopes the endowment will promote the connection women feel to this university, especially given its roots as a women’s college. Barron also explained his drafted plans for a new endowment for campus libraries. “I see a bonus, so I’m supposed to do something with it?” Barron said. “No, this should be a part of my regular function. I should be donating every year. My philanthropy should be based on things where Molly and I think we could have an impact on the university. This summer, we created the first endowment; I didn’t know when my bonus was going to hit. We started working on the other one before my bonus hit too.” According to U.S. News and World Report, FSU is 47th in quality among public institutions, but places 2,202 in financial resources. “That suggests that we’re very efficient,” Barron said. “There is one argument here that we don’t have the frills and we’re not spending extra money that isn’t going to have an impact on the quality of the institution.” Student Body Vice President Bobby Seifter said that those numbers show that FSU is capable of doing so much with so little. “I think that, with more resources in the future, you’ll see those rankings continue to go up from 47th,” said Seifter. “I think it shows that there is a desperate need for more resources to be invested in the university. We definitely need to focus on the private dollars so we’re less reliant on the public dollar and having to lobby the legislature and beg for our lives every year.” Barron said that his relationship with former president T.K. Wetherell was nothing but a positive one. “There are a number of people who basically say, ‘This is your show now; it’s not my show,’ ” Barron said. “ ‘I’m going to step aside, but if you ask, I’ll help,’ and T.K. [Wetherell] is in that class.”
standing of women’s role in the creation of Italy,” Cloonan said. After scouring libraries all over Italy for the past three years, Zanini-Cordi’s research is almost complete, and starting this summer, she will take a year off from teaching to spend the next two semesters writing and completing a book on this research, using the funding of $50,400 from the NEH fellowship. Cloonan said this award is an accomplishment for an Italian scholar in a competitive fellowship that more often is granted to humanities
scholars in what are considered major languages such as English, French and Spanish. “It’s a very elaborate application,” Cloonan said. “You have to have outside references, but the most important thing is writing a proposal that’s going to catch people’s imagination.” Zanini-Cordi had applied for this competitive grant two times in the past before receiving it on her third attempt. She said that she was persistent and used each application process and feedback she received from the NEH panel to refine
her application. “It’s never a waste of time from my perspective,” Zanini-Cordi said. “I’ve applied to many fellowships, and every time it is enriching because it puts me to think about my project from a slightly different perspective and always improve on it at the end.” Now, after what she acknowledges as a fruitful collaboration with her colleagues, she’s finally received the award. “It’s unreal, to tell you the truth,” Zanini-Cordi said. “It’s unreal, because mentally, I’m still ready for the May 1 deadline
and ready to look over the project again and see what I can improve.” Valisa said that this recognition is a great reflection on the Modern Language Department. “It is a prestigious honor,” Valisa said. “I don’t know personally any other person who’s received this award. And it’s great for all of the department, of course.” A native of Italy, Zanini Cordi was hired at FSU six years ago after graduating with her Ph.D. in Italian Studies from University of California, Berkley. This project will produce Zanini-Cordi’s
second published book. Cloonan said that beyond marking the respect of her peers, receiving this honor of the NEH fellowship speaks to Zanini-Cordi’s impressive scholarly achievement. “You know she’s a young scholar, and at a relatively early portion of her career, she is receiving national recognition,” Cloonan said. “Now this is big news. Some people don’t get a grant like this until they’re in their 60s, if they get it at all. It’s really marking her as one of the up and coming scholars in Italian literature and culture.”
There are a number of people who basically say, ‘This is your show now; it’s not my show. I’m going to step aside, but if you ask, I’ll help,’ and T.K. [Wetherell] is in that class. Eric Barron
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SCHOLAR from 2 scholars to concentrate her research efforts on the Italian salon in the 18th and 19th centuries, a research topic that despite presenting significant cultural implications, has tended to be overlooked. “This was a time when there was political ferment, and the contribution of women to clarifying the direction in which Italy wanted to develop has apparently been underestimated, and she, her book, while certainly it’s about something of the 18th century, on a larger level, is contributing to our under-
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ADAM CLEMENT Editor-in-Chief Catfish—Feb. 7-9 at 7:45 and 10:15 p.m. If you, like many, initially thought a movie centered on the premise of Facebook would suck, boy do we have a surprise for you. The second film of 2010 to use the social network as a major plot device (the second worth mentioning, at least), Catfish is the latest “is-it-realor-fake” documentary— not unlike Exit Through the Gift Shop—about a long-distance relationship between an earnest young photographer named Nev and “Megan.” Anybody who’s the least bit net-savvy can appreciate why those quotation marks are entirely appropriate. Chronicling the e-relationship from the beginning phone calls and cutesy MP3 exchanges to Nev’s impromptu trip to Michigan to meet Megan face-to-face, Catfish is, evidently, more about Facebook than The Social Network ever was. Whether it’s fact or fiction, however, is up to you to decide. Due Date—Feb. 10, 12 at 7:30 and 10 p.m., Feb. 11 at 7 and 9:30 SEE LIFE 6
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21-year-old Will Wiesenfeld began his music career at the age of four with classical music before transitioning to electronic music.
RENEE RODRIGUEZ Assistant Arts & Life Editor Following the release of his stunning debut album, Cerulean, 21-yearold Will Wiesenfeld has captured audiences with his intricate, beat-heavy electronic tunes. Working under the moniker Baths, the solo artist is currently on tour and will be returning to Tallahassee on Tuesday, Feb. 8,
for a second performance alongside Braids and Star Slinger. Wiesenfeld recently took time to chat with the FSView & Florida Flambeau about his background in classical music, on performing solo on stage, his plans for the future and his return to Club Downunder. FSView & Florida Flambeau: I’ve read that you grew up playing various instruments and were
involved in classical music. What triggered your transition into electronic music? Will Wiesenfeld: Yeah. I was classically trained on piano from like four until 12, I think, and then I had a falling out with it. When I actually sat down at the piano a few years later to start playing again, just to mess around or whatever, it was sort of—I started just playing whatever I
wanted and I fell in love with that and then I had heard Björk around the same time and I think that’s what really set me off in that direction and it was sort of a sound and aesthetic that I wanted to achieve. Mixed in with writing on the piano, and learning to write original music, I wanted sort of an electronic effect for what I was doing so it just sort of happened really natu-
rally. It wasn’t like I was doing something else and then jumped into it. It was just sort of like that’s the way it’s always been, it’s always sort of been rooted in electronic stuff. FFF: Did your classical training make it any easier for you when you decided to make your own music? WW: Yeah, absolutely. I’m a much better musiSEE BATHS 7
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RENEE RODRIGUEZ Assistant Arts & Life Editor Washed Out with ANR, Oh Fortuna— Wednesday, Feb.9, doors 8:30 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. at Club Downunder. Admission: Free for FSU students with valid FSUID, $10 general public Washed Out is the musical moniker of Ernest Greene. Hailing from Georgia, Greene has taken music blogs by storm in recent years with his infectious, synth-infused hits on his debut album, Life of Leisure. Though he was previously involved with other musical projects, Greene eventually began making new music in his bedroom where he developed his current moniker. Not long after, his songs began circulating the Web and have since captured audiences nationwide. Greene had originally scheduled to perform at Club Downunder in January but had to re-schedule. To read an exclusive interview with Greene, visit the Arts & Life section on fsunews.com. Joining Washed Out is ANR, a twopiece act from Miami, and Oh Fortuna, an electropop SEE LOCAL 6
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Karissa Ostoski launched her specialty clothing line after graduating from FSU.
Getting ‘Gameday Gorgeous’ FSU alumna fuses football with fashion
NICKI KARIMIPOUR Assistant Arts & Life Editor For Florida State University alumna Karissa Ostoski, fashion has always been a passionate subject. From the time she was six years old, Ostoski used to draw and sketch the designs that would fill her imagination. Eventually, her love for everything fashion compelled her to pursue degrees in design and merchandising at FSU. During her freshman year, Ostoski also found another passion—sports, particularly football. After graduating, Ostoski worked in New York and found an opportunity to expand her prac-
tical and working knowledge when it came to the ins and outs of the fastpaced fashion world. In the past, she has worked with Donna Karan International, NY & Company and Aeropostale. “Working in merchandising for a specialty store was the perfect combination of design and merchandising,” Ostoski said. “I had the opportunity to source new styles and trends, learn the business side of the industry and the entire process of creating a line and concept start to finish.” Returning from Manhattan to Florida filled with practical fashion knowledge, Ostoski was inspired to start her own clothing line. Feeling like the market for fashionforward football fans was being “neglected,” her goal was to create exciting and appealing apparel for females to sport on game days. Fus-
ing fashion with school spirit, her pieces capture the excitement of being at a football game and cheering on your favorite team while still looking put-together and—most of all—comfortable. Her clothing line, Gameday Gorgeous, caters to “the fan fashionista, ages 18 to 35,” according to Ostoski. Featured apparel pieces in the collection include tops and dresses in various colors that can easily be paired with a wide variety of accessories to create a schoolspirited ensemble. “My vision was to design a fashionable contemporary collection in school colors that was high-quality and comfortable to wear in the hottest temperatures,” Ostoski said. For her fashion inspirations, Ostoski cites a mixed bag of favored designers. SEE FASHION 6
Seventeen years ago, producer Duncan Kenworthy began his journey to produce a Roman epic, based on a novel from his youth. While growing up, the Academy Award nominee loved reading Rosemary Sutcliff’s novels, especially The Eagle of the Ninth. After finally obtaining the copyrights of the novel in 2004, Academy Awardwinning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play), also a fan of the original novel, joined in on the project, resulting in the upcoming film, The Eagle, starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. Before the film reaches theaters on Friday, Feb. 11, lead actor Tatum took some time to discuss the film, his co-stars and his role as Roman soldier Marcus Aquila. Set in 140 AD, the film follows Marcus as he sets out on a quest to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of his father, the commander of the Ninth Legion, and his men which occurred years earlier in the highlands of Scotland. On his journey, Marcus is accompanied by his British slave Esca (Bell), as he ventures across Hadrian’s Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia, where he hopes to learn more about his father’s last days and to retrieve the Eagle of the Ninth, the
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legion’s lost emblem. When asked about what drove him to pursue the character of Marcus, Tatum attributed his appreciation for historical dramas as his inspiration to take on this role. “My two favorite movies are Braveheart and Gladiator—they’re sort of my Star Wars in a way [laughs], so I’ve always dreamed of doing something in this world and in this realm,” Tatum said. “The themes of honor, duty and absolute faith in a responsibility to one’s country are all these themes I’ve enjoyed and I definitely wanted to step out and see if I could do some amount of period drama.” In order to fully obtain a genuine feel to the film, director Macdonald shot on location in both HunSEE EAGLE 7
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FASHION from 5 “The inspiration for the current collection [came from] close friends of mine,” Ostoski said. “Each piece is named after the person who inspired the design. My favorite designer is Chanel—I love her attention to detail and the femininity her collections exude. In the contemporary market, my favorites are Tibi, Rebecca Taylor, Alice + Olivia and Nanette Lepore.” When asked what advice she can offer to FSU students hoping to start their own business someday, Ostoski stresses the
importance of setting goals. “If you know where you want to be, then you can plan the logical steps you will need to take you there,” Ostoski said. “Relationships you have developed through business, internships and friendships may prove to be valuable resources, supplying you with firsthand knowledge from sources you already trust. Before launching my line, I spoke with quite a few people in the industry who I had worked with to gain insight, suggestions and any valuable feed-
back they could offer. Research is something that is constant—your plan might change, but as long as you continue researching, learning and seeking opportunity, you will continue to grow.” For more information about Gameday Gorgeous, visit www.gamedaygorgeous.com. Currently, the pieces are available in garnet and gold as well as orange and blue. To receive a 40 percent discount, enter the promo code “2011” at checkout. Pieces are also sold in 14 boutiques across Florida.
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Karissa Ostoski claims to name each piece in her clothing line after her close friends.
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Karissa Ostoski aims her clothing line for the ‘fan fashionista, ages 18 to 35.’
A little over two years ago, Sony released a revolutionary new IP that, at the time, made the unreasonably expensive Playstation 3 finally seem worth a purchase, as well as gave Sony the relevant new mascot it had been lacking ever since Crash Bandicoot all but went the way of the Dodo. Little Big Planet put power in the hands of creative gamers by giving them not only a fun, memorable story mode, but also the tools to create their own levels that tested the bounds of their imaginations, in order to share them with an enormous online community. In skilled hands, the possibilities were truly endless, considering unique new levels still flood the game’s community to this day. Sometime after the game’s release, Media Molecule stated that they would never release a sequel; a sound statement, considering the game already lets you do almost anything. Most gamers, however, know better than to believe that such a successful game won’t get a sequel. Sure enough, Sackboy is back with a few new tricks up his sleeve. That is, if you do decide to give him sleeves. In terms of general gameplay, players will feel perfectly at home in Little Big Planet 2, since not much has changed. Sackboy controls identically to how he did before, which may disappoint many people, although I find myself in the minority of loving the unique and charming physics. Controlling him is easy and satisfying after a bit of practice.
The story has been fleshed out with a more discernable plot, supporting characters and spoken dialogue, all of which I felt failed miserably. I had enjoyed the more minimalistic approach of Little Big Planet, in which the Level Creators (the character giving objectives in a given world) would babble incoherently as you read dialogue. The plot here is dull and generic, the characters are entirely unlikable and the dialogue tries so hard to be funny, though it consistently and embarrassingly isn’t. What’s worse is that cutscenes can’t be skipped. However, I figured the reason they included all this in the first place is to demonstrate the new ability to create cutscenes, as well as record your own dialogue for use in-game, which could lead to some interesting results in the community. What’s most exciting in Little Big Planet 2 is how you can create honest-to-goodness games in genres other than 2D platformers, such as racing, shoot-em-ups, and RPGs. I was able to witness a near-perfect recreation of the first dungeon in the original Legend of Zelda, as well as a remake of Wolfenstein 3D. This goes to show how powerful the creation tools have become, especially in the hands of skilled level designers. Anything can be created and customized, even the music, through a very impressive music creation tool. What’s more amazing is that creating stages is even easier than in the past game with a more streamlined interface, as well as the aid of over 50 interactive tutorials narrated once again by Stephen Fry. Finding levels within the community has been made easier as well with stages now compiled in lists by cat-
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HHHHH egory. There are tons of exciting new tools to help Sackboy on his quest as well, such as a grappling hook, bounce pads and the Creatinator, which is capable of shooting out literally anything the level creator makes it shoot, from fire to refrigerators. There are robotic vehicles that can also take any form, such as a camel that shoots lasers out of its mouth. The game also introduces Sackbots, robotic NPC Sackboys, which can be customized to appear and behave however the player deems fit. All of these new elements, and many more, help to make this sequel feel fresh, and are extremely fun to interact with. Little Big Planet 2 isn’t so much a sequel as it is a massive expansion, though considering the sheer amount of new content they’ve packed into a game that was already bursting at the seams, this is in no way a bad thing. Furthermore, the game is even more visually stunning than before, the soundtrack is, once again, delightful, and there are tons of great new costumes for Sackboy (one of my favorite features of Little Big Planet). Though there are a few hiccups, such as frequent frame rate drops, infrequent glitches and the same long load times that plagued the first game, these issues, as well as the terrible plot and character elements, shouldn’t interfere too much with what is a fantastic game that will bring out the best of your imagination.
LOCAL from 5 band from Gainesville. Darwin Deez with Jane Jane Pollock— Thursday, Feb.10, doors 8:30 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. at Club Downunder. Admission: Free for FSU students with valid FSUID, $8 general public Hailing from New York City, Darwin Deez is an American indie pop band consisting of frontman Darwin Smith (vocals), Rhythm Works (drums), Andrew Hoepfner (bass,
backing vocals), Z Cole Smith (guitar) and Angela Carlucci (dancer). The five-piece has gained attention for their aesthetic, on-stage antics, and perhaps most notably, for making a splash in the media in 2009 with their previous band, Creeky Boards, after posting a video clip of Hoepfner on YouTube in which he claimed that Coldplay ripped off one of their songs resulting in “Viva La Vida.” Though it hasn’t been officially confirmed, the
songs show definite similarities, which generated a lot of buzz for the band. Opening for Darwin Deez is Jane Jane Pollock, a local experimental band consisting of Michael Arcos, Heather Lee Smith, Courtney Asztalos and Danny Clifton, who are quickly becoming local favorites and are currently on tour.
man, Zach Galifianakis, in the former star’s arduous journey to return to his very pregnant wife for her imminent due date, one paved with one proverbial speed bump after another. Trade in the Thanksgiving holiday urgencies and sappy sentiments of John Hughes for a snarkier
Steve Martin in Downey Jr. and a slightly lessaware man-child in Galifianakis as the resident “ruh-tard,” and you’ve got yourself a zany, buddy comedy for the road. (That is most definitely not called Planes, Trains & Automobiles.)
Curious Animals with Wood Thrush and Patrick McKinney—Friday, Feb.11, doors 8:30 p.m., show 9:30 p.m. at Club
Downunder. Admission: Free for FSU students with valid FSUID, $5 general public Locals Cory Driscoll (vocals), Jeremy Rasik (guitar, backup vocals), Sam Lloyd (guitar), Hogan Smith (bass) and Andrew Donahue (drums) make up indie act Curious Animals. Last year, the fivepiece released their album New Breath, completed a summer tour for the album and also opened up for indie rock band Cursive at The Moon.
The Engine Room will be hosting a pre-Valentine’s Day special for all singles (and lovebirds) out there to celebrate together, featuring original
music and classic love songs performed by local favorites Me and The Devil, consisting of Torrey Daughtry, Patrick Hendershot, Sean Gorman, Dave Kelsay and Sean Aultman. Joining the band are The Silver Daggers and Bad Kite. The event will include dancing, champagne and sushi—yes, sushi. Though The Engine Room normally enforces a strict no-heels policy, they will be making an exception for ladies in honor of this event.
bus affectionately named “Priscilla,” director Stephan Elliott’s 1994 comedy has since become the stuff of cult classic canon, and has now scheduled a pit stop at our very own ASLC. Responsible for prompting its own inevitable Broadway musical (because of course) and
very likely inspiring the shameless American reiteration in the form of the equally flamboyant To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, this Aussie classic certainly presents more than a few “thunder from Down Under” jokes, but I’ll just let your imagination take it from here.
Joining Curious Animals are Wood Thrush and Patrick McKinney. Valentine’s Day Starlight Mixer with Me and The Devil, The Silver Daggers and Bad Kite—Sunday, Feb.13, doors 8 p.m. at The Engine Room. Admission: $5, couples $7
LIFE from 5 p.m. This latest remake that’s not really a remake and not really titled Planes, Trains & Automobiles takes a miffed Robert Downey Jr. and teams him up—whether he likes it or not (and he doesn’t)—with everyone’s favorite fat funny-
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BATHS from 5 cian in all forms, I think, because of that. Like even in production and working inside the computer, I’m able to hear things and intuit things more musically because of the classical training. It’s invaluable, I think. FFF: You’ve had other monikers like Post-Foetus and Geotic—I hope I pronounced that correctly. WW: [Laughs] That’s basically why I don’t have that moniker anymore, ’cause it’s like… people are not sure how to pronounce the Post-Foetus thing. FFF: Baths is pretty easy. WW: Yeah [laughs]. FFF: What inspired you to form Baths and how does it differ from your other projects? WW: Baths was just sort of like the next step for me from Post-Foetus. Post-Foetus was just me making music on my own or whatever. It was just a name I had for it and then instead of calling it “Will Wiesenfeld” now, I still wanted to have a moniker so it moved into the name Baths, which is much easier to say, much easier to have on fliers, it’s much more concise. For this first album, for Cerulean, it sounds like a much more intentional departure from my old Post-Foetus stuff but I think with the next couple of albums I’m doing as Baths, it’s going to start reaching a little more back into the Post-Foetus stuff [.…] It’s more like a continuation of the name. It’s not supposed to be a huge departure from PostFoetus [laughs]. And then for Geotic, that’s just sort of my ambient, minimal thing. It’s sort of self-indulgent music that I used to make just for falling asleep to but it sort of turned into wanting to do it more often and sharing it with other people so that just happened very sporadi-
cally, it’s not like a primary focus. FFF: I know you recorded the songs on Cerulean at home. What was that writing and recording process like? WW: It’s different for every song. It starts with different ideas and then it has a different process. There were some songs that were […] made in a single afternoon or within a couple of hours. Like the song “Hall” almost happened as an accident. It was sort of an afterthought on something else I was recording but then just as I was playing around with it the whole song fleshed itself out like that in an afternoon, really fast, so it’s just always different. I have an upright piano in my room, I have a couple of guitars and a microphone so I’ll use whatever is available, whatever is around [laughs]. FFF: It seems like a live show would be difficult if somebody is doing everything alone. How do you manage that and what’s that experience like for you? WW: It’s a never-ending process of trying to figure out how to perform electronic music live, especially because it’s just me, by myself. It’s something that I’ve honestly been working on since I started making music, like when I was 14 or 15 and it’s only reached a point now where it’s comfortable, and I feel like I’m sort of just getting away with it at this point in time [laughs] just because it’s like—they’re calling me on the other line and I’m trying to make it go away [laughs]… are you still there? FFF: Yeah. WW: Oh, okay, sorry. What was the question again? I got a little spacey. I have huge ADHD [laughs]. FFF: I was just asking
what the live show is like for you. WW: It was a complicated process making it happen and sort of getting it off the ground but now that it’s functioning the way it is, and that people are so receptive to it, and that I’m still able to sing and be connected that way with the audience while doing electronic stuff and bouncing around with the songs that I’m playing, it’s sort of like a perfect combination for the time being. It serves a purpose very well as being a live show that people want to go see so it’s like an actual performance, but at the same time, I feel limited by it. I can’t wait to start working on the next album and work toward having a full band live show but I think, for the time being, it serves its purpose. FFF: What was the initial reaction when you first debuted as Post-Foetus or Baths? How did people react to you performing alone? WW: I think it was good. The thing is, I don’t think there was any reaction right away. It was like a slow thing for both PostFoetus and Baths. I would do test audiences like on my family and then move to like maybe a small house party and then slowly work my way up with both of them. For Post-Foetus, it was much longer because it sort of stayed as a constant thing for years and then Baths was sort of just the beginning of the music getting really accelerated and popular for me and so that was very different. I think one of the particular things that really set me off that was like, “Baths is really working and this live show is very good,” was when I played a New Year’s party from 2009 into 2010 at a friend’s house and it was like less than a month into really trying the mate-
rial live, you know what I mean, trying the real live performance of it and it was, like, amazing. It was the best response I’d ever had up until that point for a show so it was very, very cool, very reassuring that I was doing the right thing. FFF: A lot of artists these days are dabbling with fuzzy, lo-fi nostalgic elements in their songs but most, if not all, of the songs on Cerulean seem pretty positive. Was there a particular inspiration behind this album? WW: I don’t know. I went into the album with a couple of different ideas. First, being that I thought of it consciously as being a debut album, like, my first album. I knew it was sort of the one that, if it was going to ever happen for me, this was going to be the first album to push my name out there, or whatever. So I went into it thinking of it like that so I think I made sort of easier songs, if that makes any sense. I didn’t want to experiment too deeply with it; I wanted it to be fairly simple and easy to digest upon the first couple listens—that was sort of the goal. Outside of that, artistically, I think the influence was just a lot of positivity. I wanted very beat-oriented material, very loud sections and everything but with a very positive take on it and the lyrics are maybe a little darker but they’re told through a positive lens and a positive sound on the album. That was just sort of something that I felt like I needed to do if I was making an album that was that loud in the beat area [laughs]. FFF: Well, it seems to have worked. On that note, different people have called you a beatsmith and some people have called your music glitch-hop. Do those labels resonate with you at all?
WW: Sort of. I mean some of them—I don’t know. You sort of take them all in stride. Some of them are cool; some of them aren’t. My goal, as with, I think, any musician, is to be identified as my own musician, to be known as Baths and not like another beatsmith from Los Angeles, or, like, a new chillwave artist or any of those things. It’s cool and it’s very flattering to be sort of categorized amongst artists that you really like, because there are a lot of things that I like from all of those genres, but it’s much more satisfying to be your own artist and you’re not directly coming out of the same thing. And that’s the thing, that’s sort of why I keep making the point that I think this first album is actually a departure from the music that I’m normally comfortable making and I think the next couple of Baths albums will see me coming closer to the music that I really love to make. I’m perfectly happy with the album and I think it was great. I’m really proud of it and everything […] and I’m just excited to start recording again. That’s basically the main thing I want to start doing so I can make a next impression and keep it going. FFF: You’re a pretty busy man these days and you’re about to go on tour. Have you thought about what you’re doing next? Is there any downtime in your future? WW: Yeah, very much so. I literally have this entire year planned out which is kind of creepy [laughs]. I’m touring constantly until May 8, and then I get back and then I’m trying to move in the month of May or June, and then around June, I’m going to start actually recording the next album. I don’t have any material for it, I just have a lot of ideas so I want to
uila’s villa—that rhymed [laughs]—and a little bit of certain other parts [like] the arena where Esca is fighting the gladiator. After that, we went to Scotland and everything just got infinitely harder. Our crew got smaller and we were in the highlands […where] it’s colder and more wet than I could ever, ever try to explain.”
In order to prepare for the film, Tatum received grueling physical training, as well as proper sword training, in addition to working closely with Macdonald for his portrayal of Marcus. “We worked at it probably six, seven hours a day for about three weeks on each thing,” Tatum said. “As far as preparation for
the character, you know, Kevin, he comes from a documentary world, so he’s obsessed with reality and accuracy, so he would inundate us with all kinds of literature, like journals of Caesar’s, of the military campaigns from their exploits or what.” As for working with lauded members of the industry, Tatum said he’s
“won the lottery” in his career in terms of the people he’s gotten to work with. “[Jamie Bell is] truly one of the best actors I’ve ever worked with,” Tatum said. “I can truly say that he’s one of the top actors that I’ve ever worked with in my entire life [.…] As far as Donald Sutherland goes—God, he’s a legend. The most beautiful thing
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EAGLE from 5 gary and Scotland. While shooting the film, Tatum and his co-stars had to endure extremely cold and wet conditions without having the luxury of their own trailers. “We were [in Hungary] for about five weeks,” Tatum recalled. “We shot pretty much the whole first part of the movie with the fort and Uncle Aq-
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From ‘Primetime’ to ‘All-Time’ Men’s basketball no match for surging Tar Heels in 89-69 loss
Seminoles upended by North Carolina
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BRETT JULA Sports Editor Never throughout his long, accomplished playing career were the words “Deion Sanders” and “bust” ever associated with one another. I guess you could call it ironic that those words today go together in perfect harmony, now that the former Florida State superstar has garnered the NFL’s most prestigious individual honor. A bronze replica of Sanders’ face—more commonly known as a bust— will be placed among 266 others in NFL immortality when he is enshrined into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, this August. Sanders will join six other former NFL greats that will make up the Hall of Fame’s class of 2011. For a player of Sanders’ stature, the award is welldeserved, and the fact he will inducted in his first year of eligibility speaks louder about his extraordinary playing ability than the enigmatic Sanders himself. A lot of players have Hall of Fame cockiness and/or trash-talking ability, but very few have the ability to back it up. Sanders is one of those rare breeds. After all, this is the guy who gave himself the nickname “Primetime” while still in college—need I say more about how good he thought he was? With his polarizing attitude, there was no middle ground with Sanders. Simply put, you either loved him or hated him. Regardless what your feelings toward him were, however, he sure made you respect him. What else could you ask a cornerback to do over a career? During his 14 NFL seasons, he appeared in eight Pro Bowls, was the 1994 Defensive Player of the Year and racked up 53 interceptions. His interception total places him 23rd on the all-time list, but had quarterbacks considered throwing the ball his way more than once a game for roughly half of his career, it’s safe to assume Sanders would be much higher on that list. On top of the fear he instilled in quarterbacks, he also made punters and kickers wary of his abilities in the return game, as he was always a threat to take it the distance any time the ball was in his hands. As the years passed, Sanders saw fewer and fewer balls kicked in his direction. With so few balls thrown or kicked in his area, I’m surprised Sanders never dozed off on the field at any point in his career. His electrifying play started well before his NFL career took off. Sanders was far from a guy who took the league by surprise, due largely to the number of times you could find him high-stepping to the end zone in Doak Campbell Stadium following an interception or kick return. Sanders won the Jim Thorpe Award in 1988 as the nation’s best defenSEE PRIME 9
Florida State entered their key Atlantic Coast Conference showdown with North Carolina hoping to gain further separation from a host of teams in the closely contested ACC. Instead, they just made the middle of the league that much more crowded. The Seminoles (167, 6-3 ACC) were the victim of a 23-5 run by the Tar Heels midway through the second half that broke open a previous close game and led to an 89-69 win for UNC Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C. The loss keeps FSU just one game ahead of four teams tied for fourth place in the conference, all of which have 5-4 records. The game featured two teams with contrasting styles, as Florida State put it’s grinding, defensive-minded team up against the high-flying Tar Heels who were looking to create as many possessions as possible with their fast-paced brand of basketball. One needed to look no further than the stat sheet to know North Carolina dictated the tempo throughout the game— something they have done quite well of late, as they have won 10 of their last 11 games. The Tar Heels became just the second team in Florida State’s last 90 games to shoot better than 50 percent from the floor, converting 55.7 percent of their shot attempts en route to the largest point total the Seminoles have surrendered this season. The scoring effort was rather balanced, as six Tar Heels scored between eight and 17 points. UNC Freshman Harrison Barnes continued
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Chris Singleton collides with North Carolina’s Harrison Barnes during the Seminoles’ 89-69 loss to UNC on Sunday his impressive play of late with his seventh-straight game scoring in doubledigits, registering a gamehigh 17 points. The key to the Tar Heels’ success, however, was the play of another freshman—point guard Kendall Marshall, and it could not have come at a better time.
Just a few days after starting point guard Larry Drew unexpectedly left the program, Marshall filled in nicely with nine points and 16 assists. The 16 assists were the most ever in a conference game by a North Carolina player and the most in any game since former Tar Heel
Raymond Felton had 18 against George Mason in December of 2003. Junior forward Chris Singleton led the way for Florida State with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting, busting himself out of a slump where he shot 9-of-42 from the field in the previous four games.
As a team, the Seminoles shot 47 percent, but Marshall negated a rare, efficient shooting performance from FSU with regular penetration into the lane that set up his Tar Heel teammates up with easy scoring situSEE UPENDED 9
FSU hits the road for ACC showdown Women’s basketball takes on Virginia Monday night SCOTT CRUMBLY Photo by Nikki Unger-Fink/FSView
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FSU will look to get back in the win column when it hosts Texas Saturday, Feb. 12.
’Noles drop nailbiter to Gators Men’s tennis comes up short in upset bid of archrival HARRIS NEWMAN Contributing Writer The Gators got them again. Failing to match the landscape of a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the No. 27 FSU men’s tennis team was on the wrong side of a 4-3 defeat at the hands of No. 7 Florida. The Seminoles (5-3) set
the tone early and came out aggressively in doubles play. Sophomores Andres Bucaro and Anderson Reed dominated court two and closed the first doubles match with an 8-3 win. Senior Clint Bowles and freshman Blake Davis went down shortly after, losing 8-5. After trading games and tied at five apiece,
sophomore Connor Smith began landing one powerful serve after the next. He and senior Vahid Mirzadeh won three consecutive games and gave the Seminoles a 1-0 advantage. The duo remains undefeated thus far in doubles play. Unfortunately for SEE DOMINATE 10
The Florida State women’s basketball team will attempt to bounce back from their loss to North Carolina last week when they travel to Charlottesville, Va., to face the Virginia Cavaliers in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. The ’Noles (18-5, 6-2 ACC) are fresh off a home loss to UNC that ended their four-game winning streak. No.14 FSU trailed the Tar Heels for the entire second half, but was able to pull to within two points late in the game. The comeback fell short, though, as Carolina scored 14 of the final 19 points to close the game and hand Florida State their second conference loss of the season. Virginia (11-13, 2-6) should present less of a
challenge than the No.12 Tar Heels, as the Cavaliers come into Monday night’s matchup with the ‘Noles having lost six of their last nine contests. The Seminoles have a great opportunity to use their outside shooting prowess against the Virginia’s porous defense. Florida State boasts the ACC’s best outside shooting attack and has a 36-percent shooting mark from beyond the 3-point line this season. The biggest reason for the Seminoles’ success from long distance has been the efficient shooting of senior guard Courtney Ward, who has hit 56 triples this season on 41.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Virginia, on the other hand, has had its share of struggles this season when SEE ACC 10
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FSU Football celebrates Signing Day Fisher and his staff throw War Party to commemorate No. 1 class NICK SELLERS Assistant Sports Editor When Jimbo Fisher took over as Florida State head coach, much was made of the widespread changes he made to the agenda, trying to morph a declin-
ing program into the power it once was. But Fisher saved the final ace up his sleeve for last Wednesday. Fisher and his staff scored a huge victory for the football program, hauling in the nation’s top
recruiting class of 2011. Fisher and company enjoyed National Signing Day 2011, celebrating with their War Party at the Tallahassee Auto Museum. Although much of the credit is due to Fisher, not to be lost in the shuffle is
Dameyune Craig, Florida State’s recruiting coordinator and quarterbacks coach, who helped the Seminoles land two fivestar recruits in James Wilder, Jr. and Karlos Williams. Ostensibly, while Wild-
er, Jr. and Williams are the most “marquee” of names, they round out a class full of talent. Other names include Nick O’Leary, the top tight end prospect in the nation, and Tim Jernigan, the second-ranked overall defensive tackle in
the country. All the pieces seem to be falling into place for the Seminoles to make another run at an ACC Championship next season. Buckle up, ’Noles fans—September is fast approaching.
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Fisher shakes hands with the voice of the Seminoles, Gene Deckerhoff, at last Wednesday’s War Party.
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Dameyune Craig, FSU’s quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator, comments on video footage of members of the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation for 2011.
UPENDED from 8 ations. The main beneficiaries of Marshall’s lane presence were forwards John Henson and Tyler
Zeller, who each scored 16 points. UNC (17-5, 8-1) threatened to run Florida State
PRIME from 9 sive back and passed on his senior year to enter the NFL Draft. The Atlanta Falcons took him fifth overall in the Draft, and the rest was history. Beyond the numbers and the swagger, Sanders’ impact on football is unparalleled by anyone who’s ever played the cornerback position. He revolutionized the way the position was played. He showed just how much skill it truly takes to master the position, and virtually invented the term “shut-down corner.” He laid the groundwork for stars like Champ Bailey and Darrelle Revis to not only get the recognition they deserve from their cornerback position, but also to get the huge
out of the Dean E. Smith Center a number of times throughout the game and looked primed to do so early in the second half, but the scrappy Seminoles
went on a 9-0 run over a three-minute stretch to pull within seven at 57-50 with 11 minutes remaining. That would be the closest FSU would get,
paydays they’ve received as a result of that recognition. Before Primetime, cornerback was somewhat of an unrecognized position and were, for the most part, underpaid players. Sanders quickly put an end to that stigma with both his ability and his personality. Will we ever see another Deion Sanders again? Perhaps someone down the road will be as talented, but no way will we ever see a player like Sanders who brought a combination of superior talent and rockstar charisma to the game. His career and induction into the Hall of Fame is something all Seminole fans should be proud of and celebrate come August.
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forward Bernard James with 10 points and guard Derwin Kitchen, who scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out six assists.
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SPORTSBRIEFS NCAA Florida knocks off No. 11 Kentucky The No. 23 Florida Gators shrugged off their recent woes from the charity stripe and downed No. 11 Kentucky 70-68 in Gainesville Saturday night. The Gators (18-5, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) were an impressive 18 of 22 from the line, including several key free throws down the stretch. Florida was led by senior forward Chandler Parsons, who finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, including a pair of free throws to ice the game as he stepped to the line with 12.7 remaining. “It feels good,” Parsons said. “It’s a big-time win. These are the kind of games you dream about as a child.” Kentucky (16-6, 4-4) had one last chance after Parsons’ free throws, but Brandon Knight’s three-point attempt came up short because of outstanding defense by another Florida senior, Alex Tyus. Tyus led the team in blocks on Saturday night, recording two. The win gives Florida an even more comfortable lead in the SEC East, as the Gators now have a one and a halfgame lead over secondplace Tennessee. Florida is now 8-3 this season in games decided by six points or fewer, a mark that includes a 5-0 record in SEC play. For Kentucky, Saturday was just another episode in a recent series of miseries for the Wildcats. After a seven-game win streak earlier in the season, the Wildcats have now dropped four of their last eight, including losses to unranked Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss. “We did everything we were supposed to,” Kentucky head coach John Calipari said. “We’re just not quite where we need to be.” The Wildcats will try and regroup as they play host to Tennessee on Feb. 8. Florida, on the other hand, will try to snowball this recent success into something bigger, something they’ve struggled to maintain all season. “Do we have a maturity level as a team going forward?” Florida head coach Billy Donovan said. “That has been our No. 1 problem. We have not handled [success] well. Our guys are pretty resilient. It’s when we have those moments when we go, ‘OK, [we’ve got it figured out].’ We can’t do that right now.” Florida’s next game is at South Carolina on Feb. 9.
ACC Duke dominates N.C. State, remains atop conference standings No. 5 Duke dominated a weaker N.C. State team to remain atop the ACC standings on Saturday, cruising to a 76-52 victory, leading by as many as 33 at one point in the game. The Blue Devils (21-2) registered a nearperfect performance and had four players finish in double figures and improved their conference record to 8-1, the only blemish being a loss in early January to Florida State in Tallahassee. Nolan Smith led the charge for Duke with 20 points, 18 of which came in the first half. Smith also finished with seven assists and is on pace to be the first player in ACC history to lead the conference in points and assists. “Guys got comfortable. Of course, we wanted to
stay on them and keep playing, but we didn’t,” Smith said. The Blue Devils put the nail in the coffin early, going on a 21-2 run in the first half and shooting 64.5 percent as a team in the opening half, making nearly as many shots (20) as the Wolfpack (12-11, 2-7 ACC) attempted (25). Turnovers fueled the run, as Duke forced 16 out of the Wolfpack. “We’re not a team that’s going to score a lot off of turnovers—we were more of that the beginning of the year,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “So when you get a couple of those, oh boy, it gets our team excited.” The Wolfpack have now dropped four-straight conference games, three losses coming by doubledigits. “I’m very disappointed in our starts the last four games, and that’s really been a problem—we’ve gotten ourselves in a hole so fast,” N.C. State head coach Sidney Lowe said. “I’m not going to say it’s rock-bottom. There’s still a lot to play for, and I think our kids showed that in the second half. We need to do that early in the game.” N.C. State did get a solid performance out of Richard Howell, who finished with a career-high 18 points, but were without the team’s leading rebounder in freshman C.J. Leslie, who was serving a one-game suspension for violating an unspecified team rule. Duke has a matchup with hated rival UNC at Cameron Indoor Stadium looming, a game that tips off in primetime on Wednesday, Feb. 9. The Wolfpack get a bit of a reprieve, as their next game is against the conference’s worst team on Feb. 13, Wake Forest, a team the Wolfpack thrashed 90-69 in early January.
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ACC from 8 it comes to defending the perimeter. The Cavs are near the bottom of the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense and will have their hands full trying to defend this FSU squad. Cierra Bravard is having a very strong year for the Seminoles to this point, averaging 13.7 points and just over seven rebounds per game. Bravard is also among the best in the ACC in field goal percent-
age, shooting an impressive 56 percent from the field. Chelsea Shine leads the Cavaliers in scoring at 10 points per game, which speaks volumes about the tough time Virginia has had scoring as a team this year. The Cavaliers are near the bottom of the conference in scoring offense. Defensively, Florida State will look to muster more stops than they were
able to against the Tar Heels. FSU head coach Sue Semrau pointed out that the ’Noles were not able to produce stops when it counted down the stretch, which ended up being the difference in the game’s outcome. The Seminoles are sitting in fourth place in the conference standings and will look to keep pace with the Tar Heels, as well as Miami and first-place Duke. Virginia remains
on the outside looking in at ninth place, having won just two conference games on the year and looking to shake up the standings. Florida State will be looking to get back on track and start another win streak as the regular season winds down. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and a full recap of the game can be found Monday night on the web at fsunews. com.
FSU Former Seminole Sanders elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame Often referred to as “Prime Time” in his playing days, former Florida State Seminole Deion Sanders is taking his show on the road one last time, this time to Canton, Ohio and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One of two first-year eligible nominees, Sanders joins running back Marshall Faulk, defensive end Richard Dent, tight end Shannon Sharpe, linebackers Chris Hanburger and Les Richter and NFL Films founder Ed Sabol in the 2011 class. In his 14-year NFL career, Sanders won the Super Bowl twice, once with the San Francisco 49ers and once with Dallas Cowboys, and was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 1994. Sanders finished his career with 53 interceptions. Perhaps the most dominant cover corner of all time, Sanders was electric as a kick and punt returner as well, averaging 15 yards every time he touched the football. During his college career, Sanders cemented himself in Seminole lore with the third-most interceptions in a career (14), longest interception returned for a touchdown (100 yards), most punt returns in a career (126), career punt return yards (1,429), most touchdowns on interceptions in a season (2) and career (4). Sanders will be inducted with his class on Aug. 6. —Compiled by Nick Sellers
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FSU’s dynamic duo of Cierra Bravard (left) and Natasha Howard (right) will look to rebound from their loss to UNC last week with a win over Virginia.
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dropped his final set to lose 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. And then there were two. Facing No. 52 Bob van Overbeek, No. 37 Clint Bowles raced to a 3-0 lead in his third set and looked to be in clear control. Overbeek proved his peskiness as he layered Bowles with strong serves and precise forehands and tightened the lead to 4-3. Bowles kept his cool, however, and won two sets in a row to secure the win, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3. All eyes then fell on the freshman Davis. Davis, like Mirzadeh, suffered a leg injury tied 4-4 in the second set and looked to give his opponent a clear advantage. The hobbled Davis was limping to retrieve balls, and, unlike his teammate, his injury proved too severe to overcome. He lost the final game 6-4, 5-7, 2-6. After the match, Seminoles head coach Dwayne Hultquist attested to Davis’ toughness. “Blake might be hard on himself, but it’s not like his match was the sole reason we lost,” Hultquist said. “We had
six other singles matches and it just so happened that Blake was the last one. He showed true adversity playing through the pain though, and, all in all, I’m
really impressed with how he performed.” Davis and the Seminoles have six days to rest, as they next host Texas on Feb. 12, at 11 a.m.
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Planned Parenthood’s 270th trimester Against the Grain SAMUEL BERKOWITZ Staff Writer Somewhere between “We the people” and “intervened,” the right to abortion on-demand has been staring us straight in the face all these many years, and only pro-choice liberals have been able to see it. It must have gotten buried in the dense, overblown verbiage about the right to bear arms and all that stuff about enumerated powers, just after the “free health care for everybody” clause. Those in favor of the right to abortion—who, strangely, are often squeamish about using the word
“abortion”—are likely to be taking on a cautiously defensive mode these days, however, as recent events in the world of child murder have cast those in its employ in an even more negative light than they typically deserve. A Planned Parenthood clinic manager in New Jersey this past week offered advice to a man posing as a pimp on how to ensure the availability of abortion to an underage prostitute. This woman believed the man on the tape to be a multiple felon guilty of child exploitation and, rather than report him, offered him assistance in becoming an accessory to
infanticide. This is the inevitable result of a culture that embraces moral relativism for its own convenience. This is not to say that all liberals have bought into the abortion-as-unassailable-right credo that is the stock in trade of the far left. Vasu Murti has, in fact, written a book entitled The Liberal Case Against Abortion, which makes no grandiose religious plaint against the practice, but which simply calls upon supposedly compassionate liberals to be consistent and afford unborn humans the same regard that they would an endangered species of grasshopper when a log-
ging bill makes it through a state senate. It hasn’t been a month since even the Huffington Post was compelled to repost that “A doctor whose abortion clinic was described as a filthy, foulsmelling ‘house of horrors’ that was overlooked by regulators for years was charged Wednesday with murder, accused of delivering seven babies alive and then using scissors to kill them” in Pennsylvania. I reiterate: This is what happens in a culture of self-indulgent moral relativism. Thankfully, this degenerate disgrace to the medical profession hasn’t been lionized in the press as some sort of lib-
eral martyr, but those for whom this issue is near and dear are not about to let an undeniable conservative electoral sweep dissuade them from using lies and distortions to further their agenda. H.R.3, a bill designed to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize abortions in a country consistently opposed to them—when you poll outside New England, New York and California, anyway—has been falsely labelled as a bill intended to lighten the abhorrence of some kinds of rape. The term “forcible rape” has never had a separate legal standing relative to “date rape”—if you have
sex with a woman who is either unwilling or unable (because of alcohol or drugs) to give her consent, you are guilty of rape. One could, of course, argue that the penalties for such a crime are too lenient, and I would concur, to some conflicted feminists’ chagrin, but the language of HR3 is not intended to shield rapists, but to shield defenseless human babies, whether it is convenient to say so or not. If we are to be a country resolved to permit infanticide, at least have some pride and don’t ask me to pay for whatever moral code—or lack thereof—to which you choose to subscribe.
Eat less—is it really as simple as that?
HEATHER MCQUEEN Staff Writer As we all are well aware by now, obesity is a growing epidemic within the United States. There are constant reminders everywhere: from feisty commentators and political pundits arguing about obesity and the role it plays with health care costs, to accommodations in transportation, and everything in between. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the negative aspects of obesity—and frankly, there
Letter to the Editor Ignite the truth As Wednesday’s student government election quickly approaches, students have an important decision to make about the future of our university and the role our Student Government Association will play. That decision is personified through the candidates of the two student political parties, the Ignite Party and the State Party. The Ignite Party would like you to believe that they are a brand new political party providing “inspired leadership” and an avenue for students who have never been involved to experience SGA. However, the truth is much different. Avi Assidon, The Ignite Party’s candidate for Student Body President, is a current student senator. Assidon has been in Senate since he was a freshman and has mastered living the perk-filled life that comes with career student leaders. In fact, he has already booked his all-expenses-paid trip to a Student Government conference in San Antonio at the end of this semester on the students’ dime, despite the fact he has yet to win election to any office next year. Another interesting fact about the Ignite Party comes from a recent scandal involving their Student Body Treasurer
really are not many positives, but what can be done to ameliorate this phenomenon is what is most significant and relevant in order for any change to come about. Recently, the federal government issued dietary guidelines and nutritional advice that have since been regarded as the most direct and critical yet. Of these recommendations, including “drink water instead of sugar drinks like soda,” “eat fruits and vegetables” and “eat less processed foods with sodium, fat and sugar,” the no-brainer that hits the nail on the head is “enjoy your food, but eat less.” Seems intuitive, right? For some, yes, but for many people, limiting consumption and their daily amount of food in-
take is difficult to monitor and control. Apparently, there has rarely been any specific advice to deter people from choosing the highcaloric diet that is prevalent within our society. Suggestions have been vague in order to comply with the food lobby and so as to not interfere with major corporations and food manufacturers. Again, money is ultimately what is at stake. Margo G. Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said of the latest advice, “For them to have said ‘eat less’ is really new. Who would have thought? We should have been saying ‘eat less’ for a decade.” But the question is—is that really enough? I’m not sure that it does any-
thing more than create some type of “proof” so that the government can say they’ve done something. There is, of course, personal responsibility involved, but with the mass amounts of fast food and junk food being overly marketed and advertised, there are obvious tensions between what is available and consumer choice. Additionally, the availability of fresh food is often scarce in many urban areas. But even after walking into a local grocery store, I sometimes ask myself, “Why am I spending $20 on basic fruits and vegetables when it’s so much cheaper to get something off of the dollar menu—at literally any fast food restaurant?” I’m sure that many
people ask themselves that question regularly, or don’t even make it to the question, because they have to consider money and time management in their food decisions. That’s another issue within our society: time. Everything is rushed, on a schedule, running behind schedule or revolving around someone else’s schedule, and with this constant movement and obsession with time, there are always ways to find shortcuts in order to save more time. Which, no doubt, is why nearly any time I’m driving anywhere, I see at least three or four people attempting to scarf down their food while speeding in and out of lanes. Additionally, emphasis on the diet is definitely important, but the incor-
poration of exercise and physical activity is invaluable to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In a recent article in the New York Times by Mark Bittman titled, “A Food Manifesto for the Future,” he suggests quite a few ideas “that would make the growing, preparation and consumption of food healthier, saner, more productive, less damaging and more enduring.” With a preliminary argument like that, it is definitely worth checking out. Our generation has the potential to alter existing habits and become instrumental in the eradication of not only obesity, but food practices that are detrimental to overall health and environment. The first step is to become aware.
candidate, Dayron Silverio. Executive and general body members of the Hispanic-Latino Student Union, of which Silverio is currently the director, publicly denounced Silverio on the floor of the Senate Wednesday night. These members claimed Silverio had misfiled paperwork, not taken an active role in HLSU events and requested he be investigated by the Senate Judiciary committee and removed from his post as director of the HLSU. So what is the underly-
ing mystery behind all of this? Assidon is the chosen candidate of a small, exclusive group of “elite” student leaders who call themselves Burning Spear. Burning Spear is a pseudo-honorary organization that aspires to have control of SGA. Burning Spear has no qualms about dumping as much money behind Assidon and his followers as it takes to win this election and hoodwink the student body. On the other hand, the State Party has been serv-
ing the student body’s needs since the summer of 2008. Kyle Dunnington, the State Party’s Presidential candidate, has worked nearly exclusively this year with the Freshman Leadership Council, training and preparing the leaders of tomorrow to take an active role in FSU. He has also yet to book any trips with the students’ money and would not do so unless first entrusted with their support and vote. The State Party is running on a platform of un-
precedented campus unity. Our Vice Presidential candidate, Nikki Allen, a second-year law student, will begin a mentorship program between graduate and undergraduate students through SGA to better prepare and inform our undergraduates of the many opportunities available to them. This, coupled with a statewide sustainability initiative, which our new administration will pioneer with other state universities, will make FSU a national leader in the issues of to-
morrow. On Feb. 9, the FSU student body has a decision to make: Will they allow SGA and Burning Spear to continue with business as usual, or will they walk with the State Party into the future our student body deserves? To vote, log on to www.sga. fsu.edu and make sure your voice is heard. —Tommy Rodriguez, Graduate Student Senator, Campaign Manager, The STATE Party
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OFFICIAL BALLOT STUDENT GOVERNMENT SPRING 2011 ELECTIONS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT (All students may vote for this office. Vote for one) Avi Assidon
President
Dayne Hutchinson
Vice President
Kyle Dunnington
President
Nikki Allen
Ignite
Vice President
Rachel Liniger
State
Dayron Silverio
Ignite
SENIOR CLASS COUNCIL (All juniors and seniors may vote for these offices) President
Alissa Simon
Ignite State
Brian Cosgrove
Vice President Ignite
Sam Nebel
State
Anibal (Papo) Hernandez Treasurer Jasmine Styles
State Ignite
Melissa Bucks
State
Secretary
Alyssa Smathers
Brandon Eisaman
Ignite
Seat 18 Amy Berry Kai E.S Daniels
State Ignite
Seat 20 Jesus Hernandez Kambria Sims
Ignite State
GRADUATE STUDIES (All graduate students can vote for these seats Including Professional Programs)
Seat 22 Randy J. Alves Carl Sharpe
State Ignite
Seat 2 Aaron Feuer
State
Seat 24 Molly Goldberg Alan Tegroen
Ignite State
Seat 4 Julie Shaffer
State
Seat 2 Winsome Jackson Nikki Jacobs
Ignite State
State
STUDENT BODY TREASURER (All students may vote for this office)
Kimmy Siddle
ENGINEERING (Juniors and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for this seat)
Seat 6 Andrew W. Smith
State
Seat 10 Raul Guillermo Perez
Ignite
Seat 16 Galen Wood
Ignite
SOCIAL SCIENCES (Junior and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for these seats)
Seat 2 Stu Gravenmier Gabi Zonfrelli
State Ignite
Seat 2 Harrison R. DuBosar Signe Thomas
Seat 4 Kalin Dingess Joshua Hill
State Ignite
Seat 4 Maddie Burich Rosalia Contreras
State Ignite
Seat 6 Adrienne Dawson Tura Magley
Ignite State
Seat 6 Rueben Stokes Graham Woodard
Ignite State
Seat 8 Abria Harris Matt Schnitzlein
Ignite State
BUSINESS (Juniors and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for these seats)
Seat 6 Pauly Bunn Lauren Williams
Ignite State
State Ignite
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION (Juniors and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for this seat) Seat 2 Andres Bascumbe
Ignite State
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (All freshman and sophomores may vote for these seats) Seat 2 Jerry Howze Joanna Johns
State Ignite
Seat 4 Robert Burie State Paige Felice Rosenthal Ignite Seat 6 Robin Bailey Taylor Gilbert
Ignite State
Seat 8 Ky’Eisha Penn Devian Wilcox
Ignite State
Seat 10 Lauren Ashley Hemstreet State Mitchell Rosenberg Ignite
State
CRIMINOLOGY (Juniors and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for thise seats) Seat 2 Marco Blanco Travis Brant
Ignite
Kayla Barnett
Ignite
Vanessa Botero
Ignite
Saisha Delevoe
Ignite
Bernard F. Dorcin
Ignite
Lizzie Eads
State
Ashley Fagan
Ignite
Jephery G. Francis
Ignite
Kayla Hilkert
Ignite
Nicole Laster
State
Sara Saxner
Ignite
Sebastian Sovero
Independent
Shannon Thompson
Ignite
Milly Vasquez
Ignite
Hailey Verano
State
Terrence S. Williams
Ignite
Ignite
ARTS AND SCIENCES (Juniors and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for these seats)
Seat 4 Jesid Acosta Stephen Biondy
David Agatstein
Ignite
HUMAN SCIENCES (Junior and seniors or those that have been formally accepted in this division may vote for this seat) Seat 2 Javario Bates
UNION BOARD (Twelve (12) seats will be selected from the following candidates. Vote up to twelve (12) times)
Ignite State
Seat 12 Jamie Bardwell Andy Labrecque Itai Raz
State Independent Ignite
Seat 14 Zack Ernst J.P. Ross
State Ignite
Seat 16 Frank Brown Cannon II State
REFERENDUM QUESTION Do you support the implementation of a 50 cent per credit-hour “Green Fee” that will be used to subsidize the Student Green Energy Fund, creating renewable and sustainable energy projects on campus and investing in energy efficiency projects that will enable Florida State University to become a more green campus? Yes
No