Volume IV Issue 1

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Viewpoints

Entertainment

The Quickie

Health & Fitness

Sports

Surfers welcome inclement weather

Lil Wayne not what he used to be

Eckerd Sol-Food Grow Op

Pay-as-you-can Yoga

Matt Duffy winds down career

While others take shelter during Hurricanes, surfers take to the wa-

The rapper’s latest offering leaves many underwhelmed fans wondering what’s next.

Relieve stress and learn about sustainable, organic gardening right on campus.

Donations-suggested sessions attract students to Yoga Energy Studio

Eckerd’s defensive warrior begins his final year with the soccer team.

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Vol. 4, Issue 1—Sept. 14, 2012

The Official Student Newspaper of Eckerd College

photo by Danny Kovarik

From left: Saige Liparulo, Gabe Moe-Loebeda, Katie Neff, Laura Lea Rubino and Miranda Rivera proudly brandish tickets for President Obama’s speech.

President Obama comes to Seminole, speaks to swing voters

Democratic views at the Republican As Tampa Bay was invaded by the Republican National Convention and a speech by Convention President Obama in one week’s time, Eckerd Students waved their political flags. By Taylor Glaws Contributing Writer A crowd began to form outside the Seminole campus of St Petersburg College around 7 a.m. Sept. 10. The large group of assembled people did not seem at all put out by the earliness of the hour, or the lengthy waiting time they faced before President Obama’s 11 a.m. speech. Rather than complaining, people talked excitedly to complete strangers and engaged in intermittent cheers of “Obama!” or “4 more years.” One woman shared a photo of herself standing next to a wax sculpture of the president

with everyone around her. Another man sported a homemade hat with red, white and blue glitter. Amid the general atmosphere of excitement were t-shirts that boasted slogans such as “Women for Obama,” “Veterans for Obama,” and “Gay Minorities for Obama.” Roughly half of the crowd was comprised of minorities and every age group was represented as young children and college students stood cheering alongside elderly supporters. The apparel and crowd spoke not only to the enthusiasm level, but also to the multiplicity of groups that President Obama must appeal to to win the upcoming election.

­­ Cait Duffy By News Editor

Finally, after a wait of about 4 hours, and after several other speakers, including former Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Obama took the stage to thunderous applause. The president opened his speech with a sympathetic acknowledgement of the suffering of the crowd; at this point it had become much hotter, and several people had fainted already. After thanking first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton for their support at the Democratic Convention earlier in the week, the president began his speech in earnest.

See obama, page 4

Steve Aoki fails to rock at Rock the Vote By Lizzy Brophy Staff Writer

DJ Steve Aoki.

courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Please Recycle

INDEX: News 2 - 8

Florida EDM lovers were treated to a free Steve Aoki concert sponsored by Rock the Vote at the Amphitheatre recently, in Ybor City. Upon entering the venue, patrons were invited by blinding strobe lights and thumping beats, to join the loads of sweaty, neon clad bodies writhing on the rotating dance floor. The raised VIP section on the left offered an excellent view of the stage. “The audio set-up was spectacular,” says Anthony Gianotti, class of 2011.

However, the drinks were expensive ($9 for a well cocktail, $7 for a bottle of Bud Light). The bartender also informed me that they were forbidden to give out tap water. Throughout the show, Aoki bounced around the stage spraying the crowd with champagne. Three lucky ladies were even selected to have enormous sheet cakes toppled over their heads. To complete the craziness, a giant yellow inflatable raft allowed some female fans to crowd surf to and from the stage in style.

See Aoki, page 14

Viewpoints 9 - 12 Entertainment 13 - 16 The Quickie 17 - 18 Health & Fitness 19 - 20 Sports 21- 24

The star struck feeling is one that can be difficult to get over. It’s a sudden weakness in the knees, a lump in the throat and a magical stutter that seems to develop. It can be experienced when meeting your hero for the first time, or when walking into a convention hall full of the time’s most important policy makers. Unfortunately, if you’re not a fan of what those policy makers are saying, the stutter can transform to simple speechlessness, the lump in your throat can drop to your stomach, and the weakness in your knees can become the weakness in your hope for the future. In a city that “The Daily Show” described as a place “where flip flops are evening wear,” high heels, loafers and dress shoes were rampant as conservative suits and dress dominated the fashion. Pencil skirts and oxford shirts can only do so much to blend a Democrat in to the crowd at the Republican National Convention. Especially when that Democrat is the only reporter present with a hoop

See Democratic, page 12

The Current is a free, biweekly student newspaper produced at Eckerd College. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the writers.


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