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for Joe
Students have
many options
for acquiring
coffee in Tally
FELICITE FALLON
News Editor
the Congress of Graduate
Students and the University Counseling Center are
all located in the ASLC as
well.”
The ASLC is also home to
another one of FSU’s bragging rights: the full size,
full screen, stadium style
movie theater. It’s free for
students and only $4 for
non-students. There may
occasionally be exceptions,
but SLC staff provides plenty of notice ahead of time.
“The number one reason
Those desperately in need
of a sugar-free vanilla quad
soy latte will be relieved to
know that Tallahassee is
home to numerous separate
Starbucks locations, in addition to a plethora of other
options for acquiring coffee
beverages, including scene
favorites like All Saint’s
and Black Dog Café to notfor-profit ventures like The
Coffee Pub on Thomasville
Road.
Even on Florida State
University’s campus, there
are a wide variety of coffee
merchants dispensing caffeine to needy students. Einstein Bros. Bagels, located
in Oglesby Union, offers a
selection of specialty coffee
espresso drinks, including
flavored lattes, caramel macchiatos and frappe drinks.
Einstein also offers several
daily brews, including their
Neighborhood Blend, Vanilla
Hazelnut and their rotating
seasonal blend.
While Starbucks only operates one full-service location on campus, there
are two “We Proudly Brew
Starbucks” stands, in Strozier Library and in the FSU
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SPORTS
The Student Life Cinema is a great place to catch a sneak preview of an upcoming movie as well as see other recent and classic hits.
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SHAY FILKILL
Staff Writer
Ta k e a c r a s h c o u r s e
in ‘Nole traditions
Formerly known as the
Student Life Building, the
Askew Student Life Center
is home to many benefits
for students. Located on
Learning Way by Ragans
and Woodward Halls, the
ASLC has a real coffee
shop called Reel Coffee, as
well as a computer lab with
over a dozen computers.
Students can catch up on
homework or take a break
and play computer games
or surf the Web.
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Reel Coffee not only offers coffee-based drinks
and espresso, but they also
sell smoothies and fresh
baked snacks.
“New students will find
comfy blue couches and
swivel chairs,” said Lauren
White, who is a receptionist
at the ASLC desk and just
finished her sophomore
year at Florida State University. “We have computer
games, coffee, movies, TVs
and big square tables that
you can spread your homework and hundred dollar
(text) books out on.”
There are also many
board games that students
can play.
“The Cyber Cafe is blanketed with FSU’s wireless
network and has gaming PCs with a number of
titles installed and computers loaded with office
software for a change of
paper-writing scenery, as
well as board games students can check out,” said
Kristen Garcia, FSU senior
and graphic designer for
the Student Life Cinema.
“The offices for Residence
Life, University Housing,
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Students
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cats
Tallahassee offers venues to learn ballroom dance styles
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The Tennessee Strip offers dancing of the bumping
and grinding variety, and
line dancers get their fix at
Stetson’s on Friday nights,
but where can students
learn the Lindy Hop or the
cha-cha? Some say the art
of ballroom dancing is lost.
Tallahassee, however, has
several venues for swing,
salsa and tango lovers.
The Atlantis Club and
Grill, located on Mahan, is
a hot spot for salsa dancing. The club offers lessons
on Thursday and Saturday
nights. Although times can
vary, lessons are usually
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays and 8 to 10 p.m. on
Saturdays. Students and
adults may find the lessons
helpful for dancing later at
night.
“The lesson covered a
lot, which I thought was
suitable for beginners and
advanced dancers because
it taught you the basics but
also let you put in your own
style,” Tallahassee resident
Michelle Legaspi said.
When the lessons end,
the free-style dancing begins. Again, hours can vary,
but typically the club remains open until 11 p.m.
on Thursdays and 2 a.m. on
Saturdays. Unfortunately,
since the Atlantis is a bar
and grill as well as a club,
space is an issue.
“The dance floor is a bit
on the small side since the
whole place isn’t dedicated
to it, and it is a bit crowded
later into the night,” Legaspi said. “But still, it’s got
a great atmosphere with
some really great talent.”
Claustrophobia
issues
aside, the club is generally
well-received. Enthusiasts
deem The Atlantis a solid
choice for anyone interested in learning and practicing salsa skills.
“The whole experience
is really laid back and just
plain fun,” Legaspi said. “It’s
got just the right amount
of lighting to make it light
enough for you to admire
the fancy dancing and dark
enough not to feel too selfconscious if you’re new to
salsa.”
Salsa, though, is only one
of many types of dancing
Tallahassee accommodates.
According to the president
of the Tallahassee Swing
Dance club, Keegan Van
Zile, the main place for students to swing dance off
campus is St. Michael’s Pub,
located on Gaines Street.
Every Wednesday night
the club holds a dance there
for anyone at least 18 years
old. Beginners needn’t
worry, as they can attend
a lesson at 8:30 p.m. and
learn all the basics for free.
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Subdued
or sociable
study
spots
FELICITE FALLON
News Editor
Whether one is looking for
a quiet place to study or a
lounge to grab coffee, a bite
to eat and check e-mail, Florida State University’s University Libraries offers facilities
for students to meet these
needs.
The Paul M. Dirac Science
Library, located near Parking Garage 1, is named after
the late Nobel Prize winning
physicist and Florida State
University professor.
It maintains a collection of
over 500,000 books and offers a quiet, studious atmosphere.
“It’s the science library, and
I’m on that side of campus a
lot because I have a couple
science classes,” said FSU
junior Katie Crouch. “It tends
to be quieter and a little more
studious than Strozier is. You
don’t get so much foot traffic
in and out.”
Located on the east side of
campus near Bellamy, Strozier Library has a little more
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Strozier Library has always been known for its ample seating, and more recently, for its longer hours.
traffic in and out but offers
a variety of resources to the
students.
“We want to be able to
help students on their time
frame,” said undergraduate
programs librarian Suzanne
Byke. “Students are busy,
they’re working, they’re
going to school, they’re involved in a million clubs
and activities. We want to
make sure that we’re here
to meet their needs.”
Strozier’s more sociable
atmosphere has benefits for
Crouch, depending on the
type of studying in which
she is engaging.
“I like that you can take
food into Strozier,” said
Crouch. “It’s easy to study
with larger groups because
they’re less strict. I also like
that Strozier has movie rentals now. They have pretty
good independent films and
foreign films you can rent
for free as a student. I’ve
been utilizing that.”
According to Byke, Strozier’s versatility stems from
the varied needs of the student body of FSU.
“We have to be a space
that meets all needs, and
a lot of people need the library to do group work or
practice their presentations
or just hang out with their
friends,” she said. “We’re
trying to meet all of those
varied needs. As you move
up in the library, it gets quieter.”
The Robert Manning Strozier Library is named after
a former president of FSU
and is the main library for
the University and the largest library facility on cam-
pus with seating for 2,620
users.
It offers a broad range of
library services including a
total of 246 computers for
students to use and open
stacks, which allows patrons
to browse through rows of
book shelves independent
of assistance if they choose.
The main collection in Strozier is comprised largely of
materials in the humanities and social science subject areas, but the library
also offers special collections, maps, government
documents, electronic and
microform materials and
multimedia including an
open DVD collection, which
houses popular titles as
well as more academic selections.
For those looking for recreational reading, Strozier
has recently begun building
a popular literature collection including both fiction
and non-fiction with funding provided by Student
Government Association.
They hope to develop
this collection in the future
through an annual book
sale in addition to the funding base provided by SGA.
They will rely on input from
students and faculty members as well as library associates in choosing titles for
the collection so as to get a
broad spectrum of tastes.
“Whenever I’m doing
research topics, I usually
use Strozier,” Crouch said.
“They have a really helpful
research desk, and they’ll
help you find the books or
online articles or journals
that you need.”
In addition to the material
resources Strozier offers,
the librarians themselves
also provide a variety of services to meet student needs
including instant messaging
research help and research
consultations, which are
available by filling out a
form online.
“We’re interested in being what students need us
to be,” Byke said. “We are
constantly looking for feedback. We’re really interested in what students have to
say and what they need this
space to be. There is some
blurring of boundaries.
We’re not just that stereotypical library anymore.”
With over $2 million in
renovations to the first floor
of Strozier to be implemented, there are many changes
in store for Strozier Library
in the 2008 to 2009 academic year.
“There’s a lot going on,”
Byke said. “What it’s going
to look like three months
from now, I probably don’t
even know. It’s always
evolving.”
Strozier library is open
during the spring and fall
from 10 a.m. on Sunday
until 8 p.m. on Friday, and
from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. on
Saturday.
Dirac is open Sunday
from 1 to 9 p.m., Monday
through Thursday from 8
a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information on
FSU’s other libraries and for
the most up-to-date hours
for Strozier and Dirac, visit
lib.fsu.edu.
and contests and movies for
Seminole Sensation Week
and throughout the year. We
regularly host (question and
answer) panel discussions
with professors and industry professionals.”
The SLC provides a unique
experience to FSU students,
and many students profess
to enjoy it.
“There is a unique vibe
at the SLC,” said Briggs.
“If you’ve ever seen a sold
out show in our theater
you know what I’m talking
about. Everyone gets really excited, and there’s a
real community feel. People
laugh, cry, and jump in all of
the right places.”
Briggs added that she
would actually prefer to see
a movie at the SLC over an
off-campus theater because
of the experience and ability to see it with so many
friends.
“It adds to campus life
because we have a real theater,” said White. “A real theater with real theater seats
and a screen that is bigger
than some of the off-campus
ones. It’s a solid place to see
familiar faces and free movies.”
The SLC even has a wellstocked concession stand
with everything from fountain sodas, popcorn and
lots of candy. The prices
are significantly lower than
those at an off-campus theater. The only thing that may
cause conflict for some students is that the concession
stand, as well as Reel Coffee, accepts cash only.
Movie schedules are available at the Information Desk
or online at movies.fsu.edu.
For more information, the
SLC also has a Facebook
group for those who may be
interested.
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to take advantage (of the
SLC) is the free movies,”
said Jerrod Fredericks, vice
chair of public relations.
“We’re talking four movies a week on average, plus
we get advance screenings
on occasion, like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which
we just showed (in the
Spring).”
Student tuition funds the
SLC, which enables them to
play big name movies and
classic films. The SLC even
hosts film festivals, such as
the French Film Festival
this past spring semester
and the Tallahassee Film
Festival, which took place
May 15 through May 17.
“Student, campus, and
international organizations
host film festivals and events
in the theatre and conference rooms,” said Garcia.
“We host regular and special
events like open mic nights
Bookstore. Starbucks offers
a broad variety of espressobased drinks and is infinitely
customizable, offering four
different milk options (skim,
two percent, whole and soy)
and dozens of flavor options.
While the “We Proudly Brew”
stands do not offer all the options of the full-service Starbucks, students who are in
the mood for a simple latte
or coffee on their way to do
some studying or browsing
can utilize the stands in Strozier and the bookstore.
Off-campus, the options
for acquiring coffee are virtually limitless. At Railroad
Junction, All Saint’s Café
provides an indie ambiance
as well as grade-A coffee and
many vegan and vegetarian
menu options. A little further
out on Lake Ella, Black Dog
Café is a popular option with
locals and offers a scenic
view.
Coffee Pub on Thomasville
Road, a not-for-profit retail
coffee shop that opened in
October 2006, offers a sociable environment and fairtrade coffee.
“I like the tables outside, I
think that it’s cute,” said FSU
junior Gina Contella. “Coffee
Pub has very good beverage
choices, and their Internet
works.”
Closer to campus, Brew &
Bean on Pensacola next to
Subway draws in customers
with its welcoming atmosphere.
“I like the atmosphere at
Brew & Bean, and I like the
fact that we can leave our
stuff in there and go outside
and smoke a cigarette and
not worry that it’s going to be
stolen,” Contella said.
Open since August 2007,
Brew & Bean is primarily a
family business, run by Dave
and Donna Roberts and their
son and son-in-law. Dave
Roberts, an FSU graduate,
opened the shop with students in mind.
“We designed the coffee
bar to specifically meet the
needs of students,” he said.
“We’ve been growing ever
since because it’s a popular
place to study and socialize.
Probably about 90 percent of
our patrons are FSU students
or A and M students. We have
a lot of grad students that
come here, particularly med
students. It’s great place to
get a quiet place to study and
free Internet.”
Brew & Bean’s spacious design, brightly lit by its many
windows and twice the size
of most Starbucks locations,
according to Roberts, allows
customers to relax and make
themselves at home.
“Brew and Bean is very
accommodating during finals
week, because they don’t kick
you out even if you’re there
for like 24 hours,” Contella
said. “I probably got about
four cups of coffee during 24
hours, which is not a lot for
them to let me sit there.”
As the name implies, Brew
& Bean provides more than
just coffee for its patrons.
“We aren’t typical,” Roberts said. “We offer something a little bit better as far
as the beer and wine goes in
addition to the coffee based
drinks. It’s a place where
they can come and if they’re
not in the mood for coffee
and they want to wind down
a little bit, we have a pretty
decent selection of microbrews.”
Students interested in
learning a wider variety of
ballroom dancing styles
should attend Tuesday night
classes at the American Legion. The dances start at 7:30
p.m. and cover swing, chacha, waltz and tango to name
a few.
The atmosphere differs
from those at the Atlantis
and at St. Michael’s, however. The crowd is significantly
older (as in 60+), and there is
a live band instead of a D.J.
Whether students wish to
learn to ballroom dance in a
club or formal environment,
there are options for people
with all preferences. And
regardless of location, the
dancing will have mental and
physical benefits.
“Swing dancing is an excellent form of exercise and
adds six to seven years to
your life,” Van Zile said. “It is
a great way to meet people
and keep in shape. As my
83 year old friend and swing
dancing legend, Bart Bartolo,
asked me, ‘How often do you
see someone come out of the
gym after a six-hour workout
with a smile on their face?’”
Students interested in ballroom dancing in Tallahassee
should visit http://homepage.
mac.com/mweininger/tallusabda/. The site lists locations, prices, times and upcoming dance events.
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After the lesson, the dancing
begins and usually lasts until
around midnight.
“We play mostly rockabilly music at these dances,”
Van Zile said. “Even the bar
guests who don’t dance seem
to like the music. This is a
great opportunity to come
and hang out and learn to
dance in a low-key, no-pressure environment.”
Most people who attend
these dances are college and
graduate students; therefore,
everything from the atmosphere to the dress is casual.
“Jeans are okay, but closedtoe shoes are preferred because they will stay on your
feet,” Van Zile said.
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The perils of
parking
BRITTNEE NEWMAN
Staff Writer
The scene is all too familiar: students circling,
impatiently waiting for that
elusive spot in the parking
garage, with the clock ticking closer and closer to class
time.
For new graduate students
arriving on campus on the
first day of school, the challenges of parking can prove
just as daunting as completing your thesis, especially
for someone from a smaller
undergraduate instituion or
a school with plenty of parking.
Florida State University
Parking and Transportation
is here to help students unravel some of those intimidating parking pressures.
Carol O’Domski, director
of Parking and Transportation Services, stated that if
she had to give one piece
of advice to new students
at FSU, it would be to seek
alternative methods of transportation.
“Leave your car at home,”
she said. “It will save you on
gas, it will save you time and
ultimately, it will save you
stress.”
Multiple bus routes are
available free of charge for
students.
“The bus routes — Renegade, Tomahawk, Garnet,
Gold and Heritage Grove —
are able to get around campus quickly and effectively,
and the less traffic on campus from students bringing
their cars, the quicker they
will move,” O’Domski said.
The buses run constantly
from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
summer, and from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. during the fall and
spring semester. The Night
Nole, the late night campus
transit, runs from 10 p.m. to
3 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
“We go by three groceries
stores, countless restaurants
(and) the dollar store,” said
O’Domski. “We go by everything you could possibly
need. And with your student
ID, you also have access to
the city bus routes.”
FSU has also granted preliminary approval for an
additional bus route, tentatively named Osceola, which
would travel past popular
off-campus housing sites
and increase access for students living in places like
West 10 and Boardwalk. The
additional bus route is still
pending final approval, but
is planned for being added in
Fall 2008 if approved.
If students do opt to bring
their vehicles to campus,
O’Domski explained that
students must go online to
parking.fsu.edu a week before class goes into session
to order their parking permit, and that applies to both
cars and motorcycles.
“But (new students) who
are here in the summer need
to remember that they’ll
have to go back on again
in August and order a new
one,” O’Domski said.
Even if a student does have
a parking permit, it does not
entitle them to park in any
available space.
“Students should also be
advised of the basics,” said
O’Domski. “They need to
park in ‘W’ lots only. Enforcement is 24 hours a day,
seven days a week for illegal
parking, like parking in a
handicap spot, in a fire lane,
access lanes, on the grass,
yellow curbs or being up on
a curb.”
O’Domski also advised
students to pay extra attention to parking in commuter
lots, especially on home
game weekends in the fall.
Commuter lots are clearly
marked, but are unavailable
for student parking between
midnight and 6:30 a.m. If a
student parks in a commuter
lot after midnight before a
home game, the car will be
towed immediately.
The Parking and Transportation services recently
launched a new component
to their Web site, featuring
up-to-the-minute information regarding specific spots,
lots and garages around
campus.
“If the business school
has people coming in for
an event, they might ask us
to block off 20 spaces and
reserve them. Students will
show up to a lot to park, and
suddenly find those spaces
blocked off,” said O’Domski.
“Now students can double
check before they leave
for class and see that those
sports are blocked off. It’s
such a big improvement because now students can easily access all the information
we have for them regarding
parking.”
For more information, visit http://parking.fsu.edu.
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‘You should see the city you’re in’
LIZ COX
Managing Editor
It would be all too easy to
come to Florida State University, filled with Seminole
pride and a yearning for that
“true” college experience,
and never travel north of
Tharpe or East of Monroe,
but believe it or not, Tallahassee and its surrounding
areas have way more to offer than that old “drinking
town with a football problem” adage suggests.
Tallahassee offers all the
cultural uniqueness one
would expect from a college town with three diverse
campuses that also happens
to house the state capital.
From First Friday art gallery hopping (see www.
railroadsquare.com) to jazz
shows at B Sharp’s (http://
www.b-sharps.com/), the
arts and entertainment-curious mind can’t run out of
options in this city.
There’s also downtown
with its weekly festivals, up-
scale bars and restaurants,
museums and, oh yeah, the
architectural “icon” that is
the Capitol building. For all
downtown has to offer, visit
http://www.tallahasseedowntown.com/.
Tallahassee also has
some of the best local businesses — and most passionate supporters. Just Google
“Keep it Sassy, Tallahassee”
to check out the movement
or visit LocallyOwnedTallahassee.com.
To check out some of locally owned Tally for yourself, go north on Monroe up
to Lake Ella. Not only can
visitors take a stroll or jog
around the quiet lake, they
can also visit several local
retailers and restaurants.
From the unique toys and
games at Lofty Pursuits
to the fashions of Quarter
Moon and Polka Dot Shoes,
lake-goers can do some
shopping and grab a cup
of espresso at Black Dog
Café.
Lake Ella, though, is just
one of Tallahassee’s many
parks. My personal favorite is the sprawling, awardwinning Tom Brown Park,
located just east of Capital
Circle Southeast between
Mahan Drive and Apalachee
Parkway. Tom Brown is
home to a disc golf course,
a dog park, multi-purpose
trails, playgrounds, sports
complexes and plenty of
open green space just to
take in.
For more on Tally parks
and recreation, visit http://
talgov.com/parks/index.
cfm.
All in all, there’s a lot more
to Tallahassee then campus
life and far more than I’ve
named here.
Support local business
and culture. Ignore my
recommendations and find
what you love about Tallahassee.
While you may just be
here for four years, treat
this city like one you’ve
lived in your whole life. It
might just surprise you.
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FSU hosts several
performing arts
for students to
experience
STEPHANIE
SAUNDERS
Senior Staff Writer
There are many benefits
that come with being an
FSU graduate student besides the education. There
are free sporting events and
all sorts of things going on in
the union, but one thing that
many students overlook is all
the performing arts groups
right on their own campus.
While many students take
on two to four more years
to be doctors, lawyers, businessmen and any other sort
of profession, there are thousands of students on FSU’s
campus that are here to
study more artistic professions in the fields of dance,
drama and music.
In high school, maybe they
were the band geeks or the
drama nerds, but at FSU, the
impression is much different. The students attending
FSU’s prestigious fine arts
programs have had to pass
through rigorous auditions
and are the best of the best.
Not only are the students
putting in a majority of their
time to further their craft but
are aided by professors with
their own elite training and
prestige.
Of course, these students
learn performing arts and to
do that they need audiences.
Attending is a great way for
FSU students to experience
all sorts of culture on campus — sometimes without
even paying anything at all.
The School of Theatre offers 12 main stage shows
a year, in addition to many
other presentations of MFA
projects, of the design process and even class projects
for fight certification that are
open to the public. Directed
by professors, MFA candidates and even occasional
guest directors, the shows
are produced almost entirely
by the students who create
the sets and costumes as
well as act.
“Twice a year on the Sunday before classes start we
hold open auditions,” FSU
School of Theatre director
Cameron Jackson said. “Anyone can audition. They don’t
have to be theatre students
or students at all.”
Students involved in the
productions spend about
200 hours in the course of
four to five weeks putting
their show together. Tickets
are offered at discounted
rates for students to attend.
The 2008-2009 season features plays like Yerma and
She Stoops to Conquer and
the musicals of Thoroughly
Modern Millie and Hair on
its 40th anniversary, as well
as the New Horizons Festival
in the spring.
“Getting involved in the
arts can enrich lives,” Jackson said. “The pieces are
thought-provoking and it’s a
different conversation than
going to the movies.”
The School of Dance hosts
seven major productions a
year as well as many smaller
shows and MFA concerts.
While tickets to the larger
productions range between
$10 to 12 for students, other
performances are free with
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Your guide to
Tallahassee’s
hottest local
music venues
DANIELLE MOSELEY
Contributing Writer
Just because the fall will
be filled with the hustle
and bustle of new graduate
student life and potentially
tougher courses doesn’t
mean you have to miss out
on live music. Give yourself
a break for being so studious and dedicate your free
time to checking out Talla-
hassee’s one-of-a-kind music venues.
DISCLAIMER: FSView
and affiliates are not to
blame for failing grades
from your addiction to concert-hopping, nor are we
responsible for bouncing
checks, denied credit cards
and angry professor phone
calls.
Floyd’s Music Store
Deemed Tally’s hottest college spot, Floyd’s maintains
its reputation for providing
quality entertainment. From
live shows to special events
like the high-energy DayGlo, this hot spot is always
packed; satisfaction guaranteed. Tickets for shows are
available at ticketweb.com,
Vinyl Fever record store,
and, if not sold out, at the
door.
The Beta Bar
Tallahassee’s original indie live music showcase, the
Beta Bar has a jam-packed
events
schedule
yearround. Local, regional and
indie bands take the stage
throughout the week while
‘80s night is held on Sundays. Tickets are available
at CD Warehouse, FSU Fine
Arts Box Office, Ticketweb.
com and at the door.
Potbelly’s
Local bands call this bar
home. This popular hangout has recently featured the
bands the Poptart Monkeys
and Afroman. Live music is
held every Saturday night.
AJ’s Sports Bar
Not just your average
Sports Bar, AJ’s is known
for its live music, mingling
crowd and of course the
infamous dancing on the
Skydeck throughout the
week.
Bullwinkle’s
“Voted (in) the FSView
2008 best bar, best club, best
guys night out, best girls
night out, best theme night,
best place to watch music”
reads their Web site description. Their site says a lot.
Club Downunder
Located on campus in the
Oglesby Union, Club Downunder has featured many
bands since its opening in the
1960s: Sonic Youth, Ween,
The Flaming Lips, Goo Goo
Dolls, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Modest Mouse, Death
Cab For Cutie, Spoon, the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the list
continues.
Be on the look-out for an
exciting fall and spring line-
up.
The Moon
The Moon is Tallahassee’s
premier variety showcase
for total entertainment, hosting major concerts featuring
country, rock, reggae, rap,
jazz, R&B and more. Since
1985, it has been home to
hundreds of headliners, including: Hall & Oates, The
Temptations, Trick Daddy,
Bonnie Raitt, George Strait,
B.B. King, Pepper, Kenny
Chesney, Joe Cocker and
most recently Iron & Wine.
Riverfront Saloon
Put on your best western
attire and be prepared for
some heel-to-heel, toe-to-toe
action. Lesser known but
certainly not of lesser quality, the Riverfront Saloon
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STRAIGHT FROM THE SCREEN
Where to watch in Tallahassee
The following
movie theaters
are suitable for
all audiences
ADAM CLEMENT
Assistant Arts & Life Editor
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Sad truth: not every movie
a student will want to see has
the fortune of playing at the
Askew Student Life Building. Luckily, there are several
theaters located off campus,
near and farther, to facilitate
any cinephile’s filmic fantasies.
Regal Miracle 5
Whoever said decrepit theaters possessed character
may have had this “miracle”
of a theater in mind. As the
town’s hallmark go-to for
independent, art-house and
foreign flicks that often get
shafted in limited release
exhibition runs, the Regal
Miracle has five screens dedicated to putting a spotlight
on the films obscured by the
big-budget, high-profile Hollywood hubbub.
Mind you, it is one of the
oldest theater establishments in the area; so notwithstanding the absence of
stadium seating, patrons will
enjoy a unique experience
— through the mixed bag of
a film selection and the theater’s homely, dated furnishings, all the same.
IMAX Theatre & Downtown Digital Dome Theatre & Planetarium at the
Challenger Learning Center
If you think that name is a
mouthful, you won’t believe
the eyeful you’ll get when
watching a flick on the big
screen to end all big screens
at this theater. Boasting an
IMAX theatre five stories tall
and 70 feet wide, it includes
a fully “digital dome theatre”
and planetarium, encompassing everything from Pink
Floyd, larger-than-life Hollywood releases, and educational exhibits.
Located on 200 South Duval Street, be sure to familiarize yourself with the area’s
“Best Local Attraction,” (as
awarded in 2003, 2005 and
2007), before flicks like The
Dark Knight hit theaters, as it
was the only place around to
watch the big bad Bat on the
big, big screen, via IMAX.
Regal Governor’s Square
Stadium 12
The closest alternative to
the AMC Tallahassee Mall
20, the Regal located on Governor’s Square serves as the
balance to the northern side
of town’s monopoly on box
office receipts. For those
looking to duck out of the
social scene at the aforementioned alternative located
in the Tallahassee Mall, the
Regal cousin to the Miracle
5 offers a similar plethora of
mainstream films to catch,
without all the pizzazz.
With that said, it is perhaps
the more rational choice for
a date or private rendezvous
— as those seat-kickers and
annoying hecklers seem to
congregate wherever there’s
a mall. And those establishments, by nature, equal
noise.
Starplex Cinemas/Movies 8
If you aren’t enough of a
fanboy or fangirl to wait outside with the ranks of other
anxious theater-goers for
the next blockbuster movie,
there is still one thing to be
excited about: cheap movie
tickets. That’s right, for those
who can hold their bated
breath and wait it out, the
darling resident “dollar theater” of Tallahassee found
in the Starplex Cinemas is
the place to be … just not on
opening day, of course.
With rates like $1.25 for all
shows prior to 6 p.m., $1.75
for anything after 6 p.m.
and $.75 rates for all times
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LOCAL SPOTLIGHT
Railroad Square A ‘Little Theatre’
‘A La Carte’
STEPHANIE
SAUNDERS
Senior Staff Writer
Photo by Mat Phelan/FSView
Railroad Square is the place to go on the first Friday of every month to view many different forms of art, as well as shop,
socialize and listen to live music.
LILY REISMAN
Senior Staff Writer
Railroad Square Art Park
is known as one of Tallahassee’s finest treasures. Located off Railroad Avenue, the
art park contains galleries,
studios, eclectic stores and
more.
Railroad Square developed in the 1970s when a
woman named Nan Boynton envisioned the opportunity to transform an industrial park into a district
filled with invention and
imagination.
“Railroad Square was
originally an industrial park
by the railroad track and my
grandfather actually purchased it in the 1960s and
used it for industrial purposes – storage and such,”
co-owner Adam Kaye said.
“And then my mother purchased it from my grandfather in the 1970s. She saw
the ability to upgrade the
properties from industrial
usage to something more
cultural and artistic.”
Florida State University
is extremely active in the
Railroad Square community. Students from various
areas of the fine-arts program frequent the art park
to work, learn and display
their art.
“The BFA Program has
been down at Railroad
Square for about 20 years
and is definitely a great element to Railroad Square –
bringing the students down
there and raising community awareness,” Kaye said.
“We also have other FSU
programs. We have the BFA
photography, the masters’
photography lab is down
there and there is a film
school station down there.
Also, a lot of tenants (of art
studios) are faculty members. So they definitely support over the years.”
Railroad Square is home
to the ever-growing First
Friday. First Friday takes
place, well, on the first
Friday of every month. On
these Fridays, artists have
the opportunity to open
their galleries to the public
and display their art. Visitors tour the square as they
embark on an art walk from
gallery to gallery. People
can also pop into numerous
open stores, and they can
hear live music, eat good
food and witness other
sorts of entertainment at
this splendid event.
“We used to have annual
events, and then they became more and more popular and there was more of
a demand for that type of
community. So we started
(First Friday) about seven
years ago,” Kaye explained.
“It was growing slowly, but
more recently it has been
pretty exponential. About
five years ago, it was maybe
200 people, and then two
years ago it was maybe 500
people, and now we are up
to about 4,000 people per
(Friday) night.”
While First Friday focuses on the presentation
of talented artists’ work, a
new event, called Second
Sunday, is geared towards
the exhibition of the Railroad Square stores’ merchandise.
“One of the problems
with Railroad Square is
there is First Friday, but
people don’t know what is
open during work hours.
Some shops are open odd
hours, and some people
open when they feel like
it,” Kaye said. “So they have
created a merchant’s association over at Railroad
Square and they are doing a
Second Sunday where all of
the merchants are open. It
is trying to develop more of
a bartering culture — more
available products that people can afford.”
Along with First Friday
and Second Sunday, several
other yearly events take
place in the art park. There
is an autumn event titled
Fall Fever, a summer event
called Summer Solstice and
for the past two years the
Buddhist Temple hosted the
event, Buddha Palooza.
Tallahassee is lucky to
house such a thriving art
community as Railroad
Square. Amongst the galleries and studios are a plethora of fun stores. There is
a vintage store, knitting
store, furniture store, quilt
shop, rock climbing gym,
belly dancing studio, comedy clubhouse, bike shop
and more.
Most recently an exceptional gallery plus a culturally diverse shop have
opened, explained Kaye.
“Humidity is one gallery
that is fairly recent,” Kaye
said. “We have a retail store
down there now called Bali
Hi. It is really awesome
(with) a lot of imported
stuff from Indonesia.”
Railroad Square is a
must-visit place. To obtain
more information, visit its
Web site at www.railroadsquare.com or just pop
over and check it out for
yourself. Maps are offered
in front of the office upon
entering the square.
Tallahassee is full of theater. Not only does it house
Florida State’s School of
Theatre, but it is home to
two community theaters: Tallahassee Little Theatre and
Theatre A La Carte. While
these theatres run differently than the one on campus,
they involve members of the
community and give back to
the community while putting
on professional looking productions.
Originally started in 1949,
Tallahassee Little Theatre
has its home off Thomasville
Road in a theater that seats
about 270 people. Originally
hosting performances at the
Tallahassee Airport, the current theater was completed
in 1994, which is where the
company now produces full
seasons of shows.
“We have five shows and a
summer production on our
main stage where we do musicals, comedies, dramas and
farces,” Executive Director
Naomi Rose-Mock said. “We
also put on two shows in our
coffeehouse, and next season, we will begin our matinee series.”
This season Tallahassee
Little Theatre put on productions of shows like The
Graduate and The Secret
Garden and produced Guys
and Dolls at the end of July.
Blues acts including Bobby
Blue Bland, Bobby Rush,
Jimmy Rogers, Kenny Neal,
E.C. Scott, Eddie Kirkland,
Johnnie Marshall, Sandra
Hall, Ms. Lavelle White, Son
Seals and more.
Big Daddy’s
Open seven nights at 8
p.m., DJ every Thursday,
Saturday and Sunday with
live music every Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Friday. Mondays are also
notorious for indie and ‘80s
night.
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
Over one million people
a year gather here to experience a variety of attractions.
Putting the Broadway
shows, family shows and
sporting events aside, The
Civic Center hosts concerts with the roots of rock,
country, pop, urban and everything in between.
Yianni’s
Live bands entertain the
crowd Tuesdays and Fridays while Thursdays and
Saturdays feature dance
music that leaves you with
no choice but to let the music guide you, preferably to
the dance floor.
an FSU ID.
“Each concert is unique,”
Department of Dance publicist Emily Keeler said. “It frequently offers a mix of both
ballet and modern as well as
other dance forms.”
The Montgomery dance
building houses its own theater where the productions
take place, and students can
look up different events listed on dance.fsu.edu.
“Not only is the Department of Dance one of the
top dance programs in the
United States, but it offers
students entertainment and
a chance to support fellow
students,” Keeler said.
The College of Music features different ensembles
and a wide variety of concerts. Performances include
undergraduate and graduate
students as well as faculty in
solo, chamber and large ensemble settings.
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to offer, no theater gets a
larger running of flicks than
the 20-auditorium equipped
chain set inside the Tallahassee Mall. For an infallible choice in an enjoyable
night out, grab some friends
(or just as easily run into
them there) and head to the
AMC for the best in what
mainstream Hollywood has
to offer.
The prices may not be the
cheapest, but the lush sta-
on Blackboard.
“Whether you are a dedicated concert-goer or someone looking for a new musical experience, the College of
Music has something to offer
everyone,” Smith said. “From
Johann Sebastian Bach to
Philip Glass, Hildegard von
Bingen to Thelonius Monk,
African ng’oma to Gilbert
and Sullivan — you can find
it all in a single semester presented by some of the best
performers in their fields,
free of charge.”
While the schedule of every
student is busy, take some
time to see these performing
arts shows while you spend
time at FSU. You only have a
few years to take advantage
of these free and discounted
events, and you will gain a
cultural experience hard to
find elsewhere.
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should be more than enough
to help patrons withstand
their anticipation for the
next rom-com, remake,
or sequel and pay a fairer
price for their lackluster
entertainment, should they
choose to pick their poison
accordingly.
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Consistently voted as the
best theater the town has
“The College of Music has
more than 30 official ensembles, including multiple
Bands and Orchestras as
well as Choral, Jazz, World
Music and Early Music Ensembles and presents over
500 concerts annually,” College of Music Publicity Officer Wendy Smith said.
Steel Pans and African
Music and Dance are just a
couple of the world music
ensembles that present performances throughout the
school year, offering many
students a chance to see not
only classical ensembles, but
also music they have never
heard before. Most concerts
are free of charge to students
including those from top
ensembles such as the Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir. Students can find
concert information online
and can even add the concert
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on two productions a year,
sometimes combining with
Tallahassee Little Theatre in
their endeavors.
According to theatrealacarte.com, “The mission of
Theatre A La Carte is to create quality theatre productions and related programs
that nurture artists, students,
technicians, administrators
and audience members and
that help to develop each individual’s creative potential
using the skills and imaginative possibilities of theatre
and the performing arts.”
Theatre A La Carte performed in the Florida Community Theatre Festival at
the Florida Theatre Conference several times and
has taken home a variety of
awards including RunnerUp Production, Outstanding
Performance and All-Star
Cast.
This season Theatre A La
Carte produced The Sweet
Smell of Success and performed A Little Night Music at the end of June. Next
season the theater will produce Nine in the fall and will
put on a co-production with
Tallahassee Little Theatre in
Summer of 2009.
As a community theater,
Theater A La Carte also
heavily relies on volunteers
in order to successfully
stage their shows. The Web
site lists costumes and props
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has a large stage and dance
floor accompanied by live
country music and DJs.
The Warehouse
Home to an atmosphere
unlike other venues around,
this renovated warehouse
features jazz night and open
mic live performances as
well as open mic poetry
and literature readings from
FSU’s English department.
Bradfordville
Blues
Club
Hidden in rural Tallahassee, this club is open on Friday and Saturday nights and
has hosted an impressive
list of nationally renowned
This fall, the season starts
off with The Fantasticks and
also includes The Boys Next
Door and Company.
“We are well-respected
in the state, and it has been
said that we put on professional looking productions
comparable to Broadway,”
Rose-Mock said.
One interesting aspect of
the Tallahassee Little Theater is that it’s run almost
entirely by volunteers. There
are only three people on the
payroll, and the rest of the
work is done by community
members giving their time
to acting, directing, making
costumes and creating sets.
“We are always looking
for volunteers,” Rose-Mock
said. “A great way for students to see plays when they
don’t have a lot of money is
to volunteer with us ushering. We also offer internships
that can, in some cases, be
counted for class credit.”
Open auditions are held
before each production begins for people who want to
try their hand at acting on
the stage. More information
about volunteering in any
way can be found on its Web
site at tallahasseelittletheatre.org.
Theatre A La Carte is
strictly a musical theater
company that also performs
at the Tallahassee Little Theatre venue on Thomasville
Road. Founded in January
of 1990, the company puts
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One writer looks at some
alternative shopping around
campus and town.
Market Wednesdays
One of the best things
about downtime in between
classes on Wednesday afternoons is Market Wednesdays. I figured this out just
by wandering around, not
quite sure of what to do or
where to go.
The Oglesby Student Union
holds lots of cool things to
do, like the bowling alley or
the pottery studio, the food
court (who doesn’t love eating?) and the post office (call
me a loser, but I love getting
mail). I meandered in one
Wednesday afternoon, and
to my delight, I saw a little
mini-market in the courtyard. Fake purses and DVDs
and posters, oh my!
Vendors differ from week
to week, but you can always
count on finding cool stuff to
buy from about 11 a.m. to 3
or 4 p.m. Local stores sometimes get tables and bring
in merchandise from their
store to sell. You can always
count on Mike, the guy who
sells DVDs and VHS movies
at good prices. Also, there’s
bound to be a woman there
with a whole mess of funky,
used jewelry spread out
across a few tables if you
like the vintage look. At the
beginning of every school
year, poster vendors also sell
a huge variety of wall decorations to spruce your bare
walls up. I’ve been known
to find decent deals on Market Wednesdays, like a real,
gently-used Fendi bag for
$10, fake Dior sunglasses for
$5, and a bellybutton ring for
$7. You can even rent your
own table for $25 and sell
whatever you want. There
are also information tables
on campus events and clubs
around the Union as well on
Wednesdays.
It’s all quite nice, actually.
You shop and browse a little,
catch a bite to eat, and then
look at different clubs and
meet new people — what’s
better than that?
Lake Ella:
Ten minutes away from
the FSU campus is a favorite spot for students to walk,
talk and just chill out. Lake
Ella is located on Monroe
Street, across from Publix
and is, of course, a lake but
has much more to offer than
that.
Lake Ella was originally
called Bull Pond. Records for
this name date back to 1867
when local black churches
held baptisms in the water.
In 1867, up to 2,000 men who
were freed gathered there
for a day-long political rally.
In the early 20th century,
Lake Ella became part of the
“Old Spanish Trail,” a coastto-coast highway extending
from San Diego to St. Augustine. It was named to pro-
mote tourism. On the west
bank of the lake are several
cottages that were once part
of the Tallahassee Motor
Hotel. It was opened in 1925
also to cater to the tourist
trade. Around the same time,
the lake was renamed Lake
Ella. The cottages were once
used as lakefront honeymoon rooms but are now occupied by local businesses.
Black Dog Café is a popular place to study, do homework or play board games.
They also have coffees, pastries, Italian sodas, teas and
a carrot cake that is to die
for. Besides the Café, there
is a barber shop, a candy
store, a bike shop and Lofty
Pursuits, a toy store. Quarter
Moon Imports sells unique
and crafty art, clothing and
jewelry, and Polka Dot shoes
sells a fabulous, fashionable
assortment of ladies footwear.
The distance around the
lake is six tenths of a mile,
and on any given day, you
can go down there and see
students, moms with strollers, elderly couples and
families enjoying the nature
Lake Ella has to offer. People can sit on the benches
or in the gazebo and have
picnics or walk and talk.
Saturdays are usually a bit
crowded with families and
toddlers running after birds
or ducks, but weekdays and
weeknights are good times
for students to go and enjoy
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The Internet has totally
changed how society operate today; that’s a given.
Where the Internet has
quietly made a huge splash
is in the annals of higher
education. Blackboard and
e-mailing was just the beginning of easing professor
and student’s lives.
What the Internet is also
providing college education
is a defense against plagiarism and cheating. Florida
State has and will continue
to use turnitin.com to help
spot plagiarism in papers.
According to their Web
site, turnitin.com got its
start out west at UC Berkley when researchers at the
school created a computer
program to help weed out
what papers were being
re-used in undergraduate
classes.
The program evolved and
the interest grew so fast that
more researchers teamed
up to build an online database, plagarism.org. The
site would become the first
Internet plagiarism detecting service. It now goes by
the more well-known name
to FSU students, turnitin.
com.
What turnitin.com does
is allow for teachers to have
an online database where
their students turn in their
papers. The Web site then
does a customized search
on the Internet and previously submitted papers to
find any plagiarized material.
Professors here at FSU
are slowly hopping on the
turnitin.com bandwagon.
This highly powerful Internet tool is able to detect
anything that could have
possibly been plagiarized.
The worry for some is that
something written could be
the same as something previously published and be
marked as plagiarized but
in fact was totally coincidental. The Web site has a
way to combat that issue.
“Most of the papers that
are turned in will say that
there is maybe five or ten
percent cheating,” said History Professor Dan Blumlo
said. “That’s just kind of
normal. A certain amount is
acceptable because of coincidence. But when you get
to 25 or 30 percent, you really look at it, and you can
tell that someone cheated.”
But with all this Internet
and paper scanning what
does this mean for someone
who does get caught? The
school’s rules on plagiarism
are pretty clear cut.
“You can get kicked out
for plagiarism,” FSU alumna TJ Morgan said. “It’s not
something you want to be
caught doing.”
So with this entire crack
down on copying, plagiarism and recycling, how is
this affecting students? For
one, it’s making them much
more cognizant of what it is
they are putting into ink.
“I’m somewhat paranoid that if I cite something wrong it will pick it
up,” FSU student Daniel
Perez said. “I’m more careful in what I cite and how I
cite and make sure I did it
right.”
Other students have felt
the effects as well.
“I never plagiarized,”
Morgan said. “I just hated
having to use the Web site
though. It’s on your mind
when you’re writing your
paper and is always a back
thought when you’re trying
to get it done.”
But if students are forced
into writing in their own
words and steer clear as far
as possible from any possibility of plagiarism, wouldn’t
this increase paper quality
and expedite the learning
process of putting together
a good paper? Some don’t
think it does necessarily.
“I don’t know if it makes a
better paper,” Morgan said.
“I just know it makes someone not cheat.”
But some have seen the
Web site help in their paper’s final product.
“It definitely makes me
put the information in my
own thoughts instead of just
getting the gist of it,” Perez
said. “It improves the quality of my paper, definitely.”
Besides just catching
students who may have
cheated in writing a paper,
the web Site does give an
individual breakdown of
what percentage and how
“plagiarized” a paper might
be. It highlights what was
copied from what source
and what was cited or quoted. It gives an insight as to
what really is plagiarism
and what is not.
“After a few days you’ll be
able to see a percentage of
how much you plagiarized,”
Perez said. “If you’re in the
green, you’re good.”
Teachers are not forced
into using the Web site’s
services. If a teacher wants
to use it, though, they can
choose to do so through the
school. Reasoning for using
it is easy; it makes a professor’s job a lot easier.
“It definitely helps the
professors and the instructors,” Blumlo said. “You can
see where they cheated.
It will actually take you to
the Web site they copied
instead of having to try and
find it.”
This future plagiarism detective ware is quickly becoming the future assistant
to grading papers. Will plagiarism soon be wiped out
totally by technology? That
is for the future to decide.
What is known about this
technology is that it gives
the professors a big advantage in raking up cheaters.
“It’s more of a resource
for a professor or instructor,” Blumlo said. “It makes
our life easier.”
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that the company is currently looking for and gives contact information for people
who want to get involved.
According to its Web site,
“Theatre a La Carte is a volunteer-based organization
and recognizes the critical
role of its volunteers. Theatre A La Carte is committed to providing a positive,
nurturing environment in
which its volunteers are
able to exercise and develop
their talents and skills.”
Whether you want to act,
volunteer behind the scenes,
or just want to see a play or
musical, Tallahassee Little
Theatre and Theatre A La
Carte are both hard-working
and well-established companies that bring community
theater to life.
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of the fall
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How to get athletic tickets at FSU
REECE MILLER
Senior Staff Writer
Given the rush that is the
beginning of the fall semester, it may be difficult for
an new graduate student
to imagine adding more to
their busy schedules.
That is unless that addition is intramural sports.
Intramural sports are entertaining and a great way to
meet new people who share
one’s athletic interests in a
new city.
The fall schedule features
an abundance of choices
highlighted by seven-on-seven flag football which is often viewed as the most competitive intramural sport of
the entire school year. There
are many different leagues
for flag football.
Fraternities and sororities
have their super competitive
leagues, which feature raucous crowds and everlasting
rivalries.
There are also men’s,
women’s and co-rec leagues.
Co-rec allows men and
women to play together and
is slightly different from the
regular leagues because it is
eight-versus-eight.
Don’t go into it thinking
that flag football is just another game though.
It is unique and fast-paced
as players are free to rush the
quarterback giving him just
seconds to make a decision
and rarely allowing receivers to get very far down the
field. Be ready to adapt and
make sure you have plenty
of speed, particularly at the
quarterback position where
a fast quarterback can make
all the difference between
success and failure.
“Flag football is definitely
the most popular intramural sport,” FSU student Kyle
Miller said. “I think it’s really
popular because football at
FSU is such a big, spectator sport. The league is set
up real well though, and it
seems like they rarely run
into any problems.”
The fall 2008 planner is
now available at fsu.campusrec.com. Other popular choices for the fall will
include volleyball, threeon-three basketball, co-rec
basketball, kickball and
speedball. The majority of
sports feature a handful of
regular season games and
then a single-elimination
playoff tournament.
A win-loss record does
not determine which teams
make the playoffs for any
sport but instead a sportsmanship rating is given to
each team after regular season games and as long as
teams reach the minimum
sportsmanship rating, every
team will be in the playoffs.
Volleyball features similar
rules to the regulation game
that is played, but it is sixon-six and takes place in
Tully gym.
Three-on-three basketball
is played on just one half of
the court and usually goes
directly to the playoff tournament without a regular
season.
Co-rec basketball allows
men and women to play together, but like most co-rec
sports, it includes a few different rules. One of the primary rules is that men must
take their shots from outside
the painted area at each side
of the floor.
Kickball is another very
popular choice and likely a
game most incoming freshman have not played since
their elementary days.
Speedball is a game most
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Students wait outside the ticket office at the Dick Howser baseball stadium for their chance at home football tickets.
Getting tickets to Seminole sporting events is an easy process
CAMERON MELLOR
Staff Writer
Can’t wait to root for the
‘Noles?
Well, it won’t cost graduate students much to do just
that thanks to the fact that
they can obtain free tickets
to most Florida State athletic events.
The two sports with the
simplest procedures to get
tickets are baseball and
women’s basketball. When
attending a women’s basketball game, students
need only to present their
FSU student ID at any of
the entrances to the Donald L. Tucker Center. The
same procedure is in place
for baseball games at Dick
Howser Stadium.
Attending a men’s basketball game is still an easy procedure, but one that does
require a bit of advanced
planning.
“We usually have enough
tickets to go around for
all the basketball games,”
Ticket Sales Representative
Ramsey Ross has said. “We
get an allotment of 4,000
tickets a game. We’ve been
handing out a lot of tickets,
especially over the past few
seasons.”
With the prestige of the
ACC basketball schedule there are many desirable games that students
may wish to attend such
as Duke, North Carolina,
Georgia Tech, Wake Forest,
Maryland and Miami.
With all the intensity surrounding these games, FSU
elected to change its procedures from years past.
Student tickets are distributed the day of and the day
before each home game at
a predetermined student
ticket office, but if the game
is on a weekend, then the
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tickets are distributed on
Thursdays and Fridays.
All remaining student tickets can be obtained at the
student ticket booth at the
Tucker Center.
The most complicated
sport, however, to get tickets for is football.
“We never have a problem
of having enough football
tickets for students except when we play Miami
or Florida at home,” Ross
said. “That is the only time
we run out of tickets and
people get upset. I sit here
at the ticket office and get
lots of complaints from
Better know your
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MICHAEL
MCGUFFEE
Editor-in-Chief
Florida State athletic programs have achieved great
feats in collegiate sports.
The University rose to national prominence over the
years as a proud embodiment of the “unconquered”
Seminole spirit, which has
passed from generation to
generation through a number of longstanding traditions.
The Florida State Seminoles
The FSU student body
elected to represent The University’s athletic programs
with the “indomitable spirit
of the Florida Seminoles”
in 1947. Florida State honors the Tribe as an “unconquered” people who truly
embody the heroic traits of
courage, bravery, strength
and determination.
Florida State has worked
closely with the Seminole
Tribe of Florida to ensure
that their people are accurately and respectfully portrayed. It was the Tribe’s
partnership and support of
the university that allowed
FSU to keep its proud traditions when many schools
were forced to abandon
their ties with Native American symbols.
Chief Osceola and Renegade
Nothing symbolizes the
pride and tradition of Florida State more than Chief
Osceola and his appaloosa
companion Renegade. The
beloved pair rallies the
crowd by charging the field
before every home game
as Chief Osceola plants his
flaming spear at midfield
just before kickoff.
The idea came from Bill
Durham, a student and
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A CLOSER LOOK
MATT HICKMAN
Chief Osceola and Renegade take the field.
parents saying how come
their kids didn’t get a ticket
for the game. They want to
know how there could not
be enough tickets.”
In the past, student football tickets have been distributed based upon a coupon redemption system.;
however, the system is in the
process of being revamped.
Previously, in order to get
tickets to a game, students
had to pick up their season
football coupons on the
west side of Doak Campbell
Stadium in the ticket booth
Florida State has a long
tradition of talent-rich
teams and postseason success. The success has come
from the legacy of our
coaches and the programs
they have built over the
years. Here is a look at the
coaches of FSU.
The most well known
coach at Florida State is
none other than Bobby
Bowden. Bowden has been
a fixture on the sidelines of
FSU football games for 32
seasons. In that span, he has
led the Seminoles to two national championships (1993
and 1999) and 12 Atlantic
Coast Conference titles. He
has not had a losing season since his first season
in 1976. Bowden’s 373 total
college wins ranks him first
all time among Division I
head coaches. During his
tenure he became the first
college coach to lead his
team to 14 consecutive final
Associated Press Top Five,
doing so from 1987 to 2000.
The Seminoles have
Bowden’s successor waiting in the wings as offensive
coordinator Jimbo Fisher
has agreed to step into the
head coaching role when
Bowden retires. The team
is optimistic about this upcoming season, the second
under Fisher’s high powered offense.
Coaching FSU baseball is
recent inductee to the College Coaches Hall of Fame,
Mike Martin. Martin is the
sixth all-time winningest
coach in college baseball
history. He recently celebrated his 1,500 career win.
In 29 years of coaching Florida State, he has coached
the team to four ACC championships while guiding the
Tribe to 12 College World
Series appearances. The
2008 ’Noles made it the 13th
trip to the CWS; however,
they were knocked out after two games.
Recently retired softball
coach JoAnne Graf is the
winningest coach in softball history. In 30 seasons of
coaching Florida State, she
has amassed 1,437 wins.
2006 may have been Graf’s
best season as she led the
team in NCAA super regional coming within two wins
from the program’s eighth
Women’s College World Series. She will be succeeded
by Lonni Alameda.
The Men’s Track and
Field team claimed victory
to their first ever National
Championship in 2006 under Coach Bob Braman.
The team returned in 2007
to become back-to-back
champions. The men’s team
has now won the ACC and
NCAA track and field championships three years in a
row. Braman, who coaches
both men’s and women’s,
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GOLF
Where students go Students can
swing away
to work it out
at Don Veller
FRANK
LONGOBARDO
Assistant Sports Editor
Many new graduate students could use to enjoy
a relaxing day at the golf
course, yet many are not
members of country clubs.
In Tallahassee, though, there
is a solution — the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course
and Club.
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The Leach Center’s first level includes numerous treadmills, weight machines, racquetball courts and more.
All-inclusive facility boasts many ways to help students and faculty keep in shape
CAMERON MELLOR
Staff Writer
The Bobby E. Leach Center is FSU’s facility that
boasts everything from a
full gym with machine and
free weights to several racquetball and squash courts,
an Olympic-size pool, basketball courts and even an
indoor track.
“The indoor track is the
best feature,” FSU student
Wes Vincent said. “It’s good
because no what matter the
weather is like, you can use
it.”
In addition to those amenities, the Leach Center offers
several aerobic classes such
as spinning in a number of
secluded rooms separate
from the actual gymnasium.
The Leach is actually three
stories tall, making it capable of housing so much.
“I love all of the classes
there,” FSU student Morgan Mazza said. “They are a
fun and challenging way to
keep in shape and meet new
people.”
Students do need a valid
FSU card to enter the facility, and once inside, have the
opportunity to rent available lockers.
On the first floor, all of the
machine weights and treadmills can be found toward
the front of the building
while the free weights can
be found toward the rear,
near the racquetball and
squash courts.
For those students who
are not familiar with a full
gym, the Leach Center offers a helpful staff that can
assist in planning out a personal workout for anyone
who is interested. Information can be found behind the
circular desk in the middle
of the first floor.
The second floor, although
much smaller in space than
the first and third floors,
contains several types of
cardiovascular machines,
some free weights and mats,
as well.
The third floor boasts the
indoor track and basketball
courts in addition to several
more cardiovascular machines and mat areas Students can check out basketballs from the front desk to
use on the basketball courts
and pick-up games abound.
In addition to all the amenities, the Leach is conveniently located on the west
side of campus — within
walking distance of each
and every dorm and near
many classrooms.
“The Leach is a great place
to workout,” senior Patrick
Kelly said. “It’s real convenient so you can go there
whenever.”
leaders in popularity. Don’t
allow your schedule to become so full that you can’t
participate in intramural
sports.
They are a great way to
meet new people and participate in a competitive atmosphere.
It is also important to
note if you want to play a
sport, you must first register
online and then have one
member of your team attend
the captain’s meeting where
you will learn all the rules of
the sport you have chosen
to participate in.
The location of these
meetings will be given once
you register.
So there it is, the fall intramural breakdown, now
the rest is up to you to participate.
For more information,
visit fsu.campusrec.com.
tween 11 and 300 people
wished to sit together, FSU
provides block seating.
“It’s great to be able to
register for a block,” FSU
student Jeff Egan said. “I’m
part of a large group of
friends and it’s great that we
all can register and get to sit
together.”
According to the student
tickets Web site, as of press
time, the new plan for ticket
distrubiton should be re-
vealed later in the summer.
For more information on
student tickets, one may
visit the Florida State athletic Web site at seminoles.
collegesports.com/tickets/
fsu-tickets.html.
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people are unfamiliar with,
but it continues to grow in
popularity in Florida State
intramurals. The best way to
describe it would be a combination of soccer, ultimate
Frisbee and football.
These are not the only
choices for the fall, just the
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with a valid student ID any
time during the course of
the season. Individual coupons were exchanged beginning the Monday before
each home game.
If a group of students be-
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was honored last season with
his third consecutive ACC
coach of the year award.
Former NBA coach Leonard Hamilton has rebuilt the
men’s basketball program
over the last six years at Florida State. He has directed the
team to four postseason NIT
appearances in 2004, 2006,
2007 and 2008. Under Coach
Hamilton, four players have
been selected out of Florida
State in the NBA draft including Al Thornton who was selected 14th overall in 2007.
Sue Semrau has compiled
a 179-152 record in 11 years
as the women’s basketball
coach. She has piloted the
team to seven postseasons.
In 2007, the team made history by earning its third straight
20-win season and reaching
the school’s first ever Sweet
Sixteen.
In his ninth season under
the helm of the men and
women’s swimming and diving team is head coach Neil
Harper. Harper saw his men’s
team complete their best season in school history in 2006
as the team finished in 13th
place at Nationals. The Tribe
have rewrote the swimming
record books under his command; 19 women’s and 11
men’s records have fallen.
In Mark Krikorian’s first
season as the head coach of
soccer in 2005, he guided the
team to its most successful
season in the program’s history. The team set numerous
new records including overall wins, win percentage,
most ACC wins and fewest
losses. This past season the
Seminoles reached the College Cup before losing in the
finals, one win from a national title. Despite being a relative newcomer to the FSU
coaches’ fraternity, Krikorian has quickly established
himself as one of the elite.
Rounding out Florida
State’s formidable coaching staff are Trey Jones and
Debbie Dillman of men’s and
women’s golf, and Dwayne
Hultquist and Jennifer Hyde,
who coach the ever improving men’s and women’s tennis squads.
All four teams made postseason appearances this year
in a continued trend of growing success, while Hyde was
recognized as the ITA Coach
of the Year in 2007.
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Head Football Coach Bobby Bowden enters his 33rd season this fall.
The course is home to
both the Seminole men’s
and women’s golf teams and
has been around for over 35
years and is located just a
short drive from the Florida
State campus.
Not only is the course
the home course and practice facility for both of the
Seminole golf teams, it is
also available for use to the
university faculty, students
and staff even to the general
public.
Three years ago the course
underwent major renovations, which included the redesign and rebuilding of all
18 greens on the course and
the complete redesign of
hole number 14. The greens
were reconstructed to be
cut closer and, in turn, provide faster play.
To play all 18 holes and
have a cart for the general
public will run $37.50 from
Monday until Thursday. On
the weekend, the price is
bumped up to $44.
Florida State faculty and
staff receive a 10 percent
discount on these rates,
while students receiver a 25
percent discount. Students
can play 18-holes with a cart
for $28.25 or walk the course
for just $13 Monday through
Thursday .
The Don Veller Seminole
Golf Course and Club also
has other things if you don’t
want to partake in 18 holes
of golf. The course also
has a driving range, which
is good for those who want
to take out their frustrations
on a golf ball. The driving
range sells small buckets
for $4.75, medium buckets
for $6.75 and large buckets
for $8.75. Visit the pro shop
at the course to pick up any
Seminole golf apparel or
equipment.
Also on site at the Don
Veller Seminole Golf Course
and Club is the Renegade
Grill. The Renegade Grill
is open every day from 6:30
a.m. until 8:30 p.m. The Renegade Grill’s menu includes
everything from appetizers,
fresh salads and soups, a
variety of cold and hot sandwiches and burgers. They
also have sports on all of
their televisions and have a
full service bar.
For those who want to get
better on the links, the club
also has an instructional
staff of golf professionals.
Their goal is to help anybody
who wants to learn, achieve
their personal goals in the
most effective and fun way.
Lessons start at $40 for 30
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JOB
GUIDE
HUNTER’S
Every year, Florida State University’s Career
Center organizes the Seminole Futures Job
Fair. The job fair is held twice a year during
the Fall and Spring Semesters.The fair hosts
an average of 200 corporations from the
southeast and the rest of the country.
Each Spring and Fall, the FSView &
Florida Flambeau publishes a special Job
Hunter’s Guide available for students the
week of Seminole Futures Job Fair. This
issue provides recruiters a forum to educate
potential employees about exciting new
career opportunities. The guide is packed with
helpful tips for students on how to prepare
a resumé, dress professionally, interview
successfully, negotiate employment contracts
and much more! So, remember to get in and
get noticed!
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Looking for a Think you know FSU sports?
Here’s a brief history lesson for Seminole fans
job in sports?
FSU employs over
500 students through
sports related jobs
BRETT ARENDT
Staff Writer
If you’re looking for a
sports related job to build
your resume or curriculum
vitaa, you don’t need to look
any further than campus.
Florida State University’s
campus recreation employs
over 500 students over the
course of the year with jobs
that range from lifeguard at
the Rez to basketball supervisor at the Leach Center to
being a referee for FSU’s numerous intramural sports.
“I played intramural sports
this past year, and the refereeing was good; that (speaks
well of) the staff,” FSU student Jacqui Rentmeester
said.
Getting an on campus job
is a great opportunity to
meet new people and make
some money at the same
time.
Where, what and how does
one find out more about one
of these jobs? It’s easy, just
log on to fsu.campusrec.
com and click on the link
that says “Jobs and Staff” in
the right corner of the page.
That page will direct you to
all the jobs that campus recreation has to offer, and it
will even provide dates for
the jobs hiring soon and a
“Hiring Now” sign if that’s
the case.
“It was easy for me to log
on and apply for a job,” FSU
student Pat Taganet said.
The list will provide stu-
FSU
dents with the location on
Florida State’s campus that
offers the job and a brief
outline of the job title. Once
an applicant clicks on one
of the links, it will provide
an in-depth analysis of job
qualifications, responsibilities, average wages and the
weekly hours.
The sites and jobs offered
by campus recreation include:
Leach Center – Building
supervisor, front desk assistant, basketball supervisor,
fitness consultant, group
exercise instructor, fitness
desk monitor, lifeguards,
aquatics program assistant,
swim lesson instructor, water aerobics instructor
Intramural Sports – Site
supervisor, game officials,
sign-in attendants
FSU Reservation – Outdoor pursuit trip leader and
rental assistant, lifeguard,
program assistant, FSU
Challenge program facilitator, ropes course facilitator
Camp Flastacowo –
Camp counselors, administrative assistants
All of these jobs are overseen by 20 full-time professional staff members, which
is headed by Alicia Crew,
director of Campus Recreation. Every job listed on
the website is available to
every Florida State student.
For additional information
on sports jobs on campus,
log on to fsu.campusrec.
com.
REECE MILLER
Senior Staff Writer
In 1947, FSU students voted “Seminole” as the official
team name from more than
100 different options. Other
finalists included Crackers,
Statesmen, Tarpons and
Fighting Warriors.
Florida State had two
mascots before Osceola and
Renegade took over in 1978,
including Sammy Seminole
(1958-1972) and Chief Fullabull (1969-1970).
Renegade’s rider was referred to as Savage Sam or
the Seminole Warrior before
Chief Osceola stuck in 1979.
Even the Lady Spirit Hunters
were formerly known as the
Lady Scalp Hunters.
The “Seminole War Chant”
made its debut in 1984 at
an FSU home football game
against Auburn.
The FSU Hall of Fame
began inductions in 1977.
Notable first year inductees
included Dave Cowens, Fred
Biletnikoff, Ron Sellers, Dr.
Doak S. Campbell and Dick
Howser.
Seminole football alumni
have a history of success at
the pro level.
Most notable players in
the NFL from FSU include
Anquan Boldin, Derrick
Brooks, Warrick Dunn, Chris
Hope, Dexter Jackson, Brad
Johnson, Travis Johnson,
Walter Jones, Samari Rolle,
Corey Simon, Ernie Sims,
Javon Walker and Michael
Boulware.
FSU alumni have also
made a splash in professional baseball. Most notable Seminoles in the MLB
include Matt Diaz, J.D. Drew,
Stephen Drew, Doug Mientkiewicz, Scott Proctor, Paul
Wilson, Randy Choate and
Marshall McDougall.
Another sport that the
FSU alumni have made a
splash in that doesn’t receive
as much recognition is golf.
The Seminoles have had five
players reach the PGA Tour.
Those players are Paul Azinger, Hubert Green, Nolan
Henke, Kenny Knox and Jeff
Sluman.
Two Seminole alumni were
a part of historic championships.
Dexter
Jackson
was
named the most valuable
player of Super Bowl XXXVII as a safety for the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers. Jackson
recorded two interceptions
in the game. It was the first
ever championship won by
the Buccaneers.
Doug Mientkiewicz was
the first basemen who caught
the final out of the 2004
World Series for the Boston
Red Sox. It was the first Red
Sox championship in over 80
years.
FSU and UF have each
won two football national
championships, but the Gators have never had an undefeated season. The 1999
Seminoles didn’t lose a game
on their way to the national
title. The 1999 team also became the first team to ever
go wire-to-wire as the top
ranked team in the country.
FSU doesn’t have the
greatest basketball tradition,
but in 1972 FSU reached the
national title game before
losing to UCLA.
Seven players have had
their jerseys retired as Seminoles.
That list is No. 25 Fred
Biletnikoff, No. 34 Ron Sellers, No. 50 Ron Simmons,
No. 17 Charlie Ward, No. 2
Deion Sanders, No. 28 Warrick Dunn and No. 16 Chris
Weinke. Biletnikoff is the
only Seminole in the NFL
Hall of Fame.
Ward and Weinke are the
only two Seminoles to win
the coveted Heisman trophy.
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Tallahassee is Seminole Country!
The FSView & Florida Flambeau
publishes a special issue dedicated
to FSU’s football season.
And a special preview of each
home game.
• In-depth player profiles
& stats
• depth charts
• season preview
• opponent profiles
• coaching profiles
• schedule breakdown
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The Don Veller Seminole Golf Course even has a pro shop so students can golf in style.
minutes and go up to $200
dollars for an entire 18-hole
session.
The club has golf clinics
available as well.
The clinics range from
every aspect of the game —
from short game tune-ups to
full advanced swing instruction. Each clinic is $125 a
person and limited space is
available for each.
So whether you are a beginner wanting to get started
in golf or an advanced player
who wants to show your
stuff, the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course and Club
has everything for every type
of golfer.
member of the Homecoming Committee in 1962, but
didn’t receive support until
Bobby Bowden arrived at
FSU in 1976. Durham would
later gain approval from the
Seminole Tribe of Florida,
who later designed Osceola’s
authentic Seminole dress,
and the legendary figures
made their debut in the 1978
season opener against Oklahoma State.
Durham and his family still
provide The University with
the majestic appaloosa horses ridden by Osceola.
1960s known as “massacre,”
in which members of the
Marching Chiefs would chant
the melody.
Against Auburn, the band
started the cheer and students standing behind them
continued with the chant
after they had finished playing. A number of Seminole
fans then began the “chopping” motion, to symbolize
the swinging of a tomahawk,
which some believed started
in the fraternity section.
Students continued to start
the chant during the next
season, and by 1986, the entire stadium would engage in
the “war chant” as it became
a staple of Florida State
football. Other than some
fine tuning by the Marching Chiefs, who added the
modern accompaniment, the
chant remains a proud tradition among Seminole fans
today.
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The War Chant
The tradition of the Seminole “war chant” made its debut in 1984 during a Florida
State football game against
Auburn at Doak Campbell
Stadium.
The “war chant” originated
from a popular cheer in the