Tallahassee Community College’s Fine and Performing Art Center hosted the first day of Marsha De Broske and Jonn Carollo’s art gallery, The Figure As Vehicle. Since 2010, The Figure As Vehicle Art Gallery has traveled to four different venues in Florida and one in Georgia. This makes Tallahassee its sixth […]
Author: Aishah Walker-Brown
Paws In The Pool
On Sunday, the Trousdell Aquatics Center hosted the second day of its ninth annual Puppies in the Pool event. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., dogs over 40 pounds splashed around in the pool fetching tennis balls and swimming with their other canine friends. Dogs […]
Art And Garden Fest Brings Opportunities For Agriculture
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences North Florida Research and Education Center held its second annual Art and Garden Fall Family Festival Saturday in Quincy, Fla. The festival is sponsored by the Gadsden Arts Center, Gardening Friends of the Big Bend, Plein Air Painters, Quincy Garden […]
Power Plant Teaches Community About City Services
The Arvah Hopkins Facility held its annual Power Plant Open House. Hopkins Generating Station Unit II is one of the two largest plants in Tallahassee and has been named one of the top six gas-fired, electric generating facilities in the world. The power plant’s open house shows attendees how […]
Dogs Make A Splash At Trousdell Aquatics
The Trousdell Aquatics Center hosted its ninth Annual Puppies in the pool event. Dogs splashed around in the pool fetching tennis balls and swimming with other canines. Melodie Joyce brings her dog every year and said it’s nice to see her dog interacting with other animals at her favorite place. […]
Tea time in Tallahassee
The weather may have been cloudy, but it didn’t stop young princesses from running table to table at Dorothy Oven Park on Sunday. There, the Tallahassee Ballet held its annual Spring Tea. This year, the theme was “Sleeping Beauty’s Timeless Tea.” Mothers and their young daughters were able to make […]
Library goes back to original budget
For the first time in five years, the Samuel H. Coleman Memorial Library, the university’s main library, received an increase in funding that totaled its budget to $1.8 million. In 2007, the library received $1.8 million in funding for renovations of specific floors and areas around the building. Since […]
Is popularity a thing of the past in college?
College is an institution of higher learning where students come to get an education and share experiences. While there, students have the opportunity to make friends, join organizations and participate in various activities. Some say that an individual’s college experience depends on his or her social life. An individual […]
Dorm life vs. Commuter life
One would think everyone has the same experience when they come to college. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. While some students are able to hang with friends at any time, others are a bus or car ride away. What is it like living on campus opposed to commuting daily? Many […]