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12/08/2024

Read this week’s headlines from the University Press as ABC’s Shark Tank judges visit FAU, and search for Football Head Coach ends as Zach Kittley lands the position.

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12/06/2024

Of over 30,000 students at Florida Atlantic University, there are 53 homeless and 125 former foster youth students this fall, according to university records.

FAU provides a “safety net” of advocacy resources for all students but can be invaluable for this demographic, who have been dealt a challenging stack of cards. Verified homeless or former foster care students can access waivers that cover the cost of tuition fees, and there are support groups on campus they can reach for additional assistance.

Imagine one day, while living with your parents, they say: “That’s it, you’re out of here.” Joseph Murray narrated by painting a scenario where students are kicked out of their homes and not supported financially or with their basic needs.

You grab a few pairs of clothes and whatever belongings you can pack, and you start “couch surfing,” he explained.

“This is not to be critical, but, you know, these students are not the ones you’re finding under the bridges as you drive around or panhandling in the turn lane,” said Murray. “…You would not be able to recognize homeless or our former foster youth; you wouldn’t be able to pick them out just by walking around.”

With all the stereotypes surrounding homelessness, Murray emphasized that these students are no different from everyone else.

“You look the same. You’re doing the same things, but now, all of a sudden, you don’t have that safety net underneath you,” he said.

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12/05/2024

On Wednesday, Florida Atlantic University welcomed three of the judges from ABC’s hit TV show, “Shark Tank.” Kevin O’Leary, Daymond John and Robert Herjavec hit the stage at FAU’s Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium for the first-ever recreation of the show, known as the “CrocTank.”

Similar to the show, the Croc Tank allowed the opportunity for the Sharks to invest their own money in four FAU entrepreneurial ventures from Research Park and Tech Runway. Each of these organizations hosted internal competitions to choose the most promising companies. However, due to the time restraints of the events, the deals made were subject to further review.

The company called Epipaws, founded by Andria Beal, a scientist and researcher who works with FAU’s Research Park, was the only presenter to get a deal with the Sharks for a $250 thousand loan with 20% equity — which is a percentage of ownership in a company. Epipaws uses epigenetics to provide the actual age of dogs and cats, and also uses this technology to reveal whether a pet is prone to disease.

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12/04/2024

Indo Grooves is Florida Atlantic University’s first Bollywood fusion dance team on the Boca Raton campus. Through celebrating traditional Indian events and bringing together students through dance, they aim to unite students of all cultural backgrounds.

With a little under 50% of the international student population being of Indian heritage, providing a space for these students to share and engage in their cultural traditions was extremely important to Sabareshwaran Muthu, Indo Grooves’ founder and president.

“[The club] allows international students to feel like they don’t feel so far from home. We give these opportunities and started this club [to help them] help explore their cultures– we also want to bring that culture and showcase our dance styles to everyone around,” he said.

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✏️: Gabriela Quintero
📸: Courtesy of Indo Grooves

12/03/2024

Faculty Senate President Kimberly Dunn started off the meeting with an update about the presidential search. At the last Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 20, the board approved a “position criteria” document that highlights the university’s achievements and sets qualifications for the Presidential Search Committee to look for in a presidential candidate.

“I and some of my fellow trustees expressed some concern about how the minimum qualifications were stated,” said Dunn. She was referring specifically to page 32 of the document entitled “Preferred Expertise, Skills and Attributes,” where it states that the board requires a “Terminal degree or significant professional achievement, recognition and prestige.”

To Dunn and others, the word “or” is problematic here, because this implies that they don’t have to hire someone with a strong background in higher education. She said so long as they deem someone with arbitrary achievement significant then that is enough to be president.

Dunn, as a member of the BOT, spoke up about that concern on behalf of the faculty at the recent meeting.

“It went nowhere with the Board of Trustees,” she said.

She then announced that the Presidential Search Committee expects to have named candidates by January. The faculty seemed unnerved by this announcement.

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✏️: Caroline Ribeiro

12/02/2024

“What has triggered me the most during the holiday season is hearing unsolicited comments about my body image,” said Laelani Perez, an FAU exercise science and health promotion senior, as she has suffered from anorexia nervosa for almost ten years after receiving comments about her body.

For college students like Perez, the holiday season can feel more stressful than joyful — due to the challenges associated with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.

Reconnecting with family after months apart for the holiday season can present challenging obstacles for students in general. While conversations about the academic year can already feel overwhelming, they may also face uncomfortable questions about their appearance or eating habits.

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✏️: Sephora Charles
📸: Courtesy of Healthy SD

11/26/2024

“I didn’t get into this job to be a cop,” said Garret Merriam, a philosophy professor at California State University, Sacramento. “I don’t want to be spending all my time and my efforts policing my students and forcing rules on them. There’s a difficult balance between trusting students, letting them run with the new tools at their disposal, and finding ways to use it that are ethical and constructive.”

As artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude evolve, so do universities’ responses to the digital shift. Institutions are quickly developing new strategies, from reshaping curriculums to appointing AI-focused roles, to prepare students for an AI-driven future.

Florida Atlantic University is among several state universities already grappling with how to best find uses for AI in the classroom. Some faculty have fully embraced the burgeoning technology, while others are reluctant to do so because of ethical concerns. In any case, they realize that AI will be an integral part of campus life in the years to come.

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📸: Courtesy of FAU’s AI Page

11/25/2024

For the 4,000 students who live on the Boca Raton campus, there is no dining option available after 10 p.m. Students are faced with three choices: leave campus and open their wallets to drive-thrus, order food on delivery apps or go to bed unsatisfied.

For the unlucky students left hungry on campus, there are tempting fast food delivery apps like Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash. In an August study done by the Education Data Initiative, a team of researchers who collect data from the U.S. Education System, found college students spend $410 a month eating off campus.

This means, by the end of a freshman’s first semester, they would have blown through $1,640 on off-campus dining. If FAU could provide a late night option for students, they could save their money and possibly have access to healthier meal options.

In 2022, I was an out-of-state freshman at FAU without a car. I constantly found by the time I was finished with my assignments, extracurricular events or work — the dining hall was closed. This was extremely frustrating, and I found myself throwing together microwavable options that were barely meals.

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✏️: Arielle Holmes

11/24/2024

Read this week’s headlines from the University Press as FAU lets go of football head coach, update on FAU presidential search and campus raccoons digging through trash.

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11/23/2024

Florida Atlantic University’s Caribbean Student Association (CSA) held its fifth annual Miss CSA pageant on Nov. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Live Oak Pavilion. The pageant aims to give contestants the opportunity to build their confidence, share their unique talents and celebrate their distinct cultures.

2023’s Miss FAU CSA winner, Aniyah Jonique, shares that the pageant opened her eyes to the different cultures present within the Caribbean.

“I have to say it’s really an extraordinary experience – like going into it, you learn so much about yourself and you learn so much about different cultures as well and you see the similarities and the comparisons, and you get to see the different walks of life of everyone around you,” she said.

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✏️: Gabriela Quintero
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11/22/2024

With fluffy tails and beady eyes wrapped in dark fur, these masked critters sneakily stalk the natural areas of campus, digging through garbage bags for their next meal. Although they may attack if threatened, many wildlife experts report that the presence of raccoons can be peaceful and even beneficial.

The presence of raccoons is not always a nuisance; it can also be advantageous. Raccoons are beneficial because they control insect and rodent populations, according to the St. Lucie County website.

Maria Manzano, the program assistant for FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, believes FAU should have signs advising people to avoid approaching the raccoons. She noted the presence of raccoons on campus is not an issue yet, but that this could change.

“If people were starting to feed them, that would become, I think, an issue,” she said, adding that the raccoons would begin expecting food and appearing in numbers.

Wendy Ash Graves, FAU’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety director, echoed this issue. She wrote in an email to the University Press on Nov. 12: “One of our biggest challenges remains the feeding of these animals by people on campus who may not be unaware that doing so is not permitted under Florida Law.”

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✏️: Nathalie Vega
📸: Courtesy of Lupico from IStock

11/21/2024

Founded in 2004, FAU High School’s academic program offers a pathway for selected students to get an early head-start on their college career. These students complete a rigorous ninth-grade experience offered at the high school right next to Alexander D. Henderson University School, which is an elementary-middle school located on FAU’s Boca Raton campus.

Integrating into college is difficult, even for students straight out of high school. At only 14 or 15 years old, this experience is entirely new. Emily Ortiz, a junior at FAUHS, expressed that they feel limited in the ways they can interact with peers, especially since most are usually older.

“I often feel hyper-conscious of the fact that I’m a high school student and most of my classmates are not, which makes me hesitant to really connect with [college students] at all — it can feel isolating at times,” Ortiz said.

Another student, Brandon, is a senior at FAUHS who has earned his first two years of college credits while still in high school. As a high school student, he talked about his experience taking higher education classes with older college students.

“It’s strange to be ahead in college classes from my peers because we are going through vastly different experiences — while I am taking classes with students who are almost 22 years old, I feel like I have to grow up a lot quicker to blend in,” he said.

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✏️: Gabriela Quintero
📸: Gabriela Quintero

11/19/2024

After three years, rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator released his eighth studio album “CHROMAKOPIA,” on Oct. 28.

Critics and fans agree that “CHROMAKOPIA” is The Creator’s most vulnerable piece of music. It also allowed Tyler to put on a persona without altering his own character. This album reveals the intersection between growing older and reflecting on one’s upbringing.

From Wolf Haley to Tyler Baudelaire, The Creator has demonstrated his ability to morph his identity into various alter-egos, present in each of his albums. “CHROMAKOPIA” is no different.

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✏️: Gabriela Quintero
📸: “CHROMAKOPIA,” by Tyler, the Creator Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment

11/18/2024

“We’ve always been focused on making a difference,” Josh Ryckman, Sigma Chi’s philanthropy chair, and exercise science and health promotion major said. “This year, it’s been even more personal, and that’s given us the motivation to push harder than ever.”

Florida Atlantic University’s Sigma Chi Fraternity has raised over $70,000 during a three-day philanthropy week from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, setting two fundraising records and earning a national ranking of No. 4 among Sigma Chi chapters. This fundraising achievement for the fraternity’s philanthropy, Huntsman Cancer Institute, follows the recent death of brother, James McCoy, from cancer in September.

The chapter broke two fundraising records: the most money raised in a single event among all fraternities and sororities at FAU ($30,540 during the Call-A-Thon) and the most money raised in a single semester. They surpassed $70,000 across platforms through the Huntsman Cancer Institute and FAU’s CrowdChange—almost doubling the previous record, according to Sigma Chi’s alumni advisor, Vincent Fernald, who has held the position for eight years.

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✏️: Zoe Dahan
📸: Courtesy of Sigma Chi’s Instagram account

11/17/2024

Read this week’s headlines from the University Press as FAU lets go of two football assistant coaches, features on a new men’s basketball star and the head coach.

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11/15/2024

“...People don’t know how much we put into this… We are an incredibly talented team, and I want people to watch us more. I want people to know who we are, what we do and how hard we work, and support us through nationals season,” said Goguen.

Florida Atlantic University’s Flygirls and Co. Dance Team are more than just sideline performers at games — they’re powerhouse dancers who induce attention on national stages.

Flygirls are one of the two Spirit squads at FAU along with the cheer team, consisting of 27 members this season.

The team performs not only at football and basketball games but also at the National Dance Alliance Nationals (NDA). They compete in Division 1A Hip Hop and Team Performance at NDA.

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✏️: Juanita Olarte
📸: Courtesy of the Flygirls

11/14/2024

Twice a year, students from Florida Atlantic University’s Leon Charney Diplomacy Program participate in the National Model United Nations conference.

This fall semester from Nov. 8 to Nov. 10, LCDP students traveled to Washington, D.C., for the conference that simulates the United Nations organization by acting as diplomats to work together and tackle global issues. After they delegate, each school is recognized and given awards based on their performance.

Led by Jeffrey Morton, an international law and diplomacy professor at FAU, LCDP provides students with the necessary experience in diplomacy. According to the students, the program and conferences have had a significant impact on students’ professional growth, preparing them for their future careers.

A political science student in the program is Mariana Darzi, who was introduced to the program by Ana Alves. She was further inspired by FAU’s victory at a conference in Washington, D.C. last year.

It wasn’t just the NMUN conferences that helped Darzi professionally; Morton’s teaching style played a key role as well. He reworks the way the students speak and think, as Darzi shares that in class, students get comfortable speaking in front of others and adapt to unexpected situations from creative exercises.

“The way he teaches the class helped me learn to work under pressure — he makes us overstudy and overprepare,” she said. “This program is only a couple of days long. We have to come up with resolutions that usually take several weeks to be drafted in the United Nations.”

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✏️: Kaii Thompson
📸: Mariana Darzi

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Florida Atlantic University hosted the “CrocTank” on Dec. 5, which is a riff on ABC’s hit TV show, “Shark Tank.” The CrocTank provided the opportunity for the Sharks to invest their own money in four FAU entrepreneurial ventures from Research Park and Tech Runway. However, Kevin O’Leary, Daymond John and Robert Herjavec chose only one business that stood out which was Epipaws, founded by Andria Beal, a scientist and researcher who works with FAU’s Research Park. The company uses epigenetics to provide the actual age of dogs and cats, and also uses this technology to reveal whether a pet is prone to disease. To read more, visit upressonline.com or click the link in our bio.

FAU students tell us what they’re thankful for this holiday season.

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Nathalie Vega reports on the FAU campus raccoons on the Boca Raton campus. With fluffy tails and beady eyes wrapped in dark fur, these masked critters sneakily stalk the natural areas of campus, digging through garbage bags for their next meal. Although they may attack if threatened, many wildlife experts report that the presence of raccoons can be peaceful and even beneficial. To read more, visit upressonline.com or click the link in our bio.

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FAU’s Flygirls not only provide school Spirit at University events, but at the collegiate nationals level. Read the full story on our website.

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The University Press randomly spoke to FAU students on the Breezeway of the Boca Raton campus about the results of the general election. As, former President Donald Trump was re-elected as the 47th President of the United States on Nov. 6. Trump won both the electoral college and the popular vote. Some students expressed hope that he would focus on key issues such as fighting inflation and improving healthcare during his second term. To read more, visit upressonline.com or click the link in our bio.

The University Press has been stationed at FAU’s polling site this Election Day, asking some student voters their opinions on the state of the presidential race and how they feel about casting their vote. We are dedicated to providing live student reactions to the election results as they come in. Follow us on Threads for live updates and keep an eye out for more in-depth coverage on our website.

Looking for a voter’s guide this election season? University Press has your back. We just released our new print issue “Historic Election” — including an exclusive interview with FAU interim president Stacy Volnick, in-depth articles on the ballot amendments, student voter engagement and more. The paper is now out on stands around campus. Get yours today!

Come along with UP social media manager Stephanie Manzo as she heads into early voting in Broward County and offers some tips on how to get the best out of your voting day. Reference the UP’s latest print issue “Historic Election” for information on the ballot amendments.

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