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Nunamann Hall, also known as Building 200, was the setting this year for Daytona State College’s annual Cultural Arts Festival. By 11:30 a.m., there were seven stations offering a variety of foods from around the world, a live band on stage playing jazz and about 100 students gathered around to sample the diverse offerings available at this year’s festival. The bevy of foods available consisted of light samplings from India, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Greece, the Orient and Italy, courtesy of the Olive Garden.

In additional to a diverse array of cuisines, various musicians took to the stage, one after the other, and in between sets, traditional Chinese dances were performed. After a jazz trio, there were a pair of Hawaiian guitarists, accompanied by two pompom equipped dancers in grass skirts, and then a Caribbean quintet, that also doubled as a Latin/Salsa band. That group also brought with them a dance troupe of energetic young students, who coerced and otherwise convinced members of the crowd to join in the festivities. Continue reading Cultural Arts Festival→

What starts as two confused babies trying to figure out what their gender is, ends with advice for successful relationships. All the emotions of being in love or out of it, burst out during the “Battle of the Sexes,” the scene showcase recently on stage at the News-Journal Center.

Executed carefully and passionately by the students in the acting classes at Daytona State College, the animated lover’s quarrel took centerstage last month in the Gillespy Theatre. It had in it the passion of the hopeful, the virtues of the good, the evil in the bad, the desperation in the sad, the bitterness in the ugly, the excitement from leg exposures and profane language, all reflecting modern life. Continue reading ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Earns Applauses→

Ah, holiday traditions. Nothing quite beats the taste of rock-hard fruitcake and spiked eggnog, while listening to Jingle Bells play on the radio 29 different ways.

It’s that time of year when relatives pretend that family gatherings are for bonding and your neighbors find it perfectly acceptable to show up on your doorstep to ring your doorbell obnoxiously. The cat and dog rush around the house in a blur of shedding fur. Someone always spills some sort of staining liquid on the expensive holiday tablecloth. Continue reading The Nightmare of Christmas→

The human body is like a car, it needs fuel to operate and not filling up the tank reduces a body’s ability to drive.

The famous breakfast cereal maker Kellogg’s says, “Breakfast literally means ‘breaking the fast’ after a good night’s sleep. Most people do not eat for up to 12 hours between the time of their evening meal and breakfast on the following day – during this time their energy levels fall.” Continue reading Breakfast boosts students’ learning curve→

Nicole Irvis, 20, Elementary Education – “We never really celebrated it. I just wondered who this fat dude was, thinking ‘He’s not real.’” Continue reading InMind: December 2012→

by Emelia Hitchner All around the world people struggle to have their voices heard, but in America, where voting is a commodity and right, young voices remain silent. By 2015, the present college-aged generation will make up one-third of the electorate, according to the Young Democrats of America organization. Around Continue reading Election requires youth voters at polls→

By Echano Mahone On Sept. 11, a memorial service was held at Daytona State College to commemorate the eleventh year anniversary of the collapse of the Twin Towers. Treasurer Alejandro Peres of the Student Government Association led the Pledge of Allegiance while other students like SGA officer Gerrard Minnus and Continue reading Daytona State College commemorates 9/11→