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Government contracts can be a lucrative business with the right know how. A recent seminar at Daytona State College focused on the benefits of selling to government agencies.

Selling goods or services to government agencies may seem overwhelming, but there are agencies that specialize with helping to navigate through all the paperwork and many offer this assistance for free. As Ned Harper ─ with the Florida Small Business Development Center ─ pointed out, “If you pay taxes. . . you’ve already paid for our services.” Continue reading Class shows how to profit from government→

At some point in time everyone has played with one of the legendary toys such as a Barbie or Mr. Potato Head.

For more Christmases than most remember, these toys have put smiles on little kids’ faces. As time progresses, the use of new technology has brought more advanced games and toys each year. Even with such new-fangled toys being made, surprisingly, many traditional ones are still being sold. Continue reading Timeless Toys Are Trending For Toddlers→

Sleep is becoming more of a stranger among struggling college students who trade in their ability to rest in order to maintain busy schedules.

Chronic insomnia is frustrating to students who need to concentrate and work hard, even though it seems to be more common today than it was in years previous. Sleep is important for mental restoration, aiding in memory consolidation while allowing the body to physically recuperate from the day’s tasks. Students are prone to the risk of insomnia with their hectic schedules, varying class times and busy social lives. Continue reading Slumber a stranger to struggling students→

Faith Testerman is more than a hero to faculty members and students, she is a hero to the entire country.

When she is not assisting frustrated professors and students with issues concerning Florida Online, the Daytona State online support specialist is training for combat with the United States Air Force Reserves. The 47-year-old Testerman has dedicated 26 years of her life contributing to the freedom of America, but raised in a family full of Air Force military people, that comes as no surprise. Continue reading Hero At Home, Hero Abroad→

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→