On Friday, June 10 Eckerd College President Damián Fernández sent an email to the Eckerd community stating that he would be stepping down as president beginning August 1, 2022. Five days later, Eckerd’s Board of Trustees appointed Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students James An… Read more
On Sunday, May 23, Eckerd College graduated 527 students in the 59th Annual Commencement ceremony. The ceremony highlighted Alex Gordon ‘22 giving the greeting from the graduating class and Trustee Miles Collier delivering the commencement address. Read more
This coming fall, the Human Experience and Imagining Justice Curriculums will be reworked allowing for students to have a different education from previous years. Associate Dean for General Education Heather Vincent said the second semester of Human Experience will be officially renamed to F… Read more
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On March 1, the Eckerd College Women’s Basketball team held strong against no. 6 seeded Nova Southeastern University in the first round of the Sunshine State Conference playoffs, finishing with a score of 81-66. The team will advance to the semi-finals to play Florida Southern College in Lak… Read more
Carter Weinhofer
Editor-in-Chief
Wednesday, Feb. 2 marked the 36 annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, the celebration is meant to inspire women and girls everywhere to be active and realize their true potential. Read more
As the Russia and Ukraine War continues to grow and call for international attention, it has become clear that social media is now one of the driving sources of real-time documentation of events. Because of this increased social media representation, large amounts of users and time spent onl… Read more
The Parental Rights in Education bill, which many people call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has harmful implications for students in Florida schools as it will inevitably lead to confusion, neglect and further prejudice against people in the LBGTQIA community. Read more
Kelli Martin
Senior Editor
If you’ve eaten at one of the school’s cafeterias or Triton’s Pub, you may have seen the green composting bins located near the trash receptacles. Eckerd has been composting for over ten years after its program was originally started as a student club. Composting is the method of taking food… Read more
A manatee takes a breath of air in a Florida spring. Read more
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