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Spring Fest

Spring Fest provides stress relief to students

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
April 21, 2017
Miss FMU

Ms. FMU seeks to promote self-confidence

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
April 20, 2017
WakeUp

Organizations raise social awareness: Student leaders encourage peers to promote change

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
April 20, 2017
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Emma Driggers

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2017

Sometimes a size 2

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
April 14, 2017

Muffins and marriage

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
April 14, 2017

VITA tax help returns to FMU

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
April 5, 2017
Graduation Rate

FMU recognized for graduation rates: Percentage of African American grads acknowledged

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
April 5, 2017
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Tee Dubose

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 26, 2017
Senior Night

Men’s, women’s basketball teams take victories during senior night against Lander

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 26, 2017

Guns don’t kill people

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
February 26, 2017

Fake news is nothing new

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 26, 2017

Pictures or it didn’t happen

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
February 26, 2017
Patriot Games

Intramural teams participate in Patriot Games

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 25, 2017
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Mauricio Guerrero

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 12, 2017

The last chapter

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 12, 2017

Being a sister in college

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
February 12, 2017
Student Spotlight

Student uses passion to make campus better

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
February 6, 2017
Artist Series

Musicians perform “An Invalid’s Sonnet” at FMU

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
February 6, 2017
Involvement Fair

[Photo] Involvement fair introduces students to campus organizations

Kylie Cracknell, Staff Writer
February 2, 2017
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Detrek Browning

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
January 13, 2017

Live Your Dash

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
January 13, 2017

Holiday Hangover

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
January 12, 2017

New Year, Not-So-New-Me

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
January 12, 2017

Board of Trustees approves resolutions, plans for 2017

Rebekah Davis, Copy Editor
January 12, 2017

First class graduates with new health care degree

Rebecca Cross, Copy Editor
January 12, 2017

Rhetoric, not policy

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
November 19, 2016
Student Spotlight

[Photo] President of club wants others to be accepted

Catherine Hyman, Copy Editor
November 18, 2016

ZTA hosts second annual 5K

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
November 18, 2016
Jennifer Kelley

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Kelley

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
November 18, 2016
Moving Wall

FMU hosts Vietnam Moving Wall memorial

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
November 17, 2016
FMU Campus Map

Looking deeper into the Clery Act: An ‘abbreviated snapshot’ of crimes on FMU’s campus

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 30, 2016
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Aaron Robinson

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
October 30, 2016

An Editor’s Note: The Clery Act: is it useful?

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 30, 2016

Never work a day in your life

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2016

A mentality of seasons

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 19, 2016
HSAC

Honors students elect advisory council member

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
October 14, 2016

The Moving Wall memorial to visit FMU

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
October 14, 2016
Hispanic Heritage Program

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates cultural unity

Rebecca Cross, Staff Writer
October 6, 2016
Rogers Library

New program begins next spring: FMU now offers African and African American Studies

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 6, 2016

FMU campus prepares for Hurricane Matthew

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 5, 2016

Engaging our differences

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 22, 2016

Title IX hosts talk on consent

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 22, 2016
Provost Poplar

AAUP plants Provost Poplar to honor retiring provost Dr. Richard Chapman

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 22, 2016

Thoughts on self-medication

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 21, 2016

YBT: you broke team

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2016
FMU Abbey Road

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Polly Haselden

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 21, 2016
Lucas Bohn

Comedian visits FMU

Jasmin Mitchell and Rebecca Cross
September 21, 2016
Move-in Day

Move-in day

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 21, 2016
Carter Center

[Photo] Luther F. Carter Center for Health Sciences now open

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
September 19, 2016
“Dancing at Lughnasa” is the tale of Five sisters living together, while taking care of their sick uncle Jack.

Students perform Irish play

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
April 20, 2016

SCPA Awards

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
April 20, 2016

Don’t Be Afraid

Rachel Droze, Editor-In-Chief
April 20, 2016

Students relax at MAB’s Cultural Block Party

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
April 20, 2016
Business management major Julian Wilson collected eggs in his hat at this year’s Easter egg hunt on the FMU quad.

RAs organize Easter egg hunt for FMU community

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
March 30, 2016

Journalism is the First Draft

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
March 30, 2016

Communication students travel to Washington, D.C.

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
March 30, 2016

The Danger of Being a Woo Girl

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
March 9, 2016

Tips on Media Literacy

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-chief
March 9, 2016
Kristen Hardaway, playing Deb Pendergrass, sings a solo to Matthew Atkins, playing Sam, Deb’s father.

FMU professors write a musical

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
February 24, 2016

FMU police arrest man for forgery

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
February 8, 2016

4Plays script submissions now open

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
February 2, 2016

FMU Athletics sponsors trick shot competition

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
February 2, 2016

Students, faculty, alumni to celebrate homecoming 2016

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
February 2, 2016
Students have the option to rent or buy textbooks from The Patriot Bookstore in the Smith University Center. The new price matching program introduced in November allows students to buy or rent textbooks from the bookstore at the same price of another retailer.

Textbook prices continue to rise; Professors, bookstore try to make books more affordable

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
January 15, 2016

Campus Police train RAs

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
January 15, 2016

The Power of Words

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
January 15, 2016
Junior accounting major Yaping Yang recently earned her U.S. citizenship. Yang moved to the U.S. from China in 2009 and has lived in South Carolina since 2012.

International student earns US citizenship

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
November 11, 2015

…Because It Look Like Work

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
November 11, 2015

Rebekah’s Report: Social media changes modern elections

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 21, 2015
Gay Straight Alliance and Sigma Tau Delta team up to host a poetry slam in the Lee Nursing Building auditorium. Students presented original works o express themselves in a welcoming environment.

GSA shows unity, support for FMU community

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
October 21, 2015

FMU to present William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
October 21, 2015

Hispanic heritage month

Rachel Droze, Editor-In-Chief
September 30, 2015
The health science facility is scheduled to begin housing classes for the fall semester of 2016. Construction is on schedule and is ex- pected to be finished on-time. The facility is located downtown Florence at the corner of Evans Street and Irby Street.

New programs for downtown facility

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 30, 2015

Shedding of the weight of the past

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 30, 2015
Visting professor Tina Stolt works with students Hannah Garand and Kathleen Kennebeck during a printmaking workshop held in the Hyman Fine Arts Center on Sept. 23.

German professor teaches art workshop at FMU

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 30, 2015
Country music group Sawyer Brown has performed more than 4,500 concerts and adds another show to their list on Sept. 25 at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Florence.

Country music comes to FMU

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 30, 2015
John Gee, a sophomore visual communication major captured the audience’s attention with his dancing.

Coalition sponsors student, faculty talent show

Rachel Droze, Editor-In-Chief
September 30, 2015

Rebekah’s Report- Flight to Syrian’s refugees, how to help

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 30, 2015
After spending a semester in Landau, Germany, “The Foreign four” already have plans to go back to Europe.

Foreign four experience German culture

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 30, 2015
Dr. Barry O'Brien recently received the Patriot Award for his work with military veterans on campus.

Professor spotlight: Dr. Barry O’Brien

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 5, 2015
LaTasha Brand, assistant dean of students, leads the leadership session for presidents and vice presidents. She went over changes in policies, important dates and other information for student organization leaders.

Student leadership training

Rachel Droze, Editor-in-Chief
September 5, 2015

Rebekah’s Report- A call to remember our privilege to vote

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 5, 2015

Creating Margin

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 3, 2015
Rebekah's Report: A political review - Beginning the search for a new president

Rebekah’s Report: A political review – Beginning the search for a new president

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
April 22, 2015

Coping with finals

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
April 22, 2015

McDonald’s gives me hope

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
April 22, 2015
Campus prank goes too far, Fraternity pledges arrested for vandalism

Campus prank goes too far, Fraternity pledges arrested for vandalism

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
April 22, 2015

Rebekah’s Report: A Political Review – Freedom of opinion vs. campus loyalty

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
April 4, 2015

For the love of learning

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
April 4, 2015

Professor Misconceptions

Rebekah Davis, Staff Writer
April 4, 2015

Visual arts students receive awards, recognition

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
April 4, 2015
FMU, Morning News honors community service members

FMU, Morning News honors community service members

Rachel Droze, Assistant Editor
April 4, 2015

FMU names McNair Scholars

Rachel Droze, Assistant Editor
April 4, 2015
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