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- Inside Hoot/Wisdom Recordings: Where student passion meets professional experienceHoot/Wisdom Recordings, Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) official student-run record label – currently representing seven artists – offers a dive into the multifaceted world of music. Hoot/Wisdom is located on FAU’s Boca Raton Campus and serves as a platform for students seeking immersive involvement in various facets of the music industry, including music production, record promotion,...
- ‘Free Palestine, Divest FAU’: Students hold protest and vigil for PalestineEditors Note: This story has been updated on May 16 to correct the spelling of Ximena Dipietro’s name and to provide an additional quote from SSI representatives. Solidarity, FAU’s socialist student organization, held a “Vigil for Palestine” Wednesday in support of Palestinians and to shed light on police brutality amidst recent college campus protests across...
- Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake: How a rap brawl became a series of serious accusationsOn May 4, rapper Kendrick Lamar released the track “Not Like Us,” serving as the ninth track in his ongoing feud with Canadian rapper Drake. A simple feud from a singular track escalated into a series of nine tracks that do not fail to make listeners more engaged each time. Lamar and Drake were once...
- Men’s Basketball: Where the 2023-2024 transfers ended upAs the 2023-2024 season ended with a disappointing first-round exit in the NCAA tournament, so did the Dusty May era at Florida Atlantic. About 24 hours later, after the final buzzer in the Owls game against Northwestern, reports said that May had accepted an offer to become Michigan’s next men’s basketball head coach. However, FAU...
- FAU High student heads to Hollywood for American Idol: Q&A with Victoria JohnsonVictoria Johnson, an 11th-grade student in the dual enrollment program at FAU High School, made it to the top 56 contestants in Season 22 of American Idol, a televised singing competition. With years of singing experience at sporting events in Florida, Johnson auditioned in Nashville, Tennessee. There, she performed Meghan Trainor’s “No Excuses.” After receiving...
- FAU sees a record-high 46,000 first-year applicants, raising questions about university’s successEarlier this month, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) staff released a statement regarding the number of applications for the incoming class of 2029, revealing that the university had a 27% overall increase in applications for incoming first-year students since last year. This significant increase in applications continues FAU’s rise in popularity, as the school has received...