The Campus Voice

Faces of the Homeless: The City Rescue Mission raises awareness about Jacksonvilles' rising homeless population

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Homelessness has increased 33 percent in Jacksonville alone during the last year.

The scariest part of it is that out of all the homeless population in Duval and Clay counties, 33 percent have had some sort of college education or degree.

Census figures from the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of Jacksonville show there are about 1,500 homeless people located downtown on any given day, and over 3,000 in Duval County.

Florida State College sprouts 22 graduates under the new job training program

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

After five weeks of extensive training, a class of 22 students was the first to graduate from Florida State College at Jacksonville's Brownfields Job Training program.

Those students celebrated their achievement with prospective employers in attendance at the commencement ceremony, which took place on Feb.

From the battleground to book

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Ron Little, a local man that served in the military, wrote and published the book, Roadside Bombs and Democracy, sharing his experiences as an American police officer in Kosovo and Iraq. He is now furthering his education at Florida State College at Jacksonville.

BioShock 2: Similar game play with a sinister plot

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Once again we return to the massive, desecrated underwater city of Rapture. BioShock 2 picks up about a decade after the events of the first edition. This time, instead of playing as Andrew Ryan, we play as the character Big Daddy. Big Daddies are heavily armed armored goliaths whose sole meaning of existence is to protect Little Sisters.

Are you suffering from green guilt?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

I have a problem. It's what I call "green guilt." It's not that I turn green because I feel so guilty, it's that I feel guilty for not being green enough.

From March 29 to April 3, Downtown Campus celebrates Nature Awareness Week. The week is full of events focused on nature, our environment, and our community.

The Rant

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

"You can't save the whole world Michael," is what one of my best friends told me one frustrating night.

My reply to her was pretty simple, "Why not?"

Why not "save the world" or do all I can do in my power to make sure it is a much better place than when I came in it? Why shouldn't anyone reading this, not have that same mindset? A mindset in which they feel the need to do something important and substantial, that is much bigger than meeting their own selfish interests.

Humor

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The atmosphere surrounding Kent Campus is usually relaxed. There is something peaceful about the large green yards and the large shady trees. The only complaint I have about the campus is the squirrels.

Squirrels are not cute. It amazes me how some people are able to find these disgusting little rodents anything but a source of meat.

Are you aware of the energy wasted around us all?

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Downtown Campus launches Nature Awareness Week in hopes to cure and create an awareness to students about nature and environmental issues.

With a failing economy and resources running thin we can all take a new look at our efforts to become more green, while also helping out our pockets.

Deerwood Pool Tournament

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

On March 8 - 11, Deerwood Center hosted a pool tournament with 16 participants slated into the fray. The prize: a well-respected Players® cue stick and the winner was Richard Valdez.

The event was open to all the students and was sponsored by the Deerwood Center SGA.

The Wizard of Oz reaches out to the community

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The Artist Series brought Broadway musical The Wizard of Oz to the Times-Union Center from February 23-28 and hosted family night on Broadway.

The entire performance was excellent, the community outreach program even more so.

The play featured a group of local children performers, and the assistant dance captain taught Florida State College at Jacksonville dance students a routine from the musical.

Steroids: Tainting your record

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

"Bonds swings and makes contact. Could it be? Yes! Homerun number 71 for Barry Bonds. We have witnessed history."

These were the words that flowed when San Francisco Giants' player Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single season homerun record. A few years later, allegations that Bonds was using several different performance enhancing drugs to help improve his game entered the media.

Strength Training 101

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Often a goal many people strive for is to have the perfect body. One of the methods individuals often use to work towards that goal is strength training.

Weights or other forms of resistance are used to contract the muscle which creates small micro tears in the muscle fibers, which explains soreness after physical activity.

Phone comparison: Behold, enV the Apple Droid

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

The Campus Voice decided to do a side by side comparison of Verizon's LG enV3 and Motorola Droid, as well as AT&T's Apple iPhone 3G S and T-Mobile's Samsung Behold II. We compared some of the major features that most consumers look for when purchasing a cell phone such as cost, internet availability, keyboard style, battery life, camera, display size, durability, memory-card slot availability, and one major flaw in each phone.

Horoscopes

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Aries (March 21- April 19)- Not in the mood to do much of anything? Well, every now and then even you deserve time off. So tonight, resist any urge to take work home. Instead, shut off all electronic equipment .Yes, really. You can do it. It's an alien concept called 'relaxing.

Kelly Warren

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Kelly Warren spends a majority of her time during the work week behind her desk in the student life offices of Kent Campus. As the college wide coordinator for student life and leadership development, she is constantly making plans and organizing performances for the students of Florida State College at Jacksonville.

De'Mario Forest: Student of steel with super motivation

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Obsessed is often the word that lazy people use to call the dedicated. It's a fueled term more often used when people hear about a bodybuilder's daily routine.

Can you imagine, for 16 weeks, doing over two hours of treadmill exercises a day?

Well if that is not that much, how about doing rigorous weight workouts daily that would leave even the strongest person's body aching.