Dueling pianists bring music and comedy to FSU
A black piano and keyboard sit adjacent to one another on the stage in DPAC on Sept. 8. Alissa Musto and Michael Scherr duel with pianos. The concept is two people performing on separate pianos. […]
Articles by Allison Wharton
Across the Ocean: The Importance of Spontaneity
I have had the great opportunity in the past few months to travel to parts of Europe I never in a million years thought I would ever see. Examples include Scotland, England, Belgium and Italy. […]
Across the Ocean: A degree is still a degree
Now that I have reached the halfway point in the semester, I feel secure in mybeliefs about the difference in approaches to education here in Ireland versus the United States. First off, Irish students enter […]
Across the Ocean: Adventure is out there
Traveling within the United States is very expensive, so I have never really explored many states. In Ireland, traveling within the country, as well as all of Europe, is astonishingly inexpensive. I have been incredibly […]
Across the Ocean: Food brings the world together
A few big obstacles I’ve had to unexpectedly overcome during my time in Ireland are the different phrases and slang, and, most of all, the overall different way of living. For instance, grocery stores. Prior […]
Across the Ocean: The journey begins
After flying over the Atlantic and feverishly sprinting through a foreign airport to make a connecting flight, I arrived in Dublin, Ireland. I will be spending the next five months studying at Maynooth University in […]
Book Review: Associating between good and evil
Tragedies are never planned. The victims of tragedies can never prepare for either the loss of a loved one or the loss of a part of their identity. There are also people who are the […]
A playground for all: Pride Alliance hosts fun for people of color and LGBTQ+
Music plays in the background as a group of students play games, color, make bracelets and de-stress as the end of the semester approaches. Queer Brown Playground, hosted by Pride Alliance and the Center for […]
Fostering humanity: Abolitionist letters come to life
Actress Lynne McKenney Lydick performed the one-woman show “Yours for Humanity,” a play based on the letters of 1800s anti-slavery abolitionist Abby Kelly Foster, on Monday in the Forum. McKenney Lydick, who played Foster, spoke […]
The Hilltop Players open the song book
The lights blinked twice to signify the start of the show. The Ecumenical Center went entirely dark. The lights shined on the stage and revealed three women. Event coordinators, senior Cynthia Nelson, sophomore Rachel Burgess […]