Reduce the stress of college by practicing yoga

Kirsten Tate
December 7, 2012
Filed under Student Life

TAMPA, Fla.—Teaching for 11 years, Hillsborough Community College instructor Hope Johnson explains the benefits of practicing yoga. This form of exercise can be one of the most beneficial if approached properly. Not only does it strengthen your muscles but it soothes and stills your mind. Students... Read more »

The history behind yoga classes at HCC

Maria Cristina Echeverri, Staff Writer
December 6, 2012
Filed under Student Life

Dr. Karl Debate attributes the beginning of yoga classes at Hillsborough Community College to his experiences as a coach. Debate believes yoga helps students to develop better daily life activities. He also describes how the trend of yoga in college has been changing over time. Yoga classes at the... Read more »

Pumpkin Spice latte

Tatiana Chepurko, Staff Writer
November 26, 2012
Filed under Student Life

With October looming on the horizon, we cant help but get excited for festive fall beverages. Starbucks particularly always welcomes fall with the arrival of my favorite pumpkins spiced latte. As much as I enjoy this drink, but being on a student budget, I cant always afford to pay $5 every time my urge... Read more »

Advanced water treatment

Jason Turner, Contributor
November 26, 2012
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The Advanced Water Treatment courses on the Plant City campus prepare students to work in various high demand industries such as power plants, computer chip manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, in addition to food and beverage and drinking water. Using live reverse osmosis and ion exchange equipment,... Read more »

Adopt-a-road

Judy Sebastian, Contributor
November 26, 2012
Filed under Student Life

At the HCC plant city campus, PTK held their first clean up for their Adopt-A-Road on September 22nd. The road is 1.1 miles from S Frontage Rd and Wilder to HWY 92 and Wilder. They were able to clean 540 lbs. of garbage and 60 lbs. of recyclable material. The whole group was very surprised by the... Read more »

CPK dip

Tatiana Chepurko, Staff Writer
October 8, 2012
Filed under Student Life

With the Holiday Season on the way, finding healthy and cheap food choices while being a student becomes a problem. Recently while scoping out different restaurants for new recipes, I was at California Pizza Kitchen, and I stumbled upon a guacamole dip that was completely mesmerizing! Thinking to myself,... Read more »

Iphone 5

Tatiana Chepurko, Staff Writer
September 24, 2012
Filed under Student Life

Apple has finally announced the iPhone 5. The one gadget that has stunned the world with its amazing features, the most technologically advanced phone since the iPhone 4S.  It is the first iPhone that has a 4 inch screen instead of the previous 3.5 inch. It is now also 20% lighter and 18% thinner than... Read more »

Fenway park-100 years

Eric Feliu, Contributor
August 8, 2012
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Baseball is something that lives in our country’shistory. Americans are the ones who invented the sport; Americans are the ones who built the stadiums that stand, and make it such an atmosphere to have a baseball game. One of the most legendary ballparks that still stands is Fenway Park. Ground... Read more »

The right lane of thought

Will Clark, Staff Writer
May 23, 2012
Filed under Commentary, Student Life

 In regards to comments involving the social faux pas of the non-driver  A few days ago I read an article about how fewer teenagers and young adults are driving cars. The article was both insightful and inciting, as it made some brilliant observations and hypotheses into the new trend of non-drivers,... Read more »

Black Brown and College Bound

Keena Haywood, Staff Writer
April 6, 2012
Filed under Student Life

  The 6th Annual Black Brown and College Bound took place at the Grand Hyatt Tampa, February 29th- March 3rd, 2012.This year’s theme was- “And still we rise". Among the many seminars held; Professor Jy Hon Vance of Baltimore Community College Presented The Quest Program- which he described... Read more »