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Devyn’s CornerBy Devyn Fussman

Andres Lara: Not Just a Cuban GuySeminole Allies & Safe Zones Returns

“All Students Count,” at 7 p.m. on Sept 23 in Globe 2600. This informational event will raise awareness of, and rally support for, the federal “All Students Count” bill. If passed, this bill will change the way data is gathered on k-12 educational per-formance. At present, the only self-iden-tification boxes for students to check off are unrealistically broad (Asian, black, white, etc.). “All Students Count” propos-

One of FSU’s core values is di-versity, and for stu-dents who wish to promote it on the political front, AASU is hosting an event,

es more specific classifications, such as Chinese American, Japanese American, Filipino American, etc. By monitoring the performance of different subgroups, ed-ucators can learn where various nation-alities stand academically in relation to their fellow students.

BSU is also staying busy with a for-mal networking mixer, Ebony and Ivory, held on Sept 22 at 7 p.m. in the Globe Auditorium. This night will feature per-formances and a chance for new and returning students to get to know each other, with black and/or white attire be-ing expected.

Finally, now that you’ve hit up the back-to-school sales, it’s time to figure out what to wear and when. On Sept 25, WSU is hosting a “Fashion Forward” event at 7 p.m. in Union 315 to help stu-dents do just that. Appropriate clothing choices for every situation will be dis

Seminole Allies and Safe Zones is a workshop that educates FSU faculty and staff on sexual orientations and gender expressions. The program also seeks to provide “Safe Zones” on cam-pus for students to speak openly about their orientation and identities.

Seminole Allies has been around for years, but was revised for a second launch in fall 2013. So those who com-pleted the program prior to then are ad-vised to give themselves a refresher.

Two workshops are offered: 101 and 201. Seminole Allies 101 provides basic alliance training and an overview of to-

day’s LGBTQ+ issues. Seminole Allies 201 dives into the nitty-gritty of differ-ing terms and gender identities. These workshops count as elective courses for the Diversity and Inclusion Certifi-cate, and sometime this semester a new set of workshops, 301, is expected to launch. These will be called “Train the Trainer” and will allow students to be-come teachers.

Anyone who would like to become a Seminole Ally should pre-register at sga.fsu.edu/safe_zone/. No fewer than 10 and no more than 25 participants are permitted per workshop. To request

In honor of His-panic Heritage Month, FSU’s Hispanic/Latino Student Union has in-vited Andres Lara, bet-ter known as “The Cu-ban Guy,” to deliver his

“Challenging the Status Quo” message to FSU students.

Besides being a Cuban guy, Lara is a motivational speaker who regularly pro-vides workshops with inspirational mes-sages all over the country, in addition to being the author of several internation-ally bestselling books.

Lara comes from a humble and dis-

advantaged background. When he es-caped from Cuba and moved to America at the age of 16, he lacked a home, fam-ily, any English or money. Despite the odds, he graduated from Montclair State University with honors and achieved success by the time he was 24, becom-ing a millionaire by the time he was 26. He has appeared in radio shows and newspapers and has also served as the CEO of A. Success Training and former president of Inspiration Magazine.

As to how he managed to do it all, you’ll just have to come to his event on Thursday, Sept 25, at 7:25 p.m. in SSB 203 and find out.

SGA All Agency Advance

Danielle Morgan Acosta

If you teach it, they will come.

More than 70 stu-dent leaders from SGA agencies attended the first annual All Agency Advance in the Union on Sunday, Sept 7.

All Agency Advance

(AAA) is a leadership retreat that em-powers and educates student leaders on how to make the most of their positions in SGA. The name was derived from the idea that agencies and SGA are advanc-ing forward. AAA offered a networking opportunity, a luncheon and informa-tional presentations. The sessions were led by staff from SGA, Student Activities

SGA Business Manager Kim Dicks teaches students at AAA

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a workshop for your department, email [email protected].

Another workshop will be devoted to Trans* Allies on Tuesday, Sept 30, at 10 a.m. in SSB 208.

Dates for the 101 workshops: Thursday, Sept 18, 1 p.m., SSB 208

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cussed, from classes to game day to yoga night at the gym. A favorite topic is whether to go business or casual at interviews, and one of the goals of Fash-ion Forward is to help prepare students for career fairs like Seminole Futures. Furthermore, women will learn to feel good about themselves and increase their self-esteem by dressing for them-selves instead of for men.

Besides the special events, the agencies are also holding general body meetings to discuss programming for the year. The upcoming GBM dates are as follows:

(From left to right) Thomas Williams, Trinity Gonzales, Vicki Dobiyanski and Tony Nguyen teaching students at AAA

Agency Advance photos by Lauren Alsina Andres Lara photo from thecubanguy.com

Black Student Union: Wednesday, Sept 17, 7 p.m., SSB 203

Women Student Union: Thursday, Sept 18, 7 p.m., Union 311B

Hispanic and Latino Student Union: “State of Latinos” Thursday, Sept 18, 7 p.m., SSB 203.

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Wednesday, Oct 8, 1:30 p.m., SSB 208

Wednesday, Dec 3, 9 a.m., SSB 208 Dates for the 201 workshops: Monday, Oct 20, 2 p.m., SSB 208 Friday, Nov 21, 10 a.m., SSB 208 Thursday, Dec 11, 10 a.m., SSB 208

Say no more and know more! FSU has initiated a new campaign, “kNOw More,” to prevent sexual violence. The “Ask, Respect, Don’t Expect” motto is on signs, T-shirts, flyers and the SGA web-site.

FSU is reviewing its sexual assault policies and seeking a full-time Title IX director to specialize in these cases.

A social media campaign underway includes a new website, knowmore.fsu.edu. The site provides information on reporting incidents, counseling, defini-tions of assault, victim confidentiality and answers to common questions for students and faculty.

FSU has also launched an interactive online program that new students, both freshmen and transfer, must complete. The program, “Think About It,” seeks to educate students about sexual violence.

Students and staff at All Agency Advance

and Guest Services, who generously vol-unteered their knowledge of marketing and programming.

Participants were informed about SGA accounting and finance policies, marketing strategies, campus permits and resources, space requests and oth-er important information on event plan-

ning. They also learned how to use their budgets and about their role in SGA as advocates for the Executive Branch.

Associate Director Danielle Morgan Acosta, who organized the event, em-phasized, “We wanted the agencies to not see themselves as separate. They all work together toward the same goal. Agencies are not just RSOs; they’re an-other level of both event programming

and advocacy combined.” The students mingled with other

agency leaders, got to know one another, and even danced together. Each group spoke of its vision for the future and how it would use the skills learned in AAA to make those visions possible. At the end, students were asked to speak about who they’d met, what they’d learned, and how all agencies work together.