Florida Atlantic University

Mykki Blanco's Dark, Surreal, Genderqueer Rap Banging Up Bardot Miami on April 11

Genderqueer rapper Mykki Blanco will bite the head off a harpy, steal that bitch's wings, and work 'em harder than any regular rap dame ever could. That's because Blanco is no regular rap dame, and she certainly ain't no regular rap dude. She is hip-hop's new in-between, the great white hype, and ... More >>

KRS-One, Uncle Luke, Styles P: How Did the Stage Become Miami's Best Rap Club?

How did the Stage suddenly become the best rap club in downtown Miami? Over the next month, this two-and-a-half-year-old Design District bunker that's built its rep on roots, rock, and reggae will serve as the staging place for classic-era shows by former LOX member Styles P, booty bass pioneer Unc ... More >>

Kendrick Lamar and Karmaloop's College Tour Kicking Off at Florida Atlantic University

When Kendrick Lamar throws a college kegger, there's gonna be "Swimming Pools" filled to the brim with drank. Everybody'll be wilding out like they're "A.D.H.D." And Karmaloop, eMuze, and Neff Headwear will be footing the bill. This Thursday, Kendrick and Karmaloop's Verge Campus Tour 2013 kicks of ... More >>

FAU Professor Thinks Sandy Hook Massacre May Have Been a Media Conspiracy

Up at Florida Atlantic University, communications professor James Tracy has been regaling students for a decade with his thoughts on 9-11, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Kennedy assassination. He's basically that uncle who spends all week reading Infowars so he can corner you at Thanksgiving to t ... More >>

Mohawk Gaz Sells Ads on His Giant Hairdo

Gasmy Joseph AKA Mohawk Gaz Advertises On His Hairdo

Thirty-three-year-old Pompano Beach resident Gasmy Joseph wears a supertall Mohawk. About a year ago, an epiphany struck when he wanted to spread the word about a buddy's birthday party: Why not advertise it on the hairdo? In terms of innovation, Thomas Edison's light bulb now looks like a piece of ... More >>

All Shall Perish, California Deathcore Band, Sues Illegal Downloaders In Miami

All Shall Perish, a blistering political deathcore group from California, burst onto the metal scene with their 2003 record, "Hate, Malice, Revenge." Today, those are exactly the emotions driving the band to seek sweet vengeance against dozens of fans who illegally downloaded tracks from their newes ... More >>

Eight Reasons Why Florida is a Real-Life Horror Movie

photo by Logan FazioLincoln Road zombie walks got nothin' on real life in Florida.Time for a little Halloween honesty: Florida is terrifying. Serial killers Ted Bundy and Gary Ray Bowles have stalked our towns. Prehistoric, sharp-fanged creatures circle our swamps and oceans, hungry for blood. Real- ... More >>

Jason Villano: Pill mill crackdown's unjust victim

Sports Poll: Only 22 Percent of Floridians Like LeBron, Gators Are Favorite Team

Finally a political polling firm has decided to poll on something other than politics. Public Policy Polling surveyed Floridians on another contentious topic: sports. The poll shows LeBron James isn't exactly that popular in his new state, while Florida's favorite pro team is the Tampa Bay Bucc ... More >>

University of Miami Beats Marlins

​It's not exactly great news when your local college baseball team beats your local professional baseball team. That's just not how the world is supposed to work. Yet, the Miami Hurricanes baseball team pulled out a surprising win against the Florida Marlins yesterday in an exhibition game. To add ... More >>

Found Footage

Hobo Art

Drive North

Florida Memorial University can't find a president

Florida Memorial University Names Three Candidates For President -- Again

​In August 2009, Florida Memorial University, the historic black school rich in history but more recently notorious for a grade-fixing scheme that had students trading sex for A's, abruptly canned its president, Karl S. Wright. No explanation was given, and the search for his replacement seemed ca ... More >>

FAU Announcer Dave Lamont Loses His Mind On Air, Challenges Reporters To Fight

​Howard Beale's got nothing on Dave Lamont. The longtime South Florida broadcaster and sometimes ESPN-analyst went B-A-N-A-N-A-S on air while broadcasting Florida Atlantic University's last game against Arkansas State, and howdy do is it ever a rant for the ages.Between hollering for the commissio ... More >>

University of Miami Rises in U.S. News College Rankings, Finally Bests UF

​Under President Donna Shalala, the University of Miami has seen a slow but steady rise in U.S. News & World Report's highly touted college rankings. Last year, it became a top 50 university for the first time. This year, it continued to climb and became the highest-rated school in Florida. La ... More >>

Florida Schools Rank Low on Forbes Best Colleges List

​In US News and World Report's rankings of America's best colleges, the state of Florida boast two schools in the top 50: University of Florida and University of Miami. Forbes is now in the college ranking business too, and the rankings for the schools in Florida strike as a bit weird. Only o ... More >>

Area 31's Menu Unaffected by Gulf Oil Spill... For Now

Area 31 not yet feeling the effects of the oil spill.​Wondering whether that ungodly oil slick off the coast of Louisiana is going to spoil your next seafood feast at Area 31 Restaurant, located on the 16th floor of the Epic Hotel. Well rest assured, BP's big mess shouldn't stop you from enjoying ... More >>

Don't Get Left Behind

SF Weekly Expresses Concern About Surfer Blood's Education

Photo by Shannon CottrellVery nearly a schoolteacher, J.P. Pitts​In this week's SF Weekly music section, the focus of their concert preview is that Surfer Blood frontman J.P. Pitts "was just a semester shy of a degree in secondary education from Florida Atlantic University when he decided to drop ... More >>

South by South Florida: Surfer Blood Head to SXSW Next Week, Cover Guided by Voices

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

Students Told to Butt Out: Florida Colleges Restrict Outdoor Smoking

"Nah bra, it's just a 'herbal cigarette.' Oh, that's banned too, now?"​Theoretically, college campuses are supposed to be safe havens for all sorts of new experiences and personal freedoms. Ideally, that means intellectual pursuits, but let's be real -- in Florida that means the freedom to experie ... More >>

Palm Beach County band Surfer Blood plays the Vagabond

Dialed In: Top Tens from Local College Radio for August 30 - September 4

Now that La Roux has fallen from the top, French electro-rock band Pony Pony Run Run has taken the number one spot.​Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Alb ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens from Local College Radio for August 23 - 28

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of August 23 - 28La Roux is a British-electropop-synth duo that has been holding steady at the top of WVUM' ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the most-played albums on South Florida's campus radio stations. To view previous week's lists, click here.Top-Tens from the week of July 20-24:via Myspace.com/phenomenalhandclapbandThe Phenomenal Handclap band hails from New York City, NY. Their se ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists from South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.via myspace.com/anewstartrockA New Start's Loser was #1 on WNSU chart this week. The band hails from Fort Lauderdale where the in-tow ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the most-played albums on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of July 6-10:via laroux.co.ukLa Roux, a London based electro-pop duo, made the top of WVUM's chart thi ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of June 28- July 3via myspace.com/discoverDiscoveryDiscovery's LP album made the top-ten on Radiate and The ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists on South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for the week of June 22-26:via myspace.com/ponyponyrunrunPony Pony Run Run's latest album rose to #1 this week on WVUM's ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Dialed In is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists from South Florida's campus radio stations. Click here to view the top tracks from previous weeks.Top Ten Albums for June 15-19.via myspace.com/datarockDatarock's new album, Red, made WVUM's top ten this week.University of Miami- W ... More >>

Dialed In: Top Tens From Local College Radio

Raveonettes still rule at RadiateDialed In is a new weekly column on Crossfade tracking the top-ten lists for South Florida's campus radio stations. University of Miami - WVUM 90.5 FM, "The Voice" The Voice is dedicated to playing music that commercial stations leave out of their broadcasts.1 ... More >>

Across the Universe

Innovative artist Carol Prusa warps reality at the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery.

Weekly News Wrap - Marlins Look for a Stadium, Pet Amnesty, Oral Sex Invite and more

Good Teacher, Bad Principal

Patrick Williams is the kind of educator students love and administrators hate

Florida Student Loan Subpoenas

Newsroom or Classroom?

Old newspaper pros quit the FIU journalism school as academicians run the show

Current Art Shows

It's All About Me

When artists portray themselves, strange things can happen

Spell Bound

Local artists make art of books, or books of art

Stage Listings

Get on the Bus

If you're looking for stage action, go back to school

Mirage

A South Beach parking lot gets papered in cash money

Sensoria

The difference between Club Zno and King Stable

Fair Game

A terrorism survivor and expert digs into the bin Laden dilemma

Lessons in Hate

"The Art of Hatred: Images of Intolerance in Florida Culture"

Three to Get Ready

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