MEL’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Issue 9

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Happy Homecoming Week, Noles!

November 12th- 18th

HOMECOMING FESTIVITES

TORCH PURSUIT SPEAR-IT NIGHT Torch Pursuit is a team competition, involving a Doors open at 6pm and show starts at 7pm in the Union quest-style race through campus, which invokes Ballrooms. Spear-It Nights highlights the talent of FSU’s traditions. All teams will be given a clue at numerous FSU students and organizes through a Talent the starting point, which will lead them to their first Showcase, the Biggest Fan on Campus Competition, and destination. At each designated location, teams will the Hymnn to the Garnet and Gold Singing Competition. be required to complete tasks that relate to the rich

history and traditions of Florida State University. HOMECOMING PARADE Once a task is completed, the team will receive Homecoming Parade starts at 2pm! The Parade, another clue, which will lead them to their next organized by Student Alumni Association, allows destination. Each team will complete all of the student organizations and members of the Seminole and Honors Program challenges and return to the final location. Tallahassee community the opportunity to display and Sunday, November 12th, registration at 3:00pm and celebrate Florida State’s traditions. Some of the past Freshmen at Florida State University may be eligible for event ar 4:00pm on Oglesby Union Green. Parade entries have included the Marching Chiefs, the admission to the University Honors Program via the Flying High Circus, the Golden Girls, and memebrs of lateral admission process. Lateral admits join the KARAOKE FOR A CAUSE the Seminole Tribe. University Honors Program the spring semester following Come out Monday, November 13th to Club their first fall semester. They are held to the same Downunder. Karaoke for a Cause is an opportunity POW WOW FEATURING HANNIBAL retention requirements as students admitted by standard for students to come together to sing, dance, and BURESS WITH JAKK KNIGHT admission. All applications are due by 5:00pm on Friday, enjoy themselves while also raising awareness for Pow Wow is an annual evening of entertainment and December 1, 2017. Admissions decisions will go out after the numerous philanthropies across campus. laughter held the night before FSU’s Homecoming the semester ends once all grades have been posted. For football game. The first half of the show is pep rally more information visit honors.fsu.edu.

SEMINOLE FESTIVAL FEATURING featuring student group performances such as the FSU GREEN DOT Cheerleaders, Golden Girls, and Flying High Circus, and Seminole Festival kicks off in Wednesday at 1pm the second half is a comedy show. This year is the on Union Green. Seminole Festival is a fun-filled headliner is Hannibal Buress. Attend Pow Wow to carnival event held on the Union Green. Students witness the crowning of Florida State’S Homecoming will have the opportunity to enjoy carnival rides, Chief and Princess, along with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place free food, games, music, and campus partners while winners in each Homecoming category. Doors open eat celebrating school tradition. The event has often 7pm. Show starts at 8pm. featured inflatables, photo booths, Homecoming giveaways, vendors offering food (including but not DOAK AFTER DARK: COLE SWINDEL Moellership Program limited to corn dogs, snowballs, and funnel cakes), See Cole Swindell inside Doak! The Moellership Program, named for its founder Bill as well as thrilling rides (such as zip lining, rock November 18 immediately following the Florida State Moeller, provides undergraduate and graduate students at walls, and ferris wheels). vs. Delaware State football game inside Doak Cambell Florida State University the opportunity to focus 8 – 12 Stadium, watch Cole Swindell in concert! weeks of their summer on service at a non-profit agency. Students receive a stipend of up to $4,000 for CHIEF AND PRINCESS VOTING participation in the program. To apply for the scholarship, The 2017 Homecoming Chief & Princess Elections visit https://thecenter.fsu.edu/service/moellership- will take place online from 8:00am – 5:00pm on program where the application can be found. The Wednesday, November 15th, 2017. Voting will take deadline to complete all scholarship applications is place online at homecoming.fsu.edu. Sunday, December 17th, 2017 at 11:59pm.

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DR. SEUSS’S THE

CAT IN THE HAT Little Sally and her brother Nick are stuck inside on a rainy, boring day… that is until a cat in red and white stripped hat appears. The Cat in the Hat arrives with the trickiest of tricks, the wackiest of ways, and the fanciest of friends. When the Cat comes to take Sally and Nick on an adventure, there is sure to be mischief! Bring the family for this classic Dr. Seuss tale and find magic wherever you look! Starting November 16th though November 19th, The Florida State University School of Theatre is presents Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat!

For more information, call 850-644-6500 or go to http://www.theatre.fsu.edu

Festival of Trees ☺

Come out Friday, November 17th from 7-10pm for the Festival of Trees. Eat, drink and be merry -- all for a good cause! You're invited to Big Bend Habitat for Humanity Festival of Trees Preview Party. The evening's festivities include live music, heavy hors d'oeuvres, holiday-themed libations . . . and the opportunity to see/purchase trees and wreaths before the general public, all while mixing and mingling with friends! Enjoy the exhilarating sounds of Tallahassee Nights Live throughout the event!

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33rd Annual Tallahassee Community Thanksgiving More Volunteer Celebration opportunities

Premier Fine Homes is coordinating this year’s “Remember that the happiest people 33rd annual Tallahassee Community Thanksgiving are not those getting more, but those Celebration at Lake Ella. Volunteers are needed to giving more.” ― H. Jackson Brown join the cooperative community effort to serve Jr. Thanksgiving Dinner to nearly 1,000 members of the community on Nov. 23 at the American Legion Children’s Home Society of Florida Post 13 on Lake Ella. The volunteer sign-up deadline is Nov. 14. The Thanksgiving dinner will RED KETTLE BELL RINGERS be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and will feature Jessica Porter 1-850-219-4213 NEEDED!! traditional turkey, music, phone service and The Red Kettle Campaign, along with the giveaways of blankets and jackets. There will be [email protected] Angel Tree Program, is one of the most free bus service from The Shelter, Hope recognizable Christmas efforts of The Salvation Community, Westgate and Veterans Village. Here are upcoming volunteer opportunities: Children’s Week Army. The Red Kettle Campaign was created in 1891 by Salvation Army Captain Joseph McFee Before Thanksgiving: Sarah Hayes 1-850-222-3868 as a way to provide a Christmas dinner to San Francisco’s poorest individuals. Turkey Prep. for Cooking: Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2-5 p.m. [email protected] Since the campaign’s creation, the Salvation Army now provides assistance to more than Carve Turkeys: Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2-5 p.m. Christian Disaster Response four-and-a-half million people in the U.S. Thanksgiving Day: during Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Red Dr. Ron Patterson 863-967-4357 Kettle campaign has also spread to other parts Transport Food from Leon High School to Lake of the world, including Korea, Japan, Chile and Ella, 6:45-9 a.m. [email protected] many European countries. Raise Tents & Set up Tables, Chairs, 8-9 a.m. Communities In Schools of Florida- This year, the need is greater than ever. We will Leon County be working with the Toys for Tots program as Registered Volunteer Sign-In, 9:30-10 a.m. they transition their families into our Angel Mandatory Volunteer Training, 10-10:30 a.m. Tree program, doubling the number of children Mary Matthews 1-850-201-9765 and seniors we serve during the holidays. Our Help with Meal Service, 10-1:30 p.m. community holiday dinner has also doubled in [email protected] size to an expected 500 meals this year. These Post Event Break down & Clean-up (vital), 1-3 programs, as well as others, are funded through p.m. Companion Animal Rescue Endeavor the Red Kettle Campaign. Volunteers must pre-register by Nov.14. To volunteer email [email protected] 1-850-385-8181

Please provide your 1) Name: 2) Total in your [email protected] group, how many 16 and under.

Concerned Veterans for America

16 years and under must have parent or guardian Patrick McDonough 1-850-509-0410 present during volunteer assignment. Groups with 16 and under will be placed outside to [email protected] serve.

No t-shirts available for 16 and under

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Fall Graduating Artists COSMIC BOWLING Expositions Cosmic Bowling includes a unique BFA students will be presenting their latest work. black light effect, with sound sensitive disco lighting, that creates There is probably no happier show in any artist’s career than a an exciting atmosphere for bowling celebratory exit show. Graduating Artists is an assembly of solo with old friends and meeting new exhibitions by those students who are attaining their BFA or MFA ones. We have included a dramatic degrees after arduous yet productive studio work at Florida State sound system and a collection of over 20 compilation CD’s to provide the University. No restrictions on scale or media are imposed and the best and latest music. Special rates student showcase is of young professionals launching into their apply during Cosmic Bowling: futures. FSU Students: $10/hr per lane $1.50 each for shoes Friday, November 17 at 9:00am to 4:00pm

More dates through December 14, 2017

Museum of Fine Arts

530 West Call St, 250 Fine Arts Building

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

ADVANCED SCREENING : JUSTICE LEAGUE

Wed | Nov 15 | Doors 7:00PM, Show 8:00PM

Batman (Ben Affleck) works with Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) to unite a team of superheroes powerful enough to fight off evil and restore justice to the world. PASSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE ASLC INFO DESK. PASSES ARE REQUIRED FOR MOVIES ARE FREE FOR FSU ENTRY BUT DO NOT STUDENTS WITH VALID FSU ID, $5 GUARANTEE SEATING. FOR GENERAL ADMISSION, AND $3 FOR FSU FACULTY/STAFF AND PG-13 | 121 min | 2017 TALLAHASSEE FILM SOCIETY MEMBERS. LOCATED IN THE HEART OF FSU’S CAMPUS AS A SATN, THE ASKEW STUDENT LIFE CENTER HOUSES A NUMBER OF EXCITING AND IMPORTANT STUDENT SERVICES. FOR INFORMATION ON MORE MEL’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER | Issue 9 5

HOMECOMING WEEKEND

HOMECOMING AWARDS BREAKFAST We invite you to join us on Saturday, October 15, 2016, to honor the recipients of: The FSU Alumni Association's Bernard F. Sliger Award The FSU Alumni Association and Omicron Delta Kappa's Grad Made Good Awards Garnet and Gold Key's Ross Oglesby Award University Libraries and Friends of the Libraries Alumni Award for Distinguished Writing JIMBO’S TRUE SEMINOLE TAILGATE FREE FOOD, GAMES, DOOR PRIZES, & MUSIC! WHEN: JOIN US 2 HOURS PRIOR TO EACH HOME GAME WHERE: BETWEEN THE FLYING HIGH CIRCUS & WILDWOOD HALL DETAILS: During check-in, students will receive a wristband. Wristbands will get them free food after the tailgate! This is to encourcourage students to eat after tailgating! Thanks to our amazing sponsors, students can receive free chips and queso from Tijuana Flats and free medium fries or small milkshake from the Chick–Fil–A on West Tennessee St.

HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME

DOAK AFTER DARK Come for the football, stay for the live music! Celebrate homecoming for our FSU Seminoles with a concert! Following the Delaware State game on Saturday, Nov. 18, Doak Campbell Stadium will transform into a concert venue for FSU’s first-ever post-game concert inside the stadium.“Doak After Dark” attracts big names in music, and this year will feature country music singer and songwriter Cole Swindell.The concert is FREE for all holding a ticket to the FSU vs. Delaware State game, one of the last home games of the season.