Jenna Weiss


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Tuesday's harvest moon and partial lunar eclipse: What to know and how to watch

September's full harvest moon will have a partial lunar eclipse Tuesday evening visible from "most of North America, all of South America, Europe, all but the easternmost parts of Africa, western portions of Asia and Russia and parts of Antartica," according to SpaceNews.According to NASA, the moon will enter the Earth's partial shadow at approximately 8:41 p.m. EDT but will be difficult to see until 10:13 p.m. NASA said that at its peak, the eclipse will show the top 8% of the moon in full shad...
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Lavender Council fosters safe space for LGBTQ+ students

LGBTQ+ Student Services hosted a mixer on Thursday evening at the Ginsburg Lounge to build relationships between students and queer organizations at UCF.

Isabella Demblewski, second-year Lavender Council board member and senior psychology major, said that they often hear that students aren’t aware of the LGBTQ+ resources available on campus, such as Pride Commons.

“It's a place for students to be able to have a safe environment to foster community or just to network. We also sometimes have eve
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UCF-Orlando Annual Jazz Festival embodies the American spirit

For UCF professor and saxophonist Jeffrey Rupert, starting an annual jazz festival in Orlando was the only logical decision to showcase this great art form.

The 17th annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival opened its two-day run last Friday and Saturday at the Nicholson Communication and Media auditorium with a performance from Oliver Nelson Jr. and special guests.

“One of the charges that we have is to always have high-quality artistry coming to UCF and folks that normally aren't in the Central Flor
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UCF exhibit highlights American visual culture through typographic art

Attendees gathered on Thursday evening for the opening reception of "Type Out Loud", an exhibit that captures the essence of American culture through typographic art.

Featuring typographic artwork from a variety of artists and a 30-foot-long timeline plastered on the wall, the broadsides, or posters, tell the history of American print media and the stories that go along with it.

“Typographic broadsides can be a powerful, artistic form of broadcasting social, political, and cultural messages. "
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UCF's Honors Congress explores the night sky

The Honors Congress of Burnett Honors College gathered amongst an assortment of telescopes at the Robinson Observatory on a cool Thursday evening to share a private stargazing experience with their peers.

The observatory, which is a research and education facility run by UCF faculty and students, hosts public and private events for attendees to explore and examine the sky through its telescopes, according to the Planetary Sciences Group’s website.

“I think it's a really great way for people to