By BILL DELEHUNT Highlighting a full week’s worth of the Trump administration’s missteps, blunders, misdirection and outright lies is so difficult, you’d almost wish The Minaret was a daily newspaper. (No, really, none of the staff wishes that.) Let’s talk about lies. In December, President Barack Obama declared 35 Russian diplomats “persona non-grata” and expelled […]
Don’t Shame Lady Gaga, Dance in Her Footsteps
By FAITH PONTI “I’m proud of my body and you should be proud of yours too. No matter who you are or what you do. I could give you a million reasons why you don’t need to cater to anyone or anything to succeed. Be you, and be relentlessly you. That’s the stuff of champions.” […]
Krewe of Sant’ Yago sails through Ybor
By Cassie Manner Gasparilla celebrations continued this past weekend as the Krewe of Sant’ Yago put on its 43rd annual Knight Parade. The nighttime celebration is the biggest of its kind in the southeast according to Visit Tampa Bay and parade chairman Ray Favata. Over 100 floats paraded down Ybor City’s 7th Avenue Feb. 11, […]
Orlando Brings New Adventure to 2017
By Lauren Wong It’s a thrilling year for Orlando as they have announced the plans and future grand openings for new theme parks that could be bigger than Mickey Mouse and Cinderella’s castle. Heading to the area will soon look different different as the city is expected to unveil Volcano Bay water park in Universal […]
Cast Lists Announced for Spring Productions
By Katelyn Massarelli The spring productions are coming and the cast lists are out. The speech, theatre and dance department is diversifying the performances coming to Falk Theater with productions like Beehive: The ‘60s Musical, Ahhh… MEN! the cabaret and Blood Guilt: Orestes on Trial the play. Three theatre professors will be taking on the […]