Whether the social media accounts you religiously follow describe the life of your favorite celebrity or that cutie in your chem class, there is always a real person behind those tweets and status updates.
For the University of Florida, that real face and voice belongs to Bruce Floyd, a web designer and self-proclaimed “social media guru.”
For Tatiana Galante, baking is a all-day spree, sometimes lasting until 3 a.m. Galante doesn’t bake the usual two batches of cupcakes and call it quits—she makes sweets for 120 boys.
Inspiration can come from the most unusual and unexpected places.
For Julia Loeb, president of the Falling Gators Skydiving Club, her inspiration to jump out of airplanes came from a favorite childhood cartoon: The Power Rangers.
BYOB: Bring Your Own Broomstick
It’s a mantra that can be used by the many athletes who play this fictional game gone reality. The sport is quidditch, and it’s a craze that has swept the globe ever since a 2003 Harry Potter convention in Orlando held the first-ever quidditch tournament.
In the southeastern states of the U.S., pageants are no laughing matter. Sure the girls enjoy themselves, but these competitions are taken as seriously as any Super Bowl or NBA playoff game.
Many girls start their pageant careers as teetering toddlers, barely able to walk but still managing to prance around on stage sporting a poofy dress, big hair and of course, a tiara.
To the interns and directors she works with, she is fondly known as the Hot Bitch in Charge.
But this co-producer of Gainesville Fashion Week prefers to go by her real name: Gwen Rahn.
