Arts & Culture | The Reporter

Five percent of U.S. lawyers are African American according to a 2024 report from the the American Bar Association. To Temi Adediji, ‘27 and Collin Hughley ‘27, these numbers are reflected in the lack of diversity in Stetson’s pre-law program.Back in January 2025, Hughley scrolled Instagram and realized that his future career prospects have expanded, leading him to Fall Semester 2025, where his goal to change the lives of future attorneys would take root at Stetson.

Black History is not confined to a revisionist lesson that lives in a middle school textbook, only opened during February. It is a living and changing movement expressed through different mediums. Art, language, literature, journalism and so much more presents opportunities for narratives to be unflattened, acting as an active resistance to colonial norms. How do you reflect this in your work/life ALL year, not just in February?

Bearing checkered flags and NASCAR’s infamous rainbow emblem, Daytona Beach and its beloved Daytona International Speedway is a place Hatters have called home since the Speedway’s inaugural race held in 1959, which introduced it as the the lifeblood of Volusia county’s cultural scene. Since the ‘60s, countless Stetson students have spent their first days of the semester in the grandstands for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 — back then it was the ‘Firecracker 400.’ Spring break goer

Poetry and art, while encouraging connection and challenging societal norms, is still seen as taboo. Some topics are seen as too graphic or too personal. Artists and writers often self-censor to avoid sharing realities that might overwhelm their audience, but sacrifice artistic honesty while they do so. There are blossoming writers who are tackling this issue head-on, and they are right here at Stetson University. Kendal Gailyard ‘29 is an undergraduate freshman, whose poetry