Updated March 24, 2026, 3:11 p.m. ET
The Savannah Bananas recent stop in Tallahassee at Florida State made a sizeable impact on Leon County’s economy, the university announced.
FSU Athletics said in a press release on March 24 that the Bananas’ trip to Doak Campbell Stadium «generated an estimated $10.1 million in total economic impact for Tallahassee and the surrounding region.»
Azzurra Degliuomini, Senior Staff Writer; Kierra Keegan and Caleb Litten, Staff Writers
Feb. 24, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ET
Among the veterans invited back for the landmark installment of «Survivor» Season 50 was FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor Christian Hubicki. To many across the US, he’s known for his time on the Season 37 of “Survivor: David vs. Goliath.”
Hubicki started on the David Tribe and lasted until day 35 of 39 during the show’s original format. After his first appearance Season 37, Hubicki turned to teaching. In his eyes, Season 50 is another shot at the competition.
“I had always known I wanted another shot, you know?” Hubicki said in an interview with the FSView. “Certainly, once I got back, I was like ‘I need a little time’ … I was teaching my first class when the season was airing, so I was building a laboratory, I was building a teaching curriculum. I was doing all of the things you do as a new professor.”
For Hubicki, the fan-driven experiment reflects the same strategic complexity he studies in robotics, bipedal locomotion, optimal control, and biomechanical modeling.
«Dr. Christian Hubicki exemplifies everything we value at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering — brilliance, approachability, and an extraordinary ability to connect people with science,” Assistant Dean for Marketing & Communication for the College of Engineering Tisha Keller said to the FSView.
Hubicki runs the Optimal Robotics Lab, working alongside staff and students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, they create algorithms that seek the best behavior of robots for real-world tasks.
“I have a whole bunch of great graduate students doing cool stuff, so it’s been a great time,” Hubicki said. “I’m grateful for that time, but I was ready to go.”
Hubicki broke down the cast of “Survivor 50” into four distinct archetypes: challenge, narrative, drama, and threat. Hubicki describes himself as a “narrative” player, someone less focused on brute physical dominance and more attuned to the story unfolding around him and his place within it.
“At our core, we’re cast on a reality show; we are characters. We are there because we cannot help but be what we are,” Hubicki said. “These people who are good at challenges, they’re not only physically fit, they’re incredibly physically competitive.”
Unlike traditional “challenge beasts,” Hubicki sees his strength in charismatic performance and perception. As a robotics professor, he is used to having to perform in order to hold the attention of his students — an experience he is also able to hone on TV.
“I [have to] make sure [my students are] awake. That’s just my instinct,” Hubicki said. “We are who we are and that comes with so many strengths, but also some drawbacks. So knowing that, I think it’s really important when you’re not just playing a game with random people off the street — we are selected to be television characters, and that’s just the reality of it.»
In Season 37, Hubicki leaned into high-level social maneuvering through narrative management, or constantly shaping his perception to control his threat level as a highly social and analytical player. One of the most openly strategic contestants to ever play, Hubicki approached the game the same way he approaches robotics: systematically.
“I can’t be anything but me,” Hubicki said. “I find comfort in analysis. Stressful situation? Go into analysis mode and suddenly, it’s a lot less stressful. You view it from the mechanics that it is. What you choose to analyze, though, is an important choice. That’s what you go back and try to focus on.”
During his maiden season, he set the record for the most elimination votes cast against a man in a single season, a testament to his strategic threat. This time, his focus has shifted.
Hubicki remains the same analytical, self-aware player he’s always been, but his focus has broadened from game mechanics to narrative positioning. The core identity has not shifted, only the framework for his strategy.
Hubicki also uses his experience and influence to inspire and support students as an advisor to the Survivor Club at FSU.
“[Hubicki] has shown up for several of the on-campus seasons we have done in the past and he is a big part of our club,” Survivor FSU President Ryan Berman said to the FSView. “There are several Survivor Clubs in Florida, but we are the only one that has a past (now two time) player as their faculty advisor.”
The Survivor Club at FSU operates out of Tallahassee and aims to combine social, physical, and intellectual strategy to recreate the thrill of the reality TV show.
The club divides players into tribes that compete in challenges for immunity and aim to avoid Tribal Council. Players are forced to balance alliances, connections, and strategy while surviving to the next day. Episodes and challenges are posted to the club’s YouTube channel.
Hubicki embraces his position and uses it to help influence the youth that looks up to him. He even gives advice to the young players in the community and across the nation. He challenges students to see themselves through the lens of someone who doesn’t know them.
«What is the first thing that they see? They see a guy who’s wearing a corduroy coat, who’s a professor, who talks in big words. They see a smart person,” Hubicki said. “Knowing what you bring to the table is incredibly important and you should shape your strategy around that.”
The first 22 of the 24 returning castaways set to compete on the 50th season of “Survivor” were officially announced on May 28, 2025 during an appearance on “CBS Mornings.”
This milestone season of “Survivor” largely amounts to its title: it’s in the hands of the fans. This new installment provides the dedicated fanbase with ultimate control in the twists in store for castaways throughout the season.
Throughout the show’s airing of “Survivor 48” from February to May 2025 and in the lead-up to filming the 50th season, viewers were invited to shape “Survivor 50” game design through a series of online fan votes, with results revealed to audiences as the season progressed.
«Survivor» fans can look forward to the Season 50 premier on CBS Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. with next-day streaming on Paramount+.
Kierra Keegan, Caleb Litten, and Azzurra Degliuomini are Staff Writers for the FSView & Florida Flambeau, the student-run, independent online news service for the FSU community. Email our staff at contact@fsview.com.
Actualizado el 31 de enero de 2026, 3:52 p.m. ET
Copos de nieve cayeron sobre Florida.
Aunque el pronóstico oficial del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Tallahassee indicaba «una posibilidad de aguaceros de nieve después de las 4 p.m.» el sábado, los copos llegaron a la capital del estado antes de lo esperado, y los residentes comenzaron a compartir imágenes en las redes sociales alrededor de la 1:30 p.m.
Esto ocurrió cuando un observador del clima señaló la presencia de una «banda de nieve rebelde» que estaba superando las expectativas y trayendo consigo precipitaciones invernales al sur de Alabama y Georgia. La banda se había estado moviendo hacia el sureste y finalmente se acercó a la capital.
Poco después, Ryan Truchelut, fundador de WeatherTiger y meteorólogo con sede en Tallahassee, informó haber visto 12 copos de nieve en Southwood, mientras que el radar mostraba la caída de pequeños copos o granizo en el condado de Leon.
Alrededor de las 2 p.m., comenzaron a llegar informes de todo el condado de Leon. Algunos contaban copos de nieve solitarios, mientras que otros disfrutaban de ráfagas más constantes, aunque pequeñas, que tocaban el suelo y se derretían instantáneamente.
En Trader Joes, los clientes exclamaron de alegría mientras veían una frenética lluvia de copos caer sobre el estacionamiento. Se reportaron avistamientos de nieve en el vecindario de Southwood, alrededor del lago Jackson, en el campus de la Florida State University y hasta en el río Wakulla. La naturaleza también se manifestaba en los condados vecinos de Gadsden y Jefferson.
“¡Nieve en Tallahassee! Estamos viendo unos hermosos copos en esta banda que está a punto de atravesar el resto de Tallahassee”, escribió el meteorólogo Wright Dobbs del NWS en X. “No se está acumulando ni causará problemas, ¡pero es bonito de ver!”
A las 4 p.m., el sol brillaba y el viento soplaba con fuerza, anticipando una posible caída de temperaturas récord en Florida que se extendería hasta el sur de Florida.
«Con esto, termina la Gran Ventisca de Tallahassee de 2026», escribió un residente en Facebook.
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Los aguaceros de nieve son solo un preludio divertido de una ola de clima invernal que, según los meteorólogos del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Tallahassee, traerá «temperaturas peligrosamente frías y sensación térmica» al Big Bend.
«Enero de 2026 terminará con una nota increíblemente FRÍA», escribieron los pronosticadores en una actualización matutina. «Prepárense para una fuerte irrupción ártica que llegará hoy. El período más frío será esta noche hasta el domingo por la mañana. Tomen este evento en serio».
Después de un día con ráfagas de viento de 20 a 40 mph, las temperaturas caerán en picada y hará «un frío glacial» con una sensación térmica en un solo dígito, que oscilará entre los 3 y los 7 grados, según los meteorólogos.
«La aparición de la hipotermia será rápida, ya que el aire frío y los fuertes vientos extraen eficientemente el calor de todos los seres vivos que están afuera», escribieron los pronosticadores en su discusión vespertina. «Refugiarse y minimizar la exposición será increíblemente importante el sábado por la tarde hasta el domingo por la mañana. Debido a estos extremos fríos, se ha emitido una Advertencia de Frío Extremo para advertir a todos los seres vivos sobre las temperaturas peligrosamente frías y asegurarse de encontrar un refugio adecuado».
Las temperaturas bajo cero podrían no solo romper récords de bajas temperaturas en todo el estado, sino que aguaceros de nieve atribuidos a «lluvia y nieve de efecto del Golfo» podrían aparecer hasta en Tampa, según AccuWeather y el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Tampa Bay.
«Los aguaceros de nieve en Tampa Bay son excepcionalmente raros, con solo una nevada medible confirmada y solo un puñado de informes de aguaceros en el último siglo», según Brandon Buckingham, meteorólogo de AccuWeather.
La mejor oportunidad de ver aguaceros de nieve en Florida durante el fin de semana se esperaba en el condado de Pinellas, cerca de St. Petersburg o Clearwater, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Tampa Bay, y durante una pequeña ventana el sábado por la noche hasta el domingo por la mañana, 1 de febrero.
Pero Tallahassee podría haber robado el protagonismo.
Los aguaceros de nieve son el segundo episodio de precipitaciones invernales en el norte de Florida este año. Hace un par de semanas, una nevada más constante, pero aún pequeña, cubrió el suelo desde Pensacola hasta Marianna en el condado de Jackson, cubriendo brevemente el suelo.
La breve visita del clima invernal del sábado se produce cerca del primer aniversario de la tormenta invernal de Florida de 2025, que arrojó más de 7 pulgadas de nieve sobre Pensacola y trajo acumulaciones medibles a partes del norte de Florida por primera vez en décadas.
Este breve episodio de copos fue mucho menos dramático, pero aún estimulante para un estado más acostumbrado a lidiar con los embates de los huracanes que con la nieve.
