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The Hawkeye (hawkeyenews.net) is the student news site of Hillsborough Community College, and its coverage centers on three areas: campus news affecting HCC students, practical student-life topics, and features on Tampa-area culture. If you want to know what is happening at HCC or how larger Tampa stories land on campus, this is the site to check; if you need national or non-local news, it is not the right source.
Campus News
The site reports on decisions and debates that directly involve HCC campuses. A clear example is its coverage of the Tampa Bay Rays' plan to build a new stadium on the college's Dale Mabry campus, which the site describes as drawing mixed reactions—"ranging from excitement to skepticism to indifference"—from the people who teach and study there.
Stories in this category typically pair an institutional development with student and faculty reaction, so you get both the announcement and a sense of how the campus community views it.
Student Life and Practical Information
The Hawkeye regularly publishes stories built around the logistics of being an HCC student. Two examples from the site:
- Transportation costs: A story on HART's HC semester pass, which offers unlimited bus rides for a semester for $110, framed around students who find frequent Uber rides too expensive.
- Work–school balance: Coverage of how students juggle a full course load—full-time students typically carry 12 to 16 credit hours—with part-time or full-time jobs and assignments due across different days.
These pieces tend to include concrete numbers and first-hand student accounts, which makes them useful if you are weighing a similar decision (for example, whether a bus pass is worth it compared with ride-hailing).
Features and Local Culture
Beyond campus, the site covers Tampa-area culture and history. Examples from its pages include:
- A feature on Ybor City's cigar-making history, framed as "140 Years of smoke and soul."
- A piece on Tampa Bay's kava bar scene and how it is changing social drinking norms.
- Coverage of the Gasparilla International Film Festival as part of Tampa's cultural ecosystem.
- Event and club coverage on campus, such as the LGBTQ+ student organization's "Pumpkin Spice & Slime" event.
Who Writes It
Stories are bylined by HCC students and staff, including staff writers and the Editor-in-Chief, with publication dates shown on each story. That means the perspective is consistently that of the campus community rather than an outside newsroom.
Is It Worth Following?
| Your goal | The Hawkeye is a good fit if… |
|---|---|
| Tracking HCC campus developments | You want student- and faculty-level reaction to decisions like the Rays stadium plan |
| Practical student decisions | You want details on things like the $110 HART semester pass or work–school balance |
| Tampa culture and events | You want local features on Ybor City, kava bars, film festivals, and campus events |
| General or national news | No—coverage is scoped to HCC and the Tampa area |
To use the site, go to hawkeyenews.net and browse by section (News, Features) or scan the dated story list on the homepage; each item links to the full story with its byline and date.