February 8, 2012 10:58 am
Prices of Waterfront services to faculty, staff and the public will increase as a result of rising costs, said Aquatic Programs Coordinator Teresa Przetocki. The new prices will reflect the market prices for similar services, increased costs by program suppliers and necessary facilities improvement. The Red Cross, for example, has [...]
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10:51 am
Breast cancer is expected to cause 39,510 deaths in the U.S. in 2012, with over 200,000 new cases of breast cancer estimated for the year. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which has invested nearly $2 billion in breast cancer research, awareness, education and health services since its start [...]
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10:45 am
What’s in a name? That which we call a Newt by any other name would smell as amphibian. After coming ashore to cobble together a surprising victory in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich lost both the Florida and Nevada primary elections. Gingrich knows how to slink away when he wants to—just [...]
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February 1, 2012 4:04 pm
Would anyone think twice if this newspaper published an LGBT-friendly editorial on this page? Would hundreds of people raise their pitchforks and torches, alert the mainstream media and call for an immediate apology? How about if we published an anti-LGBT article? That’s the situation the student newspaper at Shawano Community [...]
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January 25, 2012 1:49 am
USF St. Petersburg should continue its push toward sustainability by signing the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment. To date, 647 college and university presidents have signed it, and 434 have submitted climate action plans detailing how the schools plan to go, and stay, green. The President’s Climate Commitment [...]
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January 24, 2012 11:24 pm
It has been a great year for puppets. In late 2011, the Muppets returned to theaters for the first time in over a decade under Jason Segel’s tutelage. In 2012, puppets have gone a step farther and are taking over the American judicial system. After a Cleveland court banned cameras [...]
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11:16 pm
[box_dark] A plan to spend roughly $120,000 on outdoor digital marquee signs was unceremoniously shelved in favor of purchasing a large $180,000 indoor display planned for the renovated Campus Activities Center. The display, which Regional Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Julie Wong called a “wow board,” will be programmed [...]
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January 20, 2012 1:45 pm
Harborside Activities Board held its first event of the fall semester with a movie on the Harbor Lawn. HAB went old school with bag lunches and juice boxes for students to enjoy while watching the movie “Bad Teacher” on the big screen. This was just the first of many events [...]
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January 19, 2012 11:54 pm
The Multipurpose Student Center has come a long way in just a few months. Its constructs began at the start of the fall 2011 semester (left), and work continued during winter break, and into the spring semester (right). The new building will offer dorms, a food services area and a [...]
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January 18, 2012 9:30 pm
[box_dark]It’s been almost 45 years since Martin Luther King Jr. last shared his message of equality and peace with the world. No one person has been able to fill his mighty shoes, but countless musicians have tried to further his message. In honor of King’s birthday, here are some [...]
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