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Stuck in the middle with USF: Site says bachelor’s degrees offer mediocre returns

Posted April 17, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

The University of South Florida ranks No. 584 on degree program return on investment, out of 1,248 colleges and universities polled, according to survey results recently released by PayScale.com. PayScale.com describes itself as “a market leader in global online compensation data.” It compiles information from employers to “provide an immediate and precise snapshot of the [...]

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Amenities add to the college experience but come at a cost to education

Posted April 10, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Workers put in place the glass windows for the front stairwell of the new student center toward the end of last week. The front page of the USF St. Petersburg website boasts the building is now 75 percent complete. It is scheduled to open in the fall, brining with it the dining services USFSP has [...]

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The essence of an idea: New Amsterdam school illustrates that good ideas are just ideas without work

Posted April 3, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Amsterdam has created a school specifically for people who can make really cool things. Earlier this year, Lava, an Amsterdam-based design agency, opened THNK: The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership. The public/private-funded institution has an inaugural class of 30, who attend classes in a facility in Amsterdam and also online. But this inaugural class is [...]

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A thank you to coach Stan Heath and the Bulls, who gave us what we needed

Posted March 27, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Coach Stan Heath and the Bulls basketball team are the toast of the Tampa Bay area. The Bulls went to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years and won two games before falling to Ohio, 62-56, on March 18. Though they fell one shy of the Sweet 16, Heath and company accomplished [...]

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Congress debates renewing bill to keep student loan interest rates low

Posted March 21, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

For the 8 million students that take out federal subsidized Stafford loans each year, the interest rate may soon double for any loans taken out after July 30. The interest rate is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, and could mean “up to $5,000 in extra loan repayments after graduation,” according to [...]

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Votes can make a difference in this semester’s SG elections

Posted March 6, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Voting for the Student Government general election begins Monday, March 5, and continues through Thursday, March 8. Polling locations in front of Bayboro Hall, the library, Residence Hall One and the Davis lounge will intersect with nearly every student’s path at some point throughout the week. Spend the few minutes it takes to have your [...]

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Ancient horses shrunk during hot period: Recovered teeth provide clues about effects of global warming on mammals

Posted February 29, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Imagine horses the size of housecats. They were called Sifrhippus, and they lived 56 million years ago. Weighing in at a tiny 12 pounds and eating mostly leaves, Sifrhippus didn’t look or act much like modern horses. They’re really only related through name and an ancient common ancestor. In fact, Sifrhippus got smaller before it [...]

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USF budget cuts are misguided: Plan to separate Polytech could cause crippling consequences

Posted February 22, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Sen. J.D. Alexander overlooked one key component in his proposal to cut USF’s state funding by nearly 60 percent—the students that would have to deal with the fallout. Alexander’s proposal would pillage $79 million of state money from USF. An additional $25 million was to be held in contingency to ensure USF’s cooperation in a [...]

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USFSP adopts social media guidelines: Students can take cue from them for career success

Posted February 21, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Everyone has heard all the horror stories—the unsuspecting co-ed who posts questionable photos involving inappropriate extracurriculars and then never ever gets a job. It sounds like an exaggeration—who doesn’t have a bar photo or two tagged to his or her social media profile, after all. But as privacy on the Web becomes an increasingly quaint [...]

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Susan G. Komen reverses decision, will continue funding Planned Parenthood

Posted February 8, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

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 in 1982, details these specifics [...]

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Newspaper under fire for anti-LGBT adoption article: Student claims pulling the article violated his First Amendment rights

Posted February 1, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

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 High School is facing after [...]

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Pinstability

Posted February 1, 2012 by Keeley Sheehan

I discovered Pinterest a few weeks ago. It’s a website, kind of like tumblr, but with more pretty pictures per capita and without all the words muddying up my feed. I’ve got a bunch of virtual boards, and I virtually pin pictures to those boards of things that catch my eye. The idea is to [...]

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USFSP should sign commitment to go green: Guidelines for making campus more eco-friendly could push the university

Posted January 25, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

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 was started by Second Nature [...]

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Job training is secondary

Posted January 18, 2012 by Christopher Guinn

As out-of-work recessioneers headed back to college looking for a leg up in the competitive job market, politicians, too, looked toward higher education for economic answers. The pillars of the Florida economy have traditionally been tourism, agriculture, construction and aerospace, three of which have been bludgeoned by the global economic collapse. The future of Florida [...]

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A premium degree: Idea to charge more for STEM degrees might have unintended effect

Posted January 18, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

State university officials in Florida have been discussing the idea of charging students more for getting degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, though universities don’t have total power to set differentiated tuition rates depending on the programs. Gov. Rick Scott is pushing for more students in the state to graduate with these so-called STEM [...]

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Three piers, one future: One concept for the St. Pete Pier beats the rest

Posted January 12, 2012 by Crow's Nest Staff

Its entire history can be summarized with nicknames. First it was the railroad. Then it was electric. It became the municipal, the million-dollar and, finally, the upside-down pyramid. Now the City of St. Petersburg is now trying to decide what its iconic St. Petersburg Pier will become next—the Wave, the Lens, or the People’s Pier. [...]

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The case for Christmas: Looking on the bright side of ‘Christmas creep’

Posted November 28, 2011 by Crow's Nest Staff

It’s easy to think that something has gone horribly wrong when Brenda Lee belts the opening lines to “Jingle Bell Rock” right after “Monster Mash” stops spinning at midnight on Nov. 1. Every year, the Christmas season cannibalizes another week or two in October or November, and is met with cries and lamentations from the [...]

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Are public records really ‘public?’ High cost to obtain public records limits accessibility to some

Posted November 22, 2011 by Crow's Nest Staff

Paige St. John didn’t give up. She spent three years of her life searching in the dark for a hidden behemoth. There were mornings when she crawled out of bed and went straight to her laptop. She snuck away moments while her father passed away, while her daughter turned 15 years old. Some nights she [...]

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Penn State: As one hero falls, 10,001 more are born

Posted November 14, 2011 by Crow's Nest Staff

Life offers lessons almost everywhere you turn, if you have the grace to accept them. Last week’s headlines were dominated by the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal and the madness that unraveled on the streets surrounding Pennsylvania State University and in the minds of those involved. Sandusky, a former Penn State football assistant coach, [...]

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St. Pete Times name change owns up to poor coverage of namesake city

Posted November 9, 2011 by Crow's Nest Staff

What’s in a name? Some names represent 110 years of top-tier news and features stories, historical ties to some of the greatest figures in journalism, and eight Pulitzer Prizes. They embody the blood, tears and sweat earned under the Florida sun chasing dirty secrets about topics such as the Church of Scientology, the Florida Turnpike [...]

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