Five Man Electrical Band summed up election time best in their 1971 hit, “Signs.” “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign! Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind.” Election time strings mini-billboards along our roadways and in our neighborhoods. Sign wars have been ongoing for centuries, but what is the motive behind [...]

Yelp and Urbanspoon lend more ears to our unpleasant dining experiences, extending grievances beyond our circle of friends. Somehow, a good rant makes customers feel like they got revenge. “The problem is that today we associate the act of complaining with venting far more than we do with problem solving,” [...]

A bounce house used to be the bee’s knees of kid birthday bashes, one that inflated young egos and insured attendance of party guests. But in the spirit of one-upping, a business in Madeira Beach offered parents and children of the Bay area a party gimmick that couldn’t be outdone: [...]

In 1994, a high-school history teacher in Missouri was baffled by the lack of gay and lesbian history found in textbooks. He founded LGBT history month for the month of October, dedicated to observing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history. National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. It started in [...]

SG is asking the right questions about the University Student Center   At a time when polls show American trust in government is approaching an all-time low, a group of USF St. Petersburg students has stepped forward and made a case for a brighter future. Student Government senators displayed a [...]

Last year, a 22 year-old college graduate was notified that she would be charged $5 a month for using her own debit card. She thought it was absurd. She wasn’t the only one. Molly Katchpole went online to change.org and created a petition against the fee brought on by the [...]

Just a few short months ago, millions watched as a man in a mohawk and several dozen others in headsets and matching uniforms excitedly stared at computer screens. But the viewers didn’t tune in to see the people—they tuned in to see what those people were working on. Because about [...]

It’s an easy insult to throw. Politicians, pundits and parents of anybody born after the first woman accepted a serpent’s gift have said it. Kids these days. They’re entitled. The proof is right there in black and white. There’s a study from the University of California at Irvine that found [...]

Calling all regional chancellor hopefuls: a job opening is up for grabs at USF St. Petersburg—the coquina-cast campus turned jewel by the bay! Full-time job for full-time pay plus benefits! USFSP is seeking to fill this role with someone who possesses “unquestioned integrity, exemplary communication and interpersonal skills.” Experience is [...]

Florida students have long been the soft underbelly of public university funding. The price of an education continues to increase at unprecedented rates as political and academic leadership, people who graduated in an era when a college degree was considered a public good and not a personal investment, offload their [...]