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RSS FeedStarting Oct. 1, hourly St. Petersburg parking meter prices will increase to $1, up from 75 cents an hour. City parking crews have reprogrammed the meters already. According to the city council budget, the 25-cent increase is expected to bring in $313,000 for the current fiscal year. That money will go towards paying for the
Construction on the new Multipurpose Student Center has brought about a tide of change to USF St. Petersburg. But for disabled persons seeking parking spots, there is a ripple effect. The parking lot with the closest proximity to campus—and the most available disabled parking spots—once occupied the area directly in front of the Nelson Poynter
Residents of Residence Hall One are upset about the fire, health and safety inspections that occurred on Saturday, Oct. 1. A student assistant performed the room check with a resident assistant between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., raising students’ concerns over the time the room inspections were performed. “There were no rules broken last week,
As people pass him on the sidewalk, James Scott, SG senator, nods and says a quick but clear hello. He asks how they are doing and tells them to have a good day. He’s a little more relaxed than he sometimes appears when he’s on campus, speaking at a General Assembly Senate meeting or leading
The Student Government website is still incomplete eight weeks into the semester due to contract delays and unfinished projects. Caitlin Greene, SG director of marketing and communications, came into her position in June. During her first week, SG President Courtney Parrish told Greene the website redesign was one of her major projects, the other being
Orville and Wilbur Wright succeeded as the first humans in flight, on Dec. 17, 1903. The participants of Saturday’s Red Bull Flugtag competition in downtown Tampa apparently didn’t get that memo. The Flugtag took over the Tampa Convention Center on Tampa Bay and drew over 100,000 spectators to the whimsical flight competition. Flugtag—German for “flight
Protesters gathered in Tampa on Oct. 1 as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City. [fbphotos id=10150302139437483 limit=20] To see more, please visit our Facebook album. Photos by Daniel Mutter
By Taylor Gaudens and Amanda Pretulac Construction on the Campus Activities Center will have Student Government, The Crow’s Nest and Harborside Activities Board sharing the same room, Coquina 101, by the end of October. The three entities currently have separate offices located in the CAC. However, in the new location, they will share one large
A cultural shift is needed to save education, said participants in a discussion about school reform in the Nelson Poynter library on Sept. 28. The discussion was hosted by the College of Education, the honors program and Kappa Delta Pi, an education honors society, to follow up to the screening of “Waiting for ‘Superman’ ”
T.J. Leyden spent 15 years as an organizer and recruiter for the white supremacist movement before a change in heart made him a spokesperson for tolerance and acceptance. Leyden shared his experiences on Sept. 29 at an event sponsored by the USFSP Office of Multicultural Affairs. At the age of 15, the punk rocker with
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