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RSS FeedRecent USFSP graduate Merab-Michal Favorite found a way to blend her love of local history with her journalistic flair in her debut book “Palmetto: Images of America” series. The 29-year-old Bradenton Times weekly columnist hadn’t planned on writing a book, but things changed when friend Jeff Burton of the Palmetto City Commission called. Favorite first
With great spring weather here in St. Petersburg, there has never been a better time to get outside and explore. One advantage of downtown St. Petersburg is the variety of public art and history for locals and visitors to enjoy. You probably pass by these places everyday without giving them a second thought. So next
Walking across campus, people might hear students talking to each other in a foreign language. It’s not Spanish. It’s not French. It’s not Chinese. “You want to know, ‘what is it that they are speaking?’,” said Kyle Taylor, an international affairs major. Perhaps they are speaking Arabic. Last semester, USF St. Petersburg began offering Arabic
After five years of preparation, USF will send students to study abroad in Vietnam for the first time. Students will have the opportunity to learn beside Vietnamese students from July 8 through July 30, 2012. “Many powerful lessons are going to be explored during this course,” said Frank Biafora, dean of the USFSP College of
It was like any other art exhibition—except the drawings were created underwater and guests were served chocolate milk. But friends would say that’s just Hunter. Almost everybody has heard of local artist Hunter Payne by now. If they haven’t taken a ride on one of the swings he put up around the area as part
A driver cut a blind turn too closely and clipped the car parked on the other side, the second such accident within two weeks, in the USFSP parking garage on Jan. 24. The driver left no note, did not contact University Police and could be charged with leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor
The rematch of our generation’s “Game of the Century” was not as exiting as it was hyped to be. The Crimson Tide of Alabama rolled over Louisiana State in the Bowl Championship Series’ Title Game played in LSU’s backyard the Louisiana Superdome, on Jan. 9, to a score of 21 to nil. The sixth quarter
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
Competing against 18 full rig sailors, freshman Christopher Stocke cruised into the National Sailing Competition in Chicago this past December and brought home a second place victory. Each sailor had to place in regional competitions in order to qualify for the national event. The competition took place Dec. 4 through Dec.6 at the Chicago Yacht
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 in a high-profile corruption trial,
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