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Brittany Ward drives 480 miles a week to get a college education. She wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare for her drive from Sarasota to the University of South Florida in Tampa. She arrives earlier than most in order to get a parking spot, avoiding the “shark game” of preying on departing vehicles. She
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
Balloons. Jell-O. Kites. They’re three fairly innocent things you could find at a child’s birthday party. They’re also things that Roz Chast is afraid of. Chast, an author and staff cartoonist for The New Yorker, put together an alphabetical list of things she hates, fears or is otherwise disturbed by in the form of a
Once every four years, we pick up an extra day somewhere. This year is a leap year, meaning February has 29 days instead of the usual 28. The four seasons don’t repeat in a whole number of days every year, so we add an extra day every four to correct for those small differences. Either
As I was returning to my car on Tuesday evening, I noticed the familiar orange envelope. It protruded from my windshield like the corpse of a dead albatross that I read about in my literature courses. I had received another parking ticket for the second time in two days. Since I transferred to the St.
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Carol Barkalow will share what it was like to literally live in a man’s world during Women in Combat, an event honoring women in the military, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “I was sometimes less than 10 percent and all the time less than 20 percent of the population so
The Student Government Senate passed a bill to create a committee to coordinate displaying art from students and the St. Petersburg community. According to the bill, SG will commit $7,000 as seed money to get the committee and art displays started. Senators Michael Jernigan and James Scott sponsored the bill, and Senators Lauren Reilly and
They were nodding. Seated around a table, four women and one man who could see nothing but darkness were nodding at each other. Another man at the table was not. He sat straight and still while his golden-furred dog rested at his feet. Dressed in a well-pressed blue button-up and khakis, not being able to
The Florida Holocaust Museum celebrated 20 years of life on Feb. 23 at the Mahaffey Theater, honoring Holocaust survivor, professor and author Elie Wiesel with its traditional Loebenberg Award. Sandy Mermelstein, daughter of the founder of the museum, stood to present Wiesel his award during the event. She shared how Wiesel’s book “Night” taught many
