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RSS FeedThe Tampa Bay Rays held their annual Fan Fest at Tropicana Field, raising money for a number of causes while allowing fans to interact with their favorite Rays players. The event raised between $15,000 and $20,000 for the ALS Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Rays coaches conducted baseball clinics for
You might see them on the grassy knolls between The Grind and Davis Hall, running and kicking or throwing a ball through two mounted hoola hoops. Sometimes, a few players might be sporting broomsticks between their legs. When someone asked them what they were playing, one player replied, “Quidditch.” The confusion inevitably followed. With the
Youths who are harassed based on their sexual orientation are more than twice as likely to seriously consider suicide, according to gsanetwork.org. Gavin Nagatomo, president of USFSP’s Gay Straight Alliance, recalls reading in an American Journal of Pediatrics that communities that have such clubs or organizations have lower incidences of suicide and more tolerance within
In a bid to give USFSP students a greater voice in the university system, the Student Government is shifting election dates to coincide with Tampa. The move stems from an agreement signed in May 2011 by the four USF system student governments that made the process of electing an overall student body president more democratic.
Two graphic design students, not yet selected, will spend their fall semester at Saint-Luc, Liege, College of the Arts, in Belgium. In the spring, Saint-Luc, Liege, will send two of its students to study through USF St. Pete’s graphic design program. The idea for this exchange “sparked” in May 2011 when visiting instructor Erika Greenberg
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
Typical Tallahassee wheeling and dealing allowed for language to be written into the Senate’s version of the budget for the University of South Florida Polytechnic, located in picturesque Lakeland, to become the State University System of Florida’s 12th independent university. The Board of Governors, the state agency charged with overseeing SUSF, agreed (unfortunately) to a
This week, the Internet hacktivist group Anonymous made its name known after claiming to be responsible for closing down the United States CIA website. The site was shut down Friday, Feb. 10 in the afternoon, and as of Saturday continues to be closed. With the CIA holding some of the nation’s most guarded secrets, the
A violent buzzing pulled me away from some drowsy studying at my desk at 1:40 a.m. I glanced down at my phone to see who was calling and saw my mother’s face. No call from a mom at that time in the morning is going to be good news. A million images shot through my
Early every year, the Grammys come along, and every year someone gets snubbed. There are those who get nominated and lose—that’s one thing. But there are also those who never even got the nod. This year, Kanye West retains his title as “king of the snubbed.” His album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which was
