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RSS FeedStudent Life is hoping to increase participation to campus events by advertising through a set of interconnected digital billboards in the CAC and the Multi-Purpose Student Center. The centerpiece of this new info tech, a large digital wall display, will be installed in the main dining area of the Multi-Purpose Student Center. The display will
Five minutes before the show, the microphones are adjusted to each host’s height and tested in front of their seats. A minute before, a pair of black recording headphones are lifted from the table. With a quick signal from the sound tech and a last second shift of the chair, College Daze begins. “Gooooood afternoon
The USF St. Petersburg Black Student Association held its second annual Valentine’s Charity Date Auction on Friday, Feb. 10. The action raised money for the Ronald McDonald House, a charity that works to improve the health and well being of children. Winners of the auction received a dinner date with their bachelor or bachelorette. Seven
The call for an emergency assembly was sealed by the knock of a gavel for a Student Government Senate meeting that was described by an SG member as a “bloody mess of statute disorganization” on Feb. 8. Senators met two days later to correct a misstep when it came to appropriating club grant proposals. In
Comedian and writer Bryant Moss, also known as “Preacher Moss,” made an appearance on campus as part of his “End of Racism” comedy and lecture tour. The event, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, was the first of two events planned in honor of Black History Month. Moss, who has written for multiple shows
On Thursday nights, Davis Lounge transforms into a home for the new Sex & Relationships Club. More than 30 curious students meet at 7 p.m. to learn and discuss the personal issues that matter to them. “[The club] promotes safe sex and discusses the quality of relationships,” said Christa Hegedus, a freshman biology major and
Despite months of waffling uncertainty, the aerobics room officially closed Jan. 30, budging Fit-4-Life classes to other spaces on campus while CAC renovations get under way. “It was supposed to be closed a couple of months ago,” said Professor Jose Torres, who instructs karate classes in the Fit-4-Life program. When Torres was asked on Thursday,
Efforts to strengthen St. Petersburg’s localism are not at all scarce on Central Avenue, as independent shops like Ramblin’ Rose and the Trunk Stylists continue to push the community ahead. As part of a monthly collaboration within the 600 Block, plans to bring a progressive indie art and design market to the area’s sidewalk in
Prices of Waterfront services to faculty, staff and the public will increase as a result of rising costs, said Aquatic Programs Coordinator Teresa Przetocki. The new prices will reflect the market prices for similar services, increased costs by program suppliers and necessary facilities improvement. The Red Cross, for example, has raised its price for CPR
I’ve been around this campus for more than 11 years and watched it grow tremendously. Gone is the parking lot that splayed out between the CAC and Davis, an environmentally friendly building in its place. The CAC where I used to play marbles with my little brother while my dad was working is closed, sitting
