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RSS FeedThis week was National Suicide Prevention Week, the annual outreach and awareness program sponsored by the American Association of Suicidology. It seeks to extend open arms to the downtrodden, and undo suicide as the 11th leading cause of death in the country. In a lot of cases, simple things can make the difference. The right
Being left out as a child can hurt your feelings. In college football, being left out can cost you millions of dollars. The ongoing conversation of college conference realignment could leave USF on the outside, looking in. Last week, Notre Dame announced that all their athletics, except for football, will bolt from the Big East
Students don’t need to waste time going nowhere on a treadmill when a much more fun method of exercise is available. All that’s needed is a bike. Despite the heat, cycling is a popular hobby in the Tampa Bay area. It is accessible as well, with at least four mixed-use trails within an hour drive
To the editor: The launch of the University Student Center Sept. 6 coincided with the end of my first month as your interim regional chancellor. I couldn’t have asked for a more fitting way to mark the occasion. The energy and enthusiasm of our students and the entire community was obvious during the ceremony, especially
Students in the cafeteria stopped to watch what was unfolding on the video wall in the University Student Center. The screens were set to HLN news. Table talk stopped mid-sentence, as the lunchtime crowd looked up, transfixed by footage of a skunk with a mayonnaise jar stuck on his head. The skunk’s casual walk
Two days in PT Cruiser cramped with suitcases and sleeping girls was taking its toll on me as we neared the mountain We had left the night before, all weary eyed and hungry—enough so that we consented to eat McDonalds for the first time in a while. The filet of fish, awash in a sea
Most students have apartments or dorm rooms, but no backyard to call their own. While some knock around the idea of growing their own vegetables or herbs, planters can only bring you so far. Sometimes, you need a plot of dirt to call your own. There is a garden on campus. In between classes, take
I pulled into the parking lot across Himes Avenue on the northeast corner of Raymond James Stadium last Thursday night. A glance around at the flags of South Florida, the setting sun and the Big East whipping in the wind atop Ray Jay gave me goose bumps as I recalled the greatest moment in South
A survey posted on USF St. Petersburg’s Facebook page last Monday asks for student input on how large the already-expanding student enrollment should become. With 4,648 undergraduate, graduate and non-degree students, university enrollment is up 6 percent this semester. Joseph Alber, a junior majoring in English, said expansion is a good idea, a “symbiotic relationship
After students demanded later dining hours via social media and good old-fashioned word of mouth, The Reef announced later dining hours starting on Sept. 17. The Reef will stay open until 11 p.m. Monday through Friday with a shortened menu. After-hour food begins at 8:30 p.m.—the previous closing time—and students cannot pay for Late Night
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