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RSS FeedSpring general elections place presidential and vice presidential candidates Jimmy Richards and Jordan Iuliucci against incumbent Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus, along with 17 senator-hopefuls. Voting begins March 4 and ends on the 7. Also on the ballot will be an amendment to change the election schedule. Whereas voting now begins the Monday after spring
Students rose to action with a petition in support of Interim Regional Chancellor Bill Hogarth after the Regional Chancellor Search Advisory Committee did not recommend him as a finalist for the permanent position last month. Mark Lombardi-Nelson, student body president, had a seat on the search committee and helped narrow the pool of 74 candidates.
About 20 USF St. Petersburg students traveled to Tallahassee last Tuesday, lobbying the state legislature to reinvest in higher education and appropriate funding for a building to house the College of Business. Meetings with many state senators and representatives netted positive responses, with four resulting in verbal commitments to a College of Business building. However,
When Student Government voted to recommend a $1 increase on the student health fee a couple weeks ago, director of Student Achievement Diane McKinstry was surprised. Though increasing the health fee had always been McKinstry’s plan, she did not expect SG to recommend such a significant increase so soon. For SG, the steep increase was
The global business program at USF St. Petersburg is undergoing major reconstruction with ambitions of becoming the “best in the state,” according to business professor Hermant Merchant. Merchant wants students to understand the importance of international business, which accounts for 20 percent of Florida’s economy. He said South Florida alone has more than 1,200 multinational
“I don’t like needles” or “I’m afraid to give blood” are two of the most common reasons people do not donate blood, according to the American Red Cross. OneBlood Inc., which brings bloodmobiles to campus every month, gives students a chance to overcome their fears while donating to a valuable cause. The next chance to
Americans’ perceptions of terrorism are different from the reality of terrorism. Mia Bloom, a leading women’s studies and terrorism scholar, expressed this sentiment in her Feb. 18 on-campus lecture, “Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists.” Terrorists use our false stereotypes to their advantage, Bloom said. She explained that terrorist organizations use “gender stereotypes” against
We are now halfway through the spring semester, and it has been a tough academic year for two of the three revenue sports for the South Florida Bulls. These sports are football, men’s basketball and baseball —commonly referred to as “The Big Three.” The football squad finished with a dismal three and nine record while
A few weeks ago I was mindlessly browsing the racks of clothing at Forever 21 when it happened. A Nicki Minaj song came on. The lyrics of which were, “I’m on the floor, floor. I love to dance. So give me more, more, ‘till I can’t stand.” Poetry. Now I don’t know about you, but
They say you can judge a man’s character by the company he keeps. If that’s true, the brothers and sisters of the University of Central Florida’s fraternities and sororities might want to find some new friends. UCF’s Sigma Chi fraternity was suspended in early February after allegations of hazing and underage drinking. A photograph posted
