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RSS FeedSometimes silence speaks a whole lot more than words. Such is the case with USF St. Petersburg’s chancellor selection process. The Tampa Bay Times reported on Thursday that Ronald Brown, the provost for Wayne University and one of three final candidates for USFSP’s open regional chancellor position, had accepted an offer to be president at
Business students can expect a new home for their college on the 2.5-acre site occupied by the Piano Man building by fall 2015. Funding for the three-story, 66,000-square-foot building — unofficially priced at $25 million — has yet to be secured, but interim Regional Chancellor Bill Hogarth has plans to break ground this year. Hogarth
Celtic folk and punk band The Dropkick Murphy’s celebrated St. Patrick’s Day two weeks early in St. Petersburg, playing a sold out show at March 3 at Jannus Live. The night was everything a punk show promises to be — with bagpipes to boot. It might have been below 50 outside the venue, but inside
Some of the weights, benches and cable cross machines at the Fitness Center are missing parts and rusty and will be replaced after their warranties expired on March 1. Student Government adopted the initiative “Let’s Get Physical, Physical” to draw funds for the equipment, focused primarily on “strength, free weights, and bars,” according to Fitness
USF head coach Jose Fernandez had been preaching his team, “If we do what we need to do, we’re a tournament team.” The women’s basketball team, boasting a 21-10 record overall and a 9-7 record in conference play, is poised to grab a NCAA Tournament berth for just the second time in the program’s history.
Two weeks have passed since the Student Government elections, but a student body president has yet to be named. Preliminary results, which put Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus ahead of Jimmy Richards and Jordan Iuliucci by more than 100 votes, were suspended due to violations of campaign rules and the election procedure itself. SG Supreme
When the lights dimmed before Sleeping With Siren’s show at The State Theatre on March 16, the crowd went wild. Fans screamed as their backdrop lit up and the musicians ran on stage. The post-hardcore band gained popularity with their 2010 release “With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear,” and vocalist Kellin Quinn became
Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus received more votes than opponents Jimmy Richards and Jordan Iuliucci in the campaign for the Student Government presidency, but have been disqualified for breaking campaign rules. “Due to violation assessments affirmed by the [Election Rules Commission], the Mark Lombardi-Nelson/Christa Hegedus campaign has been disqualified. The campaign reserves the right to
The Student Green Energy Fund is accepting ideas to match President Barack Obama’s challenge to reduce fossil fuels dependency. Projects to reduce the carbon footprint are in demand, and SGEF has money to make them happen. So far, about $160,000 has been awarded to five SGEF projects proposed in 2012. In the fitness center, four
Writers across the United States will celebrate the sixth annual National Grammar Day on March 4 by dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s. National Grammar Day, founded in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, brings awareness to the important building blocks of the English language. Despite grammar’s
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