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The St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida is at a major crossroads. What does the future hold? Do we want to continue to grow to 10,000 or even 15,000 students? Or are we satisfied at our current student population (which, depending on whose numbers you use to determine what a student is,
My best friend from high school had a baby last month. I didn’t even know that she was pregnant. Out of touch? No. I’m not on Facebook. A social media outlet that I’ve avoided like the plague has wormed its way into my day-to-day against my best efforts. Friends are angry that I never showed
The hot and dusty streets of the warehouse district in St. Petersburg fill with an unnatural sound around 3:30 p.m. on a Friday in April. The noise echoes from one of the miscellaneous industrial buildings along 6th Avenue South. It’s a music recording space on the edge of society, called The Fuzz Factory. Patrick McBratney
Most of the reference books, journals, maps, videos and DVDs have vanished from the first floor of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. That’s because Carol Hixson, library dean, is livening things up. Hixson said she has been working to strengthen the library’s connection with students by making it a place for collaboration and interaction. Collections
Tanjim “TJ” Hossain was six years old when he saw the movie Jurassic Park. It was then that he realized his love for science. Years later, Hossain has been awarded a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation to study malaria in Mali. Though his paleontology dreams may not be realized, Hossain is fascinated
Two weeks ago, The Crow’s Nest ran a story revealing the lack of convenience on campus for students with disabilities. While most facilities were in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, majority met the standards at a bare minimum. An afternoon with Robert Beasey, a student with cerebral palsy who uses a motorized wheelchair,
Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus officially secured the Student Government president and vice president positions for the 2013-2014 school year. After weeks of deliberation between the Election Rules Commission and the SG Supreme Court, Chief Student Affairs Officer Julie Wong intervened with a sweeping decision on April 18. Lombardi-Nelson submitted an Appeal for Righteousness to
USF football head coach Willie Taggart visited USF St. Petersburg on Friday afternoon, becoming the first coach in the history of the program to visit the campus. The event, called “Locker Room Lunch” presented by USFSP Student Government in the University Student Center, provided both the campus and the St. Petersburg community with a free
Entering last Saturday’s match with the Atlanta Silverbacks, Tampa Bay Rowdies goalkeeper Andrew Fontein had not allowed a goal this season. Not a bad start, considering the first two games of the spring season were also the first of his career. Fontein’s shutout streak lasted for 202 minutes before Atlanta’s Rubén Luna tied Saturday’s match
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