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Roughly 82 percent of the energy USF St. Petersburg purchases comes from non-renewable resources, according to a 2013 fuel mix report from Duke Energy. The other 18 percent is attributed to “purchase power,” or energy that Duke purchases from other providers. Renewable energy and biomass fuel are included in this category, though the numbers are
Eddy D. Vasquez, 27, was shot in the torso near the Publix on Third Street S. around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9. He died from his injuries about two hours later at Bayfront Medical Center. Vasquez lived in Gainesville but graduated from USF St. Petersburg in 2010 with a degree in business administration. According
David Hendry, 51, recalls USF St. Petersburg as a cluster of buildings serving as a small extension of the Tampa campus. He was born at Bayfront Medical Center and educated at Shorecrest Preparatory School and St. Petersburg College. Years later, he returns to his hometown as USFSP’s new police director, pleased with the growth of
Daniel James Scott’s eyes filled with tears when Reuben Pressman was named the Rising Star at the Tampa Bay Technology Forum’s Industry Awards gala last month. Although Scott, associate director of the USF St. Petersburg Entrepreneurship Program, was named Technology Leader of the Year, it was Pressman’s award that made him emotional. Pressman graduated from
Twenty-four sandwiches a week, a 200-pound weight loss and a feature story in Indiana University’s student newspaper transformed the overweight Jared Fogle into Jared the Subway Guy. Fogle’s story began in the spring of 1998, when he was a student at Indiana University. He weighed more than 400 pounds. “I was sick and tired of
New bicycle and pedestrian paths will line the roads along USF St. Petersburg by November 2014. City Trails, an initiative by the City of St. Petersburg, is funding the creation of the Historic Booker Creek Trail. The recreational trail will allow access to non-motorized traffic, including bicycles, longboards and pedestrians. “It’ll look a
On a summer evening, environmental science and policy senior Daniel McGarigal walked across campus and noticed a sprinkler was spewing water into the street and that a few street lights had burnt-out bulbs. Thus, the idea for Watchbull, an application that allows students to report maintenance issues after hours, was born. McGarigal, the director of
In the fourth act of on-campus bike theft this month, university police arrested two minors for stealing two bicycles from the south peninsula of campus on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The incident makes 18 bikes stolen on campus since January. The theft took place near the Knight Oceanographic Research Center. Suspects were arrested at 1:54 p.m.,
Ever since Tom Herzhauser bought the Tavern at Bayboro three and a half years ago, at least twice a week he would count on hearing the same phrase uttered with conviction. “Barkeep!” associate professor or journalism Bob Dardenne would say with gusto, “I’ll have your finest sandwich and your heartiest wine.” Herzhauser and Dardenne became
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