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RSS FeedIt starts with a child’s voice. Then, alternating children sing the words most Americans have memorized: “America, the Beautiful.” It’s uttered in multiple languages and gorgeous scenery flash before a viewer. In one minute, Coca-Cola exposed the world to the beauty and horror of a nation at war with itself. Activists clapped at the acceptance
For the first 14 years of my life, the stories of the Bible were the only foundation for my beliefs. I refused to believe anything else because I was never taught anything else. When I was young, I took the stories of Moses and Noah as pure fact and memorized the Book of Psalms and
“Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” In a debate last week, Ken Ham, an Aussie and the CEO of Answers in Genesis, defended the Biblical view of the world’s origins, while Bill Nye (the Science Guy!) spoke of science. Ham, a born-again Christian, stressed early on in the debate
Last Tuesday, an evolutionist and a creationist got together to talk about how they disagree on how the universe came into existence. Haven’t we done this before? Despite how tired this particular debate is, the meeting was watched by more than three million people and received a great deal of media attention. Bill Nye, the
U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of the sport in the United States, has more than 140,000 members. The chances of being among the four skaters that compete in the pairs competition at the Winter Olympics is 0.000003 percent. On Wednesday, USF St. Petersburg’s Felicia Zhang and her partner Nathan Bartholomay finished 12th in the
If you’ve ever had a casual sexual experience with someone, taking part in what our moms’ therapists are now calling “hookup culture,” you’re at risk of never finding love. This is according to Towson University English professor Andrew Reiner, who believes hooking up and hanging out leads to the inability to express intimacy. In a
Ballrooms are set to become conference rooms as Douglas McElhaney, coordinator and retired U.S. foreign ambassador, ushers in activists and diplomats for a three-day discussion of world issues. The World Affairs Conference, which the Honors Program debuted last spring, worked as a two-day discussion of what global topics impacted St. Petersburg residents. But this year,
Andrew Hart, the supervisor of elections for Student Government, doesn’t just wait for packets to arrive to approve potential candidates. He spends months planning polling locations, organizing election packets and assembling members of deciding bodies in the election. SG elections are a semester in the making. In addition to involvement with student government at the
Sydney Whitfield didn’t purchase all her required textbooks this semester. She enrolled late in her Environmental Science course and wasn’t able to purchase the $90 book ahead of time. Her professor has yet to assign work from the book. “There are other ways to get around just buying,” said Whitfield, a freshman who is working
Valentine’s Day is this Friday. *Cue cheering couples and the monotonous booing of the perpetually single.* Whether you’re celebrating the 14th with someone sweet, or just enjoying the sugary delights of cookie dough ice cream, you’re bound to have love on the brain. Here are some lovey-dovey gift ideas that we’d like to see given
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