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RSS FeedYou see it everywhere in supermarkets these days, the exalted “certified organic” label. An assumed promise of healthy and environmentally conscious food fit for a guiltless meal. However, a newly emerged concept now threatens the mythos of organic foods — eating locally. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for a product to be labeled
In the past four months, Kira Barrera has received $120 in parking tickets on campus — even though she has a $173 commuter parking permit stuck to her windshield. Barrera, an environmental science graduate student, is one of about six people who regularly drive an electric vehicle to campus and take advantage of the two
With the announcement of the Trader’s Joes grocery store chain coming to St. Petersburg, businesses near Fourth Street N. and 28th Avenue N.were forced to relocate. The Crow’s Nest checked up with Ringside Café, Casita Taqueria and Classy Closet to see how they’re taking the move. Back in the ring: When the news came, he
Willie Taggart was hired in early Dec. 2012. That gave him only a couple months to assemble his recruiting class. A year later, Taggart has had an entire season to recruit players and the extra time seems to have payed off. South Florida’s 2014 recruiting class, which was signed last Wednesday, was one of the
The 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia are underway. The Tampa Bay region will be well represented at the games. Several players from the Tampa Bay Lightning will represent their countries at the games. USF St. Petersburg will have a representative in Sochi with Felicia Zhang competing in the pairs figure skating. Zhang will
What would Brian Boitano do if he were here right now? ‘Tis a question many of us have pondered since, when in 1999, Matt Stone and Trey Parker tunefully posed it to us in their film, “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” To Mr. Stone, Mr. Parker and the viewing audience of NBC’s Olympics Opening
You’re taking a class that you like well enough, the teacher is friendly and you sit next to the people you know. It’s all fun, but there’s one student in the room who tends to open their mouth more than you would like and your mind goes to a dark place and you start wishing
Fact: College is expensive. Fact: Many college students struggle financially. Fact: There are many solutions for paying one’s way through college. Fact: One of these solutions is being a sugar baby. The website is called seekingarrangement.com. It allows young, attractive women to find rich, older men to “supplement” their income in exchange for their “time.”
Last month, the first ever gay couple was featured on a Disney Channel show. Though “Good Luck Charlie’s” two lesbian characters received no more than 10 seconds of airtime, the feat was significant — not just for gay people and supporters, but for the human race. The storyline was simple. Charlie had a playdate with
A gender neutral restroom will soon be added to the University Student Center for use by all students regardless of gender identity or expression. What started as a mere suggestion by Gay Straight Alliance President Danielle Merewether has become a reality. Last week, Merewether met with Dwayne Isaacs, assistant director of the USC, to go
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