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RSS FeedFor eight years, Dr. Lisa Starks-Estes has committed to the development of her first book Violence, Trauma, and Virtus in Shakespeare’s Roman Poems and Plays: Transforming Ovid. Starks-Estes is an associate professor of English and the director of the MLA in Liberal Studies Program at USF St. Petersburg. The book focuses on the Roman poet
Senior William Harris is hoping to get more students to roll with him and friends through the streets of St. Petersburg. At the start of the 2014 fall semester, USF St. Petersburg officially acknowledged The Longboarding Club as a club sport. On Mondays, the club hosts a clinic for beginners. Harris, 20, and other club
On Saturday, quarterback Mike White completed all the passes he attempted for USF, and the defense had 6 takeaways against the Maryland Terrapins. However, White was knocked out of the game after his first completion, and the Bulls lost 24-17 at home to fall to 1-1 on the season. The Bulls were without offensive captain
Years before the world knew of the existence of the violent terrorist group called the Islamic State, Steven Sotloff was a student journalist. Before Sotloff covered conflict in Egypt and Syria for Time magazine, the Christian Science Monitor and Foreign Policy, he was a senior staff writer at University of Central Florida’s Central Florida Future.
Local lore tells of a nude beach at the northern-most tip of Fort Desoto Beach. When I moved here seven years ago, my new friends described a place that sounded like paradise. A recent refugee of the Bible Belt, a place where one could bask openly in God’s glorious light with nothing to cover one’s
Ebola has infected and killed thousands long before the 2014 outbreak. About 431 people died in the first record outbreak in 1976. More than 30 years and 3,091 deaths later, a vaccine is now in the development stages. African nations including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and more have been infected over the past nine months. But
A holiday is defined as a day that is set aside by law or custom which work is suspended or reduced. On Sunday Sept. 7, the NFL season started. Well, technically it was last Thursday, but unless you’re a fan of one of those two teams, it doesn’t count. The first Sunday of the NFL
Metered parking surrounding USF St. Petersburg was eliminated along 6th Avenue S. between Third and First streets. Grassy medians separate single lanes along Sixth Avenue S. A complementing wide sidewalk weaves alongside the University Student Center, but the meters with matching parking spots that once lined the road have been removed for a new stretch
On the evening of his 21st birthday, USF St. Petersburg student Jordan A. Schleimer was killed in a car accident. Around 6:03 p.m. on Aug. 24, Schleimer was heading westbound on Bay Pines Boulevard near 95th Street at a high speed, according to Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports. Attempting to pass traffic, he steered onto
For the past two decades, skateboarding in the downtown area was illegal, resulting in a $93 fine for misconduct. But now, the ban is over. USF St. Petersburg students cruising with longboards no longer risk a fine. With the unanimous support of the St. Petersburg City Council, skateboarders may now cruise along downtown sidewalks. Riding
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