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RSS FeedAh, the internet. It’s revolutionized the way we receive our news, and the speed at which our news is reported to us. Yet, it complicates the process at times. Anyone can start their own website and post updates. And some Internet developers are talented at making fake news sites look real. In our browsers, our
Just as fast as the fear of Ebola has been traveling, so has misleading information and confusion about the decision of the USF St. Petersburg to cancel the Murrow Program. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to address myths, assess risks and weigh facts. The 2014 Murrow Fellows include journalists from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana,
I am a graduate student in journalism at the USF St. Petersburg. I helped run the Murrow Program last year. The International Visitor Leadership Program of the U.S. State Department leads the event. I was assisting USFSP in the organization of the program for this year’s event. It is a fantastic, life changing event. Some
Many can agree that doctors are allowed to “prescribe poisons” to patients such as Oxycodone, killing 16,000, and Tylenol, killing 12,000 people, annually. Attorney John Morgan made this argument Oct.13 live on Fox 13 news. He debated against Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd, who insisted there are “loopholes” in the second amendment, allowing all “persons”
Your university ID now allows you and any other USF St. Petersburg students, faculty and staff to have free and unlimited access to any Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus or trolley. Simply show your ID to the driver and you can board. With the partnership between USFSP and PSTA, more than 6,000 people are eligible
A crowd in Davis Hall waited eagerly as the robots prepared for combat. A robot with a gigantic rotating blade opposes a robot with two wheels and two metal horns .It takes several minutes, but the horned robot is destroyed. A pile of metal, plastic and electrical components is all that is left. The capacity
Long lines, excessive admission price and overbearing scare tactics at some amusement park Halloween attractions can take the fun out of the experience. ZooBoo at Lowry Park Zoo offers a more low-key atmosphere. The event is decorated with a lot of bright lights and an overlay of fog: simple, yet festive. There aren’t any movie
On a late night 80 years ago, David Himmelfarb Sr. was riding the train home with his prized doctoral dissertation tucked in a bag beside him. He succumbed to his fatigue and dozed off. He awoke to find a thief had stolen the dissertation. He had worked tirelessly for years organizing material, revising his ideas
Keep Saint Petersburg Local hosted the first LOCALICIOUS “Eat LOCAL Drink LOCAL Week” Oct. 12-19. Businesses, breweries and local flavors, spread out over a week, invited locals to divulge in their home favorites. Keep Saint Petersburg Local, a nonprofit organization, “works to build a thriving local economy and a unique community.” During the LOCALICIOUS week
Elihu and Carolyn Brayboy are putting the final touches on a new Creole restaurant — scheduled to open Nov. 1 — on St. Petersburg’s historic 22nd Street S. But it is just as important for them to welcome people to the neighborhood and share its history. “I’m Mr. B and this is Mrs. B,” Elihu
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