When the BP oil spill, also referred to as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, hit the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, USF’s College of Marine Science partnered with other institutions and began research within days. Now, two large grants have been awarded to the College of Marine Science. One for $20.2 million is from the

Senior Devan Carr spent his first two years at USF St. Petersburg before transferring to the Tampa campus with his associate degree. He decided to finish his degree at Tampa due to the larger class selection available for his major in Psychology. He is now set to graduate this December, and to his dismay he

Speech code scrutiny continues as students grow mindful of the controversial regulations currently in place at USF St. Petersburg. The Crow’s Nest reported on the speech codes in an article three weeks ago. The codes were criticized by the organization the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which says the codes violate the First Amendment

The James Scott v. Student Government trial is postponed until further notice after pre-trial conferences. The case involves newly elected senator and former student body president James Scott against student government over the issue of SG’s financial authority. Scott sent a request for trial in September accusing SG of preventing proper budgeting for a bill

Some English majors are noticing limited class options for their spring class schedule. The departure of some visiting professors in the program is cause for the lack of options. Part of the reasoning behind this is a departure of a few visiting professors. Dr. Amy Robinson, one of these professors, finishes her visiting term at

Lazar Anderson, student government’s assistant chief of staff, is in the process of writing a transition manual for SG. This manual, according to Anderson, is meant to smooth out the problems that SG has regarding the proper instruction of new and returning members. Anderson, an experienced SG member, will use his knowledge to educate members