Archives for February 2015
This week, students across USF St. Petersburg will get the opportunity to vote for the future student-body president and vice president, as well as senate candidates. Voting takes place on PeteSync and extends Tuesday, Feb. 17 through Friday, Feb. 20. One of these four tickets will be your future student body president and vice president.
Alleviating the weight on your shoulders can be as simple as a change of scenery or a bite into some good food. With these momentary breaks, you let go of the anxiety and pressure that comes from being a college student. You can’t expect a complete 360 — pizza and Chipotle are only temporary, I’m
It’s always strange when one of your Facebook friends dies. Loved ones begin to tag them in pictures and statuses. Their timeline—personal page—becomes almost a memorial to them. As years go by, the deceased person’s friends will post in their honor on special anniversaries—birthdays, marriage anniversaries, even the anniversary of their death. It seems quite
The celebration of unique and fresh foods continues in St. Petersburg with the addition of a Trader Joe’s on Fourth Street. Trader Joe’s is a neighborhood grocery store, offering a wide selection of both domestic and imported foods and beverages known for their distinctive flavors and killer prices. The store also offers standards for people
August Wilson’s play “Radio Golf” feels as relevant today as it did when it was first written a decade ago by the late playwright. The play, Wilson’s final work, takes place in 1997 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh where Wilson grew up. Although some of the pop culture references have since taken on new
Chocolate fountains flowed as single students gathered in hopes of finding a date for Valentine’s Day. Auctioneer Thomas Boyd fast-talked the catwalk once again at the second annual Love-A-Bull, a charity-date auction hosted by student government on Feb. 8. Franklin Alves said the event raised almost $2,000. Proceeds went to one of three charities of
The 57th annual Grammy Awards were full of fashion, fun and live performances — 23 of them to be exact. There were so many performances during the live show that only nine of the 83 awards were presented. That leaves more than 50 people who received no public recognition for their achievement. During the show,
AMC’s series premiere of “Better Call Saul” debuted last Sunday, and it was all that “Breaking Bad” fans could have hoped for. The aptly titled pilot episode “Uno,” began with a dreary, black-and-white, post “Breaking Bad” scene that shows us a glimpse into Saul Goodman’s (Bob Odenkirk) dismal life after the fallout of his dealings
Drunken debauchery is just one of the highlights of Gasparilla, or maybe it’s become the purpose. Somehow, over the years, this one of the largest pirate festivals has turned into Tampa’s Mardi Gras. This year was my first Gasparilla, and there are only two things I was told about Gasparilla before going: Get Drunk. Get
Following the clink from his bat, Dominick DiPasquale’s teammates lined up to slap fives after he rounded the bases and returned to home plate. In what was the first of two games on their spring-season opening day, the USF St. Petersburg baseball club defeated Florida State University 3-2 Saturday afternoon, thanks to DiPasquale’s home-run blast
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