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College students of Tampa Bay are going to have the ability to put their problem solving skills to the test at USF St. Petersburg’s Innovation Overnight. On April 10, a 20-hour “design-a-thon” will take place in the University Student Center ballrooms. Students will work in groups of five to “solve real-world problems proposed from the
On March 13, USF St. Petersburg hosted its inaugural Dance Marathon. The event raised money for All Children’s Hospital and included more than 100 participants from USF St. Petersburg and the public. At the event, the total amount raised was $6,776.14, tripling the original goal of $2,015. Teri Deardorff, the chair of fundraising for Dance
Residents of downtown St. Petersburg can take a collective sigh of relief. After nine months of incessant clanging caused by the construction of a new 19-story apartment complex near Third Street and Fourth Avenue South, the biggest culprit, a massive pile driver, came to a halt in January. The disturbances that downtown occupants have endured
Smile at strangers. Specifically on campus, but you can extend your friendliness frontier beyond the confines of USF St. Petersburg. It doesn’t have to be a fully committed, wide-toothy grin kind of smile, but maybe something along the lines of, “Hey, I noticed you, and I hope you’re having a good day.” Even the most
It seems that “creating campus traditions” has been a phrase used at this university for a long time. Campus traditions are crucial for students at a university to feel a sense of belonging and pride with their school. But often, it can seem like a phrase that just gets thrown around. But in the past
“USF! USFSP! We are the Bulls by the bay, the Bulls by the bay! Hey hey!” This new campus chant got its first go at USF St. Petersburg’s inaugural Dance Marathon. After teaching the chant to the audience, Jared Bolton, Harborside Activities Board’s director of special events asked for the crowd to join in. The
Following the extended “Picasso/ Dalí, Dalí /Picasso” exhibit, the Salvador Dalí Museum opened “Dalí & da Vinci: Minds, Machines and Masterpieces,” displaying the works of Salvador Dalí and Leonardo da Vinci side by side. The Museum said the exhibit features more than 75 works and reproductions, including reproductions of da Vinci diagrams, Dalí manuscripts and
West Central Avenue is home to independent, non-franchise businesses blooming not only from the support of locals and college students, but also from one another. Located around 66th Street, these places have the advantage of being close to the beach and those who inhabit it, in a concentrated area of other non-franchise businesses. This coming
A purple haze engulfed downtown Orlando, as a mob of 62,000 people descended onto the Citrus bowl. March 8 marked the opening day for Major League Soccer’s newest club, Orlando City. Orlando City is the only MLS team in Florida since the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion shut their doors in 2001. Orlando’s opponent
