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Your constitutional right to free speech doesn’t end when you step foot on a university campus. It’s bizarre that universities seem to think it does, as they create speech codes that, if applied to the letter, could punish students for freedom of speech. This is why we are delighted that some of the speech codes
The memories of spring break are fading fast behind us, and summer is still a distant thought. Our desks are cluttered with stacks of papers that keep growing around us, threatening to suffocate us. And we don’t get another break until this semester ends. It’s a depressing thought, but take heart — your friendly Crow’s
Time jumped forward an hour this Sunday in response to daylight saving time, and if you’re here at USF St. Petersburg today, you likely noticed. Or you showed up at your 8 a.m. class at 9. Daylight saving time has been around for nearly 100 years, as Woodrow Wilson signed it into law in 1918,
Hang in there and finish your degree, college students. The statistics are in your favor. On average, college graduates make 80 percent more than those who do not attend or finish college, according to the New York Fed. And once those college graduates get employed, they are more likely to stay employed. This news comes
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 statistics on college debt are grim. In 2013, 69 percent of college seniors graduated with debt, averaging $28,400 per senior, according to the Project on Student Debt. If that doesn’t make you wince, you’ve probably lost touch with reality. Many seniors will make less than that their first year out of college. College can
This week, the future of the news became a little clearer. On Tuesday, the mobile-based social media giant Snapchat announced the launch of its Discover feature. Partnering with 11 media groups including CNN, ESPN, Yahoo! News and National Geographic, Snapchat uses Discover to deliver news packages. It’s brilliant. We’ll admit it: We felt a little
Sometimes the biggest discussions surrounding the Super Bowl are unrelated to football. When Texas hosted the game in 2011, Greg Abbott, Texas’ attorney general, told USA Today that the Super Bowl is “commonly known as the single largest human trafficking incident in the United States.” There were 10,000 sex workers who came to Miami for
Nothing unites a campus like sports. At least in the United States, that is. We’d like to think that our school spirit comes from our pride in academics. But let’s be honest. People don’t return to their college town to sit in on a lecture. They come for the sports. Sports commands emotion. Perhaps it’s
For the last year and a half, USF St. Petersburg senior Courtney Thompson has been volunteering at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, working toward her career goal of becoming a pediatrician. Working through the Pre-Med Pal program, created by the Pre-Med Club at USFSP, Thompson works with children suffering from cystic fibrosis, helping to
