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Sunday, May 10, 2026

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New trails for student cyclists, skaters

New bicycle and pedestrian paths will line the roads along USF St. Petersburg by November 2014.     City Trails, an initiative by the City of St. Petersburg, is funding the creation of the Historic Booker Creek Trail. The recreational trail will allow access to non-motorized traffic, including bicycles, longboards and pedestrians.     “It’ll look a

Credit hour cap costing students

State university students who enrolled after the 2009-2010 academic year and exceed more than 10 percent of the required credit hours for their degree will pay an additional 50 percent or more for tuition, as mandated by the 2013 Florida Legislative session. This means a student pursuing a 120-credit hour degree will have to pay

What they expect out of you

Get internships. Publish your writing. Start a blog. Use your Twitter handle. Keep your Facebook profile clean. Start a LinkedIn to make connections. College is no longer about getting A’s and impressing a couple professors. It isn’t enough to ace Calculus or perfect your organization skills. You have to work and perfect your image. Image

ROTC builds sharp minds, strong bodies

Two years of voluntary physical training, inspections and early morning drills led USF St. Petersburg junior Kristofer Brown to rotating leadership roles in the Reserved Officer’s Training Corps program at USFSP. Three mornings a week, at 6:30 a.m., ROTC members sprint up and down the parking garage ramps and drop for push-ups. Sometimes, it’s a

Club fundraise for ‘green’ conference

USF St. Petersburg’s environmentally focused campus organizations are seeking funds for a trip to Pittsburgh to attend the Power Shift conference, a project of the Energy Action Coalition. Every two years, the conference invites students from universities across the country to discuss “the movement to fight fracking, divest from fossil fuels, build a clean energy

Impeachment committee formed, justice resigns

Student Government formed a committee to consider the impeachment of SG supreme court justices at last week’s general assembly — two semesters after Sen. Jozef Gherman originally moved for their impeachment. Justices Graham Reybitz, Kendel Mott and Russell Heller were alleged with willful disregard of the SG statutes and violation of the constitution, following the

SG club funding going fast

Student Government has allocated approximately one-third of its budget set for student clubs and organizations in the 2013-2014 school year, just five weeks into the fall semester. SG designated $61,900 to fund clubs this year — doubling last year’s budget. Clubs are able to draw from this fund to cover expenses for things like travel,

Young professor, ‘brilliant’ honor

Among the lush armchairs and hissing espresso machines, a Popular Science magazine Brilliant 10 honoree patters away at her keyboard at the Campus Grind. Breitbart, 35, finds solace in the bustle of the coffee shop, just a few steps away from her lab. She landed her title as one of North America’s leading young scientists

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