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Looking back to the 18-year-old that left Largo High School to start college here in St. Petersburg in 2007, I have some advice for my younger self. Lessons, acquired only through experience. Blow student loan money before the semester is over and then learn how to manage it better in the future. You won’t learn
The Tampa Bay Business Journal recently ranked USF 23 out of 25 universities in the country for illegal downloading. The list was compiled by the Motion Picture Association of America and included 447 copyright infringements. USF is the only Florida school on the list that was drafted at the request of the U.S. House of
Besieged with higher fees from corporate banks, there has been a nationwide push to join local credit unions. Nov. 5 was national bank transfer day. According to the Credit Union National Association over 650,000 people joined credit unions since Sept. 29. That was the day Bank of America began charging a monthly $5 fee for
Tyler Crawford graduated from USF St. Petersburg in spring 2011 with his bachelor’s degree in English and history. He celebrated his 23rd birthday on Monday, Nov. 7. Monday was also the day he received his first student loan bill for $80. Now he is a state organizer for the local chapter of Fight Back Florida,
The half-dollar sized biscuit Nathalie Dupree holds is more like a microchip than a simple baked good. The chef and author explained biscuits first descended from the biscotti—in the south they were “beaten biscuits,” Dupree said. They were a constant in southern life—quick, crunchy and fresh. Just flour and water mixed together, beaten tirelessly by
Remember, remember the eighth of November. Tuesday, Nov. 8 is when St. Petersburg residents can head to the polls and vote in the St. Petersburg City Council elections. Big issues face the little city—budget cuts, homelessness, the new pier design, creating jobs, red light cameras and the future home of major league baseball. On Oct.
For USFSP history professor Ray Arsenault, 2011 has had its ups and its major ups. He’s been on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and not just any episode. Oprah did a 50th Anniversary special on the Freedom Riders as one of her final episodes. He flies to the White House on Oct. 23. His book “Freedom
Edwin Black, a Washington D.C. based author and journalist, will speak Oct. 19 on oil dependency and the history of oil as a commodity. Black’s work has been published in The Washington Post, The L.A. Times and The Huffington Post. His latest book, “British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement,” came out this year and discusses
During a recent interview in Daytona Beach, Fla., Gov. Rick Scott made it clear to students studying anthropology or those planning to study it that they weren’t going to bring any jobs to the state. “How many more jobs do you think there are for anthropology in the state? Do you want to use your
I am tired of buying my professors’ books. The combination of often-bad cover art and spending additional money on a professor’s book against your own will is futile. I understand our school is a working university and professors are expected to publish. Sometimes it isn’t so bad and I really enjoy the book. But more
