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Two months ago, USF St. Petersburg junior Jamie Doerschuck started her own business. It’s called BurgBox – a monthly subscription that mails Tampa and St. Petersburg-made items. “It’s a little part of the Saturday Morning Market – in a box, delivered to your front door,” Doerschuck said. Each BurgBox is a surprise and will contain
He loved people, music and adventure. Sarai Arias’s heart was racing. Her arms were wrapped tightly around her friend’s waist as he drove his newly purchased 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle. Then she loosened her grip. Sarai was with Mason, someone she could trust. She had known him her whole life. Mason always put others first.
A 20-year-old student at USF St. Petersburg died last week in a motorcycle accident on an on-ramp to Interstate 275 in north St. Petersburg. Mason Storm Apple of Tampa, a student since 2013, was going north on the interstate entrance ramp from 118th Avenue N during the late hours of Oct. 14 or early Oct.
Rumor has it that St. Petersburg is scattered with Native American burial mounds, spirits lurking in downtown’s Vinoy Renaissance Resort, and that old Greenwood Cemetery is haunted by the ghost of Beulah Acklin. But one of the city’s most popular lores? The ghost of beat author Jack Kerouac, who has been known to haunt Haslam’s
Hellview Cemetery brings spooky fun and donates to local charities. Every October for almost 20 years, Mark Muncy, 44, has transformed his yard in Northeast St. Petersburg into a labyrinth of horror he calls “Hellview Cemetery.” Muncy was a regular at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, but when he started a family, he decided it
Shooting rampage at Oregon college is a grim warning for campuses everywhere. Terror swept over the Umpqua Community College campus in Oregon last week as a gunman killed nine people before killing himself. “That could’ve been me,” said USF St. Petersburg junior Kaitlyn Brass, 19, who found the incidence nerve-racking. Freshman Andrew Deming, 18,
Course programs geared toward education after graduation. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree, students can further their studies by enrolling in specialized graduate certificate programs. USF St. Petersburg offers graduate certificates to focus a student’s learning and enhance their career options. The certificate programs are open to non-degree seeking students as well as those who want
St. Petersburg will soon become home to the one of the largest skate parks in Florida. Set to be completed by winter 2016, the 32,000-square-foot skate park will be located at Campbell Park on Fifth Avenue South and 16th Street, just west of Brooker Creek and east of Tropicana Field. The city council approved the
The university’s expectations for the years to come. Ten thousand students in 10 years. That’s the goal for USF St. Petersburg to nearly double in size by 2025, and to ultimately become a pedestrian campus by closing off Sixth Avenue S, Second Street and Third Street. Changes have already begun. The university is implementing
USF St. Petersburg student interns at the White House. An old row house by Capitol Hill housed interns from ivy league schools across the country and one from USF St. Petersburg. Tyler Lewis, a 21-year-old senior and political science major, never thought he would have a chance to intern at the White House. During the
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