Posts by: Erin Murphy
Student participates in National Novel Writing Month, an international event that challenges writers to create a 50,000-word story during November. For USF St. Petersburg senior Denia Angelino, writing a novel is more than just a hobby to cram in between psychology classes and her shift at California Pizza Kitchen. Instead, it is a passion she
If you’ve empowered vegetarians everywhere, collaborated with high-profile pop acts like Katy Perry and Ke$ha and harbor a not-so-secret love for singer Seal, then you have a little bit of an idea of what it’s like to be electronic-pop duo 3OH!3. Taking their name from the area code of their native Boulder, Colo., the singers
Outer space has served as a universal source of inspiration for artists of all kinds. Stars, the moon and aliens have made their mark on everything from Florence and the Machine tunes to Lisa Frank backpacks. Listen to these star-crossed songs for a playlist that is truly out of this world. “Spaceman” by the
“Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” In a debate last week, Ken Ham, an Aussie and the CEO of Answers in Genesis, defended the Biblical view of the world’s origins, while Bill Nye (the Science Guy!) spoke of science. Ham, a born-again Christian, stressed early on in the debate
The Needle Arts Club at USF St. Petersburg is out to make a knitter — or a crocheter, or a sewer — out of you. “We want to make it a social, friendly community,” said Nora Khatcherian, freshman and club vice president. “Once people try, they really get into it.” The club began as a
Upon entering Shannon’s Web, the candle and home decor shop owned by USF St. Petersburg senior Shannon Kelly, one is instantly awash in an aroma of candle-scented goodness. “I like warm smelling stuff,” said Kelly, a mass communications major who cites the store’s Bourbon Maple Sugar candle as her favorite. “Candles are my core
So, you’ve survived the start of another semester! The past few weeks have found you editing essays, downing lattes and sprinting from Davis building to the PRW wing more times than you can count. And, naturally, you’re really, really tired. If it’s time for a nap, hit snooze and spin this sleep-inspired playlist until the
One of my first musical memories is of my father playing the piano, singing songs about potty training. (Don’t judge. It was comforting.) It wasn’t uncommon for my sister and I to fall asleep to the sound of keys being played, the melody wafting into our shared bedroom from the piano just outside our door.
An amateur’s attempt at NaNoWriMo
Opinion Sitting next to my sister in her seafoam green room, my eyes were wide on the device before me. It was spinning a disk the size of a dinner plate in a mesmerizing circle, and somehow, it was making music. What my sister and I had discovered that day was my mother’s old record
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