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A plan to study the feasibility of extending Albert Whitted Airport’s main runway got the go-ahead from the St. Petersburg City Council last week. But at least three council members expressed reservations about the plan, which might make it possible for USF St. Petersburg to have taller buildings in the years ahead. At issue
Airport cramps university’s plans to grow. For decades, the two institutions along the St. Petersburg waterfront have eyed each other warily, like neighbors fussing over the height of a hedge. Albert Whitted Airport came first. Built in 1929 atop sand that was dredged up from the bay bottom to create the Port of St. Petersburg,
When she was appointed to the state board that oversees the three campuses of USF in 2003, Debbie Nye Sembler had never set foot on the St. Petersburg campus. “I was a Gator, so I knew nothing about the campus,” said Sembler, 59, a University of Florida graduate. “I got in through family connections and
A former student accused of sexual battery in a USFSP dormitory room in May 2014 is scheduled to stand trial on Jan 19, according to the Pinellas clerk of court’s website. Darren Lasso, 21, a sophomore biology major, was kicked out of school after his arrest, according to his lawyer, and issued a warning not
To get to campus three times a week, graduate student Shawn Fok takes the Central Avenue Trolley from St. Pete Beach to a hub at Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg before making a 15-minute walk to school. “The first time going downtown was a little scary at first since I’m not familiar with the area,” said
About 100 volunteers collected 671 pounds of trash along the intersection of 49th Street S and the Tangerine Gateway, the shared border between St. Petersburg and Gulfport. As a way for the two cities to collaborate on solving issues such as crime and littering, the organization Gulfport Neighbors hosted an event called “One Street, Two
Coquina Club, previously a campus late-night haven, has been vacant since the lounge closed in spring 2014. The room is scattered haphazardly with furniture and equipment from the Student Life Center’s former recreation room But Coquina Club is making a comeback. This semester, the club has been open periodically and used to hold events, but
As he was leaving Harbor Hall one afternoon in August, USF St. Petersburg student Nicholas Palmer, 20, was accosted by a bicyclist who tried to grab his backpack. When an off-campus security vehicle pulled into a nearby parking lot, Palmer said, the would-be robber fled empty-handed. As unsettling as the incident was, Palmer said he
Two devices installed with Student Government funding cleans up harbor. Underneath USF St. Petersburg lies the largest storm drain in the area, polluting Bayboro Harbor with the city’s trash for years. Syringes, broken TVs, traffic signs and cell phones have washed into the university’s waterfront from creeks running through urban areas. “Having the biggest pipe
Just a few weeks before the first classes at USF “Bay Campus,” James Anthony Schnur, 50, was born at a hospital three blocks away. For 13 years Schnur has been the special collections librarian at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, but he has been at USF St. Petersburg for much longer. “What started out as
