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Sunday, May 10, 2026

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Organic soap maker achieves business dream

After years of skin irritation from store-bought products, Bodhi Basics owner Kim Vorperian decided to take the problem into her own hands. While crashing at her friend’s living room, she found time on the weekends to experiment, transforming the kitchen into what she called a “makeshift laboratory.” But early obstacles didn’t stop Vorperian from using

USF St. Petersburg turns 50

When it began, 50 years ago this week, it was a tiny place with modest ambitions. It was called the “Bay Campus” of the University of South Florida, a temporary outpost selected hastily because there was not enough dormitory space at USF’s campus in Tampa, where classes had begun just five years earlier. Nearly 260 turned out for