Posts by: Lenay Ruhl
USF St. Petersburg sophomore Solange Gorleku won the Miss People’s Choice Award during the Mr. and Miss USF Pageant at USF Tampa on April 10. Gorleku wanted to participate in the pageant “mostly because I wanted to prove, or remind everyone, that we are all the USF system,” she said. “I wanted to represent USF
USF St. Petersburg students have a new way to get informed through Facebook. Aside from the USFSP The Know It All’s Guide To Knowing It All, a page that allows students to post questions and information about anything campus related, there is now a Facebook page that has the same open forum with a more
Ryan Carver stood in front of the room in Davis 244, leaning on a table that was covered by pizza boxes. He wrote on the board, “How do you know God is good?” and beside that, “Why is there so much evil in the world?” To the five students in attendance at the April 10
Sitting in front of a mirror surrounded by her costume and jewelry, drag queen Beverly Baltimore applied her make up as she prepared for USF St. Petersburg’s third annual amateur drag show. The drag show was sponsored by the Gay Straight Alliance, along with co-sponsors the Black Student Association and the French Club. The show
Stories and tears were part of the journey when two USF St. Petersburg ROTC cadets escorted WWII veterans on an Honor Flight bound for Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, April 3, the cadets and veterans departed from the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport, giving the veterans an opportunity to see the WWII memorial that they bravely earned.
It’s slightly awkward the first time you see one. For me, I was walking through the baggage claim at the airport and some nervous man, all jittery from his flight, just whipped one out. Maybe you’re sitting in class and someone towards the back of the room pulls it out but tries to conceal it.
Sailing coach Allison Jolly looked out from her boat at the flag blowing on the U.S. Coast Guard ship on Wednesday, March 28, frowning about the gentle northeast wind that was making it a calm day for sailing. Hoping for a sea breeze, Jolly shouted across the water to John Mollicone, coach of the Brown
USF St. Petersburg honors student Miranda Cooper spends her Thursday nights at Bayside Gymnastics in St. Petersburg. Winding through the facility bustling with gymnasts of all ages, Cooper can be found in a back corner stretching on the blue mats with five other girls, their stretches reflecting on the wall-length mirror. Beside them, two aerial
Sushi is not an emergency. I think this is the hardest thing to wrap your head around when you’re a college student struggling to make ends meet. You’re told you should have a credit card to establish credit but to only use it for emergencies. The problem is: what constitutes an emergency? It’s Thursday night
Gathering at the training grounds early in morning with fog blanketing the atmosphere, a group of students broke into smaller sections to rotate to different training stations. Then they tackled an obstacle course, repelled walls, trained with weapons and participated in scenario-based shoot-outs. On Friday, March 2, first year and second year cadets from USFSP’s
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