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Sunday, May 10, 2026

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Student wins Tampa pageant award

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

ROTC cadets escort veterans on Honor Flight

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.

Honors student works on thesis in mid-air

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

On the money

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

ROTC programs train future leaders

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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