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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Carol Barkalow will share what it was like to literally live in a man’s world during Women in Combat, an event honoring women in the military, hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. “I was sometimes less than 10 percent and all the time less than 20 percent of the population so
The Florida Holocaust Museum celebrated 20 years of life on Feb. 23 at the Mahaffey Theater, honoring Holocaust survivor, professor and author Elie Wiesel with its traditional Loebenberg Award. Sandy Mermelstein, daughter of the founder of the museum, stood to present Wiesel his award during the event. She shared how Wiesel’s book “Night” taught many
I don’t know who the Kardashians are. When I admitted this to a friend, she looked at me like I was crazy. Now, thanks to Google, I know that they’re a rich family who has their own reality TV show. According to their Facebook page, 5,794,563 people like them and 202,911 are talking about them.
The Reserves Officers’ Training Corps allows students to attend college while training to become an Army officer once they graduate. The Army ROTC teaches leadership courses in universities across the country and is part of the college curriculum at USFSP. The ROTC program at USF St. Petersburg is entering its fifth year. As part of
Youths who are harassed based on their sexual orientation are more than twice as likely to seriously consider suicide, according to gsanetwork.org. Gavin Nagatomo, president of USFSP’s Gay Straight Alliance, recalls reading in an American Journal of Pediatrics that communities that have such clubs or organizations have lower incidences of suicide and more tolerance within
Two graphic design students, not yet selected, will spend their fall semester at Saint-Luc, Liege, College of the Arts, in Belgium. In the spring, Saint-Luc, Liege, will send two of its students to study through USF St. Pete’s graphic design program. The idea for this exchange “sparked” in May 2011 when visiting instructor Erika Greenberg
The USF Sailing Team’s spring season is set to kick off the second week in February. The team qualified for the national competitions this past fall, winning fourth place in Chicago and second place in San Francisco. This season the national sailing competitions will be held in Texas. But to get there, the team has
Walking across campus, people might hear students talking to each other in a foreign language. It’s not Spanish. It’s not French. It’s not Chinese. “You want to know, ‘what is it that they are speaking?’,” said Kyle Taylor, an international affairs major. Perhaps they are speaking Arabic. Last semester, USF St. Petersburg began offering Arabic
After five years of preparation, USF will send students to study abroad in Vietnam for the first time. Students will have the opportunity to learn beside Vietnamese students from July 8 through July 30, 2012. “Many powerful lessons are going to be explored during this course,” said Frank Biafora, dean of the USFSP College of
Competing against 18 full rig sailors, freshman Christopher Stocke cruised into the National Sailing Competition in Chicago this past December and brought home a second place victory. Each sailor had to place in regional competitions in order to qualify for the national event. The competition took place Dec. 4 through Dec.6 at the Chicago Yacht
