Posts by: Tyler Killette
At around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, a student posted a photo in the USFSP Know-It-All’s Guide on Facebook of a man wearing nothing but a diaper and a silver chain in a Residence Hall One elevator. Another student posted asking why police were surrounding the building. At about 8:30 p.m., The Crow’s Nest
The Duke University freshman, who works under the moniker Belle Knox, didn’t want to take out loans to pay for her school’s $60,000 per year tuition. So, she joined the porn industry. The decision, which many might consider outrageous and distasteful, was easy for Knox, who said her experience in the industry has been nothing
What if you could earn a college degree without paying for tuition? The idea isn’t completely outrageous. Some lawmakers are proposing bills to facilitate it, most recently in Florida. The catch, however, is that once you receive your “free” degree, you must pay the state a small portion of your income for a certain amount
Well, it came out of frustration and stress because, unfortunately, that’s how my body deals with those emotions. The salty drops were merely pooling at the edges of my tear ducts as I left the conference room, but by the time I’d gotten down the hall to my office, they were racing down my cheeks,
In its second year, Whigfest Music and Arts Festival, put on by St. Petersburg record label Attic Records over President’s Day weekend, effectively channeled the energy of our country’s early rebels to revolutionize the local festival scene. Anchored in the courtyard at Jannus Live, the festival opened up to three surrounding venues, MacDinton’s, Mandarin Hide
If you’ve ever had a casual sexual experience with someone, taking part in what our moms’ therapists are now calling “hookup culture,” you’re at risk of never finding love. This is according to Towson University English professor Andrew Reiner, who believes hooking up and hanging out leads to the inability to express intimacy. In a
In the past four months, Kira Barrera has received $120 in parking tickets on campus — even though she has a $173 commuter parking permit stuck to her windshield. Barrera, an environmental science graduate student, is one of about six people who regularly drive an electric vehicle to campus and take advantage of the two
Last month, the first ever gay couple was featured on a Disney Channel show. Though “Good Luck Charlie’s” two lesbian characters received no more than 10 seconds of airtime, the feat was significant — not just for gay people and supporters, but for the human race. The storyline was simple. Charlie had a playdate with
Last month, five USF St. Petersburg MBA students traveled 7,250 miles to expand their knowledge of banking, finance and Islamic culture. Matt Jackson, Liz Makofske, Eric LaBarre, Jeneca Williams and Bradley Gavornik, all local working professionals, spent a week in Kuwait with Dr. Gary Patterson. The group was hosted by the Kuwait government, which funded
Behind a plexiglass barrier scuffed from years of birthday parties and recreational hockey games, two U.S. Olympic athletes glide, spin and leap across the fluorescently lit ice. A crowd of 50 occupies the concrete bleachers overlooking the rink, taking advantage of the opportunity to see Olympians at work without having to travel across the world. After
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