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Monday, May 11, 2026

Arts & Life

Easy area emergency options

Moving out and attending school in a new town can mean leaving a familiar general physician, dentist or veterinarian back home. Preparation for any emergency is important, especially when searching for locations that meet both medical and financial needs. Try to choose locations that accept your form of insurance. If you are not insured, the

Bus fare cuts costs home

Finding reliable transportation to return home for holidays and special occasions can be challenging for students who don’t own a car. The latest travel option students have is Megabus, a service that departs from the Marion Transit Center, about 25 minutes from downtown Tampa. Megabus is a “safe, convenient, low cost, daily express bus service”

10 Things to Try at the Reef

So you live on campus, and you dropped a thousand-plus dollars on that meal plan. Maybe you love it–or, you hate it. Either way, you have to eat it, or you’ve just thrown away all that money. So we’re here to help. Here are ten must-eats from on-campus dining: The Coral Cafe 1. The Baja

Shakespeare shapes new author

For eight years, Dr. Lisa Starks-Estes has committed to the development of her first book Violence, Trauma, and Virtus in Shakespeare’s Roman Poems and Plays: Transforming Ovid. Starks-Estes is an associate professor of English and the director of the MLA in Liberal Studies Program at USF St. Petersburg. The book focuses on the Roman poet

The history of a city: backyard ‘Burg history

St. Petersburg, or “the ‘Burg,” is full of quirky and weird sights with a history that is just as colorful as its modern nightlife. Unfamiliar with the area? Returning students or students fresh to college–and the city–can acquaint with “the Sunshine City.” 1) I thought St. Petersburg was in Russia…. When the city was founded

Lizards and laughs at the Mahaffey

The Floridian reptile population set the tone for a night of humor at the Mahaffey Theater. MTV2’s Guy Code comedian Jermaine Fowler entertained more than 200 students at the Main Sail Comedy Night on Aug. 28. The College Humor Live performer was scared by the “lizard apocalypse.” In comparison to Jermaine’s home in New York,

Movie Review: “The Expendables 3”

Action movies never have convincing plots, but that doesn’t matter much. The action in The Expendables 3 is enjoyable, but it rambles on as if director Patrick Hughes is turning an XBOX set on and off. The Expendables 3 brings moviegoers back to the old school ’80s and ’90s action film genre. It’s refreshing to

New face in academic affairs

Han Reichgelt, the new Regional Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs has worked at universities all over the world, including University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica; the University of Nottingham, England; and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Despite his experiences, it wasn’t clear to him at first what he could contribute to USF St.

Hitting the books in Spain

Some students spend their summers at home, sleeping in until noon. But this summer Jessica Jensen woke up each morning in a home in Salamanca, Spain. She shared toast and jam, muffins and cafe con leche with her host family, who spoke only Spanish, before heading out to studies at her university. Wendy Baker of

Campus growth through the years

Before the University Student Center finished completion in 2012, a hill of grass and volleyball courts sprawled along 6th Avenue S. The sidewalks that stretch throughout campus once lead only to Coquina Hall and Davis Hall. USF St. Petersburg sprouted from years of cultivation. The first classes at the USFSP began on Sept. 7, 1965.

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