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RSS FeedAt 2 years old, Joey Vars picked up his first toy rockets, and never put them down. His love for space “just sort of happened” when his parents noticed him playing with the space toys more than the Tonka trucks and Hot Wheels cars, and continued to supply him with more space related books and
Janet Keeler is the food and travel editor at the Tampa Bay Times and an adjunct professor in the USF St. Petersburg Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Keeler has been at the Times since 1992 and has more than 30 years of experience in the journalism field. She currently teaches a class dedicated to
Band posters and album covers conceal the large window facing Central Avenue, allowing passersby not even a glimpse at the Tetris of cardboard boxes sitting inside. With an estimated 50,000 records to unpack and place into the store’s red wooden bins, Planet Retro owner Rob Sexton and his associate Michael Rozak have a long week
[wzslider]The volunteer gardeners at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in South St. Petersburg plant onions in the September heat, sweating into the dirt and liking it. Among them is Hayden Hammerling, a USF St. Petersburg student completing an internship under the guidance of head gardener Ray Wunderlich. Wunderlich directs his intern on proper form as they dig deep ridges
Editor’s note: A lot has changed at USF St. Petersburg in the last few years, but the confusion, excitement, nervousness and eventual complacence that come with one’s first week as a bull have remained constant. The week of Aug. 25 – 30, The Crow’s Nest sent five freshman contributors out on their first assignment —
Dolphins swam past the Jenny Lynn, a USF St. Petersburg trawler, as Rabbi Ed Rosenthal lit the Havdalah candle before a group of 24 students, faculty and staff from USFSP, USF Tampa and Eckerd College. He fanned the flame and held it low to the deck of the boat, trying to shield it from the
For as long as there have been annoying roommates, there have been college students trying to find a better place to study than their dorm or apartment. We know the feeling, so we’ve assembled this list of the perfect places around campus to escape the madness of your hostile living environment. PRW Building “Gathering Room”
The hot and dusty streets of the warehouse district in St. Petersburg fill with an unnatural sound around 3:30 p.m. on a Friday in April. The noise echoes from one of the miscellaneous industrial buildings along 6th Avenue South. It’s a music recording space on the edge of society, called The Fuzz Factory. Patrick McBratney
The sun sets over a magical new city, and night life emerges. You have never seen anything like it. You find yourself immersed in a different culture, language, and way of life. You are not in America. There are plenty of opportunities at USF St. Petersburg to travel and explore other countries while learning invaluable
Kevin Cartmill is obsessed, and that’s a good thing for USF St. Petersburg. Walking around campus with Cartmill, the custodial superintendent, it becomes obvious how his love for the environment makes USFSP a better place. Without him, the university likely wouldn’t have a recycling program. He’s a one-man recycling machine, making sure each building has
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