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RSS FeedThe two remaining campaign tickets sweated through the second student body presidential debate on Harborwalk yesterday. Armed with energy drinks and notepads, candidates Steven Bird and Cody Boyer answered students’ questions, vying for votes in the runoff election. Students had the opportunity pose more than 10 questions to the presidential and vice presidential candidates. Topics
It started as an argument outside of Residence Hall One between a female student and her boyfriend, Derek Brown. They stood along the sidewalk at Fifth Avenue S., near Second Street S. Brown, who University Police Services say was intoxicated, took a knife out of his pocket and threatened two male USFSP students, who requested
The election polls are open. Five candidates are running. Vote through Orgsync here! (polls close Feb. 27). Click on the names below to be linked to more info about each campaign. BOYD/BURCH CONSTANTINE/ALVES TIFT/HANSON BOYER/IULIUCCI BIRD/GONZALEZ
Five candidates, in the most contested USFSP presidential election yet, discussed the role of the student body president at a debate on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Cody Boyer thinks the president sets a good example. Sophia Constantine said the president should go to administration to advocate for the students. Steven Bird believes the president represents the
Lorenza Navarro, a 23-year-old psychology major, started an online petition asking USF St. Petersburg to move the graduation commencement to a larger venue, citing Tropicana Field as one possibility. The petition, created on Feb. 13, has gained 341 signatures so far. Each graduating USFSP student receives five tickets to the ceremony at the Mahaffey Theater.
A Student Government Senate vote on Wednesday, Feb. 19, supported a bill that will put the Student Life Center through another period of renovation. The legislation, proposed by Sophia Constantine, chair of SG legislative affairs, calls for an SLC expansion to provide students with a comprehensive student space — what was intended for the University
At the end of February, USF St. Petersburg will be considered for a $500,000 grant from Duke Energy to install an array of solar panels on campus. This is the third year that USFSP will participate in the SunSense competition among Florida’s colleges, universities and technical schools, and the last year Duke is offering the
A wrong-way collision in Tampa on Feb. 9 resulted in the death of five men, including four USF fraternity brothers. At 2:12 a.m., Jobin Joy Kuriakose, 21, Ankeet Harshad Patel, 22, Dammie Yesudhas, 21, and Imtiyaz “Jim” Ilias, 20, were struck head-on by a Ford Expedition going the wrong way on Interstate 275. Kuriakose’s 2010
Ballrooms are set to become conference rooms as Douglas McElhaney, coordinator and retired U.S. foreign ambassador, ushers in activists and diplomats for a three-day discussion of world issues. The World Affairs Conference, which the Honors Program debuted last spring, worked as a two-day discussion of what global topics impacted St. Petersburg residents. But this year,
Andrew Hart, the supervisor of elections for Student Government, doesn’t just wait for packets to arrive to approve potential candidates. He spends months planning polling locations, organizing election packets and assembling members of deciding bodies in the election. SG elections are a semester in the making. In addition to involvement with student government at the
