Nearly five years after a leak was detected in the USF St. Petersburg pool, a solution remains unmet. According to Zac Oppenheim, assistant director of Campus Recreation, the surface of the pool water runs into gutters, which direct it into the pool’s filter. Though there is no specific point of leakage, some of the water

USF St. Petersburg’s environmentally focused campus organizations are seeking funds for a trip to Pittsburgh to attend the Power Shift conference, a project of the Energy Action Coalition. Every two years, the conference invites students from universities across the country to discuss “the movement to fight fracking, divest from fossil fuels, build a clean energy

The Dalí Museum is partnering with the USF St. Petersburg College of Education to create the Dalí Mobile, a traveling museum experience for seventh grade math and science students. “Not everyone can come to the museum, but the museum should come to everybody,” Peter Tush, curator of education at Dalí, said. Spearheading USFSP’s involvement is

Student Government formed a committee to consider the impeachment of SG supreme court justices at last week’s general assembly — two semesters after Sen. Jozef Gherman originally moved for their impeachment. Justices Graham Reybitz, Kendel Mott and Russell Heller were alleged with willful disregard of the SG statutes and violation of the constitution, following the

When a terrorist attack is committed, the public — the innocent victims — need to understand why. This remark came from ethics scholar and chair of the journalism department Deni Elliot as she led a conversation about Rolling Stone’s September issue. When the magazine featured Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover, millions

The Philanthropy Fair will host nonprofit organizations and community opportunity on Thursday, Oct. 3. The idea for the fair was conceptualized in 2011, when Greg Holden, who was the chair of the St. Pete Young Professionals at the time, approached graduate student Sarah Morrow. He wanted to bring nonprofits and young professionals together over a

Student Government has allocated approximately one-third of its budget set for student clubs and organizations in the 2013-2014 school year, just five weeks into the fall semester. SG designated $61,900 to fund clubs this year — doubling last year’s budget. Clubs are able to draw from this fund to cover expenses for things like travel,

USF St. Petersburg psychology student William Nicks can tell you what you’re thinking about by studying blood flow in your brain. Anthropology student Elizabeth Southard spent the last two summers studying the social structure of the Gamo people in Ethiopia. Both students presented their studies at the Student Research Colloquium on Sept. 18 in the