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RSS FeedThe Student Government Senate elected a steady hand to proceed over the most important and complex decision made each year by the legislative body, the club and organizations budget. Sen. Emily Gorman, a veteran member of the Senate, defeated Sens. Brian Bauroth, William Nicks and Christa Hegedus to lead the Senate on April 4. Senate
From the news desk A Student Government bill that set aside $7,000 for the purchase and display of art on campus has been rejected by administration. Noreen Noonan, the regional vice chancellor for academic affairs, felt uncomfortable taking the money from the student legislature, said SG President Courtney Parish. The major provision of the arts
Harbordside Activities Board President Jamie Kennedy recently announced during a meeting the decision for next year’s HAB executive board. Junior Lauren Dakers will serve as president, with sophomore Solange Gorleku as vice president for the 2012-2013 year. “I have been in HAB three years now,” said Dakers, who is the organization’s current director of film.
On April 6, a 12-ton FA-18 NAVY fighter jet holding tons of fuel crash landed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Va. Forty units in the complex were destroyed in the crash and the massive fireball it caused. Five were hospitalized, none seriously hurt, and nobody died. Virginia Beach’s mayor called it a “good
USF St. Petersburg’s latest initiative in its effort to attain sustainability and reduce its ecological footprint was unveiled on March 21 when two electric vehicle charging stations were opened near the Tavern. The 240-watt stations charge cars such as the Chevy Volt much faster than standard outlets. USFSP’s stations are open to the public and
When death looked Ryan Mitchell in the eye during his three-year jaunt across four of the world’s continents, he turned around and ran away. Mitchell was in Argentina participating in a field study through USF St. Petersburg’s department of archeology. He took a break from helping a researcher record prehistoric carvings and hiked up a
Questions about the upcoming campus dining service will be fully answered within weeks, said university officials. However, to address questions from parents and students, the university released a preliminary list of meal plans but qualified that the prices listed are not final, said Director of Communications Tom Scherberger. The list does, however, represent the maximum
Background checks, book drives and chances to talk to death row inmates are some of the things students can expect to experience in Dawn Cecil’s “Life in the Big House” special topics class. An elective available to all majors, the class focuses on the reality of life behind bars. Students study prison culture, its history,
I was back in 11th grade, woolen winter coat bundled up to my neck, hands over the heater in my friend’s brand new Pontiac Aztek. She hit a bump outside of a Hollywood Video and my Frosty—a milkshake dessert from Wendy’s that was much too cold to eat that time of year—spilled its contents all
Get this. Next year’s batch of freshmen were mostly born in 1994. That’s the same year Kurt Cobain killed himself, and O.J. Simpson sped away from police in his white Bronco. They were only 5 years old when “Family Guy” first premiered on Fox and when Napster popped up on the Internet to change the
