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RSS FeedSt. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster talked about the trials of working with city council and the difficulty of municipal level government to a group of students as guest of Leader Speak Oct. 27 in Davis Hall. “We have to interface with everybody above us because we are the lowest of the low on the totem
Sixteen journalists from a continent where gossip can be a public service and mobile media have enabled speech in unprecedented ways will visit USFSP starting Thursday, Nov. 3. Visitors from 15 sub-Saharan African countries will tour the U.S. as part of the State Department’s Edward R. Murrow program. Murrow brings young up-and-coming journalists from around
Saying goodbye to the Campus Activities Center wasn’t so hard for USFSP students to do. On Mon. Oct. 24, students gathered at one of the last untouched buildings at USFSP for the “DIE-IN Lock-In,” hosted by the Harborside Activities Board. The event started at 6 p.m. and carried on to the next morning, featuring screenings
The half-dollar sized biscuit Nathalie Dupree holds is more like a microchip than a simple baked good. The chef and author explained biscuits first descended from the biscotti—in the south they were “beaten biscuits,” Dupree said. They were a constant in southern life—quick, crunchy and fresh. Just flour and water mixed together, beaten tirelessly by
Members of the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association played a late-night patio show for students and faculty in the Snell House courtyard. The Oct. 26 show began at dusk with the jazz standard “It Could Happen to You.” The Al Downing Jazz Association is named for jazz musician Al Downing, who came to St.
Remember, remember the eighth of November. Tuesday, Nov. 8 is when St. Petersburg residents can head to the polls and vote in the St. Petersburg City Council elections. Big issues face the little city—budget cuts, homelessness, the new pier design, creating jobs, red light cameras and the future home of major league baseball. On Oct.
The midterm Student Government Senate elections have been delayed due to an oversight in the executive branch, an SG candidate said. The original bill authorizing a $2,000 payment to Votenet Solutions, the company that operates the election software, was passed unanimously earlier this year in the Senate, but was never signed by President Courtney Parish,
Reaching the end of his term, Robert Dardenne, the current chair of the Journalism and Media Studies Department, decided it was time to give someone else the chance to run the department, and he stepped down from his position. Dardenne found this a good time to focus on other projects he’s working on. His three-year
Construction on the Multipurpose Student Center eliminated six disabled parking spots in Parking Lot 1, the lot closest to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. However, plans are in place for three disabled parking spots in a new specialized parking area adjacent to the new student center. John Trecastelli, associate director of USFSP’s Facilities Planning &
Gov. Rick Scott announced on Oct. 20 that biotech company IRX Therapeutics, Inc., would be moving from New York to St. Petersburg. He made the announcement in the USFSP Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. The relocation will bring 40 jobs to the area immediately, and 280 jobs in the next five years, with an average salary
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