Calling all regional chancellor hopefuls: a job opening is up for grabs at USF St. Petersburg—the coquina-cast campus turned jewel by the bay! Full-time job for full-time pay plus benefits! USFSP is seeking to fill this role with someone who possesses “unquestioned integrity, exemplary communication and interpersonal skills.” Experience is necessary. In addition to overseeing

The most important piece of grown-up advice I can give you is to never begin an email with “hey.” Just don’t do it. Since I started at USF St. Petersburg, I’ve received 109 emails that open with “Hey Wendy.” One or two are from professors I know well, a few are “hey y’alls” or “hey-os,”

I spent Labor Day weekend panhandling from the medians of Plantation, Fla., with a homeless woman who once stayed up 16 days straight smoking crack. Her skin was burnt to leather from years asking drivers for money at intersections. Along with 20 other student journalists from around the country, a homeless shelter filled with addicts,

Florida students have long been the soft underbelly of public university funding. The price of an education continues to increase at unprecedented rates as political and academic leadership, people who graduated in an era when a college degree was considered a public good and not a personal investment, offload their responsibilities to a generation of

  Many students hesitate to seek out clubs or events on campus, staying under the radar until they quietly graduate. This usually wards off the disconcerting feeling of being out of your comfort zone, but it also wards off personal growth. My first semester at USF St. Petersburg was fall 2010. I felt a little

After a long, sweaty day of move-in to Residence Hall One, packed with work and topped off with some brews downtown, I return to campus at 11:30 in the evening and decide to go to the dining hall to grab some grub before heading off to my room. To my surprise, the dining hall in

The new Olympic champion, still breathing hard after winning her race, was asked by the television interviewer, “How does it feel to be Olympic champion?” “A dream come true,” said the runner. “I just have to thank God for this win. I give Him all the glory.” I wondered to myself if she thought that

Humans have been active pedestrians for centuries-why stop now? The first humans walked out of the cradle of civilization somewhere in Africa about 60,000 years ago. They walked to Europe and Asia. They walked across long-gone land bridges of ice and sand to reach tiny Pacific islands and the Americas. They walked and ran to

Learning a new word can expand a person’s vocabulary, opening a crack in a curtain against a midday sun. Some words do more than that. They cast open the curtains of the mind. Timshel is an ancient Hebrew word whose meaning has vexed translators since it appeared alongside Cain and Abel in the original text

Welcome to headquarters. I am not sure how you found this place, but now that you have I have some important information that will not be found in your orientation packets. This ain’t gonna be your typical advice column that one would read in countless campus gazettes from coast to coast across this fine country.