Opinion
The University of South Florida ranks No. 584 on degree program return on investment, out of 1,248 colleges and universities polled, according to survey results recently released by PayScale.com. PayScale.com describes itself as “a market leader in global online compensation data.” It compiles information from employers to “provide an immediate and precise snapshot of the
On April 10, former Pennsylvania senator and Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announced from Gettysburg, Penn., that he would suspend his campaign for the Republican presidential candidate nomination. This sets up the “inevitable” general election in November between former Massachusetts Governor Willard Mitt Romney and sitting President Barack Hussein Obama. Regardless of what the Electoral
I’m laying awkwardly on the EIC’s couch the night before deadline (and by deadline I mean I should be putting the paper together, but instead I’m writing this column that was due last week). My hands are poised over my laptop, placed on my stomach, slowly typing these words, looking like Thing’s twins (“The Addams
Please forgive me. I’m a little high right now. I’ve gone six weeks without a fix—possibly the longest I’ve ever abstained—and this dose seems strong to my cleansed and purified body. I can feel the substance spoiling it, twisting and turning through my bloodstream, rushing to my head and the tips of my limbs. And
Workers put in place the glass windows for the front stairwell of the new student center toward the end of last week. The front page of the USF St. Petersburg website boasts the building is now 75 percent complete. It is scheduled to open in the fall, brining with it the dining services USFSP has
On April 6, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays squared off against the New York Yankees on Opening Day. (The first Major League game I remember that I attended was when the D-Rays played against the Seattle Mariners, back when Tampa Bay still wore purple. Plus I played on the D-Rays in Babe Ruth—they will always
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 over an eyebrow raising six-and-a-half hours, spaced over three days. Since this has gone to press, the justices of the high court have already “cast their votes,” are in the process of writing their respective opinions
It’s slightly awkward the first time you see one. For me, I was walking through the baggage claim at the airport and some nervous man, all jittery from his flight, just whipped one out. Maybe you’re sitting in class and someone towards the back of the room pulls it out but tries to conceal it.
Amsterdam has created a school specifically for people who can make really cool things. Earlier this year, Lava, an Amsterdam-based design agency, opened THNK: The Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership. The public/private-funded institution has an inaugural class of 30, who attend classes in a facility in Amsterdam and also online. But this inaugural class is
Sanford, Seminole County, Florida. If one has been watching MSNBC, or I reckon any other cable news channel, then one is familiar with the recent tragic event that occurred in that fine city. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by 28-year-old George Zimmerman. Martin, black; Zimmerman, white. Zimmerman was questioned by the Sanford Police
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