Editorials
Would anyone think twice if this newspaper published an LGBT-friendly editorial on this page? Would hundreds of people raise their pitchforks and torches, alert the mainstream media and call for an immediate apology? How about if we published an anti-LGBT article? That’s the situation the student newspaper at Shawano Community High School is facing after
I discovered Pinterest a few weeks ago. It’s a website, kind of like tumblr, but with more pretty pictures per capita and without all the words muddying up my feed. I’ve got a bunch of virtual boards, and I virtually pin pictures to those boards of things that catch my eye. The idea is to
I nearly choked on my “Collen McCollough” (sandwich at the Tavern) when I read your front-page stories about bidding exclusive dining contracts for students in campus housing. My only question: Why? As an undergrad in 1996, I endured the University of North Florida’s meal plan for a year before getting out from under that mandatory
When we think of bicycles in St. Petersburg, we might conjure up recollections of the Pinellas Trail on a weekend morning, when bicycling families swarm like locusts. Maybe we recall jousting with a peloton (group) of ill-mannered spandex-clad road racers while driving. Cycling is often associated with recreation and leisure. A friend of mine was
Good stories are universal. I wrote this column while paused halfway through the season two premiere of “Downton Abbey,” a BBC drama to which I should have no legitimate connection. The series explores the extravagant aristocratic lives of the Earl of Grantham, his American socialite wife and their three daughters. Their titular home holds more
The rematch of our generation’s “Game of the Century” was not as exiting as it was hyped to be. The Crimson Tide of Alabama rolled over Louisiana State in the Bowl Championship Series’ Title Game played in LSU’s backyard the Louisiana Superdome, on Jan. 9, to a score of 21 to nil. The sixth quarter
USF St. Petersburg should continue its push toward sustainability by signing the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment. To date, 647 college and university presidents have signed it, and 434 have submitted climate action plans detailing how the schools plan to go, and stay, green. The President’s Climate Commitment was started by Second Nature
As out-of-work recessioneers headed back to college looking for a leg up in the competitive job market, politicians, too, looked toward higher education for economic answers. The pillars of the Florida economy have traditionally been tourism, agriculture, construction and aerospace, three of which have been bludgeoned by the global economic collapse. The future of Florida
State university officials in Florida have been discussing the idea of charging students more for getting degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, though universities don’t have total power to set differentiated tuition rates depending on the programs. Gov. Rick Scott is pushing for more students in the state to graduate with these so-called STEM
Nikeya Williams Editor-in-Chief As I near the end of my leadership as editor-in-chief, I am compelled to discuss the current, seriously flawed system of funding for the Crow’s Nest. Every year, the Crow’s Nest receives an allocation of student fee money through Student Government. But with each year, our budget continues to be cut. These
