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USF St. Petersburg student newspaper

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

opinion editorials

Newspaper under fire for anti-LGBT adoption article: Student claims pulling the article violated his First Amendment rights

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

Letter to the editor: Meal plan detracts from downtown St. Pete dining options

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

Truth through fiction

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

Keeping the bowl

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

USFSP should sign commitment to go green: Guidelines for making campus more eco-friendly could push the university

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