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RSS FeedThe USF Sailing Team’s spring season is set to kick off the second week in February. The team qualified for the national competitions this past fall, winning fourth place in Chicago and second place in San Francisco. This season the national sailing competitions will be held in Texas. But to get there, the team has
One by one, they whoosh by. As students scurry to class each day or set up camp in a library study room, small airplanes flying overhead are a familiar sight to the USFSP community. Just across the way on First Street SE at Albert Whitted Airport, pilot and lead mechanic Nathan Van Coops can be
The Saturday Morning Market has brought visitors statewide for 10 years now. Situated in the parking lot of Al Lang Field in Downtown St. Petersburg, the market provides live music as well as fresh produce, potted plants, fresh meats and cheeses, local art, jewelry, clothing and baked goods. There is also a variety of multicultural
About 50 alumni joined the chancellor, administrators and deans to celebrate the university during the first ever USFSP Alumni Society gathering on Feb. 2. The organization is the first of its kind among the USF regional campuses—an alumni group focused on the branch and not the system. It is within the “umbrella” of the USF
With great spring weather here in St. Petersburg, there has never been a better time to get outside and explore. One advantage of downtown St. Petersburg is the variety of public art and history for locals and visitors to enjoy. You probably pass by these places everyday without giving them a second thought. So next
Walking across campus, people might hear students talking to each other in a foreign language. It’s not Spanish. It’s not French. It’s not Chinese. “You want to know, ‘what is it that they are speaking?’,” said Kyle Taylor, an international affairs major. Perhaps they are speaking Arabic. Last semester, USF St. Petersburg began offering Arabic
After five years of preparation, USF will send students to study abroad in Vietnam for the first time. Students will have the opportunity to learn beside Vietnamese students from July 8 through July 30, 2012. “Many powerful lessons are going to be explored during this course,” said Frank Biafora, dean of the USFSP College of
It was like any other art exhibition—except the drawings were created underwater and guests were served chocolate milk. But friends would say that’s just Hunter. Almost everybody has heard of local artist Hunter Payne by now. If they haven’t taken a ride on one of the swings he put up around the area as part
A driver cut a blind turn too closely and clipped the car parked on the other side, the second such accident within two weeks, in the USFSP parking garage on Jan. 24. The driver left no note, did not contact University Police and could be charged with leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor
Since 1986, the National MLK Drum Major for Justice Parade has drawn thousands to the streets of St. Petersburg. USFSP students and staff came out to join in the parade with beads and candy for the eager visitors. Many student clubs and organizations showed their support for the community including: Student Government, the Black Student
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