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RSS FeedThe article “Battles rage in St. Petersburg over Kerouac legacy” published in the Nov. 9 issue of The Crow’s Nest included text copied directly from several published articles. Whole paragraphs were copied without proper citation or attribution from articles in The St. Petersburg Times (“The fight over all things Kerouac,” Nov. 24, 2002; “Pinellas judge
The possibility of school shootings, like those at Columbine High School in Colorado 1999 and Virginia Tech in 2007, have lead to more awareness of how vulnerable schools can be to sudden unforeseen acts of violence. On Nov. 14, University Police Chief Rene Chenevert presented the video “Shots Fired on Campus.” The purpose of the
Drip, drip, drip. Plunk. As I sit on my too-small bed, writing my second and last opinion column, I hear water dripping from my bathroom ceiling and hitting my toilet. Again. I get up and move all of my beauty and hygiene products off my bathroom counter to my desk. This Thursday night fiasco has
Holocaust survivor George Lucius Salton lived through ten concentration camps, the deaths of his mother and father to the Nazis and the still unknown fate of his brother—whom he hasn’t heard from since the last time they saw each other in a concentration camp. On Nov. 1, Salton shared his experiences with the USFSP community.
St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster talked about the trials of working with city council and the difficulty of municipal level government to a group of students as guest of Leader Speak Oct. 27 in Davis Hall. “We have to interface with everybody above us because we are the lowest of the low on the totem
Sixteen journalists from a continent where gossip can be a public service and mobile media have enabled speech in unprecedented ways will visit USFSP starting Thursday, Nov. 3. Visitors from 15 sub-Saharan African countries will tour the U.S. as part of the State Department’s Edward R. Murrow program. Murrow brings young up-and-coming journalists from around
St. Petersburg residents and members of the racing community gathered at a funeral service on Saturday, Oct. 22 at First Presbyterian Church to bid farewell to racing legend Dan Wheldon. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and St. Petersburg resident died on Oct. 16 in a 15-car pileup at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 2005,
Gov. Rick Scott announced on Oct. 20 that biotech company IRX Therapeutics, Inc., would be moving from New York to St. Petersburg. He made the announcement in the USFSP Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. The relocation will bring 40 jobs to the area immediately, and 280 jobs in the next five years, with an average salary
Upcoming Halloween events on campus and around downtown St. Petersburg prove you can have as much fun celebrating the holiday as an adult. Costume contests, spooky ghost tours and Halloween-grams are just a few ways to celebrate the holiday in the area. Ghost Tours of Downtown Saint Petersburg Hooker Tea Co. & Café 300 Beach
The occupation of Wall Street continues for the fourth week, and protesters are building in numbers. Thousands hit the street in anger and frustration over a multitude of difficult issues the nation is facing. Most recently, protests have moved to the homes of some of New York’s wealthiest individuals. But who are these protesters and
