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RSS FeedUSF St. Petersburg sophomore Solange Gorleku won the Miss People’s Choice Award during the Mr. and Miss USF Pageant at USF Tampa on April 10. Gorleku wanted to participate in the pageant “mostly because I wanted to prove, or remind everyone, that we are all the USF system,” she said. “I wanted to represent USF
A USF Tampa student’s recent diagnosis of tuberculosis had some at USF St. Petersburg concerned about commuting and contagion. The Hillsborough County Health Department is handling the case, university officials said, and has already contacted via mail those considered at-risk. Those mailed were informed they need to be tested for TB, and testing is now
Prices of Waterfront services to faculty, staff and the public will increase as a result of rising costs, said Aquatic Programs Coordinator Teresa Przetocki. The new prices will reflect the market prices for similar services, increased costs by program suppliers and necessary facilities improvement. The Red Cross, for example, has raised its price for CPR
Featured photo: USFSP students Sky Plunkett (L) and Kevin Jacques (R) kicked off open mic night on Nov. 16 at 9 p.m. in Davis Hall. Photos by Daniel Mutter
People seem to be paying a bit more attention to the state of society these days thanks to the non-stop Republican presidential debates, the rise of Occupy Wall Street and a polarizing governor. Yet, how many look outside of American borders for reasonable modern ideas? The Nordic countries never seem to get any credit, but
Orville and Wilbur Wright succeeded as the first humans in flight, on Dec. 17, 1903. The participants of Saturday’s Red Bull Flugtag competition in downtown Tampa apparently didn’t get that memo. The Flugtag took over the Tampa Convention Center on Tampa Bay and drew over 100,000 spectators to the whimsical flight competition. Flugtag—German for “flight
It was a calm morning, 10 years ago. The skies across the eastern seaboard were tranquil, and the air was crisp. Ten years ago, the young men and women who are now freshmen at USF St. Petersburg sat wide-eyed staring at their third-grade teachers, the air smelling of crayons and plastic and glue. They were
Mayor Bill Foster answered questions about his philosophy of governance, city services and the Rays while highlighting his discomfort with the press to a group of mostly journalism students in the CAC on September 1. The core of his governing strategy is the broken window philosophy, Foster said. The “broken window” is “sweating the small
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