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RSS FeedAt the end of February, USF St. Petersburg will be considered for a $500,000 grant from Duke Energy to install an array of solar panels on campus. This is the third year that USFSP will participate in the SunSense competition among Florida’s colleges, universities and technical schools, and the last year Duke is offering the
Jordan Palavra, president of USF St. Petersburg’s Black Student Association, slouched in his chair at the front of the room. The 19-year-old’s mouth formed a thin, nervous-looking line as he tells the one person in attendance they might be alone for this week’s discussion. The group’s latest success was a forum about twerking, a popular
If you’ve ever had a casual sexual experience with someone, taking part in what our moms’ therapists are now calling “hookup culture,” you’re at risk of never finding love. This is according to Towson University English professor Andrew Reiner, who believes hooking up and hanging out leads to the inability to express intimacy. In a
Ballrooms are set to become conference rooms as Douglas McElhaney, coordinator and retired U.S. foreign ambassador, ushers in activists and diplomats for a three-day discussion of world issues. The World Affairs Conference, which the Honors Program debuted last spring, worked as a two-day discussion of what global topics impacted St. Petersburg residents. But this year,
Andrew Hart, the supervisor of elections for Student Government, doesn’t just wait for packets to arrive to approve potential candidates. He spends months planning polling locations, organizing election packets and assembling members of deciding bodies in the election. SG elections are a semester in the making. In addition to involvement with student government at the
Sydney Whitfield didn’t purchase all her required textbooks this semester. She enrolled late in her Environmental Science course and wasn’t able to purchase the $90 book ahead of time. Her professor has yet to assign work from the book. “There are other ways to get around just buying,” said Whitfield, a freshman who is working
You see it everywhere in supermarkets these days, the exalted “certified organic” label. An assumed promise of healthy and environmentally conscious food fit for a guiltless meal. However, a newly emerged concept now threatens the mythos of organic foods — eating locally. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for a product to be labeled
In the past four months, Kira Barrera has received $120 in parking tickets on campus — even though she has a $173 commuter parking permit stuck to her windshield. Barrera, an environmental science graduate student, is one of about six people who regularly drive an electric vehicle to campus and take advantage of the two
A gender neutral restroom will soon be added to the University Student Center for use by all students regardless of gender identity or expression. What started as a mere suggestion by Gay Straight Alliance President Danielle Merewether has become a reality. Last week, Merewether met with Dwayne Isaacs, assistant director of the USC, to go
Last month, five USF St. Petersburg MBA students traveled 7,250 miles to expand their knowledge of banking, finance and Islamic culture. Matt Jackson, Liz Makofske, Eric LaBarre, Jeneca Williams and Bradley Gavornik, all local working professionals, spent a week in Kuwait with Dr. Gary Patterson. The group was hosted by the Kuwait government, which funded
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