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RSS FeedSeveral departments may soon be looking to hire new professors, thanks to recent changes in USF St. Petersburg’s budget. Frank Biafora, the Dean of the Arts and Sciences department, says these are the “most exciting hiring years” he has seen in his time at USF St. Petersburg. Biafora said that due to the economy and
Over muffled chatter and clanging dishes in the University Student Center, student body presidential candidates Jimmy Richards and Mark Lombardi-Nelson voiced their campaign platforms before a politically divided student audience on Feb. 27. Among the debate’s big ticket items were Sodexo meal plan changes, the potential for Greek life on campus, the preservation of USF
Spring general elections place presidential and vice presidential candidates Jimmy Richards and Jordan Iuliucci against incumbent Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus, along with 17 senator-hopefuls. Voting begins March 4 and ends on the 7. Also on the ballot will be an amendment to change the election schedule. Whereas voting now begins the Monday after spring
Students rose to action with a petition in support of Interim Regional Chancellor Bill Hogarth after the Regional Chancellor Search Advisory Committee did not recommend him as a finalist for the permanent position last month. Mark Lombardi-Nelson, student body president, had a seat on the search committee and helped narrow the pool of 74 candidates.
About 20 USF St. Petersburg students traveled to Tallahassee last Tuesday, lobbying the state legislature to reinvest in higher education and appropriate funding for a building to house the College of Business. Meetings with many state senators and representatives netted positive responses, with four resulting in verbal commitments to a College of Business building. However,
When Student Government voted to recommend a $1 increase on the student health fee a couple weeks ago, director of Student Achievement Diane McKinstry was surprised. Though increasing the health fee had always been McKinstry’s plan, she did not expect SG to recommend such a significant increase so soon. For SG, the steep increase was
“I don’t like needles” or “I’m afraid to give blood” are two of the most common reasons people do not donate blood, according to the American Red Cross. OneBlood Inc., which brings bloodmobiles to campus every month, gives students a chance to overcome their fears while donating to a valuable cause. The next chance to
Americans’ perceptions of terrorism are different from the reality of terrorism. Mia Bloom, a leading women’s studies and terrorism scholar, expressed this sentiment in her Feb. 18 on-campus lecture, “Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists.” Terrorists use our false stereotypes to their advantage, Bloom said. She explained that terrorist organizations use “gender stereotypes” against
Construction is underway on this year’s Grand Prix track.
Live at home for the first year of college, they said. It will be fun, they said. Ah, commuting, such a delicate, misunderstood beast. Caught in between life on campus and elsewhere, the commuter student tries to have the best of both worlds. But it doesn’t always work out that way. While many USF St.
