USF St. Petersburg students are paying over $900 more to live at the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront hotel for the fall semester because Residence Hall One has hit capacity. The university wanted to provide overflow housing for those looking to live in RHO, but it came with a price tag [...]

Students interested in meeting new people and engaging in student life can join a campus club—or start their own. There are three basic steps to create a recognized club, said Student Government Vice President Mark Lombardi-Nelson. Step one requires five friends who share the same interest for the organization, and [...]

The Project 10 Sting Ray program is for students with disabilities, to give them the opportunity to go to college just like every other regular student here at USFSP. I am the editor-in-chief for The Sting Ray Current, which similar to The Crow’s Nest. It’s about information and activities that [...]

FC Tampa Bay entered the game on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Al Lang Stadium against Puerto Rico, trailing the Islanders by seven points for the coveted second seed in the NASL standings. That position carries with it a first-round playoff goodbye. A win would have pulled the Rowdies within four [...]

Students are seeing spikes in tuition and fees as state and federal governments are facing major budget shortfalls. Financial aid will most likely be sent to the state and federal chopping block. The National Association for Student Financial Aide Administrators launched an online campaign to urge students and financial aide [...]

The USF Bulls 2011 football season will kick off at Notre Dame on Sept. 3 in a nationally televised game. Afterwards, they will have a three-game home stand against the likes of Ball State, Florida A&M and University of Texas at El Paso. They open up the Big East conference [...]

For die-hard fans, it’s just another night at the ballpark. For a college student on a budget looking for somewhere to go with friends, it’s an option for a night out. Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is within walking distance of USF St. Petersburg, located at 1 [...]

I did a version of this column last season, but I think it’s a concept worth repeating. As fantasy owners, we love the competition and talking smack to our friends. Personally, I love the stats, the knowledge gained each season and feeling like I could hold a conversation with Michelle [...]

The start of a new semester calls to mind a number of images—trips to the store to buy the perfect notebook to store all your smart thoughts, hours in the local coffee shop pouring over textbooks, combing through the grocery store for the perfect seven-nights-a-week Ramen, university governing boards raising [...]

The downward spiral in our economy has meant cutting corners, clipping coupons and forgoing certain luxuries. Goodbye caramel lattes, adios three course dinners at Ceviche, farewell organic dog food. Although I have pared down my needs to the essentials—mostly home-brewed coffee and ramen noodles—I am skeptical of the tradeoff in [...]