Last month, the first ever gay couple was featured on a Disney Channel show. Though “Good Luck Charlie’s” two lesbian characters received no more than 10 seconds of airtime, the
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USF St. Petersburg is the only college I applied to during high school, because it was the only college I wanted to attend. USF first came onto my college radar
“Did you see that s#- awesome car?” I overheard one student tell another while walking from the USF St. Petersburg parking garage. “It’s amazing as f#-.” As the students continued
The day after Christmas, two large presents remained neatly wrapped under our tree. Mom would not open hers until Dad came home from the hospital. More days passed. Dead, brittle
Four years from now, I can’t help but wonder, besides a diploma, what evidence will there be that I ever came to USF St. Petersburg? If anything were to happen
One of my first musical memories is of my father playing the piano, singing songs about potty training. (Don’t judge. It was comforting.) It wasn’t uncommon for my sister and
That $20,000 piece of paper presented to you at graduation is not a golden ticket for a job. Your clean cut, free of spelling errors, beautifully decorated resume and cover
We’ve all done it. Made up an excuse, which we use as a go-to tactic, as to why we’d rather not continue talking with a person who’s approached us at
Opinion Imagine it: A world where you can pay someone a sum of money to quietly kill off your child, no questions asked. You won’t be arrested, or even looked
A dirty bar bathroom in Ybor, beer-soaked streets the morning after First Friday in St. Petersburg, cheap, greasy hot dog stands on every corner downtown, the smell of red tide