By Martha Rhine The activists wore shorts, ripped denim and high-top sneakers. Their black T-shirts were pinned with buttons and orange ribbons. They weren’t representing the government or any specific
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Susan Hamilton Churuti, a longtime government attorney who helps manage retail space on St. Petersburg’s tony Beach Drive, has been appointed to the five-member Campus Board. She replaces her husband,
A legislative proposal to abolish the independent accreditation of USF St. Petersburg cleared the House Education Committee on Tuesday and appeared headed for approval by the Legislature. But attached to
Above photo: Many islanders who fled to the mainland are being treated shabbily, says Mayra Calo (third from left). Michael Moore Jr. | The Crow’s Nest By Michael Moore Jr. Five
By Haley Haman It took four long days of lawyers questioning 90 Pinellas County citizens to decide that I would not be a good juror. On the first day, the
Above photo: The St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs was co-founded in 2013 by Dr. Thomas Smith and Ambassador Douglas L. McElhaney. Last year the conference brought in around 2,000 people
Above photo: Ken Welch graduated from USF St. Petersburg in 1985 and was elected to Pinellas County Commission 2000. He is wary of plans to consolidate the USF campuses. Courtesy
It came out of the blue last week. Powerful legislators want to roll back history and end USFSP’s independent accreditation. What would that mean? No one – not administrators, not
By Tiffany Beyer Of all the food produced in North America, 40 percent of it ends up in the trash. That startling statistic is the foundation for the Canadian documentary