A Look Into the Statues Around UT
By JOANNA STEFANIAK One of the statues in the Plant Hall lobby. A walk from the Vaughn center and into the Plant Hall lobby brings students face to face with two of UT’s most compelling residents:...
View ArticleGet Your Booty into Boot Camp
By BECCA FULLER I used to be in shape, I think as I watch my tired face turn purple in the mirrors. In high school, I played lacrosse, soccer and tennis, but exercise was put on the back burner after...
View ArticleUT Announces 100% of Students Who Took Nursing Exam Passed
By ARDEN IGLEHEART UT’s nursing program is one of the school’s most valuable assets, and this year, for the fourth year in a row, it boasts a 100 percent passing rate on the nursing exam. The average...
View ArticleHow to Survive Florida Weather
By LIZ MACLEAN The UT website and the brochure sport pictures of students basking in the sunshine in Plant Park or strolling around campus, sweat stains and runny makeup nowhere to be found. Students...
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By BECCA TURNER I used to be in shape, I think as I watch my tired face turn purple in the mirrors. In high school, I played lacrosse, soccer and tennis, but exercise was put on the back burner after...
View ArticleUT Student Trainer Teaches High-Intensity Class at New Fitness Center
By CANDACE MARTINO After 14 months of construction work on campus the much anticipated wait is officially over – The University of Tampa has finally opened its new two-story Fitness and Recreation...
View ArticleCampus Closed for Hurricane Hermine
By Arden Igleheart UT has canceled all campus operations after 4 p.m. today due to Hurricane Hermine’s intense rainfall and lightning. Normal operations will resume Friday at 8 a.m. The university is...
View ArticleAnother Unarmed Black Man Shot
By LIZ MACLEAN An unarmed black man was shot by police on Friday, Sept. 16 while he was working on his stalled car in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Footage from the scene shows Terence Crutcher walking toward his...
View ArticleASA 101: Intro to International Students
By ASHLEY SALAS No matter what we watch or read about cultures, we can never truly know until we talk to people. I attended the first African Student Association meeting in Plant Hall and as the room...
View ArticleThe Clinton Cash Cow: How Her New Plan Could Affect UT Students
By NEVA WARREN What would you do with $28,950? That much money could buy a Mazda6 Sport. It could buy ten months in a Greenwich Village studio apartment or over ten thousand Crunchwrap Supremes from...
View ArticleNew Clubs on the Block
By RICH TADDONIO With the handful of new clubs approved this year, students interested in ballroom dancing, playing guitar, public speaking and more might be able to find a match for themselves. Five...
View ArticleStudent’s Fundraiser Plans to Assist Those with Rare Muscular Disease
By JENNA MANTO Laurel Avery, a junior marketing major at UT, is one in 50,000 Americans to battle with the rare neuromuscular disease, Friedreich’s ataxia, which, according to the Friedreich’s Ataxia...
View ArticleCleaning Hillsborough River One Tire at a Time
By REBECCA TURNER Armed with knit gloves and garbage bags, UT students collected tires, tennis rackets, large plastic planters and much more from the banks of the Hillsborough River on Saturday Sept....
View ArticleUT Students Live in Poverty for Six Weeks to Study the Effects of Homelessness
By MICHAEL YU While students flock to the dining halls to swipe their Spartan ID, shelter themselves in their dorm rooms, and attend their routine lectures, there are countless individuals who do not...
View ArticleCandidates Spar Over Race, Trade, and Tax Returns
Hillary Clinton/Facebook By ARDEN IGLEHEART For better or worse, the first of a series of four presidential debates began last night. At a debate watch party on the 11th floor of Jenkins, hosted by the...
View ArticleCab Rides in Muscat– An ROTC Student Reflects on Culture
By CHRISTOPHER PIRRIE This past summer I was selected to participate in an intercultural and language study abroad program in the Middle Eastern country of Oman. One of the goals of the program was to...
View Article22 Push Ups to Prevent Veteran Suicide
By CAROLYN PLANTIN “Twenty two military veterans take their lives every day in the United States,” according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The “22 Pushup Challenge” was put into place by Honor...
View ArticleEarth is Losing Oxygen
By INDIRA MOOSAI “We’ve been losing hydrogen since the day the planet formed, because it is so light,” said Dr. James A. Gore, UT’s Dean of Natural and Health Sciences. “Well, oxygen is pretty light...
View ArticlePEACE Volunteer Center Reveals Alternative Breaks
By MEGAN MYERS PEACE has officially announced the locations for this academic year. The first trip available to students is right around the corner, Oct. 14-16 in Orlando, FL. The trip focuses on...
View ArticleBay News 9 Reporter Doubles as UT Professor
By REBECCA TURNER “If your mother says she loves you — check it out,” Professor Virginia Johnson often tells her students to highlight the importance of verification in journalism If you’ve ever had a...
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