Introducing: Thor, UT’s Lightning Guard
By CARA ADIPIETRO Ever notice a loud siren blaring while walking on campus? Hearing the blast out of nowhere, one may not know what to think. New students on campus may construct many reasons in their...
View ArticleThe Suite Life
By CAROLYN PLANTIN The new housing policy has brought a lot of mixed feelings onto our campus, while underclassmen are given priority housing, upperclassmen are now stuck with living in the hotel. This...
View ArticleUT Professor Coaches Youth Cricket Team
By JESSE LONG Pranjal Gupta, a UT marketing professor, may be known on campus for his work in the classroom, but he is currently working towards a different goal in the Tampa Bay community. Last month,...
View ArticleUT’s New Alcohol Policy Causes Confusion
By RICH TADDONIO A new alcohol policy has gone into effect this academic year at UT, allowing students who are 21 and over to drink only in their dorm bedrooms, or a designated area, consequently...
View ArticlePotential Ban on Uber and Lyft in Tampa
By HANNAH FARROW “Let me set the record straight,” said Kyle Cockream, executive director of Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission (HCPTC). “There are no rules that ban Uber or Lyft or...
View ArticleLast Day to Register to Vote: Oct 18
By LIZ MACLEAN Voter registration on campus was extended by a week and will continue through Tuesday, Oct. 18, due to the damage of Hurricane Matthew. Community Voters Project is placing volunteers...
View ArticleThe Speak Up 5K Battles Depression Among Teens
By LIZ MACLEAN On March 16, 2014, Cameron Gallagher crossed the finish line of her first half-marathon, a goal she had been working toward for months. Just moments later, she collapsed into the arms of...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Awareness Month Brings Opportunities
By JESSE LONG October is a busy month for UT students, with Homecoming, midterms and Halloween. However, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many students who have not suffered from breast...
View ArticleUT Welcomes New Academic Program Specialist
By REBECCA TURNER “Think really why you want to be a doctor,” said Jackie Mikulski, UT’s new academic program specialist. “The answer cannot be ‘because I like Grey’s Anatomy.’ You have to really,...
View ArticleUSF Fraternity Suspended for Sexual Assault Investigation
By ARDEN IGLEHEART A 16-year-old girl reported being raped while unconscious at a Pi Kappa Phi fraternity party at USF on the night of Oct. 1, according to The Tampa Bay Times. During a police...
View ArticleComedian Wins UT’s Got Talent
By ELIZA DAVIES Under the blinding stage lights, eight contestants competed in UT’s Got Talent on Oct. 12, but one student prevailed. Quintin Reynolds, a freshman athletic training major, charmed the...
View ArticleThere’s More to Vote for Than Just the President
By JESSE LONG The first thought that comes to most people’s’ minds when they hear about the election is typically about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. What many people don’t talk about it is the fact...
View ArticleVaping: A Trend with No End?
By CHRISTIAN PRANZO UT had four designated smoking zones across campus in the past three years. Smokers found themselves outside Straz Hall in close proximity to the baseball field or by the...
View ArticleUT Elects Its First African Homecoming Queen
By ARDEN IGLEHEART UT elected its first African homecoming queen on Saturday, Oct. 14. Oynekachi “Kachi” Osuji, a senior communications major, ran partly because of this reason. Osuji wanted to see if...
View ArticleFormer UT Baseball Player Dies in Car Accident
By TESS SHEETS Former UT baseball player Jimmy Hodgskin,’16, died on Sunday morning from injuries sustained in a car accident while driving on State Road 4oo. Hodgskin was traveling east when he...
View ArticleCompanions for Heroes
By HANNAH FARROW On Veteran’s Day weekend, the 11th Warrior charity event will take over Clearwater Beach. It is a weekend long event where some of the top CrossFit athletes, including the winners of...
View ArticleDonald Trump is the Next U.S. President
By ARDEN IGLEHEART and LIZ MACLEAN Pollsters did not predict the outcome of the election on Tuesday night. Fivethirtyeight.com, known for accurate election predictions, almost consistently showed the...
View ArticleStay Up ‘Til Dawn to Defeat Cancer
By Carolyn Plantin One in five children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. will not survive, according to the St. Baldrick’s foundation website. This is why UT and many other universities around the...
View ArticleBlending In As a Veteran
By COURTNEY HART The University of Tampa has been named in the top 15 percent for veterans of all colleges nationwide by Victory Media and Military Advanced Education for three years according to the...
View ArticleContent Creation at its Finest
By Micaela Figueroa Content creation is what David Sams, a senior new media production major and film minor, describes as his passion and what he came to UT to study. He has always had a love of video...
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