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Campus Update 11-24-09

By Campus Update 11-24-09

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UT Student Dies after Weekend Hit-and-run, Arrest Made

By UT Student Dies after Weekend Hit-and-run, Arrest Made

According to reports and Facebook wall posts, UT junior Erik Nicoletti passed away late Sunday.  Nicoletti and his friend were sent to the hospital just after they were both victims of a hit-and-run early Saturday ...

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National Geographic Traveler Editor-in-Chief Keith Bellows

By National Geographic Traveler Editor-in-Chief Keith Bellows

Keith Bellows, the Editor-in-Chief of National Geographic Traveler will speak in Reeves Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. He will also judge the university’s International Photography Contest. His appearance will mark the third ...

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Pathogens With Your Potato Pie: The Real First Thanksgiving

By Pathogens With Your Potato Pie: The Real First Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving Break coming up, I wanted to examine the holiday more closely. When you think about everything that happened in the early development of the United States, it’s a bit ridiculous that Thanksgiving became ...

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Sounds and Culture Come Alive During Africa Unwrapped

By Sounds and Culture Come Alive During Africa Unwrapped

Drums pulsated while the exotic smells of Ethiopian food wafted into and filled the Vaughn Courtyard last Thursday. The Africa Unwrapped event put on by Diversity Fellowship, UT Stand, International Student Organization and Extreme Elite ...

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Tampa Basketball Opens Season Fifth in Conference

By Tampa Basketball Opens Season Fifth in Conference

November is upon us, and college sports fans know what that means: basketball season is here again. The University of Tampa men’s basketball team is set to begin the 2009-10 season. They begin the season ...

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Recent Violent Crimes Upset the Sense of Refuge on College Campuses

By Recent Violent Crimes Upset the Sense of Refuge on College Campuses

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tuition may not be the most troubling concern for parents sending sons and daughters off to college. A disturbing pattern of violent crime has erupted across the nation’s campuses— from Yale ...

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Victim of Robbery Learns a Life Lesson After Incident on Nov. 7

By Victim of Robbery Learns a Life Lesson After Incident on Nov. 7

Editor’s note: The student in the following story requested that his name not be published. The University of Tampa student that was robbed at gunpoint Nov. 7, only a short distance away from the site ...

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Editorial: Take A Break To Pull Yourself Together

By Editorial: Take A Break To Pull Yourself Together

When we began this semester way back in August, it seemed like Thanksgiving Break was out of sight. Everyone was refreshed and well rested from a joyous summer; ready to conquer another semester. However, as ...

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Spartan Follows High School Teammates’ Advice; Lands at UT

By Spartan Follows High School Teammates’ Advice; Lands at UT

Caitlyn Mitryk’s college basketball journey began in the Big East. It now flourishes in the Sunshine State Conference. Mitryk is a senior guard/forward on the Tampa Spartans women’s basketball team. The Lake Mary, Fla. native ...

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Top Five NFL Coaching Flops in Week 10 Broken Down

By Top Five NFL Coaching Flops in Week 10 Broken Down

Bill Belichick’s fourth down decision was not bad coaching, and furthermore, it wasn’t even one of the top-five worst calls of the week. I’ll present these coach’s awful attempts at doing their jobs in descending ...

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Week 11 Fantasy Football Breakdown

By Week 11 Fantasy Football Breakdown

Before I start giving my suggestions on who to play and who not to for week 11, I would like to reflect back on something from week 10. If I remember correctly, I saw ESPN ...

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Tampa Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals in N.C.

By Tampa Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals in N.C.

The No. 10 University of Tampa Spartans defeated the No. 5 Tars of 2-1 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals.  With the win Tampa advances to 17-2-1 while Rollins’ season ends with a record of ...

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UT Women’s Basketball Set to Tip Off With National Rank

By UT Women’s Basketball Set to Tip Off With National Rank

The women Spartan’s basketball team enter the season with a great amount of outside pressure on them to succeed this year. With their No. 1 Sunshine State Conference ranking as well as a No. 22 ...

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