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Softball Team Seniors Recall Their Favorite UT Memories

By Softball Team Seniors Recall Their Favorite UT Memories

The University of Tampa softball team has six players graduating this year: leadoff hitter Julie Wisniewski, cleanup hitter Brittany Hipple, second-basemen Brittany Joseph, starting pitcher Kari Walsh, outfielder Cassie Barnes and catcher Kristi Humphrey. The ...

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Nintendo’s Unofficial Announcement for Wii 2

By Nintendo’s Unofficial Announcement for Wii 2

Games like Wii Fit and mini games like Wii Tennis and Bowling have thrown the video game industry for a loop as almost anyone ranging in age from three to ninety-three can pick up the ...

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Students turn a “Hott Mess” into a Hot Commodity

By Students turn a “Hott Mess” into a Hot Commodity

With the scent of finals week growing more and more potent, it’s natural for preparation to resemble the five steps of grief; even worse, fight-or-flight responses begin revving into gear. But the torture of exams ...

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‘Water for Elephants’ Similar to ‘Titanic’, But Romance Falls Short

By ‘Water for Elephants’ Similar to ‘Titanic’, But Romance Falls Short

  Water For Elephants, based off of Sara Gruen’s 2006 historical fiction novel of the same name, casts Twilight star Robert Pattinson opposite Legally Blonde’s Reese Witherspoon in a period film that portrays the Great ...

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B.o.B. Headlines Party in the Park

By B.o.B. Headlines Party in the Park

Student Productions (SP) is preparing to present Party in the Park, featuring B.o.B with Play Boy Trey. The opening student act will be the Battle of the Bands winner 20/20 Boulevard. The concert will take ...

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Middleton Looking Regal for the Royal Wedding

By Middleton Looking Regal for the Royal Wedding

Spectators all over the U.K. are anticipating the high fashion of Kate Middleton’s big day, and so is America. This Friday, Kate Middleton will be deemed the greatest fashion icon of the decade, as she ...

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Looking Back at Callaway’s Career as a Spartan

By Looking Back at Callaway’s Career as a Spartan

Three years ago, he was a freshman point guard under heavy fire. The University of Tampa was coming down hard on him, and his parents were pushing him to transfer. At the time, Rashad Callaway ...

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True Education of Other Cultures Should Begin at Home

By True Education of Other Cultures Should Begin at Home

The 22nd Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “The society in which you live should help you to develop and to make the most of all the advantages (culture, work, social welfare) which are offered ...

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Avid Columnist Reflects on Journalistic Contributions

By Avid Columnist Reflects on Journalistic Contributions

When I first feebly poked my head into the office, self conscious, yet lit afire with an idea I felt I had to share, there was no way I could have known where it would ...

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News + Features Editor Writes Her Last Beat

By News + Features Editor Writes Her Last Beat

  “So … where do you want to go? Florida?” “Yeah. I think I could do Florida.” And that’s the story of how I ended up here. I started my college career at some no-name ...

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Social Media Savvy Senior’s Top 10 Tampa Bucket List Items

By Social Media Savvy Senior’s Top 10 Tampa Bucket List Items

For University of Tampa seniors, now is the time time to put fun before finals by tossing out your “To-Do” lists and focusing on a much more important list of time-urgent activities: The Senior Bucket ...

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Hopes, thanks, wishes and sentimentality — the copyeditor speaks

By Hopes, thanks, wishes and sentimentality — the copyeditor speaks

“You’re writing a ‘farewell’ article, right?” Alex (the Editor In-Chief of The Minaret) asked me Tuesday night at about 5 p.m. This is about the time we like our articles to be turned in for ...

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Ways to Stay Healthy and Maintain Keeping “Green”

By Ways to Stay Healthy and Maintain Keeping “Green”

Rather than heading to the gym, embrace the fresh air and sunshine during your next workout session. Ditching the elliptical and treadmill will allow you to enjoy the scenery, notice the changing seasons and enjoy ...

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Army ROTC Director Proctor Retires

By Army ROTC Director Proctor Retires

By ARIELLE WALDMAN Men and women in camouflage uniforms line the halls and fill the rooms in the ROTC building, creating a sense of camaraderie right from the start. The classrooms are full, people converse ...

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