Over the past two weeks, the news has been covering the traumatizing earthquakes in Haiti. But it took a seven point earthquake followed by another one days later to portray a true natural disaster at its worst. One University of Tampa student in particular, Pascal Milien, has been affected personally both…
Five months after the H1N1 virus overwhelmed the 1,800 square foot Health Center with sick students, the University of Tampa is expanding the facility to five times its size. Officials announced Monday that the new Health Center would open by the end of the year.
It’s kind of hard to believe that Christopher Drew is only 18 years old. He’s toured the country, put out an array of EP’s and been featured on MTV all before he could legally vote.
The University of Tampa baseball team’s season opener was postponed on Tuesday Feb. 2 due to inclement weather. A make-up day for Tampa’s home opener has yet to be announced. The Spartans are coming off a 39-17, 16-8 SSC season in which they had four players taken in the MLB draft.
The column I wrote two weeks ago generated lots of reaction. Different people e-mailed me, asking about my conversion. Some had difficulty understanding how I could choose a religion like Islam. Despite the fact that Islam has been “opening” to the Western world during the last decade, there is still a lot of…
Posted February 04 2010 at 8:25 pm
By Cara Fetzer
Compiled Theft of Plants? At 2 p.m. on Jan. 25, an item was removed without authorization from a locked administrative office on the 5th floor of Plant Hall. The case is still open. Shhhh!!! At 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 27, a noise disturbance was ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
Ever since they were born, the Messina twins have been surrounded by one sport and one sport only, basketball. Gianna and Catriana were born into a basketball family.
Both their dad and brothers played.
“Our two older brothers played basketball, and our ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
By Ryan Burkett
Remember last fall’s Spartan Blackout?
The concept was devised by the University of Tampa Athletic Department last year.
Spartan Blackout is where UT’s home fans fill the venue with as many black shirts as possible in support of the team during a ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
By Kyle Bennett
Season Opener Baseball: The 2010 baseball season opener was postponed on Feb. 2 due to inclement weather. Following a three-game weekend road series Tampa will return home on Feb. 10 as they take on SSC rival Rollins. The Spartans finished the 2009 season ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
During the 2009-2010 school year at the University of Tampa, it has been hard to go places on campus, such as the scenic Plant Park, and not notice Cass St. Bridge standing straight up, clearly not in use. According to Director ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
By Staff Report
Blockbuster Express ($1 a night DVD rental) will be on campus this Friday! Students will be allowed to sign up for Connect by Hertz Feb. 11. The registration is being delayed due to website updates. Approved Funding: Delta Sigma Pi - $1,149 Indian Cultural ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:53 am
By Staff Report
LOS ANGELES — The underdogs had bite after all. Although many of the major Oscar categories unfolded pretty much as experts predicted, several surprises nosed their way onto the list of nominees when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:52 am
By MCT Campus
The two big numbers that emerged from Sunday night’s Grammy extravaganza: six to four. That’s the score of Beyonce vs. Taylor Swift.
But those numbers don’t matter much, especially after Swift demonstrated how much she doesn’t deserve most of her awards, ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:52 am
On Tuesday Orlando’s BackBooth Bar housed a packed crowd for headliners Monotonix and Surfer Blood, accompanied by the Tenant, Yip Yip and Basements of Florida. The show was started out right by Basements of Florida with a heavy wave of guitar, ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:52 am
Vogue, Elle, and Glamour are just a few of the many fashion magazines we have available at our fingertips. It’s the fashions inside the magazine that are harder to come by. The fashion designers that grace the pages of these magazines leave ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:52 am
Those in touch with current news know former Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards recently admitted to fathering a daughter with his mistress, Rielle Hunter.
What many may not know, however, is that Rielle Hunter was once a student at The University ...
Posted February 04 2010 at 12:52 am
AmeriCorps, an organization devoted to the betterment of impoverished and troubled communities across the nation, newly assigned representative Karen Lederer to a coordinator post at UT. A recent university graduate herself, Lederer recognizes the importance of educating people on the role ...
