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Graduating Senior Accepted into Top International Business School

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:03:49 +0000

One University of Tampa student set to graduate next week recently found out he was accepted to the Thunderbird School of Global Management, the number one international business school in the world. Javier Cumerma was ...

Former UT Student Arrested for Battery

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:01:47 +0000

A UT student was arrested and charged with felony battery after punching a Metro Mart employee in the mouth, breaking his jaw and knocking out his bottom teeth. Brian Autz, a freshman, was with two ...

Jewish Students Celebrated Two Passover Meals at UT

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:01:59 +0000

Two Passover Seders were held Monday night at the University of Tampa. Passover is a reminder and celebration of the Jewish people’s escape from enslavement in Egypt thousands of years ago. The Seder, a kind ...

UT Freshman Charged with DUI in Davis Island Crash

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:12:09 +0000

DAVIS ISLAND – Tampa Police arrested and charged the University of Tampa student who crashed a vehicle into a wall on Davis Islands, seriously injuring a fellow student last November. Michael Louis-Fernand, a freshman accounting ...

Write Love On Her Arms

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:06:22 +0000

University of Tampa students eager to hear one young woman’s account of her long struggle with depression and addiction gathered in Reeves Theater last Wednesday. Renee Yohe, who inspired others to begin the non-profit movement ...

John Edwards’ Mistress Once a Spartan

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:52:50 +0000

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 ...

Tribute Paid to Sorority Sister

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:55:05 +0000

Angela Petty, a pre-veterinary science major, died Dec. 21 after complications due to asthma. She was initiated into the Alpha Chi Omega sorority last semester and, though her sisters knew her only for a short ...

UT Remembers Erik Nicoletti

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:00:08 +0000

More than 200 University of Tampa students attended a vigil Monday, Nov. 23 in remembrance of Erik Nicoletti, the junior killed in the Nov. 21 hit-and-run accident. Nicoletti, 20, and his friend, Cree Alisha Riley, ...

Students Arrested on Felony Drug Charges

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:22:50 +0000

Three University of Tampa students were arrested on felony drug charges in two separate campus incidents last week. Justin Kenneth Berding and Joseph Nicholas Devito were arrested Nov. 12 at 1:56 a.m. and each charged ...

Another Assault On Campus

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:22:49 +0000

A student was physically assaulted on-campus by an unknown suspect early Tuesday morning, according to a global message safety alert. According to the alert sent to the University of Tampa community Tuesday afternoon, a female ...

Campus Flu Update

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:44:47 +0000

The University of Tampa Student Health and Counseling Center saw a record-breaking number of students during the month of October. A total of 1,337 students visited the Health Center for “sick visits,” an average of ...

Yellow Cab Driver Trespassed on Campus

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:11:23 +0000

A University of Tampa safety alert has been posted to advise students of a cab driver who was recently trespassed from campus. According to the Tampa Police Department Public Information Office, former Yellow Cab driver ...

Four UT Students Involved in String of Drug Busts, Two Arrested

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:22:35 +0000

After review of a Tampa Police Department incident log, it was revealed a second University of Tampa student was arrested Tuesday night on drug-related charges. In addition, it was discovered that two more students were ...

Crew Art: Leave it or Limit it?

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:10:08 +0000

Some of the things that make The University of Tampa campus so recognizable have been known to students for decades. Familiarities on campus include the minarets of Plant Hall, the Sticks of Fire in Plant ...

Students React to Obama’s Prize

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:24:03 +0000

There has been much buzz about the nation since President Barack Obama was announced the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday, Oct. 9. Reactions around the world have ranged from shock and dismay to ...

SPartan Circus Comes Home

Sarah Gottlieb — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:30:04 +0000

The University of Tampa’s 2009 homecoming, themed “Spartan Circus,” will officially kick off Tuesday. Each year, the Student Productions Homecoming Committee hopes to put on a show outshining previous homecoming events. The Homecoming Committee, which ...

All Month Long, Learn About Domestic Violence

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:07:50 +0000

Nearly three out of four Americans personally know someone who is or has been a victim of domestic violence. The Spring of Tampa Bay, a shelter for abused adults and their children, describe domestic violence ...

PEACE Honored With Graham-Frey Civic Award

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:02:26 +0000

The University of Tampa’s PEACE Volunteer Center will be honored with the Graham-Frey Civic Award by the Florida Campus Compact on Oct. 15 in Miami, where Michelle Obama will be present. The Graham-Frey Civic Award ...

149 Remain in HoJo After Room Change

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:33:37 +0000

Over a month ago, 262 University of Tampa students and ten resident assistants moved into the Howard Johnson, occupying a full six floors of the hotel. Today 140 students and nine resident assistants remain in ...

UT Enrollment Numbers Set 13th Consecutive Record

Sarah Gottlieb — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:25:22 +0000

The final figures are in for this year’s enrollment count, and, as was predicted in recent months, the numbers are larger than ever. According to The University of Tampa website, this year’s enrollment totals a ...

A New SG

Sarah Gottlieb — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:41:13 +0000

The University of Tampa Student Government has undergone significant change internally in the last year, change that veteran SG members say they had never seen previously in all their time at the university. This year, ...

Despite Numbers, Freshmen Receive “Quality Schedules”

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:37:53 +0000

Enrollment numbers at the University of Tampa have been rising consistently for years, so few were surprised to learn the class of 2013 is a large one. While UT administration did anticipate a sizable freshmen ...

UT Remembers 9/11

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:25:35 +0000

This Friday, if you ask UT students where they were exactly eight years ago, most, if not all, will be able to tell you. The events of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorized America and shocked citizens ...

Hog-steria: UT Prepares for the Swine Flu

Sarah Gottlieb — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:14:52 +0000

Many things are on the minds of returning University of Tampa students in the first weeks back to school. There are books to buy, classes to adjust to and rooms to set up. One thing ...

UT Students Celebrate Passover

Sarah Gottlieb — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Tampa Chabad celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover with its third annual campus Seder last Wednesday.

Passover, which lasts eight days, celebrates the Israelites' escape from enslavement in Egypt thousands of years ago.