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Tuition could rise, students to lobby

A proposed Florida House budget released Tuesday could have the state reaching deeper into students' pockets next year. Full story

A plethora of Gasparilla p-ARGHHHH-ties

It's that time of the year again, when Tampa Bay turns into a pirate cove for the weekend. But these aren't pirates who tote automatic weapons off the coast of Somalia. These much more festive pirates enjoy nonfunctional eye patches, drinking rum, catching beads and drinking rum. Full story

USF rallies past Seton Hall

The USF women's basketball team rallied in the second half Wednesday, erasing a 12-point deficit against Seton Hall and winning 57-45 in the Campus Recreation Center. Full story

H5N1 research benefits outweigh risks

  This month has thrown academia and the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) into an uproar.  Full story

Russia won’t join UN’s Syria sanctions

MOSCOW  — Russia is standing firm on blocking any U.N. sanctions against Syria, its longtime ally and a significant arms customer, saying that any resolution by the world body must exclude the possibility of international military involvement such as in Libya. Full story

‘The Grey’ void of firey intensity beneath its frozen setting

"Schindler's List" actor Liam Neeson has had a questionable run of films lately. Neeson, a fine actor by most accounts, has appeared in many films that don't quite keep up with his exceptional acting capabilities and fall flat around his typically solid performances. Full story

News

Tuition could rise, students to lobby

A proposed Florida House budget released Tuesday could have the state reaching deeper into students' pockets next year.

Billboards ‘brand’ campus

Though the nation's eyes were on USF on Monday for the Republican Presidential Candidates Debate, nine

billboards aim to remind the Tampa Bay area of USF's presence throughout the year.

Student superheroes spread science

While some grant money is used to buy tools for experiments or plane tickets for travel, three engineering students used part of their grant to buy fabric for multicolored capes, tights and other superhero garb.

Sports

USF rallies past Seton Hall

The USF women's basketball team rallied in the second half Wednesday, erasing a 12-point deficit against Seton Hall and winning 57-45 in the Campus Recreation Center.

Bulls thriving in smaller home environment

While raw attendance numbers are down this season for the USF women's basketball team, the atmosphere is up in a major way.

Bulls can finish strong in unusually weak Big East

 

The Big East is one of the most prestigious college basketball conferences in the country. Along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big East is consistently known to be the highest level of Division I college basketball. Fortunately for coach Stan Heath and the Bulls, 2012 is not one of those years.

Scene & Heard

‘The Grey’ void of firey intensity beneath its frozen setting

"Schindler's List" actor Liam Neeson has had a questionable run of films lately. Neeson, a fine actor by most accounts, has appeared in many films that don't quite keep up with his exceptional acting capabilities and fall flat around his typically solid performances.

Montage

A plethora of Gasparilla p-ARGHHHH-ties

It's that time of the year again, when Tampa Bay turns into a pirate cove for the weekend. But these aren't pirates who tote automatic weapons off the coast of Somalia. These much more festive pirates enjoy nonfunctional eye patches, drinking rum, catching beads and drinking rum.

Opinion

H5N1 research benefits outweigh risks

 

This month has thrown academia and the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) into an uproar. 

Around the World

Russia won’t join UN’s Syria sanctions

MOSCOW  — Russia is standing firm on blocking any U.N. sanctions against Syria, its longtime ally and a significant arms customer, saying that any resolution by the world body must exclude the possibility of international military involvement such as in Libya.

Gingrich vows to establish a moon colony

COCOA — Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected president.

Man arrested for gruesome slaying

LYNN HAVEN — A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly hacking a Connecticut man to death and eating the victim's eye and part of his brain, police said Wednesday.