On Sept. 10, USF System President Steven Currall released an update detailing major steps in the process of consolidating USF’s three campuses—Tampa, St. Pete and Sarasota-Manatee. The overarching theme of the update was collaboration and sharing. Merging the campuses offers an opportunity to bust down internal walls of policy, practice […]

Tampa will be receiving $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Justice in order to expand the city’s program to outfit police officers with body cameras. This grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance adds to the $600,000 already approved for the program by the Tampa City Council. Increasing the […]

Mental health and illness is a major concern for today’s youth. According to a survey released by Pew Research Center in February, 70 percent of teens said they saw anxiety and depression as a “major problem” for people in their age group, topping concerns such as bullying (55 percent), drug […]

Floridians who work for a job that pays the state minimum wage currently have to live off of $8.46 an hour. Luckily, that might change, because of the work of the individuals fighting for a $15 minimum wage at the organization Florida for a Fair Wage. The minimum wage was […]

Dealing with mental illness can often be a battle fought on two fronts. Those suffering still have to deal with all the problems associated with paying for treatment while at the same time dealing with the stigma often associated with mental illness. We need to treat mental health issues with […]

Just in case you didn’t know from very late but extensive media coverage, the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest located mostly in Brazil has been on fire since January.  The fires are ruining the homes of many indigenous tribes and threatening millions of animal species. These fires are so bad, […]

What is keeping another drilling project from taking place in the Gulf of Mexico? After 2022, the answer is nothing. On Sept. 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019. The bill would ban the practice of drilling in the Gulf permanently. […]

 In the wake of the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the Florida Legislature mandated that every K-12 public school in the state have a school resource officer (SRO) on campus. While it might seem like SROs are a no-brainer for school safety, the data shows […]

Many students feel like there is little they can do to make an impact on our politics. Raymond Santana, in his University Lecture Speech on Tuesday, made it a point to tell the students in attendance that using their voice on social media and in their communities can make large-scale […]

Community leaders, local activists, and public officials in Tampa Bay are increasingly in agreement: the rent is too high. Between rapid growth, gentrification, and real estate speculation, housing is rapidly becoming unaffordable for students and community members alike. A 2019 report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that […]