Allow professors to have free speech within reason
Placing limits on free speech is always a controversial issue, perhaps more so with professors at public universities. While U.S. professors have always valued their...
Concern over Islamic law is unwarranted
The 2nd District Court of Appeals has upheld a March decision made by Hillsborough Judge Richard Nielsen that was guided by Islamic law. According to...
Hine earns scholar award
USF senior offensive lineman Chaz Hine was named a 2011 National Football Foundation (NFF) Scholar-Athlete on Wednesday, making him a finalist for the William V....
In Time doesnt take enough time to let us get invested
The beauty of sci-fi as a genre is that it allows us to shift everyday events or issues into fantastical situations and safely explore them...
Innocent ex-convict to lecture about life journey
Dewey Bozella, an amateur boxer who made his professional debut two weeks ago, served 26 years in prison for the murder of an elderly woman...
Leading scholar speaks on Baruch Spinoza
Baruch Spinoza, a 17th-century philosopher, didn’t believe in the immortality of the human soul – a mindset that one professor believes caused him to be...
Letters to the Editor 10-27-11
In response to the Oct. 25 editorial “Rick Scott has wrong ideas about higher education.” The editor board appears quite critical of Gov. Rick Scott’s...
Obama discusses initiative to ease student loan debt
With student loan debt approaching $1 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday of a proposal to help students...
OCD far more severe than proverbial neat freak
Betty Ray knew that her son Nathaniel preferred to have his Lego block creations in a precise formation on his bookshelf. When she entered her...
SGEF council approves about $277,000 in project funding
In a unanimous vote Wednesday morning, the Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) council decided to use the student fee to fund four projects proposed earlier...