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Tampa locals speak out on the new Health Bill listen
03/22/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform, health care, Health, USF, Tampa
With the health care bill passing the U.S. House last night, many Republicans are outraged, Democrats are encouraged, and some don’t seem to really know anything about the bill. Today, WMNF asked students and Tampa locals what they thought about the bill outside the Marshall Center at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus.
Be the first to comment*I think it’s a good thing, just because so many people are uninsured in our ...
USF students protest Israeli home demolitions in East Jerusalem listen
03/04/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Across the Bay from Eckerd College, a small group of students at the University of South Florida in Tampa also used the day to take action. But this protest isn’t against the university; it is against the plans by Israel to demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. Neveen Nawawy is a junior political science and international relations major. She organized the event.
Nawawy says her mother is a refugee from a Palestinian village south of Tel Aviv that was destroyed by Israel in 1967....
Be the first to commentUSF St. Pete environmental activist lobbies Senators in DC listen
03/01/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, climate change
Megan Demchar is a student majoring in environmental science and policy at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg who has taken environmental activism to a new level. She recently won a contest that gave her the opportunity to lobby senators in Washington, D.C., about climate change.
4 commentsClimate change impacts public health. listen
02/12/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: public health, climate change, sustainable living, USF
Climate change affects the world in many ways, but one of the least discussed problems arises from its impact on public health. George Luber is the Associate Director for Climate Change for the National Center for Environmental Health, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Luber said such a complex system as the Earth’s climate deserves better understanding. Luber says climate change could cause widespread adverse public health effects.
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Cold weather continues, and so does the threat of climate change. listen
02/11/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, global warming, sustainable living, USF
Does the recent cold snap prove global warming is wrong? Not according to Lonnie Thompson, an adviser to Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenitent Truth. He spoke at the University of South Florida in Tampa today
Rising seas aren’t the best forecast for the Tampa Bay Area, when so much of the local economy depends on the port and other waterfront activity. But scientists are urging the public not to let the climate change get out of hand. Lonnie Thompson was consulted for his extensive research ...
Be the first to commentA look inside Islam listen
01/19/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: islam, islamic radicalism, Religion, Polls, film, CAIR, USF
A new civil rights group for Muslims sponsored a showing of the new film “Inside Islam: What a billion Muslims really think.” The film was at USF in Tampa last Saturday night, and was designed to challenge the notion that Islam and the West are on a collision course.
Muslims in 40 countries participated in a Gallup public opinion poll that showed what Muslims think about the most controversial issues surrounding their religion. Last Saturday hundreds of people attended the film at USF, wh...
7 commentsSkip Holtz steps down from East Carolina to replace Jim Leavitt as USF head coach listen
01/14/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
East Carolina coach Skip Holtz will be the next head coach for the USF Bulls, accepting USF’s offer this morning. The University has been looking for a coach since firing Jim Leavitt last Friday. The lawyer for USF football player Joel Miller is asking Ex-USF football coach Jim Leavitt to apologize for hitting him, the move that cost Leavitt his job. Miller’s legal team held a press conference today at their downt...
Be the first to commentLeavitt strikes back at USF over firing listen
01/11/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, football, Jim Leavitt
Today, former University of South Florida head football coach Jim Leavitt struck back. He says USF had no justification for firing him Friday because he never choked and slapped a football player at halftime of a game in November. “Absolutely not. Absolutely not. I’ve said that from day one.”
USF also suggests that Leavitt participated in a cover-up or interference with witnesses. But during an emotional six-minute speech t...
1 commentsUSF student group aims to help students say goodbye to plastic bottles listen
11/23/09 Lisa MarzilliWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, SIFE, Wal-Mart, Culligan
A group of enterprising students at the University of South Florida is working on a project that could potentially keep millions of plastic bottles out of landfills and save a million dollars a year.
The members of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) plan to have filtering systems installed on some the Tampa campus’s most popular water fountains.
The idea has also attracted the attention of retail giant Wal-Mart which gave the project a $6,000 grant. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton also f...
Be the first to commentUSF hosts second US-Dutch dialogue on climate change listen
11/18/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, dutch, USF, Patel Center for Global Solutions
Mitigating the effects of climate change, such as potential drought and sea level rise is a concern for planners in both the U.S. and the Netherlands. Today at USF, representatives from both countries shared strategies on how to reduce greenhouse gases, adapt for potential salt water intrusion, and make sure coastal communities are resilient and sustainable.
The Netherlands has the world’s largest flood protection project, which means its expertise could be valuable for Americans. Esther...
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