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Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat speaks to USF students about nonviolent resistance listen
02/01/13 Ella WindWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Five Broken Cameras, USF, Iyad Burnat
Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat is profiled in the Oscar-nominated film Five Broken Cameras. He’s touring the United States to spread awareness about the non-violent resistance in his West Bank village of Bil’in. On Thursday at University of South Florida, he spoke about life under Israeli occupation and showed footage of protests from his village.
The village of Bil’in lies just two and a half miles east of the ...
Be the first to commentClean Up Scheduled for University Area Community in Tampa
01/15/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Universitay Area Community, USF, Tampa, Dan Jurman, Avesta Homes, poverty, housing, low wages
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about a community project taking place soon in North Tampa-- it's an effort to improve the lives of people who live in the area near the University of South Florida. But first- one listener comment about yesterday's show. Yesterday we spent much of the hour talking about guns and what to do to reduce gun violence. Here's what one listener had to say:
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3 commentsDoes Maya calendar predict end of world Friday? USF archaeologist says no listen
12/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: archaeology, Christian Wells, Maya, Mayan calendar, apocalypse, USF
The calendar created by Maya people has kept track of time for more than 5,000 years, but it ends this Friday, December 21. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the world is ending. That’s according to an expert on the subject who dispelled some doomsday predictions at a lecture at USF Tampa last month.
Christian Wells is an associate professor of archaeology at USF who specializes in Maya culture. According to him, the world isn’t going t...
Be the first to commentUSF researchers find more graves at Dozier School for Boys listen
12/10/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Dozier School for Boys, USF, archeology, anthropology, White House Boys
Another 19 unmarked graves have been found at a north Florida boy’s reform school. Researchers from the University of South Florida are reporting findings based ground penetrating radar and soil chemistry to answer questions surrounding the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Glen Varnadoe is the nephew of a 13-year-old boy who died a little more than a month into his stay at Dozier.
Be the first to comment“There was no burial plot log kept at this facility as there is at most penal facilities. There are bur...
USF students ask school to take steps to end rape culture listen
11/30/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: rape culture, USF, Students for a Democratic Society, rape, women's rights, SDS, SDS at USF
Two rapes were reported on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida last month and still have not been solved. A group of students is asking the school to incorporate a program that would rein in what they call rape culture.
The students rallied for the first time yesterday afternoon in front of the busy Marshall Student Services Center. As people passed, members of Students for a Democratic Society including President Dani Leppo, gathered petition si...
Be the first to commentThousands of years of indigenous history still on Florida land listen
11/29/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Maximo Park, Native Americans, archaeology, USF, Jeff Moates, springs, indian mounds
Many places across the state were home to Native Americans beginning thousands of years ago. The historical significance of some of those spots have been lost over time, but many of them have been preserved.
One of them is Maximo Park at the southern-most tip of Pinellas County. Where there is now an observation tower, beach front playground and picnic areas, there once was villages of Native Americans who were here long before Europeans settled in Florida. Jeff Moates is the Florida Pu...
Be the first to commentTampa activists stand with Palestinians at USF, Temple Terrace and downtown listen
11/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, peace, USF, Occupy Tampa
The death toll in Gaza has reached at least 100 after a weekend of continued violence. More than 20 USF students protested the conflict in Palestine silently today at the Marshall Center on the school's Tampa campus following a weekend of other demonstrations across the city.
The Israeli military, or IDF, has increased bombing in Gaza claiming they are defending themselves against rocket fire from the Gaza strip and targeting Hamas militants. One reason is rocket fire into Israel has tak...
Be the first to commentUSF study shows evidence of frogs getting sick from climate change listen
11/15/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, amphibians, climate change, frogs, disease, global warming
A study conducted by the University of South Florida shows evidence that frogs are getting sick more often because of climate change. The research found that fluctuations in temperature decrease frogs’ resistance to a deadly pathogen that is linked to worldwide amphibian declines.
Jason Rohr, co-author of the study and associate professor of Integrative Biology at USF, says the study provides an understanding of how climate change plays a role in the global well-being of amphibians.
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USF students traveling to final presidential debate to press candidates on climate change listen
10/19/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: climate change, global warming, USF, Student Environmental Association, SEA at USF, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, debates, 2012 election
The issue of global climate disruption has not been emphasized enough during this presidential campaign.
That’s the position of some students from the University of South Florida who are heading down to Boca Raton for the final presidential debate Monday.
Be the first to comment"The Student Environmental Association is a student group at USF that works on lots of different campaigns aimed at working with the community and with the local students to clean up the campus and push sustainability issues. We ar...
Voter suppression is partisan warfare: USF St. Pete professor listen
10/15/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, voter suppression, voter ID, 2012 elections, Seth McKee, politics
Republican led State legislatures across the country have passed numerous laws they say will ensure only legitimate voters are casting ballots. Opponents call them voter suppression laws and say they disenfranchise minorities and people with low incomes. Seth McKee, an associate professor of political science at USF St. Pete tackled the issue this month during a lecture at the school’s library.
Be the first to comment“Oh, there’s bi-partisan agreement that these laws are just done to protect the integrity o...
