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USF students stand in solidarity with the Trayvon Martin family and rally against racism listen
04/05/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Trayvon Martin, USF, Muslim-Americans, SDS
Public outcry continues as a result of the shooting of Trayvon Martin earlier this year. Yesterday, a group of USF students rallied together in solidarity with the family. They focused on broader issues of race, still prevalent in American society.
Twelve students gathered on the USF Martin Luther King Plaza, on the 44th anniversary of his assassination. The students held signs reading, “Just...
Be the first to commentUSF's Genshaft talks to Polk political club about Polytechnic split listen
03/12/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, USF Polytechnic, JD Alexander, Judy Genshaft, Tiger Bay Club
Governor Rick Scott now holds the power turn USF’s Polytechnic campus in Lakeland into the state’s 12th independent public university. At a well-attended Polk County Tiger Bay meeting this afternoon, state Senator JD Alexander defended the measure.
The state’s Board of Governors that oversees Florida’s public university system had recommended that USF Polytechnic first meet a series of nine benchmarks before becoming independent. But a...
Be the first to commentUSF students protest budget cuts on both sides of the Bay listen
03/01/12 Janelle Irwin & Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, USF St. Petersburg, education, education funding, education cuts, activism, protests, JD Alexander, Occupy Movement, Occupy Tampa, SDS
Occupy Education, an off-shoot of the Occupy Movement, called for a national day of action today demanding legislation that would increase educational spending instead of cutting budgets. At the University of California, Santa Cruz, student protesters shut down most of the campus. Students at USF campuses in Tampa and St. Pete held events today in solidarity with that effort. Students at both campu...
Be the first to commentUSF president, students glad for restored funding but still want fewer cuts listen
02/24/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Judy Genshaft, USF Polytechnic, JD Alexander, education, education funding, education cuts
Some of the sting was taken away from the cuts proposed for the University of South Florida. That’s because the state Senate voted yesterday to more evenly spread 400 million dollars in budget cuts across all Florida public universities. They also approved plans to immediately make the USF Polytechnic campus in Lakeland the state’s 12th independent university. USF students and the university president reacted to the news last night on the Tampa campus.
An inde...
Be the first to commentHead of USF St. Pete says they are suffering from budget cuts too listen
02/23/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Margaret Sullivan, USF St. Petersburg, Rick Scott, budget cuts, education cuts, education, education funding, USF, JD Alexander
USF St. Petersburg faces a two to three million dollar budget cut under Florida Senator JD Alexander’s budget plan. It pales in comparison to the deep cuts proposed for its parent university in Tampa. But, at a Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon Thursday afternoon, the Chancellor of USF St. Pete, Margaret Sullivan, said the drop in funding still hurts.
USF St. Pete’s proposed funding...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council weighs in on Florida Senate's proposed funding cuts to USF listen
02/16/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Tampa City Council, JD Alexander, Charlie Miranda, Mike Saurez, 2012 Legislative session, education, education funding, USF Polytechnic
The Tampa City Council is weighing in on the Florida Senate’s proposed budget cuts for the University of South Florida. At their meeting this morning, Council member Mike Suarez proposed sending a letter to Hillsborough County’s legislative delegation voicing disappointment with the proposed cuts and to show support for USF.
Senate budget chair JD Alexander wants the university to speed up the process of splitting off its Lakeland polytechnic campus so it can become Florida’s 12th state un...
Be the first to commentUSF President Judy Genshaft Discusses Proposed State Senate Cuts to Universities
02/15/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Judy Genshaft, budget cuts, J.D. Alexander, Florida Senate, Florida House
Good afternoon, welcome to radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk about proposed state budget cuts to the University of South Florida. The AP is reporting: " The Florida Senate is planning to consider a nearly $70.8 billion budget.
A Senate budget panel will take up the proposal when it meets later today.
The Senate budget is coming under fire because it includes $400
million in cuts to the state's 11 public universities, including a large cut to the University o...
Be the first to commentUSF faculty union president warns of consequences of rush to create new university in Polk County
02/14/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Polytechnic Lakeland, Paul Terry, J.D. Alexander, Florida Legislature, Florida Senate
In Tallahassee two unexpected proposals from the past week are posing challenges to the University of South Florida in Tampa. The first was unveiled a week ago in the state Senate--- it was a bill to immediately create Florida Polytechnic University - a new, completely independent school in Lakeland. The University would separate from USF and the new entity would assume control of all the assets. It would hire a brand new faculty and so far- there’s no definitive word on what this new univers...
1 commentsState Senate's harsh funding cut proposal draws pushback from USF supporters listen
02/14/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, JD Alexander, USF Polytechnic, Lakeland, Florida Legislature, 2012 Legislative session
The University of South Florida could lose $79 million in funding if a state Senate budget proposal is adopted. Under the plan, USF would also lose control over its Lakeland Polytechnic Institute, which would become the state’s 12th independent university. At an emergency board meeting last night, trustees estimated the overall cost would $130 million.
The Senate’s proposed budget withholds $25 million from USF until it cuts its Po...
Be the first to commentIs the future of science education in danger? listen
02/10/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: evolution, Board of Education, USF, National Center for Science Education, Eugenie Scott, science, education, creationism
An anthropologist warns Florida has laws that are a back-door entrance to teaching creationist theory in schools. At a lecture Thursday night in Tampa as part of USF’s Darwin Day celebration, Eugenie Scott says that’s hurting the quality of science education in the state.
Students, professors and the public filled nearly every seat in USF’s Fine Arts Hall. Jamie Delgato was one student in attendance.
Be the first to comment”Well the whole creationism ver...
