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USF environmentalists call for divestment from dirty energy listen
05/06/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: environment, dirty energy, clean energy, fossil fuels, USF, SEA
The Student Environmental Association, or SEA, at USF wants the school to divest from dirty energy and fossil fuels. Last month the group held its first summit where leaders educated other students about what divestment is and why it’s important. Kirsti Martinez is first year student and member of SEA.
Be the first to commentUSF students and faculty "Take Back the Night" to raise awareness of sexual abuse listen
04/17/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Take Back the Night, rape, sexual violence, sexual assault, rape culture, USF, women
There have been two reported rape cases on the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus this semester. Students hosted Take Back the Night on campus Tuesday to encourage their peers to speak out against rape. Elizabeth Moshella is president of the group Network, Improve, Transform, Empower, or NITE.
Be the first to comment“Everyone is welcome and we encourage this event because one in four college women will experience an attempted rape or a completed rape during their college years alone. So, we feel it’s...
Peace activists deliver varied anti-war messages at USF Tampa listen
04/17/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, peace, anti-war, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, Students for a Democratic Society, licenses for all, Legalization for All, Food Not Bombs, Bradley Manning
As part of a national anti-war initiative called April Days of Action Against Drones and Occupation, some USF students and community activists are reaching out for peace. During a rally today representatives from different groups passed out literature to students on the Tampa campus. Tampa Bay Bradley Manning Support Network’s Bill Livsey defended whistle-blowing by drawing attention to Manning’s prosecution.
3 comments“What we can do to honor his sacrifice and bravery by releasing this informati...
USF students demand no more tuition hikes, they sit in for the 4th Friday in a row listen
04/12/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, tuition, budget cuts, education, Indiana University, strike, Judy Genshaft, SDS
Some USF students have been staging sit-ins at the University of South Florida in Tampa for four Fridays in a row. Even though the group today was small, they were still demanding that the USF president start working with them to meet their list of demands.
The group piles into the Patel Center lobby every Friday at lunchtime. They stay until the building is about to close and the last employees are going home. But Students like Matthew Hastings most want to talk to is president Judy Ge...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa will hold first general assembly in months this weekend listen
04/05/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa Light Brigade, Overpass Light Brigade, USF, Judy Genshaft
Occupy Tampa was very active in the fall of 2011 and even through last summer’s Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Since then the group has fallen a bit under the radar.
But that could change this weekend – Occupy Tampa will hold its first general assembly in months Sunday evening at the Kiley Garden amphitheater in downtown.
Nathan Schwartz is involved in Occupy Tampa, Tampa Light Brigade and other activist groups.
Meanwhile, today on the Tampa campus of the University of...
Be the first to commentInterview with student sitting in at USF Tampa listen
04/05/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, SDS, students, tuition
Friday on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida several students held what they’re calling a weekly occupation of the Patel Center.
That building houses the offices of university president Judy Genshaft and other administrators.
We spoke live on the phone by Danielle Leppo with Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society.
Be the first to commentUSF students suggest transit improvements that include pedestrian and bike safety listen
04/02/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County MPO, transit, transportation, roads, USF, bicycles, pedestrian safety
The Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization wants residents to help make some transit decisions in the county. The MPO’s Lynn Merenda doled out markers and crayons during a summit at the University of South Florida Tuesday asking faculty and students to draw their ideas.
Be the first to comment“… to get their ideas on how we can improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists and reduce crashes with cars, make the roads more user-friendly for everyone and what they would like to see as we move tow...
Problems in Africa kick off two day conference on international affairs listen
03/28/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Africa, USF, St. Pete, militarization, Nigeria, St. Petersburg, oil, South Africa
Many countries in Africa are facing famine, poverty and civil war. A panel of experts dove into the issues facing African nations during the first day of USF St. Petersburg’s Conference on International Affairs.
Countries like Mali and Libya face fierce fighting between groups in power and opposition forces. The issue has left a divide among people who think the U.S. should provide military intervention and those who think the militarization of nations should be avoided. Bill Felice, is...
Be the first to commentCleaning up dirty water can create energy listen
03/27/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: waste water, water, clean water, USF, sustainability, numeric nutrient standards, EPA
Researchers at the University of South Florida showed off their work with waste water and other testing technologies to officials from the Environmental Protection Agency. During lab tours today, Professor Daniel Yeh demonstrated how the water that gets dumped, flushed or otherwise thrown out can be put to better use.
Be the first to comment“If you can just re-route the electrodes that’s built into the waste organic matter, we can actually turn the waste organic matter into methane which is basically natural g...
USF environmentalists demand climate change action at U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's Tampa office listen
02/19/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, environment, Sierra Club, climate change, sea level rise, Keystone XL pipeline, Phil Compton
Two dozen students and environmental activists marched on U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s Tampa office Tuesday demanding he address climate change. The environmentalists are fed up with Rubio’s reluctance to accept that there is a problem. Activists also want Rubio to switch his position on the Keystone XL pipeline.
The pipeline would carry oil from the tar sands in Alberta, Canada into the U.S. in Nebraska. That’s something environmentalists worry could contaminate land if the pipe were eve...
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