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USF starts survey to help get input on its next president
USF launched an electronic survey that will hopefully reveal valuable input about qualities members of the community want in next president
New documentary features efforts to save the USF Forest Preserve from development
The University of South Florida has received several proposals to develop land in the USF Forest Preserve north of the Tampa campus. On WMNF’s MidPoint, host Seán Kinane spoke with Luke Myers, a USF student...
Save USF Forest Preserve protest planned for Friday
The University of South Florida has put out a Request for Information for land lease proposals to develop all or part of a natural area north of the Tampa campus. But students, faculty and community...
Students push back against possible development of USF Forest Preserve
The University of South Florida, Tampa has issued a request for information to companies interested in developing a large area of land north of campus; but students and faculty are fighting the idea of altering...
Five protesters arrested by USF University Police Department
Police say five people were arrested by the USF University Police Department during a protest Tuesday. WMNF interviewed Jordana Yampolsky. She isn’t a student, but she was detained during today’s protest. “I was made aware...
As Florida Coronavirus cases continue to rise by the thousands every day and test positivity rates nearly double the daily recommendation for phase 3 openings, the Florida Education Association is asking the Board of Governors...
With Obama-style strategies Republican Party might’ve turned Florida from swing state to solid red
Joe Biden is the President-elect of the United States, even as some election officials count votes in states where victory seems assured but it is too close the call. In Florida though, President Donald Trump’s...
USF suspends ‘Students for a Democratic Society’, organization says it’s being suppressed
The University of South Florida has suspended activist organization Students for a Democratic Society for violating its policy on face-to-face events amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But the group’s members are saying this is the university...
USF public health professor talks about Florida’s increasing coronavirus cases
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources For the third week in a row, the number of new coronavirus cases in Florida has been higher than before the state lifted safer-at-home requirements. According to...
The epidemic of overdoses by certain drugs is likely even worse than reported in a major national database; that’s the conclusion of a study published Tuesday by a researcher at the University of South Florida....
Tampa Bay SDS destroys a mock ‘border wall’ at USF
President Donald Trump has backed off his threats to close the U.S.-Mexico border; but he’s still going full steam ahead on plans for a massive wall along the border. There’s a protest against that wall...
SDS at USF rally to protect undocumented students
On Tuesday the group Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida is hosting a rally on campus to draw attention to immigrants’ rights and to ask the school not to cooperate...
