Three things set Berean Academy apart from other private schools, parents and administrators say: the small classes; the classical method of education; and a Christ-centered environment. ...more

February 16, 2008

The University of South Florida wants a teaching hospital on its Tampa campus, and a local lawmaker is trying to help get it. ...more

February 15, 2008

With Valentine's Day upon us, the time is up to do something about it. ...more

February 14, 2008

With Valentine's Day tomorrow, today really is the last day to do something about it. So we sought out a resident expert in the field of romance and, ahem, erotica: Gaetan Brulotte, a professor of French and Francophone literature at the University of South Florida's world languages department. ...more

February 13, 2008

Having served nearly three decades as the University of South Florida's police chief, Valrico resident Paul Uravich is accustomed to supervising and coordinating major operations. ...more

February 6, 2008

The state Legislature made a mess of the University of South Florida's governance when it granted virtual independence to the St. Petersburg campus. Now USF leaders are about to make the same mistake with the Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland campuses. ...more

January 11, 2008

It should go without saying that if you end up on a barstool at Four Green Fields, you're there to drink. ...more

January 3, 2008

There's no disagreement at the University of South Florida that low salaries are making it difficult to fully staff its police department. ...more

December 21, 2007

TAMPA - Police are checking students at Blake High School today to make sure they are wearing seat belts as they enter and leave the downtown Tampa campus. ...more

December 6, 2007

Starting in January, Florida's public university students will pay 5 percent more in tuition. Members of the state university oversight board will consider proposals on where the money will go when they meet in Orlando over the next two days. The $9.5 million universities will generate, however, will do little to curb the larger class sizes students found when the school year started. Budget cuts have cost USF about $12 million. Its share of the tuition increase: about $1.4 million. "It's going to help, but it comes nowhere close to backfilling the loss of funds," said USF Provost Ralph Wilcox. ...more

December 5, 2007