By JENNA MANTO Thirty minutes. That’s all it takes for BoomBox Fitness instructors to teach a high-intensity interval workout, otherwise known as HIIT. When the elevator reaches the top floor of Station House, participants walk out onto the roof to a turf-covered platform. Fairy lights are strung above the area of the workout space, and […]
Alpha Chi Omega’s Throw Paint Not Punches event spreads awareness for domestic violence
By BROOKE NAEKERTS Alpha Chi Omega hosted a Throw Paint Not Punches event to raise awareness for domestic violence on Feb.16 in Plant Park at 5:00 p.m. The event raised over $100 for the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay’s sexual assault services. The importance of the event was to highlight the issue of domestic violence […]
Christina Frederick is Miss UT Caribbean 2017
By LUCIANA PAZ Christina Frederick, a senior criminology major from the U.S. Virgin Islands, became the Miss UT Caribbean Queen 2017 at the Miss UT Caribbean Pageant and won a $500 scholarship on Feb. 19. Frederick was left in tears of happiness as she won badge after badge for Miss Popularity, Most Cooperative, Promoter Award, […]
Chance the Rapper’s Grammys kick down doors for indie rap
By ANDREW FOERCH “Let’s do a good ass job with Chance three, I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the Grammy,” Chance the Rapper rhymes on “Ultralight Beam,” the introductory track to Kanye West’s album The Life of Pablo. Like Babe Ruth pointing up to the center-field bleachers at Wrigley Field, this was Chance […]
Butts out for Trump; don’t stoop to his level
By INDIRA MOOSAI Since the inauguration in January, we’ve seen copious protests against our new president, Donald J. Trump. We’ve seen celebrities take action. For instance, Shia LaBeouf initiated a four-year constant live-stream, titled “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US.” The project was described on its official website as “participatory performance artwork,” designed to encourage and […]