Bianca Lopez

Media services director faces felony charges of sexual battery on minor

Campus, News, Top News / By Bianca Lopez

By TESS SHEETS UT’s media services director John Paul Stepro was charged with sexual battery of a person between the ages of 12 and 17 on Sunday, according to arrest records published on Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department’s website. The university has placed Stepro on administrative leave pending further information about his arrest, according to Eric …

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Hanging with Kylie

Campus, Sports, Top News / By Bianca Lopez

By BIANCA LOPEZ Tossing a piece of rope over a tree in Plant Park, Kylie Lowell, a junior digital arts major at the University of Tampa, laughed at what she called her recent lack of strength. It had been a while, Lowell said, since she took the long blue silk outside. Aerial silks made their …

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Senior Send Offs

Opinion / By Bianca Lopez

By TESS SHEETS, BIANCA LOPEZ, & JULIA ALBINI I began this year writing you, reader, telling you to rip up our Orientation magazine. I told you to dog-ear pages, pull out the ones that interested you. I told you to scribble notes on my magazine. I told you to use it as your guide to surviving …

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5 gym-free exercises for busy students

Sports / By Bianca Lopez

By CAMRYN BEAUMONT We’ve all heard them and we’ve all made them: exercise excuses. Students, who make up the majority of the UT community, are busy with class, work, extracurriculars and internships. We get it. Broke college students can’t afford gym memberships, personal trainers or workout equipment and gear. The excuses are endless, but there …

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Chainsmokers take Tampa

A&E, Music, Top News / By Bianca Lopez

By BIANCA LOPEZ Last Friday night, if you weren’t at this concert, you definitely knew at least one person who was. The Chainsmokers — the phenomenon that made waves in EDM and pop last year with hits like “Closer,” “Roses,” and “Paris” — played Amelie Arena. The crowd was reminiscent of the pre-fire glory days …

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