Tag: hurricane
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Students create emergency preparedness backpacks
by Maddi Dolan As February is coming to an end and the inevitable hurricane season is growing closer, four University of Tampa students in the President’s Leadership Fellows program have been working on creating hurricane emergency preparedness backpacks for local communities in need. Their efforts began last semester when they were asked to create a […]
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Bahamians suffer as immigration tragedy hits them
By Emma Friedman After surviving the monstrous category five hurricane Dorian, about 100 Bahamian refugees were denied entry to the U.S by ferry over documentation confusion on Sunday, Sept. 8. A viral video originally taken on the ferry, Balearia, in Freeport, Grand Bahama, captured the announcement made when the refugees without documentation were told they […]
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UT organizations are here to help out the Bahamas
by Juliana Walter For the past two weeks, the Bahamas have been dealing with the devastation that Hurricane Dorian caused. With many people having lost everything they own; many organizations at The University of Tampa have decided to gather donations for people in need in the Bahama Islands. On Sunday, Sept. 1 and through into […]
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UT prepares for the hurricane season
by Juliana Walter Throughout the first week of classes, The University of Tampa sent out various emails and text messages about the progress of Hurricane Dorian. Although Florida ended up not being in the hurricane’s path, UT cancelled classes for Tuesday, Sept. 3, through the school’s alert system on the Friday before. UT’s online alert […]
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Hurricane of confusion comes out of Puerto Rico
by Gabriela Mendez & Tatiana Torres Sept. 16 was the one year mark of the destruction in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria. Puerto Rico is still missing the resources they need to be able to get completely back on their feet. A few months after Hurricane Maria struck the island, the governor of Puerto Rico […]