By Juliana Walter Since The University of Tampa partnered with The Henry Apartments to expand student’s off-campus housing options, many students have noticed an influx of school advertisements for the downtown apartment complex. In the past, UT’s Office of Resident Life has been heavily criticized by students and parents for lack of resources for off-campus […]
A Tribute to Emily Walker
By Juliana Walter On Sunday, March 7, one of The University of Tampa’s own students, Emily Walker, passed away in a fatal motorcycle accident. The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of W Cass St and Spartan Lane, located near the Cass Annex Building on campus. Walker, along with another passenger on the […]
A Spotlight on the Popular Smoke Spot “Colosseum”
By Juliana Walter It’s 7 p.m. on a Wednesday evening and a skunk scent fills the hazy sky above the city of Tampa’s Riverwalk. This is one of the city’s hottest smoke spots, right between Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park’s children’s playground and the Tampa Police Department (TPD). For years, students and locals have been lighting […]
Lightning Celebrations Trigger Rise in UT Cases
By Juliana Walter The University of Tampa’s COVID-19 numbers rose by 76 cases after hundreds of students and locals gathered without masks in Henry B. Plant Park just a week before. For the first time since the novel COVID-19 virus, huge crowds of people without masks flooded downtown Tampa. To celebrate the Tampa Bay Lightning’s […]
Students Question if they Pay More in Taxes than Trump
By Juliana Walter President Donald Trump has paid less taxes in the past decade than some students at The University of Tampa, based on news reports in the last week. The New York Times broke news earlier last week that President Trump only paid $750 in federal income tax for both 2016 and 2017. And […]