Michael Yu

Freshman wins coveted entrepreneurship award for unique shoe pitch

By MICHAEL YU With a pitch for an adjustable and customizable high heel shoe, Morgan Barse, a freshman marketing major, took the first place prize at the Entrepreneur’s Organization of Tampa business pitch competition on Jan. 25. She competed against eight other entrepreneurs from around the nation with two others also being UT freshmen.  Barse …

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Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti and Renders Much of Florida’s East Coast Uninhabitable

By MICHAEL YU A hurricane in the same category as Hurricane Katrina is ravaging the Atlantic Ocean and endangering the lives of countless people.  “It is one of the deadliest Caribbean storms in almost a decade,” according to Reuters News Company. This is a testament to the damage it is causing in Haiti, Cuba and …

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UT Students Live in Poverty for Six Weeks to Study the Effects of Homelessness

By MICHAEL YU While students flock to the dining halls to swipe their Spartan ID, shelter themselves in their dorm rooms, and attend their routine lectures, there are countless individuals who do not have access to anything remotely similar to these luxuries. Last semester, four students (Elizabeth Virgl, Essence Hepburn, and Creed Smith) from UT …

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