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Stands featuring a variety of locally grown edibles dotted Sessums Mall during a farmer's market on March 27.
The farmer's market has been held the last Tuesday of every month this semester, a tradition the hosting organization, Food Activists Revolutionizing Meals (FARM), hopes to make permanent. Before the routine, the markets were scheduled few and far between. The first one took place spring semester of 2011.
This farmer's market featured a large variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs and other edibles like honey. The packages of blueberries offered at the market were picked that Sunday by FARM members themselves. It took the small group four hours to gather and package the berries at local Seeds of Love farm.
One tented stand was manned by Polk City farmer Mickey Davis. Not all of his wares were grown by him, but most of the fruits and vegetables were gathered in the Tampa area. The lettuce offered at this stand was grown using aquaponics.
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Teacher evaluations go digital this semester
For the first time, teacher evaluations will be conducted entirely online this semester, using an application called Blue by eXplorance. Wendy Nembhard, an associate professor of epidemiology and chair of the committee that investigated the benefits of switching to an online system, sent students the initial email about the new evaluation system on March 28. She said the switch from pencil and paper to online evaluations has been in the works for awhile.Read more...
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USF organizations, affiliates raise funds for Relay for Life
Emily Turner, a sophomore accounting and economics dual major, is not a stranger to cancer. Her grandfather just passed away from cancer in November 2012, her grandmother died of cancer in 2010 and her aunt is a breast cancer survivor. This is why Turner is so passionate about her Relay for Life team, the Bulls Business Community. As the advertising chair on the Business Living Learning Community’s community service committee, Turner and her team have raised $2,014.35 so far, putting the team in fourth place among all 87 USF Relay for Life teams. The team’s total fundraising goal is… Read more... -
New education program focuses on middle school teaching
A new program in the College of Education, brought to USF by doctorate student Amanda Loyden and professor Gladis Kersaint, will focus on training students to become effective middle school-age teachers in science and mathematics, concentrating on students in grades 5 to 9. In an informational session held in the College of Education Building TECO conference room, Loyden led students through the stages of the program, which revolve around the “STEM” (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) model of education. Read more... -
Students protest for concealed weapons on campus
Student activists across campus began protesting April 8 and will until April 12 in an “Empty Holster” demonstration, lobbying for the right of those with concealed weapons permits to carry their weapons on campus, or “concealed-carry.” Students involved in an “empty holster” protest typically wear an empty gun holster on their person to symbolize a weapon they would otherwise not have to defend themselves. They are also invited to hand out fliers and literature to interested students and speak with them about the issue. Student protester Eric Blake stood next to the movement’s display table at the April 10 Bull Market, along… Read more... -
Song artist John Legend speaks on education
Students waited in line for as long as five hours inside and outside the Marshall Student Center on April 9. Most sat on the ground, some brought food and others stood for hours. They were waiting for “A Night with John Legend,” a University Lecture Series event part of USF Week. When the doors finally opened and Legend took the stage, he focused 30 minutes of his presentation on education inequality and how to fix it. “Many of you overcame significant obstacles to get here today,” he said. “I think you know why you’re here: because you know it’s going… Read more...