Life http://http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/ en Feedback@tbo.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T19:23:03+00:00 USF showcases creationism critic tonight http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/usf-showcases-creationism-foe-tonight/ In honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday 203 years ago, USF is presenting famous science teacher Eugenie Scott.

Her message: Students can’t understand science without understanding the central role of evolution.

She speaks tonight at 7 in the Fine Arts Hall, room 101, focusing on state lawmakers’ efforts to undermine the…]]> Inside USF 2012-02-09T19:23:03+00:00 Times reporter goes to work at USF St. Pete http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/times-reporter-goes-to-work-at-usf-st.-pete/ USF St. Petersburg has a new media chief.

Tom Scherberger, recently of the Tampa Bay Times and years ago with the Tampa Tribune, is the new communications director.

He takes over for Melanie Marquez, who left USF St. Pete for a media job with Pinellas County Schools.

Scherberger will handle…]]> Inside USF 2012-02-07T20:55:04+00:00 Slutty Brownies, Homemade Snickers And Bacon-Wrapped Beef Hot Dogs [This Week’s Weekend Eats] http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/slutty-brownies-homemade-snickers-and-bacon-wrapped-beef-hot-dogs-this-week/

@mcmedia - Sunday Brunch Seafood Extravaganza 'Paella'


One thing I love about doing Weekend Eats each week is that the longer I do it, the more I get a…]]> The Stew 2012-02-06T18:27:57+00:00 USF Poly board member quits, saying USF is scuttling the “Poly model” http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/usf-poly-board-member-resigns-charging-that-usf-is-trying-to-scuttle-indepe/ The Poly drama continues.

One of the biggest cheerleaders for USF Polytechnic’s independence, Mark Kaylor, has resigned from the Poly governing board with a flourish.

Kaylor, a lawyer for another independence advocate, state Sen. JD Alexander, sent a letter to…]]> Inside USF 2012-02-02T23:19:30+00:00 Decision 2012: Florida’s Pizza Primary [Every Slice Of Newsroom Pie Tells A Story] http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/decision-2012-floridas-pizza-primary-every-slice-tells-a-story/ Decision 2012

Hidden behind the news facade of last night’s coverage of the Florida GOP primary was the important feeding of the reporters covering the election.

Newsroom tradition holds that food is brought in…]]> The Stew 2012-02-01T22:35:36+00:00 USF gets big grant for veterans research http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/usf-receives-big-grant-for-veterans-research/ USF is marching forward with its veterans initiatives, receiving $1.6 million from the Department of Defense to combat traumatic brain injury and other battlefield injuries.

The money will pay for work on “everything from drug discovery and preclinical work to clinical, social and behavioral trails,” said principal investigator Inside USF 2012-01-31T16:12:03+00:00 Merlot Jelly, Korean Fried Chicken and Grand Marnier Souffle [This Week’s Weekend Eats] http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/merlot-jelly-korean-fried-chicken-and-grand-marnier-souffle-this-weeks-week/

@TastyChomps - hanging roast ducks and bbq pork


Did you have a good weekend? Hope so.

I know several people who used their time off to fill their…]]> The Stew 2012-01-30T20:59:27+00:00 Researchers say cell phone waves can reverse Alzheimer’s http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/researchers-say-cell-phone-waves-can-reverse-alzheimers/ Two years ago we told you about researchers who found evidence that they could beat back Alzheimer’s in mice by exposing them to electromagnetic waves – the kind emitted from cell phones.


Mice were exposed…]]> Inside USF 2012-01-30T18:48:49+00:00 Klasko and Obama grip and grin http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/usf-health-ceo-gets-a-grip-and-grin-with-the-prez/
Klasko attended his first State of the Union address

Ask USF Health CEO Stephen Klasko about his trip to Washington to hear President Barak Obama’s State of the Union address and what does he start talking about?

USF and all the other cool stuff…]]> Inside USF 2012-01-27T16:11:32+00:00 Genocide, memory and art the focus of USF conference http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/life/comments/genocide-memory-and-art-the-focus-of-usf-conference-next-week/ More than 50 scholars will spend three days at USF next week talking about the wrenching topic of genocide across the world.

They’re drawn together by the idea that amid the horrors, incredibly, there is also beauty – or at least the desperate will to find a way to keep…]]> Inside USF 2012-01-26T20:07:25+00:00