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A merciless plagiarism case rages on after nearly 20 months of litigation as the University of Tampa appeals a judge’s order to clear the name of a now-graduated criminology student. In March, Circuit Court Judge Ralph Stoddard ordered UT to remove the “F” from Andrea Knight’s transcript, to adjust her GPA and to expunge all mentions of plagiarism from her UT record. The school has appealed the injunction, but her lawyer is confident that the ruling will stand. “We put a whoopin’ on them,” said Joseph Bryant, Knight’s aggressive attorney. “We won an historic victory to have a grade removed. We have crushed them.”
UT, however, is questioning whether the judge has jurisdiction to intervene in an argument over a UT student’s grades.
Letters and courtroom exchanges between Bryant and UT attorney John Campbell demonstrated a deep animosity that was noted several times by the judge, including once when he closed..."
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A four-day Caribbean getaway with stops at Key West and Cozumel, Mexico, the cruise ship Carnival Imagination provided me with an adventure unlike any other. We ate exotic food, saw beautiful places, met all sorts of people, battled sea sickness...
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The semester is winding down and all of us are enjoying life. Everyone is working hard trying to finish and prepare for projects, papers, quizzes, tests and anything under the blue moon a professor decides to assign. We’ve started assignments a week in advance—something must be in the air to stop the usual procrastination techniques of college students. It’s a relief. I don’t feel so alone anymore. Labs are packed all the time, even at the graveyard shift on Sunday morning in Vaughn (I know—I work it), and everyone has a look of calm on their faces.
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Students constantly wonder why alcohol is not served at University of Tampa sporting events. Many students are unaware that there was once a time when administration enabled alcohol to be served at these events. “We used to have a license to sell beer at our games, and that was actually done in my first couple years here. I came in 1989 and it seemed like we were selling beer out of a concession stand probably for two years, not very long,” said Associate Athltic Director, Gil Swalls.
Swalls elaborated and explained why the alcohol policy changed to not allow...
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The National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) is working to provide holiday gifts for underprivileged children in the Tampa area. Members of UT’s Minaret Chapter also hope to host the children from Metropolitan Ministries at a holiday party in December. The NRHH is the only national organization that exclusively recognizes a campus’ top leaders.
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The University of Tampa’s Alex Hetland turned in four first place finishes for the Spartans, including a record breaking 100 Breast performance of 55.33.
“The Vagina Monologues” originally debuted at UT in 2004. Since then it has been an annual event and become tradition to the student body.
For the third year in a row, a former UT student was arrested in the early morning for trespassing on university property.
It’s not about marriage, or the sanctity thereof—quite possibly the biggest red herring in current political discourse—it’s about rights.
With the alphabet soup of over 140 student organizations’ worth of abbreviations flying all around campus, it can be difficult to figure out which one to dip your spoon into.
The Minaret is the University of Tampa's student-run newspaper.
