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Health care passes and UT speaks up By ROB STEPHENSON News Reporter
TAMPA - The debates went for hours last Sunday and President Obama postponed his trip to Asia twice but the health care reform bill passed with a 219 to 212 vote in Congress and Obama signed the bill on Tuesday. The reaction has varied across the nation and the story is the same here at The University of Tampa. The new health care bill will cover millions of newly insured Americans but Ryan Kievit, a senior marketing major, already sees the problems that will result from the bill in the future. “Is this country in distress? Hell yeah it is, and I’m concerned about the future economic and financial situations. All they’re going to do is spill onto the shoulders of my generation,” Kievit said. Michaela Santiago, a junior political science major said she would have preferred a public option for health care but sees the change as a positive step forward. “I think it’s about time Congress finally did something for the American people,” Santiago said. The new health care plan intends on protecting the country through 2014. Some feel the plan was struck behind closed doors and the Republicans even voiced that opinion during the debate last Sunday. Kelly Polk, communication department staff assistant and a registered independent said she feels, “cautious about any bill parted by large HMOs and insurance companies. I believe in universal health care, but I am not sure if this bill will be the one to get us there.” With the Legislative Branch juggling the future outcomes of millions of Amer[See 2]
A+E 8 UT Performers Find Themselves in Debt 7 The Friday Night House Party Hits Airwaves
COMMENTARY 11 Health Care Package Protects and Reassures the Uninsured 10 Where’s a Girl Find a Good Date in Tampa?
SPORTS 13 SSC Series Pitching
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@spartans.ut.edu New campus e-mail system installation introduced promising more storage and lifetime use By Jeffrey Palmer TAMPA - Starting March 31, University of Tampa students are being asked to complete their profile for the installation of the new campus e-mail system. By the end of the spring semester on May 15, e-mails addressed to the old account will be forwarded to the new one. Students are urged to alert friends and family about the imminent transition. Old e-mail accounts will be discontinued completely by the July 1. Although a school-wide alert of the impending changeover was sent out not long ago, many students remain ignorant of the changeover and its specific ramifications. “What new e-mail account?” said UT junior Rachel Palfy when asked of her thoughts on the conversion. Instead of being followed by the address, student names will now precede the designation. In terms of efficiency, the new e-mail system will be a great improvement upon the old. It will grow from the current storage potential of 35 Mb to 10 Gb, include a sizeable Skydrive for personal file keeping, allow full e-mail functionality and compatibility with electronic devices and possess easier forwarding capabilities. In addition, the account will be assigned to each student for life and not be discontin-
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ued after graduation from the university. E-mail passwords will no longer need to be changed every 90 days but will remain continuous. Students should be aware that no change will be made to the UT network domain login and that SpartanMail login will remain distinct from that of other school systems like Blackboard. For those individuals already having e-mails forwarded to a different address
Watching Privacy Status on Facebook By CARA MARZILLI News Reporter
TAMPA - It all starts with the lure of the Facebook newsfeed. Status updates, spring break photo albums and the ever-changing relationship statuses of your “friends” are just begging to distract you from your paper that is due tomorrow. Before you can stop yourself, it’s 3:16 a.m., you just friend requested your middle school science teacher, and can identify complete strangers from your suite mate’s trip to Cancun. Thanks to the phenomenon of social media websites, this wealth of personal data is readily available and is blurring the lines of what constitutes public and private information. Dr. Natasha Veltri, professor of information and technology management, conducted a study on Facebook privacy and presented its findings to a crowd of 45 students at a University of Tampa Honors Symposium.
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TAMPA - The University of Tampa Diplomats are looking for one worthy student to award a $500 scholarship. The scholarship offered by the UT Diplomats looks “to recognize one individual that has gone above and beyond in his/her participation in campus life.” Students who want to apply must be dedicated to the campus community and have high academic standards. Applications are located in the Office of
Be negative: Why getting checked is positive By CORYN DONCASTER News Reporter
“Sharing information is the key to Facebook,” Veltri explains. “How much users share and disclose...they have to account for the risks. A lack of privacy is one of those costs.” [See 2]
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than their assigned UT account, they are responsible for their own forwarding adjustment under the new system. Despite the overwhelming advantages of the new e-mail system, student reactions to the change remain somewhat mixed. “I’m sure it has its perks and advantages,” said junior Tyler Faulkner, “but I’m kind of peeved at the inconvenience of having to change something so familiar. It’s just one more thing to remember.” [See 4]
Student Leadership and Engagement (VC 215) and are due by Friday, April 2. The winner will be announced at the Leadership Awards Night on Tuesday, April 13. Candidates must be in good judicial standing, have a minimum GPA of 3.0, cannot be graduating in May 2010, be active in the campus community and cannot be a past or present UT Diplomat. Last year’s recipient was Matt Ferrall, the student coordinator of leadership for the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement.
TAMPA - Sex is everywhere, especially when you’re a college student. It’s in advertisements. It’s at parties. It’s even in biology class. However, it’s hard to find people on campus willing to speak the truth about sex: the gory, but common, consequences that can come with unprotected sex. On Monday, March 29, the P.E.A.C.E Volunteer Center along with Youth Education Services will be providing free HIV and STI testing to The University of Tampa Students, says Tracy McNamara. The testing will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on the second floor of Vaughn, rooms 217 and 221. Students will have the opportunity to be tested for HIV, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Also on the Monday, the P.E.A.C.E Center along with Straight From the Heart will be holding an educational presentation on HIV and AIDS, states McNamara. The event will be held in Reeves Theatre and begins at 8 p.m. Tracey Dannemiller, former speaker at the World AIDS Youth Summit, and her husband Timothy Dannemiller will be speaking and welcome students, faculty and staff to listen. “You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be inspired.” says McNamara. The best part about this opportunity isn’t even that it’s free, but that it’s right on campus. You have to go to class so why not [See 2]