The Voyager

(Editor’s note: The original version of this story incorrectly attributed Anita Schonberger, general deputy counsel, to quotations regarding compression and inversion. The quotes should be attributed to Katherine Romack, associate professor of English.) A collective bargaining meeting between the United Faculty of Florida representatives and members of the University of West Florida bargaining team was [...]

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A major victory for the future of the internet and free speech was scored last week when hoards of everyday people flooded Congress with calls and emails in opposition to the far-overreaching anti-copyright-piracy legislation introduced into the House of Representatives known as the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA. On the side supporting the bill [...]

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The University of West Florida’s online campus, established in 2004, offers 461 courses and was recently ranked in the first-ever edition of Top Online Education Programs by “US News and World Report.” According to the “US News” website, national online enrollment hit an all-time in 2010 with more than 6.1 million students. Nearly 30 percent [...]

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Matthew S. Crow, University of West Florida associate professor, and former graduate teaching assistant Brittany Adrion published an article on taser use in the “Police Quarterly” in December. Matthew S. Crow told UWF Newsroom about his reasoning for researching and writing about taser use: “When I started working here, I found that a lot of [...]

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Pensacola philanthropists Quint and Rishy Studer gave the University of West Florida and Pensacola State College a $1 million gift on Jan. 9 to fund the Pensacola Pledge Scholar Program, which awards scholarships to high school seniors graduating from the city of Pensacola. “The Pensacola Pledge Scholar Program is designed to provide incentive for City [...]

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The University of West Florida is home to many talented Argonauts, even a band that tied with famous singer, Adele, for the No. 1 spot for most-added song to a radio station. The band’s single “Coming After Your Love,” won that distinction. The Hooks, as the band calls itself, consists of all siblings. They are [...]

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Making money is child’s play to Joshua Scott. Scott, a freshman business major at the University of West Florida, operates a gum-ball machine at Cordova Mall. The 7-foot-6-inch tall machine towers over crowds in the food court as passing children beg their parents for quarters. It might seem an unlikely enterprise. However, an entrepreneurial spirit [...]

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The University of West Florida will host the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Super Regional at Stonebrook Golf Club in Pace from May 6 to 8. The Super Regional is the final tournament before the national tournament, which is from May 16 to 19 in Lousiville. It is a 54-hole tournament consisting of nine qualifying [...]

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One of the biggest races in Pensacola will be held on Feb. 4 at 7 a.m. More than 3,100 runners competed in the Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k last year in a race that featured professional runners like Janet Cherobon, who broke her own course record running the 9.3 mile course in 49:58 last year, [...]

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After the Argonauts won their first national championship in school history and sent eight players to the minor leagues to play professionally, there was bound to be added pressure on the baseball team. Even more pressure was added when the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released its preseason poll over the winter break. The Argos were on [...]

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