By: Robert Bone Contributing Writer

  The trumpeting of horns heralded the arrival of people as they walked into the Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire in Pensacola, Fla. on March 6 and 7. The Pensacola Fairgrounds was filled with vendors and displays of showmanship that fit the medieval tim...

By: From Staff Reports

Forensics Team Takes First The University of West Florida Forensics Team won the 2010 State Championship in Debate at the Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Championship at Florida Atlantic University. The team had been preparing since Se...

By: Jonathan Short

In keeping up with Florida Archaeology Month, Pensacola has been focused on informing the public about the city’s history through various lectures during March. Coordinated by the Florida Anthropological Society, Florida Archaeology Month is held ev...

By: Miriam Longsworth

“The Best Beer Starts with Clean Water” was the theme for the Emerald Coastkeeper’s fundraiser at Hopjacks in downtown Pensacola on March 4. Chips Kirschenfeld, a board member for the EC and former Coastkeeper spokesperson, said that the...

By: Johnathan McMullen

On March 2, Facebook’s popularity grew to another level when President Obama used it to promote his efforts to make college education more affordable. The president’s proposal to change the cost of college education would be reached through th...

By: From Staff Reports

The University of West Florida will not build its maritime museum at the community maritime park for at least three to five years. The UWF administration told the Community Maritime Park Associates board that at this time it doesn’t feel that it wou...

By: Marcus Parramore, Staff Writer

University of West Florida President Judy Bense was awarded the J.C. Harrington medal by the Society for Historical Archaeology on Jan. 8. The medal, the society’s highest honor, was awarded to Bense because of her lifetime contributions to the educ...

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Try to reuse household items often. Paper plates, for instance, don’t need to be thrown out just because of a few crumbs.        The Voyager recycles, and you should too!  ...

By: Shelley Austin Staff Writer

With approximately $960,000 generated from the $4.42 per-credit-hour technology fee that was implemented in fall of 2009, University of West Florida students may be wondering how the money will be spent.     Now that proposals by acad...

By: Rebecca Barnhart Contributing Writer

As of March 1, Don Chu resigned from his position as Dean of the College of Professional Studies after more than five years. Chu will be pursuing other academic interests as a tenured professor in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, a...

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Wondering what to do with all the grocery bags piling up in your pantry? Bring them to Publix for recycling. You can also buy reusable bags for less than $1.         The Voyager recycles, and you should too!  ...

By: Rebecca Barnhart Contributing Writer

If you’re tired of the typical beach scene during spring break, the Harvest of Hope music festival offers a wide variety of musical entertainment for a great cause. During March 12-14, more than 150 bands will perform for the second year in a row at...

By: Marcus Parramore

The University of West Florida received a grade of B from the American Council for Trustees and Alumni for requiring that its students take only four out of seven areas of general course work. ACTA, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., fol...

By: Miriam Longsworth

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida argued that the coroner’s inquest system no longer works at a town hall meeting on Feb. 23. The meeting, co-sponsored by the Movement for Change, discussed the coroner’s inquest into Victor Steen's...

By: Lucretia Brown Staff Writer

The University of West Florida is using Twitter and other social media to recruit new students as part of its Spring Recruitment Campaign. The campaign uses a variety of communications that lead to a Web site. “As part of that Web site, we have deve...

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By: Rachel Strehlow

Immigration attorney Aaron Blumberg of Coral Gables, Fla. will visit the University of West Florida on March 3 to talk to students who have F-1 immigration status about obtaining H-1B visas and green cards. “It’s a service they would typically...

By: Jonathon Short

The University of West Florida’s Emerald Coast Campus was unable to provide heat to its facilities from Feb. 5 to Feb. 10 because of a break in the main water system. Although heat was unavailable at the Fort Walton Beach campus during the five-day ...

By: Miriam Longsworth

At the Feb. 19 Student Government Association meeting, Ruth Davison, director of the Department of Housing and Residence Life, told the SGA that UWF needs to raise its housing rates for 2010-2011. “If we don’t raise our rates, then we can&rsqu...

By: Brittany Carr

The United Faculty of Florida and the University of West Florida administration held an impasse hearing on Feb. 9 in an attempt to bring months of disagreement to an end. In the hearing, each side had an opportunity to present its point of view to the mag...