Legal Age for Vaping Raised, USF Ranks Top for Student Veterans and More

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November 7, 2019

By Nai Gonzalez

Legal Age for Vaping Raised

On Wednesday, Hillsborough County voted to raise the legal age for vaping from 18 to 21. Now, a local high school student is joining the fight against vaping.

Miranda Bilher invited medical experts, and local law enforcement to Durant High School in Plant City this evening to speak more about the topic.

Miranda Bilher, Durant High School student, invited local experts to her school to speak about vaping.

She’s hosting an anti-vaping forum called Vaping: Poisoning Youth One Puff at a Time.

USF Ranks Top For Students Veterans

USF is living up to its reputation of being a veteran-friendly campus. They started celebrating their student veterans today with a one-stop show hosted by the Office of Veterans Success.

USF celebrated their student veterans today with a one-stop show hosted by the Office of Veterans Success.

Ruben Tapia-Vargas is one USF student veterans who was able to enjoy from the resources at the event. “The whole veterans success and veterans affairs here is a great program. They help veterans out,” Ruben said.

USF will honor student veterans on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the Honor-A-Bull Awards Ceremony and Veterans Day Cookout. The event will take place at 12 p.m. at the USF Amphitheater. All students, faculty and staff are invited to this free event. Free BBQ lunch will be provided for attendees and a chance to win t-shirts!

USF will honor student veterans on tuesday at the Honor-A-Bull Awards Ceremony and Veterans Day Cookout

For more information on Tuesday’s event, click here.

Free Dental Work For Veterans

An Apollo Beach dental clinic is giving $50,000 worth of free dental work for veterans on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Apollo Beach dental clinic, Watts Dental, is giving $50K worth of free dental work for veterans on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Denise Williams, marketing director for Watts Dental Office explained, “They’ve done a lot for us and this is our opportunity to do a lot for them.”

Saturday’s event will be held at Watts Dental Office in Apollo Beach. The special promotion will be available that day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Veterans are required to bring their DD 214 card or their VA card for consideration. Doctors say there’s no limit on the type of procedures veterans are able to get.

For more information, call the Watts Dental Office at (813) 737-7370.

Famous Writer Returns to Her Alma Mater: USF!

After over five decades and 70 books, young-adult fiction author Lurlene MacDaniel is returning to her alma mater.

She walked the rows of the USF library when they were brand new and now she’s back 50 years later to leave a more permanent mark.

Lurlene McDaniels is a young-adult fiction author who studied at USF.

Every book McDaniels has ever written is now displayed at the special collection in USF’s library. “My philosophy of writing: nobody gets to pick what life gives them, you do get to choose how you deal with it,” said McDaniel.

Faculty Advisor: Catherine Gugerty, Jeanette Abrahamsen

Published by Nai Gonzalez