Episode 418: WSLR News Wed., Feb. 25:

As early as July 1, the Sarasota-Manatee campus of the University of South Florida could be gone. USF boosters are trying to prevent that, and a rally on the campus is underlining their intent. Ed James III has the details.Then: On Monday, City of Sarasota Commissioners will be presented with an updated and scaled down proposal for a new performing arts center. Parking should be a key part of that presentation, but it probably will not, as Gretchen Cochran reports.Next: The Torch troubles started with a bang and ended in a whimper this week. Our reporter Klaus Obermeit interviewed Pine View high school journalists who put together the Torch student newspaper, to find out what they learned from their principal’s incrimination of two articles.Finally: Sarasota’s Booker schools are home to Scratch Made. That’s a program that steers students to professional kitchens and careers in gastronomy. Jackson Rothman gives us a taste.