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Scott pitches no textbook tax, USF given Bright Futures for summer $5M to plan downtown med school

By Wesley Higgins N E W S

L I F ESTYLE

Tips and tools for a memorable spring break.

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S PORTS Bulls’ defense stymies Green Wave in Fernandez’s 250th win.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced a $65 million plan Thursday to reduce the cost of college by repealing sales tax on textbooks and allowing Bright Futures scholarships to cover summer courses.

The plan to eliminate state and local sales tax on textbooks would cost the Florida government a little over $40 million, according to Scott, but would save full-time students at least $60 a year.

“Eliminating the sales tax on college textbooks will directly help every Florida student with the cost of college by offsetting the rising price of textbooks,” Scott said at a news conference Thursday at the University of

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Gov. Rick Scott proposed at a Thursday press conference to eliminate the sales tax on college textbooks and to extend Bright Futures to cover summer semester courses. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

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Students and members of the university gathered Saturday with the friends and families of Fallen Bulls to hold a memorial service for students who had died during their time at USF. ORACLE PHOTO/CHELSEA MULLIGAN

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Though the Board of Governors (BOG) didn’t jump on USF’s boat to bring a medical school to downtown Tampa, the university did receive a $5 million installment Thursday for planning expenses.

The university had requested $62 million for the project, now minus the $5 million received up front, to be paid out incrementally over three years.

Over the last four months, the plans to bring the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute to downtown Tampa had enjoyed unanimous approval and enthusiasm from USF President Judy Genshaft, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik.

All three were present in Jacksonville on Wednesday when the BOG pumped the brakes on the project. Though no BOG members outwardly opposed the plans, some said they needed to see a business plan before investing millions.

BOG member Morteza Hosseini proposed freeing $5 million to fund the information gathering that the board requested.

USF presented to the BOG’s Facilities Committee in October about its plans for a new medical school, but some of Wednesday’s BOG members were not present for that meeting.

BOG member H. Wayne

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Fallen Bulls remembered by loved ones at memorial service

By Chelsea Mulligan S T A F F

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To the musical lament of two cellos, family and friends of fallen Bulls gathered on the Crescent Hill behind the Marshall Student Center on Saturday morning in a memorial service for students who passed away in the last year.

The service began with a spiritual reflection from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry minister Rahul Agarwal as well as words from USF President Judy Genshaft, Student Government members and loved ones of those passed.

After the speakers, mourners moved in a short procession to Crescent Hill to lay down the white carnations that were given to all mourners to represent fallen loved ones.

The white carnations were laid at the foot of USF’s Fallen

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North Florida. “Also, by expanding Bright Futures Scholarships to include summer courses, we are offering more flexibility for students to achieve their goals.”

Scott proposed spending $23.5 million to extend Bright Futures for summer courses.

However, a review by the Board of Governors indicated Scott’s figure wouldn’t cover the full cost of Florida’s 12 public universities expanding Bright Futures to summer, unless the schools were selective about how students could use their scholarship.

Funded by the Florida Lottery with a current budget of $436 million, Bright Futures began as the Florida Undergraduates Scholars’ Fund in 1989. In 1997, the fund became known as Bright Futures Academic scholarship. The program allows eligible high school seniors to receive scholarship money to attend any public university in Florida.

In 2011, the state began incrementally increasing the standards needed to qualify for

Bull Memorial. Styled after the his second semester when he things.”

She also said the memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was caught in a fatal motorthe monument commemo- cycle accident only a short dis- itself was helpful to her and rates students who died while tance from the family’s home. other families in the wake of Stoltzfoos said she felt the their losses. enrolled at the university. The “The memorial, I think, outmemorial is carved with some memorial service was a touch50 names that stretch back ing remembrance of her son side with the names, is just a beautiful touch to 2009, with for the families, an added place “The memorial, I think, outside with to be able to holder honhave that place oring all the the names, is just a beautiful touch to come back. students who assuming passed since for the families, to be able to have that I’m there might have 1960. been some famiThe text on place to come back.” lies that weren’t the memorial able to make it reads that it Jennifer Stoltzfoos today,” she said. is “a place for Mother of a fallen Bull “Just to have all students to something there, reflect upon for me, personalthe precious and his peers. gift of life and to remember “I think that it’s very healthy ly, it’s very honoring that they their fellow classmates whose to be able to come back and would want to do something lives ended far too soon.” honor that person again and like that and really honor the Jennifer Stoltzfoos, a moth- speak about them and just students.”

Robin Neil Rivell, another er of a departed Bull, said deal with those feelings, the the university comforted her sadness and the grief and the parent there for the memorial family in their grief. Her son, hurt,” she said. “I just think service, said she had similar a business student named it’s a very healthy thing to feelings.

“I think when we first saw Corban, was halfway through do, to not repress all those Bright Futures, according to the Florida College Registrars and Admissions Officers.

In the 2012-13 academic year, the requirements for the scholarship were an SAT score of 1020 or an ACT score of 22, qualifying 154,160 students.

The new minimum standards are an SAT score of 1170 or an ACT score of 26, qualifying 127,573 students for the 201415 academic year.

As a result of fewer eligible students, the legislature appropriated less money for the 2014-15 year.

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Huizenga apologized for not letting USF officials know that they were expected to present again at Wednesday’s BOG meeting.

The new medical school is a key component to Vinik’s billiondollar plan to revitalize large sections of the downtown area.

In October, Vinik offered to donate an acre for USF to build a medical facility on the empty corner of Channelside Drive and

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Meridian Avenue, less than a mile away from Amalie Arena where the Lightning play.

The plan calls for the College of Medicine and Health Heart Institute to combine into one 12-story tall building with floors for dining, classrooms, laboratories, a library and a clinic.

The project would also feature a medical office and parking garage across the street, able to fit an estimated 1,750 vehicles.

The construction of the new medical school could cost up to $163 million, most of which relies on state funding. The uni-

it was a huge thing to take in – 23 names in one year. But I think the wording on it is appropriate, that it gives you a place to go and reflect, and that’s important,” she said.

“There’s a place where we can go and remember Emaleigh.

We remember her everywhere, but this is a significant part, this was so important to her.”

Rivell said her daughter Emaleigh enjoyed her time at USF before she passed away last February while studying nursing.

“She loved everything about being here,” Rivell said. “She was very determined, strongwilled. Her motto was to never settle.”

Rivell said the memorial offered others the opportunity to remember Emaleigh.

“It’s really important that people have that,” she said.

“For her friends as well, it’s kind of like a spot where they meet.” versity wants approximately $130 million from state funding, including the $62 million the state had originally intended to put toward a new medical school for USF’s Tampa campus.

The university will come back to the BOG on Feb. 19 to give a more detailed presentation.

If the BOG approves the request to build downtown, the plans would be voted on by the Florida Legislature before going to Gov. Rick Scott for final approval.

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Spring break 2015 planning guide

By Brandon Shaik L I F E S T Y L E

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Spring break is only a few short weeks away, and now is the perfect time to get a head start on planning your weeklong getaway. Think about what kind of memories you want to make and use these tips and tools to maximize your time and money while you put down the books for a week.

Skip the hotel Youth hostels are typical lodging options for those traveling throughout Europe because they’re inexpensive.

However, it might be surprising to know that these alternative housing options are fairly common throughout major cities in the U.S. as well. For those unfamiliar, youth hostels are generally a more economic choice commonly featuring community style living, bunk beds and shared bathrooms. A prime benefit of hostelliving is location; depending on your destination, your hostel can be close to major public transportation hubs, or high up in the mountains for the outdoorsy types. Staying in a hostel doesn’t always mean a grungy dorm

atmosphere either. There are dozens of quirky lodging options, such as the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel in Pescadero, California, where guests sleep in the actual lighthouse and can soak in the rooftop hot tub. For any spring breaker, a hostel is an interesting experience that will add some uniqueness to any trip.

Map it out

Spring break is only a limited amount of time and it’s important to pack the most into every day. Use touristeye.com to plan your vacation.

While it doesn’t help you plan your flights or hotels, it will help you to find all of the local dining and attractions at your destination. If you’re eating Chipotle in a city you’ve never been to — you’re doing spring break wrong. This free and simple website lets users plan trips, big and small, making it a perfect tool for spring breakers. Once you build your “wish list” of things to do while at your destination, you can share it via social media and your friends and family can add suggestions to your trip based on their experiences. The site also makes suggestions based on other users who have traveled to those cities as well,

and you can view the trips that others have planned and give tips and tricks for their excursions.

Hit the road the right way Obviously traveling to your destination is a critical aspect of spring breaking. Whether you choose to fly, drive or travel by train, do it smartly with the endless numbers of apps and websites available to anyone. For those taking to the skies, GateGuru is a handy app that will help master any airport in the nation. This app provides you with a map of the airport and each specific terminal, a list of amenities and restaurants, tips for navigating the airport and an active list of incoming and outgoing flights.

If you’re taking the road, make sure to keep GasBuddy at hand, an app that will help you find the cheapest gas near your current location. As for the land rovers that choose not to drive, HopStop is another app that will get you where you need to be. It uses your current location to find the nearest transit hubs and gives accurate arrival times for trains, buses or subways in nearly every major city in the world.

HopStop (left), touristeye.com (middle) and GateGuru (right) are all helpful tools to plan and execute a seamless spring break. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

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The Oracle’s top 10 spring break destinations in Florida South Beach — This Miami hotspot is the perfect combination of day and nightlife. Its eclectic art deco district serves as an ideal frame for Miami’s classic night clubs. This has every component of an unforgettable spring break.

Everglades National Park — For the outdoorsy types, this is the ideal vacation spot, complete with campgrounds, airboat tours, canoeing and hiking trails.

St. Petersburg — Just over the Howard Frankland Bridge this city, once known as heaven’s waiting room, hosts much of Florida’s youth with it’s mixture of history and modernism- not to mention the world-renowned beaches.

Walt Disney World — For the kid at heart, putting some magic in your spring break is just a short drive away. The world-famous theme park offers resort packages and park hopping options for those planning to stay longer the week.

Sebastian Inlet State Park — Located in Melbourne, this is the destination for any surfer with its massive waves.

Sanibel Island — A small, naturally preserved island near Naples. With a mid-century vibe, this town outlawed fast food restaurants and stoplights, creating a unique vacation oasis.

Crystal River — Swim and snorkel with manatees and enjoy the sun and fresh water.

Destin — The definition of white sand beaches, this small town will offer spring breakers a campsite on the beach, shorefront restaurants and crystal-clear waters.

Mount Dora — Located just outside of Orlando, this historic town is packed with southern charm, a bustling arts scene and farmers markets galore.

Tarpon Springs — What could be mistaken for a city in Greece, this town is the perfect stop for anyone who wants a European getaway on a budget.

Be sure to check out the sponge docks and get some baklava during your stay.

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Graduates’ personal choices aren’t college outcomes

factors seem more indicative of personal qualities than the value of going to a specific school.

This disconnect between an individual college graduate and an individual college is important because, as the Inside Higher Ed article reported, one of the goals of this plan is to potentially influence how policy-makers look at college value. Though the associations did not address particular proposals underway, such as President Barack Obama’s college rating system, as the article noted, the overview did mention the possibility of comparing universities based on these outcomes.

As the overview addressed, factors such as charitable giving could be directly related to other factors, such as income, which is more related to how college outcomes are usually measured, and could be an indirect effect of going to college.

Even with that in mind, schools should not be held accountable for the personal choices of their graduates. While these “human capital” characteristics may demonstrate an ideal in defining the value of education, there is a fine line between what a school does to improve upon them and a graduate’s own desires.

When considering the benefits of getting a college education, factors such as a graduate’s volunteer work or whether or not they vote aren’t typically what first come to mind.

Rather, people might think of graduates’ employment rates and income. After all, the value of a college degree can easily be defended by its economic value after graduation, such as the difference in wages between those with a four-year degree and those without.

However, to offer a more holistic description of what college has to offer, Inside Higher Education reported that the American Association of Community Colleges, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities recently revealed a project to measure student outcomes by also considering “human capital,” which includes criteria from graduates’ career satisfaction and advancement to their charitable donations.

The value of higher education is definitely not limited to quantitative outcomes, such as the income of graduates from any one university. Yet graduates’

“human capital” shouldn’t be attributed to their having attended college since these characteristics are more telling of graduates’ personal, individual choices.

Just as employment rates are measurable, elements of “human capital” are, too. For instance, according to an overview of the plan, “social giving” can be measured with the charitable donations and volunteer work of graduates.

Still, while these particular outcomes can be measured in the same way as traditional college outcomes, it leaves one wondering how colleges can nurture things such as voting and career advancement for their students.

Granted, voting participation is something that can increase based on education. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the 2012 election, 75 percent of those with a bachelor’s degree voted in comparison to the 53 percent with a high school diploma. However, though voting is a tendency among this demographic, it doesn’t offer insight into what individual schools do to influence students to vote.

The same goes for the choice to take the time to volunteer, or one’s career satisfaction. These

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The Rundown Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski became the first NCAA Division I men’s coach to eclipse the 1,000-win mark when the Blue Devils defeated St. John’s 77-68 Sunday. Only former Tennessee women’s coach Pat Summitt (1,098) has more wins in D-I basketball than Krzyzewski.

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Conference update Men’s Basketball Tulsa (14-5, 7-0) kept its conference record unblemished with a 66-64 win over East Carolina. Tulsa will look to continue its dominance when it travels to Tulane on Tuesday.

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Fernandez gets win No. 250

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In arguably the team’s best effort of the year, coach Jose Fernandez earned his 250thcareer victory Sunday after USF defeated Tulane (15-4, 6-2) for the second time this season, 64-45.

The Green Wave converted only six field goals in the first half, going 32 percent from the field for the game.

Junior guard Courtney Williams had her fifth straight game with 20 or more points, her 10th such game of the year, contributing 24 points and 12 rebounds. Williams also had a game-high eight assists, creating open looks and passing the ball to her teammates with ease.

USF’s defense was a force to be reckoned with, causing 13 turnovers and grabbing five blocks and five steals.

The defensive effort was led by junior forward Alisia

Jenkins, who had three blocks, three steals, 10 points and 10 rebounds to mark her 13th double-double of the season.

USF (16-4, 7-1) is undefeated this year when Jenkins records a double-double.

Fernandez showed high praise for his team, which shot 43 percent from the field, scoring 24 points in the paint.

“I think our kids were really dialed in, defensively,” Fernandez said. “We wanted to assault the glass better than last time we played Tulane, and we did a much better job with that today.”

USF never lost its lead, tying Tulane for just 44 seconds of game time and then continuing its dominance for the rest of the contest.

The Bulls will head to Tennessee to take on Memphis on Saturday at 3 p.m. before returning to the Sun Dome for two home games against UCF (7-12, 3-5) and Cincinnati (5-14, 2-5) next week.

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Junior forward Alisia Jenkins grabbed 10 rebounds and three steals in the Bulls’ win over Tulane. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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USF trailed UConn 41-37 with nine minutes remaining in the game Sunday afternoon when Huskies guard Ryan Boatright took over the game.

The senior guard scored a layup off a pass from guard The UConn (18-1) women’s Sam Cassell Jr. to give the team also kept its 17-game winning streak alive with a 100-45 Huskies a six-point lead. He would go on to score UConn’s demolition of UCF. The Huskies moved to 7-0 in the AAC with the next 11 points, giving them enough of a boost to put away win. the Bulls in the final minutes Men’s Basketball as they coasted to a 66-53 win at the XL Center in Hartford, SMU (16-4, 7-1) at Connecticut.

With sophomore forward USF (7-13, 1-6) Chris Perry sitting out the When: Wednesday, 7 p.m. game due to chest pain sufWhere: USF Sun Dome fered in practice Saturday eveTV/Radio: 1010AM

ning, USF was outmatched on the glass all afternoon.

Perry has averaged 7.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in just over 26 minutes per game, and his 6-foot-8, 242-pound frame was missed in the post.

UConn out-rebounded USF 35-18 and also blocked six of the Bulls’ shots. Coach Orlando Antigua played center Ruben Guerrero and forward Bo Zeigler in the absence of Perry; the two freshmen were able to grab only four rebounds in 59 combined minutes of playing time.

Perry returned from a nearby hospital to USF’s bench at halftime and his status is uncertain going forward.

Boatright finished the game with a season-high 28 points

UCF commit flips to USF

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on 7-for-10 shooting. Guard Rodney Purvis was the only other Husky to reach double figures, scoring 17 points on 4-for-9 shooting.

While the Bulls’ size disadvantage was difficult to overcome, the lack of scoring proved to be the final nail in the coffin.

USF scored only 20 points in the first half, and leading scorer, senior guard Corey Allen Jr., scored 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting. Junior guard Nehemias Morillo was the only USF player to find any success on offense, leading the Bulls with 18 points.

USF will look to shed its five-game losing streak when it hosts SMU on Wednesday in the Sun Dome at 7 p.m.

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Defensive back Malik VaccaroDixon committed to UCF in July of last year, but after taking official visits to both schools on Friday, the Port Charlotte native decided to flip his commitment in favor of USF, according to 247Sports.com.

At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, VaccaroDixon played receiver and safety at Port Charlotte High School, amassing 111 receiving yards as well as an interception and a fumble recovery.

Vaccaro-Dixon is rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and will be the 17th recruit to join coach Willie Taggart’s 2015 class.

Track and Field Junior Matthew O’Neal broke USF’s indoor triple jump record of 52-4 set by NCAA Indoor AllAmerican Shane Lewis last season with a jump of 53-11 in the triple jump Friday at the UAB Vulcan Invite.

Juniors Alex Hoffman, Winston Perry and senior Kevin Bell all followed suit with wins for USF. Hoffman’s time of one minute, 53.43 seconds was best in the field in the 800-meter, while Perry took home the top spot in the pole vault event with a height of 16-4 3/4 Bell won the men’s long jump with a distance of 7.4 meters, but finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.92.

For the women, sophomore Katherine Blaney finished second in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:54.58.

USF vs. Kentucky USF announced Thursday that it will play Kentucky — coach Orlando Antigua’s former team — at the Hoophall Miami Invitational at AmericanAirlines Arena on Nov. 27.

The Bulls and Wildcats will meet again in the 2016-17 season in Rupp Arena in Kentucky.