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Bulls earn highest NCAA Textbooks seeding in school history and guns Debate for firearms on college campuses goes on as bills continue through state Legislature. n

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Japanese festival promises food, fun and reflection.

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S PORTS Ziegler provides spark of hope in Bulls’ woeful season.

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The USF women’s basketball team was selected to the NCAA Tournament on Monday night for the first time since the 2012-13 season and only the third time in school history. ORACLE PHOTO/ ADAM MATHIEU

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one overall UConn. In addition, because USF was selected as the No. 6 seed for its region, the program’s highest selection in three trips, the univerCoach Jose Fernandez has sity has been chosen to host come full circle with the USF the first two rounds of the women’s basketball team. tournament within After losing in the WNIT last season, Fernandez prom- “I feel like I heard the cheers its region.

“There’s no ised a return to the NCAA Tournament, since he felt and screams even before they place like home,” Fernandez said. last year’s team missed the cut by the slightest of mar- announced our seeding, but I’m “This all started in offseason with gins. excited that we’re in, especially the the time and the USF Athletics hosted a NCAA selection show watch getting to start off playing at work they put in to get to this point and party Monday and welit’s finally paying off comed hundreds of fans, home.” for these players.” family and loyal season Upperclassmen ticket holders into the Sun Courtney Williams like junior guard USF women’s basketball junior guard Dome for the big reveal.

Courtney Williams As news of the Bulls’ No. 6 seeding broke, the crowd and field as the sixth seed in the showed their joy when USF’s players erupted in excitement. Albany Region, highlighted by name was shown, but players “This is way better than conference rival and number n See NCAA on PAGE 2

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last year,” junior forward Alisia Jenkins said. “My emotions are through the Sun Dome roof right now.”

Now the Bulls are back for the third time in program history — they enter this year’s

Last November, a gunman entered Florida State’s library and shot and injured three students.

In 2007, the historic Virginia Tech massacre occurred, leaving 33 people dead including the killer.

If students had their own guns on campus at the time of these standout events, would the incidents have ended differently?

Gun lobbyists are pushing bills in state legislatures across the country that would allow guns to be carried on college campuses with concealed carry permits.

In Florida alone, a group of five bills are being pushed that would allow for loaded guns on campus at public colleges and universities. As of today, only seven states allow “concealed carry” on college campuses.

University Police (UP) Assistant Chief Chris Daniel is one among the entire State University System of Florida and Board of Governors who opposes this bill passing.

“We think in all, it would really kind of take away and detract from the academic and the educational environment,” Daniel said.

SB 176, sponsored by Rep. Greg Steube, aims to allow individuals with concealed weapons licenses to carry guns on college campuses.

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Twice as nice

To celebrate the second anniversary of the addition of Papa John’s and Panda Express to the Marshall Student Center food court, each restaurant will feature $2 deals for specific items on their menu. Today, Moe’s will offer chips and a cup of queso. On Wednesday, Papa John’s will offer a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza. On Thursday, Chick-fil-A will offer eight-count chicken nuggets with the purchase of fries. On Friday, Subway will offer a six-inch cold cut combo sub. Additionally, students can purchase a medium ICEE and Oreo ice cream bar for $2 every day this week.

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like her know this is just the start of hopefully a long road ahead.

“It was really exciting to hear our name called,” Williams said. “I feel like I heard the cheers and screams even before they announced our seeding, but I’m excited that we’re in, especially getting to start off playing at home. It’s a great atmosphere here and I can’t wait to see everyone coming out to support us.”

When asked if he had any reservations about promising an NCAA tournament return, Fernandez laughed at the notion, saying he has no regrets.

“I felt that we had a good basketball team and I knew who we had coming back,” Fernandez said. “If we stayed healthy this year, I knew we would have a great year and we most certainly did.”

In the final AP Top 25 poll of the season, USF once again climbed back into the ranks of the nation’s best teams, coming in at No. 25. USF Athletic Director Mark Harlan said this type of national attention should be more than enough to show students how much their support will mean in these crucial games.

A pep rally will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. in the Marshall Student Center amphitheater to get fans excited for the weekend’s festivities.

“I do not want to see purple in this arena on Saturday,” Harlan said. “We will be watched nationwide on how we fill up and this team deserves our full support.”

USF will host the No. 11 seed LSU Tigers on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sun Dome.

The first 500 students with their USF ID will receive free access to the game. After the first 500, tickets will go on sale for $8 for students and $18 for non-students.

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The bill gained support after the 2014 Florida State library shooting. Supporters claim that if students had their own concealed carry guns on campus, they could’ve taken down the shooter, Myron May, before more students were harmed.

The bill passed a second Senate committee Monday following an afternoon of testimony from both sides of the debate.

Thought it is argued that guns will pose a distraction on campus, Daniel also said the prevalence of guns would pose a problem for law enforcement in

tracking down the true gunman.

“Showing up as law enforcement and there’s people with guns pointed at each other, we don’t know who the original shooter was. There’s a good chance we will accidentally shoot a good Samaritan student who was trying to do the right thing,” Daniel said.

According to CNN, former NRA President Marion Hammer argues that those who are 21 and older with licensed permits would have “no criminal record, no record of mental illness, no record of alcohol or drug abuse and have had training in the safe use of a firearm.”

Daniel said each university has its own campus police that

go through the same requirements as officers of police departments. In Tampa, officers are put in 923 hours of training. Of that training, at least 80, if not 120, hours are geared toward gun training. In that training block, officers learn gun safety, proficiency training and shoot-don’t-shoot scenarios.

“Many of your concealed weapons permit holders go to a two or three hour class, may or may not have ever handled a firearm in their life, and in these two to three hours they go through this 37 page statute about firearm rules and how you handle them,” Daniel said. “Then they go for an hour and shoot on a range with no proficiency requirements to show that you have to hit a certain score.”

In a 2009 poll by the University of Toledo, only 5 percent of university police chiefs around the country thought allowing students to have their guns on campus would prevent shootings.

In a study done by Ball State University, 95 percent of college presidents oppose the bill as well. USF’s student body president, Jean Cocco, published an opinion piece on CNN earlier

this month denouncing the idea.

College campuses are known to be a party place, he pointed out. When alcohol, drugs and sleep-deprived students get mixed up with guns the end result could be tragic, he said.

“In my opinion it typically raises the chances, just by common sense, that someone can get seriously injured or possibly die,” Cocco told The Oracle.

Yet according to statistics from a grassroots group, Students for Concealed Carry, seven states that already allow legal concealed carry on campus have yet to see any related act of violence or suicide since the bill was passed.

Nevada is among one of 14 states pushing to pass this same bill. Nevada legislator Michele Fiore told the New York Times that “if these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I wonder how many men will want to assault them.”

“The only thing that I can see happening is that if that female had a weapon, you’ve introduced a weapon to a situation that otherwise would not have had one,” Daniel said.

According to Daniel, a gun present in any incident is a gun

that can be used against you too.

“If you look at it in the context of sexual batteries and rapes on campus, it’s been years since I can even think of a stranger versus student situation,” Daniel said. “All good majority of our incidents are acquaintance based.”

Daniel pointed to the historical safety within the university grounds.

“We’ve been a gun-free zone for so long, our violent crime (at USF) is probably the lowest in the area,” Daniel said. “It does not invite guns to this area.

We have a very proactive police department.”

Cocco said USF will continue to fight alongside other colleges to spread the word of the potential dangers guns on campuses pose.

SB 176 will next face the judiciary and then the rules subcommittees before it reaches the Senate floor.

“I could understand why having a weapon on you on campus, you would feel more secure, but again, will it decrease rape overall? I don’t think so,” Cocco said. “That’s the problem, every case is different.”

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J-Club springs into spring with festival history, the stories and experiences of the Second World War become more personal and you can relate to them better,” Cole said. “I love and support the Spring is upon us and USF Japanese Club because I Japanese Club (J-Club) is invitfeel groups like this build strong ing it today with its international relationfourth annual spring ships of educated event Haru Matsuri. individuals who will Literally translated keep our nations from to spring festival, Haru repeating the same Matsuri is a time in mistakes our anceswhich the Japanese tors made.” celebrate a new beginLeader of the JKD ning. Traditional activiCrew, public affairs ties are centered on major Leslie Pradaxay, planting crops to sigsaid the choreography nify the new bloom. for the dance is very “Haru Matsuri is a animated. celebration of “The choreography s p r i n g t i m e, ” is a mix of energetic sophomore chemical modern dance with engineering major an addition of hip-hop Aleem Waris said. “It is and R&B,” Pradaxay meant to celebrate the said. “It is very up changing of the seabeat, very much like sons.” dance music.”

Waris is the emcee Waris wants those for the event and will who are skeptical be stage-managing the about Japanese culvarious acts. He said ture to come out to he got involved with the festival if only to the club because he experience something admires Japanese cul- J-Club’s 2012 Haru Matsuri Festival featured taiko drummers, a traditional type new. ture.

“They should broadof Japanese music. The festival will be today at noon until 4 p.m. in the Marshall “The president en their horizons to of J-Club last year Student Center amphitheater. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE a relatively unknown convinced me to model including a traditional ninja-star authentic uniforms, awards, culture. It is not just all anime in their signature fall event, throwing game. equipment, currency and docu- and games,” Waris said. “Their Night in Tokyo, and I just fell “We will have some- ments related to Imperial Japan culture is so much more emoin love with the people and the thing called ‘Shuriken from years 1905-1945 and tional and vivid than that.” atmosphere.”

Haru Matsuri will be held Showdown’ where players scale replica models,” Cole said.

Waris said not many mem- throw shuriken to knock down Cole said he collects these today between noon and 4 bers of the club are actu- cups,” Waris said. “Pretty items because of his fascination p.m. in the Marshall Student ally Japanese, but rather standard stuff.”

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individuals brought together by their mutual love of Japan.

“Although not many are Japanese, they truly have a passion for the culture,” Waris said.

Festival goers can expect plenty of food and games,

Korean dance club at USF, JKD Crew, will perform a J-Pop dance and J-Club member Sean Cole will display collectable World War II memorabilia.

“My World War II Japanese memorabilia collection includes

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Senior D’Anna Devine went 2-for-3 with two RBIs as the Bulls earned their 18th win in 19 games. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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put the Bulls up 3-2, where they would stay.

Blue Devil pitcher Laura Messina, who completed the game throwing five strikes, recorded only her second loss of the season after giving USF all she had with her unique pitching.

“I haven’t seen a spin like that since 1996-97,” coach Ken Eriksen said of the senior. “When (the players) come back and say things like ‘I’m hearing it spin,’

that’s pretty good stuff. Messina is one of the best ones in the country.”

Messina had a .41 ERA coming in with 70 strikeouts on the season.

On the other side of the diamond, USF senior Karla Claudio notched her seventh win of the season fanning four innings with six strikeouts.

USF now sets its sights on a doubleheader tonight against Hartford (1-15) and Canisius (5-8) beginning at 5 at the USF Softball Complex.

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Google and Apple make it OK to have phones in cars solution to cellphones causing distracted driving.

Google’s Android Auto, for instance, is essentially a limited Android operating system that optimizes app features to minimize distractions while driving.

According to the NY Times article, tasks that can be performed using Android Auto take less than two seconds, as recommended by the U.S. Transportation Department’s voluntary guidelines on limiting distraction, and some features such as streaming videos and social media are removed completely.

Text messages can only be sent using voice commands, and apps used for music and navigation are meant to be used only during glances between driving.

This would provide for a much safer method of performing common driving tasks, as directly using a cellphone for navigating, looking through a music playlist and making a phone call or sending a text message require too much time and focus to do safely while driving.

The invention of these systems is also important for reducing distracted driving since people in their 20s, which includes many college-aged drivers, make up the largest age group in cellphone related accidents, as well

Russell Nay COLU M N I ST

Ever since the invention of cellphones with texting, Internet and streaming capabilities, a serious issue has been drivers distracted by phones.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s website, about 421,000 people in 2012 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. Countless activist groups are working to prohibit cellphone use behind the wheel, and texting while driving is illegal in Florida.

Considering this, it may be surprising to learn that both Google and Apple have developed systems that allow drivers to integrate their phones with car dashboard screens. As stated in a recent New York Times article, Google’s Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay will be featured within weeks and months in new cars sold at dealerships.

Despite the fear that bringing cars and phones closer together would make driving on U.S. roads even more dangerous, each product seems to have been designed with automobile safety in mind, and these systems should be seen as a potential

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as that for people who own cellphones, according to a 2012 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study and a 2014 Pew Research Center study, respectively.

Providing those who use cellphones the most with a way to use them safely while driving is simply common sense when it comes to curtailing distracted driving.

Of course, one could argue that simply abstaining from phones while driving would be a much safer alternative to using phone dashboards. However, the likelihood of many drivers refraining from using their phones is slim.

Distraction.gov lists that at any given daylight moment, about 660,000 drivers across the U.S. are using cellphones or electronic devices while driving, a figure that has remained steady since 2010.

Improving the safety of driving while operating a phone may be a more productive option than completely banning the use of phones behind the wheel, an option that two of the country’s most recognizable names in technology and two dozen car brands have already invested in.

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What you said In light of a recent New York Times editorial addressing aid-in-dying legislation, in which doctors could advance a terminally ill patient’s death, editors Isabelle Cavazos and Adam Mathieu asked students their thoughts on whether Florida should enact such legislation.

“A person should have the capability to say whether it’s time. Maybe the family would be more affected.

I would think it’s up to them, it’s their life.”

— Jose Velasquez, a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering “If I was the patient and had a terminal illness, I would say, ‘Help me out!’”

— Anneliese Jones, a senior majoring in chemistry and gerontology

“I’m Catholic, so I would say no. I guess that’s a religious bias.”

Russell Nay is a freshman majoring in mass communications.

­ Thomas Tchir, a — sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences

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Zeigler’s debut season a slam dunk Devine

keys win for USF softball

By Tiana Aument C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Bo Zeigler first learned how to dunk when his dad, Zane, began teaching him the ins and outs of basketball when he was 11 years old.

“His mom is 6-foot even, and I’m 6-3,” Zane said. “I figured he would be tall, so I just wanted to take him to the gym and show him some stuff in case he wanted to play when he got older.”

To get his young son familiarized with dunking, Zane would place a chair underneath the rim.

“Jump off the chair and dunk, and I’m going to pull the chair from under you,” he would say to Zeigler.

Zeigler would hang from the rim and jump down. When he got comfortable with laying the ball in the rim, he didn’t need the chair. He was dunking by the eighth grade.

Zane recalled watching his son’s first dunk at Detroit Community High School.

“We were at the game,” Zane said. “He just kept shooting jumpers, and one of my cousins in the audience said, ‘You just gonna keep shooting jumpers?’ Then, he went around the baseline and dunked on the whole team. They had to pull him out of the game because he was hyperventilating — he was so excited. That blew me away when he did that.”

Basketball in the Zeigler family dates back to the 40s.

“My uncle was a Globetrotter, and his father was a Negro League baseball player,” Zane said. “(I have) a couple uncles that played all kinds of sports, a bunch of cousins that play.

I have a cousin that plays for TCU, Trey Zeigler. It’s deep in the family.”

Zane surrounded his son with family members who played basketball, baseball and football.

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Redshirt freshman Bo Zeigler started 16 games for the Bulls and averaged 6.4 points and 4.5 assists per game. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU gave me a good aura of being a well-rounded guy,” Zeigler said. “Just being respectful and humble all the time. I just felt like I built my identity around those types over the years, and that just got me into basketball.”

Zane stressed the fundamentals of basketball, which Zeigler said has helped him “tremendously.”

Zeigler can play multiple positions, but ESPN.com ranked him as the No. 33 small forward for the class of 2013.

Zeigler moved from his hometown of Detroit to Tampa after former coach Stan Heath, a family friend, recruited him.

The communications major was a redshirt his first year, which gave him the opportunity to learn and grow.

“I came in at 182 (pounds),” Zeigler said. “I just felt the redshirt year helped build strength.

Just from watching the game, watching spots where I felt like I could be effective, watching Victor (Rudd), Martino (Brock) just attacking in certain ways.

Watching and getting stronger over the summer helped me a lot.”

Heath was fired after that season, but Zeigler didn’t trade in his green and gold.

“He didn’t even call and ask me about it,” Zane recalled.

“He said, ‘Dad, I ain’t going nowhere. They gave me a chance, so I appreciate USF giving me the opportunity to be here.’”

Zeigler highlighted the Bulls’ (9-23, 3-15) lackluster season with his thunderous dunks.

“He’s very long,” coach Orlando Antigua said. “He’s very explosive. For him to be able to make those plays really energizes our team.”

The 6-foot-6, 202-pound player improved his game throughout the season.

Zeigler played a career game in a win over rival UCF. In the penultimate game of the regular season, Zeigler recorded a double-double and scored a career-best 20 points with 10 rebounds.

He threw down two dunks in the 74-45 blowout.

His offensive performances can bring fans to their feet, but his defensive skills are duly noted.

“I can give us an advantage

on the defensive end more,” Zeigler said. “Like with switches, guarding switches, hedging on screens, using my quickness as an advantage, running, getting out fast. We like to run a fast-paced game.”

Zeigler finished with a teamhigh 138 rebounds and a .506 field goal percentage.

Antigua sees the potential in Zeigler and said he has to continue to get stronger.

“He has to continue to work hard with his ball handling, his shooting and his overall handling of the game,” Antigua said. “I see that he has a bright future ahead of him.”

While Antigua focuses on Zeigler’s potential to become a building block for the Bulls’ future, Zane can’t help but see how far his son has come since he began teaching Zeigler nine years ago.

“I see so much stuff that he learned from childhood,” Zane said of his son. “Little, minor stuff like how he boxes out, how he checks people and uses his length. All that stuff, he learned when he was a kid, and I see him doing it now.

That just blows me away.”

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With a simple flick of the wrist, senior D’Anna Devine popped two balls over third base, scoring two of USF’s runs in a 3-2 win over Central Connecticut State.

The outfielder went 2-for-3 Monday night at the USF Softball Complex with the go ahead run in the bottom of the fifth to give USF their 18th win in 19 games.

“Get the barrel to the ball,” Devine said. “That’s what coach has been telling me. I’ve been running out of the box really fast and with a pitcher like today … I was just trying my hardest to hit the ball.”

Devine is batting .380 on the season with seven RBIs on 27 hits.

Central Connecticut State (9-3) put the Bulls down early as USF catcher Lee Ann Spivey let a ball fly past her in the top of the second inning, which allowed junior Brittany Ernst to score from third to put the Blue Devils up 1-0.

Spivey, who was named the AAC Player of the Week on Monday, then came right back to smack a home run over center field — her seventh of the year — to tie the game.

USF (26-8) showed its defensive prowess when CCSU’s Eileen Purcell hit a rocket to center field that bounced just out of Devine’s glove. Sophomore Juli Weber was able to relay the ball home to Spivey who got the out, saving a run.

After a Devine RBI single in the third, the Blue Devils came right back with an RBI single of their own, tying the game once again.

Devine would retaliate with her second RBI single of the game to

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