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The Oracle MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015 I VOL. 52 NO. 97

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Bulls charge to second round

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March proves promising for new music.

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SG election today for College of Business

By Brandon Shaik A S S T .

S PORTS Late rally helps Bulls avoid winless weekend.

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After Saturday’s 73-64 win over LSU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the women’s basketball team moves on to round two tonight in the Sun Dome against Louisville. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

By Zach Lowie S T A F F

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Although junior guard Courtney Williams struggled to find the basket in USF’s opening round of the NCAA Tournament against LSU, her efforts proved to be enough to seal the Bulls’ fate as they advance to the second round — just the second time in school history — with a 73-64 victory over the 11th-seeded Lady Tigers.

Shooting a dismal 7-of-25 from the field, Williams was far from her previous lightsout performances. Despite the struggles, the junior guard still managed to get a doubledouble, with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Even though Williams struggled with her shooting, she broke the USF record for most points scored in a season with 685 and passed fellow player Jessica Dickson’s 682.

One highlight of Williams’ performance was a corner

jump shot on a fast break that put the sixth-seeded Bulls up by double digits with under five minutes in the first half against the Lady Tigers (1714). Standing near the USF bench, coach Jose Fernandez erupted with excitement and lifted his hands in the air to get fans riled up.

Fernandez jokingly said after the game that even though he tries to remain calm during games, moments like that give him the opportunity to get the crowd on his team’s side.

“It’s great,” he said. “Any time you can get the crowd behind you it’s awesome.”

Fernandez won’t have to worry about more fan support, as USF will likely have one of the largest crowds of the season tonight when No. 6 USF and No. 3 Louisville face off in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

After their electric showing Saturday night culminated in a USF win, the Bulls are hoping to harness more of that energy for their second-round match-

up with third-seeded Louisville tonight at 9 in the Sun Dome.

USF struggled to find the basket in the first round and shot just 37 percent on the night.

The Bulls’ next opponent was much sharper in their tournament opener — the Cardinals got 46 percent of their looks to go down against BYU in their 86-53 win Saturday.

Despite Williams’ low scoring over the weekend, Louisville coach Jeff Walz expects her to show up ready to play tonight.

“You’d be fooling yourself if you didn’t think Courtney was the best player on the floor for both teams,” Walz said. “No offense to my kids, but we know we have our hands full tomorrow.”

USF sophomore point guard Laura Marcos Canedo also had high praise for Williams as she said the team simply revolves around her energy and her high level of play.

“She’s a great player,” Canedo said. “Every night

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The Election Rules Commission (ERC) will hold an expedited election starting today for senators from the College of Business following an error during the Student Government (SG) general elections.

Voting begins today at polling stations outside Argos and the Library, Tuesday outside the Marshall Student Center (MSC) and Juniper-Poplar Hall and Wednesday outside the MSC and Argos. The polling stations are open between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

Polls are also open online at sg.usf.edu/vote until Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Candidate Joshua Smith, a double major in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, initially applied for a seat in the College of Business.

However, due to an input error, Smith was placed on the ballot for the College of Arts and Sciences for the first six hours of voting.

During that time period, 71 votes were cast and Smith lost by 40 votes. As a result of the input error, the ERC will hold an expedited election to include 19 senatorelects for eight available seats.

Additionally, two vacancies in the College of Arts and Sciences will be filled by runners-up Alec Waid and Issa Ali. The new senators, who received 505 votes each, will be recertified into the SG Senate following spring commencement.

The vacancies were made following the disqualification of Saeed Sinan for allegedly harassing voters and the removal of Victor Cimino due to excessive absences in Senate meetings.

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Researchers find companies exaggerate heart medicine benefit

By Zach Lowie S T A F F

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Once regarded as the leading medication in heart disease treatment, statins were revered for their effectiveness in reducing illness among affected adults.

After reviewing decades of research, USF professor Dr. David Diamond and independent health researcher Dr. Uffe Ravnskov have discovered the drug may not be as effective as advertised.

Statins inhibit a higher level of cholesterol-lowering enzymes to the liver, which is most often experienced at a high level because of existing cardiovascular disease.

Rather than focus on typical experimental testing and procedure, Diamond and his

team looked over thousands of documents from professional medical literature.

A common theme they discovered was statin advocates use a statistical measure that amplifies very small, beneficial effects of the drugs, known as relative risk.

“These (drug companies) are strategic,” Diamond said.

“They will actually show you the smaller results — but it’s in the fine print.”

Drug companies are legally allowed to advertise relative risk instead of actual risk, which reveals the benefit to the entire population rather than the impacted sample, in their marketing campaigns.

Statins such as Lipitor and Crestor are given to patients diagnosed with heart disease to lower its effects.

A sample of 100 people may

only have one individual who experiences a heart attack while on these trials. A placebo group, or one with no drug treatment which works as a control, may have two people who suffer similar fates.

Even if the drug prevented just one less person from having a heart attack, companies can claim their product lowered risk by 50 percent rather than the actual 1 percent.

“There isn’t much room to improve on these patients’ outcomes,” Diamond said.

“Generally, drug companies don’t like to talk about absolute risk because the numbers are really small. No one wants to take a drug that will only give them a one percent improvement in outcome.”

Technically the companies’ claims are not false, but the original, affected sample was

already so small that the actual risk is merely a fraction of their claims.

“This is just a spin on the numbers,” Diamond said. “It’s a marketing ploy with people speaking out against this technique nationwide. Doctors should be told the absolute risk, not the relative risk.”

The team reviewed studies showing that patients are even less likely to take the cholesterol drugs if they are told the absolute risk instead of the relative risk, which would combat the interests of these major interest groups. Diamond and Ravnskov said they are not the only statin disbelievers.

Diamond said he recalled a conference he recently attended where supporters were discussing the positive effects of their drugs when a person stood up and interrupted the

presentation to share his opinion with the promoters.

“He said, ‘You are deceiving these people because you’re only presenting relative risk,’ and I thought that was fantastic,” Diamond said. “We need more people to point this out as time goes on.”

These researchers understand the importance of future discussion nationwide in terms of medical journals presenting data for absolute risk. At the very least, they would like a combination of both risks presented in the drug summary and advertising.

“People should have both components of the research findings,” Diamond said. “They should know the effect of the drug at the population level and they should know the risk of one population in relation to another.”

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Students played competitive video games and board games until midnight Sunday at the ctrl+LAN+del event held in the Marshall Student Center Ballroom. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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Courtney Barnett: ‘Sometimes I Sit...’

By Allison Buckner C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Australian indie rocker Courtney Barnett has been garnering respect from many esteemed media outlets for her first full-length album “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.” The 27-year-old’s talent is multifaceted. The music she makes is beyond pleasing to the ear — her lyrics are some

of the most raw, intelligent and fascinating to have come out of the indie scene in a while.

Her first single, “Pedestrian at Best,” has the solid, garagepunk edge with an intense peek inside the head of an introverted 20-something woman. “Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you/tell me I’m exceptional, I promise to exploit you/give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey/I think you’re a joke but I don’t

find you very funny.”

The rest of the album promises to be just as interesting and intellectual. With recent appearances at SXSW and on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Barnett will soon be widely known and celebrated for her intense artistry.

“Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit” is out Tuesday.

Death Cab for Cutie: ‘Kintsugi’

By Allison Buckner C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Death Cab For Cutie has been making albums since its first EP in 1997.

After gaining some mainstream fame with the unprecedented 2004 album “Transatlanticism,” the Ben Gibbard-fronted group has been evolving its sound to mirror the members’ changing lives.

The group received criticism for its 2011 album “Codes and Keys” and has gone on record

saying this album will be its way of making peace with the fans and critics who disapproved.

The band named its newest release “Kintsugi” based on a Japanese style of art that entails the breaking of ceramic pieces and stitching the fractured pieces back together with gold. This is the last album with producer and founding member Chris Walla, who announced in the middle of the recording process that he would be leaving the band. He did stay to finish the record, however. In the album’s first single, “Black

Sun,” Gibbard returns to writing about Los Angeles, the song containing similarities to tracks in the band’s album, “The Photo Album.” He sings, “There is whisky in the water/ and there is death upon the vine/and there is grace within forgiveness/but it’s so hard for me to find.”

With growth occurring in each of the member’s lives and within the band itself, “Kintsugi” is bound to satisfy listeners both melodically and lyrically.

“Kintsugi” is out March 31.

Passion Pit: ‘Kindred’

By Allison Buckner C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Passion Pit has always been a band that can put a smile on most listeners’ faces on first contact. With such danceable hits such as “Sleepyhead” and “Take a Walk,” the group, fronted by Michael Angelakos, seems like a no-nonsense, fun and ethereal band. But its newest album “Kindred” — while still sounding like the electro indie pop fans know and love — delves deeper

lyrically and shows the mental anguish that has plagued Angelakos for years.

Angelakos was diagnosed with bipolar disorder a few years ago, and it has had effects on the band and its sound. While working through his own suffering, he was forced to reschedule tours and let fans know what he was going through. Instead of hiding his disease, Angelakos chose to use it to fuel the band’s newest music.

The first single, “Lifted Up (1985),” off the upcom-

ing album stays true to the band’s fun and free sound while exploring a deeper side.

“Oh well, how many years has it been now?/How many days went to waste?/Now the rain and the thunder are clashing/ the sun’s got a smile ‘cross the face/oh, but yeah I’m so tired/I fight so hard and come back beaten/beacon, burn through it brightly/it soared through a sliver of space.”

Passion Pit will be playing at Big Guava Music Festival on May 8. “Kindred” is out April 21.

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she’s going to come out and play her best. She has shown that it doesn’t matter what kind of defense they throw at her, she is going to overcome it.”

Both USF and Louisville are nearly even in points per game, rebounds per game, field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage, with USF maintaining a slight edge in rebounds and 3-point shots by fewer than two better than the Cardinals.

These teams also match up well down low, with USF forward Alisia Jenkins facing Louisville forward Mariya Moore, who averages nearly 14 points and five rebounds each game. Jenkins outmatches Moore on the boards and averages nearly 12 rebounds per game.

Louisville’s starting guard Jude Schimmel contributed 13 points and three rebounds against BYU, but the help off the bench from senior guard Bria Smith was the physical presence the Cardinals needed to put the nail in the Cougars’ coffin.

Smith came away with 11 points and seven steals in 24 minutes of play. She said this game could possibly come down to the final shot attempt and maintaining their play for the entire game is crucial to victory.

“We just know it’s going to be a 40-minute game. It’s going to take all 40 minutes for us to stay focused, stay with our game plan,” Smith said. “We are already prepared for it, we are just getting our mind right and we are just excited to get out there.”

Even with Williams’ teammates praising her accom-

plishments, she is focused on the team’s effort tonight more than anything. Although a win would send the Bulls into the Sweet 16 for the first time in USF women’s basketball history, Williams isn’t shying away from the pressure of the NCAA Tournament.

“I think our mindset has to be intense, so it’s like we have to take advantage of every moment,” she said. “We can’t take this for granted.”

As was the case with USF’s first-round game, the first 500 USF students with their student IDs will receive free admission to the game.

Students are directed to go to Gate D for entry.

Tonight, student tickets are $8 and non-student tickets are $18. Parking in the Sun Dome lot is free and gates open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be bought at the gate or on Ticketmaster.com.

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Concealed carry isn’t right for college campuses UP Assistant Chief Chris Daniel said police officers undergo many hours of rigorous training in order to be trusted with lifeor-death decisions. Conversely, those who acquire concealed carry permits only take classes about a few hours long and do not have any shooting accuracy requirements.

A University of Toledo poll found 5 percent of university police chiefs support concealed carry as a way to reduce violence from school shootings. Additionally, a Ball State University study found that a strong 95 percent of college presidents reject SB 176.

The NRA has long pushed the idea of arming citizens or personnel, whom they call “good guys with guns,” as a way to reduce overall gun violence.

The idea is a Wild West-type scenario — in which if a “bad guy” starts shooting, a hero will step into the fray and, the NRA hopes, stop the villain in his tracks.

This is a very Hollywood way to look at the real world. To expect that the average citizen could step up into a heroic movie star role without much extensive training is a farce.

Obviously, many scenarios far different from the NRA’s

Chelsea Mulligan COLU M N I ST

From Virginia Tech to Columbine and Sandy Hook Elementary, school shootings have unfortunately become a common occurrence at all levels of education.

Some people, such as Florida Rep. Gregory Steube, firmly believe the way to end such violence is to arm more people — in this case, the potential “good guys” out there. However, Steube’s bill SB 176 allows for the concealed carry of firearms by any college student with a permit in Florida — a terribly misguided attempt to protect students.

First and foremost, the role of protecting citizens should fall on police officers, not citizens themselves. For an article printed in The Oracle last week,

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ideal could occur if students decided to take advantage of concealed carrying. Any argument or drunken party becomes that more dangerous.

The knowledge that anyone in a classroom could be hiding a gun may create a sense of insecurity among those who do not want to or cannot carry a gun.

If the idea is to make students feel safer, that obviously wouldn’t be the way to go.

Again, the role of protecting citizens is the exclusive domain of the police force. Police officers are trained to handle crises because the police force understands most normal citizens are not equipped to face life-or-death situations. A better solution, which the NRA also supports, is to have a stronger police presence, though it would also be ideal to avoid the feeling of a police state on college campuses.

The bill hasn’t yet reached the Senate, but, ultimately, the problem runs deeper than who is and who is not allowed to carry a weapon, and concealed weapons on campus is just a quick, backward solution.

Chelsea Mulligan is freshman majoring international studies.

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What you said Editors Isabelle Cavazos and Adam Mathieu asked students whether they think voting should be mandatory after CNN reported that President Barack Obama suggested it should be a requirement in order to limit the impact of major campaign donations.

“I think it should be a free choice because some people like to exercise their right not to vote and some don’t like the candidates. It’s a violation of my rights.”

­— Bridget Parsells, a senior majoring in finance “It shouldn’t be (mandatory) because some people are not educated voters, but in a way it should be because some people are in government just because a small majority voted.”

— David Baldwin, a freshman majoring in environmental science and policy “People might not look into the candidates because they might not have the time or resources.

I’d rather have educated people go out to vote.”

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— Ashley MacMeeken, a senior majoring in chemical engineering

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Two No. 2 seeds were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Both Kansas and Virginia were ousted from the tournament after losing in the round of 32. Wichita State defeated the Jayhawks, 78-65, and Michigan State beat the Cavaliers, 60-54.

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There hasn’t been much of a middle ground for the Bulls in 2015. Their wins have been impressive — most recently, they beat Illinois 8-5 in extra innings on the road.

Their losses have been impressive for other reasons, with the most brutal losses coming from top-20 teams.

The Bulls’ nine-game winning streak was sandwiched in between games against No. 19 FSU and No. 18 Illinois (17-51). They were outscored 34-4 in their two games against the Seminoles and 18-3 in two against the Fighting Illini.

The Bulls (16-8-1) are 2-4 on the road, but they rallied for a win Sunday in Champaign, Illinois to avoid the sweep.

Catcher Levi Borders went 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs, while his brother Luke Borders went 4-for-5 with a run and two RBIs.

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Tied at five in the 10th inning, Levi’s two-RBI double put the Bulls ahead before Luke drove him in to give pitcher Tommy Peterson a three-run cushion.

Peterson (2-1) earned the win after allowing one run through 3 2/3 innings.

Illinois pitcher Tyler Jay (4-1), who came in leading the nation with a 0.00 ERA, took the loss. The junior had allowed just eight hits over 23 1/3 innings prior to the matchup.

Saturday, the Bulls never led on their way to a 5-2 loss behind Casey Mulholland (3-3), who surrendered seven hits in his third complete game.

Buddy Putnam and Daniel Portales both homered to give the Bulls their only runs.

Perhaps the Bulls’ most discouraging loss came Friday behind ace Jimmy Herget. The Bulls scored first, but Herget (4-1) took the loss after surrendering seven earned runs over

Tommy Peterson was the lone USF pitcher to earn a win this weekend after he allowed one run over 3 2/3 innings in Champaign, Illinois. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU 6 1/3 innings. Three pitchers finale to Fort Myers, where relieved him, but USF ultimate- they will face Florida Gulf ly fell 13-1.

Coast University on Tuesday at The Bulls look to carry the 6:30 p.m. momentum from Sunday’s

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USF drops first two of AAC play

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Conference update

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Men’s Basketball Cincinnati and SMU, the only two AAC teams in the NCAA Tournament, were eliminated over the weekend. The Bearcats defeated Purdue before falling to Kentucky and the Mustangs lost to UCLA on a controversial goaltending call near the end of regulation.

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No. 3 Louisville (26-6) at No. 6 USF (27-7) When: Tonight, 9 p.m.

Where: USF Sun Dome TV/Radio: ESPN2/Bullscast

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Bulls avoid sweep in extra innings

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Lee Ann Spivey knocked in her AAC-leading 42nd RBI in the Bulls’ 2-1 loss to the Cougars.

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In the opening weekend of AAC play, USF was unable to keep the momentum it gained during nonconference games and dropped both games against Houston.

Bringing a March record of 16-1 into the weekend, USF’s offense had been a big reason for the team’s recent stretch of wins, as they were scoring an average of five runs per game.

USF was unable to generate these numbers Sunday and fell to the Cougars (16-16, 2-0) 4-2 and 2-1 in the doubleheader, which brought its season record to 28-10.

The Bulls were unable to take advantage of scoring opportunities in game one, including a basesloaded opportunity in the fourth that brought no runs.

Houston didn’t waste any time

capitalizing on USF’s lack of scoring and blew open a scoreless game with a four-run fifth inning.

Down 4-0 with two outs in the seventh, the Bulls began a furious comeback that would fall short.

Freshman Cassidy Boyle got the rally off with a single followed by a single by freshman Astin Donovan to put runners on first and third with senior Karla Claudio up to bat.

Claudio (7-2) blasted a two-run double and cut the deficit to two, but a long shot by sophomore Juli Weber was tracked down by Houston’s Katie St. Pierre and extinguished the comeback attempt.

Despite taking a no-hitter into the fifth, junior pitcher Erica Nunn (7-5) earned the loss — her fifth of the year.

Junior Lee Ann Spivey went 2-for-3 at the plate for her 11th multi-hit game of the season.

In their second attempt, USF

had a similar chance to steal the win with a late rally, but once again fell short.

A single from freshman Mia Fung and a walk drawn by Claudio put two runners in scoring position down 2-1 in the seventh, but the Bulls were not able to bring the runs home to extend the game.

Senior Sam Greiner (8-3) earned the loss pitching 1 2/3 innings and gave up two earned runs.

Spivey extended her hitting streak to six games with an RBI double — her conference-leading 42nd RBI of the year — while Donovan’s 12-game hitting streak came to an end.

USF returns home to host its first conference series of the season against Tulsa (19-10, 3-0) beginning Saturday at 1 p.m. at the USF Softball Complex.