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MoKent re-elected as president and VP, share plans for next term
By Maria Ranoni N E W S
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The votes have been counted and the results are in. Moneer Kheireddine and Shaquille Kent have been re-elected to serve as student body president and vice president. They plan to hit the ground running this time around. Kheireddine and Kent received 53 percent of the vote, while fellow candidates Gabby Cruz and Scott Tavlin received 35 percent and Peter Corsa and Julius Jackson received 7 percent. This election is the first time in over a decade in which a president has been elected to serve two terms. The last time being Michael Griffin who served as student body president from 2001-03. “It’s been very, very rewarding to go through the campaign period twice because this time we got to see a lot of the critical feedback and constructive
Kheireddine and Kent’s re-election marks the first time in over a decade a student body president will serve two terms. ORACLE PHOTO/MIKI SHINE
criticism from individuals and we want to improve moving forward,” Kheireddine said. “Some of those things include our branding effort — not
in any negative sense toward anyone on our marketing team.” According to Kheireddine, he and Kent plan to get started right away as they did not have
the opportunity to do so last year. “There’s a couple of things we can get started on right out of the gate,” Kheireddine said.
“The first is hiring to make sure that our team is ready to start up next year because last year we had a little bit of a
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Tinder-styled study app developed by two students set to launch today
By Alyssa Stewart S T A F F
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With the help of USF’s Student Innovation Incubator (SII), two students were able to create an app that aids fellow students in finding study partners. Their creation, Stuby, is set to launch today. William Rondon, a sophomore majoring in industrial engineering, created Stuby to increase the productivity of study groups. “You are able to pick the people so there is no
awkwardness, which makes for a great study connection,” Rondon said. Stuby is an app that allows USF students to connect with each other for studying purposes through a system that resembles Tinder’s swiping selection process. “It (Stuby) matches people who have the same major as you and your strengths and weaknesses,” Rondon said. The creation of the app was brainstormed because of the extensive hours alone Rondon
spent in the library. He said he’d rather work in a group as it helps him stay focused. “I’m always in the library at the most random hours from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.,” Rondon said. “At those times, I wish I had a study partner, but my friends are either sleeping or not in the same courses or major.” Chad Townsend, a sophomore majoring in computer science, mapped out ideas alongside Rondon to complete the technical aspects of the app. “We’ve known each other
since we pledged together in Kappa Sigma last year,” Townsend said. “He asked me because he needed someone to make it (Stuby) — and I was able to.” Rondon said he included the Tinder swiping aspect to make it more interactive and customizable. “It creates the ability to pick your study partner and not meet up with a random person,” Rondon said. Rondon said Stuby will include a point system that can
be gained the more a student interacts with the app and creates study groups. Student gear, gift cards and other prizes could be won with the cumulative points earned. According to Rondon, he said people would enjoy the feature because of apps such as HQ and Pocket Points. “Another studying app was recently released as well, but they don’t have the point system so that is something that differentiates us from the rest,”
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