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Student group wants USF food bank SG Court overturns expedited election results

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Living life as a college student is not without its stresses. Students commonly worry about passing finals, paying for tuition and studying for classes. But there are some

students who must deal with an additional burden — the stress of wondering how they will afford their next meal.

George Cappos, the president of student group Feeding America at USF, said for every student who comes to a university department seeking help with affording food, there

are many more who remain unnoticed.

“We don’t have any true statistic (of students who deal with hunger), but what we do have is people going into these counseling centers and wellness centers and asking for food,” Cappos said. “There

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Student detects cancer mutation trend

By Zach Lowie S T A F F

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While many scientific discoveries happen after years of research, some breakthroughs can happen when least expected.

USF graduate student Michele Parry noticed a trend that even her professors missed. Cancer mutations happen more frequently in larger genes than smaller genes. This finding merited a published paper with her name listed first — a rare feat for a master’s student.

Parry was volunteering in a lab with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine late last year when she realized a possible trend in determining why certain genes of cancer cells mutate and others don’t.

To help boost her resume,

Parry began working with professor George Blanck who teaches molecular medicine for the college. Blanck studied how the varying size of genes correlates to their potential to develop cancer or other mutations.

Parry was assigned to review data screens from previously collected cases. The tedious process lasted several months, but Parry noticed the trend that larger genes are more prone to mutation than smaller ones, specifically those genes that encode cytoskeletal proteins, which are considered the framework of cells.

“Everybody was set on the idea that cancer chooses what genes to mutate,” Parry said.

“However I was saying it’s more of a random process based on the size of the gene.

Cytoskeletal genes are very large in relation to others, so they’re more likely to be tar-

geted.”

After reflecting on her findings, Parry presented her hypothesis to Blanck who wasn’t immediately on board with the idea.

“He had his mind set on proving a specific hypothesis he had formed before I was a part of the lab,” Parry said. “At first he didn’t think my finding was important, but after doing more research and attending a conference that made a similar claim, he immediately told me to get back to work on my idea.”

Seeing that this “ah-ha” moment could have serious scientific implications, Blanck and Parry worked to complete a publication of the findings and listed Parry as the first author. Even though it is uncommon to list students first in published research, Blanck said this experience

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The Student Government (SG) Supreme Court decided Monday that senators elected from the Muma College of Business who won the general election would take their seats for the next legislative session, after nullifying the expedited election held earlier this month.

After Muma College of Business student Joshua Smith was placed on the wrong ballot for six hours during voting, the Election Rules Commission (ERC) petitioned the court to allow an expedited election for senators from the college.

Once the expedited election was conducted, many candidates who won in the general election found themselves at the bottom of the second. For instance, candidate Ralph Herz won a seat in the initial vote with 234, but fell below eighth place in the expedited election with a count of 56, which resulted in losing his seat.

Several candidates saw a similar trend, including Nick Russo, whose vote count dropped from 274 to 50 in the second election. In response, Russo filed a grievance against the ERC for improper interpretation of the term expedited election.

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are a lot of people here who rely on FAFSA for aid and a lot of students who are coming from lower economic statuses … so there are plenty of reasons to assume that there are a sizeable amount of students here who are struggling with (affording food).”

Due to a population of USF students who deal with hunger on a regular basis, Feeding America at USF, a local chapter of hunger-relief charities Feeding America Tampa Bay and Feeding America, is looking to start an on-campus food bank that would exclusively assist USF students dealing with food insecurity.

Cappos said the group’s inspiration for creating an on-campus food bank began when a department of USF’s Wellness Center reached out to them about an influx of hungry students who were looking for help after running out of money for food.

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options for students tackling food expenses.

“What happens usually in these kinds of situations is that before they reach out to us, they get tossed around from department to department seeing if there’s anybody who can do anything, (but) there isn’t,” Cappos said.

One USF student, who wished to be anonymously identified as Katy, said she is all too familiar with this experience and the university needs a place for students who cannot reliably afford food each week.

“Many of the student groups here are all about philanthropy … and granted they’re all very important organizations,” she said. “But there’s nothing that benefits students (struggling with hunger).”

Katy is a senior majoring in biomedical sciences and political science. Katy said while she was able to make ends meet for the most part with grants, scholarships and two part-time jobs working for a friend’s company and bartending in Ybor, this money was quickly exhausted.

Katy said paying for rent,

gas, textbooks and other costs of living required from the typical college student has sapped her income and financial aid.

Bouts of hunger last spring made her finally take out subsidized and unsubsidized loans to help pay for food.

“Last spring before I started taking out loans, I was on campus and it was 11 or 11:30 (a.m.), and I had a 3:30 class, and I was really hungry and couldn’t even think straight. I just broke down,” Katy said.

“It was that spring when I actually realized (it was time to) just bite the bullet and take out loans because this really sucks.”

Though Katy said the loans have allowed her to reliably afford food and quit working in order to focus on her studies, her financial freedom has not come cheaply. Her loans currently total somewhere in the tens of thousands — something an on-campus food bank may have helped her avoid.

While starting a food bank from scratch might be a tall order for a student group that started last spring with only 10 to 15 active members, Cappos said something needs to be

done in order to curb food insecurity at USF. He also said the food bank would allow Feeding America at USF to make its mark as a student group.

While speaking to USF Wellness about the possibility of a food bank, Cappos said he learned of a number of other universities that host oncampus food banks, including Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). FGCU began its food bank in 2012 and is home to around 30,000 fewer students than USF. “When I found out about (FGCU having a food bank), it inspired us to do this even more,” Cappos said. “There’s always a portion of people who are less privileged in any population, so … no matter how small the percentage is, there’s going to be a big number of people who are struggling.”

To develop the foundation of the food bank, Feeding America at USF first began by collecting food through its annual food drive. While the group was able to accrue enough food to start the bank, they plan on purchasing more

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over time with the help of discounts from Feeding America Tampa Bay, group fundraisers and hopefully annual USF funding.

When the bank is up and running, Cappos said it will be open once a week for four hours to USF students with a valid student ID and, most likely, proof of FAFSA. Students who are finding themselves short on food during the week can stop by to help supplement their budgets with muchneeded free food.

Feeding America at USF is currently in the process of securing a physical location for the food bank, and Cappos said he expects it to open in August. The group will make a few test runs over the summer to make sure it can reach as many hungry USF students as it can this fall.

“Every time I go outside the Library, someone’s selling cookies or muffins for some organization,” Katy said. “But nobody’s really thinking about students who can’t even go to Starbucks and get a sandwich.”

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called for nothing less.

“Her discovery tied a lot of things together with how mutations occur in the cytoskeletal proteins,” Blanck said.

“Cancer cells have strange shapes which could be reflective of why they’re cancerous or metastasized.”

Blanck said experiencing student success like Parry’s only inspires him to continue research and promote student involvement.

“It’s very rewarding,” he said. “It propagates the work so you feel like you’re sparking an interest and watching them turn that into something you might have never thought of. It just really amplifies my work and makes me feel that I’m having an impact on students like Michele.”

Parry said she had never met anyone who had cancer before working in Blanck’s lab. But in December, Parry received news no one ever wants to hear — her mom had been diagnosed with a serious cancer of her own.

“The timing was very ironic,” Parry said. “I was working on something that could one day lead to a possible cure, and then I get told my mom has cancer.”

Although this news came as a surprise, Parry continues to research with Blanck as a paid graduate assistant. She said her mom’s diagnosis made her realize just how huge of an impact cancer can have on the lives of others.

“It kind of opened my eyes to the fact that no matter your ethnicity, your income or your age, cancer can get you,” Parry said. “It really motivates me to continue doing research and working toward a cure.”

Parry was recently accepted to the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami and will start in the fall. She has already received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from USF and has also worked as an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College.

The culmination of her work with Blanck paired with the timeliness of her mom’s diagnosis has only reaffirmed Parry’s passion for the medical field. She recently decided

that she wants her focus to be specifically in oncology moving forward.

“Before my mom’s diagnosis I knew I wanted to pursue becoming a medical doctor, but I was not exactly sure if I wanted to work oncology,” Parry said. “When she told me about her cancer, it was the icing on the cake to make me realize what I wanted to do in life.”

With a brighter future ahead, Parry said she wants to focus on continuing research in the lab before heading off to medical school. She said if she’s learned anything over the last few months, it is the importance of simply being there for those going through cancer.

“You feel kind of helpless, like there’s nothing you can do,” she said. “No matter who it is, if you love them, spend as much time with them as possible. Be their support system because the cancer is going to continue and a lot of treatments aren’t exactly positive, so having others there throughout their journey is crucial.”

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The court heard Russo’s case last Thursday, and Associate Justice Richard LaMura announced the decision in Monday’s meeting.

“The ERC shall certify the results of the 2015 general election for the Muma College of Business, and shall cease to hold any more grievance hearings regarding the 2015 general or expedited elections,” LaMura said.

As a result of the decision, the original eight candidates who were voted in during the general election will return to their positions as senatorselect.

Russo, once again a senatorelect, said the decision will not have a negative effect on his time as senator, but he hopes to help others avoid the same problem in the future.

“I would love to help in rewriting … the election code.

I’d love to clarify everything to make sure that something like this never happens again to somebody,” Russo said. “I’m just very excited to become a

senator now. I love my school, and I’m very happy that this was a fair and just decision.”

Upon hearing the news that results from the expedited election were invalidated, Muma College of Business student Zaid Dabus contacted The Oracle complaining about the decision.

Dabus lost the general election, but won the expedited election, in which he said he spent $140 and at least 30 hours campaigning. He added that time and money may be all for waste, as the SG Supreme Court won’t be hearing any more grievances.

“It seems like Russo felt he would win a second time, since he won already first time, so he put no time or effort in campaigning and then was surprised when he came up last … and felt a sense of entitlement,” Dabus said.

“Failure after failure, the ERC has cost me time and money I’ll never get back, all seemingly because they want to get rid of a problem they caused in the first place.”

— Additional reporting by Wesley Higgins

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Chase away boredom with these Netflix titles

By Ariana Matos L I F E S T Y L E

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In the wake of finals week, students are often left with loads of time to twiddle their thumbs, fix their sleep schedule and catch up on some much-needed Netflix.

After checking out some of the more acclaimed shows such as “Breaking Bad” and “Daredevil,” give these titles a look. Disclaimer: Don’t be afraid of subtitles.

“Short Term 12” Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton 2013

“We Are the Best!”

Dir. Lukas Moodysson 2013 This film, set in 80s Stockholm, centers on three 13-year-old girls and is feel-good at its finest. After getting picked on by boys in the grade above theirs, the girls decide to form their own punk band and grow a friendship that overcomes even boyfriend drama.

It’s funny, it’s pro-feminism and there’s some cool music in it. Definitely worth a look.

This is probably the most relatable film on this list, but that isn’t to say it’s at all ordinary. The talented Brie Larson (“Scott Pilgrim,” “Don Jon,” “21 Jump Street”) plays the emotionally unavailable yet fiercely protective supervisor at a home for at-risk and troubled teens.

Along the way, viewers learn the heartbreaking stories of those teens as her truth is revealed as well. It’s sad, funny and extremely relatable.

“Blue is the Warmest Color” Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche 2013 Who doesn’t love a movie about self-discovery?

“Blue” is about a French teen who falls in love with an artist and experiences her sexual awakening. It won the Palme d’Or, the highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has been praised by many as a very frank and interesting look at the lives of young lesbians.

While a very controversial film, it doesn’t lack in artistic merit and is definitely thought-provoking.

“Laurence Anyways” Dir. Xavier Dolan 2012 Dolan is shaping up to be a fine indie director and has proven himself time and again to be brutal and tender in the same breath. This French Canadian film is about a high school teacher’s transition from male to female and the woman he loves coming to terms with it. It’s a great tale about self-acceptance and Dolan makes everything feel fresh and important.

It’s raw emotional and beautiful in so many ways. If you see nothing else from this list, watch this.

“It’s Such a Beautiful Day” Dir. Don Hertzfeldt 2012 All right, so remember those weird “Rejected Cartoons” from middle school? “I Am A Banana” and “My Spoon is Too Big”? Well the guy who made them did a full-length feature film, and while many may be expecting something weird and outlandish, this film is a lot more somber than his cartoons. It’s darkly hilarious and very odd, but also touches on human loneliness and mental illness in a way that is poignant and striking.

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actually heading to the MLS. “It gives you good professional experience that you can’t get anywhere else,” Charpie said. “It’s really about proving your worth and showing everyone that you really do deserve to play at the next level.”

Despite the distance, he maintains contact with Jaye, who has since transferred to Xavier University in Cincinnati for his final year of eligibility after he redshirted his freshman year at USF. Currently pursuing his MBA, Jaye hopes to find his own professional soccer career after his final collegiate season next spring.

“He’s only a few months older than me, but I look up to him,” Jaye said. “I’m fortunate that I got to see how he went about soccer on a daily basis, so it’s helped me emulate his success and become a better player.”

Charpie hopes to start for Toronto FC in the near future and eventually for the U.S. Men’s National Team. His ultimate goal is to become an established professional soccer player, and successfully compete in the MLS and

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Women’s golfer in the hunt for AAC championship USF women’s golfer Ashley Burke is tied for third place after shooting a 4-over 76 Monday in the AAC championship at the par72 Ocean Course in Palm Coast.

around the world.

In the meantime, Charpie’s stint with the Reds has just begun while the relationships he formed during his time at USF continue. Charpie said he and Jaye still talk every day and try to FaceTime when they can.

Jaye said he even wants to get one of Charpie’s new jerseys to wear around town and gloat that he knows a professional soccer player.

But their bond goes past the simple notions of a minor friendship. Their relationship will last long after the letters on Jaye’s replica jersey fade and the Toronto FC II logo is nothing more than a distant memory in either friend’s mind.

In the future, Charpie hopes he can not only reflect on his relationship with Jaye, but be a part of a support system like Jaye was to Charpie throughout the entire process.

“It’s tough for me to sit back and realize just how awesome this whole experience has been and sometimes I even feel like my family and friends are enjoying it more than me,” Charpie said. “It’s always been my dream to play professionally at a high level and I’m going to keep working to continue making that dream happen.”

The sophomore shot a 67 in the first round to move to 5-under before struggling with four bogeys Monday.

With one more round to play today, Burke sits two strokes behind individual leaders Alexandra Rossi of SMU and UCF’s Monifa Sealy.

As a team, USF is in fifth with a 14-over, four strokes behind Houston and SMU, which are tied for second. First-place UCF far and away leads the pack with a 2-over.

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Bike ticketing in Tampa used for racial profiling, not safety Civil Liberties Union also reported black and Hispanic people were about “three times as likely to be searched during a traffic stop” and blacks “were twice as likely to be arrested.”

As mentioned in the Times, Tampa police purposely go to “high-crime neighborhoods” to find someone with a stolen bike or drugs. One of the more ridiculous stops involved police confiscating a 54-yearold man’s bike after he wasn’t able to show a receipt to verify he owned it.

Unless it’s normal to keep a receipt in one’s wallet next to one’s ID card, it’s difficult to pinpoint what exactly the police are looking for. If it’s safety, Tampa isn’t necessarily an especially dangerous place because some cyclists were given a ticket three times in the span of a day.

What Police Chief Jane Castor describes as a neighborhoodby-neighborhood issue is obviously an issue about assumptions based on race.

As the Times pointed out, blacks make up about 25 per-

Based on the number of tickets issued in the past few years, Tampa seems to have a real problem with its bicyclists. Yet bicyclists likely aren’t the ones with a problem.

According to a recent Tampa Bay Times investigation, Tampa police has given 2,504 bike tickets over the past three years, which it attributes to a commitment to safety and bike theft prevention. However, after examining the over 10,000 tickets given in the past 12 years, some officers might have a deeper issue than cyclists riding too close to the curb, as the Times found that eight out of 10 people ticketed were black.

From bike tickets to police brutality, racial profiling by law enforcement is all too familiar to the U.S., and clearly Tampa is not immune to it.

On an extreme level, reports of police brutality happen so often that when an Ohio officer refused to use deadly force against a murder suspect, he was commended for his “great restraint and maturity,” according to MSNBC. The American

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cent of Tampa’s population, yet they were issued a disproportionate 79 percent of tickets.

In other areas of Tampa, as the article addressed, such as Davis Islands and Bayshore Boulevard, only one cyclist from each area received a ticket last year — both of whom were black.

Clearly Tampa police’s tactic to purposely stop as many people as possible in these “high-crime neighborhoods” is “I don’t think so, because a matter of quantity, as they as society gets more have given more bike tickets than Jacksonville, Miami, obsessed with media, St. Petersburg and Orlando people that are witnesses combined. or perpetrators of crimes Though targeting crime is the objective, that’s not what can have their lives ruined.” happens a majority of the time.

The Times’ investigation found ­— Daniel Barnes, a junior that a fifth of those ticketed last majoring in engineering year were actually arrested.

Based on the investigation, it seems the constant stopping is just an opportunity to interrogate. More than anything, this is a disappointment that fits into the country’s problem with institutional discrimination that hits close to home.

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Charpie’s dream becoming a reality Antigua

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By Zach Lowie S T A F F

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At the beginning of this semester, former USF defender Wesley Charpie sat at home, surrounded by family, to watch the MLS SuperDraft in hopes of being selected and continuing his dream of playing professional soccer.

After two and a half grisly hours, Toronto FC drafted the young talent at 29th overall, the highest draft spot in USF men’s soccer history.

Charpie remembers embracing his parents and taking a moment to himself to cry tears of joy. All of his hard work had helped make his dream a reality.

“It’s a bit different,” Charpie said. “You’re playing for a club with playoff implications, putting a lot of pressure on how well you do as an individual and as a team.”

For many collegiate athletes, the freshman season is considered a transition period to the speed of NCAA competition and a time to get into the daily routine of workouts and practices. USF soccer’s star midfielder made it clear at the first fall practice of the 2011 season that he had a very different plan for his initial year wearing green and gold.

Charpie didn’t just want to play for the Bulls in the spring — he wanted to start as a true freshman.

His hard work both on and off the field helped convince coach George Kiefer he should be given that chance.

“We felt like he could handle it from the start,” Kiefer said. “Some college coaches stay away from starting freshmen, but if a player is ready then we don’t look at their class but instead if they’re good enough, and Wes definitely was up for the challenge.”

With words of encouragement from friends and family, one relationship that meant a lot to Charpie’s success was the bond he had with goalkeeper Dallas Jaye.

Jaye entered USF as the only other member of the 2011 recruiting class with Charpie. Coming from California, Jaye didn’t know

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

After being drafted 29th in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, former USF standout Wesley Charpie is seeking a larger role with Toronto FC. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/WESLEY CHARPIE AND TORONTO FC II MARKETING what to expect before heading to others.” most natural position for what I Over the course of his freshman can contribute on the field.”

Tampa, but he began to contact Charpie shortly after learning they and sophomore seasons, Charpie With a new position and great started every game for USF at the friends like Jaye supporting him, would be roommates in the fall.

Charpie and Jaye spent most midfield position, and scored five along with two years of experience days training on the field and most goals, nine assists and 19 total under his belt, Charpie entered his nights pulling pranks on other peo- points. junior season ready to take on the In front of a crowd 3,029 strong AAC in its inaugural year. ple in their dorm.

“I would always tell him ‘If at Corbett Soccer Stadium, Charpie Even as a defender, Charpie something happens, I was always barely remembers the screams accounted for 12 points and 12 against this,’” Jaye jokingly said. “It coming from the stands after he assists over his final two seasons scored the game-winning overtime and was named to the first-team was always in good fun.”

With travel back home not goal for the Bulls, who advanced to All-American Athletic Conference always an option for Jaye, several the third round of the NCAA tour- his senior year. Charpie and Jaye holidays were spent with Charpie’s nament his freshman season. were among several players who “After I scored that goal I just even graduated early, and finished family instead. The two became closer over time and Jaye’s admi- blacked out,” Charpie said. “I think their degrees in just three and a ration for Charpie as a teammate I threw my shirt off and I don’t half years. grew with more game experience,. remember much after that. It was Now living in Toronto and Charpie established himself as a the best feeling I have ever had.” training with his first professional Despite his early success, Kiefer squad, Charpie has been working team leader through increased communication on the field and and the rest of the coaching staff with Toronto FC II, the USL training support from every player on the agreed that switching Charpie to team for the Reds. defender would be a better fit for team.

Similar to the format of the NBA “I don’t think there’s a guy in his skills. or MLB with their minor league “The first time I played at formats, II teams serve as affiliates the locker room that didn’t have respect for him,” Jaye said. “He defender it just really clicked,” that focus on up-and-coming talwas a good balance of the serious Charpie said. “When coach and ent, which allow them to gain complayer on the field and the jokester I initially talked about it I was petitive in-game experience before off the field to help role model for hesitant, but now this feels like the

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After playing with one of the youngest teams in Division I basketball this season, reports indicated coach Orlando Antigua added fifth-year senior Angel Nunez of Gonzaga on Monday afternoon.

Nunez will make USF his third different team since signing with Louisville his freshman season in 2011.

The 6-foot-8, 202-pound senior transferred to Gonzaga midway through his sophomore season after suffering a concussion that caused him to sit out the majority of the year and earn a medical redshirt.

Nunez has yet to earn substantial playing time in his career, and averaged 6.3 minutes last season.

His best season came in 201314 when he averaged 3.5 points and two rebounds in 7.3 minutes.

Women’s soccer player invited to U-23 National camp Former USF women’s soccer player Jackie Simpson has been invited to the U.S. Soccer Under-23 Women’s National Team camp, which lasts Sunday through May 3.

Simpson, who earned Second Team All-Conference honors this season, started all 22 games at center back for the Bulls.

The camp, which takes place in Lakewood Ranch, will be composed of 24 collegiate soccer players from which the final 20-player roster will be created.

The U-23 national team will travel to Norway in May to play U-23 teams from Sweden, Norway and England.

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