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Jane Goodall to talk at Sun Dome Career Services to host cookout

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Celebrated primatologist Jane Goodall will discuss her passion for nature and its inhabitants 7 p.m. tonight at the USF Sun Dome.

Best known for studying the daily life of chimpanzees in Tanzania with only binoculars and a notebook in 1960, Goodall’s observations opened debate over what exactly separates ape from man.

Christina Goldstein, the conference and events planners for the College of Arts and Sciences, said students can expect an “impactful” lecture from Goodall.

“She’s a renowned naturalist with a huge passion and experience for the world,” Goldstein said. “It’s a once in a life time opportunity to hear from a world icon.”

In her time among primates, she was first to discover chimpanzees use tools, and argued

By Alex Rosenthal E D I T O R

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and environmentalist, will speak tonight at 7 in the Sun Dome. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE that traits, such as love or logic, are not exclusively human features.

Today, Goodall is a prominent environmentalist whom the United Nations named a

Messenger of Peace in 2002.

Goodall also founded an institute that protects chimpanzees, has written over a dozen books and guest starred on

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Antarctic research breaks ice on biodrugs

By Sara Henderson C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Antarctic researchers from USF have received a federal grant that will allow them to return to the frozen tundra for another round of research and discovery.

USF’s chemistry department recently received a $1.7 million grant to continue research in Antarctica, collecting organisms they say could hold the chemical

key to treating diseases such as cancer.

Bill Baker, USF chemistry professor and director of the Center for Drug Discovery and Innovation, has led this research for almost 24 years.

“The poles are a third of the globe and only 3 percent of the natural products have been reported because nobody wants to go scuba diving in Antarctica,” he said.

The first objective, Baker said, is to study the chemical interaction between the Antarctic environment and its organisms.

The chemicals researchers discover can be translated into natural medicine.

USF postdoctoral associate Ryan Young said the chemical compound Palmerolide A, discovered originally in the Antarctic, is extremely potent against skin

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Students may come to MLK Plaza today for some burgers and music, but what they will also be offered is a chance to meet with employers and connect with USF Career Services.

USF’s new Assistant Vice President for Career Services Russ Coughenour said this time of year is critical for students seeking jobs, as “about 70 percent of on-campus recruiting” happens between mid September and Thanksgiving.

To help draw attention to Career Services early in the year, Coughenour said Career Services is hosting a kick-off cookout between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. today.

“We’re trying to draw attention to on-campus recruiting season… and combine it with the excitement of Bulls football,” he said.

The event will feature corporate sponsors who will have employers set up at tables.

Sponsors include USAA, Busch Gardens, Target, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Total Quality Logistics and Aramark.

While the event will include free burgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers, as well as a Bulls Radio DJ, corporate sponsors will also have raffles, such as Busch Gardens, which will offer six people one-day passes to the park.

The event also aims to remind students about other events hosted by Career Services, such as the internship and part-time job fair on Wednesday in the Marshall

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University launches revised MyUSF app

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As if students don’t spend enough time looking at their phones already, USF recently relaunched its smartphone app to better interact with students on campus.

The revised MyUSF Mobile app, available for iPhone and Android, includes realtime GPS tracking for the Bull Runner, better integration with the university’s social media and more.

“We wanted to give the app some fresh branding and roll out some new features,” said Steve Dapcic, USF’s director of digital media. “We’re always looking for ways to expand the app’s capabilities.”

In addition to having a map of campus, the app now includes features such a list of

dining locations on campus, which lets users know what locations are currently open.

The app also includes shortcuts to student courses on Canvas, campus safety alerts and a feature that allows users to not only check the arrival times for the Bull Runner, but also to see where the buses are in real time.

“When you look at the growing percentage of people on mobile devices, and especially the amount of time people are spending on apps, it’s important for USF to have resources for them and stay current with what users are looking for,” Dapcic said.

Using the app, faculty and staff can also view annual or sick leave. The app can be downloaded on all mobile devices through the app store or by visiting m.usf.edu.

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cancer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 70,853 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with melanoma and 12,212 people in the U.S. died from it in 2011.

Labs could reproduce the chemicals to synthesize them as drugs for patients fighting diseases such as melanoma, malaria and Alzheimer’s.

Though much of the work is done in the lab, Baker said his team is thrilled to return to Antarctica and explore its marine frontier.

On their last trip, students and professors gathered samples in the sub-zero waters near the Palmer Station just off the Antarctic Peninsula.

When the weather permits, they dive in search of algae, sea sponges, crustaceans, sea slugs and other marine life.

Baker said studying in Antarctica has been and continues to be a magical experience, but it isn’t for the faint of heart.

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many dangers.

“Diving is the primary danger,” he said “The extreme environment is not very forgiving. Any sort of equipment failure — it’s a dicey situation.”

The extreme cold of the water can cause ice crystals to form in the dive equipment; divers could find themselves without air in just moments. Diving through ice also means entering and exiting through a hole that can be more difficult to find than one may think.

Jacqueline Fries, a third year graduate student majoring in chemistry, said one of her many roles in assisting the research was being a dive tender who assisted divers while they collected samples.

“You have what is called brash ice that is completely packed in to the harbor that you have to try to maneuver a boat through,” she said. “Rougher days in the water could be a bit challenging to make sure you have the divers in safely.”

Fries said the weather was another challenge they faced.

“It turns on you,” she said. “A couple times, the wind would spike up and it became extremely windy when it wasn’t for hours before that.”

Despite the dangers of the

project and being far from home, Jacqueline said she enjoyed the natural beauty of the Antarctic. Her favorite memory from the last trip was watching the fur seals play in the water.

“You get to appreciate it a little bit more since you’re only around about 35 people,” she said.

The new grant will be the longest to date, allowing three expeditions over four years to track experiments over a longer period.

The most significant part of the current research will be the ultra-high field nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation. The device will allow researchers to study structures of compounds at an atomic level.

“What we were able to show is that, in fact, individuals at one site are all chemically the same, but these plants are different chemically from plants at another site,” Baker said. “What we don’t know is where the divide starts or stops.”

Baker said the new technology and discoveries that will be used on the trip will lead to a better understanding of the chemistry of marine invertebrates and hopefully produce pharmaceuticals that battle deadly diseases.

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“The Simpsons.” She recently celebrated her 80th birthday, but still travels 300 days a year to speak on behalf of the environment and her chimpanzee friends.

In tonight’s lecture, Goodall has planned to talk about her experiences in the jungle, as well as what students can do to live in peace with nature.

Following the lecture, students may ask Goodall questions. There will also be a book signing at the end, with copies of Goodall’s latest book, “Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants,” available for purchase.

The focus of her latest book is botany and how the public is often unaware of how many species of plants go extinct each year.

The lecture is sponsored by the USF College of Arts and Sciences’ Frontier Forum lecture series and Center for Student Involvement’s University Lecture Series.

Student Center Ballroom between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Student Government (SG) Director of Community Affairs Jeremy Redford said SG will also co-sponsor the event, help raise awareness of Career Services among students and help establish better relationships between recruiters and students.

“It’s one thing to go to a job fair that lasts one day, but Career Services works with you and can regularly give career guidance and counseling,” Redford said. “… It’s more than putting you in a suit and editing a resume … (Career Services) is a full career experience that sets you up with a job after graduation.”

Career Services will also host a career fair for all majors on Sept. 23 and another fair for those in technology fields on Sept. 24.

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FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS BRING HEART, SOUL TO SUN DOME PRESHOW PLAYLIST “The Walker” –from “More Than Just a Dream”

“House On Fire” – from “More Than Just a Dream” SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

By Joey Hager C O M M E N T A R Y

Every once in a while, a band comes along that has the ability to coax audiences to their feet: enter Fitz and the Tantrums.

Their catchy and colorful funk driven pop ballads such as “Out of My League,” “The Walker,” and “MoneyGrabber” have infiltrated everything from commercials to amphitheaters, and now USF students will get to dance along.

The neo-soul darlings will make a stop to sing and dance with the Bulls at the Sun Dome on Wednesday at 8 p.m.

The band is no stranger to the Tampa area. Last year they opened for Bruno Mars at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, and performed at the Coastline Festival at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

last November.

This time around, they have increased the production, adding a new light show as well as props — most notably a giant heart based on the cover art of their latest album, “More Than Just a Dream.”

The band’s keyboardist, Jeremy Ruzumna, said performing music is something he has wanted to do since he was a kid.

He achieved mainstream success in 1999 when the song he co-wrote with Macy Gray, “I Try,” reached the top of the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.

“It completely defies the odds to have anything like that ever happen,” he said.

“I’m just really lucky.”

Ruzumna has watched the music industry grow and evolve for many years. He noted that bands moving

away from strict label production and to a style that focuses more on self-production “influences creativity.” He said it allows more people to make and distribute music much faster and on a much broader scale.

“We take it for granted that we can record a song on a laptop with no money … and put it on YouTube that night and have it accessible to the entire world,” Ruzumna said.

“That wasn’t in anybody’s consciousness back in the ‘90s.”

In fact, the entire first Tantrums album was recorded in lead singer Michael Fitzpatrick’s living room, a concept unheard of early in Ruzumna’s career.

“We had no one telling us what to do,” Ruzumna said.

“No one was telling us what to sound like.”

T h i s amount of freedom is part of what gives the Tantrums their undeniably original sound.

Heavily influenced by a mix of old soul and hip-hop, the songs that make up their catalogue are loud, catchy and hard to classify as a single genre.

Recently, Fitz and the Tantrums have released two new singles that have both done very well on the charts.

The Tantrums also have plans to produce a new album soon. Though they will be busy touring and performing at a number of music festivals across the country over the next few months, they haven’t stopped making new music.

“We don’t take breaks,” Ruzumna said. “We’ve got another one up our sleeves.”

“Spark” – from “More than Just a Dream”

“Dear Mr. President” – from “Pickin’ Up The Pieces”

“MoneyGrabber” – from “Pickin’ Up The Pieces”

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nally did not want to be associated with a deaf organization.

She didn’t give him a firm answer, so he sent one of his former players to watch Brown play.

“She came for my game and it was a really good game,” Brown said. “Afterward she came up to me and invited me to the deaf Olympics team. As the team captain, she usually didn’t do that, but she really wanted me to join.”

She enjoyed her time with the Deaflympics team, but the way the game is played is much different from how she plays with the Bulls.

“I can’t hear anything at all, but I still talk for the ones that can kind of hear,” Brown said.

“After a play, we come to the middle and sign for the next play. The game is completely different because it’s a big trust game. You have to go for everything and it makes you

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162 yards with one interception along with 22 yards on five carries and a touchdown on the ground. He was in position to lead the Bulls’ offense on a game-tying drive late in the fourth quarter, but came up short by throwing an interception on the first play.

Though Bench failed to lead the Bulls to victory, he provided an offensive spark for USF, something White failed to do in USF’s season opener.

Injured or not, Taggart has stayed firm that White is their guy.

“If Mike’s ready to go, Mike’s our quarterback,” Taggart said.

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more aggressive.”

Playing without the ability to hear can present communication challenges, but playing for the Deaflympics has helped strengthen other aspects of Brown’s game.

“I’ve learned how to read the ball because I can’t hear it, I only see it floating around,” Brown said. “I have to step out of my comfort zone because we aren’t allowed to wear our devices.”

Her experience with the deaf team has helped her learn how to read her teammates at USF better and she said it has made her a more aggressive player.

Thus far, Draper said Brown hasn’t had any difficulty adjusting to volleyball at the college level.

“If there’s a lot going on, she’s very good at reading lips so if people are talking and looking at her, she has no trouble,” Draper said. “But it’s a learning experience for all of us.”

lose his job.”

If White is unable to play Saturday, Bench will start in his place, leaving freshman Quinton Flowers in the backup spot, one play away from live action.

Flowers signed with USF as a four-star recruit out of Miami Jackson High School.

Whoever is behind center might be without standout senior wide receiver Andre Davis who sat out against Maryland with a bruised sternum.

USF (1-1) takes on N.C. State (2-0) next Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for the third game of a four-game home stand at Raymond James Stadium. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports.

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Men’s Soccer

Three Bulls win weekly AAC awards

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

Senior defender Wesley Charpie and the USF defense haven’t surrendered a goal in the past two games.

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Three players on the USF men’s soccer team earned AAC honors last week after the Bulls won two games.

Senior midfielder Lucas Baldin was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week, scoring three goals in two games. He made both goals in a 2-1 victory over No. 24 Akron last week. Baldin leads the team in shots on goal (9) and goals (3).

Junior goalkeeper Spasoje Stefanovic was named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week. Stefanovic made four saves this week, during which he shut out Portland. The only goal Stefanovic gave up this past week was on a penalty kick against Akron.

Senior defender Wesley Charpie was named to the AAC honor roll this week due to his efforts against Akron and Portland. In both games, the USF defense didn’t surrender a single goal.

USF and its award-winning players will take to the road this weekend when they travel to play Old Dominion on Friday.

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Ridesharing networks could revive Tampa transit The ridesharing app Uber quickly gained popularity in 2013, having expanded to 22 countries and 60 cities by the end of that year, and New York Magazine was quick to predict that one day the company could take over the taxi system.

However, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission is seeking to place regulations on Uber and other ridesharing services since many of the drivers fail to obtain proper certificates, licensures and insurance.

These services allow anyone to apply to be a driver. So long as they pass the company’s screening, drivers can use their own vehicles to pick up passengers who pay through an app, making this a more efficient model of transportation.

Forbes reports 90 percent of ridesharing users were picked up within 10 minutes of requesting a ride and two-thirds waited less than five minutes, while less than 40 percent of taxi users were picked up within 10 minutes.

Aside from being a convenient means for transportation, ridesharing is economically favorable

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as well. Fares vary by city, distance and vehicle; as a startup, Uber initially charged passengers roughly 50 percent more than a taxi service. However, the Huffington Post reported Uber fares were lowered this summer and are now 20 percent cheaper than a New York City taxicab.

Hillsborough County already has an awful transportation system, especially when it comes to mass transit. The Brookings Institution ranked Tampa Bay’s public transportation system 93rd out of the 100 cities studied, saying it would take 96.7 percent of people more than 90 minutes to reach their place of employment.

Hillsborough County is in no position to shut down an option that could better its transportation system.

The accessibility makes ridesharing popular among all demographics, but the cost is a notable benefit to college students. The USF Office of Financial Aid estimates students will pay $1,600 a year in transportation fees. The cost of non-resident student parking on-campus increased from $87 in the 2012-13 academic

year to $183 in the 2014-15 year.

Additionally, the average price of gas in Tampa is currently $3.25 per gallon, an increase of $1.44 in the last 10 years.

Tampa is not the only major city to lock horns with ridesharing services.

Car service regulations were strongly debated in Seattle last year in a situation similar to the current one occurring in Hillsborough. In July, Seattle council members voted 8 to 1 to legalize ridesharing networks in the city so long as they had appropriate documentation.

It may be long before county officials agree on regulations for networks such as Uber or Lyft, but the advantages could mean more than having another transportation system available.

Ridesharing has been implemented around the world and could redefine transit systems.

Allowing these companies to operate will not only provide citizens with more affordable options, it will also add Tampa to a list of cities that have decided to bring their transportation system into the 21st century.

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Body cameras help capture truth for police Nataly Capote COLU M N I ST

There has been a lot of talk lately over “police militarization” and the sudden influx of law enforcement brutality. Just recently, thousands of civilians on Staten Island, New York gathered to protest the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed man who was killed by an officer in an illegal chokehold for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.

This past June, a man named Edgar Vargas Arzate was severely beaten by police in Santa Ana, California. Arzate had been running from the police, and though he was unarmed and surrendered, was still charged with assaulting an officer.

When looking it at it this way, it seems as though introducing body-mounted cameras for police might be a viable solution.

It started with a petition called the “Mike Brown Law” on the White House website, which requested police officers wear the cameras to record interactions.

After getting the required 100,000 signatures, the plan sprang into action.

Though most agencies have been using vehicle-mounted cameras for quite some time, the recording is useless once the officer steps away from his or her car.

The Sarasota Police Department has decided to become one of the few police departments in the country to wear the cameras.

Not only will this aid in preventing unnecessary violence, it will also provide a large portion of the evidence necessary during difficult trials and will help protect police officers against false accusations.

The idea of documented encounters could help calm the riots following Brown’s death and possibly ease the tension that traces even further back than the

death of Trayvon Martin in 2012.

USF University Police Public Information Officer and Assistant Chief Christopher Daniel said the campus is waiting to see how the cameras work for other agencies before using them. Daniel said vehicle-mounted cameras have had a significant impact in distilling officer wrongdoings, and agreed the community definitely acts differently when being recorded.

It only makes sense to incorporate videos as support for police and civilian assertions and it’s a wonder this idea wasn’t taken into consideration sooner.

A study of California’s Rialto Police Department has already found that use of force significantly decreased when officers were asked to wear body cameras.

One of the only drawbacks is the cost of employing the cameras, but when taking into account the number of people who will feel safer with this law in place, it seems they are well worth the price.

In the last month alone, five unarmed black men have been killed by the police, according to the Huffington Post. Not to mention, the number of people killed in police-involved shootings is strangely unknown.

It seems necessary for something to be done about the protests over people such as Brown, regardless of whether police brutality was an actual issue in that specific case.

Apart from making citizens more trusting of their city police, it will make sure authorities don’t get destructive with their power or end up wrongly convicted.

Nataly Capote is a freshman majoring in mass communications.

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Football

USF volleyball player defies the odds White’s prognosis

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Payton Brown has only played in one match so far this season, but coach Courtney Draper said she is in the mix for more playing time. ORACLE PHOTO/DONOVAN UY

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When Payton Brown was born in November 1995, the doctors feared she had meningitis. She received treatment for the deadly disease immediately, but was mistakenly given an overdose. The overdose left Brown deaf only 11 days after her birth.

When she was 2 years old, she received her first of two hearing implants through surgery. Brown could only hear well out of one ear until she opted for her second surgery at 14. Bullied throughout school, she ignored her peers’ opinions of her disability, except when it came to volleyball, where she used it as motivation.

“I’ve always wanted to play D-1 ball to prove everyone wrong,” Brown said. “When I first started playing club ball

they would say ‘you might as well give up, you’re too short and you’re hearing impaired, you won’t get into college ball.’”

Now, the 5-foot-6-inch Brown is a freshman defensive specialist for the Bulls. She appeared in her first match during the USF Invitational this weekend and coach Courtney Draper said her name is always in the conversation for more playing time.

“She’s in a little bit of a tough spot because the players in her position have more experience,” Draper said. “But she competes really well in practice. She didn’t play opening weekend, but she’s right there in the running for (playing time).”

When Draper does find playing time for Brown, she wears a microphone around her neck that is wirelessly connected to Brown’s hearing aids.

“She gives me what I consider a small microphone every time I’m addressing our team in the gym or even in the locker room,” Draper said. “She sets it up for me and makes sure it’s all ready to go.”

With the aid of the microphone, Brown can clearly hear what her coach is yelling to the players. Brown said this can cause Draper’s voice to drown out her teammates sometimes, but it doesn’t cause any problems on the court.

Brown is used to not being able to hear her teammates on the court from her experiences with U.S. Deaf Volleyball.

Brown was at a club volleyball tournament and Lynn Ray Boren, the coach of Gallaudet University, a school for the deaf, saw her play.

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Sophomore quarterback Mike White was able to make only one play before he was injured Saturday. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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As sophomore quarterback Mike White dropped back for the first play of USF’s game against Maryland on Saturday, he suffered a blow that would leave him on the sideline for the remainder of the game.

White was taken down following a 12-yard completion to junior tight end Sean Price, fracturing his left arm.

It was thought that White’s injury was a more severe fracture, but coach Willie Taggart said the X-rays came back with a better prognosis than expected. White has a compression fracture on his left arm that did not go completely through

the bone and he could return to practice this week.

“A lot of times you don’t use that arm as much, other than handing the ball off or protecting yourself,” Taggart said.

Though he said the injury is not too bad, Taggart hasn’t yet given White clearance to play. Taggart said he will monitor White’s progress throughout the week, looking at how much pain he can tolerate, as well as how much protection he receives in practice.

White’s injury in Saturday’s game gave his backup, Steven Bench, an opportunity to enter the game and lead the Bulls to a big win.

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