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Tampa’s rideshare test drive

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For the past few months, the ridesharing service Lyft has been negotiations about taxi regulations with county officials. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE County Public Transportation and visitors who are demand- operating in the county illegally n Dispute between Commission (PTC) and rideshar- ing more choice, and work to as a taxi service. improve Tampa’s transportation Both Uber and Lyft market Lyft, Uber and county ing services Uber and Lyft.

The controversy came to a ecosystem by modernizing regu- their companies as ridesharing officials goes beyond head Wednesday morning at lations, rather than stifle innova- services, where preapproved pera packed PTC meeting where tion and progress with antiquat- sons can designate themselves negotiations.

Uber and Lyft drivers spoke out ed rules.” as drivers and take others from against what the companies see *** one destination to another in as overregulation of rideshare The fight between Uber, Lyft their personal vehicles.

By Roberto Roldan services and an anti-competition and the PTC started this sumAll aspects of Uber and Lyft’s M A N A G I N G E D I T O R mindset on the part of the PTC. mer, when the two companies ridesharing services, from hail“They’re anti-competitive and began operating in Hillsborough ing the cab to paying for the ride, What started as a dispute only serve to protect special County. are done through a smartphone over county regulations has interests,” said Taylor Bennett, Since then the PTC has app that can give users real-time turned into a heated public a representative from Uber. “The remained adamant that both San data on where the closest driver debate between the Hillsborough PTC should listen to its residents Francisco-based companies are n See DRIVE on PAGE 2

Students study harder to Having a adapt to MCAT changes Tantrum

By Nataly Capote A S S T .

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If getting into medical school isn’t stressful enough, premed students will now have to know more and study harder to meet the new requirements of the revised Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

The new exam will add biochemistry, psychology and sociology to the current list of subjects that include biology, organic chemistry, general chemistry and physics. The length of the test will also stretch from five

hours and 10 minutes to seven hours and 30 minutes.

Students can take the current version of the MCAT until January.

The revised exam, which was announced in February 2012, will replace the existing test in April 2015.

“It’s going to be different,” said Allison Distler, a USF junior majoring in molecular biology.

“We’re not used to taking courses like sociology (and) psychology.”

Distler will be taking the test in 2015, and said her studying

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Fitz and the Tantrums played at the USF Sun Dome on Wednesday night. ORACLE PHOTO / ADAM MATHIEU

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is located and allow customers to select the cheapest rate.

The frameworks under which Uber and Lyft operate are outside of most city and county regulations, including the PTC’s regulations, which set cab fares, license drivers and set general regulations on the taxi service market.

This has led to a number of battles between the company and local regulatory agencies throughout the country, jeopardizing the future of the mobile app that has gained popularity among college-aged consumers.

Both companies have looked to corner the market for 18- to 25-year-olds through direct marketing and tabling at a number of universities and colleges across the U.S. They have become most popular, and generated the most controversy, in large urban cities such as New Orleans, Los Angeles and New York City.

Initially, the PTC issued warnings to Uber and Lyft drivers found operating in Hillsborough County.

More recently, the PTC began fining drivers and even pursuing misdemeanor criminal charges in some cases.

Both Lyft and Uber have paid for drivers’ fines.

Victor Crist, the Hillsborough County Commissioner for USF’s district and chairman of the PTC, said about two dozen drivers have been cited for operating an unlicensed taxi service.

“We didn’t drop the hammer on them, we have slowly eased into this,” Crist said. “We have run advertisements in newspapers, we have run advertisements on billboards … to tell drivers they may be approached by people to become illegal taxi drivers.”

Uber and Lyft representatives both listed fixed fares as a major issue they have with current regulations.

“Requiring a minimum trip cost and length has nothing to do with benefitting consumers, increasing public safety or expanding transportation options. Instead, it removes the flexibility, affordability, and convenience that has attracted both drivers and passengers to ridesharing,” said Lyft Public Policy Communications Manager Chelsea Wilson.

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Crist claimed guidelines for fixed rates and wait times only apply to limousine services, which the traditional Lyft and Uber services do not fall under.

According to PTC Guidelines on rates, taxicabs only have a fixed maximum rate, not a minimum.

Crist said the biggest problems the PTC has with Uber and Lyft deal with issues of passenger safety and insurance.

Uber and Lyft’s background checks are based on driver’s license and social security numbers.

Crist said the PTC believes both companies’ background checks don’t hold up to PTC standards that require fingerprinting.

Background checks currently performed by Uber and Lyft do not return results from outside Florida.

“Any place of security requires a fingerprint background check,” Crist said. “The only way you can tap into the FBI database and get a nation-wide check is with fingerprints.”

PTC regulations also require taxi cab drivers to have comprehensive liability insurance, which Crist said both companies do not have.

Bennett confirmed Lyft’s current liability insurance only takes effect when a customer gets into a driver’s vehicle and the ride is continuing to register on the mobile app. Once the ride has been completed and it no longer registers on the app, the driver isn’t covered.

“In between trips you are not covered,” Crist said. “You get into a wreck in between and that liability policy doesn’t work then and that’s not right. You are putting people on the street, you’re putting pedestrians and other vehicles at risk.”

According to Crist, the type of umbrella liability insurance policy that Uber and Lyft provide to their drivers also does not pay out medical or personal injury expenses without a lawsuit.

“There’s a lot of unanswered aspects of the insurance that aren’t fully covered under what we require,” he said.

Lisa Montelione, the Tampa City Councilwoman representing USF’s district, has been an outspoken proponent of Uber and Lyft.

Montelione said she believes the PTC’s current approach to Uber and Lyft is too adversarial

and the PTC regulations are not up to speed with changes in current technology.

Though she has supported Uber and Lyft in their fight against the PTC, Montelione said she is concerned Tampa residents who are signing up to become drivers are being used as political pawns.

“The way they are breaking into the market, to me, are using individuals as their test case,” she said. “They should disclose to (drivers) that they are testing this market and the possibility of being fined and or charged with a crime is a real possibility.”

When asked if drivers in Tampa are made aware they may face fines or criminal penalties, Bennett and Wilson both declined to comment on behalf of Uber and Lyft.

Montelione, who is also the Vice Chair of the nonprofit Metropolitan Planning Organization, said once the PTC and Uber and Lyft resolve the issues currently on the table, she sees ridesharing services playing a role in the future of Tampa’s transportation network.

“Uber and Lyft are certainly not the last evolution of these services,” she said. “We need

to accommodate for all of these products that look to take more vehicles off our road and into our public transit system.” *** While the PTC has been at the negotiating table with Lyft over the last few months, Crist said Uber has been more difficult to deal with and, at times, unresponsive.

“Lyft has been a lot easier to work with and a lot more receptive to negotiations,” he said.

“Uber’s attitude has been ‘Take it or leave it.’”

While Crist claims the PTC has no animosity toward Uber and Lyft, Uber has recently began an advertisement campaign against Crist and another member of the PTC, Al Higginbotham.

Crist has claimed the advertisements are illegal because Uber did not publicly disclose the reason for sending the advertisements and how much they’ve paid for the advertisements.

“That’s how Uber does business,” Crist said. “They just do what they want and when they want to do it. They don’t care.”

Both Crist and Higginbotham are up for re-election in November.

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ing with business leaders in the public transportation industry to find out how they can bring their regulations up to date. Crist said the PTC spent the summer modifying its rules and regulatory authority to take new business models such as Uber and Lyft into account.

“With the changing of the millennium has come a new generation of people who are more tech-savvy, more technology reliant and that demand for more technical interaction in their life,” Crist said. “We’ve got to remain open for cutting edge technology and opportunities.”

Despite what Crist sees as openness for negotiating on part of the PTC, Uber and Lyft said they will continue to operate in Hillsborough County under their current business model.

“All they have to do to be legal is either get a permit for their vehicle or get their drivers licensed,” Crist said. “It’s not that hard.”

The board is now waiting on an insurance regulation report to continue the conversation on ridesharing operations within Hillsborough County. The next PTC meeting is Oct. 8.

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Florida Inventor Hall of Fame inaugural features USF professor

By Wesley Higgins N E W S

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A USF professor, along with Thomas Edison, were among six inventors inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame on Wednesday for the hall’s inaugural ceremony.

USF professor Shyam Mohapatra was inducted for developing nanoparticles that deliver drugs and peptides, regulating the immune response to inflammatory diseases. His research also contributed to nanoscale therapy for cancer, traumatic brain injury, asthma and viral infections.

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methods are heavily affected by the three additional semesters’ worth of material included in the new exam format.

Owen Farcy, the director of pre-medical partnerships at Kaplan Test Prep, said the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has been thinking about updating the MCAT for some time now.

The last major changes to the test took place over 20 years ago.

“This is going to be a drastically different test,” she said.

“The practice of medicine as well as the science that underlies medicine has changed dramatically (since 1992).”

The 2015 MCAT will focus more on research design, graphical analysis and data interpretation, which are areas Farcy said pre-med students aren’t as exposed to.

Saeed Sinan, a freshman majoring in biomedical science, said he thinks the newer version of the test will create well-rounded medical students.

“It’ll give me more of an idea about psychology, physiology, how a person reacts to something … it’s not just (about) biochemistry and physics,” he said.

“I’ll learn in depth and it’ll make me believe why I should be a doctor.”

In a survey done by Kaplan

Fort Myers for almost 50 years, was inducted for inventing the phonograph, the picture camera and the light bulb. Accepting on his behalf was Chris Pendleton, president and CEO of Edison Ford Winter Estates, Inc. Other Florida inventors inducted include the inventor of refrigeration and air conditioning, the developer of high-definition digital imaging for NASA, the researcher of liquid crystals used in display screens and the creator of Gatorade.

The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, located in USF Research Park, is one of only seven inventor halls of fame in the nation. The induction ceremony is scheduled to be an annual event. of 78 different medical schools, results showed that 44 percent of the institutions said it made no difference which version of the test students took, 28 percent prefer the current version and 27 percent prefer the newer one.

Since students will likely find themselves taking more classes in order to prepare for the 2015 exam, Kaplan and the Princeton Review offer tutoring and courses to help students brace themselves for the changes.

Kaplan will host a monthly series beginning Sept. 22 called The Pulse to help pre-med students understand and “dissect” the new test.

Additionally, USF Morsani College of Medicine is partnering with the Princeton Review to offer a course entitled “Medical Sciences Success Skills” this fall.

The three-credit course covers subjects such as physics, general and organic chemistry, biology and verbal reasoning review.

Students can also download an “MCAT 2015 Sneak Peek” digital guide to take a full-length practice test for free.

Despite a more challenging test, Farcy said better students and practitioners would result from the new MCAT. “It’s going to create better applicants to medical school and better young physicians,” he said. “That’s really the goal here, to select the best students for medical school but ultimately to select the best of the next generation of doctors.”

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Veterans transition from military life to university life

By Divya Kumar C O R R E S P O N D E N T

During college, many talk of making plans or chasing dreams, but Sandra Damiron is here to figure out what to do after she has lived her dream.

“In school, they keep asking what my dream is,” she said.

“I already lived it; I was a Marine.”

The 24-year-old mother of two’s story is reflective of the approximately 900 veterans enrolled on campus this semester.

“A lot of people think the number one challenge veterans face is PTSD, but it’s not,” said Jennifer Stout, the assistant director for the USF Office of Veterans Services.

“Most people coming to school are past that and are trying to find meaning and purpose in their lives.”

The average student veteran is a little older, Stout said.

Many are used to having had a career already, a family and a steady source of income.

Relating to the traditional student coming straight from high school can be challenging.

Damiron said she initially found the transition from life in the military to life at school difficult.

While serving as a corporal in the Marine Corps from 2007-2011, she said she had gotten used to taking orders and executing them. She found herself facing culture shock after returning to the classroom.

“Most students’ sense of responsibility differs from mine,” she said. “The lack of respect for teachers was shocking.”

“In school, they keep asking what my dream is.

I already lived it; I was a Marine.”

Sandra Damiron Marine Corps veteran

Initially, she found herself snapping at the rest of the students, telling them to be quiet when the teacher was talking because it came as

second nature. During her first semester at USF, she said she was only comfortable speaking up in classes with other veterans.

Some of her fellow veterans who have also returned to school face similar plights.

One of her friends posted on Facebook how frustrated he was with all the “little kids” in his class.

At USF, Stout said the Office of Veterans Services offers several programs and initiatives designed to ease the transition, from socials with other veterans to courses designed to help veterans build better connections and relationships with professors and mentors on campus.

These courses teach veterans networking skills that can

help them unite the skills and interests already acquired in the military with civilian and campus life.

Damiron said she initially came to USF in Spring 2014 as an anthropology major, but switched to elementary education after speaking with advisers on campus. It’s something she felt would be more practical in supporting her two children.

“It’s not my dream job, but it is what it is,” she said. “It’s a little sad that chapter of my life is closed, but you got to move forward. You got to find purpose and fulfillment in whatever it is you do.”

On last year’s anniversary of 9/11, students placed American flags around campus. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ DIVYA KUMAR

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4-2-5 so they have bigger corner backs and bigger safeties than most other schools we’ll face,” said senior tight end Mike McFarland. “They’re also really physical on the back end so we’ll have some work to do.”

So far this season, the Wolfpack defense has given up at least 23 points in both of their games, including Old Dominion scoring 34 points against them Saturday.

The Bulls have had success in creating turnovers so far this season and the players said the defense is looking to continue making an identity for the team. “(Defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan) talked about creating an identity for ourselves and as these past two weeks have went by, I guess our identity has been creating turnovers,” said sophomore linebacker Nigel Harris.

Harris said the defense is pushing for seven turnovers this week so they are making progress from their past game when they forced six. Harris said the key to forcing these turnovers is in the preparation.

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thing,” Harris said. “When you prepare yourself, you know what you’re doing so you don’t think on the field as much.

When you think on the field, you tend to not play as fast as you normally would. Preparing yourself by understanding your opponent allows you to play faster and create more turnovers.”

The Bulls won’t have to prepare for long to be familiar with N.C. State junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett.

Brissett, like the two quarterbacks the Bulls have already played, will likely throw the ball often. He’s had 69 attempts through two games this season and has thrown only one interception.

McFarland was able to watch Brissett play regularly when the two played together at the University of Florida.

“He’s an athletic quarterback, like all the other quarterbacks we have faced and will face,” McFarland said.

“He’s smart and he’s grown up some.”

USF will play against North Carolina State at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

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Apple Pay will make transactions more secure

In the same day Home Depot announced a data breach affecting debit and credit card users in U.S. and Canadian stores, Apple boldly unveiled its plan to eliminate the wallet by placing all forms of payment directly on the phone.

The Home Depot breach is the most recent case of security breach in a line of offenses following last year’s Target breach, the second-largest in history, and Apple’s own iCloud hack just last week.

However, the proposed method of mobile payment, coined Apple Pay, could provide a solution to preventing future attacks.

Despite the questionable stability of electronic security,

Apple has focused on a twostep model that intends to add stability to current models. Present payment systems in the U.S. already have vulnerabilities, essentially not being secured by anything other than a rarely verified signature according to Keith Rabois, former chief operating officer of Square, a financial services and mobile payment company.

Apple Pay will be available to iPhone 6 users starting in October at major retailers like McDonald’s, Subway and Whole Foods, with Apple working to expand its accessibility in more retailers.

Mobile payment is not a new concept. Apple Pay is following companies such as Square, Google, and PayPal — all of which failed. While the idea is borrowed, the technology introduced by Apple is new. The iPhone 5S, released in 2013, was the first generation of iPhones to employ Touch ID technology allowing users to bypass the pin passcode in favor of a fingerprint.

The Apple Pay system will utilize the same Touch ID technology, accompanied by a pin,

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Obviously, the primary concern with any advancement in payment technology is security, but Apple has settled those concerns altogether. Apple Pay technology permits only the owner of the device to authorize a purchase and if a phone is lost or stolen, a user can remotely lock their device or erase all data.

The shift to mobile payment methods in the coming years could not only eliminate both cash and the need for cash registers, but could also mean a transition to more efficient and secure means of payment.

While it feels good to swipe that piece of plastic, Apple Pay is another necessary step toward protecting oneself in the digital age. Initial skepticism is to be expected, but mobile payment has the potential to become standard in the near future.

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Universities need to take more responsibility in sexual assault cases Grace Hoyte COLU M N I ST

A Columbia University student is protesting against the institution, which she feels is improperly handling her rape claim, by carrying a mattress with her everywhere she goes until her rapist is removed from campus.

This incident at Columbia does not stand alone; colleges around the country are being scrutinized for loosely handling reports of sexual assault. The University of Connecticut faced backlash in October last year following a lawsuit filed by four female students claiming their reports of sexual violence on campus were not properly handled.

The suit followed two federal complaints by seven UConn students claiming the university failed to take action in regard to their reports of sexual violence.

UConn settled out of court in July for $1.28 million, stating they wanted to avoid a lengthy court process.

Many of the questions posed throughout the trial are identical to those asked in most cases of rape: What was she wearing? Was she drinking? These disgusting questions are thinly veiled accusations of the victim.

However, these questions bring to mind a serious problem among college-age women and men.

Is it too much to ask that colleges take cases of rape

seriously without victim blaming? Sexual assault is a serious issue, one that cannot be taken lightly and offenders should be punished to the full extent of the law. Colleges should begin to take preventative measures such as educating young men about consent in order to reduce, if not eliminate, cases of rape.

Tragically, in cases like UConn, many schools do not handle reports of sexual misconduct appropriately. The White House has stepped in with a comprehensive report of recommendations for colleges. Though the White House’s recommendation is only that, schools are beginning to feel the heat. The University of Connecticut is not the only school that has paid significant figures. In 2013, Yale was forced to pay $165,000 for failing to report instances of sexual assault, and 55 other colleges are under investigation for similar reasons.

Colleges should educate women and men on how to avoid unwanted sexual encounters in an effort to take better responsibility for its students. College is supposed to be the best time of a person’s life.

Grace Hoyte is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Bulls aim for more turnovers against N.C. State

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

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With several starters of the offense suffering from injuries going into Saturday’s game against North Carolina State, the Bulls are hoping the other units on the field will make up for the battered offense.

Sophomore quarterback Mike White may still start this weekend after going through a compression fracture to his left forearm after the first play against Maryland.

Coach Willie Taggart said White was ecstatic when he learned that his arm had no breaks in the bone.

“He found out before I did,” Taggart said. “Him and (junior quarterback Steven Bench) went to the doctors and he was excited that it wasn’t as bad as it was.”

Two other players whose status’ are up in the air are senior wide receiver Andre Davis and senior offensive lineman Thor Jozwiak.

Davis bruised his sternum laying out to complete a 44-yard

catch against Western Carolina and Taggart said he has had trouble talking and breathing since then.

Jozwiak injured both his shoulder and toe in the seasonopener.

“They’re getting better quick,” Taggart said. “They’re ahead of schedule rehabbingwise. With the things Thor went through, we thought it would be a long time, but it’s not going to be a long time. I would hope for it to be this week, but I’m not sure.”

The return of Jozwiak will help stabilize an offensive line that has received scrutiny from the coaching staff for getting beat on blocking assignments too often.

“Some young guys on the O-line have struggled at times and that hurt us,” Taggart said.

But regardless of who the starting quarterback is for USF on Saturday, the offense will face an unfamiliar defense in N.C. State.

“Their base defense is a

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Sophomore linebacker Nigel Harris (right), who leads the nation in forced fumbles, forced two in the fourth quarter against Maryland on Saturday. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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USF shoots for third straight win

By Jacob Hoag A S S T .

Junior goalkeeper Spasoje Stefanovic has allowed only one goal in the past two games for the Bulls. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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After notching two consecutive wins against Portland and 24th ranked Akron, the Bulls will hope to push their streak to three games when they play Old Dominion on Friday.

The Bulls (2-1) opened the season with a 2-0 loss against Florida Gulf Coast University, but have since been able to edge out their opponents on the foot of senior midfielder Lucas Baldin who has scored three of USF’s four goals in its last two games, including the game-winner against Akron.

Baldin was named AAC Offensive Player of the Week after taking seven shots and scoring

three goals in two games last week.

The Bulls look to carry their momentum into this week whe they travel to play against Old Dominion (1-3-1).

While Old Dominion doesn’t have a high-scoring offense — scoring only three goals through five games — it has locked down other teams so far this season.

After allowing six goals in their opening game, the Monarchs have held their opponents to one or fewer goals in each of their past four games.

The Bulls have had success in keeping their opponents off the scoreboard this season, only allowing an average of one goal per game. This is partly because of junior goalkeeper Spasoje

Stefanovic’s ability to defend the net, allowing only three goals on 28 shots.

By allowing only one goal — a penalty kick — as well as accumulating four saves, Stefanovic was named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week. Stefanovic also recorded his first career shutout in a 2-0 win against Portland, giving him a .45 goals against average for the week.

The Bulls will look to continue their trend of shooting early and often in their matchup against Old Dominion. USF has outshot their opponents 25-9 in the first half of games this season.

The Bulls’ matchup against Old Dominion is Friday at 7 p.m. on the road.