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Business college gets historic donation Committee proposes student fee increase

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Les and Pam Muma donated $25 million to the university on Friday.

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After receiving the largest individual donation in USF his-

tory, the College of Business will now be the USF Muma College of Business after alumni and philanthropists Les and Pam Muma donated $25 million to the university.

The name change was decided at a Board of Trustees meeting held 30 minutes prior to the announcement Friday.

The donation will be used to expand the corporate mentor program to the majority

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of incoming business students and get more of the college’s faculty experience working with outside companies, said USF College of Business Dean Moez Limayem.

“Because of this great transformational gift, our students will have a great education,” Limayem said. “Not only that, but they will graduate ready for the job and when they

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Security lapse involves student records

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University Police are launching an investigation into a possible security breach in which boxes containing confidential student information were left inside an unlocked room in the abandoned Life Sciences Building.

According to ABC Action News, a USF student alerted the news agency of the unsecured student records last Thursday and when news crews arrived to the Life Sciences building on Friday, the room was still unlocked.

Inside were boxes of student records, strewn about.

University Police (UP) Assistant Chief Christopher Daniel said the police agency was notified of a possible breach Friday and is currently conducting an investigation.

“We have to go back and review who was in the area, who had access to the area and who got in there, because that is not an operational area or an area of business at the moment,” Daniel said.

UP is also working with members of the local media to find out who sent the video from inside the room to the media, rather than alerting the proper authorities, Daniel said.

According to a statement from USF Director of Public Affairs

Lara Wade to ABC Action News, the university immediately took action to secure the room when they were made aware of the security lapse.

“The first floor currently houses a herbarium – an area for plants, which currently only allows limited access to specific personnel,” Wade said. “No one else should have been occupying or using the building in any way. As a building scheduled for demolition, it is a secured facility, and the rooms remain locked at all times.”

A security firm checks the building twice a day, according to the statement from Wade.

The investigation by UP is ongoing.

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Students may pay $2.16 extra per credit hour to pay for proposed increases in Activity and Services, Athletic, and Health fees, according to a new proposal from the Local Fee Committee.

The largest request comes from Athletics that proposed an approximate 98-cent increase per credit hour that totals $948,200 in student fees.

This includes a 62-cent increase per credit hour to allocate $600,000 toward covering the differential of the full cost of attendance for student athlete scholarships.

NCAA legislation now allows universities to pay for an athlete’s full estimated cost of attendance beyond tuition and board, such as books and supplies and transportation.

The annual cost of attendance is estimated by the USF financial aid website to cost an additional $4,450 for each of the 158 full-scholarship athletes after deducting the value of a their current scholarship, according to the proposal.

The Athletic proposal also recommends a 16-cent increase per credit hour to spend $150,000 on student body initiatives, such as financial support for the marching band and cheer squad.

“We want to be united as one,” student body President Cocco said. “If we want to be Bulls Country, we have to spread the spirit.”

The proposal also suggested

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Researcher tackles firefighter back injury

By Russell Nay

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Though some may assume the leading threat of injury for firefighters would be collapsing buildings or exploding cars, what takes most firefighters out of commission is much less climatic.

John Mayer, the chair of USF’s Health Biomechanical and Chiropractic Research, said back injury is the highest cause of early retirement in firefighters.

“It’s not only problematic for the individual firefighter but for the community that they’re expected to protect,” he said.

Mayer received a $1.3 million research grant from the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last month.

Mayer will launch a research trial involving 2,000 firefighters to expand the specialized physical exercises that can

prevent back injury in firefighters.

“We specifically chose this topic because it’s unclear which approach is best to prevent back injuries or back pain in firefighters,” he said. “We think that our work will add to that body of knowledge.”

The current physical regimen of firefighters is also a cause for concern because, while it ensures peak physical fitness, it may not help to prevent back problems in all firefighters.

“It’s not focused, it’s not targeted,” he said. “We believe that this targeted approach can add to the current routines and possibly help standardize the current approaches.”

Louise Dandridge, Tampa Fire Rescue’s occupational health advisor, said her department was eager to participate in the study because many of the firefighters have retired early from back injury.

“We thought (the study) would be eye-opening for us,” she said. “Anything that will

help reduce injury in our firefighters is something that we want to take part in.”

Dandridge said her men and women suffer back injury from carrying large fire hoses, wearing heavy protective gear, quickly pulling people from burning buildings and lifting victims onto stretchers.

“A serious back injury can jeopardize future work as a firefighter and devastate their families,” she said. “We want to do everything possible to prevent all injuries and this program is yet another tool available … to return them safely home at the end of a shift.”

During the trial, two of the three groups of firefighters will perform the trial’s specialized exercises, while the third will act as the control group and will not deviate from their existing regime.

Each of the exercises in this study targets the improvement of functional capacity in firefighters. Instead of coaching the firefighters through lifting

In the research project, firefighters are taught special exercises that strengthen their backs and core muscles. ORACLE PHOTO/RUSSELL NAY heavy objects while maintaining good posture, the research team will focus on strengthening the firefighters’ back and core muscles.

“If a firefighter has to break through a window and help an individual from a fire … they just need to do it,” Mayer said.

“They can’t always lift the way they’re supposed to lift. They just don’t have that luxury.”

If the research trial receives positive results, Mayer said, the research team would reach out to departments across the country, and perhaps expand to other civil servants at risk.

“Everybody’s at risk for back pain, not just firefighters, police officers or soldiers,” he said. “The population has a need to look at back pain as well.”

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raised $620 million. The campaign is now in its second phase with a goal of raising $1 billion.

The couple’s donation Friday was given nearly 50 years from when the two first met at USF in September 1964.

“The paths we walked were not covered with ivy, they were covered with a lot of sand spurs,” Pam said. “There were very few oak trees, but they carried us, with our hopes and our dreams, as two young students walking hand in hand, looking for what our future might bring.”

The $25 million donation will be split between $20 million in an endowment to be invested and used for the longterm funding of the college and the remaining $5 million used to enhance the college’s offerings immediately, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

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hit the ground running for employers right here in our area, they will be productive.”

The donation from the Mumas is in addition to their previous support of the first phase of the USF Foundation’s Unstoppable Campaign, Foundation CEO Joel Momberg said.

Friday’s $25 million donation brings the couple’s total support of the university to $41.2 million.

“Les and Pam are two of the most generous people I know,” Momberg said. “Everyone is familiar with their generosity throughout the community.

Their generous touches are everywhere, in every organization.”

Les Muma graduated from USF in 1966 and is the retired chairman and CEO of financial industry automation company Fiserv, Inc., which Les founded in 1984. Les was both a chair on the Board of Directors of the USF Foundation and chair of the first phase of the Unstoppable Campaign that

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funding post-game concerts and free student parking at home games.

“It will only be a few cents rather than having to pay 15 dollars every game,” Cocco said. “Hopefully students will appreciate that and drive out to more games.”

Health requested the second largest portion of increases, totaling $609,132 from a 63-cent per credit hour increase in fees.

While most of the money would go to state-mandated salary increases, $190,485 would fund student services for mental wellbeing. This includes psychological counseling and Center for Victims Advocacy and Violence Prevention services.

“There’s a heavy case load of wellness issues that have arisen,” Cocco said. “There are more people talking about sexual assault and other issues.”

Lastly, a 55-cent per credit hour increase to the Activity and Service fund was proposed, totaling $529,782.

From these collected fees, $67,500 would go to a workout area for USF Health and $68,000 for recreation at Andros.

The fee increases were proposed by the Local Fee Committee. The committee

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is comprised of students and faculty. It meets at 8:30 a.m.

Friday.

“We’re happy to hear any concerns and relay the questions,” Cocco said. “I’m happy to sit down with anyone.”

Student Government (SG) Senate President Andy Rodriguez said the reaction from SG has been mixed.

“Some agree with a majority of them,” he said. “Some feel very strongly against some (increases).”

On SG’s Facebook page, a number of students disagreed with fee increases for Athletics, though many expressed support for expanded counseling.

Cocco said the Florida government has failed to spend enough on education and the burden, therefore, falls to students.

“The ideal situation would be to split it between the funds that come from the state,” Cocco said. “Now with performance funding, we have to compete for those funds and there’s no guarantee.”

Last year, USF ranked second in the State University System in performance-based funding, receiving nearly $9 million.

The proposals will go to USF President Judy Genshaft for approval. If she signs them, they will go to the Board of Trustees for final approval.

UP investigates primate’s death

By Roberto Roldan M A N A G I N G

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The complaint filed with federal authorities against USF for mishandling research primates has led to a criminal investigation by University Police (UP).

Assistant Chief Christopher Daniel said the agency was made aware of the incident last week and is now conducting a review to see if the mishandling of research primates, which led to the death of one primate, is punishable under Florida statutes for cruelty to animals.

Florida Statute 828.12 states any individual who “unnecessarily overloads, overdrives, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter,

or unnecessarily mutilates, or kills any animal” is guilty of animal cruelty. The maximum punishment for the firstdegree misdemeanor is a year in jail, a $5,000 fine or both.

“We are not saying a crime has occurred,” Daniel said.

“All we are doing is looking at the circumstances to see how it fits, in context to the statute, and if we find that something does fit, then we will investigate it a little further.”

In September, animal rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, asking federal authorities to launch a formal investigation into a research project conducted by USF researchers last year titled “Obesity, Diabetes, Aging and Their Complications.”

According to the group and self-reported incident reports from university officials, researchers restricted water from 27 research primates overnight in the months of April and December 2013.

Daniel said UP received a phone call from Clearwater resident Victoria Halley last week, who asked UP to look into the criminal aspect of the incidents.

The review is currently ongoing and Daniel said UP is still trying to locate anyone connected to the incident who might still be in the area in order to conduct interviews.

UP is also trying to get all the government forms related to the incidents.

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By Quincy J. Walters C O R R E S P O N D E N T

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A bruised and bloodied man is sitting, tied up with rope, while a knife-wielding pirate demands that he call his wife and ask for ransom.

If the pirate doesn’t get what he wants, the prisoner will go overboard.

That was a scene from “Safe Word,” a short film screened last week as part of the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The festival, which ended Saturday, celebrated its 25th year. For a quarter of a century, the festival has entertained and inspired the bay area through films made by and about the LGBT community.

Margaret Murray, executive director for the festival, said that over the years, the films have evolved.

“Ten to fifteen years ago, there were a lot of films about partying and fun,” she said.

“Today I think the priorities have changed to where we have a lot more films about relationships, marriage, adoption and family.”

The only aspect of the festival that has endured for twenty-five years is that they still show movies, she said.

Most other things have changed.

“The audience has changed — equally divided between gay and straight — and what’s going on in the outside world has changed,” she said.

“There’s this constant flux that has allowed the festival to become more mainstream — to become recognized for its cultural and artistic merits, instead of being just some event for one group of people.”

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KJ Mohr, the director of programing for the festival, feels that LGBT films becoming mainstream is both a blessing and a curse.

“People feel that since these films are becoming mainstream there will eventually be no need for LGBT film festivals,” she said. “But becoming mainstream doesn’t mean we should abandon these film festivals, because it’s really about community.”

As programing director, she watches the hundreds of submissions every year and, like Murray, she has seen the evolution of the films created for the festival.

“Kus Me Zachtjes (Kiss Me Softly),” a Belgium short film that screened Tuesday night, had many a poignant scene.

In one, the main character sat in class and the teacher talked about Shakespeare. He talked about how, “courtly love was forbidden love.”

“There were a lot of comingout stories, but now we see a lot more trans- and genderqueer movies,” she said. “But most are about regular people living their lives.”

Murray said that beginning this year, people 18 years or younger were admitted into the festival free of charge.

“People — especially young people — need a safe and affirming space,” Murray said.

“And by showing these films, that’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”

Rafael Aidar won the Alan Ira Dusowitz Emerging Filmmaker Award for a Short Film for “The Package (O Pactoe)” and Chris Mason Johnson won the Emerging Filmmaker Award for a Feature Film for “Test.”

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that ended in a touchdown.

With the Bulls’ offense off the field for the majority of the second half because of their inability to sustain a drive, the defense grew tired and ECU exploited their fatigue.

ECU’s offense, which had been held to only one touchdown in the first half, exploded for 21 unanswered points in the second half. Taggart said this was possible because the Bulls struggled to make clean tackles.

“We missed a lot of tackles in the second half,” Taggart said.

“They broke a lot of tackles and converted on some third downs.”

Sophomore safety Nate Godwin said that ECU wore down the USF defense until it couldn’t contain the Pirates anymore.

“With the defense being on the field a lot, after a while it starts to wear down, kind of like the Wisconsin game,” Godwin said.

“When the defense gets worn down, missed tackles start to happen, blown assignments, things of that sort.”

Godwin said the pressure of beating a ranked school got into

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the heads of his teammates on defense.

“I think some guys get a little excited,” Godwin said. “I learned from last week. I realized that even though we’re up, it doesn’t mean we’re going to win it. I think we come out in the second half and we don’t click like we do in the first half. For some reason I feel like we think it should be given to us.”

Even with the second half collapse, USF held the Pirates to 15 points below their season average of 43 points per game, but the Bulls’ offense still couldn’t keep up.

Davis became the all-time leader in receiving yards in USF history with his six-catch, 124-yard performance, but he wasn’t pleased with the record.

“I kind of felt like I would get it eventually, but it is what it is,” Davis said. “It’s a great accomplishment, but I would rather have the win.”

USF has outscored the No. 19 team in the nation 20-10 in the first half of its last two games combined, but the Bulls’ inability to close out games has hindered them from making progress.

“I think our guys know we can be a good football team, but we can’t do it if we keep helping everyone beat us,” Taggart said.

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Americans have turned Ebola into a media circus

According to a new Harvardbacked study, 40 percent of Americans, regardless of education, believe there will be a large outbreak of Ebola in the United States.

This shows a clear misunderstanding of the nature of Ebola, as it is not highly contagious, especially in developed countries with adequate infrastructure.

What may account for this doomsday belief is our pop culture fascination with the next “big one,” leading to the success of movies like “Contagion” and “I am Legend.” It follows that the public should probably brace themselves now for a thinly veiled feature film centered on the threat of a strangely Ebola-like hemorrhagic disease.

Now that Ebola is in the U.S., the engine of fear is operating at

full capacity. The media warned the public that, at first, tens and then hundreds of people came into contact with the mysterious man who arrived in Dallas – as if mere contact is somehow critical.

Ebola is not an airborne illness like Tuberculosis or even the Flu (which, by the way, kills over 1,500 people every year, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – are you scared yet?), and those around the man would have to have been exposed to his bodily fluids.

In short, Ebola is in no way the Plague. It is containable and fixable.

The question then is why the developed world did not begin fixing it sooner. As the deaths piled up in Africa, it seemed that no one really cared, regardless of the tragic headlines slapped on newspapers, until Dr. Kent Brantly arrived in Atlanta.

With Brantly’s case of Ebola, the threat was suddenly real. He was portrayed by some as almost a potential “Patient 0,” the first person to get an illness in a population before it spreads. In reality, because America has more than adequate infrastructure, his case was contained and he improved dramatically under intensive care.

The danger in all of this is the potential for a xenophobic and

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isolationist response. There are already major figures, such as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, calling for a travel ban from all infected countries. Before Jindal, there were common people who did not want Brantly admitted to the Atlanta hospital based on the supposed threat he posed to society.

The truth is that Ebola posed a threat long before Brantly was admitted, though not to Americans. It was a threat to Liberians, and then Sierra Leoneans, Nigerians, and now the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The awful truth is that we don’t care about these countries – and some treat missionaries like Brantly as pariahs for risking their lives to care for the unfortunate.

Ebola is serious because it is painful, deadly and real.

But it was long before it was in the news every day. This is not the first outbreak and, sadly, it probably won’t be the last – and yet this is the first time many Americans are hearing about the disease. But the dangers shouldn’t obscure this as just one isolated result of ignoring the suffering of developing nations.

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What you said Multimedia editor Adam Mathieu asked students how they feel about the proposed increase of student fees.

“We have great amenities on campus, we just have to accept that if we want a great school, then paying for it is part of it.”

— Edward Galan, a senior majoring in interdisciplinary social sciences “I enjoy my education. If the fees will go to help a student in the future, then that is fine.” ­— Andra Machado, a senior majoring in humanities “If it goes to something that will make a difference in my everyday life, then I’d be ok with it, but they should also try to find money in other ways that don’t come from me.”

Chelsea Mulligan is a junior majoring in international affairs.

— Trenichia Davis, a sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences

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USF failed to beat No. 19 East Carolina on Saturday. The last win over a ranked opponent was a 23-20 victory over Notre Dame in the opening game of the 2011 season.

USF men’s soccer leads the AAC in shots (178), goals (21), points (69) and assists (26).

Senior receiver Andre Davis eclipsed Carlton Mitchell’s record of 1,648 career receiving yards in the Bulls’ loss to East Carolina.

USF men’s basketball ranked ninth in the AAC preseason coaches poll.

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As the third quarter was drawing to a close Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium, USF was in unfamiliar territory: leading No. 19 East Carolina, 17-14.

The Bulls had a first down at the ECU 35-yard line, with 21,750 fans and momentum on their side. It was the Bulls’ most highly attended game of the season.

But after two plays and three penalties, the Bulls were faced with a third down, 30 yards standing between them and the first down marker. Sophomore quarterback Mike White ended the drive with a pass that was intercepted at the 14-yard line.

ECU would go on to score two more touchdowns for a 28-17 comeback win.

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UConn falls to 0-3 in the conference after they failed to score a touchdown in a 12-3 loss to Tulane.

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like Marvin, you want to keep it there,” White said. “And when we shoot ourselves in the foot and push ourselves back, it hurts.”

After leading 17-7 at halftime, USF fell victim to a poor second half against a ranked team for the second consecutive game.

“I think it was like a trickle-down effect with the penalties and we just lost focus,” coach Willie Taggart said. “We didn’t execute like we did in the first half and then we panicked.”

USF was unable to score in the second half, including a missed 28-yard field goal from the surefooted Kloss that more than likely ended his campaign for the Lou Groza Award.

Over the previous bye week, Taggart said he had referees at practice to make the team play more-disciplined football. However, those practices didn’t translate onto the field against ECU. The Bulls were penalized five times for 40 yards in the second half, with three of those penalties coming on third down.

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Senior wide receiver Andre Davis (7) caught six passes for 124 yards and a touchdown, but was upset with the team’s performance.

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just shot ourselves in the foot,” White said. “We were moving the ball the entire half; we just couldn’t finish.”

Senior receiver Andre Davis also attributed the loss to penalties and said there’s no room for those kind of mistakes when playing against a team like ECU. “Crazy, stupid penalties. That’s the No. 19 team in the nation,”

Davis said. “We can’t expect to go out there and shoot ourselves in the foot and win the ballgame. It’s not going to happen.”

Penalties certainly stalled drives for the Bulls, but the Pirates were penalized 12 times for 148 yards compared to USF’s eight penalties for 59. ECU was even penalized three times for 30 yards on a drive

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Men’s Soccer

Bulls bounce back in win over Cincinnati

By Chris Villar

Temple (4-1, 2-0) football continues its success with a 35-24 win over Tulsa, giving them a share of the conference lead with East Carolina (5-1, 2-0).

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OUTSIDE USF The Bucs had a historically bad loss on Sunday as they lost to the Ravens 48-17. The Bucs allowed opposing quarterback Joe Flacco to throw for four touchdowns in the first quarter. The last player to accomplish that was Tom Brady in 2009.

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After giving up a goal as a result of a failed clearance, the Bulls responded with three goals to seal a 3-1 win, their seventh of the season.

USF (7-4, 3-1) dominated in possession and shots taken, with five compared to Cincinnati’s one, in the first half, but neither team could score a goal.

Cincinnati goalkeeper Alex Gill was forced to make four saves in the first half, completely denying the Bulls any opportunity to take the lead early.

With six minutes played in the second half, USF sophomore midfielder Graham Smith attempted to clear the ball from USF’s box, but a weak clearance

allowed Cincinnati midfielder Ashani Walker to gain possession. A quick look was all Walker needed as he kicked it low to the left past USF goalkeeper Spasoje Stefanovic.

The Bulls responded six minutes later with a corner from senior midfielder Lucas Baldin.

Senior Nikola Paunic slotted the ball to the back of the net after freshman midfielder Eduardo Maceira’s shot was deflected toward him. Both Baldin and Maceira were awarded the assist.

Sophomore Lindo Mfeka scored the next two goals to seal the game in USF’s favor. The first goal came off a quick pass inside the box from senior midfielder Edwin Moalosi. Mfeka shot over the goalkeeper to give the Bulls the lead.

Senior forward Edwin Moalosi led the Bulls with two assists Saturday in Cincinnati. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU The next goal came off a counterattack as Moalosi gave a quick pass to Mfeka, which he shot to the lower left of Cincinnati’s goalkeeper. Moalosi was given

the assist for both goals.

USF will return to Tampa to face Denver University (7-4-1) this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Corbett Stadium.