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BOG committee approves Andros Village

By Grace Hoyte E D I T O R

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The Public-Private Partnership (P3) between USF and HSRECapstone Tampa, LLC is one huge step closer to being a reality. At Wednesday’s Board of Governors (BOG) Facilities Committee meeting, the proposal was approved for presentation in front of the full board.

The partnership, which has been in the works for nearly two years, would mean the demolition of the current Andros complex and construction of a new set of residence halls, Andros Village.

Andros Village will include “multiple residential buildings, parking and dining facilities, a fitness center and pool, and retail space with landscape architecture elements and outdoor gather spaces,” according to the project summary presented at the meeting.

Brian Lamb, a member of the USF Board of Trustees and president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank, presented the plan before the BOG. Andros Village will be approximately 578,000 square feet,

The Andros Village proposal was approved by the Board of Governors Facilities Committee on Wednesday. The plan will go before the full board today. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU expected to nearly double ($14.7 and according to the proposal according to the proposal.

The partner will foot the bill million) with the completion of presented to the BOG, it “supports USF’s belief that living on- for the construction of the proj- the second half of the construccampus is integral to student ect and will collect the revenue tion. Eventually, Capstone Tampa from student habitation during and USF are projected to receive success.”

Part of the benefit of a P3 is the year. In the 2017-18 year, the $410 million and $273 million, the total cost to the university. first half of the facility is expect- respectively “over the Ground USF’s partners will be respon- ed to generate over $9 million in Sub-Lease period,” according to sible for building or maintain- revenue from the approximately the project summary.

Rent will be $3,295 per ing the facility, as “the Project 1,000 bed spaces available. n See ANDROS on PAGE 3 By 2018-19, that figure is costs more than USF can afford,”

SG impeachment committee to hear testimonies

By Abby Rinaldi A S S T .

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The second meeting of the senate impeachment committee has brought uncertainty and worry for the judges under investigation.

Four Student Government (SG) Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Lindsay Betros, Senior Justice Alec Waid, Ranking Justice Milton Llinas and Associate Justice Chelsea Lo, are facing five allegations.

As defined by a memo requesting impeachment from last week’s Senate meeting, the charges are as follows: Abuse of power is “the use of one’s power to coerce or unjustifiably influence any fellow member of (SG).”

Incompetence is “lack of qualification, inadequate qualification, or the lack of qualities necessary to fulfill the duties of a position.”

Malfeasance is “commission of a wrongful or unlawful act involving or affecting the performance of one’s duties.”

Misfeasance is “performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner or with improper or corrupt motive.”

Nonfeasance is “failure to perform an act that is either an official duty or a legal requirement.”

At last week’s senate meeting, the memo was added to the agenda shortly before the meeting began and was read aloud to those present.

The memo was proposed by

senators Megan Summers, Muhammad Imam, Aladdin Hiba and AlaEldean Elmunaier.

At that same meeting, a committee was put together to investigate the allegations against the court.

The three senators elected to the committee by the Senate were Girgis Fahmy, Omar Amin and Ralph Herz.

Since its inception, the body has met twice and will meet once again today from 5 to 8 p.m. in MSC 3702.

Since the committee was created, Betros and Waid have been outspoken in their disagreement with the reasoning behind these impeachments, believing them to originate from legislative and executive branch leadership not agreeing with court opinions, a

position those leaders either denied or refused to comment on.

Wednesday, Betros and Waid attended the impeachment committee meeting and said they were not happy about what they saw.

According to Betros, Waid and Llinas, Wednesday’s meeting was concerning due to the involvement of student body Vice President Michael Malanga.

The committee has requested multiple records in order to gather information for their investigation. One such request was the audio recording taken by student body President Andy Rodriguez during the Oct. 23 meetings of the Declaratory Judgement Panel

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Students to hack into the night

By Chelsea Mulligan S T A F F

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Teams of budding computer scientists, graphic designers and future venture capitalists will be typing away Thursday as part of USF’s Create-A-Bull Hackathon event.

The event, hosted by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Microsoft Developers Network at USF (MSDN) and USF’s Management Information System program (MIS), challenges teams of up to four people to create an application in 24 hours. Apps can be for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone or the Internet.

Teams are competing for first place spots in areas including Best Overall, Best Visual Design and Best Business Pitch, according to ACM president Hannah Pate.

Pate said she encourages students who are not in the computer science program to compete, especially graphic designers and business students.

“This year we tried to give a very broad topic, so we didn’t

limit a lot of creativity on the students’ part,” she said. “We’re not expecting a lot of [applications] to be purely focused on USF or on education.”

She also said the competition is open to anyone with a university email address to verify they are a student, including students from other universities.

The event is also open to graduate students and alumni, but only one is allowed per team.

Pate said she hopes the Hackathon will grow into an annual event and plans for a second annual event in another semester. She said professional recruiters will be in attendance, as part of the aim of the event is to get participants exposure to employers and, perhaps, job offers.

“We’re trying to get two annual events going. One will be Hackathon, which is more of a creative endeavor … and the second would be a programming competition,” she said.

According to Pate, representatives from the event’s sponsors will be present at the event, with the Hackathon marketed to

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Bike share program faces challenges

By Miki Shine A S S T .

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What started out as a discussion about sustainable transportation in an engineering class, later turned into a campus-wide project to make traveling around campus easier and more enjoyable.

However, the 100 bikes currently on campus as part of the Share-aBull bike program have faced some bumps in the road.

“Because of the way people have used the bikes, we have 30 bikes in repair and we’ve gone through about $4,000 in parts already,” Francis Morgan, assistant director of outdoor recreation, said.

Morgan said he receives reports of people riding two to a bike, racing bikes, riding them down stairwells, taking them off campus and not locking them to racks — all of which can cause damage to the bikes and require repairs or put the bikes at risk.

When associate professor of civil engineering Yu Zhang first submitted the proposal to the Student Green Energy Fund it failed. The proposal was denied twice before being approved in 2014.

“The first one I submitted was in 2010,” She said. “At that time, I think the charter of the Student Green Energy fund focused on energy saving proposal. Our project here would help improve the mobility … But it’s not very direct.”

Originally, Zhang proposed a free-floating bike share program that would not have included any kiosks, which she believed would have restricted use of the bikes due to the high price of producing

The Share-a-Bull bikes program has seen unexpected success with an average of 20 rides per bike during the week.

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the kiosks.

“Our goal is to have more turnaround and to have more students using the bicycles,” She said. “We have short trips, students really use them from one building to another building. We have more bicycle racks around campus, which makes them easy to check out and easy to return.”

She said the cost of repairs was something they couldn’t easily predict since it varies so much from one program to another. However, when the plan was approved, it received a two-year operating budget that would help insure the bikes functioned properly.

At the moment, Morgan said that they have a small team that goes out every morning from about 6 to 8 in order to check the bikes.

“If they can’t fix it in a minute or two, then they transport it back to the shop so that somebody who has more time and more daylight can spend the time to fix it,” Morgan said. “We have five bikes that are damaged so badly that we’re waiting for parts from a manufacturer.”

Five bikes are sitting in the repair shop waiting for the parts to fix their computers, which were severely damaged. Morgan said those might be the result of attempted thefts.

“That’s the kind of thing where somebody … tried to get a bike to open by banging on the computer,” he said. “One was obvious that somebody was trying to steal it. They went through a lot of pain to try to get the bike to unlock.

They’re not easy to steal.”

Morgan is currently taking measures to encouraging proper use of the bikes that would lead to needing fewer repairs. One such measure will be a campaign to raise awareness of how treatment can affect the bikes.

There are also already considerations about what to do when repair money runs out. Morgan said they’ll know a semester beforehand but if his hope for sponsors doesn’t work out, students and staff would have to start paying to use the bikes.

“How it would probably go is students pay $10 a semester and staff and faculty pay $15 semester or something like that. That would be their membership for the semester,” Morgan said.

He still considers the program a success, as there have been almost seven times more users than originally planned and more joining every day.

“Some of the things we’re happy about (are) by the end of the day, we’ll have 3,400 active users. Marketing-wise, we wanted to have 500 (users) by the end of the semester,” Morgan said. “In my mind that was a goal that was reachable but I’d like to have 4,000 users. We’re reaching that. We get about 40 new users every day.”

During the week, he said each bike is ridden about 20 times, and on weekends, each gets about 10 rides.

Due to the large amount of support from students and faculty, the program hopes to expand to include 200 bikes by the end of the Spring semester. Zhang also said she would like more racks on the edges of campus and a rebalancing of bike distribution.

“There’s some people who ride two minute trips twenty times a day, and they’re parking the bikes well, they’re locking them to racks,” Morgan said. “We’re really happy with the people who are using the system well and appropriately.”

— Additional reporting by Grace Hoyte.

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sponsors as a potential recruiting event. Sponsors include Deloitte, a consulting company; Xcira, a producer of online auction software; and INTO, an organization for international students with a strong branch at USF. The Information System Decision Sciences Department within the Muma College of

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semester for a traditional double and higher for the double semisuites and single semi-suite.

One of the reasons USF has gone ahead with the P3, rather than large-scale renovations to the Andros area, is economic inability. The university contracted the services of a public sector comparator, Brailsford & Dunlavey (B&D) to investigate the needs of the university.

The B&D report found that the university’s housing need would be approximately 6,000 beds in

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Business also helped organize the Hackathon, according to Pate.

She said representatives will also serve as judges at the competition’s closing Sunday.

“The goal of the Hackathon is just to create something, anything. Just sit down and code something,” she said.

The Hackathon will be held in the CIS building lobby from noon Saturday to noon Sunday.

Food will be provided and prizes awarded to teams with the best applications. the Fall of 2017. The completed Andros Village will bring the oncampus total to about 4,800.

However, according to the project summary, “the B&D study does not include the effect of eliminating the freshmen residency requirement.”

Additionally, according to the project summary presented before the committee, “USF and the Owner will enter into a 51-year Ground Sub-Lease and Management Agreement.”

According to a BOG spokeswoman, the proposal was approved by the Facilities Committee on Wednesday and goes before the full board today.

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and Judicial Review Panel, two judiciary panels whose members collectively involve the four justices being investigated for impeachment.

That audio recording was played before the committee at Wednesday’s meeting by Malanga. For Betros, Waid and Llinas this raised concerns.

Malanga said that the audio recording was requested on Wednesday, the day of the meeting, so he was trying to get the recording to them as fast as possible. The size of the recording made him unable to send it and that is why he brought it in himself. He plans to put it on a disc and give it to them.

Another concern of the justices was committee procedure, which Waid called “bumpy at best.” The justices had a number of concerns over the way the meeting was conducted, including a part of the committee where the accused were asked to leave the room and then deliberations occurred, which Betros

and Waid said they understand the need for but are confused by considering part of the charges against the justices are about them holding their deliberations in private.

However, Herz stressed that the committee was following procedures.

“We are walking through the procedure and the process that has been laid out for us,” he said.

The committee has also requested records from the judicial branch that have yet to be turned over. Betros said this is because the court wants to be thorough in giving the committee the records it asked for.

“We did not submit the … records (Wednesday) because we felt that it wasn’t the right time,” Betros said.

The court has until Friday to hand over the requested information.

“We just hope we get a word in before it’s too late,” Waid said.

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ning of the match when the lights dimmed and the spotlights swiveled, the atmosphere felt different.

“It was awesome that so many students were here and people from the community as well,” Draper said.

The final result, however, was all too familiar.

Junior outside-hitter Dakota Hampton recorded her 10th consecutive double-double (11 kills, 11 digs) despite not playing in the last half of the fourth set due to an unspecified illness.

“She’s a fighter,” Draper said.

“She’s a competitor, and she did the best for her team.”

Freshman setter Molly Burkhardt had 20 assists. Junior outside hitter Denise Belcher added eight kills for the Bulls.

Jale Hervey paced the Knights with 21 kills.

USF hosts East Carolina in The Corral on Friday night at 7.

“We’ll probably focus more on ourselves than we will on our opponent for Friday,” Draper said.

“Just making a few things better on our side so that we’re more efficient.”

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do that. But it all starts (Saturday) against East Carolina.”

The Bulls can’t let the late-game mistakes from last week linger as the regular season nears its conclusion.

USF must win two of its last four games to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2010.

“I stress to the seniors that they have only four more guaranteed games,” Taggart said. “So, enjoy your teammates and go out there and play every one like it’s your last, because this is a time you’re going to remember the rest of your life.

“We still have all of our goals there and all of them are Eastern Division games, so there’s a heightened sense of urgency about a lot of things because so much is on the line for us.”

The Bulls are set to face a stout, athletic defense that reminds Taggart of his own.

“They’re a talented group that can make some things happen,” he said.

The Pirates (4-5, 2-3) are coming off a 31-13 loss at Connecticut on Friday where they failed to

score a touchdown in the first three quarters.

Their two-quarterback system faltered in the loss, combining for four interceptions and no touchdowns against the Huskies.

Taggart, however, said he is focused on his own team, hoping the rest will fall into place.

“It’s going to be a challenge, but it all goes back to us,” Taggart said.

“It’s got to be about us, and us executing efficiently enough and making the plays that we know we’re capable of doing.”

One positive for USF is that sophomore quarterback Quinton Flowers has a full bill of health after dealing with a thigh contusion during the Navy game.

“I was thinking about the injury I had and I shouldn’t,” Flowers said. “By going back and looking at that film, we played pretty good. I just messed up on a lot of reads that I had when I should have gave in or sometimes, when I should have pulled it.

“I fought myself on offense and I can’t do it again.”

Taggart said the sophomore’s leadership will be key down the stretch.

“The guys watch me a lot,” Flowers said. “ … I want to do something better every week.”

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When Jeb Bush announced he was running for president in June, many assumed he would undoubtedly become the frontrunner for 2016. However, with the unlikely emergences of Donald Trump and Ben Carson, that quickly changed.

Now, not even five months later, Bush is grasping at straws to remain a contender in the presidential race. It’s time to recognize the futility of this effort and drop out, allowing voters to focus their attention entirely on the major candidates.

Bush is refusing to go down without a fight and has refocused his campaign on his time as governor of Florida. His “Jeb Can Fix It” tour made its debut in Tampa on Monday as he attempted to rally voters to his campaign.

The tour was a 3-day trip across Florida, South Carolina and New Hampshire. During this trip, Bush plans to tell the story of his time in office in Florida and share his accomplishments with the hope they will demonstrate his aptitude to lead our country.

A poll released Wednesday showed over the last 6 weeks Bush has sunk 6 percentage points to a measly 4 percent support. This is the lowest rating he has had in any national poll so far.

Will this last-ditch effort improve his standing in the polls? Perhaps. But it will not be significant enough to give Bush a realistic shot at the White House. Trump holds 24 percent support and Carson closely follows him with 23 percent.

Marco Rubio has climbed to 14 percent, and Ted Cruz nearly doubled his previous rankings to rise to 13 percent.

Miraculously overcoming the insurmountable odds is utterly implausible. It is time for Bush to take one for the team and step down. Yes, all

of the contenders believe they would be the best fit for office.

Nevertheless, Americans have made their opinions very clear: Bush needs to go.

However, on Wednesday, Bush told ABC News “I don’t even care” about the polls. When he was asked if there was any situation where he would back out of the race before Iowa, he simply but firmly replied “No.” It’s time for Bush to mimic the former GOP presidential candidate Scott Walker. In September, Walker realized he did not stand a chance against the other runners and withdrew.

“I encourage other republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates,” he said.

Staying in the race will only negatively affect the Republican Party. Each stab Bush and other candidates take at their fellow contenders will be swallowed up by whoever wins the democratic nomination. They are literally tearing each other apart.

The democrats spend time talking about the issues rather than demeaning each other.

They are united in the belief that regardless of who wins the nomination, their party should be the one elected to office. By refusing to rip each other apart, they are keeping extra ammunition out of the hands of their competitor, the GOP. Yet the republican candidates do not appear to share this view. Bush dropping out will in no way prevent the remaining candidates from slandering each other every chance they get, but it will ensure that a little less gasoline is thrown on the already raging fire.

Flopped candidates refusing to withdrawal will ultimately be the demise of the GOP. Bush has zero chance of obtaining office.

He needs to get over his pride and do what’s best for his party.

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Take a seat and breathe, champ A day after benching quarterback Colin Kaepernick in favor of Blaine Gabbert, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Tomsula insisted Wednesday it’s just to give Kaepernick a Kaepernick mental break. At 2-6, the Niners currently sit last in the NFC West. Kaepernick, who led the team to a Super Bowl appearance in 2013, has thrown six touchdowns and five interceptions.

“It was a tough decision,” Tomsula said. “All those decisions are tough, but I felt that was the direction we needed to go. Watching, feeling where I’m at, I just decided now is the time.”

Note-a-Bull The USF men’s soccer team has outscored opponents 19-6 at Corbett Stadium this season and moved to No. 14 in the coaches poll Wednesday.

Quote of the day “I mean, it has bread and meat. I feel like it’s some sort of sandwich. I feel like the shape of the hot dog is the only thing that switches it from not being a sandwich, but I think it is.” — Buffalo Bills

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A look ahead Volleyball vs. East Carolina Friday, 7 p.m.

Football at East Carolina Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. Memphis Saturday, 7 p.m.

Men’s basketball vs. Eckerd Monday, 7 p.m.

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Central Florida’s triumph in four sets left the USF volleyball team with an all-too-familiar feeling Wednesday night.

Two weeks ago, the Bulls fell 3-1 in Orlando, taking the first set before dropping the next three.

USF notched the first set 26-24 again before an announced crowd of 984 at the Sun Dome, but the Knights pulled away 25-21, 25-22, 25-18 to sweep the season series.

“There was definitely a lack of execution to the game plan and also opportunities to kill the ball,” Bulls coach Courtney Draper said. “ … There were too many times where our kids forgot where they were supposed to be, and I told them, ‘You don’t get those points back. You have to execute.’”

Although USF (8-17, 5-8) couldn’t secure the win, the energy was on its side. From the begin-

USF middle blocker Joli Holland goes up for a kill during the first set of Wednesday’s loss to UCF. The

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Football

Time to hit reset

By Jacob Hoag A S S T .

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For the first time in a month, USF is trying to dig out of the wrong side of the win-loss column.

As the Bulls (4-4, 2-2) prepare for Saturday night’s showdown at East Carolina, they have to bounce back from a tough loss.

What used to be the narrative around Raymond James Stadium has recently become something new.

Following a 29-17 loss at Navy in which the Bulls led until late in the fourth quarter, USF now has to

USF (4-4, 2-2) at ECU (4-5, 2-3)

When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium TV/Radio: CBSSN, 820-AM regroup with its three-game winning streak snapped. “(There is) no more margin for error if we want to get what we want,” coach Willie Taggart said.

“We want to win this conference.

We want to be able to play in the first championship game and we want to win it, and that’s on us to

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USF coach Willie Taggart said despite the loss at Navy, he still believes the team can clinch a spot in the AAC championship game. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU