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Promises kept Elected student body representatives fulfill campaign points once in office Page 3

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News Briefs President-elect appears on 60 Minutes

President-elect Donald Trump was featured in Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes. During the show, he spoke on several of the promises he made while campaigning and whether he’ll stick to them.

• Trump still promises to build a wall along the Mexican border.

• Despite conflicting comments by House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday, Trump insisted that they still plan to deport 2 to 3 million undocumented immigrants.

• He plans to simplify and lower taxes.

• After appealing the Affordable Care Act, Trump said his replacement plan will mandate insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions and parents will be able to keep children “still living with them” on their insurance.

• Trump doesn’t see the Supreme Court overturning marriage equality, but it could overturn Roe v. Wade, which would leave the issue of abortion up to the state.

On the issue of the increasing numbers of alleged hate crimes toward minorities since his election, Trump said, “I am very surprised to hear that. I think it’s a very small amount.” After increased pressure, he responded the perpetrators should stop.

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By Samantha Nieto C O R R E S P O N D E N T

During their campaign last year, Student Body President Chris Griffin and Vice President Alec Waid largely talked about the need for a system to track open parking spots, cheaper tickets for theme parks and a syllabus bank.

These are initiatives the duo has been working on since taking office and students can expect to start seeing the beginning of these programs next semester.

Parking tracker By next year, students will have the benefit of having a sensory system for parking garages that will display the available number of parking spaces throughout the day.

The idea for the parking tracker is to help students spend their time wisely while looking for parking.

According to Griffin, Student Government (SG) is still determining whether or not the tracker will be visible for students to drive by or if it will be incorporated into an app students can check in on.

Maria Castro, a freshman in cell and molecular biology, is more than fond of the idea.

“I think it’s really cool. For my 11 a.m. class I spend about 20 minutes looking around for While campaigning, Student Body President Chris Griffin and parking spots just to realize that Vice President Alec Waid promised to get students cheaper theme park there aren’t any,” Castro said. tickets, parking spot trackers and a syllabus bank. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE The parking trackers have being purchased, students will be already been funded by the Discounted tickets able to save anywhere from $22Capital Improvement Trust Fund, $100. which is funding by a portion of In addition to the parking The tickets available for tuition. The fund is designed to trackers, SG is also currently in students that are set in stone build new advancements for the the process of redeveloping new are for any Walt Disney World campus that will help improve floor plans and renovations in the parks, as well as Universal Studios, student life. computer lab on the first floor Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay USF allocated $900,000 this of the Marshall Student Center and tickets to see the Blue Man year for the trackers to be built for a ticket window that will sell Group. Plans for Busch Gardens within the next year, hopefully discounted tickets to theme parks and Sea World tickets are still in during the summer, according to for students. n See PROMISES on PAGE 5 Griffin.

Depending on the type of ticket

over safety after election

By Miki Shine M A N A G I N G

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The recent presidential election has resulted in protests raging across the country — including locally — and a sense of discontent on college campuses.

But this feeling manifested before the election in the form of threatening graffiti.

“Some of my students and classmates have expressed fear regarding the hatefilled sentiments that are being expressed around USF’s campus and on college campuses across the nation,” Viki Peer, a graduate student in Women’s and Gender Studies, said.

One such example, according to Peer, is the graffiti written on the walls of one of the residence halls.

“Graffiti was found on the walls with racial undertones that specified various individuals’ names and that if Hillary Clinton won, there would be death,” University Police Public Information Officer Renna Reddick said.

“Similar types of messages were placed under their doors.”

University representatives couldn’t be reached for comment.

Reddick said the graffiti was made with a dry erase marker that was easily removed.

Since there was no permanent damage, Reddick said, the incident has not been categorized as “criminal mischief,” but UP is still

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Trump’s tainted transition team

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EDITORIAL Election results do not excuse hate

Pam Bondi, Florida’s attorney general, has been appointed to Trump’s transition team. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

By Breanne Williams C O L U M N I S T

As Donald Trump prepares for his Washington take over, the rest of the country waits with bated breath to see who will be chosen to help him lead our government.

Less than a week after leaving the nation speechless with his shocking win, Trump has filled his transition team with a list of political scum, further increasing the fear many have regarding his presidency.

The Trump “Legion of SuperVillains” consists of gems such as Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who supported Trump’s ban on Muslims, Jared Kushner, the husband of Ivanka Trump who we have to thank for favoring homosexual-hating Mike Pence as the vice presidential candidate, Peter Thiel, an enigma in and of himself who is gay but somehow supports Trump and of course the wonder children Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

As disturbing as the wave of hate-mongers joining the team was, they were in no way the worst appointment made in the last few days.

Yes, bigots becoming leading members of the Trump presidency is a cause for concern. However, at the end of the day, hate is easily recognized and thus can easily be stopped.

Corruption, on the other hand, is often harder to spot and can have daunting repercussions. And which queen of corruption did Trump appoint to his team? Florida

Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Bondi and Trump stirred up quite a scandal earlier this year when it was discovered Trump’s foundation made a $25,000 gift in 2013 that just so happen to coincide with Bondi looking into Trump’s failing and now-defunct university. After receiving the gift, Bondi chose to not investigate the university — a decision that was obviously unrelated to the major paycheck.

Six months after Florida’s grand attorney general chose to forgo her morals and fail to do her job, Trump hosted a $3,000 per plate fundraiser for Bondi at his Mar-aLago resort in Palm Beach.

Her dalliances with our president-elect are just the tip of the depressingly large iceberg of misdeeds. In 2009, Florida judges began to rule the ban restricting same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Despite their ruling, Bondi continued to appeal and fight to keep the ban in place. It took the Supreme Court outlawing the ban for Florida to become an inclusive environment for the LGBT community.

The sound logic behind keeping two people in love from legally binding themselves together?

Procreation.

“Disrupting Florida’s existing marriage laws would impose significant public harm,” wrote Bondi in a 2014 statement. “Florida’s marriage laws have a close, direct and rational relationship to society’s legitimate interest in increasing the likelihood that children will be born to and raised by the mothers

and fathers who produced them in stable and enduring family units.”

In 2015 she, along with the rest of the state cabinet and Governor Rick Scott, used $700,000 of taxpayer’s money to settle an open records lawsuit alleging they violated state law by making email accounts to hide their communications from state public records laws and then continued to withhold the documents.

Bondi requested Scott postpone the execution of Marshall Lee Gore, found guilty of raping and murdering 30-year-old Robyn Novick in 1988 and killing 19-year-old Susan Roark, because the execution conflicted with Bondi’s re-election kickoff party. The move cost the Department of Corrections around $1,000.

She has endlessly fought against the Affordable Care Act, signed a brief attempting to allow 18-yearolds to purchase firearms and, most disturbingly, stole a dog from a victim of Katrina.

“The mission of our team will be clear: put together the most highly qualified group of successful leaders who will be able to implement our change agenda in Washington,” said Trump. “This team is going to get to work immediately to Make America Great Again.”

If these are the caliber of people whose hands Trump plans on placing the fate of our nation, we are in for a long four years.

Breanne Williams is a senior majoring in mass communications.

This election has led to a divisiveness not previously seen in this nation. Protests are still underway in major cities across the U.S., African-Americans have been threatened online, Muslim women are being assaulted, and vandalism — including a number of swastikas — are being sprayed on bus stops and dorm rooms.

That hate-fueled vandalism has made its way to USF. “Graffiti was found on the walls with racial undertones that specified various individuals names and that if Hillary Clinton won there would be death,” USF University Police Public Information Officer Renna Reddick told The Oracle. “Similar types of messages were placed under their doors.”

The graffiti was thankfully written in a dry-erase marker, making it easy to remove. However, the issue is not whether the building has lasting damage or not, but rather the fact that individuals filled with so much abhorrent and detestable beliefs are still on the loose and have faced zero repercussions for their hate thus far.

This is an institution of higher learning. Everyone here has different beliefs and different morals. There are Clinton supporters who are against the protests and there are Trump supporters who are not racists. However, those who are radically acting out are stirring up the tension that has been rampant in our nation for years.

“I’m very concerned for the safety and well-being of students, faculty and staff at USF,” Viki Peer, a graduate student with Women’s and Gender Studies told The Oracle. “These explicit and public displays of racism and bigotry demonstrate the hostile environment on USF’s campus.”

Best-case scenario: the person responsible for the vandalism thought the incident would be humorous. But racism isn’t a joke.

People are being persecuted in this country because of how they look. You would have to be utterly blind to think institutional racism doesn’t exist. Making threatening statements toward your fellow students is not only inappropriate, it’s just sickening.

USF President Judy Genshaft sent an email to students Thursday reiterating that this campus was built on diversity and to not cave to the chaos created by this election.

“Whether or not you agreed with the outcome, the University of South Florida System remains a special place where respectful expression of one’s beliefs is encouraged,” Genshaft wrote.

“Public universities, and particularly USF, play an integral role in moving our nation forward as a united — yet diverse — community.”

Students need to rely on unity and not animosity to get us through the next four years.

Take a moment today and do something kind for a stranger. If you see someone in need take time out of your day to help. Flood this campus with love and the few students who are a physical embodiment of slime will quickly learn to repress their loathing or be isolated for it.

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By Abby Rinaldi S T A F F

W R I T E R

USF is about to get a lesson in the down and dirty.

YouTuber, sex educator and activist Laci Green is visiting campus on Tuesday as part of the University Lecture Series.

Green is the creator of Sex+, an education series that has seen widespread viewing, with Green’s YouTube “Best of Sex+” playlist having over 2.5 million views. She also works on an educational series for Planned Parenthood.

Green’s offline presence includes talks on sexual health and violence to various institutions, including government offices and universities. Her talk at USF will most likely focus on those areas, as well as Green’s community activism.

Since 2012, Green has visited more than 100 universities to give her talks, according to her website.

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the works.

The goal, according to Griffin, is to have the window open for students by April, offering them the chance to visit the parks during the summer.

“We need distractions sometimes. We work really hard, we pay a lot of money, and we’re broke,” Castro said. “I’m really excited about it.”

As for the cost for the tickets to the university, SG plans to purchase them at a group rate from the parks and sell them at discounted prices for students.

They are currently estimating the cost of the renovation for the ticket window to proceed for a secure business operation. The ticket sales will be self-generating within the parks and SG. Syllabus bank The final element being developed for students is an addition to the Oasis class registration search that will allow students to view the syllabuses for

YouTuber, sex educator and activist Laci Green will be coming to campus as part of the University Lecture Series on Tuesday. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the event is open to the public. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE a space for students to learn Coordinator for the Center for Berkeley where she studied law. She has a certification about sex positivity, sexual Student Involvement, said.

Green graduated from from the state of California in health and sexual violence prevention,” Marion Huntley, the University of California dating violence and rape crisis the classes they are interested in before registering, a new up-andcoming process throughout several universities.

Teachers will have the option to upload a new syllabus for the course, last semester’s syllabus or a summary of what the class will entail.

Although Griffin believes the plan for a syllabus bank will be very useful for students to plan out their semester, there is a concern that the system could be taken advantage of.

Students will have the option of taking an easy route throughout their college experience, choosing a lighter workload, minimizing their discipline and chances for a better educational practice.

Although this can be seen as an issue, Griffin intends it to be more good than harmful.

“We think that if a student wants to do that, they’re already doing that with Rate My Professor, using peer sources,” Griffin said.

“This provides the professor an opportunity to explain themselves, and give a factual area. Our goal is to allow students to be fully prepared when entering classes.”

Wendy Whitt, a mass

communications professor at USF, is also on board with the idea.

“I advocate making as much information available to people as possible so they can make sound decisions,” Whitt said. “From an educator’s perspective, I like it. I wish that when I was in college that had been available.”

Rate My Professor is used by students at many universities, influencing their decision to take certain classes based on the opinions of other students.

“I would much rather have my class be judged by information that is factual and what I put out there, than have it be judged by Rate My Professor,” Whitt said.

After researching what other universities have available for students, SG decided on planning out similar programs that could benefit USF as well, resulting in these new plans.

“We thought this could be something our students could definitely benefit from,” said Griffin. “In our process of figuring out what we’re going to campaign to do, we thought that these were some of the best things to do enhance our student experience.”

counseling, according to her website.

On Green’s website, it shows that she offers two educational program. One, titled “Best Sex Ever,” deals with sexual health and covers anatomy, STIs, consent and readiness for sex.

Her other program is called, “Taking Down Rape Culture,” which talks about rape culture and how to stop it. Green will be paid $16,500 for her appearance.

“Laci Green was recommended by a USF student to the University Lecture Series for consideration,” Huntley said. “She is the host of the YouTube channel Sex+ and was named one of the ‘30 Most Influential People on the Internet’ by TIME Magazine.”

Green will speak at the Marshall Student Center in the Oval Theater. Doors will open at 7:30 P.M. The event is open to the public and seats are first come, first serve with priority given to students.

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By Nicole Cate L I F E S T Y L E

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At this point in the semester, students are grateful for the arrival of Thanksgiving, which is a short reprieve from school just days before finals are supposed to start. For college kids, the two-day November vacation means extra study and recreational time, simultaneously.

However, everyone knows that Thanksgiving is more than a seasonal and temporary pardon for students. It’s time to spend with friends and family and discuss all of the things for which we are grateful while passing the gravy to Aunt Sarah.

Students, especially freshmen, view this holiday as a cure for homesickness, but not everyone is this lucky. For some, home may be too far or expensive to reach — international students from across one pond or another may spend over 24 hours between planes and local transportation as well as thousands of dollars on tickets.

No matter the reason, any Bull spending next weekend in Tampa, away from family, shouldn’t worry — there’s no reason this Thanksgiving can’t be as memorable as any other.

The first step is to find fellow students who aren’t going home as well. People should ask their friends if they have plans. If that doesn’t work out, the next step is to make a post on a “USF Class of” Facebook page, as this opportunity to make new friends may be disguising itself as a lonely vacation.

If a person prefers to spend this time alone, that’s just fine, but for the students who favor sticking to the spirit of the season, find a small group to celebrate with.

Apart from spending time with loved ones, a signature characteristic of Thanksgiving is the food. Though making the

Students staying in Tampa for Thanksgiving can either opt for the conventional large dinner or try a smaller substitute instead, depending on the size of their company. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE. entire spread — 15-pound turkey and all — is still an option for those who can’t do without it, students who are cooking for less than an extended family can experiment with the traditional meal.

One alternative is to make sandwiches with turkey slices, a cranberry sauce or spread, and stuffing. If this is too minimalist, students can opt for a smaller bird: try a roasting (or buying an already roasted) chicken instead.

Just because it’s a holiday doesn’t mean that there isn’t anything to do in the area. At 7:30 p.m., the night before Thanksgiving, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be facing off against the Philadelphia Flyers at Amalie Arena, and this is

the perfect opportunity for students to utilize the Lightning’s Student Rush program.

Students must first sign up by texting “RUSH” to 61873 so that they receive a student rush code on the day of the game. These tickets start at $20 for the best upper level seat available. Students can find out more at NHL.com.

The next morning, students can return to Amalie Arena for the Goody Goody Turkey Gobble Turkey Trot.

Registration prices for both the team and individual 5K start at $35, while registration for the 1-mile walk is $15.

Registration begins at 5:30 a.m., the 5K at 7 a.m. and the mile-long walk at 7:10 a.m.

All participants will receive a

T-shirt, participation medal and free post-race breakfast. Students who are interested can find the event on Facebook.

Those who aren’t big fans of hectic Black Friday marathons can spend the day downtown instead as Fourth Friday will be in full swing. Students can enjoy free and discounted events, food and attractions all while exploring Tampa.

Once downtown, people can get around for nothing by taking advantage of the In-Towner, which can be called by phone app, a complimentary hour of Coast Bikes, that new users get if they use the promotional code “FourthFriday1116,” and two free one-way trips per person on the Pirate Water

Taxi to certain places along the Riverwalk that are taking part in the festivities.

Be sure to pick up Fourth Friday wristbands first at any participating venue before starting the adventure. Students can head to FourthFridayTampa.com for a full list of the Tampa businesses taking part as well as any deals available.

What might be the best part of staying in Tampa for Thanksgiving weekend is the fact that students will be able to watch the USF vs. UCF football game at Raymond James Stadium if they want. The Bulls will be facing off against their rivals, the Knights.

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actively investigating, which is why the name of the hall has yet to be released.

UP met — in conjunction with housing — with students after the incident to encourage students to come forward with anything they might know that could help solve the case.

Reddick said the meeting lasted for about three hours with 40 students in attendance.

UP has also increased patrols in the area.

“Safety is always a priority on campus,” Milton Wendland, a professor with Women’s and Gender Studies, said. “Given events that are taking place across the nation, it makes sense that everyone in our campus community might take additional precautions.

“Emotions often run high during big events like campaigns, and that can often lead people to say or do things that violate our collective USF commitment to inclusion and safety.”

Peer said she’s heard people are concerned not just with

the act itself, but also by the fact UP didn’t notify students, who instead had to hear about it from an outside news source.

“I’m very concerned for the safety and wellbeing of students, faculty and staff at USF,” she said. “These explicit and public displays of racism and bigotry demonstrate the hostile environment on USF’s campus.

“Just because the racial slurs were able to be washed off doesn’t change the fact that a form of racially motivated harassment took place. This harassment seems to violate the student code of conduct … and the values that are outlined in the university’s current strategic plan.”

A similar incident occurred in the beginning of September in Cypress D when comments classified as racist and sexist were written on the walls and whiteboards, which were determined to be targeting a particular individual or individuals in the hall.

“I want the university to treat these incidents as racially motivated harassment and take measures to improve campus safety for all members

of the USF community,” Peer said.

Two days after the election, System President Judy Genshaft released a message to students encouraging them to continue embracing USF’s founding values of honoring and respecting each other’s diversity, ideas and beliefs regardless of their opinion on the election’s outcome.

Both Peer and Wendland expressed the belief that these safety concerns need to be addressed in a campus-wide manner.

“Addressing safety concerns has to be a campus-wide effort,” Wendland said. “As individuals we need to be aware of our surroundings and protect ourselves, but it is also important for campus administration, security, and individual departments and offices to take action as well.

“We are already seeing many student organizations and campus offices working to increase awareness of basic safety and reaching out to people across campus to establish buddy systems, for example.”

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got up under my contact, and that’s all I thought about the entire ceremony.”

Jolly said the most important takeaway from her Olympic experience that she still imparts on her sailors today is the importance of finding the right partner on the water.

“When you’re sailing a double-handed boat, you need to find the right person to compliment you,” Jolly said.

“Lynne and I worked well together because we were just so opposite. But when you are opposite, you have to be able to realize that we don’t think the same. We don’t do things the same, but it’s still important that we work together as a team because she’s bringing everything to the table that I don’t have. It’s tricky, and you have to have the right mindset to make it work.”

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finish in the SAISA Women’s Fall Championship and a sixth place result in the Charleston Open, USF will wrap up the 2016 fall season when it competes in the AAC Women’s Championship in Charleston, South Carolina, beginning Saturday.

One Bull who Jolly trusts to jell with teammates the way she and Jewell did in Seoul is fifth-year senior captain and mechanical engineering major Megan Hostetter.

Hostetter, who commutes everyday from USF’s Tampa campus to practice in St. Petersburg, gladly makes the drive to learn under a woman who she credits in making her the sailor and student she is today.

“She is a wealth of knowledge to say the least,” Hostetter said.

“I take the most away from her interpersonal skills, how she can easily communicate with so many different personalities on the team. Her ability

to talk to different types of people and explain one thing in so many different ways so that so many people can understand it is truly breathtaking.”

Jolly not only has the respect of her team, but the love and admiration of those lucky enough to learn from the Olympic hero.

“It really does speak to her experience not only with people, but as a coach and how much she really does mean to all of us,” Hostetter said.

“I really don’t think there is another coach out there with the amount of knowledge, the amount of interpersonal skills, and the amount of pure coaching ability that she does.

I couldn’t ask for a better coach.”

With the conference championship race and a Hall of Fame induction on the horizon, Jolly has an idea of how long she would like to remain at the helm of the USF sailing.

“Until they kick me out.”

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Bulls fall short in penalty kicks, Flowers invaluable lose AAC Championship

once again in win over Memphis

Denver Broncos win on blocked PAT In a wild back-and-forth game between the Denver Broncos and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon, the winning margin was decided on a blocked extra point Denver Broncos attempt that was returned for two points by Denver. New Orleans seemingly had the win wrapped up when quarterback Drew Brees threw a 32-yard touchdown to receiver Brandin Cooks to tie the game at 23 with 1:30 left.

But rather than winning the game on the extra point, rookie safety Justin Simmons lept over the long-snapper to block the kick and teammate Will Parks ran untouched to the Saints’ end zone to seal the 25-23 win.

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The USF men’s soccer team watches from midfield as Tulsa wins the AAC Championship with its fourth made penalty kick. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ a different story.”

Stefanovic ran forward to collect

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S E D I T O R The Bulls, who won the regular the ball, but found himself out of season conference title with a 6-1 position to make a stop as Tulsa record in AAC play, will have a forward Juan Sanchez poked the USF goalkeeper Spasoje chance to continue their season if ball over his head to even the Stefanovic could only watch as the selected for the NCAA Tournament match. match-clinching kick bounced to during the NCAA Selection Show With overtime providing nothhis left through the goal and the at 1 p.m. ing but more missed opportuniTulsa team took off toward the “It’s actually better in the big ties, two key penalty kick saves sideline in celebration at Corbett scheme of things because it goes from Tulsa goalkeeper and AAC Soccer Stadium. down as a tie, and our RPI is Defensive Player of the tournaWith the score tied at one good, so we expect to be at home ment Jake McGuire gave the apiece through regulation and two on Thursday night in the NCAA Golden Hurricane enough separaovertime periods, the game was (tournament),” Kiefer said. “After tion to hold off the Bulls. decided by penalty kicks in which a PK loss, there is a little more Though the Bulls’ regular seathe Golden Hurricane defeated emotion, so how do you get the son ended Sunday, Kiefer said USF 4-2 on Sunday to win the AAC guys back and lift them up? We’ll matches like these are what help Championship. do a good job having them ready prepare his team for the upcoming “I thought at times we really for Thursday.”

NCAA Tournament. took the match to them and I was USF took a 1-0 lead in the “When you talk about the team pleased with the performance,” 52nd minute when senior mid- being 0-3-2 five games into the coach George Kiefer said. “Give fielder Marcus Epps worked his year and winning the league with a Tulsa credit, they made some way through a pair of defenders game in hand, getting the tournachanges to their formation at half- to find senior forward Nazeem ment here, playing in the final, it’s time. They went away from what Bartman, who snuck the ball into excellent,” Kiefer said. “And now they typically do, so give them the bottom left corner of the net. we prepare for the next journey, credit.

In what was a defensively dom- which is the NCAA Tournament.

“But I thought it was a good inated match, Tulsa’s lone goal of “That’s really what everything final, it’s what you expect to see in the afternoon would be all it would is for leading up to it. This right a final. It could have went either need to send the game into over- now might hurt, but it’s a gift that way, I thought we had two or three time and eventually penalty kicks. we went through it and it’s almost looks late that if we tucked them The score came in the 72nd a dry run, so we look forward to in the far post, it might have been minute on a long ball in which the tournament.”

It’s hard to imagine where USF football would be in 2016 without Quinton Flowers.

Time and time again, the junior quarterback has beaten opponents into submission with an explosive offense that has scored over 40 points in of the Vinnie Portell seven Bulls’ ten CO M M EN TARY games.

S a t u rd ay night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium against Memphis, Flowers proved himself invaluable once again in USF’s 49-42 win.

Flowers began his record-setting night by opening the scoring with a 49-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Rodney Adams on the first drive of the game for USF (8-2, 5-1).

Following the score, the game quickly turned into a back-andforth affair that left both defenses gasping for air throughout the contest.

After that opening drive, Flowers would add four more touchdowns and set the conference record for most rushing yards by a quarterback with 210.

He excelled in the passing game as well, finishing 24-of-29 for 263 yards and the two scores.

“I told (Flowers) he’s got about eight eyes around his head or something because he sees everything,” coach Willie Taggart said. “I mean I don’t know how he sees it. I don’t know how he comes out of some of the stuff

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USF sailing coach set for Florida Sports HOF induction

By Chuck Muller S T A F F

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Out on the water, there’s not much that bothers USF sailing coach Allison Jolly.

Excluding the occasional visit from the team’s next door neighbors.

“If you get within 100 feet of any of their properties or boats, they come out with the guns pointed at you,” Jolly said. “It’s kind of intimidating.”

Aside from the rare visit from the team’s protective Coast Guard neighbors, Jolly’s 13 years leading the Bulls in her own backyard have been nothing short of smooth sailing.

Since taking over USF’s sailing program in 2004, Jolly has led the Bulls to 12 straight appearances in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women’s Dinghy Nationals every year since 2005, returning to the same waters in which she learned to sail at the age of 9.

After over a decade into her collegiate coaching career at USF, Jolly is set to be recognized as one of the state’s greatest champions with an induction into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

Jolly’s commitment to not only the sport of sailing, but her legacy as a teacher and mentor has led her to be elected to this year’s class that includes former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Super Bowl-winning head coach Jon Gruden and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Phil Esposito.

A bay area native, Jolly was born only a few miles from the Haney Landing Sailing Center at USF’s St. Petersburg campus.

As a child, Jolly originally took up swimming to beat the Florida heat. After realizing she was more competitive than other swimmers, her parents encouraged her to continue competing on the water any way she could. Before long, she was on her first dinghy.

Jolly knew instantly she was where she needed to be.

“One summer my parents put me in this Learn to Sail program and I … did well right away,” Jolly said. “I realized then this was the sport for me.”

Raised by Tampa-born parents, Jolly’s roots run deep in the bay area. The namesake of the Harvard & Jolly consulting firm, Jolly’s father was a key figure in the development of the St. Petersburg Public

USF sailing coach Allison Jolly won the gold medal for the United States in the first-ever sailing event in Olympic history. ORACLE PHOTO/CHUCK MULLER Library, St. Joseph’s Hospital and the inverted pyramid design of the old St. Petersburg Pier.

Jolly, who originally wanted to be an architect like her father, instead graduated from Florida State University with a degree in chemistry.

While in Tallahassee, Jolly would go on to win two Intercollegiate National Championships in 1976 and ’77 and became the youngest woman to win the U.S.

Yachtswoman of the Year Award in 1976 at the age of 20.

Jolly would go on to win the award again in 1988, a year that would turn out to be the climax of her sailing career.

Competing in the first women’s sailing event in Olympic history, Jolly and partner Lynne Jewell won the gold medal for the United States in a moment Jolly thinks about quite often.

Even more impressive is the fact that Jolly climbed to the

top of her sport while suffering from keratoconus, a condition that has caused Jolly to be legally blind in her left eye since the 3rd grade.

“What I think about (on the medal stand) honestly is ‘wow, there is sand or something in my eye, and my contact lens is killing me’,” Jolly said.

“Everyone said it was so cool that you looked like you had tears of joy … when actually the smallest grain of sand

FLOWERS

on the right sideline and burst forward for the first down.

Two plays later, Flowers ran for a 22-yard touchdown to give the Bulls the much-needed lead.

“That guy has freakish abilities,” Memphis coach Mike Norvell said. “We had him on the touchdown play, the last touchdown. Numerous plays we had someone there on him and he finds a way to escape and get out.

He’s done that to a lot of people.

That doesn’t make it any better for it to happen against us.”

Memphis (6-4, 3-3), which put up 608 yards behind a threetouchdown game from quarterback Riley Ferguson, was within reach until its final play on offense.

However, with the Tigers trailing by seven with a second down and goal at the USF threeyard line and the final minute of the game ticking off the clock, Ferguson’s final three passes to

the end zone were all defended

by USF defensive back Deatrick Nichols.

Though Nichols escaped with a clear pass interference no-call on fourth and goal, USF held on for the win.

As the Bulls move forward, they will have to keep winning and rely on Temple to lose one of its two remaining games (Tulane, East Carolina) in order to play in the conference championship.

While many Bulls fans may lament USF’s 36-20 loss at Temple that put the Owls in the driver’s seat of the postseason picture, they shouldn’t be quick to forget the player who’s taken them this far.

“I hope the whole country was watching this game tonight, especially the people who vote for awards at the quarterback position,” Taggart said. “(Flowers) is unbelievable. You show me someone better, that’s what I ask.”

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USF quarterback Quinton Flowers accounted for five touchdowns and a record-setting 210 rushing yards Saturday night.

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he comes out of. I said a couple of weeks ago, he’s like a video game, he’s got the cheat codes.”

If not for the third-year quarterback at the helm of the offense, USF would have stood no chance against a Tigers offense that essentially scored at will on the “Bull Sharks” all night long.

Deadlocked at 42 with fewer than five minutes to go, Flowers and USF were looking to strike for one more score to give the defense a chance to make a stop for the win.

Facing a third-and-eight at the Memphis 41-yard-line, the defense quickly got to Flowers before he could find a target.

But as the elusive quarterback was being dragged to the ground for what seemed like a drive-ending sack, he rifled a desperation throw to Adams, who was alone

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