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Ron Paul to champion individual liberty

By Wesley Higgins N E W S

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The last time Ron Paul visited USF, the then-presidential candidate rallied thousands of supporters with his vision of liberty. Tonight, the retired congressman returns after two years with a message of resilience.

“Change comes from the people,” he said in an interview with The Oracle. “That’s why I concentrate on a generation of young people who can make a change.”

Paul said that change is the reclamation of liberty, which he defines as the natural right to say and do whatever an individual sees fit, as long as no harm is done and tolerance is embraced.

“If we follow individual liberty we would have a much more prosperous society,” he said. “We would have a much more peaceful society that honors and respects a person’s own interest in their life and their money.”

When Paul looks at the direction in which the U.S. is headed, he said the country is moving away from the founding ideals that promoted individual liberty

Former congressman Ron Paul sees the youth’s discontent with government as an opportunity to preach personal liberty, free markets and non-interventionist military policy. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE over collective security.

Privacy, he said, is one aspect of freedom that citizens appear willing to sacrifice.

“Everyone knows that the government knows everything about everybody, and every day they

seem to know more,” he said.

“What has happened is that people have changed their notion of what government is for.”

Paul said U.S. citizens are growing doubtful of their ability to face the world, so instead they relin-

quish control and responsibility to those in power.

“The government is supposed to be set up to protect liberty, not to make you perfectly safe or to give you perfect economic

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Engineers look to nature for answers

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

Though many think of academia as full of recluse professors, locked away in their messy, book-filled offices, Luther Palmer, assistant professor of research in the College of Engineering, spends his days tinkering with a robot named Hexable.

Palmer credits the Terminator franchise for sparking his interest in robotics.

However, unlike the robots depicted in the films, he wanted to make robots that will better society.

“Imagine if we could build something like a squirrel. It could run into burning buildings to look for survivors,” he said. “It could swim underwater too look

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security,” he said. “Anything that scares, now people say, ‘What’s the government going to do?’”

The Ebola crisis, he said, is an example of citizens overreacting and looking to the government for a promise of safety.

But it is the young people, Paul said, who are the likeliest to take back the reigns of individual liberty.

“I think a lot of young people understand this better than people who are now adjusted,” he said. “That’s why I believe the message I’ve been delivering is so well received on college campuses.”

Paul became a cultural icon during his presidential bids, especially among youth. He said he resonates with young people because they distrust conventional wisdom and eagerly wish to make history their own.

“Young people know they’ve heard nonsense, generally speaking,” he said. “There are professors around now who talk like how I talk, but there’s not very many.”

The entire system of education is something Paul would like to change. He said online courses and privatized education would offer a cheaper alternative to modern universities.

“Students find their degree isn’t worth as much as people thought

for people who’ve fallen into a patch of ice … I’m interested in pursuing that multimodal ability.”

Palmer’s recent findings in controlling legged locomotion were published in the July 2014 issue of Autonomous Robots.

Palmer’s paper stemmed from experimenting with Hexable, a six-legged robot.

John Rippetoe, a graduate student in computer engineering, works with Palmer and helps to write algorithms for the robots movements.

Rippetoe said the biomorphic machine took nearly four years and $3,500 to build and has the ability to advance space exploration.

“All the rovers we have on Mars are wheeled systems, so they have to carefully choose

their paths, because they can’t get over big rocks. This happened with the Curiosity rover: it got holes in its wheels,” he said. “But if (NASA) had a legged system, they wouldn’t have to worry about the terrain.”

Creating biomorphic technology, Palmer said, is often an underestimated and undervalued endeavor.

“These robotics systems become embodiments of those mathematical equations, but sometimes people just see them as toys,” he said. “The algorithms and mechanics that go on behind the scenes make these really strong research tools.”

While in college as an engineering student, Palmer said he began to think about making something that synthesized nature with a biomorphic tech-

it should be worth,” he said.

“They end up with a lot of debt and they’re having trouble finding a good job to pay off the bills.”

However, Paul said it’s not entirely the fault of education.

Much of it is due to economic planning based on the Federal Reserve’s manipulation of money and credit, he said, and overspending.

“Just as communism and fascism was proven destructive in the 20th century, we’re in the midst of proving the failure of Keynesian economics,” he said.

“We need another option and that option is a different approach to free market economics.”

Though the midterms brought in Republicans more likely to bolster free markets, Paul said it’s only change of those in power rather than a shift in philosophy.

“I wasn’t crying over seeing Harry Reid getting bumped from power,” he said. “The one thing I worry about is that the new people are going to be closer to the militancy of John McCain than they will be of my son Rand.”

Whether Senator Rand Paul runs for president or stays in Congress, his father said the resolve must come from the people at the bottom.

“If the people still insist their congressmen vote for more war and no monetary reform, nobody can do much,” he said. “If they didn’t, Congress wouldn’t vote this way.”

Even if more people take his

message to heart, Paul said reform would take time and patience.

“I didn’t go to Washington and expect to be successful by giving a fancy speech and converting all of Congress,” he said. “I would have to forget all about the lobbyists and the power behind the system.”

Inside or outside Congress, Paul said his goal is to change the attitude of the people — ­ the rest will follow.

“I never had any major legislation, but I reached a lot of people,” he said. “It’s just different today, I have more free time to go where I want to go rather than spending time in Washington spinning my wheels.”

Though he is retired at 79 years old, Paul said talking to youth inspires him to continue delivering his political message.

“I got a lot of credit for energizing young people,” he said. “The truth is that it’s probably a mutual deal.”

Paul said he hopes his lecture tonight at 8 in the Marshall Student Center Ballroom motivates students. According to Paul’s contract, the event will cost $40,000 and include a Q&A with the audience and a book signing.

“I used to go to little clubs of 15 or 20 people hoping to convert two or three. Now the numbers are much greater,” he said. “It’s more enjoyable because my goal is to get people to consider a different philosophy than we’ve been following.”

nology.

In nature, legs accomplish locomotion. They’re capable of walking, running, jumping, climbing and swimming.

“If we could build a legged system to replicate nature, it would be laughable to think about any other technology,” he said. “Especially wheeled systems that could compete with that.”

Military use and search-andrescue operations are also future applications, Rippetoe said.

However, the idea of getting biomorphic robots on the surface of Mars is something that Palmer doesn’t see happening for another decade or so.

But, he said, there are shortterm goals, such as autonomously walking up stairs.

“That would provide an ave-

nue for these systems to be used in the house,” he said. “You could follow an elderly person around the home to make sure they haven’t fallen, or to make sure they’ve taken their medicine.”

Ultimately, Palmer said he wants to make tools that people can use to their benefit.

“As engineers and researchers, our job is to keep pushing the technology and making it better,” he said. “My goal is to provide the world with this really great legged system that lets people’s creativity dictate what the usage is.”

Palmer and his research team are continuing to gather data from the Hexable robot in the hopes of publishing their findings for other science journals.

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Student body president Jean Cocco gave the state of the student body address Tuesday in the Marshall Student Center. His speech focused on Student Government’s goal to improve campus safety and relationships with off-campus organizations. ORACLE PHOTO / ADAM MATHIEU

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Brazil, currently plays for Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward recently played for the Under-18 Brazilian National Team. In 18.8 minutes per game, he averaged six points and 6.2 rebounds.

“Tulio is really a special player,” Antigua said in a press release. “He is somewhat unheralded right now as people are just starting to get to know him. He had a fantastic summer with the 18-and-under Brazilian National Team. He is someone who can have a really big impact for us on the boards, running in transition and playing the way we want to play in multiple positions.”

The school has yet to announce the addition of junior college transfer Luis Montero.

According to ESPN.com, Montero committed to USF on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-8 forward had offers from Alabama, Arizona, SMU and West Virginia.

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ball, he’s a very physical and efficient player.”

Bulls preparing for Memphis’ defense

Coach Orlando Antigua has received National Letters of Intent from three recruits and a fourth is expected to be announced soon. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

Memphis’ defense has been exceptional this season, holding opponents to 17.5 points per game, which is the eighth best in the nation. Memphis (7-3, 5-1) has 14 seniors on defense and Wulff said that is an essential aspect of the Tigers’ success.

“They’re a very veteran football team,” Wulff said. “Their defense has a lot of seniors that know their system. I think their team speed is very good.

They don’t make mistakes and they don’t hurt themselves, so that’s why they’re good.”

Both Reiter and McFarland said they expect Memphis to blitz the Bulls often, but that will be nothing new for them.

“They have a 3-4 defense.

They have a ton of blitzes and they like to disguise a lot of things,” McFarland said.

The game-winning drive at SMU USF had a 21-play drive that included three fourth downs to end the game with a victory against SMU. McFarland said the offense’s resiliency has given even more meaning to the Bulls’ final two games.

“Well, that means we can win these last two games so we can get to that bowl,” McFarland said. “We can play with any team.”

Reiter said the Bulls and Johnson would not be denied on a fourth down run on the crucial drive.

“I remember blocking my guy and I look to my right and see the pile starting and I see two of our guys in there,” Reiter said. “I look down the line real quick and I see the first down marker and I think to myself ‘Oh crap, we better get this one.’ So I went full steam right into that pile and just kept pushing it.”

USF (4-6, 3-3) will play Memphis on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

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Pumpkin alternatives for thanksgiving

By Courtney Combs L I F E S T Y L E

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Despite what most retailers are saying, Christmas is not around the corner — Thanksgiving is. And while Starbucks may already be slinging red cups filled with candy cane flavored coffee, pumpkin is still the flavor of the week.

Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving staple, and arguably the end all, be all of pumpkin-based foods.

However, for those looking to change it up or try something new this Thanksgiving, there are several other relatively easy recipes that can add a little flair to the dessert table or even put those leftover cans of pumpkin mush to good use.

in a deep cookie sheet or large Pyrex pan, depending on the desired size. The key to making a pumpkin roll lies in the cooling. As soon as it comes out of the oven, sprinkle powdered sugar on a cake cloth or large, thin kitchen towel, flip the contents of the pan onto the towel, roll it up and leave it to cool. This will ensure the dessert keeps its shape after being filled.

Frosting can be purchased premade, but is also very quick and easy to make from scratch. Wait until the crust is rolled up and cooling before preparing the frosting, this will allow the loaf enough time to cool. After the dessert is filled and rerolled, sprinkle powdered sugar

on top for a more impressive look.

Pumpkin bread It’s important to start off a day almost entirely dedicated to eating with a hearty breakfast. Pumpkin bread packs all of the sweet and spice-filled goodness of pumpkin pie into a slightly more socially acceptable breakfast food.

For those who would like to make their pumpkin bread from scratch, several recipes are available online that vary in difficulty. For amateurs in the culinary arts, there are many different brands of box

mixes available at any store that sells cake mix.

Pumpkin bread is usually pretty delicious on its own, but can go very well with cream cheese.

Pumpkin pasties This treat, made famous by the Harry Potter series, is so easy to make it’s like magic.

A pumpkin pasty is a small envelope of dough packed with a sweet pumpkin filling, and looks like something you may have picked up from a gourmet bakery.

The dough is regular pie crust, which can either be made fresh, or for those in

a hurry, purchased premade, rolled-out and ready to go from the grocery store. Several recipes for filling are available online, and generally consist of very few ingredients that can be whipped together in a matter of minutes.

The easiest way to get the pumpkin filling into the pasty is by cutting circles, about four or five inches in diameter, out of the pie crust, dropping a spoonful of filling into the middle and folding the dough circle in half.

Wet the edges of the dough circles prior to folding them shut and use a fork to press the edges together in order to ensure they stay closed.

Before stuffing the pasties in the oven, make sure to cut small slits in the tops to allow steam to escape.

Pumpkin roll A well-made pumpkin roll looks far more difficult to make than it really is, and tastes fantastic.

The pumpkinbased dessert is traditionally filled with a cream cheese frosting, but also goes well with vanilla or cinnamon fillings.

Various recipes for the crust and the fillings can be found online and generally require a bit of culinary skill to pull off.

The loaf is very thin and usually baked in a jellyroll pan, but can also be prepared

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Physical science students act as personal trainers

By Allison Leslie

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Teachers and students are swapping roles at the gym for a physical science class where students act as personal trainers for faculty members who want to get in shape.

“The major goal is to give these students some real world practical experience,” said the professor of the course, JoAnn EickhoffShemek.

PET 4088 puts students in groups of two to work together with one faculty member over the semester. The group meets once a week and one other day on their own time.

For student partners Mallory Johnson and Ian Houston the experience has been great and has taught them a lot about personal training.

“It’s a really great experience and it’s such a good way to be ushered into training people one

on one,” Johnson said. “You get a partner so it kind of boosts your confidence a little bit because if you fail in one thing your partner will catch it.”

The students and trainee work out for 50 minutes to an hour then the students go straight to a lecture for another hour and a half.

Johnson and Houston work together to train Sylvia Diehl, a professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department. Diehl has been through a lot this semester and one accident left her with a sore lower back.

Johnson explained that with lower back pain, exercises have to be prepared to help strengthen Diehl’s back without causing any damage or pain.

“They listen to me a lot because I had a wreck in the middle of (training period) and have previous health problems, so they’ve been really good about deciding what I do cardio-wise, depending kind of

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The bull statues in front of the Marshall Student Center were lit with teal lighting as part of ‘It’s on Us’ week. ORACLE PHOTO / ADAM MATHIEU

on how I am that day,” Diehl said.

Before the course started, Johnson and Houston met with Diehl once to talk about her goals, then sat down and developed a general outline for the semester.

Each week student trainers are required to come up with lesson plans for the workouts and Johnson and Houston split the responsibility up for Diehl’s workout.

“Ian will usually make the weightlifting part and then I’ll come back in and add a lot of different core exercises for back strengthening and some cardio intervals,” Johnson said.

A normal workout will consist of cardio and weightlifting for Diehl, though every trainee is different and each workout depends on that trainee’s goals.

Diehl starts her routine with 15 minutes of cardio on an elliptical, bicycle or treadmill, depending on how her back feels.

“We do intervals; so I warm up

for five minutes, then I do one minute of hard and then one minute of kind of calm,” she said. “Then after that we do upper body or lower body weights and then we stretch.”

Johnson explained that lesson plans for each week are necessary because the general outline made at the beginning of the course is likely to change. Lesson plans are based on results from the previous week and Johnson said if Diehl had good results with one machine, then they may add more workouts with that particular machine into next week’s lesson plan.

“They really know the machines and what they didn’t know, they didn’t try to do,” Diehl said. “If I had a question or if they weren’t sure if that particular machine was good for me, they would find out.”

With each workout, the student trainers are learning as well.

Though they already have knowledge of the physical aspects of the

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course, they are learning social aspects through their trainee.

“I think the coolest thing is learning how to convey (knowledge) to someone that doesn’t have the same background as myself,” Johnson said. “Being accurately able to convey it so they are passionate and want to apply it to their own life.”

The experience is great for any physical science students, Johnson said, but the course isn’t just for those wanting to be trainers.

Johnson said she wants to become a physical therapist and this course prepares her for that.

Partners help each other broaden their knowledge of physical sciences through the semester and their trainee helps them evolve as trainers.

“I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to going to the gym before,” Diehl said. “Mallory and Ian have just made me feel so at home.”

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How Thanksgiving got served ask for turkey to go as they hurry out the door for savings.

Despite a general criticism of stores intruding on Thanksgiving, a New York Times article reported sales in stores for Thursday and Friday shopping actually went up 2.3 percent last year.

However, there is still hope for the family, as some stores are emphasizing not being open on Thanksgiving Day; for instance, Nordstrom posted to its Facebook that it likes “the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time.”

The choice to actually keep Black Friday on Friday has gained positive feedback from the public as that Nordstrom post received 20,000 likes on Facebook within 24 hours, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Other stores refusing to dip into Thanksgiving include Costco; Barnes and Noble; Bed, Bath and Beyond; and GameStop.

Clearly, those stores keeping the doors shut until the early hours of Black Friday do not want to take employees away from their families just for the sake of starting sales half a day in advance. These retailers understand that consumers will still show up in mass on Black Friday, after all, that is the designated shopping day of the year.

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While tents may pop up in front of stores like Best Buy a week before Black Friday, it should not be taken as a sign that the rest of the world is overly eager to get that flat-screen TV for half off.

Over the past few years, in an effort to please eager shoppers of the holiday season, major retail chains such as Wal-Mart and JCPenney have moved their Black Friday sales to Thanksgiving Day. These stores choosing to open on Thanksgiving Day rather than waiting until Black Friday have been criticized as they take away the limited sales stock from those who would rather rub elbows with family at the dinner table than strangers in a checkout line.

For instance, JCPenney has announced they will be opening at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, which will likely cause some to

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Thanksgiving are also at fault for encouraging people to leave their homes on a holiday as customers fear that many of the items they were hoping for will already be cleared from the shelves by those willing to go out early. Not only does this push people to go out to the stores on Thanksgiving, it also robs some shoppers of the fun that comes with taking part in the real Black Friday.

If one is fortunate, then Thanksgiving is a day for family and friends to spend time together and consume massive amounts of food. There should be no reason to put the fork down and hit the stores just to buy material things. What stores like JCPenney and Wal-Mart and some shoppers don’t realize is that going shopping can wait.

If people choose not to take part in these Thanksgiving Day sales, then stores may get the message that people would rather be home than out shopping.

Some retailers already understand the importance of remaining closed on Thanksgiving, now it just needs to be common knowledge that employees and shoppers are better off at home.

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What you said Multimedia editor Adam Mathieu asked students if they think the USF vs. UCF football game being scheduled to start at noon on Black Friday will affect attendance.

“I think the people that really want to be there for it will go, but the people that go just to have fun and hang out with friends won’t be there. You have to really want to go.”

— Sebastian Figueroa, a sophomore majoring in music education “Attendance is already bad.

Maybe if it were at night people would go, but the morning rush will take away from it.” ­— Cody Garcia, a sophomore majoring in business

“Its always a problem to have a game on Black Friday, people are usually home with family or shopping. I would only go if I decide not to do anything for the holiday.”

Adam Mathieu is a junior majoring in studio art.

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Clutch: USF’s other freshman RB

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

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After running for 275 yards in the season opener against Western Carolina, all eyes were on freshman running back Marlon Mack. Since then, Mack has continued to excel and has already broken the record for rushing yards in a season by a USF freshman.

While Mack still remains a reliable running back for the Bulls, freshman D’Ernest Johnson, who has been nicknamed “Clutch” by coach Willie Taggart, has become a viable weapon in the Bulls’ struggling offense.

The nickname has caught on with his teammates, who are taking notice of the freshman’s big play ability.

“He’s a tremendously hard worker,” senior tight end Mike McFarland said. “As you can see, whenever the ball is in his

hands, he’s liable to go all the way.”

Johnson has had catches of at least 20 yards in his past two games and scored the Bulls’ first touchdown against SMU on a 12-yard catch.

Senior center Austin Reiter said Johnson’s tendency for big plays is starting to have its effects on the team.

“It’s great because everybody feeds off of his energy,” Reiter said. “People make big plays and it energizes the group and makes everyone play more confident.”

But, making big plays isn’t the only thing Johnson has had success with this season. “(He’s good at) all of it,” offensive coordinator Paul Wulff said. “And I think that’s what makes him so valuable, that he’s got great ball skills to catch the ball, he’s an excellent blocker. When he gets the

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Antigua adds two to 2015 class

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

Freshman running back D’Ernest Johnson scored his first touchdown for the Bulls in the fourth quarter against SMU. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

Women’s Basketball

Bulls earn first-ever national ranking

By Zach Lowie

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Junior guard Courtney Williams earned an AAC Honor Roll mention this week after averaging 18 points in the Bulls’ two weekend wins. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

Men’s Basketball

Coming off two wins against teams in ESPN’s top-50 RPI, the USF women’s basketball team received its first ranking in program history in the USA Today Top-25 Poll.

The Bulls’ two wins this season came last weekend when they defeated Villanova 57-56 on a neutral court and Chattanooga 59-57 on the road. These tough wins proved to be enough to garner the Bulls the No. 25 ranking in the poll’s latest installment.

Sunday marked the first home loss for Chattanooga in 41 games, ending a 40-game home winning streak that was previously the longest in the nation.

Although this has been the start USF (2-0) hoped for, there are still challenges ahead. With games against Oklahoma and

Kentucky later this month, the team will look to continue grinding out victories. Kentucky is currently ranked ninth in the nation and Oklahoma is receiving votes.

Over the first two games, junior guard Courtney Williams was a standout performer for the Bulls, averaging 18 points and nine rebounds and earning AAC Honor Roll mention.

Williams and the rest of the team continue their road trip Wednesday night at Maryland to face the No. 8 Terrapins at 7 p.m. These two teams have only met one previous time, with Maryland winning the 2013 season opener in the Sun Dome, 78-70.

The Bulls are looking for not only redemption, but also an upset before returning for their home opener Saturday at 2 p.m. against UNC-Asheville.

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Coach Orlando Antigua and the Bulls’ coaching staff have gotten off to a quick start in their rebuilding efforts, adding two more recruits in the national early signing period, with another reported to be on the way.

Forwards Luis Santos and Tulio Da Silva were announced as the latest additions to the 2015 recruiting class and ESPN.com rates both as four-star athletes.

Antigua said he not only looks for players that have the physical ability to fit into his up-tempo system, but also players that are invested in his plans for the Bulls.

“You try to fulfill needs and you try to upgrade where you can talent-wise and then you try to identify kids that fit the way you want to play and also understand and appreciate the vision that you have for the program,” Antigua said.

But what was most impressive to Antigua wasn’t what the players can do on the basketball court.

“You want to try to bring in kids that want to be a part of what we’re trying to build here at South Florida and that want to be here,” Antigua said. “That says a lot about those kids, to be able to commit this early with a new staff with so many unanswered questions that are going to be out there.”

Santos, a 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward from Sunrise Christian Academy in the Bronx, New York, averaged 11.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 14 games last season. In his first game this season, Santos contributed 18 points and 14 rebounds in a 95-28 win.

Da Silva, originally from

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