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Increase in free prints approved by SG Senate

By Maria Ranoni M A N A G I N G

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After a lengthy and heated discussion, Student Government (SG) Senate approved an unallocated cash request that would make it possible to increase students’ allowable daily free prints from $2.50 to $3.

Student Body President Moneer Kheireddine presented the $45,000 request to Senate on Tuesday and 42 senators voted yes while seven voted no.

Assuming Kheireddine will sign off on the request since he made it, it’s likely that the increase in free prints will be implemented within a week or so, according to him.

Printing at USF costs students 11 cents per black-andwhite page and 22 cents per color page. With the current $2.50 allocation, about 22 blackand-white pages and about 11 color pages can be printed

before charging students. With the $3 allocation, students can print roughly 27 black-andwhite pages and 13 pages in color.

Although this request — which would increase free prints for the first time since 2005, according to Kheireddine — passed with a wide margin, many Senators expressed weariness of the request during the discussion period.

Some Senators also suggested that even if there is no need, students will not turn down an increase of free services.

“We’ve had the same amount for over five years and it hasn’t been a huge issue like people haven’t gone crazy over their prints or anything,” Sen. Sofia Araripe of the College of Engineering said. “If you’re going to give candy to kids, they’re going to accept it.”

Kheireddine, however,

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The change will be a 50 cent difference, increasing allocations from $2.50 to $3. ORACLE FILE PHOTO

‘We want to have a louder voice than those voices of hate’ The office of the Dean of Students is launching a new campaign to combat hate speech and violence.

By Jesse Stokes E D I T O R

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Following heinous events like mass shootings, heavy political discussion or hate speech, students can be left wondering where they fit in and what can be done to ensure that such events stop occurring.

It is for that reason that

the Dean of Student Affairs and Student Success Danielle McDonald created the “Love Over Hate” campaign.

The campaign, however, is meant to be proactive, not reactive to a specific event.

“We had quite a few weeks where there was hateful messaging going out on our own campus or across the nation,”

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McDonald said. “Every time something like that happens, students contact me and they want to know what is USF’s stance on it, what are our values?

“So, instead of having to keep reminding people what our values are every time something happens, I want to be proactive and create a campaign that shows very clearly what our value is.

Our value is that commitment to honor. We resolve to respect the dignity and value of all persons.”

McDonald said the campaign has a couple of different aspects to it. One being to flood the campus with a message of choosing love over hate and that love can defeat hate.

The second aspect of the campaign is to educate people

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on the programs and services available to members of the USF community. This is to help create a more inclusive environment on campus.

The third part of the campaign is to create a workgroup in January. The workgroup will decide what education and resources are not available

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Additional electronic car charging stations added to campus

By Alyssa Stewart N E W S

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Covered equipment and “section closed for maintenance” signs may be seen around campus, such as in the Collins Boulevard Parking Facility, in preparation for the 10 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that are being added.

The USF Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) is funding the project through the semesterly $1-per-credithour student fee. Nainan Desai, the assistant director of Facilities Management, said operations for the EV charging stations will begin in one to two weeks.

According to the SGEF proposal form, the project will reduce 52,377.7 kilograms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and will have a carbon reduction of 57.73 tons.

The $216,079 project is funded through the $183,079 in the SGEF’s total project budget. The remaining costs will be funded by the Facilities Management, according to Desai.

There is no fee to use the EV charging stations as long as there is a parking permit on the vehicle, according to the Parking and transportation Services (PATS) website, however there is a four hour charging limit.

The electric cars are encouraged on campus, since they do not release carbon dioxide emissions, unlike gasoline-powered vehicles.

A total of two EV charging stations will be implemented in each new location.

The new EV charging stations will be in the Crescent Hill Parking Garage, Leroy Collins Parking Facility, Laurel Parking Garage, the athletics parking lot and the Social Science (SOC) parking lot.

The five current EV charging stations are being used to their exceeding capacity due to the estimated 27 users on campus, according to the SGEF proposal

A total of 10 new charging stations are being put in place around campus. ORACLE PHOTO/JESSE STOKES form.

According to the PATS website, there are two of EV charging stations located on the first level of USF Beard Garage, two are near USF Cedar Circle just east of the Marshall Center (MSC) and one is in lot 23B near the Patel Center.

In 2014, a petition that gained 1,200 student signatures was in full support of adding more EV charging stations on campus. The creators for the project believe that the EV charging stations are just as important today, according to the SGEF website.

Desai said once the chargers are operational, PATS will be enforcing the area and making sure that only people with electric cars are parking in those spaces. According to the

SGEF website, the project leaders said that they are advocating for a separate parking pass to be made available by PATS so that the spots are not being taken advantage of.

The SGEF website said the 10 new EV chargers will further enable electric cars to be a viable means of transportation and reduce harmful emissions from the environment.

“The chargers will provide increased number of facilities for use of electric vehicles by students, staff, and visitors,” Desai said in an email to The Oracle. “It is hoped that this will provide cleaner environment for the campus and community.”

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maintained that an increase in free prints is necessary to improve students’ education and convenience.

“Every time we (Khiereddine and Student Body Vice President Shaquille Kent) would outreach to the student body, it was almost always a consistent response that students aren’t getting enough prints,” Kheireddine said.

Students’ “free” prints are actually funded through the Activity and Service fee, which every student pays as a part of their tuition.

Currently, SG gives RICOH, the company that contracts printing services to USF, $240,000 to cover the $2.50 print allocation. According to Kheireddine, this amount does not cover the actual cost of this current allocation, but RICOH covers the remainder to make it possible.

Kheireddine conducted a trial run during the 201718 academic year in which students were allocated $3 for a short period of time. RICOH determined that $60,000 would be required to fully fund the $0.50 increase in prints.

In Tuesday’s Senate meeting, Kheireddine said the printing budget currently has $255,000 out of the $300,000 needed, explaining the $45,000 request.

However, the original $60,000 request was initially made and approved last year, but because of the 15 percent across-the-board cuts made by

SG Senate to new initiatives like this one, it was unable to be followed through on.

Kheireddine said that the passage of this request could put SG in a positive light.

“Even if students aren’t using the full amount, every student is going to see that their free amount went up and that Student Government did it,” Kheireddine said.

This was brought up in the discussion, though some senators said it was irresponsible to approve something just because it is likely an idea that is popular with students.

“I’m just not absolutely sure that there’s a demand for this,” Sen. Gruhonjic Hanan said. “I’d like to see more poll numbers or some actual data ... rather than spending almost $50,000 to up our appearance in front of the student body, so people will like us more.”

In her discussion point, Sen. Laura Diaz stressed the importance of the increase in free prints given that students use this to print study materials, as well as assignments often.

“I don’t know why you guys are thinking this is so crazy,” Diaz said. “This is a little bit of money for the amount of people it’s going to help.”

Regardless of the discussion points though, senators did vote overwhelmingly in favor so it is likely students will see the increase soon, although an official day has not been announced.

“This is a pretty essential service,” Kheireddine said.

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on campus but should be implemented. Students, faculty and staff are expected to be represented in the workgroup, including students who may not have an existing leadership role, but are hoping to add one.

Some of the materials to help roll out this campaign are buttons, of which McDonald said she hopes “every student on the campus will have one,” as well as other forms of signage and flyers.

McDonald said some of the outreach to students, faculty and staff will take place once a week in the atrium of the Marshall Student Center, where they will be passing out such materials and informing people of the new campaign and inclusivity.

The Dean of Students office will be working with the office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity to completely roll out the campaign.

Winston Jones, the associate dean of student affairs, said that in the weeks to come, student

involvement will be a priority.

“Our hope over the next couple of weeks is to have some sort of opportunity for students to sign up for the different things that we are going to develop,” Jones said. “We are just starting and we want to be able to connect with (students) to shoot this campaign out to everybody.”

However, it is not just about student involvement with new events, as Jones said the campaign is also going to be used to help promote existing events, such as the Abilities Dance — which brings professional dancers with disabilities to campus to perform and lead workshops with students and community members.

For McDonald, it is not just about saying love is more powerful than hate but also taking action to prove it.

“It is one thing to wear buttons and to talk about being allies and being inclusive, but the one thing we really want to do is create action,” McDonald said.

She said that the campaign could also help those who are committing acts of hate. By

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her experience with students, McDonald said that in many instances, students are remorseful after they say hateful things and say that it is not who they are.

Her hope is that when students who may have acted out of hate in the past, they will see the campaign and realize that they need to act differently. For those who truly have hate in the core of their being, McDonald said all she can hope is that the campaign helps to teach them to act with respect.

“We can disagree, we can not like each other, but on this campus, we will respect the value and dignity of all,” McDonald said.

Jones said that in terms of hate and violence, he hopes the “Love Over Hate” campaign will help bring people together.

McDonald echoed those points and said in the end, it all comes down to respect and inclusiveness.

“We want to have a louder voice than those voices of hate,” McDonald said.

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Automatic recounts protect the democratic process ●

By Aida Vazquez-Soto O P I N I O N

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Florida’s races are notoriously some of the tightest in the country, often times decided by margins of 1 percent or less.

The midterms only emphasized this pattern. Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R) won by exactly 1 percent and two statewide races — U.S. Senator and Agricultural Commision — triggered automatic recounts by falling into margins of .4 percent.

Recounts may leave the results in limbo for a few weeks, but ultimately voters should be glad that automatic recounts are a part of the system. It makes elections more secure and Automatic recounts may take time, but they are worth it in the end. ensures popular faith in our SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE democratic systems.

Florida’s system of recount Republican officials, both to see in their government. most famously drew attention elected and appointed, The downside to the during the 2000 Presidential automatic recounts help avoid process is clear. Political wins election, when former Vice questions of partisanship and are delayed and the future of President Al Gore (D) and corruption. Republicans stand a community’s policy is left former President George Bush to gain from the current results; hanging in the balance. But (R) triggered the state’s rules for it would leave the state cabinet delaying gratification, in this an automatic recount. While the and Senate seats red. But by case, is the difference between White House may not be at stake making the counting of votes listening to the choice of the this time around, the highly a non-partisan procedure, we voters and falsely representing polarized political climate ensure that vested interests do them. makes some uneasy about the not interfere with democratic Ultimately, Florida is headed potential for a recount. elections. into a few weeks of confusion The Senate race between Recounts also offer a unique as we await the final results. incumbent Bill Nelson (D) and opportunity to count all votes But Floridians should celebrate. outgoing governor Rick Scott cast in a given election. Normally, Free societies are safest when (R) is particularly contentious. mail-in ballots, early votes, and voters know that their voices Nelson’s seat is one that day-of votes are counted. When will be protected and heard.

Republicans nationally had recounts are triggered, however, Automatic recounts do exactly been aiming to flip in order to provisional and absentee ballots that. strengthen conservative power are also counted. It is a special in the Senate. opportunity to get the widest Aida Vazquez-Soto is a senior In a state dominated by view of what the electorate wants majoring in political science.

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Humanity is partially restored by the passing of Amendment 13

By Zoe Zbar C O R R E S P O N D E N T

Like the ball in basketball or the puck in hockey, that’s how greyhounds are used in the sport of dog racing. Man’s best friend quickly turns to man’s best money maker.

When hitting the polls this week, the last amendment — No. 13 — was not the priority decision for most voters. One might have seen dogs were involved and decided to care enough to vote “yes.”

Although you cared for one day, these dogs have been struggling for years.

Being put at the end of an already cluttered ballot, the amendment’s success depended on those who truly cared enough to make the difference.

And we made the difference, although over two million disagreed.

Some people simply don’t understand the cruelty of dog racing. This sport is riddled with abuse and neglect. It’s just another way to gamble. Except this gambling has living, breathing animals at stake.

According to ASPCA, over the course of seven years there have been 11,722 Greyhound injuries. These include crushed skulls, broken backs, paralysis and electrocutions. If not killed when seen as unimportant to their owners, they’re sent to kennels to be used as breeding stock.

Those puppies we take

home from the shelter. Those dogs we consider family. One would be sick to know the truth about how these graceful greyhounds are treated in this sport. Once their “careers are over,” the many not adopted are euthanized.

What if when you retire or aren’t right for a certain job, instead of losing that job you lose your life? Seems rough.

Since the amendment passed, dog racing will be phased out by 2020. Abuse and unnecessary killings will end.

With this abolishment, people will lose their jobs.

Some have been in this industry their whole lives and know no other career. The passing of this amendment will cause some hardships for the people affected. But it will save thousands of dogs each year.

How do we treat our household dogs like royalty then throw our money on dogs whose lives revolve around running in circles as quickly as they can in fear of being battered when the race is over?

We need to begin to embody our classification as humans and become more humane.

This amendment was one step in the right direction for the humanity of Floridians.

Zoe Zbar is a junior majoring in marketing.

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things and get things going,” Jean-Mary said. “It’s supposed to bring out a little higher-level competition. It doesn’t feel like it’s the [first string] unit versus the scout team.”

Another change that has happened in practice this week is some players stepping up as leaders. With such a young team — 30 freshmen have seen playing time this season — there has seemingly been a leadership void left by players like Auggie Sanchez, Deatrick Nichols and Quinton Flowers.

“Us seniors, we know it starts with us,” Black said. “We took charge today and made sure everybody was out there doing their job and just having fun while

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they’re out there.”

The defense’s vocal leader, Ronnie Hoggins, who was disappointed, yet optimistic for the rest of the season after the Tulane loss, has tried to step up and keep his team focused in games and in practice.

According to Jean-Mary, that’s been a tough task.

“It’s hard for [Hoggins] to do,” Jean-Mary said. “He can’t rally the troops every week…it’s hard for one guy, especially a guy that’s on the back end, to always have to go rally the front four and rally the linebackers and take care of his room…[Hoggins] does an unbelievable job, but we have to get more guys to step up.”

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providing nightly support for the heavily-defended Viens.

Juniors Aubrey Megrath and Andrea Hauksdottir finished the regular season with the second and third most goals on the team, scoring six and five, respectively.

The third member of the trio of juniors is defender Bri Blethen. Blethen started all 15 regular season games, scoring three goals and assisting on two others. She assisted on the game-winning goal in the AAC Tournament semifinal against ECU on Nov. 2.

The freshmen stole the show, though. Forward Sydny Nasello recorded four goals in her debut

season with the Bulls, while goalkeeper Sydney Martinez recorded six regular season shutouts. Nasello could have had more goals than just the four, as she recorded 13 shots on goal this season, which was the fourth most on the team.

Defenders Mia Palango and Olivia Cooke have also made their impact. Palango played in 14 games in the regular season, starting six. Cooke played in 14 regular season games as well, recording 16 shots during her freshman campaign.

“We have some exciting young players, and we’re happy that we have them,” SchilteBrown said. “What a great experience for them to be here, in their first year, and get to go

to the NCAA Tournament. We hope that that grows with them while they’re here.”

USF could have its depth tested on Saturday with Albany, the America East Tournament champions. The Great Danes enter after a 14-win season where they averaged more than two goals scored per game.

“I’ve actually been following their season. I know they’re a good team,” Schilte-Brown said. “I was just looking at the brackets in general. It’s a really tough field this year. You have to respect every team that’s made the NCAA Tournament.”

USF and Albany kickoff at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Corbett Stadium. The game will be broadcast on YouTube.

Notebook

USF Women’s Basketball to play home opener Friday

By Sam Newlon S P O R T S

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After beating defending Big 10 champions Ohio State University 71-47 on Tuesday, USF women’s basketball (1-0) will have a short recovery time before hosting the University at Albany on Friday at 7 p.m.

Even though his team won handedly, coach Jose Fernandez said there are ways for his team to improve.

“I don’t think we played particularly well,” he said. “Ohio State is a different team, they graduated a lot of players and they’ve got a brandnew team. With every team you beat, you want them to be successful and win games in their league and against non-conference opponents.”

One of the Bulls’ biggest disadvantages is the time between games.

“Right now, you’ve got a lot of kids on the team that haven’t experienced a short turnaround and preparation, so we’ve got to get the team ready for that,” Fernandez said.

Even though Fernandez and his team try to take the season one game at a time, he’s still looking forward to

the rest of the schedule early in the season.

“You’ve got Friday, you’ve got the weekend off, then you start to think about Bethune-Cookman,” Fernandez said. “Then you’ve got Oklahoma looming and then three really tough games in the Virgin Islands.”

The Bulls’ schedule this season is no cakewalk. They anticipate playing No. 2 UConn three times in this year, twice in the regular season and again in the AAC final. They’ll also play against UCLA, Creighton, Virginia and LSU, which all had NCAA tournament appearances at the end of last season.

Although the Bulls lost some experienced players in Maria Jespersen and Laia Flores, some newcomers to the team look ready to step up.

Harvey, Jordao help propel Bulls in season opener Freshmen Beatriz Jordao and Sydni Harvey both took prominent roles in USF’s win against Ohio State.

Jordao put up 17 points and shot eight-of-nine from the field. She also

recorded 10 rebounds and two blocks.

Harvey scored 16 points, shooting just four-of-10 from the field, but she was nearly perfect from the free-throw line, making seven of her eight attempts.

“Anytime you’re a freshman and you don’t know what to expect and you’re in that type of atmosphere…I was happy with how [Harvey] was assertive and created off-the-bounce and got to the rim. It’s part of growing and it’s day one. We’ll just continue to get her better,” Fernandez said.

Even though two powerhouse players, Jespersen and Flores, have graduated, Fernandez said there are plenty of players ready to step up.

“It’s a really good mix,” he said.

“I think with who we return…I like our depth. I think with this team, we’re going to be able to play a lot of people.”

Volleyball to host final series at home USF women’s volleyball will take on ECU and Cincinnati in its last two home matches of the season this weekend.

The Bulls (18-8, 7-6) are right in

Freshman Beatriz Jordao scored 17 points with 10 rebounds and two blocks in USF’s season opener against Ohio State. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/GOUSFBULLS

the middle of the pack in the AAC standings — they’re currently ranked sixth of 12 teams in the conference.

USF was on a four-match win streak before it lost to UConn for the second time this season. The Bulls beat ECU 3-1, but lost 3-0 in straight sets to Cincinnati.

Men’s soccer ends season in AAC quarterfinal After beating Memphis 2-0 to give themselves the No. 3 seed in the AAC

tournament, the Bulls lost 3-1 to No. 6-seed Memphis to end their season Tuesday.

Tomasz Skublak was named firstteam all-conference after his eightgoal season. Also racking up awards were Alex Zis, who led the team in assists, and Avionne Flanagan — both were awarded second-team allconference honors.

Freshman Henrique Gallina was named to the AAC’s all-rookie team to round out USF’s awards.

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USF football practice takes on a new look

By Sam Newlon S P O R T S

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After USF’s loss to Tulane last week, coach Charlie Strong said that he knew the team wasn’t prepared for the game in practice that Thursday.

He seemed to be the only one who saw the loss coming though.

Several players on the team said last week that there was high intensity and a lot of focus. One of them was wide receiver Stanley Clerveaux.

“The energy in practice today was pretty good, looking forward to getting ready for Tulane,” Clerveaux said last Tuesday.

But after the Bulls’ loss to Tulane, Clerveaux had a different view of practices leading up to the game.

“To be honest, in practice it’s just a feeling that we’re going through the motions, that’s what it is,” he said after losing to Tulane. “We’ve

been going through the motions thinking that we can’t get beat…

We’ve just got to tighten up.”

This week, players have been saying the same things about practices.

“I think today’s practice was really good,” wide receiver Tyre McCants said Tuesday. “There was a lot of energy…I think that after today’s practice with a lot of energy, we’ve put [the loss] behind us.”

On the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Josh Black also thought Tuesday’s practice went well.

“Today was very up tempo,” he said. “We’ve just got to get back to what we usually do — go out there and hit and just have fun.”

But what exactly has changed this week as the Bulls (7-2, 3-2) prepare for Cincinnati (8-1, 4-1), a team that showed its ability to score and play defense in last week’s 42-0 shutout against Navy?

This week, players are saying

starters.

“This is the way we should have been practicing all year,” JeanMary said Wednesday. “Our focus and our intensity has been a little better than it has been in practice the past couple weeks.”

The drawback to practicing this way, and the reason Jean-Mary said most teams don’t practice starters vs. starters, is because of another opponent USF has been battling lately — injuries.

Wide receiver Randall St. Felix, standout defensive back Mekhi LaPointe and linebacker Nico Sawtelle, among others, were out After losing to Tulane last week, Stanley Clerveaux said his team needed to “tighten up” in games and practices. ORACLE PHOTO/SAM of the lineup against Tulane with NEWLON injuries. The potential payoff is the same things about practices According to defensive worth the risk, according to Jeanthat they were saying last week, coordinator Brian Jean-Mary, the Mary. which led to a 41-15 loss against practices this week have, in fact, “Most people don’t do that this Tulane. been different. The team has been time of year, obviously because Can USF football fans expect a practicing with the first-team you’re afraid of injury, but at this different result against a one-loss offense playing against the first- point, we’re just trying to change Cincinnati Bearcats team? team defense — starters against n See FOOTBALL on PAGE 7

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Bulls earn NCAA tournament berth, team depth has helped them get there

By Brian Hattab S T A F F

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When No. 17 USF women’s soccer takes the field for its NCAA Tournament matchup against Albany on Saturday night at Corbett Stadium, it will be led by the nation’s secondleading goal scorer, Evelyne Viens.

Viens, whose 19 goals this season and 47 career goals are

program records, is the clearcut face of a USF team making its fourth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in five years.

But it takes more than just one player to get a team into postseason play. The Bulls were lifted to their first ever AAC regular season title by their depth. Viens was held goalless in five regular season games,

but USF itself was blanked just once, a 1-0 double-overtime loss to Temple.

“The depth on our team is incredible,” coach Denise Schilte-Brown said. “We have used that as a strength all year.

We’ve talked about that. There’s not a lot of drop between when one player comes off and another player comes on. I think that can be one of our big

advantages, especially in the early rounds, is just the depth.”

Senior Jordan Tuttle was part of that depth this season, playing 108 minutes over six regular season games.

“It’s definitely important to have depth everywhere on the field,” Tuttle said. “USF definitely has that here, within our program. All the way from our energy to our physical

players on the field, we come prepared, ready to go and if you have to go on, you know your role and what to do and accomplish your task and get it done in the most efficient and best way possible.”

The Bulls’ depth is also proven in its starting lineup, with a trio of upperclassmen

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