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Students see value in Publix on campus By Miki Shine C o - N e w s
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Students are gradually learning about the soon-to-be-built 29,000-square-foot Publix Supermarket, which the Florida Board of Governors approved Thursday as part of the new student housing scheduled to go under construction: The Andros Village. Publix plans on the construction finishing late in 2017, and according to USF Media and Public Affairs Manager Adam Freeman, construction could start within a month. Their lease is for 21 years with six potential five-term expansions, and the company will be charged $130,000 for rent, which will increase by 10 percent every five years. In agreement with a statement from USF President Judy Genshaft, students have been overwhelmingly in approval of building the Publix. “It’d be cool to have such a good store on campus.
The Florida Board of Governors officially approved the building of a Publix on campus as part of the new Andros Village. Construction could begin as soon as next month. ORACLE PHOTO/ROBERTO ROLDAN Something that can give a much better selection than just a small convenience store like the POD Markets,” Bob Camel, a freshman majoring in Mass Communications, said. “While I really like to buy
my stuff off campus — pretty much as a way to escape for a bit — it’d (be) a convenient new option for students who don’t have cars and can’t get off campus as easily to get a better selection of items they
both need and desire.” Currently, the closest Publix to campus is the Publix Super Market at Terrace Ridge Plaza, a 13-minute walk from USF Bull Run Drive and along Fowler
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Bull Runner institutes program for disabled riders By Abby Rinaldi C o - N e w s
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Students with adaptive equipment or service dogs who couldn’t find space on an overcrowded Bull Runner can now use a call-ahead system to let staff know a space for them is needed on the bus. The Bull Runner is instituting a pilot program that will allow students who use walkers, crutches, wheelchairs or other equipment to give a heads up to bus staff to either make room for them or, if the bus is too crowded, send another bus en route to give them a ride. “… Students who use adaptive equipment or have service dogs have expressed some concern that it’s often difficult to board busses because they’re so crowded and there’s people standing in the wheelchair isles or in the wheel-
chair spaces, and so this is one attempt to try to alleviate some of that concern by allowing students the option of calling ahead if they choose to do so that another bus can be put en route to accommodate them more directly,” Deborah McCarthy, director of Student Disability Service (SDS), said. She said there have been complaints about students with adaptive equipment not being able to get on crowded buses. The complaints have come periodically for several semesters, depending on the semester and the bus routes. One student placed a complaint with Parking and Transportation in December asking them to do something about the situation, McCarthy said. SDS did not author the program, Parking and Transportation Services did. The new program will help students with disabilities by providing
The Bull Runner’s new call ahead program for riders who use adaptive equipment seeks to reduce the hassle of overcrowded buses for those who need special accomodations. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU
a way to avoid there not being enough room to accommodate those who need the space. “Presumably, the intention is that a student would then be picked up sooner if they were to call ahead because another bus
would be sent out to help to manage some of the need, as opposed to having to wait for the next one and then finding out that the next one is also crowded,” McCarthy said.
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