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February 20, 2017 Vol. 54 No. 40

Chasing the dream Nothing will get in the way of USF freshman Tulio Da Silva’s goals of a degree and reaching the NBA Page 8

Divided on Divestment Page 3

Keeping up the Mojo Page 4

Tampa failing with transit Page 6

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SG Supreme Court divided on referendum decision

By Miki Shine M A N A G I N G

E D I T O R

The Student Referendum “USF Divest from fossil fuels, private prisons and companies complicit in human rights violations” officially made it onto the March ballot last week.

However, there’s still contention within Student Government (SG) over the referendum’s place there.

Chief Justice Milton Llinas released an opinion in opposition to the SG Supreme Court’s ruling that the referendum meets all validity requirements.

“In regards to the points of validity and constitutionality of the language used in the referendum, my final decision fell in accordance with the rest of the court…” Llinas wrote. “My opinion, however, differs on the aspect of consistency for a variety of reasons that I rationalized differently from the rest of the Court present that day and that I ultimately thought the.”

The referendum encourages the USF Foundation to create a council that would offer advice on socially responsible investments such as avoiding companies contributing to fossil fuel emissions, supporting private prisons, or allegedly linked to human rights violations.

SG referendums are not binding, and the Foundation would not have to do so if the referendum were to pass.

In order to get on the ballot, a petition for the referendum needed to receive signatures from

Chief Justice Milton Llinas released an opinion in opposition to the SG Supreme Court’s ruling that the divestment referendum meets all validity requirements. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ at least 5 percent of the Tampa campus student body. This was officially met Friday, after the signatures were checked.

Additionally, the referendum needed to be deemed constitutional by the SG Supreme Court, which it was early last week.

Llinas dissented from the final decision due to concerns that the language in the referendum resolution and the reasoning — what students will actually see on the ballot — is substantially different, the fact that the referendum groups all three issues together and a technicality within the court.

According to Llinas’ opinion, the referendum resolution makes it sound like through the creation and work of a Socially Responsible Investment committee, USF would stop investing in these issues. However, upon reading the reasoning, he felt the primary goal was different.

“In contrast to what the referendum says, the reasoning makes disinvestment the primary goal of this referendum,” he

wrote. “This means to me that the intention for this referendum was to ask USF to first stop investing in private prisons and certain companies and then establish the previously mentioned committee to ‘screen for unethical investments in the future.’

“To me, this is clearly a consistency issue because students who signed the petition did not see the reasoning on the original forms.”

He disagreed with the overall court ruling because both documents are written in such a way “only one side is presented and because of that it does not allow for a student … to make a fully informed decision on the issues presented in the referendum.”

For instance, he used the example that a student may be against human rights violations and private prisons, but in support of the use of fossil fuels.

The student would only be able to vote for, against, or no preference to all three issues, not each individually.

Llinas’ third reason for dissenting has to do with court procedures. When it came to ruling on the consistency of the referendum, the court initially voted, received more information and decided to revote.

He said this doesn’t reflect how a court should work and that after a court votes on something that decision is final unless it gets overturned by a higher court. In this case, since SG only has one court, the issue would be taken to the Dean of Students to resolve.

“This decision was made with great personal difficulty, but with my role also comes a professional from of mind I must uphold and it is because of all the reasons mentioned in this opinion, that I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in regards to the Student Referendum in question meeting the consistency factor required for placement on the ballot,” Llinas wrote.

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New bill could ease USF closer to pre-eminent status

A bill currently making its way through the Florida Legislature would change one of the benchmarks for preeminence and would put USF one step closer to achieving the status.

The “Florida Excellence in High Education Act of 2017” looks at changing a benchmark, which could change from six-year graduation rates at 70 percent to now require a fouryear graduation rate at 50 percent.

This is one of two benchmarks USF is striving to reach in order to move from emerging pre-eminence to preeminence — a status held only by UF and FSU. Universities designated as preeminent split $20 million from the state in 2016, while those that met emerging pre-eminence, USF’s current designation, split half that for research.

According to a letter written by Paul Dosal, vice provost for Student Success, in May 2016, the university had a four-year graduation rate of 51 percent. If this law passes, the university would likely be able to check off that benchmark.

The law also looks at changing the amount of money that universities designated as emerging pre-eminent receives from half of the amount to a fourth.

USF’s goal has been to reach preeminent status by 2018.

The other benchmark the university is focused on is freshmen retention rates. For the 2014-15 school year, USF had an 88 percent freshmen retention rate, according to the 2016 Work Plan. The benchmark set by the state is 90 percent, which USF hoped to reach in the 2015-16 school year.

The university was just under its goal at 89.7 percent.

The bill, written by Sen. Bill Galvano (R) of District 21 — part of Hillsborough county — passed unanimously by the Education committee and is set to be reviewed by the Appropriations committee at the end of the month.

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LIFESTYLE

Keeping up the Mojo

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Two USF Alums find success in book and record store

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

E D I T O R

At a time when technology is moving so fast, sometimes it’s best to take a step back and appreciate the art forms of yesterday. While many people, if not everyone, currently have both their music and books loaded onto their phones, or some other device, there is still a community of people who believe a book is best read on a page and for the ultimate listening experience for any song, one needs pressed vinyl and a record player.

For members of this community who attend USF, or just live in Tampa, Mojo Books and Records might be a frequent stop.

Melanie Cade, co-owner of the store, said that she met her fellow co-owner and significant other, Dan Drummond, in 2001 when they both attended USF. Drummond sold books at Bull Market for many years, but stopped in the mid-2000s to transition to selling them online.

He and Cade spoke about opening a brick-and-mortar store for a while, and the timing felt right when Cade finished her Masters degree in business administration.

“We started investigating around the area and we knew that we wanted to be near USF, so that was the primary motivator,” Cade said.

Then, it was a matter of finding a space big enough in the area.

When they came across the original storefront at 2558 E Fowler Ave, it had the advantage of being beside a new Chipotle, which meant more foot traffic from the eatery, so Cade and Drummond decided this was a good location.

In 2011, Mojo moved two doors down to the space it now calls home. This move allowed them to not only house more records and books, but to also open a cafe.

According to Cade, Drummond has played music and collected records all of his life, and her already established love for books has only grown stronger since they opened their doors.

Students can stop by Mojo Books and Records to pick up vinyl records, books or a handcrafted cup of coffee. ORACLE PHOTO/NICOLE CATE. “Definitely, it’s a marriage of interests in terms of what the store is,” Cade said. “Then, I developed an appreciation for third-wave coffee somewhere back in the mid2000s. So then we decided to integrate that into the store when we expanded.”

The first wave of coffee was the beginning of the mass production of coffee for household consumption, what Cade describes as “like Maxwell House, the coffee your grandparents drank,” whereas the second wave was the explosion of interests in specialty coffee, such as lattes and cappuccinos.

“But then the third wave is going beyond that and really trying to get into the nuances of quality,” Cade said. “So it’s things like sourcing the best beans, real craftsmanship in roasting, really paying justice to all of that on the coffee shop side of things with brewing ... implementing science,

and care and going down to the Nth degree in terms of quality standards to really highlight what you’re doing.”

As a result, Mojo is one of only a few coffee shops in Tampa that manually brews their coffee. This means that they make every cup of coffee by hand.

“Things like changing the grind size of the coffee by really minute amounts can actually impact the flavor of the cup,” Cade said. “Or changing the timing by a matter of seconds this way, or the temperature of the water, or the exact number of grams of the water that you use, or different pour methods.”

They offer various types of coffee brewing techniques such as pour-over, Chemex, air press and French press.

While this may sound complicated, Cade said that they no longer hire employees solely for

the fact that they have coffee experience. She said that you could train someone to do any of these, whereas you can’t train for good customer service. Of the eight people on staff, she said about half of them are USF students.

Over the past decade, the store has had its ups and down, according to Cade. It took a couple years to get off the ground, depending on word-of-mouth.

“When we first opened, I’d say the first day we opened, maybe a dozen people came through the doors,” Cade said. “I don’t know if we ever had a $0 day, but we definitely had some days that were close to that in the beginning.”

While they still have some occasional difficulties, Cade said that this is a characteristic of any small business. At the end of the day, she still finds the work rewarding, no matter what happens.

“There’s always something

going on. If six months happen where you don’t have any emergencies, you know something’s coming,” Cade said. “But overall I’d say it’s a good life.”

Now, they have a steady flow of people coming through their doors, even though their clientele is always changing. Cade attributes this to being near a university, as there are always new students coming and going.

She said when one takes into consideration students, faculty and visitors of USF, at least half of their business is through the college.

A huge proponent of supporting small businesses because of their positive effects on the local economy, Cade said there is no current plan in the works for expanding. “(It’s) something we always talk about when things are running smoothly,” she said. “It’s one of those things with a question mark.

Maybe in the future.”

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USF shuts out Iowa for season-opening series win Baseball

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

E D I T O R

It had been over a year since Peter Strzelecki had pitched in a baseball game.

The redshirt junior transferred to USF from Palm Beach State College prior to the 2016 season, but had to sit out the entire year after having Tommy John surgery due to a preseason injury.

Sunday, he made his return to the mound and pitched five innings of one-hit ball to help the Bulls cruise to a 6-0 win over Iowa at the USF Baseball Stadium.

The win was not only Strzelecki’s first in quite some time, but also his first at the Division I level.

“I’ve been looking forward to this for a very long time,” Strzelecki said. “Sleepless nights, a lot of days working hard. So, yeah I was looking forward to it.”

USF jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a

two-run double by designated hitter Luke Borders and then an RBI single by freshman first baseman Anthony Gonnella.

Though the Bulls would go on to score three more runs, their first inning outburst would be all the offense they needed.

The lone hit allowed by Strzelecki came on a bunt single in the top of the third inning that put runners on first and second with two outs, but the next hitter quickly lined out to end the threat.

Though the Hawkeyes struggled to get anything going against Strzelecki, the junior said he was “running out of gas” as he reached the end of the fifth.

“Our pitchers did exactly what we needed them to do today and that started with Pete,” coach Mark Kingston said. “Pete was good, he had good command.

His pitches had good life on them and he was just tough to hit. I thought the big thing is, for his first Division I start, he had

poise.

“Right there in the middle there was a situation where maybe a call went against him and he had great poise and got through it, so that was really encouraging to see.”

Kingston said both Strzelecki and redshirt freshman Shane McClanahan are being limited to 70-80 pitches per game for the time being, while they build up strength after a year away from the game.

The win gave USF (2-1) the series win over Iowa, as the Bulls stormed back from a 4-0 deficit with a nine-run eighth inning on Friday night and then fell in the ninth inning on a stormy Saturday afternoon.

All three starters kept the Bulls in each of their contests over the weekend, even with two of them being limited by pitch counts.

Friday night starter Phoenix Sanders allowed two runs on five hits over five innings while striking out eight.

USF coach Mark Kingston said he was impressed with the team’s pitching this weekend, but will continue to keep pitchers Shane McClanahan and Peter Strzelecki on pitch counts for the time being.

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Also pitching for the first time in over a year, McClanahan gave up just one hit while striking out nine over a weather-shortened four innings.

USF will travel to Tallahassee to play No. 5 Florida State on Tuesday in the Bulls only road game for a month.

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100-word rant

There are many things that happen daily at USF that incite frustration and anger with students and faculty.

The Starbucks line is out the door, pedestrians greet friends in the middle of crosswalks, Chick-fil-A is out of Chick-fil-A sauce, teachers upload study guides four hours before exams, preachers condemn homosexuals outside Cooper Hall, the list goes on and on.

Instead of firing off a bitter tweet, email us a 100-word rant, obscenity free, on the topic and let your fellow Bulls know about your plight.

Include your name, year and major with your submission. Send submissions to oracleopinion@ gmail.com or in a message to our Facebook page USF Oracle.

The best rant will be chosen for print and your frustrations can be shared with the world.

USF ditch the golf carts

By Jacob Hoag Senior/Mass communications

Golf carts are one of the most relaxing modes of transportation, if you’re rolling through the fairways of The Claw.

But do students get to enjoy that blissful side of the carts?

No. Instead, we get the pleasure of sitting behind them practically anywhere on campus.

Whether we’re walking on a busy sidewalk or driving on campus roads, which were made for cars believe it or not, we’re stuck behind carts carrying maintenance workers or SAFE team members going 5 MPH down Leroy Collins Blvd.

Stick to the golf courses, guys, and leave the roads for actual vehicles.

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Tampa’s failing transit system

Tampa’s public transit system is severely lacking in both available vehicles and funds, according to an analysis by the Tampa Bay Times.

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

Tampa takes pride in the fact that it is a prospering and metro city. It boasts about its hip locally owned business and its diverse art scene.

Yet it refuses to provide its residents with a basic right necessary for a city of its size: Efficient transportation.

An analysis by the Tampa Bay Times found the city is greatly lacking in its transit opportunities, directly hurting those of lower income who live within its borders.

“Tampa Bay spends far less on transit each year than any other major metro area,” the Times reported. “It is the only top-20 metro region to spend less than $213 million annually. Its $141 million operating budget is on par with Bridgeport, Conn., and Buffalo, N.Y., each of which have 1.5 million fewer people.”

In a city as large as Tampa, it is crucial that transportation is highlighted as a priority.

Students, families and workers in general utilize buses to hop around the Bay as they traverse from home to work and school.

The economy is improving, as is the still fragile job market, however jobs are still difficult to get. So if you get a job

near MacDill Avenue but live off Bearss Avenue, you can’t exactly turn it down due to not having a car, you need the wage.

Instead, you find yourself dedicating over three hours to making the transit from bus to bus as you slowly make your way toward your next paycheck.

Waiting for the Bull Runner can be frustrating, but waiting for the HART bus or streetcar for over an hour is excruciating.

Tampa has approximately 360 buses and nearly every other top-20 metro area has a minimum of 600, according to the Times.

The lack of available shuttles is frankly ridiculous.

Major cities are home to the upper class as well as the poor. To refuse to ensure there are an adequate number of transportation vehicles essentially refuses to give those who cannot afford their own cars a fighting chance.

It deprives them of the ability to care for themselves and their families.

And Hillsborough’s leaders know this.

They know it is a major issue for the city. They know it is hurting thousands who rely on the systems for work and school. They refuse to act.

It would be naive to believe those leaders are simply apathetic to the plight of their residents, even if their

lack of action sometimes implies their interests lie elsewhere.

The issue, inarguably, is not hinging on whether they care, but rather on the cost of improving the current, heavily flawed system.

Over the last 25 years, more than a dozen plans centered on improving transportation were voted down or ignored, many of which suffered due to the proposed cost for the changes.

While the city’s budget is always tight, lawmakers need to begin to treat transportation with the same level of urgency they dedicate toward development downtown and drawing in tourists.

Tampa will be able to survive with a few less vacationers in fanny packs and Hawaiian shirts. However, it needs its residents to be able to work and study without delays and wasted hours. That will only come with an improved and advanced transportation system.

Whether that means the city decides to build a railway connecting the airport to downtown or added a few hundred more buses to its ranks, remaining content with a failing system will no longer be acceptable.

It’s time for a change.

Breanne Williams is senior majoring in mass communications.

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order to extend their NCAA eligibility.

Thorpe, having transferred from another Division I school for his junior year, was also forced to sit the 2015-2016 season.

“We spent a lot of time in practice together,” Thorpe said. “We built a little extra relationship last year, more than most.”

After both Thorpe and Da Silva regained their eligibility for the 2016-2017 season, they are thriving for the Bulls.

Thorpe leads the team in both assists and scoring, while Da Silva is third in scoring, and leads in rebounding.

Still considered a freshman, the reserved Da Silva carries himself, and performs like a veteran player would – setting the tempo on the boards no matter who he is up against.

“The way Tulio plays, you wouldn’t think he’s a freshman,” Thorpe said. “He’s real mature.”

Interim coach Murry Bartow agreed, and said that the team needs to do more to get Da Silva the ball.

“We have got to do a better job

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of getting him the ball, and getting him more touches because he’s a heck of an athlete,” Bartow said. “He’s got great energy, a great motor, and is obviously a key part of the team.”

While his play on the court continues to develop, Da Silva’s personality around his teammates continues to grow along with it.

Silent and reserved at press conferences, Da Silva can be found jumping, dunking, and laughing all around after practices, looking like a totally different man.

“He’s a nice young guy, and has good personality,” Bartow said. “Maybe around other people he’s maybe not as vocal, but around the teammates and the staff he’s got great personality.”

In a season filled with disappointment for USF (7-19, 1-14), the play of Da Silva is a small bright spot for the Bulls moving forward.

With his future in mind, Da Silva looks to keep up his good work both on the court, as well as in the classroom for his years to come as a Bull.

“I want both,” Da Silva said.

“I want to get my college degree, and I want to go pro.”

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to get to the basket and draw some fouls.”

The Bulls lackluster first-half performance wasn’t the only thing getting to Fernandez. The officials had some questionable calls, and no-calls in the first half, most of which went in favor of the Owls.

With 2:53 left to play in the first half, Fernandez couldn’t take anymore, and collected a technical foul.

“I think the first and second halves were definitely officiated differently,” Fernandez said.

The loss on Sunday afternoon hurts USF’s chances of hosting a game in the NCAA tournament, as the Bulls now drop down to third in the AAC, and remain winless (0-3), against ranked opponents on the year.

No. 22 USF, which could drop from the polls when the new rankings are released, will have a long way to go to host in the Tournament, as only the top 16 seeds serve as host sites for the first two rounds.

The Bulls look to avoid extending their losing streak when USF travels to take on Houston (10-16, 3-10) on Tuesday.

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The Rundown USF News

Strong adds 3-star athlete to ‘17 class Reports have indicated that USF coach Charlie Strong has added a 19th member to the Bulls’ 2017 recruiting class.

Three-star athlete Chauncey Smart has signed with the school to compete in both Strong football and track.

Smart, who holds a personal record of 10.3 seconds in the 100-meter dash, originally signed a track scholarship with FSU last fall, but was granted his release when he decided he wanted to pursue football as well, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

USF weekend scoreboard Men’s Basketball

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Women’s Basketball

Bulls’ late comeback falls Freshman Tulio Da Silva leaves behind short against his life in Brazil to play college basketball No. 25 Temple

By Josh Fiallo S T A F F

W R I T E R

Tulio Da Silva would not let anything deter him from achieving his dreams.

Faced with a new country, new language, and new culture, the 6-foot-7 native of Brazil left everything he knew behind and moved to the United States, chasing his dream of playing college basketball.

Before coming to USF, Da Silva moved to Jacksonville for his senior year of high school, in hopes of gaining more attention from American universities.

Moving alone, and without knowing a word of English, Da Silva struggled with academics.

“It was pretty different,” Da Silva said, still not completely fluent with the language. “I had to learn how to speak English. I had a lot of problems trying to understand people.”

Despite the language barrier in the classroom, the soft-spoken Da Silva expressed himself on the court with no issue, bringing national attention to the small private school where he played his senior season.

Despite the school’s small size, just 400 students, it wasn’t hard to see why Da Silva chose Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville.

Nationally known for its men’s basketball program, the school won five consecutive state titles from 2005-2009, and was regularly ranked in the USA Today top-25 rankings of the best high school teams.

Recruited by former USF coach Orlando Antigua, Da Silva’s dreams became reality on Nov. 18, 2015, when he signed his letter of intent to play basketball at USF. However, before Da Silva was throwing down dunks in the Sun Dome, he would have to overcome a year of adversity in his

By Josh Fiallo S T A F F

Freshman forward Tulio Da Silva has led the Bulls in rebounding so far, averaging seven per game, with no one else averaging more than four.

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first year as a Bull.

Deemed academically ineligible due to poor grades in high school ahead of the 2015-2016 season, Da Silva could practice with the team, but could not play in any games his entire first year as a Bull.

Following his signing, Da Silva, a 4-star recruit according to ESPN, was expected to provide an immediate spark for the struggling Bulls who were coming off of a last place finish in the AAC the season before his arrival.

But the spark would have to wait.

Despite having no game minutes, Da Silva said that taking last year off was good for him, and better prepared him for the years to come.

“I think last year was a good year for me to sit down, and learn,” Da Silva said. “Last year was good for me to watch how all of the other players practiced, and worked, so I could be even better this year.”

In his year of ineligibility, Da Silva built a particular bond with Penn State transfer, Geno Thorpe, as they were both redshirted in

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W R I T E R

Since joining the AAC in 2013, USF had never lost consecutive conference games at home.

Until Now. Playing in front of 2,281 at the Sun Dome on Sunday, No. 22 USF (20-6, 9-4) could not make the stops needed when they mattered most, falling to No. 25 Temple 77-71.

With 2:45 left to play, USF snagged a three-point lead off a traditional three-point play by junior Maria Jespersen, giving the Bulls their largest lead of the day.

Following Jespersen’s and-one, Temple (21-5, 11-2) launched an air ball on the ensuing possession, but the Bulls failed to capture the rebound. Temple then gathered the ball, kicked it out, and Feyonda Fitzgerald nailed her third 3-pointer of the game, to tie the game.

That would be the last time USF had a taste of the lead.

“Up three, and we don’t get a defensive stop when we needed to,” USF coach Jose Fernandez said. “It was a long three from the left wing, and we didn’t block out.

And that’s what it comes down to.

“You get the rebound there, you’re up three with the ball, and you’re shooting free throws down the stretch, and it doesn’t even get to that point.”

The Bulls shot 0-of-10 from behind the arc in the first half, while the Owls knocked down five of their attempts.

Leading the way with 26 points and 11 rebounds, Jespersen said the Bulls lived and died by the three-ball a little too much, and needed to get in the paint more.

“It’s not us to go 0-of-10, I don’t think we’ve done that this year at all,” Jespersen said. “We can’t rely on just the three though, we have

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