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Keeping it safe USF aims to provide resources for smart sexual health Page 3 Sexual health needs better advertising Page 4

A cheaper spring break Page 6

USF makes third straight AAC title game Page 10

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News Briefs Florida ranked No. 1 for higher education

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According to new rankings released by U.S. News and World Report on Friday, Florida is the top state in the country for higher education.

The criteria included Florida’s relatively low tuition rates, as well as graduation rates for those seeking two-year degrees.

The rest of the top 10 are Utah, California, Wyoming, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska and Virginia.

Hamilton coming to Tampa Hamilton, one of the hottest plays in recent years, is coming to the Straz Center in Tampa, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The musical, which is slated for the 2018-19 season, has set box office records and has the potential to be one of the most popular musicals to hit the stage in Tampa.

The Straz Center has recently installed new lights in Morsani Hall, where the show will be performed, and new seats are expected this summer.

The Times also reported that the Center has bought new software intended to detect “bots” that buy large quantities of tickets in seconds and resells them at a higher price. Dates are expected to be released in 2018. Tickets will be available to season ticket holders first.

Students can obtain free contraceptives, including condoms, at the Wellness Center located inside the Marshall Student Center. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

USF aims to provide resources for smart sexual health

By Abby Rinaldi S T A F F

W R I T E R

One of the frequently asked questions from parents at orientations is what kind of sexual health services do USF offer for students.

That’s a big change from years past, said Diane Zanto, director of Student Health Services (SHS) at USF. She said there’s an increased acceptance, openness and desire to have those resources available for their students at the university.

With people aged 13-24 making up approximately 22 percent of those newly diagnosed with HIV in 2014 according to the CDC, this concern over sexual health services is a natural response.

Between SHS and the Center for Student Well-Being, students can access a wide variety of sexual

Though young people ages 15-24 represent 25 percent of the sexually experienced population, this age group accounts for nearly 50 percent of all new STIs. -According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

health services, covering everything from screenings for sexual transmitted infections (STIs) to free contraceptives.

Director for the Center for Student Well-Being, Jennifer DiPrete, said the Center partners with SHS on

“Get Yourself Tested” to provide information during high-risk times for STI prevention.

“We try to look at periods within the school year where students

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SG election: By the numbers

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Moneer Kheireddine and Shaquille Kent won the majority vote in the Student Body Presidential election. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ

By Miki Shine M A N A G I N G

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Approximately 17.4 percent of the student body voted during the general election for student body president and vice president last week.

Moneer Kheireddine and Shaquille Kent, the presidentand vice president-elect, won the majority in all but one of the 10 colleges. The ticket received 5,385 of the 8,636 votes cast (62.35 percent).

Kheireddine and Kent won by about 200 more votes than were cast in total last year.

Opponents Ryan Soscia and Logan Holland received 3,251 (37.64 percent) of the overall votes. Their ticket won the majority vote in the College of Pharmacy, 32 to 31.

Kheireddine and Kent have yet to be announced as the official winners of the election,

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Sexual health services need to be advertised

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What you said Associate Editor Breanne Williams asked students how USF could increase general knowledge of health services provided to students.

“I’m a tour guide, and we talk about them on our tours.

I think at orientation parents get a good grasp, but students don’t. Maybe make them take a Canvas module like the alcohol edu?”

- Garrett Walker, a junior majoring in finance and marketing

USF offers many sexual health services for students, however they often go unnoticed.

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Breanne Williams COLU M N I ST

Sexual health services are necessary for any university that claims to care about the wellbeing of its students.

USF has taken steps to provide affordable, and often free, services for students at the Student Health Services (SHS) and the Center for Student Well-Being.

However, the existence of those services is rarely broadcast to the general student body. Unless you walk by the clinic on campus or are a health major, you probably are unaware of the many amazing and completely necessary services provided by the university.

Students can receive many useful services like free screenings for sexually transmitted infections, free contraceptives, gynecological exams and even heavily discounted birth control, a lifesaver for those without insurance.

Prices for birth control prescriptions average at $10 to $25 at the Bulls Country Pharmacy, according to its business manager, Robert Law. The Sexual Health and Gynecology department offer routine gynecological exams and STI treatment. SHS offers hormonal therapy for transgender students

as well as PrEP, a preventative medication for those potentially exposed to HIV. USF’s many different departments and services have teamed up to ensure students are covered and can live the healthiest lives possible. They’ve proven they care and truly do wish to make a difference. Now, students need to know about these services.

The university can offer all the free testing and discounted birth control it wants, but if no one knows to take advantage of the services, the time and money invested are wasted.

Students pay a health fee upon attending USF. This fee goes to the clinic on campus and allows USF to offer discounted rates for medicine and treatments, as well as funding for the Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention, Counseling Center and Center for Student WellBeing.

They are forced to pay the fee, so they should know what benefits they have available to them.

Part of that starts at orientation. While the health services are mentioned briefly, details are not always shared. Students should be informed there are laws keeping STI testing from showing up on their insurance bills, which is a factor keeping some from the

clinic who fear their parents finding out.

They should know they can afford care, even if they don’t have insurance.

The focus should now be placed on spreading the word.

Whether that means increasing advertising, chalking about upcoming events or partnering with groups on campus to spread the word on services offered, the university has to make sure the services are highlighted.

“We work really hard in making that an inclusive and safe space for students, so that there isn’t a sense of stigma or fear in keeping up their supplies and resources that the students need,” Courtney Becker, the assistant director for the Center for Student Well-Being told The Oracle.

The stigma is decreasing, as evidenced by the desire for such services. Students want the resources, parents want their children to be able to get protection or treatment and the university wants to have as healthy a campus as possible.

All that’s missing is making sure what is already in place lands on the average student’s radar.

Breanne Williams is a senior majoring in mass communications.

“I think an info session during orientation would help. Most students have questions about insurance and I think if they included that, it would make them feel more comfortable.”

- Ashton Lum, a junior majoring in political science

“I’ve gone to USF Student Health Services when I’m sick, but I still don’t know all they have to offer. I think if they have a pamphlet that would be helpful.”

- Andrea Soto, a senior majoring in marketing and finance

“I’ve seen a lot of flyers around, but I think the easiest way would be at orientation to show students around the clinic and wellness centers.”

- Bayden Dora, a sophomore majoring in computer science

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might be at a higher risk, including Spring Break, and so we try to emphasize prevention in terms of high-risk sexual behaviors,” DiPrete said.

From the SHS side of things, the services are about prevention, treatment and providing medications.

Sexual Health and Gynecology offers routine gynecologic exams, as well as services related to STI screenings and treatment, according to Tricia Trow-Weaver, P.A. and assistant director of Sexual Health and Gynecology at USF. Trow-Weaver said the department is friendly to the LGBT community as well, providing confidential care. Zanto said Dr. Joseph Puccio at SHS offers hormonal therapy for transgender students who are transitioning.

SHS also provides PrEP, a preventative medication for those who are potentially exposed to HIV. Trow-Weaver said the PrEP medication is also offered through SHS for post-exposure to STIs. TrowWeaver said one particular service coming next month is free STI testing, which will be on March 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Zanto said this event usually sees anywhere from 200 to 300 students, so Zanto encourages students to come early.

Students can also get IUDs, prescriptions for oral contraceptives and the Depo-Provera birth control vaccine at a reduced price, according to Trow-Weaver.

Robert Law, business manager for Bulls Country Pharmacy, said the pharmacy offers birth control to students without insurance for $10 to $250, depending on whether it is brand name or generic. The average cost, he said, is about $10 to $25.

Law said the pharmacy works with students to try to get them the lowest prices possible. The pharmacy currently sells pregnancy tests, which can run as much as $25 at drugstores like Walgreens of CVS, for less than $10 for both brands the pharmacy carries.

The pharmacy also carries a brand of emergency contraceptive for $29.99 compared to upwards of $50 at a typical drug store.

From the Center’s side of sexual health, the focus is more on education, prevention and awareness. DiPrete said the Center offers the REACH peer education program, which provides presentations to educate students

on how to prevent STIs. The Center’s Healthy Monday education sessions also sometimes focus on STIs. “We have a presentation called Safer Sex Party where there’s peer-to-peer interaction on how to appropriately use condoms, male condoms and other forms of contraception,” DiPrete said, adding that this program is heavily requested, particularly in residence halls.

Courtney Becker, assistant director for the Center, said it offers a wide variety of free resources for students to take. There are lubricated condoms, non-lubricated condoms, non-latex condoms, lubrication packets, internal (female) condoms and dental dams.

Becker said there are also special programs offered to specific populations for specific health needs.

At the Wellness Center in the Marshall Student Center, students can pick up free condoms at a maximum of two per day. Anthony Inman, administrative assistant for the Center, said an average of 40-50 condoms are taken each day from the Center.

“We just keep it stocked so people can take what they need,” Inman said.

All of the services offered by the Center are free for students.

As for the importance of their services, DiPrete said both the Center and SHS are in the business of disease prevention. Trow-Weaver said those in Sexual Health and Gynecology have the opportunity to educate and intervene in the lives of their patients as they get to know them through regular visits and questions they ask.

“All three of us that are there full time feel like we’re mentors, and especially with our young female patients, they’ll start off as freshman, and a lot of times we’ll continue to see them through graduate school, which is an awesome experience to see their evolution into adulthood …” Trow-Weaver said.

As for a possible stigma, Becker said the Wellness Center works hard to create a comfortable environment for students.

“We work really hard in making that an inclusive and safe space for students, so that there isn’t a sense of stigma or fear in keeping up their supplies and resources that the students need,” Becker said.

There are also laws that keep students’ records private and there are ways to avoid STI testing showing up on their insurance bill if they don’t want their parents to see, according to Zanto.

USF plans to place 1,000 solar panels on top of MSC

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The $1.2 million solar pannel project will produce the equivalent output of 39 homes. The project is expected to be completed in late may. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

By Chelsea Grosbeck S T A F F

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The Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) oversees all sustainable projects that are in accordance to the Climate Action Plan initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus.

The next is a $1.2 million solar panel project to be installed on the roof of the Marshall Student Center (MSC).

The amount of energy powered by the nearly 1,000 panels will be the equivalent to the annual energy use of about 39 homes — producing approximately 525,000 kilowatt-hours per year, according to Aaron Nichols, assistant director of Communications.

“The more we save on our

carbon footprint, the more we save on unnecessary energy costs,” Nichols said. “The MSC has a vast amount of roof space, with some already devoted to solar energy generation. This project will build on the existing solar energy installation and provide the building with more solar energy, bringing it closer to being carbon neutral.”

This new development will reduce USF’s carbon footprint by an estimated 370 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.

“It’s the first large-scale project of its kind — it took three years to put this proposal out for funding,” said John Pilz, student principal investigator for the project.

While design development is still underway, construction is expected to begin in late

March, with the anticipated completion date in late May or early June.

The funding for the project is a combination of the Administrative fees and Facilities Planning budget.

“The students in corroboration with administrators and the professionals involved in the process from outside the university give cost estimates before approval to determine the cost,” Pilz said.

Pilz led the extensive proposal process of requesting approval using a Space Impact Form to determine the viability of the location.

After presenting the project, it was assessed by the SGEF Council of students, faculty and administrators to determine

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

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When students are finished with their last class this week, they will officially be on spring break. While the holiday technically runs from Monday through the 18th, it’s safe to say that many students will be long gone by then.

Spring break is an honored college tradition that students use as a breather before finals.

Every year, thousands of young adults flock to numerous party destinations around the world such as Miami, Cancun and the Bahamas, for one last hurrah before the end of the school year.

Unfortunately for students, who are already a demographic notorious for not having money, these trips usually require hundreds, if not

thousands of dollars when the costs for transportation, housing, food and, for those of age, alcohol are calculated.

Here are some travel tips aimed at making spring break a more pleasant experience by making it a cheaper one.

Staycation The biggest way to save money would be to not go anywhere, but this does not mean that people can’t still have fun.

Jillian Scibelli, a junior majoring in criminology, made staycation plans with four of her friends so that they don’t end up spending too much.

“We’re staying here in Tampa, and we’re going to do day trips to (places like) the springs and the beach,” Scibelli said.

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These local trips are becoming more popular among college students who either don’t have the money to travel far or can’t take time away from other responsibilities such as work.

Anyone contemplating staying in the Bay Area for spring break should at least try and do things they’ve never done before. There are plenty of things to do, including visiting museums, the beach and cashing in on various services that offer students with USF IDs discounts.

they need to.

“Split costs with your friends if you’re going in big groups,” said Sydney Wren, a sophomore majoring in nursing. “You can get group discounts.”

Many travel services, including hotels and airlines, know that this time of year is good for crowd travel, so they offer discounts based on group size. There are also several websites that offer complete spring break packages for groups, such as StudentCity. com and STSTravel.com.

Group deals

Aggregator sites

Like Scibelli, most students who make spring break plans do so with a group of friends.

This is another way to ensure that one doesn’t have to part ways with more cash than

For the best prices on airfare and hotels for the individual, people should use aggregator travel sites, such as Kayak.com and Travelocity. com, instead of specific brand

sites. This allows them to view and compare prices from multiple airlines and hotels at the same time.

If students are travelling especially far and will have to make a stop or two before they get to their final destination, these sites find a way to make the air fare even cheaper by grouping together connecting flights from different airlines. It would take too much time, effort and work for students to find these deals on their own.

Kayak.com even offers an explore page, where people can see the cheapest destinations to fly to from their city based on budget, temperature, continent and available time. This is perfect for the student who just wants to go somewhere but doesn’t really care where.

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however, due to several grievances filed against their campaign. Grievances have also been filed against Soscia and Holland’s ticket.

The grievances could cause the results of the election to change.

It would take confirmation of seven minor grievances or one major grievance for a ticket to be disqualified. The Election Rules Committee reviews minor grievances, while major grievances go to the Student Government Supreme Court.

The grievances are expected to take four weeks to review, according to Jennifer Bielen, assistant director of Student Government Advising, Training & Operations.

Students also voted to continue to pay the $1-per-

credit-hour Student Green Energy Fee that goes toward funding student-led projects, such as solar panels on top of the MSC and refillable water bottle centers attached to drinking fountains. According to the unverified results, 5,447 students voted in favor of the fee, with 1,433 against it.

Students also overwhelmingly voted yes for the student referendum, ‘USF Divest from fossil fuels, private prisons, and companies complicit in human rights violations.’ It calls for the USF Foundation to end investments in companies allegedly contributing to fossil fuels, benefiting from private prisons or complicit in human rights violations.

The referendum received 7,236 in favor and 923 against it. It is nonbinding and does not require action by the Foundation or university.

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the feasibility of the project.

A major setback for the project was the responsibility to manage the project independently.

“Students are no longer asking a big administration to do these jobs — it’s another administration collaborating with other departments,” Pilz said.

Pilz said one of the biggest components to this particular project coming to fruition was collaborating with Sujit Chemburkar of Facilities Management.

Together, they were able to bridge the gap between students and administration.

Now, Nainan Desai and Antonio Lorurenco of Facilities Management actively work

with students to guide them through the planning and implementation process.

Information on the project will be displayed inside the MSC to show the amount of energy generated by the solar panels.

“The installation at the MSC will educate students on SGEF’s intent and inspiration for involvement in their USF community and the future of the school,” Pilz said.

Working with SGEF on multiple Green Energy Projects, Pilz was an active participant in project planning. Another upcoming development is a solar panel initiative partnership with the energy company, TECO, to install solar panels on top of the Richard A. Beard Parking Garage.

Right now, the project is seeking approval from the USF Board of Trustees, according

to Pilz.

Student Body President Chris Griffin — a member of the Board of Trustees — is still considering the project, but SGEF is in full support along with the community collaborator, TECO. “The MSC solar panel project inspired TECO to collaborate with USF and offer their resources to help USF become a 100 percent renewable powered campus,” Pilz said.

Pilz met with TECO representatives and suggested a symbiotic partnership for both USF and TECO to benefit from selling the energy collected for the school to receive renewable credits.

“The ultimate goal is to make institutions reliant on renewable energy and less reliant on fossil fuels to offset carbon emissions—now we are one step closer,” Pilz said.

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The Rundown Outside USF

John Ross breaks 40-yard dash record Former Washington receiver John Ross broke Chris Johnson’s record time of 4.24 seconds at the NFL Scouting Combine this weekend in Indianapolis with a time of 4.22 seconds. However, Ross will not be John Ross the newest owner of a private island, as he was not wearing Nike cleats rather than Adidas cleats when he broke the record.

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Softball

Bulls head to AAC championship Eriksen leaves field heated after loss

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USF sophomore forward Kitija Laksa broke former USF guard Courtney Williams’ record for most points in a sophomore season when she scored 602 points this season. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ game. This is the third year in a Former Bulls excel at NFL

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S E D I T O R row that we’re playing on Monday Combine night. That’s one thing, when you For the third straight season, play in this tournament, you want Former USF football players No. 1 UConn is the only team to play for a championship.”

Rodney Adams and Marlon Mack left standing between USF womThe Huskies, winners of 106 were in Indianapolis over the en’s basketball and a conference consecutive games, have proved weekend for the NFL Combine as championship. to be an insurmountable foe for they prepare to take the next step The Bulls earned their first the Bulls. in their football careers. win against a ranked opponent USF has never beaten UConn Adams was clocked at the Sunday night on their way to the in women’s basketball, and the fourth-fastest 40-yard dash time, AAC championship, defeating No. Huskies continued the trend in coming in at 4.44 seconds. His 21 Temple 63-58 at Mohegan Sun dominating fashion this season. vertical jump, which he used to Arena.

In the team’s first meeting, USF drum up donations for a foun“I couldn’t be prouder of this suffered its worst loss in program dation for kids who have lost group,” USF coach Jose Fernandez history as it fell 102-37. Then the parents, was registered at 29 ½ said. “We played five kids in that Huskies spoiled the Bulls’ senior inches. first half the entire time. In that night with a 96-68 victory at the Mack was just behind Adams third quarter, we were up seven Sun Dome. in terms of speed at Lucas Oil with the ball and we went on a Led by sophomore forward Stadium, running a 4.5 40-yard drought there. But in that fourth Kitija Laksa, who scored a game- dash. However, the former USF quarter, we made big shots and high 18 points against Temple, running back bested Adams in we got the stops we needed. It USF will look to end the lon- both benching and jumping. was an important game for both gest winning streak in college Adams managed eight repetiteams, for NCAA seeding, us sports history tonight when it tions of benching 225 pounds winning up there and them win- plays UConn at 7 at Mohegan Sun whereas Mack put up 15 reps. ning at our place. We wanted this Arena.

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USF managed just two hits in its 5-0 loss to Villanova.

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Going hitless through the first four innings, it was apparent USF softball coach Ken Eriksen was displeased with the approach his players were taking to the plate Sunday, constantly throwing his arms up in frustration.

With the Bulls winning seven of their first 10 matchups, including a 6-4 triumph over No. 6 Michigan, 2017 was off to hot start.

But in contrast to their early season success, the Bulls were a totally different team against the Villanova (6-4), both on and off the field, falling to the Wildcats 5-0 at the USF Softball Stadium.

But USF’s on-field struggles weren’t the only thing off Sunday afternoon.

Following their defeat, the

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Bulls’ bats come to life in series sweep of Toledo

USF baseball has relied on its pitching and defense for most of its 10 wins, but the Bulls’ offense led the team to a series sweep of Toledo this weekend. ORACLE PHOTO/JACKIE BENITEZ don’t play your best, you’re a more two-out RBI hits from closer Andrew Perez held the

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S E D I T O R little more sloppy than normal, Zech and Merrell in the fourth Rockets to three hits, two and you still find a way to win.’ gave USF the lead back for walks and no runs while comAs USF coach Mark Kingston That’s what we did today.” bining for nine strikeouts over good. has iterated throughout the Even though the Bulls’ the final 5 1/3 innings.

The Bulls opened the scorbeginning of 2017, USF base- ing with back-to-back two-out offense produced six runs “(The added bullpen depth ball is built on pitching and hits from Garrett Zech and Sunday and 12 in a win is) night and day,” Kingston defense.

Kevin Merrell in the second Saturday night, both Merrell said. “We’re able to use guys But Sunday, the Bulls need- inning, but the lead wouldn’t and Kingston said it still needs in good roles for them and ed some help from its offense last long. not ask too much of them, so to improve. to cap off the sweep with a “Pitching and defense wins they’ve all taken to their role Junior pitcher Peter 6-3 win over Toledo at the USF Strzelecki ran into trouble in championships, there’s no and they’ve been outstandBaseball Stadium. the third inning, as he allowed doubt about that,” Merrell ing.”

“It wasn’t our best day all three runs to score in an inning said. “Our hitting does need Though Kingston said the around,” Kingston said. “Four in which he walked two bat- to improve, and we showed Bulls won despite their sloppy errors, which is almost as ters, gave up two singles and signs (Saturday) night. We’ve play on Sunday, the team’s many as we’ve had the entire threw two wild pitches. got a lot of good hitters on this nine game winning streak year, so we just chalk that up He was eventually pulled team, so it’s going to come remains intact and will be to being a little bit of a fluke. after just 3 2/3 innings, mark- around.” tested twice this week as USF But, I told the guys, ‘When ing the shortest outing by a With Strzelecki out of the hosts Jacksonville on Tuesday you’re a good team, you can weekend starter this season. game, relief pitchers Noah and Villanova on Wednesday. have some days where you Following his departure, two Yager, Michael Farley and

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sports information director for USF softball said that Eriksen would not be available for interviews postgame after he left the field directly following the game. The media was also told that players would not be available for interviews for games until further notice.

Not speaking to the media after games is uncommon for Eriksen, according to the SID, even when it’s coming off of a loss.

This comes two weeks after the removal of former AAC Player of the Year center fielder Juli Weber.

Released from the team on Feb. 21 for undisclosed reasons, the Bulls have been playing without one of their offensive leaders from 2016 in Weber, who batted .406 in 2016.

The Bulls (13-7) are still in a prime position to make a run for their fourth NCAA tournament in five years, and will have a shot at redemption when Boston College and Penn come visit Wednesday.

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When it comes to vertical jumping, Mack leapt 35.5 inches, tied for eighth best among running backs.

Adams and Mack will see how their weekend’s performance impacted their futures when the NFL Draft begins April 27.

Men’s basketball concludes regular season

USF put a merciful end to its 2017 regular season Sunday afternoon at the Sun Dome as it fell 72-60 against Temple.

In a season in which USF fired its coach and is under investigation for academic fraud, the on-court product mirrored the offcourt issues.

The Bulls began the season 5-3, but struggled to compete in conference play, winning just one game in AAC play.

USF (7-22, 1-17) will have a chance to keep its season alive when it plays UConn in the opening round of the AAC tournament on Thursday at 8 p.m.

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