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Students who applied for on-campus housing for the 2016-2017 academic year may have been shocked when USF Housing and Residential Education released the tenta-

tive new housing rates.

In the 2015-2016 academic year, a two-bedroom apartment in Holly would cost a student over $900 a month. With this coming year’s rate increases, five styles of on-campus living have broken that $900 mark.

While halls like Beta and Castor have increased in month-

ly cost by $23.50, rooms in Juniper-Poplar have increased by $121.50.

The fact that the change isn’t even across the board bothers students. Sophia Escalante, a sophomore majoring in psychology who plans on moving to Cypress next semester.

“I’m a little upset that cer-

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While a timeline is not currently available, demolition of the current Andros Complex (bottom) is expected to begin over summer. The construction plan (top) will result in an increase in the number of students able to live on campus. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU, SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

tain places were raised a little bit, while Cypress was raised by 17 percent,” Escalante said.

“I now have to pay $624 more than what I wanted to pay, and I’m upset for that.”

USF housing rates have gone up only once in the last four years, according to Housing and Residential Education Vice President Ana Hernandez. The increase was long overdue, she feels, and is necessary to meeting costs associated with running housing, such as mortgages on buildings, maintenance and utilities.

“We have been fortunate enough to have very high occupancy for the last several years, which has helped us meet some of those obligations, but we are coming to the point where we may not be able to meet our debt obligations, which is a very significant matter,” Hernandez said.

The increase can also be tied to the fewer beds USF will have available on campus in the next few years during construction of the new Andros Complex.

While those beds will be going away, housing retains the same debt obligations as before, according to Hernandez.

Construction costs for the new complex are unrelated to the rate increase, as those costs are part of a public-private partnership USF has.

For those students who are concerned about the increase, Hernandez understands that the increase come as a surprise.

The new rates have to be approved by the Board of Trustees (BOT) and won’t have final approval until May. The current rates are pending, as determined at a Finance and Audit work group of the BOT. After receiving these tentative rates, Housing worked to release them to students, although they were not released before the housing application deadline.

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Reading days come to campus for the first time

By Krithika Venugopal C O R R E S P O N D E N T

There are no classes today and tomorrow.

This break before finals week is thanks to USF implementing university-wide reading days.

The idea was proposed as part of former student body president Andy Rodriguez and vice president Mike Malanga’s platform last year in order to assist students’ time to focus on exams and assignments without the burden of classes, tests and assignments due before finals week.

“Before I was president, there was a semester where I was taking organic chemistry, and within four days I had three (organic chemistry) exams. I remember it being one of the worst semesters; it wasn’t fair,” Rodriguez said.

Regardless of the benefits, there seems to be an air of hesitation

surrounding the program in its current form.

The Oracle approached eight professors who refused to comment.

“It seems like a really good idea, and it helps with managing stress, but I feel like professors have to wrap up content too fast, which could take away from the quality of the lectures,” said Reshma Pinnamaneni, a senior majoring in biomedical sciences.

Rodriguez mentioned that the program could improve in the coming semesters by becoming more similar to what the University of Florida (UF) carries out each year.

UF adds an extra week to the semester, thus allowing for more class time while maintaining the last two days as reading days.

“Reading days would have really helped me with exams and projects if they’d been introduced

my sophomore year when classes really started getting tough,” said Priyanka Raju, a junior majoring in accounting.

A modification that Rodriguez said was set to begin during the next academic year is the switch to Wednesdays and Thursdays as reading days.

This is due to the frequency of holidays falling on Fridays, a state requirement about how many Fridays must be in the semester, and the constraint that classes face in completing their lessons in time for final exam preparation.

“Some students might not use it, there are going to be students who abuse it, but in response to that, the way that I see it, (the) program is there for the students who are going to be studying hard at the library, or working hard in their exams, and really do care about their finals,” Rodriguez said.

For the first time, reading days are coming to USF. Today and tomorrow, classes are canceled so students have a chance to focus on studying for their finals next week. ORACLE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

Wellness Center stress relief programs return

By Morgan Blauth C O R R E S P O N D E N T

The Marshall Student Center (MSC) and Department of Wellness Education have teamed up to offer students plenty of opportunities to destress with final exams on the way.

One such event is Paws & Relax, scheduled for Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the USF Library. The event provides pet therapy dogs to help students “pause and relax” before finals. A collection of puppies will be outside the library for students to play with.

“Research shows that when humans interact with an animal, it decreases stress levels, it decreases heart rate, it decreases blood pressure and there are self-reported incidents of decrease in stress and anxiety and an increase in mood,” said Jennifer DiPrete, director of Wellness Education at USF. Starting Wednesday, the MSC will be the “Marshall Study Center” through May 6. The MSC will be open until 3 a.m. to allow students another quiet place to study on campus at

As finals approach, the Wellness Center and the Marshall Student Center scheduled events to help students de-stress while studying. One of the events includes social time with puppies.

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their convenience. In addition to extended hours, the MSC will offer discounts on food throughout finals week, study rooms and review sessions for last minute cramming.

Though studying is important, research shows taking breaks is just as essential to the retention of

information. According to CampusMindWorks.org, stress can be good or bad. Stress is a result of hormones released to deal with a situation, but that can also lead to a lack of concentration.

“We want our students to take a break — allow themselves to take a break — and

participate in any of our activities that we have available,” DiPrete said.

The Wellness Center is providing free seated chair massages by licensed professionals on May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in MSC 3708. These professional massages supplement the massage chair program reg-

ularly available to students.

There will also be a “play zone” where students can color and play with Play-Doh — activities that give weary brains a break. Games and opportunities to win prizes will also be held throughout the MSC. According to the American Art Therapy Association, coloring is linked to exploring feelings and reducing stress.

DiPrete mentioned other strategies for coping with stress, including meditation, journaling and talking with friends.

“A little bit of stress is OK. It does allow us to kind of push ourselves in a way that maybe we didn’t think was possible and succeed,” DiPrete said.

Relaxing during finals week is essential, but DiPrete and the Wellness Center hope students take these practices into their lives beyond exams.

“Our ultimate goal is that (stress management) will become part of a larger routine that’s implemented, whether (students) are coming back as a student or graduating, that they will implement some sort of a stress management routine into their regular activities and daily living,” DiPrete said.

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that students were aware that was the proposal that was being considered,” Hernandez said.

However, Kyle Peters, a freshman majoring in computer science, saw a lack of transparency in the late release.

“I don’t like the increase,” Peters said. “I lived on campus this year and it’s just not right to hike up the prices without really being transparent with their current residents.”

As students determine whether or not to seek lodging elsewhere, Housing has extended the cancellation deadlines without penalty to May 6 — the end of the semester.

If students are having trouble paying rent, Hernandez encourages them to look at cheaper rooms on campus. Over 2,000 bed spaces will be available for less than $3,000 a semester.

“We were really trying to be very intentional to make sure that we maintained a variety of price points along with a variety of configurations on campus, so we’re hoping that students are able to find something that best suits their needs,” Hernandez said.

Off-campus housing is also available, but those prices can fluctuate. Hernandez anticipates students currently with USF housing applications will pursue other options in offcampus housing.

No students will be forced to pay these rates, however, as USF has terminated its firstyear on-campus living requirement, as of Spring 2016.

However, Hernandez wants as many people as possible to take advantage of residential living at USF. “We believe that the facilities and support that we offer is of great value and helps them be connected, helps support their academic success, and so we would really want them to continue to give us serious consideration, but we recognize that students are making choices and they need to make the choices that are the best for them,” Hernandez said.

Some students, like Caroline Jackson, a freshman majoring in women and gender studies, aren’t buying into the benefits of on-campus housing given the increase.

“It’s really frustrating,” Jackson said. “Living on campus is advertised as the best choice for our education. But with the increase I don’t see how this is supposed to be beneficial.”

According to Hernandez, infrastructure and aesthetic investments in current oncampus residences are part of Housing’s plans for the future.

Those plans also include a three-year rate increase in order to balance out the shrinking capacity of on-campus housing with the new Andros construction.

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New 2-hour delivery service beneficial for students Breanne Williams COLU M N I ST

As of yesterday, Amazon.com is offering a service called Prime Now, which will offer one- and twohour delivery services for those in the area.

This program will be beneficial to students, especially to those living on campus or without vehicles.

Most of South Tampa, downtown Tampa, New Tampa, Ybor City, St. Petersburg, Brandon, Apollo Beach and Plant City are covered with the service. USF is thankfully available for the two-hour delivery service.

Prime Now includes tens of thousands of items for delivery.

These include groceries, household supplies, video games, health care items, office and school supplies, pet food and more.

Instead of catching a bus to the Fletcher Wal-Mart, students can order groceries from their apartment and know they will receive the items in less than two hours.

There is even an option for onehour delivery for a slight upcharge of $7.99. Students just need to go online or download the Prime Now app to see which zip codes are available for the service.

Publix explored a similar service last year. It allowed customers to order on an app called “Shipt” and have items delivered to their door.

However, the program is not available for the USF area.

The question that remains to be answered is how this will work with the USF mailing system. Students that order items online often do not receive them upon their immediate arrival due to the slow nature of USF mail.

With items like perishables, this kind of delay will not work. It will be interesting to see how USF adapts to the new delivery system in order to allow students to benefit from the service.

Publix charged customers $99 for an annual membership and kicked off the program August 4.

Prime Now is exclusively offered to Amazon Prime members.

However, standard customers can be included in the service for a

$99 annual membership.

The good news? Students are offered a special exemption. By signing up with your student email you receive a free six-month trial which includes not only free two day shipping on most Prime products online, but also unlimited photo storage, movie and TV show streaming and free music streaming.

Once those six months are up, students are offered an annual membership for half the regular price. For $49 a year students can buy and rent textbooks, stream movies and now order groceries to their door.

Delivery services like Prime Now are a great way for students to fully experience college life. They can pull all-nighters and rush to exams without having to worry about an empty fridge.

While taking a bus to local stores is an option, this takes time. The time spent waiting for the bus, shopping and returning can now be dedicated to studying, working out or spending time with friends.

Let’s be honest, students tend to procrastinate in every aspect of their lives. Does the car need gas?

Students will wait for the gaslight to come on. Is an assignment due at midnight? Better get started at 11:30.

Now when they realize the fridge is empty, they can have it restocked in two hours without having to leave campus.

When you realize you have an exam that afternoon and never picked up a calculator or pencils you won’t have to run to the bookstore and pay triple what it’s worth just to be prepared for class.

Instead, you just go online and it will be at your door in plenty of time to take the test.

Textbooks are not available yet for the quick delivery, but other study materials are — like exam prep books and study guides.

Prime Now is a major benefit to those living in the Tampa area and will be sure to ease the lives of college students.

Breanne Williams is a junior majoring in mass communications.

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What you said Amazon Prime is offering free two-hour shipping through a new service called Prime Now. Opinion Editor Breanne Williams asked students if they would take advantage of this new program.

“If they have stuff I would normally buy, I’d take advantage of it. I’m interested to see how that will work with campus mail.”

- Dylan Baur, a freshman majoring in criminology

“I would because I’m already a Prime member.

I’m a millennial and I have that ‘want it now’ personality.”

- Cira Olson, a junior majoring in biomedical sciences

“I’ll probably use it a lot more now. I won’t have to figure out rides. It’ll be convenient for students without cars.”

- Michael Stevenson, a freshman majoring in architecture

“I probably wouldn’t take advantage of it because I’m not a Prime member, but I’ll look into it.”

- Alyssa Arrieta, a sophomore majoring in cellular and molecular biology

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Standout worker Dinning hall employee spreads positivity

By Matthew Giardino C O R R E S P O N D E N T

This wasn’t the career choice Gerry Graham had in mind. But life happened, and he is grateful to be working at USF Dining’s Fresh Food Company spreading wisdom and positivity to diners.

Growing up, Graham had big dreams of becoming a professional football player or firefighter.

But those dreams are in the past.

“I ran with the wrong crowd,” Graham said. “I got hooked up selling drugs and messed my dreams all up.”

Graham’s childhood was far from ideal.

“When I was a little kid, we had it kind of rough,” Graham said. “I grew up in the 70s and early 80s with two brothers and a sister. As I got older, my mom and dad separated.”

With his parents’ separation came problems of their own. By 11th grade, Graham had dropped out of school and began his long and challenging journey.

Unfortunately for Graham, selling drugs caught up with him and he found himself in prison. Four years of his life have been spent behind bars on two different arrests.

While in prison, Graham, now 49 years old, got in even more trouble.

“You can go to (solitary confinement) for anything in prison,” Graham said. “One time, they wrote me up for eyeballing. I did 32 days in an underground jail where there was no sunlight, no TV and not even a clock.”

Prison proved to be dark days for Graham, but it was the reality check he needed to get back on the right path.

“I’m a changed dude,” Graham said. “I’m an older

dude right now. I got kids and grandkids.”

Once he was released from prison for the second time in 2008, he landed a job with Juniper Dining. A few years later, he got the job at Fresh Food Company where he has worked since.

The pay isn’t great.

From the money he makes, a large portion goes to paying child support to the three mothers of his five kids.

Graham doesn’t mind. He enjoys what he does.

Justin Brown, a freshman majoring in nursing, is a regular at the Fresh Food Company and sees Graham daily.

“Gerry is always diligently working and always seems to enjoy himself,” Brown said. “He never complains about his job, and he is always socializing with the students at Fresh Foods.”

In 1999, Graham spent two weeks in the hospital after

being injured in a car accident. The accident left him with broken arms, which had to be fixed by removing a hipbone to help correct the injury.

“I wanted to be there for my mom and kids,” Graham said. “I told myself that if I can get through this, I’m going to be a changed man.”

Graham has faced a lot of adversity in his life, and through those challenges, has become a mentor for the people around him.

Wenford Isaacs, a regular at the Fresh Food Company, frequently goes to Graham for advice.

“Any time I have a problem, he will pull me to the side, and he will tell me that he has been there and done that.

Nine out of 10 times, what he told me has been true,” Isaacs said. “His coaching me helped me with problems that I had been going through.”

Graham is always there for his co-workers, and it doesn’t go unnoticed.

Jaycee Welker, a freshman majoring in speech pathology has observed his kind nature.

“Gerry is always smiling and spreading joy to everyone he speaks to,” Welker said.

“He really encourages his coworkers to do their best and always be appreciative of their blessings.”

Although Graham enjoys working at Fresh Food Company, he still aspires to do something different.

Graham’s new goal is to start trade school and study to become a welder.

“I am going to go to trade school,” Graham said. “Next time they have an opening, I am going to go full force at it.

In the meantime, I’ll keep this job to make ends meet.”

The Fresh Food Company dinning hall.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A pro bowler in 2009, Jenkins has 10 interceptions and a defensive touchdown in seven seasons in the NFL. Jenkins is currently a free agent after missing most of 2015 with an injury.

Nate Allen: Second round, 37 overall, Eagles Allen began his career as a two-star recruit out of Cape Coral High School. Starting at safety as a sophomore, Allen recorded 84 tackles, four interceptions and three fumble recoveries.

Considered among the top safeties in the draft, Allen was selected in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles and spent four seasons there before signing with the Raiders in 2015.

Allen has 10 interceptions over five seasons.

Aaron Lynch: Fifth round, 150th overall, 49ers Lynch is USF’s most recent breakout player in the NFL. The former First-Team All-AAC outside linebacker recorded six sacks and a fumble returned for a touchdown in his only season at USF. The 6-foot-5, 270-pounder has been a standout for the San Francisco 49ers since being drafted in 2014.

Lynch has 12.5 sacks in two seasons on a lackluster 49er

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defense that saw a bevy of retirements soon after Lynch’s arrival.

George Selvie: Seventh round, 226 overall, Rams A diamond in the rough, Selvie slipped toward the end of the final round, but not for a lack of talent.

The 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive end was a two-time First-Team All-Conference selection while at USF and was selected as the Big East Defensive Player of the Year in 2007.

A four-year starter, he recorded 29 sacks and nine forced fumbles. Selvie has traveled around the league with stops in Carolina, Tampa Bay, Dallas and Jacksonville before settling in with former USF teammate Pierre-Paul in New York last season.

Recent picks: USF has had five players selected in the past five seasons including Lynch.

In 2013, linebacker Sam Barrington was selected by the Green Bay Packers, earning a starting role in 2014 before suffering a foot injury prior to the 2015 season.

USF had two draftees in last year’s draft with offensive linemen Austin Reiter and Reshard Cliett going in the final two rounds. Cliett tore his ACL in the first day of training camp last offseason, but is still on the Houston Texans’ roster.

Reiter, drafted in the seventh round by the Washington Redskins, has yet to start a game, but remains on the team.

Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (left) was USF football’s highest draft pick. Linebackers Aaron Lynch (bottom right) and Sam Barrington (top right) were selected in the fifth and seventh rounds respectively. All three are starters and Pierre-Paul is a two-time Pro Bowl selection. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

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Softball

UCF series to decide top seed

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For the USF softball team, it comes down to the final regular season series. With a two-win lead over UCF, the winner of this weekend’s series will claim the top seed heading into the AAC tournament. With 42 wins already, it seems USF is almost a lock for the postseason, but a strong showing in the conference tournament may be the difference between hosting or traveling in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

USF was the first team left out of the postseason last year.

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UCF (31-17, 8-2) at USF (42-11, 14-1)

When: Friday, 4 p.m.

Where: USF Softball Stadium TV/Radio: 1040 AM

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USF has had 24 players selected in the NFL draft since 2001, including two first round picks. The first round of the NFL draft is tonight at 8 and will be broadcast on ESPN and the NFL Network. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

A look at USF’s all-time draft class

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There have been 24 Bulls selected in the NFL draft, the first coming in 2001. Seven players have been drafted in the first three rounds with one as high as 15th overall. With the 2016 NFL draft tonight, here are some of USF’s top draftees over the last 15 years.

Jason Pierre-Paul: First round, 15th overall, Giants Pierre-Paul had one standout year with USF during the 2009 season. His exceptional size and quickness allowed him to wreak havoc on opposing defenses.

Pierre-Paul finished his junior season with 6.5 sacks, one interception (returned 18 yards for a touchdown), and 16.5 tackles for loss in 13

games. Pierre-Paul decided to forgo his senior season at USF and enter the NFL early.

Since entering the NFL, the 6-foot-4, 270-pound defensive end has 44 sacks and eight forced fumbles in six seasons with the New York Giants.

He also won Super Bowl XLVI and has been selected to two Pro Bowls.

Mike Jenkins: First round, 25th overall, Cowboys Jenkins, a USF football and track star, finished his collegiate career with 133 tackles, a school-record 47 passes defensed and six interceptions at safety.

He was selected 25th overall to the Dallas Cowboys, but has since bounced around to both the Oakland Raiders and the

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Jared Goff, QB 2. Philadelphia Eagles Carson Wentz, QB 3. San Diego Chargers Joey Bosa, DE 4. Dallas Cowboys Ezekiel Elliott, RB 5. Jacksonville Jaguars Jalen Ramsey, S 6. Baltimore Ravens Laremy Tunsil, OT 7. San Francisco 49ers DeForest Buckner, DE 8. Cleveland Browns Josh Doctson, WR 9. Tampa Bay Bucs Vernon Hargreaves, CB 10. New York Giants Ronnie Stanley, OT

After back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances, USF women’s basketball coach Jose Fernandez has added another prospect to his upcoming recruiting class.

European standout Dorottya Nagy, a 6-foot-2 small forward from Pecs, Hungary, is just the latest talent to join Fernandez’s strong squad.

“I’m very excited to be adding a high caliber student-athlete to our family,” said Fernandez in Fernandez a press release. “I think she is a great fit for our program, both academically and athletically, and I’m excited about her versatility on both ends of the court.”

The five-star standout has been a member of the U16, U17, U18 and U20 Hungarian national teams.

She recently averaged 9.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game at the FIBA U17 World Championships.

Even though she is listed as a small forward, Nagy can play several different positions. She is known for having a wide range with a “relentless” defensive mindset and is listed as the fourth-best forward in Hungary.

Riding the coattails of their recent postseason success, USF hopes Nagy and the rest of this new class can help fill the void left by program greats like Courtney Williams, who was picked eighth overall in the 2016 WNBA Draft.

Nagy will join the class of 2020 with Jazzmaine Bond, Tamara Henshaw, Shae Leverett and Enna Pehadzic this fall as the Bulls set their sights on a third-straight NCAA tournament appearance.