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Students shoot for stars BOT approves in NASA challenge new project for student housing

By Alex Rosenthal E D I T O R

S PORTS Two Bulls ready to take on the Women’s World Cup. BACK

Matt White, along with other USF engineering students, demonstrated devices for NASA’s Micro-g NExT Challenge in the Campus Recreation Center pool Friday afternoon. ORACLE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER COLLIER The extra time in the design n Three teams of USF that will present in Houston later this summer. process left Lostroscio and her engineering students “Our team has done it kind team with multiple options to of unconventionally compared consider for the final protowere selected to to all the other teams in the type. She said that the work demonstrate devices competition,” Lostroscio said. behind her team’s project “We’ve spent a lot longer time wasn’t over and now that they for possible NASA in the design process rather have been accepted by NASA than actually working on a to present, the real process mission. prototype.” has begun.

Lostroscio said the focus “When we get feedback

By Christopher Collier A S S T . N E W S E D I T O R of her team was creating a today we’ll have a good idea safe, practical tool for break- of where we want to go but we ing rocks that can be operated got to start making this thing Three groups of USF engi- manually. Her team’s device next week,” Lostroscio said. neering students could make resembles a harpoon gun, “We have the safety report due history with prototype space which uses springs to generate in three weeks and the idea is tools they developed for a enough force to chip pieces of to have the final product then national competition headed rock from asteroids. Although — so you know everything that the designs are sophisticated, is going on with it…to explain

by NASA. Kaitlin Lostroscio is the proj- the actual materials involved how it works.”

As Lostroscio and her team ect leader of The Rock Biters, can be found in an average made their demostrations in one of the teams chosen by hardware store.

“It’s a combination of plas- the Campus Recreation Center NASA from over 100 applicants across the country as finalists tic, metal where need be, a pool last week, just across the in the Micro-g NExT Challenge metal frame…and it’s holding pool Tyler Isaacs and his group competition. The three groups down pretty sturdy. Right now were getting ready. Their from USF are among 19 final- we just have a PVC handle,” project involved the creation ists from across the country Lostroscio said. n See NASA on PAGE 2

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New student housing on campus is one step closer to reality following approval from the USF Board of Trustees (BOT) on Thursday.

What will be called the Andros village, the new housing project will be completed through a public-private partnership between the university and private contractors and is expected to replace the existing facilities in the Andros area with a new village-like layout for more than 2,000 students.

Now with BOT approval, the $133 million development must go before the Florida Board of Governors (BOG).

Though it is not clear if or when the BOG will approve the project, the board members will meet in the Marshall Student Center Ballroom next week to discuss guidelines for public-private partnerships — an issue that could decide the future of the USF housing project, as well as any future projects of similar scope at universities throughout the state.

In a statement to The Oracle, BOG Communications Director Brittany Davis said board members are still refining what they are calling “P3 guidelines.” In the agenda documents for the upcoming BOG meeting, 21 guidelines are mentioned, including outlines for terms of leasing and project debt.

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If approved, the housing project has an expected completion date of June 2019 over two phases. Phase I would begin in May 2016, with the demolition of four Andros residence halls and construction of the new buildings beginning that summer. Phase II will begin in May 2018, starting with the demolition of the remaining five Andros buildings and then the construction of the final parts of the village beginning in summer 2018.

The new village, which would replace the existing

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USF student Maxim Thuriere’s bracelet business, EnBois, can be viewed at etsy.com/shop/EnBoisByMaxim.

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By Grace Hoyte N E W S

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Hobbies are great, but the best ones are the kind that pay off. For one USF student, such a hobby is already paying off.

For Maxim Thuriere, bracelet making did not start as a business plan. He simply wanted to make some attractive accessories for himself and his friends.

“I wanted a bracelet for myself, and I was looking online — beads in the Caribbean is kind of a culture, everyone has beads or bracelets, so I’ve always really liked those kinds of accessories,” he said.

“I didn’t see anything I liked, some things were a little too expensive. So I was like, ‘You know what, let me buy some beads. I’m kind of creative, let me see what I can do.’”

He said he didn’t think of his creations as “anything special,” but friends soon encouraged him to start selling the bracelets. Soon thereafter, he started an Instagram page for EnBois

by Maxim. Then, with positive feedback from the photo page, he created a Facebook page and an account on Etsy.

The name EnBois comes from the French word for “wooden,” and is a mnemonic for Every New Bead Offers Its Support.

As the bracelet sales began to pick up, Thuriere, whose moth-

er is Haitian, decided to find an organization that he could work with and help. Since he is passionate about the Haitian education system, he decided to pick an organization he had worked with in the past.

“I used to work with this organization in Haiti called the Haitian Resource Development Foundation (HRDF),” he said.

“What they do, basically, is monitor a wide variety of different projects (and) they have this one project that specifically helps education.”

According to its website, the HRDF “prioritizes programs that enable and empower various Haitian locales to further personal and collective independence.”

The education project with which Thuriere chose to partner offers educational opportunities for Haitian youth that include distance learning, computer literacy and English as a second language (ESL). As French and Haitian Creole are the native languages of Haiti, Thuriere said ESL is very important for easing the transition out of Haiti.

As part of the partnership with HRDF, EnBois by Maxim donates 10 percent of every sale to the education program.

Thuriere declined to provide financial numbers or sale numbers to The Oracle, but bracelet and necklaces prices on Etsy average between $9 and $17

with over 190 sales already made.

“I think that was one of the best things I could have ever done, was find a cause and a reason and a purpose for selling, not just for money,” she said. “That really took my business … to something more serious.”

Of course, the road to a successful business was not perfectly paved for the biomedical science major.

“When I first started, I had no idea about business. I didn’t know where to start or (about) business licenses, or taxes or anything like that,” he said.

To get his company off the ground, Thuriere visited the USF Center for Entrepreneurship.

Within the center lies the Student Innovation Incubator.

The incubator offers student entrepreneurs the tools and resources to get businesses off the ground. Thuriere said the incubator was instrumental in the birth of his business.

As for what he’s going to do after he graduates, Thuriere said he will give the business a year to see where it goes. If after that year, he feels that the business venture was worth the time invested but that he is ready to move on, he will proceed with medical school, as he planned when he first came to USF.

of something they call the Hammer Head. In a nutshell, the Hammer Head uses compressed air to shoot out a bolt of material at high speeds.

“Some of the first initial constraints we had were budgeting…being able to build a prototype with the budget we had,” Isaacs said.

Isaacs said he and his team designed multiple 3-D models in order to keep budget reasonable and to improve on earlier concepts. Their current design relies on the interaction between compressed air and zero gravity to produce enough force to shatter rock.

“In the future we want to fix our seal,” Isaacs said. “When we seal on the rock surface, we want to create more of a vacuum type seal so less air can leave when we run the jet.”

The third team, Bulls in Space, constructed a tool for harvesting samples on the surface of an asteroid without the risk of contamination.

Through a air-powered beak that extends from a nozzle at the end of the device, the Bull Horn will be able to collect samples from most types of extraterrestrial surroundings.

“So there are little rocks on the surface called float samples,” said project leader

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dorms built in the ’60s, would feature semi-suite and traditional style beds, a health and wellness facility, a pool, dining facilities and there are also rumors of an on-campus Publix included in the project.

In the BOT’s approval, the university will enter an agreement with Capstone-Harrison Street, LLC. This is a combination of Capstone Development Partners, LLC, an Alabamabased organization that specializes in student housing developments that has worked with more than 60 colleges and universities nationally, and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, a Chicago-based organization.

Brittany Mott. “Our device is meant to collect those to then be taken back to some sort of lab, whether that be on a spaceship or back home on Earth and be tested to determine what type of lifeforms — if any — are on that asteroid.”

Like the other two groups involved, Mott’s team had no budget and relied on the kindness and support of others within the college.

Sebastian Dewhurst is an aerospace engineer, member of the USF Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board and sits on the board of directors for USF Research Foundation. His role in the competition was one of mentor and consultant to the student groups.

“Getting (to Houston) has been you know, actually as big a problem I think for these guys as actually budgeting for building their devices.”

Though NASA is sponsoring the challenge, the USF teams are collaborating to obtain funds for travel to Houston and to finalize their devices.

In August, the teams will be evaluated by scientists and astronauts during a mock spacewalk. Finalists selected could have their devices manufactured by NASA for future space missions.

To view videos of each team’s project, visit USFOracle.com.

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‘San Andreas’ features rocky plot with rockin’ visuals

By Camara Silver C O M M E N T A R Y

“San Andreas” may be visually entertaining, but the script is a hollow shell with only one premise — CGIgenerated earthquakes are fun to look at on a big screen.

The thin plot pits Ray Gains (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), a gifted rescue pilot who is separated from his wife Emma (Carla Gugina), against one of the most destructive earthquakes to hit California, all while dealing with the loss of his oldest daughter, his wife’s new boyfriend, Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd), and the distancing relationship with his younger daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario). In the midst of Ray’s family moving away with Emma’s new boyfriend, each member experiences the devastating earthquake brought on by the San Andreas Fault and must race out of the city to survive.

The bottom line is that this forgettable film is filled with cliches that weaken its one strength —the visual effects.

The film should be commended for its

visual appeal, but that cannot compensate for a poor, predictable script in which the entire family is bound to survive the disaster. Moviegoers who love action films will not be disappointed with the realistic earthquake scenes, but, even they may grow bored since most of these scenes are reminiscent of previous disaster films, such as “2012.”

As predicted, it is the disaster that reunites the estranged husband with his family, as it reveals he is the man who truly cares about them. The script even goes so far as to make the new boyfriend a complete coward, not caring about the family’s safety, just in case it wasn’t apparent enough that Ray was the better man.

Ultimately, action film lovers will enjoy the backdrop of watching the destruction of California once again, but toward the end will wonder if it would have been better to simply watch an actual earthquake for free on PBS. Rating: 1.5/5

Latest ‘Insidious’ installment saved by scare factor

By Camara Silver C O M M E N T A R Y

“Insidious: Chapter 3” is a series of cheap jump scares that suffers from a dull plot. The story follows Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott), a teenager who is haunted by a demon spirit after she tries to contact her deceased mother on her own. To destroy this demon, her father, Sean Brenner (Dermot Mulroney), enlists the help of the reluctant psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye).

Bottom line, “Insidious: Chapter 3” is a marginal improvement over the second chapter, with effective jump scares and good directing, but overall, the film fails to mirror the scares of the original film. “Insidious: Chapter 3” borrows elements from “The Exorcist” but does little to surpass the film.

There is nothing original about the

script, but the frightening scenes do make this horror film sufficient with its scare factor.

The best aspect of the film was how the director depicted the evolution of Shaye’s character, a recurring medium in the series. Her backstory reveals rather well how she struggled with the use of her gift, and sets the stage for the original film by introducing familiar supporting actors and demons.

Audiences who look forward to jumping in their seats will enjoy “Insidious: Chapter 3” because it frequently uses this ploy throughout the film. However, these jump scares cannot hide a weak script, no matter how effective they are individually. Luckily, supporting actress Shaye steals the show, providing a stellar performance and making the film more bearable to get through.

Rating: 2.5/5

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whole going on the road to Florida State, Maryland, Navy and Central Florida thing, too.

Feeling confident yet?

“If you can’t tell, I’m fired up … I can’t wait to impress you all,” Taggart told the Selmon’s crowd. “I can’t wait to see you all smile.”

If the coach wants to make fans smile, how about getting a play called on time without having to burn a timeout? Or, the team could retain an offensive coordinator for more than 12 games without suddenly stripping them of play-calling duties midway through the season without explanation.

Maybe take the magic from the recruiting trail during the offseason and sprinkle some of it on Saturdays.

For those unaware, Michigan coach — and Taggart’s friend — Jim Harbaugh stopped by campus on Saturday for a one-day camp for prospects to work with the USF and Wolverines coaching staffs.

It was nice marketing for the team. It was a great opportunity for high school stars

to get a look at the school and the facilities. No one can really question the intentions of it since the Bulls aren’t playing Michigan in the foreseeable future, nor are they really recruiting the same caliber of athletes.

In a light-hearted group photo, Harbaugh even wore a green Bulls cap to show his support.

Hold on to that snapshot.

If Taggart’s Bulls don’t win a minimum of six games and earn a trip to any one of the 41 bowl games – much less one on New Year’s Day – Taggart can almost guarantee that he’ll be repaying the seemingly innocent gesture to Harbaugh by donning a Michigan hat next year – as one of Harbaugh’s assistants.

“Like I tell our guys, we can’t ask for anybody to say anything else, we’ve got to go out and change the perception of what people think of our football team ... and that’s what we intend to do,” Taggart recently told the Tampa Bay Times about negative preseason predictions by some national media outlets. “Let them say what they want to say. Let’s go change it.”

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EDITORIAL

Caitlyn Jenner, #MyVanityFairCover initiate needed conversations Last week, Caitlyn Jenner made her first appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair as a transgender woman and brought transgender representation in the media to fuller focus, an especially impactful moment for transgender acceptance in popular culture.

However, as pointed out

by Laverne Cox, transgender actress and activist and the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of Time, though Jenner’s cover is revolutionary, not all trans people have the privilege to transition safely, and many can’t meet society’s traditional beauty standards. In acknowledging this, as reported by Buzzfeed, Tumblr users Crystal Frasier and Jenn Dolari began #MyVanityFairCover, in which they made their own covers and encouraged others to do the same, with “Call me___” to match Jenner’s “Call me Caitlyn.”

The hashtag has since gone viral, with trans men and women posting their covers and personal stories on Tumblr and Twitter.

In doing so, they acknowledge Jenner’s cover while also bringing attention to the reality that not all transgender women can fully relate to her. The hashtag is an outlet for all trans people to celebrate themselves in the same way Jenner did.

Jenner’s choice to publicly come out allowed her to share her story to a mass audience, but to also continue a necessary discourse about transgender recognition. E! released a two-part special called “About Bruce,” and will debut another called “I Am Cait” July 26. Hearing her story is just as important as hearing those whose stories can’t relate to hers, and her bravery in sharing who she is opens opportunities for other trans people to do the same.

Frasier and Dolari’s praise

for all transgender women brings trans representation to another level, as the hope with #MyVanityFairCover is for “the myriad faces of the trans community” to be known, especially minority trans women, those from poor upbringings, and those “who don’t pass.”

Transgender representation in the media is also crucial to the social perception of the trans community. The U.S. transgender population is estimated at .5 percent, which, as pointed out in a U.S. News and World Report article, makes representation that much more vital since often people’s only contact with a trans person is through the media.

As seen with a review of transinclusive TV over the past decade by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation taken in 2012, realistic representation is still far from where it should be.

Not only were only 12 percent of shows considered “groundbreaking” and “fair,” but 40 percent wrote trans characters as victims, and 21 percent cast them as killers or villains.

While there are shows with positive representations of transgender characters, such as Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” and Amazon’s “Transparent,” which follows the struggles of a father who comes out to his adult children as transgender later in life, the media still has a long way to go in portraying the transgender community as individuals removed from stereotypical molds.

This is why Caitlyn and #MyVanityFairCover are changing what it means to be transgender in pop culture and are giving depth to ingrained standards of beauty and stereotypes — conversations that will surely continue to open up society’s view to the complexity of the transgender community.

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What you said In light of USA Today reporting that Maryland recently passed a bill making it illegal for colleges and universities to demand access to students’ social media accounts, editor Isabelle Cavazos asked students if they think Florida should have similar legislation.

“I don’t have anything on my social media, but I would still be opposed to schools prying.”

— Alex Morris, a senior majoring in accounting

“I think it’s only OK if the student gave the school permission, like a student giving a school-related picture. They shouldn’t use it to judge.” ­— Madison Lindemulder, a sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences

“You can put your social life separate from school.

My grades are fine, and my social life is private.”

— Natalie Yoshida, a senior majoring in accounting

“That’s info students should be able to keep.

They shouldn’t have to put it out there.”

— Anthony Hunter, a senior majoring in finance

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Pair of Bulls headed to Women’s World Cup

By Vinnie Portell S P O R T S

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Diana Saenz has gone from scoring her first career goal in the Bulls’ first round NCAA Tournament game to making the Costa Rica national team, which will compete Tuesday in the Women’s World Cup in Canada.

The 5-foot-1 defender came to USF from San Jose, Costa Rica, and played in 19 games in her freshman season in 2012.

Saenz, now a junior, played in 17 games for the Bulls in the 2014 season while splitting time with the Costa Rica Full National Team.

“It’s so amazing to think about Diana Saenz being in the World Cup,” Schilte-Brown said in a statement. “She’s already brought so much experience to our team because she’s been with her national team since she was very young. She’s played the United States multiple times and she’s been in the international arena probably more than any athlete I’ve

ever coached in the history of my career.”

Joining Saenz on the team is former Bull Cristin Granados.

Granados, 25, also played for the Costa Rica National Team in college. She played for VCU for two years before coming to USF for her senior season, in which she was named Second Team All-Conference and scored six goals.

Costa Rica will begin play Tuesday at 4 p.m. when its matches up against Spain at Olympic Stadium, Montreal.

Taggart adds linebacker over weekend Coach Willie Taggart hosted a one-day camp Saturday for local recruits which featured Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan coaching staff.

By the time the day was up, Defensive Coordinator Tom Allen had added another linebacker to the Bulls’ 2016 class.

According to rivals.com, Paul Dawson of Sebastian River (Fla.) earned an offer Saturday and followed up with a commitment.

“I felt like USF was a good fit for me academically and

playing wise. I found out they are only taking two linebackers in this class too and that one starter is done after this year,” Dawson said in an interview with rivals.com. “It seemed like it was a chance for me to shine in the green and gold.”

Dawson is unranked on rivals.com, but had offers from Miami, Pittsburgh, FIU, FAU and Georgia Southern.

“I was going to go up to GSU, but I don’t think I will now since I’ve already found my new home,” he said.

Two more USF kick times announced USF will begin the season under the lights when it hosts the Florida A&M Rattlers on Sept. 5 at 7 at Raymond James Stadium.

The AAC announced this kick time Friday along with the Bulls’ conference-opening game against Memphis, which is set for Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in Tampa.

The Bulls’ game against Florida A&M can be seen on ESPN3 and their game against Memphis will be broadcast on ESPN2.

Junior Diana Saenz and former Bull Cristin Granados will play for Costa Rica on Tuesday when they begin play in the Women’s World Cup in Canada. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

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Taggart’s offseason comments overly optimistic

By Jeff Odom C O M M E N T A R Y

Behind the familiar green and white visor, there’s a man unsure of where he will stand in six months.

Behind every burst of excitement, every reassurance to those on the outside that his football program is on the right track — that it’s finally halted a seemingly endless downward spiral — there’s a man who knows he’s racing against a clock he cannot stop.

If teams were judged on fervor and determination, the beleaguered USF coach would find himself sitting on a green and gold throne as the King of Fowler Avenue.

At 38 years old, Taggart would likely be among the group of budding stars included in discussions to take over a Power Five program like Miami, Illinois or Iowa – all of which currently have coaches that could be fired at any moment.

But that’s not how the business of college football works.

Coaches are expected to produce on the field, something Taggart’s teams at USF have scarcely done.

Taggart’s seat isn’t just hot right now, it’s on fire — and he knows it. Never was that been more obvious than during Wednesday night’s “Bulls on Parade” coaches’ tour stop in Tampa.

Before a capacity audience

inside a Lee Roy Selmon’s restaurant, Taggart took the microphone to introduce himself and address the fans. He explained to them that this is the most talented team he’s ever had.

“I’m excited about our football team,” Taggart boasted, “and everything that touches our football team right now.”

That’s all well and good.

Typical coach-speak to get people — and more importantly, donors — hyped up. But what he said next was almost as incomprehensible as it was laughable.

While addressing his outlook for the season, Taggart said he wants to see all of the Bulls faithful smiling around Raymond James Stadium –

especially when USF “is in a New Year’s Day bowl game.”

Did we all hop into a time machine and go back to 2007?

Does he mean that USF, a program that hasn’t come close to a bowl game in five years, is suddenly going to leap to the top of not just the American Athletic Conference, but the nation’s elite?

It’s a baseless notion that reeks of desperation.

In two seasons under Taggart, the Bulls’ have won only six games and none – not even against tiny Division I-AA Western Carolina – have come by more than eight points.

That’s right, USF hasn’t won a game by double digits since it defeated I-AA Chattanooga 34-13 in the 2012 season

opener. USF hasn’t beaten an FBS opponent by double digits since a 20-point victory at Syracuse in 2011 – then-coach Skip Holtz’s second season.

But now, everyone is supposed to believe that Taggart is sure that this group — which put up 20 points or fewer in 10 of its 11 games against FBS teams last season — can suddenly leapfrog everyone else and stake its claim as one of the best?

The only sure thing is that Taggart isn’t sure. Heck, he’s not even sure who’s going to be starting under center when the Bulls take the field for their opener against Florida A&M on Sept. 5.

Furthermore, there’s that

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