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Stein moves USF rally to Ybor The rally for Green Party nominee Jill Stein that was scheduled to be held in the Marshall Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday has been moved to the Cuban Club in Ybor City.

According to the Green Party Alliance at USF Facebook page, the move comes in response to “an issue with fundraising,” rather than a speculated issue with the university.

Stein is still at a 2.7 percent national average in the polls, according to Real Clear Politics, which is short of the 15 percent that she would need in order to participate in the national debate.

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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will face off in their first national televised debate tonight. ORACLE PHOTOS/JACKIE BENITEZ, ADAM MATHIEU

Students join debate audience through watch parties

Charlotte police release bodycam, dashcam footage

By Abby Rinaldi

Following the controversial shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, police in the city released bodycam and dashcam footage on Saturday of the incident, which took place on Tuesday, according to BBC News.

This footage came after Scott’s wife, Rakeyia Scott, released video she had taken with her phone of the shooting. According to the Charlotte Observer, Scott’s family believes he was unarmed.

The footage, the Observer reported, does not show whether or not Scott possessed a firearm.

For the first time, democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will stand before the nation on the same stage and go toe to toe tonight.

The debate could have historic viewership, according to Susan MacManus, national political analyst and USF political science professor.

“They’re projecting upwards of 100 million (viewers), which is just a little bit less than what a Super Bowl gets normally,” she said.

MacManus also said an interesting mark of this debate, is the fact that the projected recordbreaking viewership will not just be eyes on TV screens but also live-streaming (on sites like Facebook and Twitter) on phones and tablets, as well as blog posts and other form of media through

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various technological platforms.

Part of that viewership will be right on campus, as students participate in debate watch parties. One such watch party will held at the Beef O’ Brady’s in the Marshall Student Center starting at 8.

Organizations including For Florida’s Future, Trans Student Union, National Organization for Women, Tri Iota, United Students Against Sweatshops, A.N.G.E.L.S Inc., and the Black Student Union will co-host this watch party.

“I think that it’s important for everyone to be as informed as possible for this election,” Mark McCullough, communications director at For Florida’s Future, said.

“This debate is going to really give USF students a great opportunity to do that, to see … exactly where the candidates stand on these issues and who has the temperament, the experience and the wherewithal to actually be

What to watch for: Viewers should expect the issues of trust, health and policy gaps to be examined in tonight’s debate.

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The Beef O’ Brady’s watch party is open to all students, McCullough said. But Clinton is the preferred candidate of the hosts.

Another watch party will be hosted by USF College Republicans chairman Christopher Happel at his residence, Magnolia E, room 301 at 9 p.m. Usually the organization rents out a room in the MSC, but this year they decided to move it to Happel’s on-campus apartment.

The USF College Republican’s watch party is open to anyone.

Those wishing to attend can

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Bringing controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos — whose past speeches touched on his feel that trigger warnings and safe spaces are ridiculous and the number of sexual assaults on college campuses is exaggerated — to campus today will cost his host organization over $600.

Yiannopoulos is set to speak at the Marshall Student Center (MSC) Oval Theater as part of his “Dangerous Faggot” Tour at 7 p.m.

The event was coordinated by the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL).

The event cost YAL $662 of its allocated budget, according to the club’s reservation with the MSC. “Why would we need something like this to come?”

Ryan Hoskins, YAL president and the event’s organizer, said. “I feel like there are people here and they have their ideas, and that’s awesome.

“But that’s not great and that’s not awesome when those ideas … silence other people’s ideas simply because they’re not your own.”

The majority of the $662 will be going toward security. Though Yiannopoulos has a private detail, University Police will be providing the bulk of the coverage. At past events, protestors have rushed the stage, shouted and blown whistles in the crowd, and picketed outside which required security responses, according several online videos.

The rest of the money will go toward staff, microphones and a projector.

In response to Yiannopoulos’ event, student organizations including Students for a Democratic Society plan to protest outside of the MSC. According to the reservation, no signs will be allowed inside the Oval Theatre.

Tickets are still available through Eventbrite.

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Racist SNL cast member should be fired

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Fliers posted in the Cypress D dorm at USF stated prejudiced vandalism had taken place. ORACLE PHOTO/SOPHIA ESCALANTE

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

College students should not ignore the recent vile vandalism on campus. Tolerating hate crimes essentially permits them to continue. Students need to stand up against any form prejudice, especially those directed toward our peers.

Millennials are the most racially diverse generation in the U.S. According to the Pew Research Center, half of millennials are politically independent and 29 percent are not affiliated with any religion.

Current college students are the epitome of diversity and have embraced tolerance in a manner not found in previous generations. Yet, it would be naive to assume such a diverse group is without flaws.

As demonstrated in the vandalism of the Cypress D dorms on Sept. 10 and Sept. 13, hate is still prevalent among younger age groups.

Students awoke to bright yellow papers plastered on the wall insisting, “This was the site of racist and sexist vandalism.”

Ana Hernandez, the assistant vice president for Housing and Residential Education at USF, could not disclose precisely what the message said, however, she believes the two incidents were related.

In an email sent to the student body Friday, Danielle McDonald, assistant vice president and dean of students, stated the “incidents do not represent the values on which our university prides itself.”

“As usual, college students are at the forefront of civil displays of activism and protest showcasing the purpose of universities as catalysts for change,” McDonald wrote.

In a time where hate crimes are becoming a daily occurrence, many fail to bat an eye at another contempt-filled misdeed. Becoming indifferent to animosity is not the answer.

Swastikas were drawn on the campus of San Jose State last week, a 14-year-old was arrested for igniting women by their clothes in New York City two weeks ago, a Florida man set fire to a mosque in Fort Pierce on Sept. 11 and

hordes of people continue to use social media to harass anyone who is remotely different from them.

The tensions between police and the African-American population are only escalating as the death rate continues to rise. Protests are breaking out across the country and unfortunately, they do not always remain peaceful.

To deny there is an undercurrent of hate in our society would be idiotic. But students should not conform to the increasing intolerance simply because it is quickly becoming a norm.

The bigoted graffiti artist is still at large, and the university is asking students for help to identify the culprit. USF doesn’t tolerate misogyny or racism and its student body shouldn’t either.

An abhorrent individual branded the university, and students should be outraged.

Standing together against such acts is the only way to ensure they do not continue.

After all, millennials are the largest generation in this country. If we set a moral example,

others may not follow but they will be forced to become a pariah.

College students are renown for being politically active and socially open-minded. A whopping 69.2 million millennials are voting-age citizens, second only to the 69.7 million Baby Boomers currently eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center.

The passion demonstrated by young voters led the Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage, more states are becoming tolerant of marijuana, we are working on intersexualizing feminism, we’ve redrawn the boundaries of what a “professional” looks like and we are hesitant of war after a lifetime of watching soldiers die on foreign fields.

The U.S. has already been affected by the open-minded and passionate beliefs of millennials. It’s not absurd to believe we can conquer intolerance as well.

Breanne Williams is a senior majoring in mass communications.

Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) first Latina cast member came under fire this week for deleting over 2,000 tweets that have been referred to as “racist;” mostly directed at African-Americans and Asian-Americans.

However, the issue does not come entirely from the fact that the tweets existed, rather that Melissa Villasenor attempted to hide her racism by making her twitter account private for several days while deleting the score of hate-fueled tweets.

Due to her actions, SNL would be advised to seek a replacement that didn’t disparage others due to their race.

However, what Villasenor forgot was once something is on the internet, it is never truly gone. Attempting to make something disappear draws more attention to the problem than leaving it alone.

This proved true in Villasenor’s case when author and creator of #OscarsSoWhite April Reign used screenshots of some of her tweets to demand an explanation for why they were taken down.

Celebrities make idiotic comments all the time that get them in trouble with different groups. And while that doesn’t make the comments acceptable to say, it does set a precedent for how to handle getting caught in moments of idiocy.

Villasenor didn’t follow this social rule.

If she had apologized when the tweets were brought up and said that’s not how she truly feels — whether or not that is the truth — or even that she recognized the error of her ways and has grown as a person since the time she posted the tweets, people may have been more forgiving.

However, she attempted to make the problem go away by deleting them and has ended up looking guilty, not contrite. That projection is made even worse by the fact that she hasn’t released a statement on the topic.

Ultimately, her position with SNL should be brought into question. At this point, it would look bad on SNL to honor her contract. If they decide to keep her as a cast member, they will have to carefully monitor every sketch she’s in to ensure it doesn’t come across as offensive, especially to the demographics she disparaged.

SNL has until its season premieres at 11:30 p.m. Saturday to decide if Villasenor will remain a cast member. Hopefully, they will choose to let her go due to the immense amount of negative press aimed at the comedian.

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Not many people have to deal with mustard rings in their bathtubs.

But that was the norm for Dick Portillo, 76, who emptied his family’s life savings to open up a hotdog stand inside of a cramped trailer 18 miles west of Chicago, over five decades ago.

In front of a replica of that trailer — nicknamed “The Dog House” — less than a week before Tuesday’s opening of the newest addition to the Portillo’s chain on Fowler Ave, he stood reminiscing on those grueling early days.

“We had no running water.

So, I had five 50-foot garden hoses that I strung up on a reel,” Portillo said. “I had to run them across the parking lot and attach them to a (faucet) behind an old food store, run back, fill up the steam tables, run back and roll them up.

“Most days, I would take the pots and pans and put them in a shopping cart. My wife, (Sharon), would have the bathtub filled up with soap and water because she knew about when I’d be coming in and we’d get on our knees and scrub them with little green scrubbies.”

Portillo’s has come a long way since its inception in 1963, expanding not only its menu — including Italian beef, sausages and other Chicago

Portillo’s founder Dick Portillo stands in front of a replica of the original Portillo’s hot dog stand nicknamed “The Dog House.”

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delicacies — but its market as well.

Portillo took his taste of Chicago cross-country with locations in Arizona, California, Wisconsin and now his second Florida location.

Despite what he now deems a great spot in the forefront of the University Mall shopping center, Portillo admitted that a year and a half ago, while scouting possible landing spots, there were some reservations about the final

location.

“There was some controversy initially on the location because it seemed the shopping center was under a bit of distress, but we knew they were in the process of renovating and we wanted to be on the ground floor of that,” Portillo said.

But finding the spot wasn’t hard. Through the use of analytics accumulated by the company’s shipping across

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Students who go to the USF Health Shimberg Health Sciences Library probably expect the usual library experience: quiet, books and studying.

However, on some days, they get a little extra. On those days, they’re greeted by a 7-year-old golden retriever named Golden Snitch.

“Snitch is our ambassador.

She’s got her own USF ID,” Larry Cramer, the assistant director of library operations for the Shimberg Library, said.

And she does.

She keeps her ID card in a plastic pocket that hangs from her collar. Her owner, Jill

Baker — a fiscal and business specialist for the Library — recalled the day they brought her to the ID Center where she sat still in a chair to take her picture.

Snitch is a therapy dog trained to interact with and help students deal with the stresses of college life.

Studies published by the Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology and the American Journal of Critical Care have shown that therapy dogs can help with health issues such as dealing with anxiety, lowering the blood pressure of hospitalized patients with heart problems and assisting with social interactions with children with autism.

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Therapy dog Golden Snitch is a favorite at the Shimberg Health Sciences Library.

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The idea to make Snitch the library’s ambassador or even to implement a therapy dog program wasn’t Baker’s though.

Cramer explained that a few years ago, a full-time staff member named Lauren Adkins, who was in library school, decided to set up the first therapy dog event to see if the students would be interested. “(Snitch) was actually in training before the idea and … it just worked out,” Baker said.

To become a therapy dog, dogs usually take multiple obedience classes and then they have to take a test. It is also recommended that only dogs with a certain personality be trained as therapy dogs. “(The library) setting isn’t difficult for a dog,” Baker said.

“But if you were to take it to a hospital with strange beeping, pieces of equipment and noises, that’s something that not all dogs can tolerate well.”

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three a semester. She made an appearance on Aug. 24 for Pet Therapy Day and at the Student Organization Event on Sept. 7.

Non-USF Health students do have opportunities to take part in pet therapy events, as well.

The MSC has been known to periodically host these events during finals weeks, with the last one held April 28.

Snitch has also been invited to puppy events hosted by other departments, including the College of Education and the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Research Library.

Baker is a member of Pet Partners, “the nation’s largest and most prestigious nonprofit registering handlers of multiple species as volunteer teams providing animal-assisted interventions,” according to its website.

In addition to Snitch, Pet Partners provides other therapy dogs for the Shimberg library’s puppy events. There are usually four or five other dogs in attendance, including another golden retriever, a Great Pyrenees, a King Charles spaniel and a poodle.

Snitch’s next event this

semester will be Nov. 18, when the Shimberg library will be hosting a Christmas-themed holiday event that will include cider and Christmas tree decorating.

They also have plans for her next semester, as she will take part in a welcome back event at the beginning of spring and Puppy Love, an event centered around Valentine’s Day. “We call it therapy for students and staff and faculty but in actuality the dog is having a really good time,” Baker said.

“The dogs make them feel appreciated.”

There is even a program that uses therapy dogs to improve children’s reading and communication skills.

Baker has another puppy, but because he is high energy and slightly scared of noises, she said he probably wouldn’t make the best therapy dog.

At 7 years old, Snitch is no longer a puppy, but Baker says she has at least another seven years in her.

“I can’t walk down the hall without somebody stopping me saying ‘I had a really terrible day and it’s just really nice to pet a dog,’” Baker said.

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contact Happel via phone or email to be let in. There will be food.

The watch party is something Happel said the organization finds important.

“It’s really important to all of our members and us as the College Republicans, we’re the Republican representatives on campus, to support our nominee in the first presidential debate,” Happel said.

The debate will draw the eyes of millennials and college students, MacManus said, because of the issues being discussed: employment, the economy, the environment and foreign policy.

McCullough said the debate is an important opportunity for students to educate themselves on the issues.

“This election cycle, we have seen two different campaigns that are being run in the general election and … the debates are really an opportunity for people to see what happens when someone has to answer real questions about real policies and solutions to real problems and not just be able to rely on their talking points,” he

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MacManus feels that the eyes of debate viewers will focus not only on which opponent has views and policies which more closely align with their own, but also the way the candidates handle themselves and each other.

“You want to see how someone who’s going to be a world leader is going to interact with someone who doesn’t agree with them necessarily and how they talk to each other, how they look at each other,” she said.

“It’s very, very important in measuring up leadership and temperament and both of those characteristics are things that people look at when they’re choosing a president.”

Happel stressed the idea of the election’s importance due to the two very different paths the nation could take as a result, and said he feels it is important to elect a candidate that reflects one’s own values and beliefs.

McCullough said the Beef O’ Brady’s debate watch party will also have information on registering to vote. He encourages students to participate in the upcoming election.

“We only have one presidential election every four years and

sitting this one out means that, you know, for the next four years you can’t get upset with what happens coming out of the White House if you don’t participate and if you don’t vote,” he said.

Happel said the debate is important considering the close race between Clinton and Trump. “… As everybody can see that’s watching the election, the election process play out, the polls are really close between Clinton and Trump and debates are watched by – it’s projected to be watched by over 100 million people tomorrow night – so it could really turn the tide one way or the other depending on the performances (of) the candidates, so we’re really looking forward to seeing how everything plays out tomorrow,” Happel said.

The impact of the debate won’t truly come to light until a few days have passed, allowing points made in the debate to sink in and for people who maybe didn’t tune into the debate to view highlights from various sources, she said.

“It will be the talk of every workplace and every gathering at least the day after the debate and sometimes a couple days after,” she said

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the country, Portillo was able to seek out new markets to expand upon with Tampa and Brandon being hotspots for Chicago transports.

“I kept all of the data on the shipping, from where it was going to what they were ordering and where they lived,” Portillo said.

“So, I was able to pinpoint the area that had a built-in market.

“A couple years ago, I read an article that said that most of the people who left Chicago and moved to Florida were in a certain area — this area.”

Florida’s first Portillo’s opened in Brandon in April, which has been a hotspot for Chicago natives and Floridians alike since.

According to Portillo, the same companies he competed with as a young entrepreneur five decades ago have come to recognize the now-household name.

“I started out of a trailer. My competition at the time was all of the big guns —McDonald’s, Burger King — and they all had a lot more money than I had,” said Portillo, who claims the average Portillo’s sells more burgers than the average Burger King.

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“Now they don’t like Portillo’s.

They fear Portillo’s.”

The company hopes expanding into the college demographic will bring much of the same success.

“We definitely look to do community outreach with other organizations and USF,” said Portillo’s Marketing and Advertising Manager, Marc Trevino. “We want to be very closely tied to (USF).

That’s something we’re definitely looking at, especially working with their athletic programs and other student events.”

What started out of a small, single-fryer venue has now grown into what Portillo always knew it would, in part due to his business savvy, hard work and luck.

But to him, it all goes back to his high school sweetheart Sharon, who stuck by him throughout the journey.

In all 45 locations across the country, the words “Dick loves Sharon” are carved in cement or written on the wall.

“That was my partner,” Portillo said. “She was the one that when I would come home and be dog tired, she’d be right next to me on her knees scrubbing the pots and pans; because a lot of women would’ve said ‘I’m getting rid of you.’”

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For roughly three minutes on Saturday against Florida State, USF looked as if it was ready for the spotlight.

On national television and in front of the sixth-largest crowd in program history at Raymond James Stadium, the Bulls jumped out to a 14-7 lead behind an explosive start before eventually falling 55-35.

In the 20-point loss to No. 13 FSU, USF showed how far it still has to grow.

“I look at this game as an opportunity for our football team to get a little respect nationally,” coach Willie Taggart said. “You’re on national TV and you have a chance to go out there and play and earn the respect that you’re trying to get.

“We didn’t take advantage of that. Again, we played sloppy and the result shows.”

But even though fans are likely to be disappointed with just how much growth remains between where the Bulls are and where they’d like to be, that’s no reason to give up on 2016.

Following halftime, that crowd of 52,485 (according to Tampa Sports Authority) had thinned out to a shadow of what it was at kickoff as the heat and Florida State’s lead continued to climb.

The Bulls’ most anticipated game of 2016 may be behind them, but they showed flashes of brilliance that should give fans plenty to look forward to for the remainder of the season.

For instance, in those brief opening drives the Bulls thrived on the big stage. For moments, USF looked like it was more than ready for the challenge.

Beginning with a fearless heave from quarterback Quinton Flowers to receiver Rodney Adams for an 84-yard touchdown on the game’s first play from scrimmage, USF

USF hosted the sixth-largest crowd in program history Saturday when No. 13 Florida State defeated the Bulls 55-35 at Raymond James Stadium.

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looked to be confidently in control.

However, after each team exchanged touchdowns for the game’s first four drives, it became apparent the Bulls were no match for the Seminoles.

USF’s next six drives ended with five punts and an interception as its offense struggled to get back into rhythm. As the Bulls desperately tried to put points on the board, FSU took control of the game.

As the game slipped out of reach for the Bulls, chants of “U-S-F, U-S-F” were slowly drowned out by war chants from the throng of Seminoles fans.

Led by running back Dalvin Cook (329 all-purpose yards and 2 touchdowns), the Seminoles scored 38-unanswered points to crush USF’s hopes of an upset, showcasing why they were ranked No. 2 earlier this season.

“On film, you see Cook trying to get to the edge a lot and that’s what we tried to take away,” junior lineback-

er Auggie Sanchez said. “Our adjustments weren’t that good, but that’s got to go back to the coaches and they’ve got to make the right adjustments, we have no choice.

“They kept getting it to the edge, him and number nine (Jacques Patrick). I think they had 500 yards rushing or something like that and you’re not going to win a game when they have 500 yards rushing.”

Whether it was the talent of Florida State, the pressure of the moment, or playing in front of a national audience, USF wilted under the spotlight.

However, that isn’t to say that USF failed Saturday.

Defeating FSU would have been nothing short of a program-defining moment.

If winning over No. 21 Temple in 2015 was enough for USF fans to storm the field, knocking off a top-15 in-state foe would have induced mayhem.

At times, USF’s offense was too quick and efficient even for the talent and speed of FSU’s defense, as all five of its

touchdowns came on drives of 3:12 or less.

Defensively, the Bulls are leagues from not only where they want to be, but also from where they thought they were entering Saturday.

Allowing 478 yards on the ground is nothing short of embarrassing, no matter who the opponent is.

“I’m very disappointed in our defense,” Taggart said.

“When you give up a half of almost a thousand yards of offense, very disappointed in our defense. I thought we would play better, play quicker and a lot better then we did and we didn’t — (I’m) very disappointed. That’s on me, and I have to do a better job coaching our coaches and our players and make sure we do a better.”

USF may not be ready for the national spotlight, but that doesn’t mean the season is lost.

Moving forward, USF still has nearly all of its goals in front of it. The first conference title in program history, a

national ranking and a respectable bowl game are all still in reach for the Bulls.

AAC play begins Saturday for USF when the Bulls travel to play at Cincinnati and they know they have to rebound from their loss quickly.

“We have to be positive, it’s only one game,” Sanchez said.

“All of our goals are still ahead of us, so if we’re not positive, and we don’t think we can go beat anyone in our conference, then we might as well stop the season right now.”

Much like the Bulls, USF fans need to rebound as well.

The loss, while disheartening, shouldn’t be shocking.

The Bulls need more support to one day become a football powerhouse like Florida State.

Joining a Power-5 conference, recruiting better players and drawing more exciting opponents are possible only with crowds like Saturday’s.

USF fans got a glimpse of what the future could hold, but now it’s on them to help make that future a reality.

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goal in the 63rd minute.

Led by a core of young players, USF’s last eight goals have been scored by freshmen, including all three of Sunday’s goals.

USF opens up AAC play against SMU at home on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Men’s Golf After back-to-back national title runs, the 21st-ranked USF men’s golf team finds itself in an early hole to begin the season.

After a ninth-place finish in the Rod Myers Invitational on Sept.

11, USF was unable to bounce back this weekend, finishing 10th out of 16 teams at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona.

USF was led by junior Cristian DiMarco and senior Rigel Fernandes, who finished tied for 28th and 36th, respectively.

Junior Jimmy Jones, who played in the No. 1 spot for the team, finished fourth on the team and tied for 65th overall.

The Bulls’ next tournament kicks off on Oct. 17 at the Autotrader. com Collegiate Classic in Duluth, Georgia.

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swered points to push the game out of reach.

“I thought it was going to be a great game,” Senat said. “I thought we were going to win today, but that didn’t turn out as planned. They are an explosive team; Give them credit.

“We just did a poor, poor job of tackling and that hurt us.

That hurt us from the beginning of the game, from the first play that hurt us. So we just have to come back and be together. We are one team and one game isn’t going to hurt us. We have to come back and take this personal, take it very, very personal. Our tackling has to be way better.”

As USF’s defense failed to contain Cook and his fellow backs, which racked up 478 rushing yards, the Bulls’ offense struggled to maintain pace with the high-powered offense of Florida State.

Following touchdowns on both of USF’s first two drives, the Bulls failed to muster a single first down until their final drive of the first half.

“We just weren’t executing

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Volleyball USF volleyball remained perfect at home Sunday with a 3-1 win over Memphis.

USF is now 7-0 at home for the season after holding Memphis (8-6, 0-1) to a .062 hitting percentage in the opening set and .069 in the second.

“We just need to start off strong on our opponents and not play point to point … we just need to stay focused and keep playing together,” senior right side hitter Elyse Panick said in press release.

USF (10-4, 1-1) heads to face Cincinnati on Friday.

Men’s Soccer USF men’s soccer rode sophomore Christian Knight’s careerhigh nine saves to a 2-1 road victory over UCF on Saturday.

USF was outshot 10-5, but was able to respond defensively to keep UCF out of the net for most of the game.

Sophomore Gonzalo Rodriguez scored the game-winning goal for the Bulls in the 66th minute to put the Bulls up 2-1. He also recorded an assist on senior midfielder Lindo Mfeka’s goal to open the scoring.

USF returns home to host No. 7 Clemson on Tuesday at 7 p.m. the plays,” Flowers said. “I feel like we lost focus. Just weren’t doing what we were supposed to do. You know me, as a quarterback, I have to keep those guys locked in, and that’s something I didn’t do. At the end of the day, we just kept playing, we just kept fighting.”

Despite failing to upset FSU in front of the nation on ABC, Taggart and the Bulls still have their sights set on a conference championship, with an upcoming game at Cincinnati on Saturday to open AAC play.

“The preseason is over with, the real season starts now,” Taggart said. “They’re all conference games from here on out and our goal is to win this conference. They are all right in front of us.

“We’ve got a very talented team in Cincinnati, we have to go on the road in a very hostile environment and we have to come back ready to practice and ready to go tomorrow and put this game behind us.

There’s nothing we can do now but learn from it and try to see to it that we don’t ever put up a performance like that going forward.”

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Marlins ace dies in boating accident Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, 24, and two others were found dead Sunday morning off the coast of Miami Beach. According to ESPN, the accident appears to be the result of speeding and there are no signs Fernandez that drugs or alcohol were involved. Fernandez, a first-round pick by Miami in 2011, was considered one of the best young pitchers in baseball. In light of his death, the Marlins canceled their game with the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

LSU fires coach Les Miles LSU (2-2) fired coach Les Miles on Sunday, following the Tigers’ 18-13 loss to Auburn on Saturday. Miles was one of the most successful coaches in college football during his tenure with LSU, with a 114-34 record in 12 seasons with Les Miles the team. Along with Miles, LSU also fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron.

In Miles’ place, the Tigers promoted defensive line coach Ed Orgeron to interim head coach.

In two previous stops, Orgeron served as the head coach of Ole Miss from 2005-07 and was the interim coach of USC in 2013.

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FSU running back Dalvin Cook had a nearly identical performance against USF on Saturday as he did in 2015, leading the Seminoles to a 20-point win with 267 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

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The Bulls were met with an unwelcome case of deja vu Saturday in their 55-35 loss to Florida State, beginning with the Seminoles’ first play of the game.

FSU running back Dalvin Cook, who ran for 266 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-14 win against USF in 2015, was an unstoppable force once again against the Bulls Saturday in front of 52,485 fans.

Cook, who ran all over the Bulls for 329 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns Saturday, kicked off his career day with a 75-yard touchdown on the Seminoles first offensive snap.

“Dalvin cook is an amazing player,” defensive tackle Deadrin Senat said. “Our game plan was just to stop him from

running inside and he ran it outside. We wanted him to run inside and we just struggled on that.”

After starting 2016 without a 100-yard rushing game in the first three weeks, Cook broke out in a big way Saturday, silencing any doubters who would question if last season’s 1,691 rushing yards and 20 total touchdowns were a fluke performance.

“I don’t know why it was a question,” Cook said. “I go out there and play the same football every week and whether it’s to run the ball or pass the ball, I just did a better job this week.”

Despite taking over the game in near-identical fashion to last season’s matchup between the two teams, USF couldn’t stop Cook all game long.

On offense, USF (3-1)

showed no fear of No. 13 Florida State from the opening snap, as quarterback Quinton Flowers lofted a pass down the right sideline to senior receiver Rodney Adams for an 84-yard touchdown to the thunderous approval of the largest home crowd in four years.

Even after the ‘Noles immediately responded with Cook’s opening touchdown, the Bulls again took the lead right back on a 1-yard touchdown run by Marlon Mack to cap off a nineplay drive.

With a quick-strike offense and a thunderous crowd behind them, USF looked as if it were in for a shootout with the Seminoles.

However, it would be until the final minutes of the third quarter before the Bulls scored again, as the Cookled Seminoles scored 38 unan-

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Freshman Evelyne Viens opened the scoring for USF with her team-leading ninth goal. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/GOUSFBULLS.COM

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The USF women’s soccer team finished its non-conference schedule with a 3-1 win at Old Dominion on Sunday. It was only the second time in school history that USF finished undefeated in non-conference play.

Freshman forward Evelyne Viens scored her team-leading ninth goal of the season in the 10th minute of the game off an assist from freshman Yasmine Hall.

USF (8-0-0) surged from there on out, scoring another goal in the 24th minute off the foot of freshman Andrea Hauksdottir, her third of the season.

Old Dominion looked to close the gap with a goal in the 40th minute on a penalty kick from Jackie Stroud, but USF closed out the game and added an insurance

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