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Tampa, You can’t Escape It ............................. 3 Exploring the Quirks of Tampa ...................... 5 USF Faculty showcased Downtown ........................13

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By NICOLE CATE L I F E S T Y L E

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Most people go their entire lives trying to avoid being stuck in confined spaces, but a new trend has people paying to get locked in a room.

Popular in Europe and Asia, an “escape room” is a simulation in which a group of people is locked in a space and have to work together to get out.

They’ve quickly risen to fame in the U.S. Escape rooms became popular in Tampa a few years ago, and while there are only a handful of them in the area, the number is rising.

Kristi Collins, co-owner of Can You Escape?, said the attendance at her business has been consistently high since it opened in May 2015.

“We were overseas in Europe, and we played one as a family and thought that America should have these,” said Collins, a Tampa native.

The popularity of the game in Tampa is unmistakable, as Can You Escape? is listed on

Escape rooms test problem solving skills and teamwork in a fun group setting. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE TripAdvisor.com as the premiere experience under “Fun & Games.”

Other escape rooms in the area include The Great Escape Room Tampa, Rabbit Hole Escape Games and Escape Countdown. These venues are listed as numbers two, three

and four respectively.

One reason escape rooms are so popular is that almost anyone can take part. Friend groups and families are suitable teams for the activity. Some businesses even use

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them as a team-building exercise for their employees.

“Escape rooms appeal to such a wide variety of ages and players and nationalities,” Collins said. “We have little players as young as 7 and 8 and then we’ve had a birthday party for a 92-year-old grandma.”

Students who want to play have to call or go online to make a reservation for any escape room they chose to play. Also, each business has multiple themed rooms. Students can experience the zombie room at Can You Escape? or the Bermuda Triangle at Rabbit Hole Escape Games.

One company even has a romantic option, with an ‘An Evening in Paris’ room, which can only be booked for two

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We were overseas in Europe, and we played one as a family and thought that America should have these.

Kristi Collins, Co-owner of Can You Escape? players.

Lian Fu, a junior majoring in business analysis and information systems, visited Can You Escape? in April with her boyfriend to celebrate their first anniversary.

“It was really fun. I really recommend everyone doing it, even as a work thing or just a couple thing,” Fu said. “Some of it’s really simple, and other times it’s just like a brain teaser.”

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cost between $25 and $35 per person — with Groupons for some — and they last about an hour. Students can check availability schedules and book rooms online on the escape room websites.

Some of the businesses offer student specials on certain nights, and people can buy escape room gift cards.

“Bring a group of friends, come in and have a good time,” Collins said.

Exploring the quirks of the bay area

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By Jackie Benitez M U LT I M E D I A

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USF is always filled with fun activities for students. But let’s face it: the same old stuff can get kind of boring. Here are some of the more interesting places to explore in Tampa Bay. Flicks and Food Trucks Between buying a ticket and concessions, going to the movie theater can get expensive, but Flicks and Food Trucks is a great alternative.

Held on the third Thursday of every month at the Grand Central at Kennedy in downtown Tampa, Flicks and Food Trucks screens free, outdoor movies at sunset.

Before the movie, eat at one of the 20 food trucks lined up outside or listen to live music from local bands. Although the movies shown won’t be new releases, it provides a fun time that won’t break the bank. The next Flicks and Food Trucks will be held on Oct. 20.

Old Tampa Book Company Are you tired of cookiecutter bookstores and miss the nostalgic smell of old books? Take a trip to the Old Tampa Book Company. Locally owned, this bookstore holds rare books, some signed by authors, from every subject area.

Spend hours sifting through books or catch a local author speaking at the store. The shop is located at 507 N. Tampa St. in downtown Tampa.

Indie Flea Choose from shopping for vintage jewelry or checking out local craft coffee — the Indie Flea has something for everyone. It’s a unique flea market that began last year and has exploded into a large event at the historic Rialto Theatre in Tampa Heights.

The market appears every third Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. and features a new variety of vendors each time.

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Indie Flea is a place to stretch your legs while viewing some of what the small businesses in Tampa Bay have to offer.

Tampa Riverwalk The newly renovated Tampa Riverwalk runs along the Hillsborough River in Downtown Tampa and plays host to events like Oktoberfest and Mayor’s Mac and Cheese Throwdown.

On any given day, pedestrians can take a stroll along the river, visit the Tampa Museum of Art (free for students) or the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (discounted for students). Both museums frequently have new exhibits on display and provide a great way to see new art.

St. Petersburg Although the Dali Museum

Indie Flea is a unique flea market that began last year and has exploded into a large event at the historic Rialto Theatre in Tampa Heights. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE in St. Petersburg is a significant drive from campus, it is free with a USF ID. The Dali Museum showcases a large collection of classic works from Salvador Dali and always has

new exhibits on display. Even the building itself is a work of art ready to explore.

While you’re in downtown St. Pete, check out the new art murals brought by the Shine St.

Pete Mural Festival or try some local restaurants. This might be a great option if you are looking for a quick and cheap day trip to somewhere outside of Tampa.

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Whether Tampa has been your home for a few months or your whole life, there are always new and exciting things to discover.

Fourth Friday — an event that celebrates downtown Tampa’s arts and culture scene —combines live music, food and drink deals. Free to attend, it also offers special deals to several major art venues and culture scenes across the Bay. The event is the fourth Friday of every month from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and spans the entirety of downtown, and attendees are able to use the Tampa Riverwalk or the Pirate Water Taxi to move from venue to venue.

The Pirate Water Taxi offers two free trips per person with a Fourth Friday wristband, which can be picked up at any cultural destination.

Students have free or d i s cou nt e d admission to several art museums, including the Florida Museum of Photographic Art, which boasts lower priced student tickets with a USF ID. This month’s Fourth Friday exhibit will showcase the work of USF faculty members in a show entitled There is a Light that Never Goes Out. “The exhibition connects photography with human suffering, sacrifice, and conflict,” according to the BlouinArtinfo.com. “It also explores how images communicate the past and shapes public consciousness.”

Three faculty members — Wendy Babcox, Noelle Mason and Jason Lazarus — are presenting their work at the museum through December.

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to Babcox.

Babcox’s project — Every Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane — features photographs of each of the 23 trees in the titular garden and examines the history they’ve seen, the conflict to which they’ve borne witness and their resilience through centuries of change.

“Trees are like humans,” Babcox said. “We accumulate scars and we accumulate experience and all that is kind of held in a bodily way. I feel like the trees are witnesses just like a photographic negative is a witness and it kind of records what happens in front of it.”

Mason’s work consists of photographs taken with a pinhole camera while skydiving, pairing the images of nearby skydivers with text of incidents where diving proved fatal. She is also exhibiting photographs and flowers collected from roadside memorials in Florida.

Lazarus’s project is a collection of photographs from antique shops, thrift stores and estate sales with written notes on the back. They will be presented with the image facing the wall.

“Through this text you can see a glimpse of how the image might have been communicated or understood by whoever owned it,” Babcox said.

Lazarus will also have a sculptural project in which he has enlarged carvings of the dash between the birth and death date marked on tombstones of prominent historical figures. The sculptures represent the space in between birth and death.

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the usual $8 student fare.

“I would just encourage students to come and see,” Babcox said. “It’s not very often (that) faculty exhibit in the immediate area, so it’s a good opportunity to see what some of the faculty are doing.

“I think we’re dealing with contemporary issues through the older processes. All three of us are very interested in weaving back through the technology of photography.”

Another major Fourth Friday contributor is the Straz Center, which is offering $20 tickets to see The Illusionists: Live from Broadway at 8 p.m. in Morsani

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Hall. The discounted tickets are available at the Straz Center Ticket office for those with a wristband.

The three faculty members are also involved in spaces throughout the area. Babcox is involved in an artist collective Cunst Haus, Mason is a part of the Parallelogram Gallery and Lazarus runs the art exhibit Coco Hunday, all of which are found in Tampa.

For students interested in other art spaces in the region, Babcox recommends the Contemporary Art Museum at USF, the Tampa Museum of Arts, the Portspace Gallery in Gulfport as well as the Museum of Fine Art and the Dali museum in St. Pete.

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Globull Olympics @ 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Harry Potter Marathon: Prisoner of Askaban @ 2 p.m. at Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library

Career Fair @ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Howl-O-Scream opening night @ 7:30

ULS First U.S. presidential debate Presents an evening with Nyle DiMarco @ 8 p.m.

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Kickoff @ 5:30 p.m.

Ball @ 8:30 p.m.

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Carnival @ 12 p.m.

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Tampa Theater presents Hugo @ 11:45 a.m.

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Tampa Indie Flea Market @ 12-5 p.m.

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