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5 days ago | 
usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Isabella Oefelein |Clara Garcia |Clara García
University Police issued a No Trespass Order to a male not affiliated with USF after conducting an investigation on a gun case and magazines found in the Fine Arts Building last month.
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1 week ago | 
usforacle.com | Isabella Oefelein |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Maria Cortes
A Florida bill that would have limited the governor’s role in choosing state university presidents has been indefinitely postponed. Just two and a half weeks after House Bill 1321 passed the Florida House, the Senate withdrew the bill from consideration along with its companion, Senate Bill 1726, according to the Florida Senate. Scott Perry, USF Faculty Senate Vice President, said the bills would have diminished the governor’s “power” in appointing university presidents.
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1 week ago | 
usforacle.com | Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Maria Cortes
Scott Perry said USF faculty was told over “several months” that merger plans with USF Sarasota-Manatee originated from New College of Florida. However, Perry said USF will have to repair its relationship with the community now that “internal documents” revealed university administrators “discussed” the proposal. “A great deal of trust must be earned back before we can have confidence in USF’s plans for our future,” said Perry, the vice president of the USF Faculty Senate.
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2 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Maria Cortes
David Allsopp said he knew the Florida State Department of Governmental Efficiency was looking for “inefficiencies” across higher education institutions ever since its creation in February. However, as a professor who has conducted research at USF for 24 years, Allsopp was “surprised” to learn the Florida DOGE team would analyze research done by university staff. “I don’t know what they think they’re going to find,” said Allsopp, a professor in the College of Education.
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2 weeks ago | 
usforacle.com | Isabella Oefelein |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Maria Cortes |Clara Garcia |Clara García
The beginning of a new generation of USF student leaders started on May 12, when the USF Student Government hosted a ceremony to inaugurate its sixth consolidated term. Among the new officers are Sumit Jadhav and Caio Esmeraldi, who will serve as student body president and vice president, respectively, representing all three USF campuses. Emma Goodwin and Ethan Walsh will serve as USF Tampa’s governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. The USF St. Pete campus will be served by Gov.
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1 month ago | 
usforacle.com | Maria Cortes |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo
For Carolina Gutfreund, next year’s cuts to student organization funding won’t just shrink the Botanical Gardens Club’s budget — they’ve led her to step down as its president. “The idea of it being bad was just making me so sad because we put a lot of effort into our events,” said Gutfreund, a junior English and interdisciplinary social sciences major. Gutfreund has been part of the Botanical Gardens Club for three years.
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1 month ago | 
usforacle.com | Maria Cortes |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Joana Riva
When confetti and champagne popped near the MSC Amphitheater during an Acts of Kindness event on April 24, Ashley Messer froze – afraid she was hearing gunshots. “All I could think for the rest of the event was that I just stood there like a deer in headlights,” said the junior English major. “I didn’t run, I didn’t hide. I just stood there frozen.
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1 month ago | 
usforacle.com | Joana Riva |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Isabella Oefelein |Lily Belcher
Peter Alspaugh, Abdul-Malik Zekri, Benjamin Barrera-Altuna and Taylor Rand received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship this year. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDAAbdul-Malik Zekri said he was “freaking out” during the application process for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which supports students pursuing a career in research. Zekri, 19, was one of 441 students nationwide chosen to receive the scholarship this year.
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1 month ago | 
usforacle.com | Isabella Oefelein |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Maria Cortes
Just four days after University Police found an empty gun case and ammunition magazines in the Fine Arts Building, officers located an empty 9 mm gun cartridge in a parking lot next to the building. The police department assured students there is still no active threat to campus. UP used a canine unit to search for additional items or evidence related to the investigation, but nothing else was found in Parking Lot 9. The police found the cartridge after they were alerted by students.
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1 month ago | 
usforacle.com | Maria Cortes |Anamaria Gomez-Arrigo |Isabella Oefelein
Caio Esmeraldi put on his suit at 5 a.m. on the way to his first visit to the Florida Capitol, not knowing what to expect. “Part of me thought we were going to stop by, take a look, wave and just walk away. But it was such a crazy opportunity,” said Esmeraldi, a junior psychology major. During a trip to Tallahassee for USF Day at the Capitol on April 15, students got to tour government buildings, meet with state officials and advocate for campus concerns.
