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Sep 22, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Lily Belcher |Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Hristiana Ivanova
Against the shaded windows of USF’s Centre Gallery is a piano, but not just any piano. It’s one with a story. Entitled “Mint Condition,” the Japanese-art-inspired painted piano is the sixth public piano donated by Tampa Tunes, Kaylee Ayres, programs coordinator for the Center of Student Involvement, said. Tampa Tunes is a nonprofit public piano partnership that is working to install a dozen permanent pianos that can be played by anyone at any time around the Tampa Bay area.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García |Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Hristiana Ivanova
USF’s Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) will host a two-day on-campus conference to discuss peace in the Middle East. GNSI’s fourth Tampa Summit will be held at the Royal Ballroom on the second floor of the Marshall Student Center from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. The conference’s primary goal is to address ongoing security challenges in the Middle East, according to the event description.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García |Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Hristiana Ivanova
Get ready for a new fitness program in tres, dos, uno or três, dois, um. Regardless of their native language, USF students can now join workout classes hosted in Spanish or Portuguese through Fuerza Fit, a new fitness program at the Recreation and Wellness Center (REC). Ana Sayuri, a Brazilian sophomore integrated public relations and advertising major, said the program will give international students a larger sense of community at USF.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Joshua Hightower |Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Hristiana Ivanova
When USF opens its new on-campus stadium in 2027, students can look forward to their own exclusive section on game day. New renderings released on Wednesday showcase a view of what’s to come inside the new stadium. The stadium will feature a student-only section on its west side with room to accommodate more than 8,000 students. The Bulls’ current home field, Raymond James, holds a capacity of 8,700 for students.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Hristiana Ivanova |Clara Garcia |Clara García
USF professors are concerned over academic freedom as the state orders university courses to be reviewed for antisemitism. Ray Rodrigues, the State University System chancellor, tasked university presidents to create committees to check curriculum for anti-Israel bias in August. The order came after a Florida International University exam question was deemed antisemitic, Rodrigues said in an interview with the Miami Herald.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Joana Riva |Ananya Siragavarapu
Hidden away in the bunker-like Muma College of Business is the Tampa campus’ newest hot spot, USF alumni-owned Naga Tea. Bustling with students meeting up with friends or getting some work done between classes every day, the Tampa-based tea shop has become a student favorite less than a month after its opening on Aug. 26. Grace Dumas, senior integrated public relations and advertising (IPRA) major, said she visited the shop frequently at its North 56th Street location before it opened on campus.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Sara Fueyo |Joana Riva |Ananya Siragavarapu
USF won’t be expanding The WELL as it will shift focus to the renovation of the College of Nursing building to accommodate recent growth in its health programs. The expansion of the college, which includes a full demolition of its original 1973 building, moved existing plans to update The WELL to the back burner. USF Health Spokesperson Sarah Worth said the university wants to make sure “it’s the right project for students’ true needs” and the priority is to create space for the community.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Joana Riva |Ananya Siragavarapu |Clara Garcia |Clara García |Lily Belcher
USF President Rhea Law could get a raise of around $282,000 at Tuesday’s Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, bringing her total base pay to $825,000. This is a 30% increase from her original salary of $655,000 and was already recommended to the full board by its Governance committee on Aug. 27 as part of Law’s amended contract with USF.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Maria Cortes |Joana Riva |Ananya Siragavarapu |Clara Garcia |Clara García
USF’s amended Student Code on Conduct policy has divided students, with some fearing that the policy restricts campus engagement and others finding it necessary for maintaining order. According to policy 6-028, the regulation of on-campus proceedings aims to enhance safety and prevent disruptions to university operations and academic activities.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García |Ananya Siragavarapu |Hristiana Ivanova |Lily Belcher
Urian Rios, an American History professor, said the new general education course requirements in state universities are censorship. Classes “based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States” are no longer allowed on general education curriculums in compliance with Florida statute 1007.25.
