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Apr 23, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Liv Baker |Abigail Nichols |Jeislian Quiles-Sierra |Delaney Torres
Hustle culture blurs the line between productivity and toxicity and everyone around me seems to be motivated by ‘the grind.’ This ideology is spread on social media and advocates for people to constantly work at succeeding in their personal and professional lives. It’s hard enough being a corporate-conforming girlie. Even though I plan on one day being a court reporter and it excites me, I don’t want my work life to define me. Yet, it’s hard when ‘grind culture’ is rampant on social media.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Abigail Nichols |Liv Baker |Jeislian Quiles-Sierra |Delaney Torres
“ هل أنت جاد ,” my co-worker says to my boss. The bagel shop just finished its rush hour, and my co-workers fill the empty building with their Arabic conversation. All I understand is their body language: mouths curving into smiles and bodies leaning back to release a laugh. My white girl, Florida-raised self, has no idea what they’re saying. But that doesn’t stop me from trying to learn. For me, being open to learning forces me to grow as a person and think critically.
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Apr 13, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Jeislian Quiles-Sierra |Delaney Torres |Justin Seecharan |Brenda Guajardo
Being a pre-med student is hard. Waking up for the 8 a.m. lab, going straight to volunteering at the hospital, going back to class and going to the library to study is the everyday life of a pre-med college student. And that’s just doing the bare minimum to succeed. And oh yeah, don’t forget studying […]
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Ananya Siragavarapu |Joana Riva |Julia Saad |Delaney Torres
USF history professor Michael Decker follows a strict no-artificial intelligence (AI) policy in his classroom. The one time his students were exposed to AI in the classroom was to critique AI-generated responses to their midterm exam prompt. “I wanted them to think critically about the strengths and weaknesses of these machine-generated responses and to judge it as if they were in my shoes and grading such a submission,” Decker said.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Joana Riva |Julia Saad |Delaney Torres |Michelle Plyam
After a long workout, would you want to be able to take a nap right then and there? Students can do that in nap pods at The Well. The pods were introduced as a way to help students’ who have trouble sleeping by offering them a place to take short naps during their day on campus, according to Recreation & Wellness spokesperson Brooke Rustad Dinkel.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Alexis Sikkema |Joana Riva |Julia Saad |Delaney Torres
When anthropology professor Erin Kimmerle was approached by Hillsborough officials to research unmarked burial grounds in the county, she saw an opportunity to reconnect Tampa with its forgotten history. “There’s a lot of towns today that are either ghost towns or absorbed into Tampa and don’t exist anymore,” she said. “But those places used to be their own communities.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Julia Saad |Delaney Torres |Joana Riva |Michelle Plyam
Around 15 people gathered at the Marshall Student Center (MSC) Amphitheater on Monday at 7 p.m. for mocktails, snacks and body-positive fashion. Eight models, including current students and alumni, walked the small stage to showcase an outfit they feel confident in. Elizabeth Volmy, student body vice president, said it was important to her, as a student and nutrition major, to host the “Model Call: Fashion Show and Tell” event.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Julia Saad |Camila Gomez |Lily Belcher |Delaney Torres
A proposal for a women-only gym space was presented to the Student Government (SG) Relations Committee earlier in the month. The resolution was voted “controversial,” but that doesn’t mean it’s no longer on the table. Senator Alexa Matos proposed one room at the Tampa campus Recreation and Wellness Center (REC) to be a space reserved for female students.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Lily Belcher |Camila Gomez |Julia Saad |Delaney Torres
While today’s students couldn’t dream of being told to be in their dorm by 1 a.m. on a Saturday night, it was the norm for USF’s female residents to have nightly bed checks in the 1960s. This was at a time when off-campus apartments were practically non-existent. Students were required to live in dorms and students who did want to live in an off-campus house had to live with an approved supervisor. Women would be required to be in their dorm by curfew each night.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Clara Garcia |Clara García |Ananya Siragavarapu |Lily Belcher |Delaney Torres
Extended Bull Runner routes, international student council and escape rooms – could these ideas become a reality at USF? This was the question four tickets debated during Thursday’s Student Government presidential and vice presidential debate. The event was scheduled from 5-7 p.m. at the Marshall Student Center (MSC) Oval Theatre but didn’t start until 5:20 p.m. Around 40 students showed up to get to know the candidates’ plans.
