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Jan 20, 2025 | 
usforacle.com | Zoë Daffinson |Lia Marsee
Since December, I have been seeing lists of ins and outs for the upcoming year. These lists can be about trends, personal resolutions or simply hot takes on popular culture. Personally, my ins are becoming a better writer and slowing down. Addiction, particularly to technology, and being judgemental of others are my outs.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
usforacle.com | Lia Marsee |Zoë Daffinson |Maya Gluck
New year, but not a new me. Every year is the same. I want to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle but instead I find myself in the same scenario. I place myself in a 1,200 calorie limit and find myself disappointed when I realize I’m only allotted 200 calories for dinner. Related: USF students, enjoy your ‘freshman 15’I thought I was “healthy” because I was staying within my calorie limit but instead I was starving, tired and irritable.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
usforacle.com | Zoë Daffinson |Lia Marsee |Maya Gluck
It may sound contradictory, but logging off social media is a new online trend. The algorithms have been telling me the anti-social media movement is all the rage and I have recently hopped on the bandwagon myself. Going offline is also a hot topic among Florida legislators with the “Online Protections for Minors” (H.B. 3) that has come into effect. This law bans users under the age of 14 from having accounts on all social media platforms.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
usforacle.com | Olivia Marquez |Lia Marsee |Maya Gluck |Zoë Daffinson
The last thing college students want to do is to cook after a long day of classes. It is understandable why we gravitate towards simple options, like macaroni and cheese or pizza, to satisfy our hunger. Related: Ditch the dining hall and start meal preppingBut quick eating does not mean you need to spend money on takeout or roll a Kraft American cheese single in a cold tortilla and call it a night. Here are some of my favorite cheap and easy meals that I have been surviving off of lately.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
usforacle.com | Maya Gluck |Lia Marsee |Mithil Vyas
The season for applying to summer internships has arrived. College is one of the most exciting and busiest times of one’s life. We’re expected to take a full-time class load, be social and work a part-time job on top of all of this. Amid all this, it can be difficult to secure an internship. So, let this be your reminder that there are many jobs out there if an internship doesn’t work out.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Catherine Paulitz |Lia Marsee |Mithil Vyas |Maya Gluck
I remember the day I found my dog, BeeBee, at a local animal shelter. Background noise of dogs barking filled my ears while I waited by the front desk. What hit me at that moment was not the barking itself, but the nature of the barking. It was like nothing I had heard before at a shelter. It was the sound of hope from barking dogs looking for their forever homes.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Lia Marsee |Mithil Vyas |Maya Gluck
Back-to-back major hurricanes, a loss that shook USF and a semester that left students with never-ending due dates on top of all of this. It sounds like a nightmare, but unfortunately, this was a reality for USF students. With the final weeks approaching, students are left facing stressful final project due dates, grade-altering tests and the pressure of wrapping up the semester. Related: USF changed finals week for fall. Here’s what that means.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Liv Baker |Mithil Vyas |Lia Marsee |Maya Gluck
In Florida, education now looks like this: our public school libraries are bare due to the constant pulling of books. Our state universities have abandoned diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices as those positions have been eliminated. Soon, education nationwide could resemble this. On Nov. 19, President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, who has long-championed state and parental rights.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Maya Gluck |Mithil Vyas |Lia Marsee
It’s the most exciting time of the year. You are so excited about the latest commodities for the lowest price of the year. New clothes, that new iPad you’ve been begging for, the fancy pair of Adidas Sambas you’ve always wanted. I also loved shopping on Black Friday with my mom and sisters. We would wake up super early to find some of the best deals at stores like JCPenney and American Eagle Outfitters, I had so much fun.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
usforacle.com | Mithil Vyas |Lia Marsee |Joshua Hightower |Noah Vinsky
As USF inches closer to the end of the season, uncertainty looms over the program’s progress under second-year head coach Alex Golesh. Chief among those concerns? The possibility of losing star quarterback Byrum Brown to the transfer portal. Although Brown reassured fans last December he’d stay at USF despite swirling transfer rumors, uncertainty has crept back into the conversation.
