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  • 2 weeks ago | usforacle.com | Lily Belcher |Lia Marsee |Liv Baker

    Between budget cuts, a crackdown on immigration and pushback on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, USF is participating in a slew of changes it won’t brag about. Without public records, tuition-paying students, corporate donors and university employees may not know what programs and procedures the university is participating in. But getting my hands on these records has been the most challenging part of my two years as a news writer at The Oracle.

  • 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.

  • Nov 20, 2024 | usforacle.com | Catherine Paulitz |Lia Marsee |Maya Gluck |Liv Baker

    Last week on campus, I heard a lecture from Annie McDaniel, USF’s chapter leader for Saint Paul’s Outreach that made me change the way I see a couple things. Saint Paul’s Outreach (SPO) is a Catholic-based organization that sends missionaries to college campuses to help college students stay connected to their Catholic faith. SPO focuses on building relationships with college students and helping them navigate through their faith life.

  • Nov 18, 2024 | usforacle.com | Liv Baker |Lia Marsee |Maya Gluck

    Nothing is worse than thinking you are nearing the finish line and you’ve barely started the race. In my case, the finish line is the Yuengling Center stage and the race is my college career. I thought I was set to graduate this upcoming spring semester, but after meeting with my adviser I was disappointed to learn that I wasn’t on track to walk the stage until next fall.

  • Nov 18, 2024 | usforacle.com | Maya Gluck |Lia Marsee |Liv Baker

    Have you picked up a book you liked recently? Well, it just might be on the banned books list. In some Florida public schools, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky are two of the 700 books that have been banned during the 2023-24 school year, according to the banned book list from The Florida Department of Education. Banning books silences marginalized voices and restricts academic freedom.

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