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1 week ago | usforacle.com | Noah Vinsky |Lily Belcher

Sammie Puisis might have gone undrafted on Monday – but it wasn’t long until the former USF guard was picked up by the WNBA. The Chicago Sky announced they signed Puisis to a training camp contract Wednesday, becoming the 10th Bull in program history to sign with a WNBA team. Training camp contracts are one-year, minimum salary deals to evaluate players to make the final roster. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, according to the Sky.

1 week ago | usforacle.com | Maria Cortes |Hannah Laubach Matson

USF siblings Harikrishna and Krishna Patel are bringing TEDxTampa back for the first time in nearly a decade. “The whole city’s coming together and everybody’s going to walk out with one question: ‘What is stopping me from changing the world?’” Harikrishna said. TEDx is an event series launched in 2009 featuring live speakers and organized under TED guidelines, according to TED.

1 week ago | usforacle.com | Hannah Laubach Matson |Maria Cortes

USF says a plan to increase on-campus housing rates resulted in a rise in demand by allowing the university to invest in its housing facilities. But with more people applying to live on campus than usual, some students were left without a place to live the next school year. Alexis Edminster, a junior studio art major, was unable to secure a dorm on campus and is moving back to her hometown in Chicago.

1 week ago | usforacle.com | Hannah Laubach Matson |Clara Garcia |Clara García |Joana Riva

Faculty Senate Vice President Scott Perry said he can’t “get a hold of” USF President Rhea Law to learn her stance on the rumored Sarasota-Manatee and New College of Florida merger. “I’ve always found Rhea Law to make the right statement at the right time, but she’s not being available to talk,” Perry said. “I’m not sure that anybody can really find out what she’s thinking.”Perry said he has a “gorgeous” relationship with Law and has tried to reach her — but heard nothing back.

1 week ago | usforacle.com | Kieran Konopka |Clara Garcia |Clara García |Joana Riva |Camille Grall

USF’s spring music festival, Bullstock, was cut short during the headlining set by indie rock band Grouplove on Friday night. Rain fell sporadically during the band’s performance, but the festival was called off when it started raining consistently — an hour before the originally scheduled 11:15 p.m. end time. This was met with the audience booing and students rushing out of the event to escape the rain and cold combo.