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A guide to the traditions at the University of South Florida Sponsored by the:

tra路di路tion [truh-dish-uh n] noun 1: an inherited, established or customary pattern of thought, action or behavior 2: a belief or story relating to the past that is commonly accepted as historical 3: the handing down of information, beliefs and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another

A little over 50 years ago, USF opened its doors for the first time with a handful of buildings, a dream and a lot of sand. Much has changed since the days when Fowler Avenue was an unpaved dirt road. Since then, students and alumni have shaped our history and traditions.

Some of these traditions are based on songs; such as the USF Alma Mater. Other traditions are based on school spirit; such as our “Go Bulls!� hand symbol and the Herd of Thunder Marching Band. You’ll also find campus traditions based on ceremony, events and places of significance. The list continues to grow along with the University of South Florida.

But traditions are nothing without the individuals who make them and keep them. One of the missions of the USF Alumni Association is to identify the Tradition Makers and Tradition Keepers of the University and recognize them for their contributions.

Tradition Makers are people who started something that has continued. Maybe they wrote a song, created a ceremony or event, or came up with a gesture that embodied school spirit. Simple or intricate, their efforts have evolved over time into a USF tradition.

Tradition Keepers are people who work to keep our traditions alive. They incorporate traditions into their own lives, educate others on their significance or push to resurrect old traditions.

Without them, there would be no cycle of traditions to unify students and alumni.

Letter from the Executive Director Dear Alumni, Although the University of South Florida is considered a young university, many students, faculty and alumni have already established traditions that have become a part of USF’s culture and history. Here, progress is an everyday word. As each year passes, USF’s history becomes richer and the celebrated cycle of traditions grows.

The USF Alumni Association recognizes the valuable role that traditions play to connect former and current students, build pride and give the University of South Florida its unique identity. One of the goals of the USF Alumni Association is to help identify and educate others on USF’s traditions and recognize those individuals who have contributed to the University’s history. Still, there are many traditions at USF that have yet to be born and others that have just begun and need to be cultivated.

I encourage all students and alumni to stay involved with the University and the USF Alumni Association by starting a new USF tradition and becoming a Tradition Maker. Or, you can be a Tradition Keeper by learning about USF’s traditions and keeping them alive.

If you’d like to learn more, please give us a call at 1-800-299-2855, 813-974-2100 or visit us at www.USFalumni.org. We’d love to hear what you think.

Sincerely, John B. Harper ’76 Executive Director USF Alumni Association

Table of Contents The USF Alumni Association Chapter 1 Who We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What We Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 USF Alumni Association Membership Application . . . . . . . . 6 ®

Welcome To Bulls Country Chapter 2 How the Bulls Were Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The USF Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The USF Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ®

The Songs of USF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3 The USF Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The USF Fight Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ®

USF Spirit Chapter 4 Go Bulls! Hand Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Herd of Thunder Marching Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Mascot Rocky the Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Painted Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Spirit Team’s Celebration of Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 USF Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ®

Ceremonies Chapter 5 Alumni Awards Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Engineering Induction Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 King O’Neal and Outstanding Senior Awards . . . . . . . . . . . 26 National Match Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 USF Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The USF Mace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 White Coat Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ®

Student Life Chapter 6 The Bull Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Greek Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Living on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Movies on The Lawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Patio Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Student Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 University Lecture Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 USF Ambassadors Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 USF Ambassadors Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Week of Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ®

Traditional Events Chapter 7 Bull-arney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Bullstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Celebration of Free Enterprise Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Children’s Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Engineering Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Family Weekend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Homecoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Stampede of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 USF Day at the Capitol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 ®

Places of Significance Chapter 8 Alumni Center Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Botanical Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Centre Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Chinsegut Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Phyllis P. Marshall Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Riverfront Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 USF Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 USF St. Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 USF Sarasota-Manatee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 ®

Famous Faces Chapter 9 USF Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Past USF Alumni Association Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 ®

The USF Alumni Association

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Who We Are The USF Alumni Association The University of South Florida Alumni Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization.

Where you can find us: On Alumni Drive (next to the USF President’s residence)

Mailing address: Gibbons Alumni Center 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100 Tampa, FL 33620-5455

Telephone: (813) 974-2100 or 1-800-299-2855 Website: www.USFalumni.org Hours of operation: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday The Sam and Martha Gibbons Alumni Center, named in honor of retired U.S. Congressman Sam Gibbons and his late wife, Martha, opened in April 1998 and expanded in 2004. Sam Gibbons, who is known as the “Father of USF,” was the driving force behind the creation of the University and its medical school.

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The Sam and Martha Gibbons Alumni Center provides USF alumni with a home base on the Tampa campus. The brick building with the green awning is a tangible landmark for students, guests and visitors and houses the administrative offices for the USF Alumni Association, USF Development and the USF Foundation. At 18,514 square-feet, the Alumni Center is a popular site for meetings, wedding and graduation receptions, luncheons, holiday socials, class reunions and campus events.

What We Do The USF Alumni Association’s mission is to connect alumni, support students and strengthen USF. We are a dues-based organization, with membership open to all graduates, students and friends of the University. Through the dues and additional sponsorships and donations, the USF Alumni Association is able to offer an array of events, programs and services to students and alumni.

Scholarship Opportunities With the help of our generous donors and the USF Bulls License Plate program, the USF Alumni Association is able to award several scholarships. We have scholarships for students attending all four USF campuses, as well as scholarships in the name of dignitaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and important figures in the University’s past, including devoted former Resident Assistant Candy Creamer Schreck and the first Dean of Women, Margaret Fisher.

We also administer the prestigious Kosove Scholarship, a four-year, all expenses-paid scholarship granted to only the most exceptional student leaders.

Student Recognition The USF Alumni Association sponsors the Outstanding Senior Award and the King O’Neal Scholar Award for students graduating with a cumulative 4.0 GPA or higher.

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USF Ambassadors Program The USF Ambassadors is a group of the University’s best-andbrightest students who serve as liaisons between the student body, faculty, staff and the community.

Career Building and Networking Both students and alumni can benefit from the many career and networking programs offered by the USF Alumni Association. Our website, www.USFalumni.org, has a Career & Networking section with employment opportunities, a resume builder, business card exchange and a link to inCircle, our online networking community.

Alumni using inCircle can browse for jobs, post resumes and connect with fellow alumni who work in their industry. We also partner with the USF Career Center on bi-annual career fairs and business etiquette dinners featuring experts who offer advice on how to “outclass the competition.”

USF Alumni Association Events The USF Alumni Association hosts two of the biggest Homecoming parties: the Parade Watch Party, held the night before the big game, and Bulls Roast, a tailgate party held a few hours before kick-off.

Food, drink, games, entertainment and free spirit supplies make these events the place to be for Bulls fans. At the Bulls’ away games, our co-sponsored football tailgate parties are a popular meeting spot for USF fans. We also host a hospitality tent at Raymond James Stadium before home games.

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Throughout the year, we partner with various campus organizations on business and cultural events, such as the University Lecture Series, Round-Up, orientation, Grad Stampede and commencement. You’ll find out more about these events as you read further in this book.

Alumni Legislative and Public Policy Programs The USF Alumni Association partners with the Department of Government & International Affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences to offer several programs – including classes, internships and directed study programs – that take students inside the legislative process and introduce them to the policymakers, staff, lobbyists and USF alumni already working in government.

Alumni Groups It’s easy to stay connected to other Bulls by joining one of USF’s alumni groups. In addition to local groups in Tampa, Pinellas County, Lakeland and Sarasota-Manatee, there are USF alumni groups statewide, nationally and even a few international groups that meet on a regular basis to socialize, network and attend events in their communities. We also have several special-interest groups, such as the Black Alumni and Geology Alumni groups, that meet for fun and fellowship.

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There are numerous benefits to membership in the USF Alumni Association, including: Connections through: • USF Magazine (3 issues annually) • AlumNews (monthly) • Alumni Voice magazine (4 issues annually) • Geographic- college- and interest-based alumni groups • inCircle – an online networking community Access to: • Networking and continuing education opportunities • Campus recreation centers (additional fees apply) • USF Federal Credit Union • Life and health insurance • Bulls travel opportunities • USF branded items • USF Library Discounts on: • Auto and home insurance • USF logo gear from the USF Bookstore, Bulls Outfitter and Bulls Heaven • Hotels • Car rentals • Busch Gardens, Adventure Island and Sea World admission • New AAA memberships (restrictions apply) • MOSI memberships • Florida Aquarium memberships … and MORE!

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Membership Application Join or renew online! www.USFalumni.org

GREAT NEWS!

Membership dues may now be tax deductible! (consult your tax advisor)

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University of South Florida Alumni Association 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC100, Tampa, Florida 33620-5455 (813) 974-2100 • (800) 299-BULL (2855) www.USFalumni.org

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