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Girl sues Pi Kappa Phi fraternity over alleged sexual assault
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A 16-year-old girl who was visiting campus with her two sisters claims to have been sexually assaulted during an October party at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house. Her family filed a lawsuit against the USF chapter of Pi Kappa Phi and its national body. They, along with attorney Herman Law, are seeking $5 million in damages as well as court costs and a jury trial. The national body declined to comment and chapter representatives could not be reached for comment. According to the lawsuit, the victim – Jane Doe No. 72 – was encouraged to drink alcohol until she was nonresponsive before being raped by fraternity member Dillon LaGamma, 19, in another room.
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The three girls, according to the lawsuit, were visiting campus and found out that Pi Kappa Phi was hosting a party. Fraternity members were outside the house in Greek Village to check IDs. The lawsuit states that the members gave Jane Doe No. 72 a wristband saying she was over 21 even though she was not. Once inside, the victim was handed a number of premixed drinks “without anyone questioning her age or level of inebriation,” according to the lawsuit. Additionally, she was pressured to drink a “slap bag” of alcohol – a bag containing a large quantity of alcohol – the suit states. When she was drunk, incoherent and barely able to stand, LaGamma took her to
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Busch Gardens plans to offer new student discount
Improv instructor investigated for sexual abuse of power A Title IX investigation into former adjunct professor Nicholas Riggs found that he allegedly sexually assaulted one student and also allegedly sexually harassed another. He and his wife Hannah Prince, then a graduate student, would approach students together, with the relationships usually starting out consensually, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Over time, the students – both male Busch Gardens is working with Student Government to create a discounted annual pass for students. and female – reported feeling SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE manipulated and intimidated with Busch Gardens and conversed for summer and winter break, and By Miki Shine under Riggs’ pressure. E D I T O R I N C H I E F about it,” Kheireddine said. “We did not include free parking or Both Riggs and Prince Between nature habitats and gave our own feedback about it discounts. This pass began in 2013, declined to comment to the the rush of roller coasters, Busch and then said we were going to although there were previously Times. According to the Times, Gardens offers a variety of options reach out to our student body and more USF student passes. do what we can to get input from “The student pass was poorly Riggs is barred from teaching for students. received and returns year over year In an effort to make the them for the final negotiation.” at USF and has stopped The survey lists a $130 price for were not enough to validate us teaching at the University of park more affordable, Student Tampa, St. Petersburg College, Government (SG) has been a full annual Busch Gardens pass continuing the specific USF student Hillsborough Community working with Busch Gardens to that wouldn’t have blackout dates, pass,” Varga-Sinka said. would include free parking and After the pass was discontinued, College and Florida Southern offer cheaper tickets for students. “Basing off of feedback from last would offer discounts within the over 2,700 students signed a University. He and Prince still run Spitfire Theater, an improv year, from surveys that were done park. It also mentions the option of petition to have it reinstated. At by the SG administration last year, adding access to Adventure Island the time, students were arguing venue in St. Petersburg. that Busch Gardens still had the Riggs’ behavior, according to they decided to propose to Busch for $30 more. An annual pass for Busch potential to profit from students the Times, fostered a sexually Gardens a specific proposal,” hostile education environment. Student Body President Moneer Gardens currently costs $168 and via parking and spending within The theater favored those Kheireddine said. “One of the becomes $192 when a second the park. Last August, leaders of SG said involved with Riggs and Prince biggest things our students wanted park is added. “Students will be able to take they were in the process of working . The Times story cited three to see was parking included and male and three female victims. students wanted to see (fewer) advantage of the unique benefits with the marketing team at Busch A report by attorney Mariah blackout dates. And so they Busch Gardens Tampa Bay offers Gardens in an attempt to bring the Passarelli of Buchanan Ingersoll negotiated with Busch Gardens a to its annual pass holders, such pass back. This time SG promises as free parking and discounts on better advertising to students. & Rooney PC cost USF about new student discount pass.” According to Varga-Sinka, SG will The details of the offer are still food and drinks in the park, at an $20,000. Riggs last taught in December and is still listed as being discussed. SG put out a affordable price,” Busch Gardens play an important role in promoting a graduate student on USF’s survey on BullSync to acquire more spokeswoman Karen Varga-Sinka the new pass. “The USF Student Government student opinions and gauge student said in an email to The Oracle. website. She said the pass is expected will take a significant role in interest before finalizing anything. According to Kheireddine, most of to be available starting in mid-to- promoting the pass to USF This is the last Oracle of the responses have been positive, late August. This comes about a students,” she said. “Busch the summer semester. but the real test will be sales of the year after the park discontinued its Gardens has been working hand-inPublication resumes Aug. 21. original USF student pass. hand with the student government finalized tickets. Please pick up our special The old pass cost $50 for to maximize the awareness of the “When (Student Body Vice Boredom Solver edition in President Shaquille) Kent and I admission during the fall and spring product among the USF student the racks Monday. came into the equation, we met semester. It included blackout dates body.”
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another room, according to the lawsuit. The suit states that she was “intoxicated to the level in which she was incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse.” According to LaGamma’s criminal report affidavit from October, he confirmed under oath that he “had vaginal and oral intercourse” with Jane Doe No. 72. Later that night, another member of the fraternity found her and had her sent to the hospital, according to the suit. The alleged victim called the police from her hospital room the next day. LaGamma was arrested under “probable cause” and was later charged with sexual battery on a child over 12 but younger than 18. He posted $7,500 bail the next day. He is no longer a USF student. The USF chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was suspended after the incident for reckless injurious behavior, misuse of alcohol and violation of system policy. A Title IX investigation found the fraternity not responsible for her claimed assault, but did find that it had violated parts of the Student Code of Conduct. The chapter is still on probation after it re-examined its procedures for managing risks. It still can’t host any social events with alcohol until late 2017 and all of its current social events have to be cleared by USF officials. It will remain on probation through spring 2018, according to the Tampa Bay Times. LaGamma is scheduled to appear in court at the end of August.
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USF students use YouTube to achieve goals By Jacqueline Miller C O R R E S P O N D E N T
From fashion tutorials to vlogs, YouTube videos provide an outlet for students to share their passions with an audience and to further their careers. Lauren Banawa, a senior majoring in theater with a concentration in costume design, runs her own YouTube channel, Lauren Banawa, about DIY fashion and travel with roughly 6,000 subscribers. Despite people thinking her online presence damages her work reputation, Banawa said her YouTube channel helped her acquire her current internship. “They want to see people
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who are kind of involved in social media already and who have knowledge and want to get better,” she said. Banawa is in the process of tailoring her YouTube channel into something she can add to her resume. In hopes of strengthening his resume Jake Chivers, a junior majoring in advertising, is using his YouTube channel to pursue his dreams of becoming an Oscar-winning filmmaker. He hopes his YouTube channel, Jake Chivers, of roughly 300 subscribers will be practice toward this goal. “I just make videos as often as possible to just keep pushing my creativity as far as I can go,” Chivers said. His channel is mostly
comprised of vlogs. Chivers is involved with video making and even cofounded Lonely Loch Films, a company that makes films and posts them on YouTube. “Now we’re just trying to take as much promotional and commercial content as possible and get our names out there,” Chivers said. Chivers does not feel his videos hurt his chances with employers. “I’ve actually made some parts of my videos in my office at work,” he said. Comparatively, Samari Blair, an alumna who graduated last spring with dual majors in biomedical science and public health, had her YouTube channel, SamariSafari, leave
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a positive impact on her affecting her work life. She has over 1,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel, which is about make-up and her college experience, especially nursing. Blair said that when she did a summer internship, “they found my YouTube channel and they loved it. They watched my videos all the time.” However, she did note she was careful about what she posted online while applying to graduate schools. “The most important thing is just like choosing carefully what you put on the internet because once it’s on the internet, it’s not going away,” Blair said. Blair has additional advice
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for those starting YouTube channels. First start simple and continue trying new things until something works. “Don’t go out and buy all this fancy equipment that you think you don’t need,” Blair said. “Just like start off and see like what your subscribers want from you, what content you want to put out. Don’t give up.” Banawa also cautioned against making videos with the goal of popularity alone because there’s more to it than just gaining notoriety. “You should make it because you have something to say and you want to share, no matter if there is just one person viewing it or 10,000,” Banawa said.
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round of 32. In that season, the Bulls allowed the seventh least points per game in the country, allowing an average of 57.6 per game. To complement the defensive prowess of the five ‘12 Bulls is Jones, 28, who left USF for the NBA after his junior season in 2010. Before his departure, he scored the fifth most points in USF men’s basketball history. In his two games with the Tampa Bulls, the 6-foot-5 guard averaged 29.5 points per game, while the next closest Bull averaged 14.5. The Bulls are currently three wins away from making it into the championship game and four away from collecting the coveted $2 million purse. However, in order to reach the championship, the Bulls will have to knock off No. 1 seed and two-time defending champion Overseas Elite at 9 p.m. Friday night. The game will be played in Brooklyn and aired on ESPN2. Billy Mohl contract details released
New USF baseball coach Billy Mohl has signed a fiveyear contract with the school that’s worth slightly over $1 million over the course of the deal, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Mohl, who was hired hours after the departure of former head coach Mark Kingston to accept the same position at South Carolina, will make $150,000 in base salary in his first season as head coach. Kingston made $140,000 in 2017. There will also be $50,000 in additional compensation and benefits added to Mohl’s base
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salary, raising it to $200,000. Mohl’s annual compensation will increase to $220,000 by his final season. USF is Mohl’s first head coaching position after spending three years as the Bulls pitching coach under Kingston. Since his arrival in 2014, eight USF pitchers have been selected in the MLB draft. In those same three years, the Bulls have made it into the regional round of the NCAA Tournament twice. If the Bulls make it past the regional round of the NCAA Tournament, Mohl will receive $10,000 in incentives. An additional $20,000 is added if the Bulls make the College World Series and $30,000 if they win the tournament. Bulls football players added to national award watch lists Cameron Ruff and Mitchell Wilcox were named to national award watch lists Tuesday. Ruff, a senior and center for the Bulls, was among seven AAC players named to the Rimington Trophy watch list, which recognizes the top center in college football. As a junior, Ruff started all 13 games for USF and was named the team’s offensive lineman of the year. Running behind Ruff and the rest of the line, USF averaged 285.3 rushing yards per game, fifth best in the nation. Wilcox became the third straight Bull to be added to the watch list for the Mackey Award, an award presented annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end. As a sophomore last season, Wilcox made Second-Team All AAC and served as a midlevel passing weapon for quarterback Quinton Flowers, averaging 23.2 yards per catch.
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Some feminism is misdirected A radical subgroup of privileged feminists in the West put equality efforts in the wrong direction. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE
By Allaa Tayeb C O L U M N I S T
The first introduction I had to the feminist movement was during a lecture in my high school English class. Before the lesson began, my teacher asked students if they considered themselves to be feminists and to raise their hands if they were. Sadly, no student, including myself, raised his or her hand. At the time I didn’t think much of it, but now I know why they chose not to associate themselves with this term. At the end of the lesson, my teacher again asked the class to raise their hands if they now considered themselves to be a feminist. This time, only three students, including myself, raised their hands. I remember feeling repulsed that more students did not support such a noble cause. As I matured, I discovered that more people than I ever would have imagined supported gender equality, but do not consider themselves feminists. Much later in my life I concluded that the negative stigma associated with the phrase “feminism” is what kept my peers from labeling themselves feminists. According to Webster’s Dictionary, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.” Unfortunately, some people who
preach feminism have contributed to tarnishing the reputation of this truly non-violent and beautiful cause. A radical subgroup of privileged feminists in the West have conditioned themselves to see the feminism movement as a onesided fight to prove women are above men. Instead of fighting for causes that should take precedent, like global female education, this radical feminist subgroup host womenonly concerts and protests for the right to free their nipples. They spew hateful speech grouping all men together. They believe wearing shirts that say “nasty woman” liberates them, and label women who choose to dress in a modest fashion as victims of their culture. In their fight for power, this Western radical subgroup has forgotten that feminism calls for equality, not control. Our community will only be liberated when all women are free from the social bounds of gender. Some women are still sold as human trafficking slaves, are forced into arranged marriages and are banned from receiving an education or driving. Feminists in Eastern countries, such as Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, fight for those loftier goals. Yousafzai received death threats for speaking out about
her fears that her school would be attacked,and the importance of education for women. She later survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban. The Egyptian Feminist Union has worked to get more women involved in Egyptian politics and is currently pushing to better women’s education. Female infanticide – the killing of girls shortly after they’re born – is still prevalent in China, India and Pakistan. According to the United Nations Population Fund, this practice has resulted in at least 60 million girls in Asia going missing and is an issue that the Feminist Five group in Asia has been working to raise awareness for. I do not blame the world for seeing the feminist movement as toxic, because sometimes it can be depicted as such through these radical subgroups. It’s understandable why some people who want equality among the sexes would be tentative to adopt the label of feminist. It is my hope that one day radical Western subgroups can join the ranks of the honorable women who have fought in the best interest of the whole, instead of a select minority. Allaa Tayeb is a sophomore majoring in English and film studies.
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Dom Dwyer after scoring his first national team goal against Ghana on July 1. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE regular season title that year, Cup match against Martinique By Josh Fiallo going undefeated in regular at Raymond James Stadium. S P O R T S E D I T O R season conference play and “It was a tough decision to earning an at-large bid to the come out a year early from Two national team NCAA Tournament. college,” he said. “I was very appearances, two goals. In that same season, Dwyer tempted to stay another year. Dom Dwyer’s ability to went on a tear, scoring 16 It was a lot of fun, but this is a score has always made him a premier player in America, goals in 23 matches in his lone place that brings really, really regardless if he was playing season as a Bull, ultimately good memories.” Dwyer could potentially be in MLS or for a junior college propelling him to MLS after just one year in Tampa, and the third American to score in Texas. However, his June call-up to eventually, the U.S. National in each of his first three U.S. Men’s National team matches the U.S. Men’s National Team Team. “When Dom came in, we if he nets a goal in tonight’s and ensuing two goals in his first two appearances even had knew he was going to help tilt with current Group B leader some of his old teammates us a lot. His style of play was Martinique. excellent, and his work rate as As well as his top-tier play surprised. a forward was tremendous,” on the field, Dwyer’s character “I never thought that Dom would be playing for the U.S. former USF teammate Leston and composure shines bright National Team,” Dwyer’s Paul said via a Facebook to those close to him. “There was always a lot of former USF teammate Wesley message. “He was and still is Charpie. “I knew Dom was a goal machine, but I never conversation between Dom going to go on to have a thought that he would reach and I,” Charpie said. “He was a junior at the time while I was fantastic career, but playing this far.” Though his time at USF was just an incoming freshman. He for the U.S. National Team is short, the school will always be was really good at making me a totally different story. The feel relaxed and comfortable fact that he’s actually done it a special place for Dwyer. “This was the beginning. on the ball. He would come up now and got two goals in two I loved my time here, every to me before the games and appearances is credit to him.” Charpie currently plays for moment,” Dwyer told U.S. say, do your job, get down the the USL side St. Louis FC and Soccer after training at USF’s line, get a ball into the box and led USF in assists in the 2011 Corbett Stadium on Sunday in I’ll be there.” “I almost in those days just season. USF won the Big East preparation for tonight’s Gold
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crossed it blindly and it’d find Dom somehow,” Charpie said laughing. “He made me look better than I was.” Though Dwyer and his USF teammates have been split up since he was drafted by Kansas City in 2012, he’s still made it a point to keep in touch with his old teammates. “We’ll tweet at each other a couple of times and stuff like that,” Ben Sweat, a current defender for NYCFC and former teammate of Dwyer said. “He even congratulated me on my first MLS goal a few games ago against the Red Bulls. He’s just a natural born goal scorer and you can see that clearly from his success in MLS. He works hard though. You can’t fault him for his work to always get in the box and to go and make that run. He earned everything he has.” Though his days as a Bull are long-gone, Dwyer’s legacy and impact left on the program will last forever. As for his national team legacy, it’s still being written.
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The Tampa Bulls, a team of former USF men’s basketball players, still have $2 million in their sights. Domonique Jones banked in a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat the Kentucky Kings 88-87 on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina, the fifthseeded Bulls made it to The Basketball Tournament’s “Super Sixteen” after defeating No. 16 Chattanooga and No. 4 Kentucky last weekend. The Basketball Tournament is an open-application, singleelimination tournament that has been played the past four summers in the U.S. The event features 64 teams and operates similarly to the NCAA Tournament, but with the winning team taking home $2 million. Typically, teams are comprised of former collegiate and overseas players, with a couple former NBA players, such as 2007 No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden, are sprinkled in. The Tampa Bulls are comprised of 10 USF alumni, with half of them coming from the 2012 team that made it to the NCAA Tournament’s
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