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Students who make a habit of holding open doors for strangers walking into residence halls may soon have to cut out the practice, as an audit of Housing and Residential Education has resulted in a plan to install of security cameras around residential areas of campus. The cameras are currently being installed throughout areas of campus where ID card readers are used to access residence halls following University Audit and Compliance’s (UAC) routine January audit. UAC focuses on advising university departments with ways to be more effective. In the case of Housing, effectiveness would take the form
of a decrease in unauthorized entry to residence halls.
“We’re really focused on the entry (and) exit areas; we will have some in our community spaces but that’s just to add security and safety.” Ana Hernandez Assistant Vice President of Housing and Residential Education
In an email to the Oracle, USF Media and Public Affairs Coordinator Adam Freeman said the exact details of the
audit are confidential and exempt from inspection under Florida law due to the sensitive nature of the information technology issues within. According to Assistant Vice President of Housing and Residential Education Ana Hernandez, the cameras are an effort to increase safety in residence halls. She said footage from the security cameras will be used by the university to investigate inappropriate uses of access cards and card reading failures. “We identified where we have card access readers and where we think we’ll have card access readers in the future,” Hernandez said. “We made it an extensive project that includes the Greek Village.” She also said there were no prior incidents leading to the
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Researchers seek to treat, cure rare genetic disease By Alex Harris C O R R E S P O N D E N T
USF and pharmaceutical companies may be on the path to helping eradicate a rare genetic disease. Researchers in USF’s Ataxia Research Center are currently working toward a cure for Friedreich’s ataxia (FA), a rare neurological condition affecting about one in 50,000 people for which no cure or approved treatment exists. FA patients have a single mutated gene, known as the FXN gene, which leads to insufficient production of a protein called frataxin. This deficiency leads to loss of energy in the nerves and has debilitating effects for those afflicted with it, such as loss of coordination
and balance, problems with hearing and vision and speech impairments. “Many of these patients, by the time they’re in their twenties, will be wheelchair-bound, and many will die in their forties of heart disease,” said Dr. Clifton Gooch, professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Morsani College of Medicine. In late August, USF student Sam Bridgman spoke at the Muma College of Business’s annual scholarship luncheon. Bridgman, who received a full scholarship and internship to attend two years of the college’s MBA program, was diagnosed with FA at 15, according to a recent Tampa Tribune article. Despite needing the use of a motorized wheelchair, Bridgman moved from
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Portland, Oregon to USF on his own and plans to graduate with an MBA and a master’s degree in sports and entertainment management. The Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) and USF also recently hosted the seventh annual Friedreich’s Ataxia scientific symposium “Understanding Energy for A Cure” to raise awareness for FA research and progress in developing a cure. According to a USF Health press release, the September 17 event attracted an audience of more than 500 between the Marshall Student Center Ballroom and a live streaming channel. The symposium featured speakers from FARA, FA patients and was the first year pharmaceutical compa-
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USF welcomes comedian Nick Cannon for Homecoming show
Comedian Nick Cannon will perform Tuesday at the USF Sun Dome. Special to the Oracle By Russell Nay A S S T .
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USF announced comedian Nick Cannon as this year’s Stampede Comedy Show performer on Friday. The show will be on the second day of Homecoming Week. Cannon and some of the cast of his MTV comedy show “Wild ‘N Out” will be performing Oct. 6 at the Sun Dome. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. As stated on the Homecoming event calendar, this is the first time the show will be performed live on a college campus. Nick Cannon is known for being the host of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” for seven seasons. Cannon is also a rapper, radio host, producer and actor. “Wild ‘N Out” first debuted on MTV in 2005 and mostly featured rapper, actor and comedian guest stars, including Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart and Rick Ross. Each episode of the show focuses on improv comedy sketches, and the show’s cast and episode guest compete against each other in rap battles, prop comedy, improve skits and other comedy challenges. The event is free and open to the public.
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nies were present at the event to discuss clinical trials for FA treatments. USF Health was also a sponsor of FARA’s Energy Ball on September 19, a gala and auction to raise money for FA research and treatment. “It’s a fun, high-energy gala. Plus, the symposium gives you the opportunity to learn what you are supporting and meet the people who benefit from it,” said Felicia DeRosa, FARA Fundraising Program Director. The Energy Ball raised $1.7 million, a portion of which will
be returned to the USF Ataxia Research Center in the form of grants for research trials, patient care, and awareness events. FARA will use the rest of the money to give grants to other research institutions and pay for patient transportation to its international network of FA treatment centers, including USF. While Gooch said he began working with USF Ataxia Research Center Director Dr. Theresa Zesiewicz in 2008, almost all of USF’s ataxia research has focused on the basic science of the disease at the cellular level until last year. He said a typical drug could take 10 to 25 years to go from the initial concept to
“Many of these patients, by the time they’re in their twenties, will be wheelchair bound, and many will die in their forties of heart disease.” Dr. Clifton Gooch Chairman of the Department of Neurology in the Morsani College of Medicine
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and deployment. “(Human testing trials) are the hardest to get funded because the industry wants to see some proof of concept before they invest millions of dollars into a (larger) trial,” Gooch said. According to the USF Health release, researchers in the USF Ataxia Research Center have eight FA clinical trials in progress. For one proposed treatment, the Center is working with Agilis Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company present at the symposium, to test a gene therapy treatment to restore the function of the
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frataxin gene. If this treatment is successful, it could prevent progression of the disease and possibly reverse nerve damage. The treatment is expected to be submitted to the FDA in 2016. This month, USF also enrolled the first patient in a trial held by Retrotope, a pharmaceutical company present at the symposium, investigating the safety of a potential drug for treating FA, according to the USF Health release. USF and the University of California, Los Angeles will be the only two sites in the human testing portion of the study.
Dr. Clifton Gooch, professor and chair of neurology at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, spoke at the Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA) symposium Sept. 17 about progress toward developing a treatment for FA. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE
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The Sun Dome: inside and out
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If someone working an event in the Sun Dome ever comes up to you and asks “How you doin’,” don’t be offended. They aren’t using a terrible pickup line, and they aren’t doing a terrible impression of Joey from “Friends.” The “How You Doin’?” program is one of the many aspects of the Sun Dome that students may have experienced in their time at USF. Administrators at the Sun Dome encourage the staff to ask patrons to evaluate their experience at an event, according to its website. As a venue that hosts an array of events including concerts, sporting events, conventions and graduation ceremonies, the Sun Dome is home to entertainment functions all year. The facility is managed by Comcast-Spectacor and was ranked the second largest venue in Florida by Venues Today Magazine, three years
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in a row. It was also rated the cater exclusively to students, fifth best university venue of but one must keep in mind the Sun Dome is operated by its size this year. In 2012, the Sun Dome a company other than USF, unveiled a $36.5 million reno- and the events presented must vation, which now plays a appeal to the Tampa communot just strong role in “We are always nity, the student bookings. “We are also working on shows, body. With such charged with managing a prof- and we announce a high booking fee, there itable operation to help repay the and go on sale with are several facdebt service on (tickets) throughout tors that come into play when The Sun Doem was ranked second largest venue in Florida by the renovation,” d e t e r m i n - Venues Today Magazine SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE General Manager the year.” ing who will majoring in accounting and Trent Merritt ing to have a reserve the an employee at the Sun Dome. said. Trent Merritt show — there is a lot that goes venue beyond According to General Manager, Sun Dome “We host two or three sport- into having a show for a single the popularity ing events every week, as well the Sun Dome night, Vorce said. website, ZEDD, Mary J. Blige, of a performer. These include as special school events and The Sun Dome works closeToby Mac and Big Sean are artist availability, release of competitions, so there isn’t a ly with Student Government among the artists currently new music and time of year, lot of down time. Days off are (SG), which encourages stuamong others. booked for this fall. spent prepping for the next dents to provide feedback Merritt said these shows event,” she said. “Anytime “We are always working regarding events at the facility. on shows, and we announce generally need to be profitable there is a show, I watch people In other words, SG wants to and go on sale with (tickets) on their own merits and there remove the basketball court know “How you doin’?” throughout the year.” Merritt is more to think about finan- piece by piece. It takes forFor more information on said. “This year will be no dif- cially when making decisions ever. Students don’t realize upcoming events at the Sun regarding who to book for an how much effort goes into a ferent.” Dome, visit www.sundoIt’s easy to wonder why event. single-night performance.” mearena.com. Samantha Vorce is a junior there aren’t more events that It isn’t as simple as decid-
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decision of starting the project and made clear the cameras are not meant to invade the privacy of students or constantly monitor student activity. “We were intentional not to bring the cameras into the private (residence halls),” she said. “We’re really focused on the entry (and) exit areas. We will have some in our community spaces, but that’s just to add security and safety.” In other words, the cameras will not be placed inside common areas or residents’ rooms. In Greek Village, they will be in the elevator lobbies. Allie Barton, secretary for sorority Zeta Tau Alpha, said she had mixed feelings about the recent increase in security cameras in USF’s Greek Village, but said thinks they
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are ultimately necessary. Barton said she had never heard of any incident that would warrant more monitoring of the Village, but said the cameras do make her feel safer in her first year living there. “I think that if something did happen, then it would be useful — like, if it there a crime or a robbery,” Barton said. “If you look at other on-campus housing, there are cameras on the swipe access door … there should be cameras.” She was shocked, however, at the projected price tag of the project, which Hernandez said is yet to be determined. “We are still waiting for the final bill in regard to the project,” Hernandez said. “It’s a very expensive project, so it will be hundreds of thousands of dollars to install the cameras.”
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Sophomore Claudio Correa shot a tournament-low 67 in the final round of the Jackrabbit Invitational, securing USF’s first win of the season. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/GOUSFBULLS.COM “(The depth) is great for us,” the fourth lowest in program hisBradley said. “We only have three tory and the most strokes-underContinued from PAGE 8 of the five (starters) returning from par since the Bulls’ 27-under finish last year’s squad, but coming into in the AAC championship in May. Junior Rigel Fernandes and the season, on paper I felt we were “It’s satisfying to get the win, senior Aksel Olsen finished just better than we were last year. but it’s all the more gratifying as a outside the top 10. Fernandes card“But we played really well as a coach when we played as poorly ed one more birdie in the final team last year. Just because you we did in the first event and then round than Correa, but with five have the talent, doesn’t mean come out here and prove to ourbogeys, he finished in 11th place at you’re going to produce the selves that they are a legitimate 1-under-par. Olsen finished in 13th results.” team,” Bradley said. at 1-over. USF’s finish at 18-under-par is
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Trump’s unconstitutional plan to fight illegal immigration Breanne Williams COLU M N I ST
On Sunday, Donald Trump discussed several of his key policy details with “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley. As he detailed his plans for office, Trump revealed he is in no way capable of leading this nation. Trump made several bold statements during the interview including a breakdown of his plan for tax reformation and fixing health care. His most controversial comment, however, involved his plan for fixing immigration. Pelley asked Trump if he was serious about deporting 12 million illegal immigrants. In reply, Trump simply stated, “You just said it, they’re illegal immigrants. They’re here illegally.” He then went on to illustrate the details of his plan by saying, “First of all, I have to start a little bit differently. We’re going to build a wall and we’re going to create a border. It’s going to be a great wall and it’s not going to be very expensive.” Trump has repeatedly praised the genius of his wall proposal and has even made several statements declaring Mexico will fund most of the costs for the wall. However, the idea of using a wall to keep out unwanted groups has been used for centuries, albeit unsuccessfully. The Great Wall of China and the Israili West Bank barrier are two prominent examples. It is naive to believe constructing an impenetrable wall is a realistic achievement. According to Trump, the answer to that predicament lies entirely in appearance. He said, “It will be a real wall. It’ll be a wall that works. It’ll actually be a wall that will look good, believe it or not. Because what they have now is a joke. They are ugly, little and don’t work.”
If only ancient China knew about the influence aesthetics have on effectiveness. Trump is confident his wall will cease the movement of illegal immigrants into our country. However, many experts disagree. Wayne Cornelius, the director of the Mexican migration field research program at the University of California, called Trump’s plan “ludicrous” “Any physical barrier can be tunneled under or climbed over or gotten around. There will always be gaps,” Cornelius said, according to the Washington Post. The most sickening of Trump’s proposal was his plan for illegal immigrants already within the borders of the U.S. He declared that as president, he would be “rounding them up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. And they’re going to be happy because they want to be legalized … I know it doesn’t sound nice. But not everything is nice.” The leading candidate for the Republican primaries believes assembling all illegal immigrants and forcibly deporting them is the answer to the U.S.’s immigration problem. When Pelley professed his plan was both impractical and in violation of the constitution, Trump simply replied, “We’ll see.” As the 2016 presidential election heats up, candidates continue becoming more specific with their plans for office. Trump has made it explicitly clear that he plans to run the U.S. with an intolerant mindset and a closed fist. While his plans are grand, they are entirely unfeasible. Breanne Williams junior majoring in communications.
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Papelbon takes hands-on approach To say that things haven’t gone well for the Washington Nationals this season would be putting it lightly. The Nats were picked by many during spring training to be a shoo-in to win the NL East and reach the playoffs, but they were eliminated from contention last week after a season ravished by injuries and inconsistent play. Somehow, things managed to go even further south during the eighth inning of Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia. After Nats slugger Bryce Harper popped out, teammate Jonathan Papelbon yelled at him from the dugout railing for not hustling to first base. The two exchanged words inside before Papelbon lunged at the three-time All-Star, grabbed him by the throat and shoved him into the wall. Harper was not injured, and Papelbon, the team’s closer, was suspended by the team Monday for four games without pay.
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Memphis may have racked up a program-record 215 points in its first four games this season, but that hasn’t made fourth-year coach Justin Fuente any less circumspect about facing USF’s defense on Friday. The Tigers, who are 4-0 for the first time since 1961, will come to Raymond James Stadium ranked sixth in the nation in total offense Did you know? and ninth in passing behind the leadership of junior quarterback The USF women’s soccer team Paxton Lynch. The Bulls are 19th jumped nine spots to No. 7 in in total defense, led by sophomore this week’s RPI ratings. The No. 24-ranked Bulls (9-1-1) defeated lineman Deadrin Senat’s team-high No. 20 UConn last Thursday 1-0. 19 tackles. “To me, when you just watch the film and you look at their front seven, it’s pretty impressive,” Quote of the day Fuente said during Monday’s AAC “That was probably the worst play coaches teleconference. “They’ve in NFL history.” — Jets receiver just got size and athleticism with Brandon Marshall, whose those front guys — and some attempted lateral after a catch in depth. They’ve just got some really good players down there and the second quarter of Sunday’s they’ve done a good job with their 24-17 loss to the Eagles hit an scheme.” opposing player’s facemask and Aiding the Bulls in their nationwas recovered for a turnover.
ally televised showdown with the defending conference co-champs will be the return of all three of their starting linebackers for a full game. Senior Tashon Whitehurst and junior Nigel Harris returned from their two-game suspension for violating unspecified rules at Maryland on Sept. 19, but middle linebacker Auggie Sanchez had to sit out the first half of the 35-17 loss for a targeting ejection against Florida State the week before. Coach Willie Taggart said they will be key in USF’s game plan of limiting explosive plays and keeping Memphis’ offense in check. The Tigers scored 58 points in a win over Cincinnati on Thursday and have scored 40 or more points in six straight games, the longest active streak in Division I-A. “We’ve got to limit the big plays,. They live off the big, explosive plays,” Taggart said. “We’ve got to make them drive the ball all the way down the field and score. It’s really important not to give up the big play, and that’s something we’ve lacked the last couple games.” Offensively, USF might welcome
the test against the Tigers’ defense, which currently sits 110th nationally after allowing Cincinnati to set a new program record with 752 total yards in last Thursday’s 53-46 victory. By comparison, the Bulls (1-2) haven’t come close to that number since they racked up 765 yards in a victory over Florida A&M in 2011. But with an additional few days of preparation coming off the bye week and some continued signs of improvement from sophomore quarterback Quinton Flowers (seven total touchdowns and three interceptions in three starts), Taggart is confident his team is up to the task. “We’re ready to roll,” Taggart said. “We’ve got a big-time challenge with our football team this Friday in our home stadium, and our guys are really excited for the challenge we have in front of us.” Homecoming game time announced
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After a frustrating finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate two weeks ago, sophomore Claudio Correa refocused and captured a share of the win at the Jackrabbit Invitational at The Prairie Golf Club over the weekend. Correa’s 7-under finish helped lead USF to a dominant 19-stroke victory, its first of the season. “He’s just that good,” coach Steven Bradley said of Correa. “He was pretty embarrassed after the first tournament and he came out with something to prove to himself that last year wasn’t a fluke.” Correa, the 2014 AAC Freshman of the Year, birdied six holes — five on the back nine — during his third round. A birdie on the par-5 15th hole moved him into the top spot where he would finish tied with Oregon’s Aaron Wise. Correa’s final round got off to a rough start with a bogey on his first hole, but the Chile native bounced back, rattling off five birdies in the following 12 holes. “(Correa) just got more and more comfortable, and when he gets going with his confidence, he’s a pretty tough player to beat,” Bradley said. The win is Correa’s first of the season and second of his career. Correa won the Gator Invitational in the spring — one of his six top10 finishes. Of the 73 players in the field, USF placed all five starters in the top 14, with sophomore Cristian DiMarco placing tied for 38th as an individual. Senior Chase Koepka’s 5-under third round moved him into sole possession of seventh place with a 4-under-par score for the tournament.
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