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Women’s March organizers inspire activists’ intersectionality
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Organizers of the Women’s March shared with approximately 300 students and community members about how the January march was organized and offered advice on how to be activists. Wo m e n ’ s March Co-President Tamika Mallory, Treasurer Carmen Perez and Assistant Treasurer Linda Sarsour were invited to the Marshall Student Center by the student organization USF Divest. According to Mallory, the Women’s March was originally being organized by a group of white women who were calling the event The Million Women March. When these women called Mallory to discuss getting more women of color involved, she was reluctant. “We’re not going to plan a march, we’re not event planners,” she said. “If we’re going to come and be involved in this, it was about us being in leadership and helping shape the agenda of the march.” She said they worked to ensure the march represented the needs of all women. Perez echoed her sentiments about making sure a diverse group of women’s voices were heard
Women’s March Assistant Treasurer Linda Sarsour spoke to students about the importance of activism and tips on how to bring causes together. ORACLE PHOTO/AMANDA LOPEZ in the planning conversations. “We reached out to about 29 or 30 individuals who were experts in their separate fields asking them to come together to form points of unity,” Perez said. “To come together
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to think about their issues, but also how their issues intersect.” Sarsour, who had been critiquing the original organizers, was brought into the equation by Mallory during
planning and became a part of creating the Women’s March as an organization, foundation and event. “People will show up to a march and be like ‘oh, I’m so cool. I went to a march
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and I helped inspire,’ but they go back to their lives and forget that there’s more work to be done,” Sarsour said. “It’s important to know who’s really in it. Who’s willing to show up and network and learn and do the real work.” The women went on to offer advice on ways to organize and be engaged activists. One of the major themes Sarsour spoke on, and has experience working with even before the Women’s March, is the idea of intersectionality. This is the idea of bringing together different groups and finding overlap or common ground so they can be stronger by supporting each other. “You don’t come into a space and push your issue on other people,” she said. “You don’t come into a space and be upset because nobody wants to talk about your issue. The first question people are going to ask is ‘where have you been? What have you done for us?’” She said to show up in a space where there’s an issue you care about, you observe and you recognize your own privileges before engaging. “When people who have been at the receiving end of oppression, you need to listen to their pain and frustration
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WUSF: The end of an era
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and not take it personally,” Sarsour said. One of the things Sarsour said was most important about intersectionality work is the ability to support other people’s identities. This doesn’t mean agreeing with them on everything, but rather that by not accepting somebody’s opposing view it can become more difficult to gain their support on common issues. “When I show up for a movement, I’m Palestinian, I’m Muslim, I’m American, I’m a mother,” she said. “That promotes intersectionality. When we’re organizing intersectionally. When the environmental justice folks, the black civil rights folks, the Black Lives Matter people, the undocumented people, the LGBTQI people are at the table. When we’re all at the same table, people united will
never be defeated.” A movement should make people uncomfortable, Sarsour said, even for the people organizing it. While she said this doesn’t mean that everything has to be an act of civil disobedience, if a movement isn’t uncomfortable at times then it’s not a movement. “Movement work is supposed to be uncomfortable,” she said. “If it’s always comfort, then you’re not doing it right.” During the ending Q&A, the women were asked about how to organize at a college level. Sarsour suggested the different activist groups come together for small events first, share a calendar to avoid planning events for the same time slot and build up to doing bigger things together. “That will teach you how to come together and how to collaborate,” she said. “Don’t be ambitious, don’t try to change the world. Take baby steps and baby steps.”
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For five decades WUSF has provided an outlet for growth and experience for students, as well as informative and educational programming for their viewers. On Sunday at 11:59:59 p.m., the station will go dark, according to WUSFTV General Manager JoAnn Urofsky. Kim Thurman is a former student who interned at WUSF during her time at USF. “My last semester of college I interned at WUSF,” Thurman said. “I did a little bit of everything. I was in radio for a couple of weeks and in TV production for a number of weeks as well.” Thurman was able to take the knowledge and experience she gained during her time as an intern and transition that into a position as an employee of WUSF-TV. “When I was graduating, they offered me a position as a part-time employee,” Thurman said. “It took a little while, probably around six months, until I was hired parttime in June as the assistant editor in TV. So I prepped everything before the actual editor got to it and made sure that he had everything that he needed.” Thurman is not the only person to have interned at WUSF before beginning a career in journalism. Larry Goodman interned before his graduation in 1967. He said he considers his time interning and taking courses with WUSF to have been some of the
most valuable moments of his academic career. “I recall a TV Broadcasting class as a student, around 1967, in which we practiced giving news reports as well as a technical class in lighting,” Goodman said. “It will be sad for the students who never had these valuable opportunities and sad to no longer be able to broadcast ‘University Beat’ and interesting news on the latest University research, athletic advancement, extraordinary students.” Urofsky said internship opportunities for students will still remain plentiful, event without an active TV studio and station. “Internships will not be limited moving forward,” Urofsky said. “In fact, we have more interns than ever this semester and are planning for even more to join us next semester. “So, we are pretty enthusiastic about all of the opportunities that we are going to have for students. Even radio is not just audio anymore, it incorporates videos now too. We will need video for our websites and reports, so we are still looking for students who want video experience. “ As far as what the closure means for employees of WUSF-TV, Urofsky said some employees, such as herself, will remain on in other capacities within the station, but others are being offered training in resume building and interviewing skills for their future endeavors.
“Employees have been transitioning out on their own and we did have some layoffs earlier,” Urofsky said. “Not all of the employees are being accommodated within the university, although the university has been very accommodating. They have been able to have access to career counseling, resume writing and interviewing skills.” For what her future entails, Urofsky, who has been in her position since 2002 said, “We have two radio stations and we have the studios, so we will be transitioning the WUSF TV production studios into ones for radio and other projects both within and outside of the university.” Goodman said he wishes something different could have been done to salvage the TV station. “Even if it is going to be used as a lab, that is great, but it had so much more to gain by staying open in so many ways,” Goodman said. For employees of the TV station, such as Thurman, there is one very important message to convey to the TV station’s audience. “It definitely is the end of an era,” Thurman said. “The programming that we had on our channel was special and I think our viewers know that, so my message to them would just be a giant thank you. It really was all about the viewers and we could not have done it for as long as we did without them.”
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USF’s local tattoo studio Atomic Tattoos North Tampa will be having its Friday the 13th deal from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. “It’s something that started like probably about 10 years ago and originally the idea was to have a small amount of tattoos, kind of an optional thing to do that day,” said Kevin Gray, an employee at the Atomic Tattoos North Tampa Studio. “Over the years it’s just gotten bigger and bigger and it’s to the point now that if you’re a tattoo shop, everyone’s hunting these deals down.” Like many other tattoo studios, Atomic Tattoos has a Friday the
It has become a tradition for tattoo parlors to offer special Friday the 13th deals. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE 13th deal due to demand. “It used to be all little bad luck tattoo ideas but over the years we just started noticing that people were not even wanting to have them be Friday the 13th related
actually,” Gray said. “So now it’s just a bunch of little tattoos for cheap on a piece of paper.” On Friday the 13th, the tattoo studio gives a limited amount of designs known as flash designs.
“We’re gonna do selected flash. We’ll post a few pages of flash designs that we’ll have pre made for the day and also we’re gonna be doing some piercings,” said Nick Wilton, Atomic Tattoos North
Tampa Studio employee. “We’re just doing flash designs but only that day because if we did one custom thing for one person it would just snowball and it would just be like a regular day.” Both tattoos and piercings will be available for $20, $13 tattoos with a mandatory $7 tip. Some more complex piercings are $31 with a $9 mandatory tip. Because of demand, it is recommended that customers arrive at a reasonable time. “Since we’re gonna be super busy and usually it’s full of people in the lobby, we usually stop taking tattoos at 9,” said Nick. “We might close a little earlier just because it’ll be busy the whole day.”
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What you said Multimedia editor Chaveli Guzman asked students how they feel about WUSF-TV going dark.
“I never watched it. But, it would probably be better to keep it open then close it.” — Trent Treiber, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering The Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street holds no meaning when CEOs continue to underpay women. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE
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Once praised for its message of female empowerment through the famous Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street, the State Street Corp. is now being ordered to pay $5 million dollars after evidence of underpaying female and black employees was found. The underpaying of women and other minorities is still statistically evident in many corporations and there is simply no place for the inequality in the modern corporate U.S. The Department of Labor reports that “statistically significant” undercompensation of female and black workers within the State Street Corporation is evident. The investigation that began in 2012 came to its end with a $5 million settlement. The Department of Labor’s investigation revealed that 305 women were paid less than their male coworkers in the same position, and 15 black employees were paid less than their white coworkers in the same position. The State Street Corporation has previously promoted a message of
diversity and equality in corporate roles through the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street, but the company’s recently-found wrongdoings contradict this message. While the firm was extremely publicized for the statue and message of equality, this message was being quietly opposed behind company doors. This reality of inequality in the workplace is also true for minorities in other corporations. CNN reports that out of 500 companies, only 24 of those CEOs are female. This report shows a clear disconnect for how companies approach the idea of capable women in leadership positions. “When we close our eyes and picture what a CEO looks like, too often the picture that comes to mind is that of a white man,” CEO Deborah Gillis said. Gillis’ company, Catalyst, is a nonprofit that pushes toward the improvement of gender diversity in the corporate U.S. In a 2011 Catalyst report, it was shown that companies with a high representation of women and minorities significantly outperformed companies without. This analysis shows the underrepresentation and under-
compensation of minorities in corporations actually has a negative effect on performance rates. However, females and minorities are still missing in leadership positions. Resourceful Manager reports that even if women climb higher into the workforce, trends show that it will become increasingly difficult to be paid what men are. Reports show that women in upperlevel executive positions earn only 72 percent of what their male coworkers receive. Resourceful Manager also reports that there is no place in the workforce that women earn the same as men. It is hard to believe that injustices in the corporate U.S. — such as inequality of pay based on gender, race or other unrelated work factors — still exist in 2017. As corporations move forward, they should keep in mind that the negative effects caused by minority inequality could bring their companies to a severe decline. With an economy already in need of help, there is no place in business for these injustices to occur any longer. Samantha Moffett is a sophomore majoring in mass communications.
“I didn’t watch it all and I didn’t know it existed, but it sounds cool and it’s a shame that it’s being taken down. It’s a part of our school.” — Ryan Tatum a freshman majoring in business
“I’ve heard about it. If it’s been around for 50 years I guess it’s pretty important. I’ve never watched before though.” — Tiffany Holmes a freshman majoring in mass communications
“I haven’t watched it, we don’t have cable, but I think public broadcasting is pretty important, especially for getting voices out there.” — Benjamin Carr a junior majoring in civil environment engineering
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minutes. “Entering to the game I honestly thought we would have the better of them because of the conditions that the game was played in,” Paul said in a Facebook message to The Oracle. “The field is not the best and if you’re not accustomed to it, it can be difficult to play on. “I think the (USA) was a little bit complacent because it is Trinidad and Tobago and we were already out (from qualifying). Football is a funny game.” Trinidad and Tobago, which was eliminated mathematically from qualifying for the World Cup months ago, sat at the bottom of The Hex with only three points prior to the match. The loss, which was the American’s fourth of the tengame qualifying process, kept the U.S. out of its fifth major tournament in the past seven years. This includes the 2018 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, 2013 U-17 World Cup, 2012 Olympics and the 2011 U-20 World Cup. “The win was devastating for
American soccer because of its dominance in CONCACAF over the years and also the amount of money spent on soccer,” Paul said. “But I think with time things would change. The win meant a lot to my country because it was against a good USA team and also a team with great expectations from their fans.” Despite the failures throughout the unsuccessful qualifying campaign, U.S. coach Bruce Arena said he sees no need for changes. “There’s nothing wrong with what we’re doing,” Arena said after the loss. “Certainly, as our league grows, it advances the national team program. We have some good young players coming up. Nothing has to change. To make any kind of crazy changes I think would be foolish.” With the World Cup out of the picture, the next competitive soccer game for the U.S. is over 600 days away in the biennial Gold Cup. The next World Cup qualifier is even farther, with the “qualification draws”, which decides who-plays-who, not happening until July 2019. Financially, not playing in the
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World Cup will cost U.S. Soccer and its sponsors more than $250 million in lost endorsements and prize money, according to the Los Angeles Times. The growth of soccer in the U.S., which has 11.9 million players that’s second only to basketball and baseball among team sports, had been steadily increasing every four years after a World Cup. With no Americans playing in Russia, the spike in participation that follows the World Cup every four years is sure to be absent in 2018, or at the least, less-than-usual. “It’s a blow against the team, for us, for the country, for the sport in the country,” U.S. forward Jozy Altidore said. “We have to respond.” For Trinidad and Tobago, the parties have come to a close, but the social media firestorm hasn’t. “I won’t say the country is in party mode, but social media was blowing up with the result,” Paul said. “My favorite moment was the win… That’s about it, hearing the final whistle and seeing the joy on my teammates face after working their hearts out.”
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USF maintains focus with NCAA record in sight Football
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USF will have a chance to continue its undefeated season and match the NCAA record for consecutive games with 30-plus points scored in a game Saturday night when it hosts Cincinnati (2-4, 0-2) at Raymond James Stadium. Currently holding the record is Oregon, which has scored at least 30 points in 23 consecutive games from 2011-12. “We know they’re going to come in there with their best,” coach Charlie Strong said Tuesday. “We’re always going to get their best because of who we are.” The Bulls’ success is a product of an elite defensive unit that pairs with the high scoring offense. The offense is currently ranked 10th in the nation in total yards of offense per game and ranked fifth in rushing yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, USF ranks 2nd nationally in rushing defense, allowing 74.4 yards per game and leads the nation in passes intercepted with 14. If it hopes to break down USF’s defense Saturday, Cincinnati, which lost to UCF 23-51 Saturday, will rely heavily on quarterback Hayden Moore and running backs Gerrid Doaks and Mike Boone. “I think the quarterback has a big arm and makes really good decisions,” defensive coordinator Brian Jean-Mary said Wednesday. “I think the tailback, the Boone kid is very, very talented. I know he’s been nursing an injury, but when healthy, he’s really good.” Cincinnati’s two wins in 2017, Austin Peay (197) and Miami Ohio (117), have come against opponents who are ranked in the bottom half of the RPI rankings. “I don’t think it’s a talent issue,” Jean-Mary said. “I think the ball probably hasn’t bounced their way a couple of times and
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USMNT falls to Trinidad, misses 2018 World Cup By Josh Fiallo S P O R T S
USF is 11-9 in Homecoming games, winning the last two – including a 45-24 win over Syracuse in 2015 that began the Bulls’ current run of 23 wins in 27 games. THE ORACLE/CHAVELI GUZMAN had some bad breaks and have been in some tough situations and I think they’re a very very talented offense.” Moore, who’s attempted more passes than any other player in the AAC with 242, has thrown ten touchdowns and five interceptions in 2017. His completion percentage of 53.3 percent is the second worst in the conference, with USF quarterback Quinton Flowers 52.9 percent completion rate being the only one worse. Along with Moore, both Boone and Doaks have two rushing touchdowns for the Bearcats in 2017. “They’re (Cincinnati) probably just trying to find themselves,” Jean-Mary said. “They’re kind of in the situation we were in because they have a new staff, probably a different culture and are still trying to find their way.” With a win on Saturday night, the Bulls would improve to 6-0 to match the 2007 team for the program’s best start in history. Scoring 30 points would give USF a share of an NCAA record, tying Oregon’s 23-game streak of scoring at least 30 points.
Despite the potential accolades, however, the Bulls’ main focus is to do their individual jobs. “I really don’t look at the score like that,” Center Cameron Ruff said. “The offensive line just wants to get in the end zone every time. I don’t really care about how many points we’ve gotta put up on the scoreboard, I just know as long as we keep scoring, we’ll keep winning.” In lieu of Iowa State, a 30-point underdog, upsetting No. 3 Oklahoma 38-31 on the road last Saturday, USF knows that in college football, no game is a guaranteed win — even if they are 24-point favorites to beat Cincinnati Saturday. “We can get beat on any given week,” Cornerback Kevin Bronson said. “We’ve got to come out and be prepared.” Cincinnati has shown they are capable of scoring and playing against ranked opponents by scoring 32 points against No. 25 Navy and 23 against No. 22 UCF. “They run hard, their defensive line is solid,” Strong said about Cincinnati’s offense.
“They have some really good skill, some really good lineman, but they just haven’t been able to put it together.” Every game this season is a trap game for USF, according to the players, and the coaching staff has made sureß the Bulls are prepared each week. “Once you start winning, you can become complacent,” Ruff said. “You start making simple mistakes you wouldn’t before and those habits become effective on gameday.” The Bulls trail Cincinnati in their head-to-head matchup 6-8, however, USF has beat the Bearcats in their past two games, including a 65-27 romp in the Bulls favor the last time Cincinnati came to Raymond James in 2015. The score at halftime was 51-3. The Bulls understand their place atop the AAC and are able to maintain their focus by taking the season one game at a time. “They’re getting to a point where a team that can’t be beat, won’t be beat,” Strong said. Additional reporting by Josh Fiallo
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In 1989, the U.S. clinched its first World Cup bid in over four decades after the “shot heard round the world” gave it a one-goal win in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Twenty-eight years later, in the same country, it was a shot from Trinidad and Tobago’s Alvin Jones who dipped past U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard on Tuesday night, shocking the world and giving the Soca Warriors a 2-0 lead in the game’s 37th minute. Fifty-three minutes of soccer later, the final whistle blew from Ato Boldon Stadium with Trinidad and Tobago winning 2-1 and the U.S. on the brink of missing the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Then, wins by Panama over Costa Rica and Honduras over Mexico later in the night dropped the U.S. from third place to fifth place in The Hex — the name of the final six-country qualifying group for Central and North America — officially eliminating the U.S. from qualifying. “Wow, Gutted!!!!,” tweeted former USF forward and current U.S. national team player Dom Dwyer after the loss. Dwyer wasn’t on the roster for the loss to Trinidad and Tobago, but he played and scored three goals in two appearances for the U.S. in the Gold Cup last summer. On the starting roster for Trinidad and Tobago, however, was former Bull Leston Paul. Paul, who played with Dwyer on USF’s 2011 team that made it into the NCAA tournament’s Elite-Eight, started at midfield and played the games full 90
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