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SG seeks to create student foundation

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The day USF students have a bigger say in university projects may be on the horizon.

Members of Student Government (SG) have been developing the framework for a student-operated fund aimed at allowing students to submit applications for on-campus projects they want to see brought to life. A group of elected students would also evaluate project applications and raise money for the fund.

The proposal for a student fund was part of the campaign platform of student body President Andy Rodriguez and student body Vice President Michael Malanga.

There is a department within SG dedicated to developing the fund, Rodriguez said.

Tentatively referred to as the

USF Student Foundation, the fund would help pay for projects using the interest accrued from student, alumni and possible corporate

(Activity and Service) fees couldn’t,” Rodriguez said. “It’s also a really good experience for students. There aren’t many

“(The endowment would) empower students to be able to fund different projects and initiatives across campus that (Activity and Service) fees couldn’t.”

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donations. SG hopes to make the foundation an endowment fund from which regular withdrawals would be made to fund student projects, Rodriguez said. “(The endowment would) empower students to be able to fund different projects and initiatives across campus that

students who are going to get to say they helped raise money for an endowment and say they got to sit on the board that actually allocates the money for the endowment.”

Potential fundraising ideas for the endowment include a studentfunding society in which students who donate are recognized for

their contributions with a shirt, a membership to the society or a graduation sash, Rodriguez said.

Other possible funding sources through the endowment include philanthropy focused on raising money for USF and general donations from USF students and the community.

Though donating to the foundation is completely optional, he hopes students will realize the importance of giving back to USF, Rodriguez said.

Potential project ideas include a scholarship or down payment on an on-campus feature or amenity, ranging from a statue to a bowling alley, he said.

“Hopefully, as the foundation progresses, (board members) will have more and more money, and they can take on more and

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Alumnus gives back through jewelry business

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What started as a hobby turned into a full business for USF alumnus Maxim Thuriere.

His company, Every New Bead Offers Its Support (EnBois), sells Caribbean-style necklaces and bracelets then donates a percentage of the proceeds to help education in Haiti.

Thuriere went to Aquin in the south of Haiti last month to deliver a little over $850 worth of computers to an after-school program organized by the Haitian Resource Development Foundation (HRDF).

“The school opens at 4 (p.m.) every single day which is after school,” Thuriere said.

“It’s open to all students in the area, and everybody’s welcome to go and attend the classes. There’s English classes, and then after that is when the computer classes start, at 5 (p.m.).”

Enbois donates $7 per

bracelet, $3 per watch or sunglasses and $2 per necklace to HRDF’s education programs that offer opportunities for Haitian youth, including distance learning, computer literacy and English as a second language.

“It’s an organization that I have a personal past with.

I worked with them when I was volunteering with in high school,” Thuriere said. “It’s also an organization that I could personally get involved with and … actually go and give the money personally instead of just sending a check in the mail.”

The ability to actually go to Haiti and help was a major factor, he said.

Thuriere didn’t start making wooden jewelry as a business plan. He started out making jewelry for himself and his friends. But after one friend encouraged him to start selling the bracelets, he created an Instagram page for EnBois.

Then after positive feedback, he started a Facebook page

Alumnus Maxim Thuriere uses bead sales to fund donations to a Haitian school. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE and an account on Etsy.

He’s since created the website Enboisbymaxim.com that’s entirely Enbois products and is hoping to start working with more retailers.

“We recently partnered with a chain in Charleston that’s a merchandise store,” Thuriere said. “I really want to start

getting it to more markets like that. Obviously, I don’t want to be the one making the bracelets my whole life. So I believe I could focus more of my time on the market and the business rather than spending all my time making beads.”

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more projects or initiatives across campus,” Rodriguez said.

Concerning management, he said the proposed endowment board would consist of 14 individuals, with nine voting and five non-voting members. Each board member would be elected and serve a term of two years, or until he or she graduates, and the number of board vacancies would be the number of board positions up for election each year.

Board members would receive project proposals exclusively from students, and voting members would vote on projects they want funded. Each member would have a specific responsibility within the endowment, and one or two members would focus on improving fundraising, Rodriguez said.

To obtain the status of “endowment,” however, Rodriguez said the USF Student Foundation would need to raise at least $25,000 — the point at which student scholarship and program support endowments can be established.

While he’d like to have the money raised within the first

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year of starting the fund — if the fund is created — raising $25,000 through the mentioned fundraising methods is a sizeable task, Rodriguez said.

“If it doesn’t happen within the first year, hopefully it’ll happen within the first couple years of the foundation,” he said. “That would be the first goal.”

SG plans to raise awareness of the fund and encourage students to run for board positions through social media advertising beginning December and tabling beginning Jan. 11 — the first day of the spring 2016 semester, said Jessie Poen, the USF Student Foundation’s current student director.

Campaigning will last until the first week of March, which will be the beginning of SG student body elections. Fund board member elections that will run alongside the student body elections will be open to the entire student body and follow SG election guidelines, Poen said.

Though SG has developed a basic structure for how the endowment could be run, the specifics of many processes — including the online application process for submitting proposals, the process for funding a project and the management of the

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Student Government is currently working toward creating a student foundation relying on student donations in order to fund campus projects that cannot use Activity and Service fees.

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endowment’s funding — are still being hashed out, she said.

“By the end of my term (as student director), we will hopefully have an up-and-running student foundation, or at least a really good framework and structure,” Poen said.

To get ideas for how to best structure the endowment, SG met with students from FSU’s Student Foundation and officials from the USF Foundation, including FSU Student Foundation Chairman Evan Roman, Rodriguez said.

A 2009 fundraising campaign to retain FSU professors who planned to leave the university due to budget cuts led to the founding of FSU’s Student Foundation in April 2010, Roman said. FSU students raised $140,000 for the Protect Our Professors campaign, and the foundation has since raised over $400,000 for university projects and initiatives including $450,000 and counting for FSU’s Garnet and Gold Scholar Society.

The FSU Student Foundation receives 99 to 100 percent of its donations directly from students, with occasional donations from alumni who have served on the foundation’s board, Roman said. He said donations made by students during course registration make up the majority of the foundation’s funds, amounting to about $50,000 per year.

“A popup comes up (during registration) asking if a student would like to give a $10 gift to the student foundation,” Roman said.

“We’re not concerned with the amount students are giving but more so the frequency (at which) students are giving. We’re trying to develop the habit (of) giving

as a student because when they transition into a career and start making a sustainable income, we hope … they start giving back to the university as a greater level.”

The USF Foundation is a nonprofit organization separate from the university that financially supports USF with fundraising and donations. The foundation has raised more than $880 million in five years as a part of the university’s Unstoppable fundraising campaign.

The USF Student Foundation is looking to start out as a subset of the current USF Foundation before possibly becoming a private entity separate from the university years later, Rodriguez said.

One concern with separate private university support organizations like the USF Foundation is that, unlike the university itself, the private support entity can be exempt from public records requests under certain circumstances.

As reported by The Oracle in December, the USF Foundation cited a state statute passed by Florida Legislature in 1975 as an exemption from a public records request inquiring about who the corporation contracts to invest university funds, as well as the schedule and travel expenses of USF Foundation CEO Joel Momberg, a public USF employee.

When asked what would prevent the USF Student Foundation from refusing to divulge any information on its investment practices if it became a separate private entity, Rodriguez said this responsibility would fall on the students in charge of the foundation. He hopes those

involved would create policies for maintaining transparency to students, he said.

“The only people who would sit on (the board of the foundation) would be students,” Rodriguez said. “Personally, as a student, I think it’s important to surround myself with students who are aware of what I’m doing and my role and in decisions I’m making. … I don’t know why they would want to hide their records.”

In an interview with the Oracle, USF Foundation CFO Robert Fischman said there would be no need for the USF Student Foundation to become a subsection of the USF Foundation, as the USF Foundation is to be involved in all USF fundraising efforts by university policy.

“I think it’s great that there are students interested in philanthropy, and … (The USF Foundation is) obviously here to help in any way we can,” Fischman said. “We just talked about the next steps where we could maybe help them out and help things get set up, but that’s not with any formality or any kind of agreement. That kind of stuff just isn’t required.”

Rodriguez said he is not sure how the USF Student Foundation will develop if it does not become a subsection of the USF Foundation and said this would be up to the team within SG developing the foundation’s framework.

“We’ve been working with not only others from other universities but people within our own university who have dealt with creating similar bodies,” Rodriguez said. “We’ll have to discuss it and figure out what our best options are.”

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he second-seeded USF women’s soccer team heads to Dallas tonight for its first-round match against Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship tournament. The week-long tournament, held at Southern Methodist’s Westcott Field, runs through Sunday with the title game airing at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. Here are four things to watch for:

THERE’S A CHANCE

Outscoring its opponents 33-12, USF has emerged as one of the top offensive teams in the AAC, and senior forward Olivia Chance has been an instrumental part. With eight goals and eight assists, the only unanimous first-team AllConference selection ranks third in the conference with 16 points.

From the opening match of the season, during which she scored two goals against LIU, Chance has been zeroed in with eyes set on a deep post-season run. Chance has scored nine goals the past two seasons and has a chance to make it three against Memphis. She has been USF’s premiere offensive threat this season and will be leaned on heading into the tournament.

ROAD WARRIORS

From the beginning of the season, coach Denise Schilte-Brown stressed the importance of the Bulls’ road schedule. She felt her team had the maturity to handle a tough schedule, which included only seven home games, Schilte-Brown said.

Not only did USF show how dangerous it is at Corbett Stadium by finishing with an unblemished 6-0-1 record at home, it proved it was just as dangerous on the road. USF boasts a 6-2-1 record on the road in 2015, including a scoreless tie with No. 8 Clemson. Schilte-Brown said she actually prefers a heavy road schedule, which she said minimizes distractions.

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showed Ward exchanging words with the umpire before the flag was drawn.

Regardless of why the penalty was called, it allowed Navy to take a fresh set of downs.

Seven plays later, quarterback Keenan Reynolds was celebrating a 1-yard touchdown.

“In that situation, that was critical. That was a big time

CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER

USF fell in heartbreaking fashion in last year’s AAC championship game at the hands of UConn. After a hard-fought match in regulation and overtime, the championship came down to penalty kicks, where USF fell short. Since that match, the team has had its sights set on avenging that loss. Coming into the season, the goal was to beat UConn in the regular season. With that feat accomplished, the mindset is to head into the NCAA tournament with a title — and momentum.

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USF may get all of its goals rolled into one as the Huskies and Bulls enter the tournament as favorites to meet again in the finals. Connecticut won the regular season title with its lone loss coming off Simpson’s foot. UConn finished with a 16-2 record overall and felt little resistance from its competition.

The Huskies finished first in the AAC, averaging just over 17 shots per game and just one spot behind USF with only 13 goals allowed. UConn’s road to the finals goes through East Carolina first before playing the winner of Cincinnati and Tulsa if they advance. USF plays the winner of Central Florida and Temple if they advance.

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for us,” Taggart said during Monday’s AAC coaches teleconference. “Those are the winning plays that we have to make. We can’t make those silly plays like that against a good football team and expect to win.

“And we had a chance there.”

Hours after the game, Ward went on Twitter to apologize to fans for the mistake.

“Keep my head up and promise to never do it again,” Ward wrote.

“We can’t make those silly plays like that against a good football team and expect to win.”

Willie Taggart USF football coach

Taggart, who was visibly irate on the sideline toward Ward after the penalty, said the

Georgia native wasn’t forced to say sorry to his teammates, but chose to.

“We all know what kind of player Johnny is and what kind of person he is,” Taggart said.

“That (penalty) was kind of out of character for Johnny. But it was a selfish play that we know as a team that we just can’t have, especially against a good football team.

“We all know Johnny will come back and make up a play for us. He’s handling his consequences for that, and then

we’ll move on.”

Ward has registered 19 tackles with one pass defensed in seven games this season.

He will make the trip with the team to East Carolina on Saturday.

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History In Tampa festival hits Sun Dome

By Natasha Samuel C O R R E S P O N D E N T

H.I.T. Music Festival Lineup History will be in the making Sunday when the first History in Tampa Music Festival will bring a lengthy lineup of artists to the USF Sun Dome. Several big-name stars will perform at the festival, including popular performers like Lil Wayne, August Alsina, Fabolous, Nas and DJ Khaled.

Students receive 25 percent off tickets, with tickets starting at $27.75. While there are many up-and-coming artists who will be featured at the festival, the following are a few headlining artists to look out for.

Lil Wayne One of the highest-selling hiphop/rap artists Lil Wayne has been in constant circulation recently with the release of two new mixtapes, “Sorry for the Wait 2” and “No Ceilings,” following his huge popularity in music in the early 2000s. In 10 years, six of the New Orleans native’s records were certified Platinum.

Lil Wayne is known for his “Carter” album tetralogy, which included singles like “A Milli,” “How to Love” and featured voice on popular artists’ tracks such as Drake and Nicki Minaj. Along with these collaborations, tracks to anticipate at H.I.T. from Wayne include “Lollipop,” “A Mili” and “Mrs. Officer.”

Fabolous

Known for his early 2000s hits, Fabulous will be headlining at H.I.T. with his old-school hip-hop style. His hit song “Can’t Deny It” took off his music career, and even his older tracks can still be found in circulation today. “Can’t Let You Go” and “Into You” were hits off his sophomore album and are anticipated at H.I.T. August Alsina The appearance of August Alsina is sure to make fans swoon when he appears at the Sun Dome. His most popular tracks include “No Love,” featuring Nicki Minaj, and “I Luv This S--t.” “Why I Do It” is Alsina’s most recent

release and features Lil Wayne.

DJ Khaled & Friends

Miami-based DJ Khaled will be on the list at the Sun Dome Sunday with his crew. Known for producing popular artists in the music realm, Khaled has worked with almost everyone one on the music scene, including Fabulous.

Khaled’s entourage is unannounced, but will be sure to bring his Miami radio flare to the event.

Khaled is known for bringing big artists together in a single song, which was the case in “All I Do Is Win,” “How Many Times” and “Hold You Down.”

Waka Flocka Flame Besides being a fan favorite to run for President, Waka Flocka Flame is another artist that will be appearing at H.I.T. “No Hands” is easily his most popular song, but Waka Flocka is also known for “Hard In Da Paint.” He has remained popular by his appearance in social media and the popularity of his singles.

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New student foundation is a long way from success Breanne Williams COLU M N I ST

USF Student Government (SG) has plans to allow students to begin choosing what projects the university will pursue with a new student fund. While the general idea of this foundation is good, there are some kinks to work out before it will be successful.

Student body President Andy Rodriguez and student body Vice President Michael Malanga used the proposal of a student fund in their campaign for office and have established a department tasked to fulfill this promise.

The money used by the foundation would apparently be acquired by student, alumni and perhaps even corporate sponsor donations.

This is one of the main issues SG will run into while establishing this fund. While alumni and corporate establishments have funds and may be willing to donate, students do not.

A report by the Institute for College Access and Success revealed the “average student debt at college graduation grew from $18,550 in 2004 to $28,950 in 2014, a 56 percent jump.”

If students cannot even afford to attend college, how are they expected to be able to donate to this foundation? Most students live paycheck-to-paycheck and are entirely reliant on financial aid and loans.

However, Florida State University has a similar foundation and, somewhat surprisingly, receives the majority of its donations from students by asking for donations during course registration with a popup on the registration page. While this tactic was successful in Tallahassee, it’s hard to imagine it working here.

Yes, students want to have a say on what changes and improvements the university makes. They are the ones who will benefit from said changes, so the interest will be extremely high. However, realistically, the funds collected from students will not be enough to do anything monumental.

Thus, this foundation will be almost entirely funded by alumni and corporate sponsors. As long as students are the ones deciding what the funds are used for, that will not be an issue. If all donating parties are capable of swaying what is funded, there will undoubtedly be conflicting interests.

Students and alumni will more than likely be on the same page for what would be best for the university. Having spent time as a student, both parties will recognize the needs at USF and will hopefully have creative ideas to fix them.

But corporate sponsors do not share those same views. It will be interesting to see what protocols SG puts in place to ensure donors cannot overthrow the desires of the student-run board allocating the funds.

Because this is a foundation and not a student organization, the leaders would not be required to be transparent with their records.

To be blunt: that’s unacceptable. Before a student donates a single dollar to the foundation, he or she should have regulations established that would ensure other students have complete access to what those funds are going toward.

There is no room for secrecy in this endeavor. If students are expected to donate, they should without question be able to know how those funds are being used. There should never be an instance where certain circumstances allow the foundation to be exempt from showing public records.

The responsibility of deciding if the records would be open to the public would entirely be up to students in charge of the foundation, Rodriguez said. The fact that choosing to keep students in the dark is even an option is outrageous.

Having an organization run by students working toward creating a better college experience would be a great step for USF. Students would be able to begin projects they are passionate about and see campus improve before their eyes.

But if a foundation refuses to embrace transparency, it does not belong at USF. Much is yet to be decided about the workings of the new foundation.

“The specifics of many processes, including the online application process for submitting funding proposals, the process for funding a project and the management of the endowment’s funding, are still being hashed out,” Jessie Poen, the USF Student Foundation’s current student director, told the Oracle.

If done correctly, the new foundation could be a useful addition to USF. If the funds are somehow raised, students could have a chance to be a part of implementing positive changes at the university.

However, there is much work to be done before that dream becomes a reality. Too many problems could occur to make the gamble on the foundation worthwhile. Students need to know our desires and interests will be completely supported before any of us feel comfortable donating what little funds we have to this supposedly constructive foundation.

Breanne Williams is a junior majoring in mass communications.

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Ohio State QB loses scholarship for term Ohio State redshirt sophomore QB J.T. Barrett is facing harsh discipline following a bye-week arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The 2014 Heisman Trophy finalist has been Meyer suspended by coach Urban Meyer for the Buckeyes’ game against Minnesota on Saturday and stripped of his scholarship for the 2016 summer term. “I love J.T.,” Meyer said Monday. “But J.T. is going to deal with something he’s never had to deal with before.”

Note-a-Bull Following his career-high 14 tackles in Saturday’s loss at Navy, USF MLB Auggie Sanchez now ranks fifth in the AAC and 41st nationally with 8.8 per game.

Quote of the day “Monkeys belong in the wild — not in the hands of football players who acquire exotic animals just to make a splash on Instagram.” — PETA deputy

director of captive animal law enforcement Brittany Peet reacting to a social-media post by Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant, which showed him cradling his pet baby monkey. PETA also contacted law enforcement, asking for an investigation into whether Bryant is in illegal possession of the animal.

Scoreboard

MLB (late Sunday)

Kansas City 7, N.Y. Mets 2

NFL

Carolina 29, Indianapolis 26 (OT)

NBA

Cleveland 107, Philadelphia 100 Milwaukee 103, Brooklyn 96 San Antonio 94, New York 84

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Lesson learned

Ward apologizes to teammates, fans for late gaff in Navy loss.

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In football, mistakes are bound to happen. It’s an unavoidable part of the game.

But making a blunder late in a game — on national television, no less — that potentially costs your team a chance for a major victory?

That’s bound to turn some heads.

Late in the fourth quarter of USF’s 29-17 defeat at Navy on Saturday afternoon, that’s the position Bulls defensive back Johnny Ward found himself in.

With Navy clinging to a fivepoint lead and six minutes remaining, the Bulls looked like they had made a crucial third-down stop that would have forced the Navy to attempt a long field goal. Make or miss, it would have remained a manageable one-possession game with plenty of time to score.

But that never happened.

Moments after the play was whistled dead, an official flagged Ward for unsportsmanlike conduct. An official told Bulls coach Willie Taggart that Ward tried to knock the ball out of the referee’s hand. Video replay from the CBS USF junior defensive back Johnny Ward was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct late in the fourth Sports Network telecast, however, quarter on Saturday, which led to Navy’s final touchdown in the Bulls’ 29-17 defeat.

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Cross country

Three Bulls earn All-AAC honors Staff report

Going into this year’s American Athletic Conference (AAC) championship meet in Grimesland, North Carolina, USF hadn’t had a runner earn All-Conference honors in 11 years.

That changed on Saturday, as three Bulls — Michael Babinec, Catherine Blaney and Leandra

Munson — placed in the top 15.

Blaney finished 12th (21:05.27) on the 6K course to lead the women’s team.

Munson finished less than a second behind her in 13th at 21:05.92.

Babinec, a Riverview High alumnus, led the men’s team, placing 13th in the 8K with an overall time of 24:21.67.

Christa Benton, Jessica Hellender and Bente General were the last USF runners named to the All-Conference USA team in 2004. A men’s runner hadn’t earned the honor since Sean Burris and Adam Chumbley in 2003.

Overall, the women finished fifth with 162 total points behind AAC champion Tulsa (46 points), SMU (68), Connecticut

(73) and East Carolina (148).

The men finished one position better than last season in eighth (194 points). All teams finished behind conference champion Tulsa, which placed four in the top five and concluded with 22 points.

Next up for the Bulls will be the NCAA South Regional meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Nov. 13 at 10 a.m.