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Time to go ‘Wild N’ Out’

Nick Cannon will bring his improv show to the Sun Dome for the Stampede Comedy Show in its first live college show.

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“Wild ‘N Out” fans will have reason to celebrate during Homecoming Week when host Nick Cannon comes to perform at the Stampede Comedy Show on Tuesday.

Tickets to Cannon’s show at the Sun Dome are free for both students and the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. Per Cannon’s contract, the university has

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5,000 tickets available. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and doors open at 6:30 p.m. The show is expected to last approximately an hour.

In addition to his comedy work, Cannon works as a rapper, radio host, producer and actor. He’s also been a host on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” for seven seasons.

Cannon will be accompanied by several members of the “Wild ‘N Out” cast at the event, accord-

ing to the Tampa Tribune.

Per USF’s website, “This is the first time Wild ‘N Out has been performed live on a college campus.”

The comedian’s contract states he will receive $25,000 for the performance. The money will come out of the Homecoming Budget, which is allocated from the Activity and Service fee.

In accordance with the contract, no photos or videos are allowed during the performance.

Welcome to the neighborhood

On Monday, World of Beer opened a new location on Fowler. The tarvern boasts craft beers and the widest selection of brews from around the globe, according to a press release. The location is the sixth in the Tampa Bay area, but is the first flagship for the franchise. Open from noon to midnight, seven days a week, World of Beer will serve lunch and dinner daily.

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A student’s guide to the 2016 candidates: Hillary Clinton

By Elena Louazon C O R R E S P O N D E N T

“Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion,” Hillary Clinton tweeted April 12 when she officially entered the race for the Democratic Party nomination.

Since then, she has tried to present herself as the defender of the middle class and underprivileged. But her three-decade political career is both her best argument and her greatest handicap when it comes to convincing the “Everyday Americans” they should vote for her.

That’s why her electoral platform, especially her economic

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE propositions, is mostly directed toward the middle class’s attention. For example, she engaged herself to relieve taxations from working families and small businesses, and provide a $2,500 tax cut per student attending college in every family, according to her website hillaryclinton.com.

She also advanced two political

measures that are supposed to reduce the inequality gap. First, she wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour all across America. Second, she proposes creating a new 15 percent tax credit for companies that share profits with workers.

But her term as President Barack Obama’s first secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 could give her the most credibility, both national and international, in part due to the strong positions she holds on several major international issues.

Since she entered the race for nomination, she never missed an opportunity to distance herself from Obama’s foreign policy, which is the main criticism she has addressed to his 8-year presidency.

Even though she voted in favor of the Iran Deal, Clinton repeatedly reaffirmed her concerns with Iran.

“I will not hesitate to take military action if Iran tries to obtain a nuclear weapon” said the former First Lady a few days ago, emphasizing an ease on the tensions that escalated between Israel officials and the current U.S. leaders in the timeframe of the negotiations, according to politico.com.

She is definitely not anti-war, and defends more interventionist positions than Obama’s administration did, according to an article in the Washington Times.

In the case of Syria, she supported the arming of rebel forces against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.

“I am in the category of people who wanted us to do more,” Clinton said in a press conference on Sept. 9, also criticizing the Obama’s refusal to take action in

Democrat Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for the 2016 presidency April 12 via Twitter. Special to the Oracle Ukraine.

On social issues, however, Obama and Clinton seem to be in an agreement. She said she supports same-sex marriage and wants to “expand opportunities for all Americans,” according to therespectabilityreport.com.

On the Black Lives Matter movement, Clinton affirmed during a Facebook Q&A the need to “address the systemic inequities that persist in education, in economic opportunity, in our justice system.”

One of her propositions is to “end the era of mass incarceration,” as she said during a speech at Colombia University in April.

During her speech, she also suggested police officers wearing cameras should be “the norm everywhere.” Following the lead of Obama on the matter, she also

advocates for a better control over guns registration, and the ban of assault weapons.

The former senator said she supports Obama’s health care reform, as well, and wants to extend it to every U.S. citizen. She especially favors the contraceptive coverage provided by Obamacare, which is a subject becoming more and more cleaving between Democrats and some Republican candidates who go as far as to question the right of contraception itself after the publication of official records from Planned Parenthood.

“I defend and continue to defend Planned Parenthood because I think that the services that Planned Parenthood provides are broad and necessary for millions of American women,” Clinton said during a rally in Des Moines last week, reminding the

crowd of both her pro-abortion rights stance and the diverse services of Planned Parenthood apart from abortion. These services include health services for women, contraception and STI testing.

Health and abortion are not the only matters she differentiates herself from her Republican competitors by defending totally opposed positions. In regards to immigration, she said she is opposed to what she calls Republicans’ “hostility” toward immigration by praising the introduction of new comprehensive immigration reforms that could lead to laws allowing citizenship.

“I’m 100 percent behind comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship,” Clinton said in an interview with CNN this summer when she was asked to respond to Trump’s proposition of expelling illegal immigrants. “I’m not about to let anybody who can make a contribution to our economy and our society get thrown away.”

After several months campaigning, Clinton is going to face her first major electoral test during the CNN Democratic Primary Debate on Oct. 13.

The former secretary of state has a lot at stake, as she doesn’t want to relive the 2008 election.

For Clinton, the central issue is to finally impose herself as the only possible and legitimate Democratic candidate while contending with the endless email crisis, Benghazi scandal and Joe Biden’s probable candidacy. But most of all, she will have to provide a convincing argument for voters to support her, rather than fellow Democrat Bernie Sanders.

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the new rules.

“It’s very difficult,” the junior defensive back said. “As you see, there were a lot of ejections across the nation so far. It’s just something because as kids, we’re taught to just run and hit. ... All of a sudden, they’ve changed the rule and you have to change the way you play the game and approach every tackle.”

In USF’s game against Maryland, Terrapins running back Wes Brown became the first offensive player to be ejected this season after laying a helmet-to-helmet hit on what was deemed a “defenseless” Deatrick Nichols, who was sliding after intercepting a pass.

Brown’s absence in the second half put Maryland at a significant disadvantage in the run game, as the Terps had to turn to a true freshman to fill the void.

“You go over all those things with them, but kids get out there in the heat of the moment and play the game and sometimes something happens,” Maryland coach Randy Edsall said after the game. “Wes is a great kid.

He wasn’t trying to hurt anybody. His technique was just very bad.”

These ejections aren’t just affecting the bottom feeders of Division I-A football.

Powerhouses like Georgia, LSU, Wisconsin and Mississippi — all top-25 teams — have had starters ejected for targeting, as well.

In the final quarter of LSU’s 45-21 rout of then-ranked Auburn on Sept. 19, linebacker

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Deion Jones was flagged for targeting for his hit on Auburn quarterback Jeremy Johnson, which forced him to miss the first half of LSU’s game against Syracuse last Saturday.

“We talk about this,” LSU coach Les Miles told reporters following the game. “It’s not like we leave it un-coached. We coach that at the start of the season. We coach that in several meetings and he’s got to get it right. And he will.

“He’s a quality man and a good teammate, so it will be important to him, I promise.”

Most of the flags are not for malicious intent, but for poor technique — a problem USF’s first-year defensive coordinator Tom Allen is trying to cure.

“Since Coach Allen got here, he’s been teaching this hard roll-tackle thing. He kind of got it from the Seahawks,” Godwin said. “Growing up, you’re always taught to put your head across the ball and wrap up. But he teaches left shoulder tackles and put your head on the backside so you avoid bringing your head up high — pretty much staying low.

“You always want to stay low on leverage tackling, staying inside out to avoid those things.

And he wants us to aim in between the strike zone. Auggie was just playing fast. You can’t really avoid it.”

One thing the NCAA can avoid, however, is diluting the game with senseless penalties.

Player safety should take a precedent over exciting football.

But at what point do the outlines of a rule become the opinion of a ref? It’s that gray area that shows why this rule needs to be Coaches around the nation have responded to the uptick in targeting penalties by telling their players to avoid tackling high. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MATTHEW PASKERT/FSVIEW revisited.

Men’s soccer

Bulls fall at No. 8 Denver

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The 17th-ranked USF men’s soccer team kept things close in Tuesday night’s match at No. 8 Denver, but couldn’t stop a late goal in a 1-0 defeat.

While it initially looked like the Bulls (6-3) were heading toward their first scoreless draw of the season, Denver’s Karsten Hanlin found the back of the net in the 73rd minute to end USF’s winning streak at four games.

USF, which entered the match having never lost to the Pioneers (8-0-1) in four previous meetings, had plenty of chances to score, but failed to capitalize on Denver netminder Dan Jackson.

Graham Smith took the Bulls’ first shot in the 38th minute, but had it blocked by a Denver defender. Then, in the 49th minute, junior forward Michael Bajza put a shot high over the crossbar.

On the other end, USF goalkeeper Spasoje Stefanovic, who was named AAC goalie of the

week Monday, stayed busy keeping the Bulls in the contest.

The Serbian native stopped four shots before allowing Hanlin’s winner near the end of regulation.

The loss dropped USF to 1-3 against ranked opponents this season, with its lone victory coming against No. 16 Georgetown on Aug. 31.

The Bulls resume their three-game road trip Saturday The USF men’s soccer team had four shots against Denver on at Temple before concluding it Tuesday night, but failed to find the back of the net in a 1-0 against Tulsa next Wednesday. defeat. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU

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Music’s Latest and Greatest

By Julie Martin and Natasha Samuel C o r r e s p o n d e n t s

Drake and Future: What a Time to Be Alive After releasing two Meek Mill dis tracks over the summer, Drake was a trending topic on social media. With an overwhelming number of supporters in the Meek Mill battles, fans anticipated the drop of a Drake and Future mixtape.

Future had substantial success on his latest album, DS2, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and featured Drake in the song “Where Ya At.” After posting possible album art on Instagram, the duo released “What a Time to Be Alive” on Sept. 20. The album, which was released exclusively on iTunes, reached no. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. The mixtape features 11 tracks that were produced over six days while Drake visited Atlanta.

While many expected the Canadian-born rapper to be the star of the mixtape, Future stood out and Drake was simply featured. “What a Time to Be Alive” combines classic trap music and

ATL hip-hop. Popular tracks include “Diamond Dancing,” “Jumpman” and Drake’s “30 for 30 Freestyle.”

Overall, the album has been successful with Drake and Future fans considering its last minute release. The success of the record has hinted rumors of upcoming collaboration mixtapes by popular artists. Surprise mixtape leaks have been increasingly popular in the hip-hop business, with the opportunity to keep artists fresh and in circulation.

The Weeknd: Beauty Behind the Madness The Weeknd found initial success with his three mixtapes in 2011, and strengthened his fanbase with popular singles such as “Earned It,” “Can’t Feel My Face,” “Often” and “The Hills.” The singer’s newest record, “Beauty Behind the Madness,” has been highly anticipated.

“Beauty Behind the Madness” is one of the hottest releases of 2015. According to Billboard, The Weeknd is the sixth artist in the Hot 100’s 57-year history with songs occupying the No. 1 and 2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 list, simultaneously. Of the album’s 14 tracks, 10 of the songs have premiered on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop

Songs Chart.

The Weeknd is characterized by his eccentric spin on R&B and hip-hop music and unique vocals, which is expressed in this release. The album also has appearances by numerous artists including Ed Sheeran, Labrinth and Lana Del Rey. As opposed to his previous albums, the album has a variety of upbeat songs and shows the ups and downs the artist has encountered since his last release. Except for his commonly heard tracks, “Tell Your Friends,” “Real Life” and “Acquainted” are a few fan favorites on “Beauty Behind the Madness.”

For those interested in seeing him perform, The Weeknd will visit Tampa on his “The Madness” Fall Tour on Dec. 17 at the Amalie Arena.

Sam Smith Since the release of his debut album “In The Lonely Hour” in 2014, Sam Smith fans have been eager to hear more original music from the artist. Smith’s album contained singles such as “Stay With Me” and “I’m Not The Only One,” which helped him become one of the best new artists of the year.

The two songs peaked at No. 1 and No. 3, respec-

tively, in the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart last year. However, Smith fans can’t expect another fulllength album anytime soon.

Smith told OK! Magazine, “I’m writing when I want to. So when bad things happen in my life, I’m going into the studio and writing about them.

I’m excited, but it’s not going to be anytime soon. I think people are going to get bored of me if I carry on. I’m just trying to make it the most honest work I’ve ever done.”

Though no album is coming soon, fans can check out Smith’s new single “Writing’s On The Wall,” which was released Friday as the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film “Spectre.”

With an air of cool to his vocals, Smith delivered a track that was both very much like the best Bond themes and very refreshing. Not unlike Adele’s “Skyfall,” the song gives the listener a taste of sophistication one expects from a Bond film’s feature track.

Until Smith’s next album is released, fans will have to satisfy their desire for his pleading voice with this newest single.

Adele Fans of Adele won’t have to wait long for new music

from the British singer/songwriter. Billboard Magazine confirmed her new album will be released in November, and HITS Daily Double pinned the exact release date as Nov. 20 with singles expected in early November.

The singer is set to appear on four major shows including “The Today Show” and “Saturday Night Live” to promote the album.

In an interview with Capital FM, Ed Sheeran said, “I haven’t heard (the record), but everyone I know who’ve worked on it is just like, ‘Dude … that record!’ Apparently it’s really good!”

She didn’t do it alone, however — Capital FM also noted big names such as Phil Collins and Damon Albarn on the record. While there hasn’t been much word on the style of the album’s music, it will have large shoes to fill. After all, it does have to follow up to her seven-Grammy winning, certified-platinum album “21.”

Come November, there may even be word of a 2016 tour in the works for Adele. Fans have already flocked to social media to express their excitement about the album release after an almost five-year wait.

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seen him really master this offense. It’s helped, of course, that he’s had the same head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the whole time. He’s also grown incredibly comfortable with this group of receivers. Four of his top five targets returned from a year ago, and I think you see that comfort out there on the field.”

JO: Fuente mentioned USF’s defense — specifically its line — as one of his major concerns for Friday’s game.

But the Tigers’ offense has had no problem scoring with 40 or more points in each of its last six games. Is there any way to slow down that potent attack?

TS: “Boy — it’s tough. The one thing about Memphis is that it’s capable of attacking your weakness. Lynch can nickeland-dime you all the way down the field, but he can also throw a 60-yard bomb over your head.

Focus on stopping the passing game, and now you’ve got as many as four different running backs running either between

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or outside of the tackles (not too many jet sweeps and reverses to wide receivers). The best way to slow it down is to slow the running game. Cincinnati did that last week, and Fuente admitted that it makes the offense very uncomfortable. It makes it tougher to run play-action stuff, which takes away a certain degree of deception.”

JO: Switching sides to Memphis’ defense. The Tigers are 110th nationally and had a hard time slowing Cincinnati down in its 53-46 victory Thursday as the Bearcats racked up a program-record 752 yards. Do you see that as a potential weak spot for the Bulls to exploit, or can the Tigers bounce back against a unit that has had its share of issues over the last couple seasons?

TS: “Yeah, it’s kind of a chicken-or-the-egg question.

Memphis’ defense has looked awful, but it’s also played two of the nation’s top offenses in the past two weeks. Did the Tigers struggle because those offenses are so good, or do the offenses look good on paper because the Tigers struggled? It’s tough to say. If recent history is any

indication, USF will be able to put up a few big plays against this defense, but the defense will also create a few turnovers and come up with huge stops in the red zone.”

JO: Memphis enters as an 11-point favorite and — judging by its success coming in — could cruise in this one.

But USF has won back-to-back AAC openers, over Cincinnati in 2013 and Connecticut last season. Do you think the Bulls have a chance in what could end up being critical game for beleaguered coach Willie Taggart on the national stage?

TS: “Oh, the Bulls certainly have a chance. They had two weeks to figure out how to slow Memphis’ offense and gash its defense. They’re at home. They’ve had good firsthalf showings against Power Five teams. I don’t expect this to be a blowout. In the end, it will come down to whether USF’s defense can stop Lynch, especially in the fourth quarter.

Nobody has been able to do that thus far this year. Memphis’ defense has been shaky, and it could be shaky again Friday, but it won’t matter if Lynch and the offense put up 50 points.”

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According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation, “following long spells in captivity, some (whales) may be too physically or mentally scarred to survive without human care.”

Captivity isn’t as terrible as the crusade against SeaWorld makes it out to be. Zoos and aquariums across the country take pride in the quality care they provide for their animals. Animals in captivity allow opportunities for public education and research.

According to an article in the Public Library of Science, seeing animals in zoos and aquariums can also create an emotional connection between viewers and animals, which can lead to an increase in empathy of preservation efforts.

Breeding efforts by zoos and aquariums have helped many species get back on their feet. For example, the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program has increased the wild golden lion tamarin population from fewer than 200 to about 1,600, according to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park webpage.

There are too many benefits of animal captivity for banning it to be a logical solution. There is absolutely no excuse for exploiting animals for entertainment, and if an enclosure cannot meet an animal’s needs, it shouldn’t be in one. However, if these needs can be met, captivity is not the jail sentence activists make it out to be.

Rather than calling for the immediate release of SeaWorld’s killer whales, we should instead fight to make their lives in captivity as healthy as possible. Working to make zoo and aquarium conservation efforts beneficial and successful is a much more productive use of time.

We should stand together to design and enforce standards for captive animal treatment rather than displace the thousands of captive animals that would be homeless and helpless without their current sanctuaries.

Abby Rinaldi is a freshman majoring in mass communications.

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What you said On Tuesday, participating chains and coffee enthusiasts celebrated National Coffee Day. Opinion Editor Breanne Williams asked students what their favorite coffee establishment is.

“Naga Tea. The coffee is high quality, and it has a great atmosphere.”

- Sarrah Rouas, a junior majoring in management information systems

“Felicitous. I love that it has organic coffee, and the staff is really great.”

- Rachael Dilunardi, a senior majoring in international business

“Einstein (Bros Bagels). It is like Starbucks, but slightly cheaper.”

- Jack Kavanagh, a senior majoring in business

“Starbucks. It’s the roots of my coffee drinking and has such a warm environment.”

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Targets on their backs Spike in targeting ejections is a cause for concern in college football

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SMU, Brown hit with sanctions The NCAA issued sanctions against SMU’s men’s basketball program Tuesday for multiple violations, including academic fraud and unethical conduct following a lengthy investigation. The Mustangs will be ineligible for postseason play in 2016 and coach Larry Brown will be banned for nine games as part of the punishment laid down by the governing body for college athletics. The team will also be placed on probation for three years and lose nine scholarships. According to the NCAA’s report, Brown, a Hall of Famer, was ruled to have “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance” within the program. He also did not report that an administrative assistant within the program completed an entire online course for one of SMU’s players. The assistant resigned in September 2014.

This is not the first time Brown has been in hot water with the NCAA. He was previously sanctioned while at Kansas and UCLA.

Did you know?

The women’s soccer team moved up six spots in the NSCAA rankings from No. 24 to No. 18 on Tuesday.

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It was on a routine pursuit of the quarterback that the controversial targeting rule made its rounds through college football.

This time, it gut checked USF and left the Bulls without their top linebacker in arguably the biggest game of the season.

Early in Jacob Hoag the third C O M M E N T A R Y quarter of the Bulls’ matchup with No. 10 Florida State, redshirt sophomore Auggie Sanchez led high with his shoulder on a tackle of Seminoles quarterback Everett Golson. Sanchez was ejected from the game and forced to sit out the first half of the following game at Maryland.

With an emphasis on player safety, the NCAA and its referees are making these calls more frequently than in past years amid the ongoing battle with concussions and other head and neck injuries.

So far, the rule has come with a fairly large gray area.

Sanchez’s was not the first — or the last — of the targeting calls

“All of a sudden, they’ve changed the rule and you have to change the way you play the game and approach every tackle.”

Nate Godwin USF junior defensive back

at Florida State. In the second quarter, FSU safety Lamarcus Brutus was ejected for a crushing blow on special teams while Seminoles safety Nate Andrews’ targeting call on the final play of the game — an excruciating hit to the upper body that caused USF tight end Elkanah Dillon to miss the following game — was reversed on a lengthy review.

Although the NCAA reiterates that referees will err on the side of caution when enforcing the rule, it ultimately comes down to a split-second judgment call.

Through the first two weeks of the season, 19 players were ejected for targeting — five more

than at the same point a season ago. Another 10 succumbed to the same fate in Week 3.

Targeting has been running rampant through college football since the rule was implemented in 2008. But rule changes in 2013 now allow officials to eject players and have escalated the effect of these calls on the game.

As for coaches, they continue to walk along a tight rope, not wanting to do or say anything that may be construed as critical of the NCAA. Following his team’s 34-14 loss to the Seminoles, USF coach Willie Taggart put it ever so elegantly: “How did Marshawn Lynch say it? I’m here so I won’t get fined.”

Though it is smart to not criticize the almighty NCAA, without coaches taking charge, changes to the rule will long be an afterthought.

Instead, coaches are putting an emphasis on staying low while tackling in order to help their players avoid being flagged.

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Tigers look to sustain win streak

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Before USF’s primetime showdown with Memphis on Friday night at Raymond James Stadium, The Oracle caught up with Memphis beat reporter Tom Schad of The Commercial Appeal to break down the undefeated Tigers.

Jeff Odom: Memphis is off to its best start in 54 years, with a 4-0 record. How did coach Justin Fuente to turn

a downtrodden program at a basketball school into a contender for 10-win seasons and conference championships in such a short period of time?

Tom Schad: “I heard Fuente address this on Monday’s (AAC) conference call, and I think his two go-to points are valid. He always says that he had a strong core group of kids in 2012 and 2013, and a core group of coaches that have provided some consistency and allowed everyone to be on the same page during

his tenure.

Those two factors are huge, but I’d also mention two more.

Fuente and his staff have done a remarkable job of finding and recruiting walk-ons. Their starting lineup on both sides of the ball is filled with them, and they have a tremendous quarterback in Paxton Lynch. The rebuild is always a little easier when you have a good quarterback.”

JO: Speaking of Lynch, he went from an under-the-radar recruit out of high school

and struggling as a freshman to one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in the AAC. What has been the key to his climb and success over the last couple seasons?

TS: “Lynch has always had the size and raw talent to be an NFL prospect. In the beginning, it was simply about learning the offense, adjusting to the speed of the college game and building chemistry with his receivers.

As time has gone on, you’ve

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