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News Briefs Petition calls for Missy Elliott statue to replace confederate monument Fans on the twitterverse are rejoicing as a change.org petition calls for the replacement of a Portsmouth, Virginia confederate monument with one of the Highest Selling female rapper in Nielson History and Portsmouth native, Missy Elliott. After selling more than 30 million records in the United States alone throughout her career, which spans nearly three decades, Elliott has taken her rightful place as an icon of the music industry. Elliott, a voice for body empowerment and women in male dominated industries, such as her own, has led a successful career and connected with her audience through her music and visual accompaniment. With a mission statement of “together, we can put white supremacy down, flip it, and reverse it”, the petition has once again brought the Grammy award-winning artist into the limelight. MORE COVERAGE ONLINE
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Millenials are socially stereotyped Students UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
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are not defined by their major By Maria Ranoni C O R R E S P O N D E N T
Modern youth are considered to be more concerned with their amount of followers than friends. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE
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A sad truth in modern society is that stereotypes exist. Individuals are often lumped together based on race, religion, gender and more recently, generation. The collective thought that folks must fit a specific mold based solely on the aforementioned characteristics is outdated. Dr. Jennifer Bosson, a university faculty member specializing in forms of social psychology, claims there are some basic models of stereotyping that suggest it is a natural process.
“No one is born with the contents of stereotypes already in place, but we are hard-wired to process social information in such a way that stereotypes become inevitable” Bosson said. As far as the development of stereotypes, Bosson included that people observe others engaging in a certain behavior and infer from this observation what the individual is like as a person. “Stereotyping is an example of the fundamental attribution error. What it boils down to is that people have a very strong tendency to assume that the behavior that we observe people engage in tells us something about who they are and what
their character is like,” Bosson said. A major focus of stereotypical harassment in recent memory is in the direction of millennials. As Bosson put it, millennials are not victims of stereotyping, but targets. The modern day buzzword, millennial, is often used in a derogatory manner when referring to someone of the y-generation who is considered to be lazy, unmotivated, disengaged and overwhelmingly entitled. Adam Bakst, a second year student majoring in Mass Communications has an internal distaste for the term and the
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Most students are aware of the stereotypes surrounding different college majors, and there may even be some truth in these ideas when it comes to a person’s personality. Some of the persistent ideas include psychology majors constantly diagnosing friends and family, international studies majors looking for something easy and biomedical science majors doing what their parents want. “People usually tend to think psychology majors are constantly analyzing people and want to hear about all their problems or that we’re all crazy,” said Isabella Lopes, a junior majoring in psychology. “I am a good listener and like to help people with their problems, but not all the time and not with strangers.” According to Scientific American, there is an association with personality traits — neuroticism, extraversion, openness, a g r e e a b l e n e s s, and conscientiousness — and a person’s major. For example, psychology and arts/ humanities majors score high on openness and neuroticism. The averages of this study
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As an event that only happens once in the average lifetime — and may never happen to the same extent again — today’s solar eclipse is expected to draw crowds across the country. While Florida isn’t part of the path of totality, which means students won’t get a perfect view of the total eclipse, the event is still rare enough to draw attention. “The only other thing that’s coming into my head (that’s comparably rare) is other astronomical events, which are very very rare,” Kevin MacKay, astronomy professor, said. “For instance, something in the solar system blocking out something else in outer space is a really really rare event. “For example, the planet Uranus has rings around it but you can’t see those rings. We didn’t know they existed until that planet went in front of a star. That’s a pretty rare event.” Solar eclipses on Earth are unique compared to those on other planets. The Earth’s moon, according to MacKay, is 400 times smaller than the sun, but it also happens to be 400 times closer than the sun.
This can make the two appear to be the same size and have the moon block the sun’s light. “If you take the way the Earth orbits around the sun … the moon’s orbit around the Earth is not in the same path,” MacKay said. “It’s inclined by about five degrees. For the most part, every month, from our perspective, the moon either goes underneath the moon in the sky or above the sun in the sky. “If the path of the moon around the Earth was in the same plane, we’d get an eclipse every month and it would probably be pretty boring.” According to MacKay, it can happen somewhere on the planet roughly once every six months but for a specific location it can take hundreds of years for an eclipse to happen again. Today’s eclipse has been a topic of discussion for the past 80 years. Cosmic events work on a cycle and are therefore predictable, according to MacKay, and have been tracked back to antiquity times. For example, in India there are rock drawings of serpents attacking the sun. According to MacKay, written records of eclipses go back to Babylonian records discovered by Greek astronomer Hipparchus.
“In the Babylonian records, there’s another record six years later of another eclipse and he (Hipparchus) was able to predict, in his day, that there was going to be another one in six years time and it actually happened that way,” MacKay said. Future eclipses, however, won’t be as good, according to MacKay, because the moon is gradually moving away from the Earth. “It’s moving at a very small rate. It moves at about three centimeters a year. So as the moon is gradually moving farther and farther away from the Earth its getting smaller and smaller. So the eclipses in the future won’t be as easy to come by.” The eclipse is expected to reach its peak in Florida at around 2:50 p.m. today. MacKay, along with members of the astronomy club, will be outside of the Marshall Student Center and the Crescent Hill parking garage with telescopes, filters and special glasses that students can use to view the eclipse. Additionally, Students with Disabilities Services will have viewing glasses as well. “Enjoy the eclipse, but be very careful,” he said.
One of the ways to safely view the eclipse without injury is to place a piece of paper on the ground, punch a small hole into another piece and line it up to reflect the sun’s motion.
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One of the ways to safely view the eclipse without injury is to use special safety glasses that protect your eyes from the majority of the sun’s rays. These can be found at Students with Disabilities Services. HOW TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE
One of the ways to safely view the eclipse without injury is to equip a telescope with a special filter that will block the majority of the sun’s rays.
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attached negativity. “Millennial is a made up, arbitrary term used to group an age, not a lifestyle,” Bakst said. Bakst shared that he is most often labeled with the millennial stereotype when using technological devices and is publically shunned for engaging more with the virtual world instead of the world around him. “I do not like when people are like, ‘the world is passing by millennials’, because it’s like all we’re doing is connecting with the world more,” Bakst said. Bakst also added that those who have a disfavor for millennials, because of the stereotypes that accompany them, are often times the ones who perpetuated those very stigmas. “Marketing to millennials is the dumbest, most laughable thing in the world. I see commercials where it’s like, ‘tell us how you feel about this car in
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three emojis or less.’ Just stop,” Bakst said. Kiley Mills, a fourth year student majoring in Health Science, claims she also does not agree with the labels placed upon millennials. With any simple use of technology in the presence of an individual from an older generation comes with almost immediate scrutiny, Mills added. However, one of her more major issues with being stereotyped is the invalidation of her opinions and beliefs. “My opinion is usually disregarded in political discussions because, ‘the millennial generation are too young, naive, liberal-minded, and wimps,’” Mills said. Mills claimed that the political and economic climate that they were raised in was one of many doubts and worries and to this day has a major impact on her belief systems. “Millennials were kids during historical events in American history, such as 9/11, the Great
Recession and the election of the first African American president. These events shape our way of thinking and the rest of our lives,” Mills said. According to Bosson, almost all stereotypes have positive and negative attributes associated with them. Though some may buy more into the negative stereotypes of millennials, she expressed there is also a large number of people from older generations that respect millennials because of their wittiness and technological abilities. Bosson added that because stereotypes are inevitable, we likely would not be able to eradicate them in total. “Given that we all stereotype, we should encourage people to look beyond the stereotype. We can’t stop it from happening in all, but we need to encourage others to go beyond what your knowledge of the stereotype is and get to know them as people,” Bosson said.
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conclude that, economics, law, medicine, and political science majors happen to score high on extraversion. Scientific American states that not all people may fit in with their major’s pervading personality types and major choice should not be based on personality alone. While most of these college stereotypes are harmless, some can be more impactful than others. “When I tell people I am majoring in international studies, people either think I am in my major because it’s easy or because I want to be a senator one day,” said Breanna Nierlich, a senior majoring in international studies. Other than the major being profiled as tranquil, another stereotype include students pursuing the field are heavily
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that is often times difficult to fulfill. “I am immediately put on this pedestal of expectations, because most people usually connect biomedical sciences with the medical field. This stereotype can stress anyone out and can be harmful, and I’m sure my peers would agree,” Williams said. Not all students within a college are the same. To believe that they are would be a detriment to the future business leaders, medical professionals, teachers and any other career field. “The truth is we all come from different educational backgrounds, and not all of us think or learn the same way. I am proud of anyone who chooses this path and chooses to persevere through the many struggles. To bind individuals to these common stereotypes would dissipate his or her own individuality and exceptional qualities,” Williams said.
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Being Arab means the most distinguishing factor about you to other people is precisely the fact that you are Arab. Your friends, coworkers and classmates will most likely refer to you as “the Arab,” and upon learning of your heritage, they will become only interested in showering you with questions about your culture. In short, being Arab becomes your sole identifier — the single, most important part of you to other people. Of course this fixation does not come without its fair share of inaccurate stereotyping. Much of it stems from pure ignorance combined with pop-culture’s misrepresentation of Arabs. Arabs are often portrayed as a mysterious spectacle. People do not want to know what being Arab is beyond what they see in the media and they accept these stereotypes to feel at peace with a culture they do not truly understand. So for those who are curious, here are some truths about common Arab misconceptions. For one, no, we are not all suicide bombers or terrorists, nor are all Arabs Muslims or all Muslims Arabs — and certainly, those who truly follow the Islamic religion condemn the heinous actions of terrorists. We are also not all billionaires. This wild notion that we all have “oil money” or “Arab money” is completely unfounded. Arabic countries have some of the highest income inequalities in
the world. Being Arab also does not automatically mean we have arranged marriages. I remember growing up and being taunted with questions about whether I ‘have a choice’ in who I wish to marry. To those who are wondering: I do have choice. In fact — and I know many may find this shocking — I can even choose to not get married at all. And no, we are not belly dancers or harem girls. Aladdin is an inaccurate portrayal of life in the Middle East that fetishizes Arabic women — just like most Hollywood movies involving Arabs. Fortunately, domestic abuse is not a cornerstone of our culture — men are not taught to beat their wives and Arab women have more rights than most would think. Contrary to popular belief, the Middle East is far more than just a desert with oil. We do not drive camels to the market or live in tents like nomads. Trust me, the movies make us seem far more barbaric than we actually are. We don’t all have perfect olive complexion or are recipients of thick dark hair genes. Some of us are blonde and have colored eyes with very light or dark skin tones. We are just humans, the same as you. We are more than our Arab blood and false stereotypes. We are beautifully unique individuals. Hopefully one day the world will be able to see this too. Allaa Tayeb is a sophomore majoring in English and film studies.
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Being Arab: what it is and is not By Allaa Tayeb
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As we open up our hearts to mourn the loss of Heather Heyer, 32, who was killed last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, for standing up to racism and Nazism, we must also take on the task of opening our eyes to the underlying reality that led to this outpouring of violence and hatred. What transpired in the streets of Charlottesville was not a tragic stain on an otherwise immaculate quilt of social progress. Rather, it was the boiling point of a putrid sentiment that centuries of systemic racial oppression — and the privileged class’ reticence to unequivocally condemn it in all of its forms — have allowed to live on: white supremacy. Perhaps the greatest mistake we’ve made as a society in the battle against white supremacy has been our failure to recognize and disavow its various adherents and manifestations. Instead, we’ve deluded ourselves into thinking it’s a fringe ideology on its last legs, one so extremely vile that the deranged and powerless few who truly believe in the genetic superiority of the white race will always stand out to us as clearly as if they were wearing pointed white hoods. However, among the many
lessons to be gleaned in the aftermath of Charlottesville, we must confront the fact that, on one hand, we’ve underestimated how easily white supremacists can assimilate and thrive in our communities and, on the other hand, that we have overestimated our own ability to detect and ostracize them. Indeed, as the harrowing images Charlottesville demonstrate, white supremacists in America are not merely a handful of disorganized, senile, old men spouting racial slurs with no coherent worldview. Nay, like Peter Cvjetanovic — a University of Nevada Reno student and employee whose identity was confirmed by CNN after a photo of him yelling at Unite the Right went viral—these people are our classmates, students, coworkers, bosses, acquaintanes and colleagues. They move seamlessly among the many groups they feel are genetically inferior to them. Not only do these bigoted ideologues effortlessly blend into the mainstream — especially now that the President won’t explicitly reprobate their violence or rhetoric — but they are much more plentiful and powerful in this country than we are comfortable believing. Attesting to the prevalence of organized white supremacy, the Southern Poverty Law Center reports a staggering 917 registered
hate groups in the United States, a whopping 130 of which are Klu Klux Klan groups, another 100 of which are White Nationalist groups and 99 of which are Neo Nazi groups. Additionally, when David Duke — a former Imperial Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan and Nazi sympathizer—ran for US Senate in 2016, he amassed an unnerving 58,606 votes. That means more people voted for the former KKK leader to represent them in Congress than there are students at the University of South Florida. These examples provide merely a glimpse into the vast influence and acceptance of white supremacy in America. As we traverse through this turbulent and often dangerous political climate, it is incumbent upon us to disabuse ourselves of the baseless stereotype that white supremacists are a small, inconsequential group on the verge of dying out. Bigots are all around us, deeply embedded into all levels of society, from our classrooms to the White House, and our failure to recognize them is precisely what allows their hatred to endure.
Renee Perez is a junior majoring in political science and economics.
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The myth of the millenial The concept of generations has been around since the beginning of time and has never accurately reflected those they supposedly describe. The latest addition to this line-up is the millennial generation. “Millennial” commonly refers to those born after 1980 and before 2004, according to The Atlantic. Since the generation after millennial isn’t named, those born after 2004 are still commonly grouped in. The gap between 1980 and now is considerably large. The idea that those born in the gap can be grouped together with the adjectives of “lazy,” “selfcentered” or “entitled” is completely arbitrary and not scientifically based. In fact, “millennial” is only one of many terms that have used to describe the generation. There’s also been Generation Y, Echo Boomers and the Net Generation. Historically, older generations have always looked down on the younger generations. Greek economist Hesiod used generations to talk about the history of Greece. He said, “They only care about frivolous things. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly … impatient of restraint.” More recently, in 1990 Time magazine put out the article “twentysomething” about Generation X. The cover said, “Laid back, late blooming or just lost? Overshadowed by the baby boomers, America’s next generation has a hard act to follow.” Then in 2013, Time magazine put out an article on millennials called “The me me me generation” with a cover that said “Millennials are lazy, entitled narcissists who still live with their parents.”
The point is, over the years people have said the same thing about generation after generation. It doesn’t hold up. People use insulting stereotypes to embody what they dislike about the generation in question. Michael Phelps, a millennial, holds the world record for most gold metals, and Mark Zuckerberg — the millennial founder of Facebook — is number five on Forbes’ list of billionaires. That’s not being lazy or entitled. That’s hard work. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials top three priorities are being a good parent, having a successful marriage and helping others in need. That’s not being narcissistic, but rather worrying about the impact you’re making on society. So if these adjectives can’t be used to accurately describe people ranging from age 37 to newborns, what can? Diversity of people. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials are the most racially diverse group in American history with 43 percent identifying as non-white. According to GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), millennials are most than twice as likely to identify as LGBT than baby boomers and twice as many identify as transgender than recorded in Generation X. Any statement made about millennials besides how diverse the group is will automatically be inaccurate. When it boils down to it, we’re all just people who want to be treated like people. Take away this idea of generations and look instead at the one thing everyone can agree on regardless of generation. We’re people. That’s what needs to be known.
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Through films such as Forrest Gump, the media trains the public toward misconceptions about the military however, USF’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) refute those stereotypes. With a focus on building community and self-empowerment, they strive to uphold the positive values of U.S. military culture, particularly with regard to women. “The movies that are about military operations, I watch ‘em and they’re very entertaining,” said Col. James Cardoso, Professor of Aerospace Studies and Detachment Commander of USF Air Force ROTC. “But the level of accuracy is a lot of the times very low and that’s for dramatic effect. Or else people aren’t going to go watch it.” According to Commander John Sarao, Director of the Joint Military Leadership Center for USF ROTC, only one percent of the American population has been raised around military personnel and culture. He admits that false perceptions continue to exist largely due to the public’s lack of exposure to the armed forces except through the internet or the news. “I think it’s offensive to a certain point,” said Meghan Hayes, USF Senior in the Air Force ROTC. “But at the end of the day it doesn’t affect me. This program has been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’ve gained so much confidence, and I’ve been empowered through the challenges I’ve overcome,
making me a better person, a better cadet, daughter, friend (and) girlfriend. It just transcends into all areas of my life.” Hayes credits her commitment to ROTC for her development as a leader. This year Hayes will be a Cadet, the highest rank a student may hold in Air Force ROTC, and will also be acting as Mission Support Group Commander for Air Force ROTC Leadership Team. She expressed that she has not been hindered by her gender in achieving her goals within the program. “I want to wake up and put the uniform on everyday. I want to keep growing,” Hayes said. “It doesn’t stop with commission, you continue to grow throughout your whole career. I never really experience negative feedback from civilians for being a woman in the military. I get a lot of actually positive responses. I think they just think it’s bad-ass.” Whitney Longenecker, a USF Junior entering her second year in Air Force ROTC as Public Affairs Officer and an Officer Cadet, describes ROTC as being an outlet and support system in her life. She said it has helped her overcome her past and has received guidance from both male and female peers throughout the process. “ROTC culture is a very tightknit group,” Longenecker said. “Most of my friends in the program are all guys, I have never actually experienced being left out because of it. They actually make more of an effort to bring me in and I’ve seen them do that with other females as well.”
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Christine Borgia, Academic Program Specialist for ROTCs, attests to this open partnership community among ROTC students. She affirms that in her 15 years with the program she has seen an increase in the number of women in ROTC, asserting that the stereotype of women being undervalued in the military is not valid. “I think that women have come in with a preconceived thought and have found that that’s not really the case,” Borgia said. “You know, you hear about the glass ceiling, there really is no glass ceiling in the ROTC. One of our females who graduated from here two years ago went to flight school and she graduated top of her flight class out of everyone, male and female.” Cardoso expresses pride in the equal opportunity atmosphere offered by ROTC. He asserts that with hard work cadets from any background may be successful. “There’s no limits for a young female that wants to serve, wants to do something different,” Cardoso said. “The Air Force just sees them as officers and what we do with them is based on their skill sets. It’s not just going to be white guys, it’s going to be the entire gamut of society. “You’ll see a lot of diversity across the board. There are a lot of females here, they’re going out and doing all the roles that the Air Force has, and they’re fantastic.”
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•The military community is understanding. “It’s very trusting. We’re not all invulnerable. We’re not all supermen or superwomen. We have to know some things about each other and expect that those things will be obviously said in confidence. That’s just what’s expected of military lifestyle.” - Whitney Longenecker •Cadets are interested in global humanities projects. “We have several students overseas, one in Hawaii right now. In the Army nurse program, they’ll be assigned anywhere in the world to see what it’s like. This cadet that’s blogging, she’s part of Project Global Officer, which is specifically for ROTC students who study critical languages, so she’s in Estonia studying Russian right now.” - Commander John Sarao •It’s not the military training disseminated by the media. “When people enter the program they all think we’re going to be crawling around in the mud and the dirt doing all the grunge work. That’s absolutely no true. We do a lot of physical training, but I can count maybe twice that I’ve been on the ground crawling around with a rifle. It’s not as hard or as dirty as they think.” - Whitney Longenecker •Cadets learn leadership from each other. “Usually the upperclassmen help indoc[trinate] the lower classmen. They’re kind of the aunts, the uncles, the big
brothers and the big sisters. As they rise in class structure they take on more responsibility.” - Christine Borgia •Superiors can be younger than newly indoctrinated ROTC students. “There’s a lot of cadets who are actually younger than me, I already have 3 years of college behind me. It was interesting because some of them were actually my superiors, so it was a new take on taking orders from someone who was a little younger than me, who also knew a lot more about the program than I did.” - Whitney Longenecker •Cadets live a balanced college student life. “In addition to their academic major, they’re taking anywhere of 20 credits extra (for ROTC) on top of their degree. That’s all extra, they have a full slate. They’re involved on-campus in various organizations; some of them are in the Greek life. I don’t know how they balance all that. I’m impressed with what they can do.” - Commander John Sarao •USF ROTC emphasizes cross-branch, interpersonal operations. “About 2002, President Genshaft made (it) a priority to have a facility for the ROTC programs. She got advice from Congressman Young and McDill Air Force Base to do something that’s different, the idea of having something joint with the services working together.” - Commander John Sarao
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Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has been sitting for the national anthem since the events at Charlottesville. After a preseason game last week, Bennett called for white players in the NFL to join the protest to elevate its impact. On Saturday, Bennett’s caucasisan teammate Justin Britt joined the protest by putting his hand on Bennett’s back during the playing of the anthem.
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Quote of the day “I would be lying to you if I didn’t have mixed emotions because that’s my place. That’s where I did my time, I cut my teeth.” - USF men’s soccer coach Bob Butehorn after defeating his alma mater, the University of Tampa, 5-0 on Saturday night. MORE FOOTBALL COVERAGE
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Men’s golf poised for another postseason run in 2017-2018
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USF men’s golf is set up to win its fourth straight AAC title. After finishing 12th out of 14 teams in the NCAA tournament’s Baton Rouge Regional that ended USF’s season last year, the Bulls are looking to senior Christian DiMarco to lead the team to another AAC title and an NCAA tournament run. Along with DiMarco, USF is returning six players from last year’s team. “I’m certainly excited about the schedule and I’m excited about the guys we have returning. I’m also excited about the guys we have coming in,” head coach Steve Bradley said. Coming off a win at the
Numbers to know Five days left until USF football is back. The Bulls will take the field for the first time of 2017 on Saturday at 7 p.m. at San Jose State. The game will be aired on the CBS Sports Network.
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n See GOLF on PAGE 29 Forward Tomasz Skublak scored two goals in a two minute span Saturday night in the Bulls 5-0 win against the University of Tampa. /SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/ GOUSFBULLS.COM estly. I have not spoken a word would go on to win 3-0. By Josh Fiallo Butehorn and his Eagles about that (elimination game) S P O R T S E D I T O R were eliminated from the tour- since… I will say my first day The same man who helped nament in the next round, but here when I introduced myself end USF’s NCAA tournament the first-round loss and thought to the team it was a meat lockrun a season ago will lead the of ‘what if’ is still with the Bulls er, I mean, it was cold in there. charge for the Bulls to make today. Those guys gave me the freeze, another push for the post-sea“They beat us twice, knocked but I have to chip away at the son in 2017. us out of the NCAA (tourna- ice, put my arm out, and give Bob Butehorn was hired in ment) last year and in the regu- hugs when I can.” December to replace former lar season,” senior defender “I’m a full Bull,” Butehorn 15-year USF head coach George Gabriel Pfeffer said. “You leave added. “I’m all in, and there’s Kiefer, who resigned from USF that last game with a little bit no looking back. There’s no to accept the same position at of sourness, so it’s definitely a looking for any banter besides N.C. State. Butehorn – who’s game we’re looking forward to seeing who our next opponent spent the past nine seasons as this year.” is.” the head coach of Florida Gulf In order for USF to make a USF will have its shot at Coast – led his former team to revenge against the Eagles on third straight NCAA tournament beat the Bulls in both the regu- Oct. 24 at Corbett Stadium. in 2017, they’ll need young lar season and in the first round Despite his success against players and newcomers to step of the NCAA tournament last USF last season, Butehorn up after the Bulls lost nine startyear at Corbett Stadium. insists that there hasn’t been ers to graduation and the MLS Making the sting of the sea- any talk between him and his super draft in the off-season. son-ending elimination loss players about what happened “The one thing I’m good at even worse for USF was the way last season. is teaching,” Butehorn said. the game ended, with the Bulls “Those days are done,” “The one thing I can never do failing to convert four consecu- Butehorn said at the Fall Sports is teach experience, so we’re tive penalty kick’s in a penalty Media Day. “I mean that honn See ERA on PAGE 30 shootout that Florida Gulf Coast
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Viens ready to lead the way of young USF team By Josh Fiallo S P O R T S
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One-upping USF men’s soccer, that added 15 new players to the roster in the offseason, USF women’s soccer coach Denise Schilte-Brown welcomed a total of 16 newcomers to the 2017 roster, while returning only 12 women. As a result, the Bulls, after a season ending in a loss to UConn in the semi-finals of the AAC tournament, will rely on young talent and senior goalkeeper Kat Elliot to push for a post-season run in 2017. Voted to finish fourth in the
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2017 USF football schedule
Quinton Flowers’ odds to win the Heisman trophy are 30-1, according to sportsbook.org SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE By Josh Fiallo C O M M E N T A R Y
USF’s 2017 game day scheduling is more unorthodox then the rest of college football, but that’s not a bad thing. If anything, the Bulls schedule that features two Friday night games, two Thursday night games and a week-zero matchup at San Jose State, will give the program the extra exposure it needs to potentially squeak into a college football playoff position, should the Bulls go undefeated. Or, at the least, give Quinton Flowers an extra spotlight to showcase why he’s a legitimate Heisman candidate. While schools throughout the country play every Saturday starting on Sept. 2, USF’s scheduling will draw the national spotlight to them five different times throughout the year for playing when the others don’t. The first of the five games begin this Saturday when USF travels to face San Jose State a week before all but
nine other schools start their seasons. This season USF only plays one road game against a team that won more than four games in 2016. No 2017 opponent of USF is in the preseason AP top 25. On paper, critics will say the Bulls simply don’t have the resume to make it into the College Football Playoff because “They didn’t play anybody.” The same statement will be made of Flower’s Heisman hopes. However, the more USF is the lone ranked team playing on national TV certain nights, the more the country, Playoff and Heisman voters will begin to see for themselves – USF’s offense is one of the best in the country. In 2016, Flowers ran for the 12th most rushing yards in the country and the second most for a QB with 1,530. The only QB with more yards: Heisman trophy winner Lamar Jackson (1571 yards). The more eyes watching, the better his chances.
When USF takes on Illinois on Friday, Sept. 15, every college football playoff selection committee members eyes will be on the Bulls. The following Thursday, those same eyes will be fixated on Flowers and the Bulls once again when they take on Temple at Raymond James Stadium because it’s the only college football on TV that night. Flowers and the Bulls - who are already favored to win every regular season game they play this season – will then play on Saturday for five straight games before closing out the season with two weeknight matchups against Tulsa and UCF. These games are two more chances to show the whole country what they’re capable of. Even as attendance is sure to take a hit due to the 8:00 ET start time to the Thursday night games, the positives of gaining national exposure (and some extra TV revenue) outweigh the negatives.
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going to have to go through some things and that’ll be humbling for me.” To compensate for the loss of starters, Butehorn added 15 newcomers to the roster over the off-season, the majority of whom are freshman. One of those new faces that has made an immediate impact in the Bull’s first two pre-season games is forward Tomasz Skublak, who transferred to USF from the University of Guelph in Canada. Skublak, who scored two goals in a two-minute span to close out the Bulls 5-0 rout of the Tampa Spartans on Saturday in the annual Rowdies Cup, was one of four new Bulls to find the back of the net in USF’s two preseason matches. “I believe that there’s been a lot of young talent that’s came in,” Skublak said. “If young guys keep playing and training well I know for sure there’ll be numerous in the starting 11.” To go along with the new faces on the pitch and sidelines, the Bulls style of play will have a different look as well. “I feel like this year we’re
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going to play even more possession than we did last year,” Pfeffer said. “Despite how much we kept the ball and isolated Epps on the wing (last season), this year we like to overload on the middle, keep the ball, and make them play our game instead of us playing to theirs.” With two pre-season shutouts complete, USF will play two more preseason matches this week for beginning their regular season on the road against Butler in Bloomington, Indiana on Sept. 1. USF, currently picked to finish third in the AAC, will begin the defense of last year’s AAC regular season title when conference play begins at home against UCF on Sept. 23. “I generally teach that I don’t care where we start, it’s where we end,” Butehorn said. “Everything I say sounds a bit cliché-est, but my message today to the guys today was look, the beauty of every season is that you have your own road...Don’t look at where you start, don’t stare at the common goals, just enjoy the road and see where you get (at end of the season).”
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conference by the AAC coaches poll, USF begins conference play on Sept. 21 at East Carolina and closes the season at UCF on Oct. 27. Before conference play even begins, USF will face off against No. 6 North Carolina, Ohio State and No. 7 Florida. All three teams played in last year’s NCAA tournament, with the Tar Heels making it the furthest of the three losing in the tournament’s semi-finals. “It’s a really young class, I think maybe my biggest freshman class since my first year here,” Schilte-Brown, who’s entering her 11th year as USF’s head coach, said at the Fall Sports Media Day. “We have big personalities in the returning group, so they’re managing that (newcomer) group fine and helping us with them.” One of those returners, sophomore forward Evelyne Viens, is coming off a Sophomore Evelyne Viens #14 has found the back of the net three times in two games this season. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/GOUSFBULLS.COM historic freshman campaign where she we’re ready for that. We played against Viens, who failed to score in two tied the school record with 16 goals in Charlotte and American University. the (National Women’s Soccer League “We have a lot more difficult schedappearances against the Huskies, will 19 games. Voted as the AAC preseason confer- ule than we did to open the year last team) Orlando Pride last year and did have to wait until Oct. 22 for her shot at redemption when No. 12 UConn ence player of the year entering the year,” Viens said on possibility of well so I think we’ll be fine.” “I’m excited for every conference recreating last year’s 8-0 start to the comes to Corbett stadium in the next season, Viens has already found the back of the net three times in the season. “It’s going to be hard play- game… I want to beat every team,” to last game of the season. Bulls first two regular season wins over ing against UNC and Ohio State, but Viens said. “But especially UConn.”
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100th State Amateur Championship, DiMarco, who earned the title of 2017 Florida State Amateur Champion in June, has stayed busy during the offseason. While the Bulls retain most of their talent from last season, the loss of senior Rigel Fernandes to graduation last spring will leave a tear in the Bulls roster. Before graduation, Fernandes shot an average of 72.9 strokes per match last season and earned all-conference honors for the third time in his four-year career as a Bull. Sophomores Andre Leveque, Kyle Flexsenhar and Sebastian Diaz have been improving their individual scores throughout the summer with Coach Bradley in preparation to meet the high expectations of the golf program. “You look at this year’s schedule versus last year’s schedule, our fall is completely different,” Bradley said. “We’re not playing one tournament that’s exactly the same as we played last year.” Bradley is looking to provide his team with the most difficult and diverse regular season possible to prepare for the post season. The team will be traveling to Hartford, Wisconsin to play at Erin Hills Golf Club Oct 1-3, where the U.S. Open was held and won by former Bull Chase Koepka’s brother, Brooks, last June. “If we get an opportunity to play a
USF senior Cristian Dimarco was a unaminous all-conference selection last season. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE/GOUSFBULLS.COM PGA golf course, or a major golf course, we’re absolutely going to take advantage of that,” Bradley told gousfbulls. com. Some other courses of note include Quail Valley Golf Club, and The Grove,
which includes course designed by famous Australian golfer Greg Norman. Also, to go along with the numerous away tournaments, USF golf is hosting a match for the first time since 2014 when they’ll host the USF Invitational at
the Tampa Palms Golf club. The Bulls will open their season on Sept. 18th at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at the Squire Creek Golf Club in Choudrant, Louisiana.
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