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Though the Board of Governors (BOG) didn’t jump on USF’s boat to bring a medi- cal school to downtown Tampa, the university did receive a $5 million installment Thursday for planning expenses. The university had requested $62 million for the project, now minus the $5 million received up front, to be paid out incremen- tally over three years. Over the last four months, the plans to bring the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute to downtown Tampa had enjoyed unanimous approval and enthu- siasm from USF President Judy Genshaft, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik. All three were present in Jacksonville on Wednesday when the BOG pumped the brakes on the project. Though no BOG members outwardly opposed the plans, some said they need- ed to see a business plan before investing millions. BOG member Morteza Hosseini proposed freeing $5 million to fund the information gathering that the board request- ed. USF presented to the BOG’s Facilities Committee in October about its plans for a new medical school, but some of Wednesday’s BOG members were not present for that meeting. BOG member H. Wayne Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced a $65 million plan Thursday to reduce the cost of college by repealing sales tax on textbooks and allowing Bright Futures scholarships to cover summer courses. The plan to eliminate state and local sales tax on textbooks would cost the Florida govern- ment a little over $40 million, according to Scott, but would save full-time students at least $60 a year. “Eliminating the sales tax on college textbooks will directly help every Florida student with the cost of college by offsetting the rising price of textbooks,” Scott said at a news conference Thursday at the University of The Oracle www.usforacle.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 I VOL. 53 NO. 69 I NSIDE THIS I SSUE MONTAGE SPORTS Bulls’ defense stymies Green Wave in Fernandez’s 250th win. BACK LIFESTYLE Tips and tools for a memorable spring break. Page 4 News ................................................................. 1 Lifestyle ...................................................... 4 Opinion ....................................................... 6 classifieds .............................................. 7 Crossword ......................................... 7 sports ............................................................ 8 The Index Scott pitches no textbook tax, Bright Futures for summer USF given $5M to plan downtown med school By Wesley Higgins NEWS EDITOR By Wesley Higgins NEWS EDITOR Students and members of the university gathered Saturday with the friends and families of Fallen Bulls to hold a memorial service for students who had died during their time at USF. ORACLE PHOTO/CHELSEA MULLIGAN Gov. Rick Scott proposed at a Thursday press conference to eliminate the sales tax on college textbooks and to extend Bright Futures to cover summer semester courses. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE n See SCOTT on PAGE 2 n See DOWNTOWN on PAGE 2 Requiescant in pace n See PAGE 2

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Though the Board of Governors (BOG) didn’t jump on USF’s boat to bring a medi-cal school to downtown Tampa, the university did receive a $5 million installment Thursday for planning expenses.

The university had requested $62 million for the project, now minus the $5 million received up front, to be paid out incremen-tally over three years.

Over the last four months, the plans to bring the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute to downtown Tampa had enjoyed unanimous approval and enthu-siasm from USF President Judy Genshaft, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik.

All three were present in Jacksonville on Wednesday when the BOG pumped the brakes on the project. Though no BOG members outwardly opposed the plans, some said they need-ed to see a business plan before investing millions.

BOG member Morteza Hosseini proposed freeing $5 million to fund the information gathering that the board request-ed.

USF presented to the BOG’s Facilities Committee in October about its plans for a new medical school, but some of Wednesday’s BOG members were not present for that meeting.

BOG member H. Wayne

Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced a $65 million plan Thursday to reduce the cost of college by repealing sales tax on textbooks and allowing Bright Futures scholarships to cover summer courses.

The plan to eliminate state and local sales tax on textbooks would cost the Florida govern-ment a little over $40 million, according to Scott, but would save full-time students at least $60 a year.

“Eliminating the sales tax on college textbooks will directly help every Florida student with the cost of college by offsetting the rising price of textbooks,” Scott said at a news conference Thursday at the University of

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Montage

SPORTSBulls’ defense stymies Green Wave in Fernandez’s 250th win.BACK

LIFESTYLETips and tools for a memorablespring break.Page 4

News.................................................................1 Lifestyle......................................................4Opinion.......................................................6

classifieds..............................................7Crossword.........................................7sports............................................................8

The Index

Scott pitches no textbook tax, Bright Futures for summer

USF given $5M to plan downtown med school

By Wesley HigginsN E W S E D I T O R

By Wesley HigginsN E W S E D I T O R

Students and members of the university gathered Saturday with the friends and families of Fallen Bulls to hold a memorial service for students who had died during their time at USF. ORACLE PHOTO/CHELSEA MULLIGAN

Gov. Rick Scott proposed at a Thursday press conference to eliminate the sales tax on college textbooks and to extend Bright Futures to cover summer semester courses. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLEn See SCOTT on PAGE 2

n See DOWNTOWN on PAGE 2

Requiescant in pace

n See PAGE 2

To the musical lament of two cellos, family and friends of fallen Bulls gathered on the Crescent Hill behind the Marshall Student Center on Saturday morning in a memo-rial service for students who passed away in the last year.

The service began with a spiritual reflection from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry minister Rahul Agarwal as well as words from USF President Judy Genshaft, Student Government members and loved ones of those passed.

After the speakers, mourn-ers moved in a short proces-sion to Crescent Hill to lay down the white carnations that were given to all mourn-ers to represent fallen loved ones.

The white carnations were laid at the foot of USF’s Fallen

Bull Memorial. Styled after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the monument commemo-rates students who died while enrolled at the university. The memorial is carved with some 50 names that stretch back to 2009, with an added place holder hon-oring all the students who passed since 1960.

The text on the memorial reads that it is “a place for all students to reflect upon the precious gift of life and to remember their fellow classmates whose lives ended far too soon.”

Jennifer Stoltzfoos, a moth-er of a departed Bull, said the university comforted her family in their grief. Her son, a business student named Corban, was halfway through

his second semester when he was caught in a fatal motor-cycle accident only a short dis-tance from the family’s home.

Stoltzfoos said she felt the memorial service was a touch-ing remembrance of her son

and his peers. “I think that it’s very healthy

to be able to come back and honor that person again and speak about them and just deal with those feelings, the sadness and the grief and the hurt,” she said. “I just think it’s a very healthy thing to do, to not repress all those

things.” She also said the memorial

itself was helpful to her and other families in the wake of their losses.

“The memorial, I think, out-side with the names, is just

a beautiful touch for the families, to be able to have that place to come back. I’m assuming there might have been some fami-lies that weren’t able to make it today,” she said. “Just to have something there, for me, personal-

ly, it’s very honoring that they would want to do something like that and really honor the students.”

Robin Neil Rivell, another parent there for the memorial service, said she had similar feelings.

“I think when we first saw

it was a huge thing to take in – 23 names in one year. But I think the wording on it is appropriate, that it gives you a place to go and reflect, and that’s important,” she said. “There’s a place where we can go and remember Emaleigh. We remember her everywhere, but this is a significant part, this was so important to her.”

Rivell said her daughter Emaleigh enjoyed her time at USF before she passed away last February while studying nursing.

“She loved everything about being here,” Rivell said. “She was very determined, strong-willed. Her motto was to never settle.”

Rivell said the memorial offered others the opportunity to remember Emaleigh.

“It’s really important that people have that,” she said. “For her friends as well, it’s kind of like a spot where they meet.”

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Fallen Bulls remembered by loved ones at memorial serviceBy Chelsea MulliganS T A F F W R I T E R

“The memorial, I think, outside with the names, is just a beautiful touch

for the families, to be able to have that place to come back.”

Jennifer StoltzfoosMother of a fallen Bull

North Florida. “Also, by expand-ing Bright Futures Scholarships to include summer courses, we are offering more flexibility for students to achieve their goals.”

Scott proposed spending $23.5 million to extend Bright Futures for summer courses.

However, a review by the Board of Governors indicated Scott’s figure wouldn’t cover the full cost of Florida’s 12 public universities expanding Bright Futures to summer, unless the schools were selective about how students could use their scholarship.

Funded by the Florida Lottery with a current budget of $436 million, Bright Futures began as the Florida Undergraduates Scholars’ Fund in 1989. In 1997, the fund became known as Bright Futures Academic scholarship. The program allows eligible high school seniors to receive scholarship money to attend any public university in Florida.

In 2011, the state began incrementally increasing the standards needed to qualify for

Bright Futures, according to the Florida College Registrars and Admissions Officers.

In the 2012-13 academic year, the requirements for the scholarship were an SAT score of 1020 or an ACT score of 22, qualifying 154,160 students. The new minimum standards are an SAT score of 1170 or an ACT score of 26, qualifying 127,573 students for the 2014-15 academic year.

As a result of fewer eligible students, the legislature appro-priated less money for the 2014-15 year.

SCOTTContinued from PAGE 1

Huizenga apologized for not let-ting USF officials know that they were expected to present again at Wednesday’s BOG meeting.

The new medical school is a key component to Vinik’s billion-dollar plan to revitalize large sec-tions of the downtown area.

In October, Vinik offered to donate an acre for USF to build a medical facility on the empty corner of Channelside Drive and

Meridian Avenue, less than a mile away from Amalie Arena where the Lightning play.

The plan calls for the College of Medicine and Health Heart Institute to combine into one 12-story tall building with floors for dining, classrooms, labora-tories, a library and a clinic. The project would also feature a medical office and parking garage across the street, able to fit an estimated 1,750 vehicles.

The construction of the new medical school could cost up to $163 million, most of which relies on state funding. The uni-

versity wants approximately $130 million from state funding, including the $62 million the state had originally intended to put toward a new medical school for USF’s Tampa campus.

The university will come back to the BOG on Feb. 19 to give a more detailed presentation.

If the BOG approves the request to build downtown, the plans would be voted on by the Florida Legislature before going to Gov. Rick Scott for final approval.

DOWNTOWNContinued from PAGE 1

The Oracle will have its weekly

staff meeting today at 5 p.m. in SVC 0002.

New members are welcome!

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News

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Spring break 2015 planning guideSpring break is only a few short

weeks away, and now is the perfect time to get a head start on planning your weeklong getaway. Think about what kind of memories you want to make and use these tips and tools to maximize your time and money while you put down the books for a week.

Skip the hotel

Youth hostels are typical lodging options for those traveling throughout Europe because they’re inexpensive. However, it might be surprising to know that these alternative housing options are fairly common throughout major cities in the U.S. as well. For those unfamiliar, youth hostels are generally a more economic choice commonly featuring community style living, bunk beds and shared bath-rooms. A prime benefit of hostel-living is location; depending on your destination, your hostel can be close to major public transportation hubs, or high up in the mountains for the outdoorsy types. Staying in a hostel doesn’t always mean a grungy dorm

atmosphere either. There are dozens of quirky lodging options, such as the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel in Pescadero, California, where guests sleep in the actual lighthouse and can soak in the rooftop hot tub. For any spring breaker, a hostel is an inter-esting experience that will add some uniqueness to any trip.

Map it out

Spring break is only a limited amount of time and it’s important to pack the most into every day. Use touristeye.com to plan your vacation. While it doesn’t help you plan your flights or hotels, it will help you to find all of the local dining and attrac-tions at your destination. If you’re eating Chipotle in a city you’ve never been to — you’re doing spring break wrong. This free and simple website lets users plan trips, big and small, making it a perfect tool for spring breakers. Once you build your “wish list” of things to do while at your des-tination, you can share it via social media and your friends and family can add suggestions to your trip based on their experiences. The site also makes suggestions based on other users who have traveled to those cities as well,

and you can view the trips that others have planned and give tips and tricks for their excursions.

Hit the road the right way

Obviously traveling to your desti-nation is a critical aspect of spring breaking. Whether you choose to fly, drive or travel by train, do it smartly with the endless numbers of apps and websites available to anyone. For those taking to the skies, GateGuru is a handy app that will help master any airport in the nation. This app provides you with a map of the air-port and each specific terminal, a list of amenities and restaurants, tips for navigating the airport and an active list of incoming and outgoing flights. If you’re taking the road, make sure to keep GasBuddy at hand, an app that will help you find the cheapest gas near your current location. As for the land rovers that choose not to drive, HopStop is another app that will get you where you need to be. It uses your current location to find the nearest transit hubs and gives accu-rate arrival times for trains, buses or subways in nearly every major city in the world.

By Brandon ShaikL I F E S T Y L E E D I T O R

The Oracle’s top 10

spring break destinations

in FloridaSouth Beach — This Miami

hotspot is the perfect combination of day and nightlife. Its eclectic art deco district serves as an ideal frame for Miami’s classic night clubs. This has every component of an unforgettable spring break.

Everglades National Park — For the outdoorsy types, this is the ideal vaca-tion spot, complete with campgrounds, airboat tours, canoeing and hiking trails.

St. Petersburg — Just over the Howard Frankland Bridge this city, once known as heaven’s waiting room, hosts much of Florida’s youth with it’s mixture of history and modernism- not to mention the world-renowned beaches.

Walt Disney World — For the kid at heart, putting some magic in your spring break is just a short drive away. The world-famous theme park offers resort packages and park hopping options for those planning to stay longer the week.

Sebastian Inlet State Park — Located in Melbourne, this is the destination for any surfer with its massive waves.

Sanibel Island — A small, naturally preserved island near Naples. With a mid-century vibe, this town outlawed fast food restaurants and stoplights, cre-ating a unique vacation oasis.

Crystal River — Swim and snorkel with manatees and enjoy the sun and fresh water.

Destin — The definition of white sand beaches, this small town will offer spring breakers a campsite on the beach, shorefront restaurants and crystal-clear waters.

Mount Dora — Located just outside of Orlando, this historic town is packed with southern charm, a bustling arts scene and farmers markets galore.

Tarpon Springs — What could be mistaken for a city in Greece, this town is the perfect stop for anyone who wants a European getaway on a budget. Be sure to check out the sponge docks and get some baklava during your stay.

HopStop (left), touristeye.com (middle) and GateGuru (right) are all helpful tools to plan and execute a seamless spring break. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE

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Opinion6

EDITORIAL

Graduates’ personal choices aren’t college outcomes

When considering the benefits of getting a college education, fac-tors such as a graduate’s volunteer work or whether or not they vote aren’t typically what first come to mind.

Rather, people might think of graduates’ employment rates and income. After all, the value of a college degree can easily be defended by its economic value after graduation, such as the dif-ference in wages between those with a four-year degree and those without.

However, to offer a more holis-tic description of what college has to offer, Inside Higher Education reported that the American Association of Community Colleges, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities recently revealed a project to measure student outcomes by also considering “human capi-tal,” which includes criteria from graduates’ career satisfaction and advancement to their charitable donations.

The value of higher educa-tion is definitely not limited to quantitative outcomes, such as the income of graduates from any one university. Yet graduates’

“human capital” shouldn’t be attributed to their having attended college since these characteris-tics are more telling of graduates’ personal, individual choices.

Just as employment rates are measurable, elements of “human capital” are, too. For instance, according to an overview of the plan, “social giving” can be mea-sured with the charitable dona-tions and volunteer work of graduates.

Still, while these particular out-comes can be measured in the same way as traditional college outcomes, it leaves one wonder-ing how colleges can nurture things such as voting and career advancement for their students.

Granted, voting participation is something that can increase based on education. For example, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the 2012 election, 75 per-cent of those with a bachelor’s degree voted in comparison to the 53 percent with a high school diploma. However, though voting is a tendency among this demo-graphic, it doesn’t offer insight into what individual schools do to influence students to vote.

The same goes for the choice to take the time to volunteer, or one’s career satisfaction. These

factors seem more indicative of personal qualities than the value of going to a specific school.

This disconnect between an individual college graduate and an individual college is important because, as the Inside Higher Ed article reported, one of the goals of this plan is to potentially influ-ence how policy-makers look at college value. Though the asso-ciations did not address particu-lar proposals underway, such as President Barack Obama’s college rating system, as the article noted, the overview did mention the pos-sibility of comparing universities based on these outcomes.

As the overview addressed, factors such as charitable giving could be directly related to other factors, such as income, which is more related to how college outcomes are usually measured, and could be an indirect effect of going to college.

Even with that in mind, schools should not be held accountable for the personal choices of their graduates. While these “human capital” characteristics may dem-onstrate an ideal in defining the value of education, there is a fine line between what a school does to improve upon them and a graduate’s own desires.

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BY PHONE

What you said A new report from the Kettering Foundation, a nonprofit

research center, and the National Issues Forums Institute found the public wants colleges to promote skills such as

critical thinking rather than only prepare students for jobs. Editor Isabelle Cavazos asked students what they think are the

most important skills to learn in college.

“Time management. There are always deadlines in

the workforce.”

— Brianna Campbell, a freshman majoring in

civil engineering

“Critical analysis and the ability to get things done

on time. It helps with being independent and taking responsibility for

your work.”

— Carolina Sanchez, a freshman majoring in

health sciences

“Teamwork. Sometimes … we don’t know how to interact

with others.”

— Jaslinne Garcia, a freshman majoring in biology

“Adaptability. Not every job environment is the same, so people should adapt to different things given the circumstances. Also, being able to work in groups.”

— James Othus, a junior majoring in chemical

engineering

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SMU (16-4, 7-1) at USF (7-13, 1-6) When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.Where: USF Sun DomeTV/Radio: 1010AM

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Men’s basketball

Women’s basketball

TheRundown

Outside USFDuke men’s basketball coach

Mike Krzyzewski became the first NCAA Division I men’s coach to eclipse the 1,000-win mark when the Blue Devils defeated St. John’s 77-68 Sunday. Only former Tennessee women’s coach Pat Summitt (1,098) has more wins in D-I basketball than Krzyzewski.

Weekend scores

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TulaneUSF

Conference update

Men’s Basketball

Tulsa (14-5, 7-0) kept its conference record unblemished with a 66-64 win over East Carolina. Tulsa will look to continue its dominance when it travels to Tulane on Tuesday.

Women’s Basketball

The UConn (18-1) women’s team also kept its 17-game winning streak alive with a 100-45 demolition of UCF. The Huskies moved to 7-0 in the AAC with the win.

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Fernandez gets win No. 250

In arguably the team’s best effort of the year, coach Jose Fernandez earned his 250th-career victory Sunday after USF defeated Tulane (15-4, 6-2) for the second time this season, 64-45.

The Green Wave converted only six field goals in the first half, going 32 percent from the field for the game.

Junior guard Courtney Williams had her fifth straight game with 20 or more points, her 10th such game of the year, contributing 24 points and 12 rebounds. Williams also had a game-high eight assists, creat-ing open looks and passing the ball to her teammates with ease.

USF’s defense was a force to be reckoned with, caus-ing 13 turnovers and grabbing five blocks and five steals. The defensive effort was led by junior forward Alisia

Jenkins, who had three blocks, three steals, 10 points and 10 rebounds to mark her 13th double-double of the season. USF (16-4, 7-1) is undefeated this year when Jenkins records a double-double.

Fernandez showed high praise for his team, which shot 43 percent from the field, scor-ing 24 points in the paint.

“I think our kids were really dialed in, defensively,” Fernandez said. “We wanted to assault the glass better than last time we played Tulane, and we did a much better job with that today.”

USF never lost its lead, tying Tulane for just 44 seconds of game time and then continu-ing its dominance for the rest of the contest.

The Bulls will head to Tennessee to take on Memphis on Saturday at 3 p.m. before returning to the Sun Dome for two home games against UCF (7-12, 3-5) and Cincinnati (5-14, 2-5) next week.

By Zach LowieS T A F F W R I T E R

Defensive back Malik Vaccaro-Dixon committed to UCF in July of last year, but after taking official visits to both schools on Friday, the Port Charlotte native decided to flip his commitment in favor of USF, according to 247Sports.com.

At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Vaccaro-Dixon played receiver and safety at Port Charlotte High School, amass-ing 111 receiving yards as well as an interception and a fumble recovery.

Vaccaro-Dixon is rated as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com and will be the 17th recruit to join coach Willie Taggart’s 2015 class.

Track and FieldJunior Matthew O’Neal broke

USF’s indoor triple jump record of 52-4 set by NCAA Indoor All-American Shane Lewis last season with a jump of 53-11 in the triple jump Friday at the UAB Vulcan Invite.

Juniors Alex Hoffman, Winston Perry and senior Kevin Bell all fol-lowed suit with wins for USF.

Hoffman’s time of one minute, 53.43 seconds was best in the field in the 800-meter, while Perry took home the top spot in the pole vault event with a height of 16-4 3/4

Bell won the men’s long jump with a distance of 7.4 meters, but finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.92.

For the women, sophomore Katherine Blaney finished second in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:54.58.

USF vs. KentuckyUSF announced Thursday that

it will play Kentucky — coach Orlando Antigua’s former team — at the Hoophall Miami Invitational at AmericanAirlines Arena on Nov. 27.

The Bulls and Wildcats will meet again in the 2016-17 season in Rupp Arena in Kentucky.

UCF commit flips to USFBy Jacob HoagA S S T . S P O R T S E D I T O R

Boatright thrives in Bulls’ lossMen’s Basketball

Notebook

USF trailed UConn 41-37 with nine minutes remaining in the game Sunday afternoon when Huskies guard Ryan Boatright took over the game.

The senior guard scored a layup off a pass from guard Sam Cassell Jr. to give the Huskies a six-point lead. He would go on to score UConn’s next 11 points, giving them enough of a boost to put away the Bulls in the final minutes as they coasted to a 66-53 win at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

With sophomore forward Chris Perry sitting out the game due to chest pain suf-fered in practice Saturday eve-

ning, USF was outmatched on the glass all afternoon.

Perry has averaged 7.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in just over 26 minutes per game, and his 6-foot-8, 242-pound frame was missed in the post.

UConn out-rebounded USF 35-18 and also blocked six of the Bulls’ shots. Coach Orlando Antigua played cen-ter Ruben Guerrero and for-ward Bo Zeigler in the absence of Perry; the two freshmen were able to grab only four rebounds in 59 combined min-utes of playing time.

Perry returned from a near-by hospital to USF’s bench at halftime and his status is uncertain going forward.

Boatright finished the game with a season-high 28 points

on 7-for-10 shooting. Guard Rodney Purvis was the only other Husky to reach double figures, scoring 17 points on 4-for-9 shooting.

While the Bulls’ size dis-advantage was difficult to overcome, the lack of scoring proved to be the final nail in the coffin.

USF scored only 20 points in the first half, and lead-ing scorer, senior guard Corey Allen Jr., scored 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting. Junior guard Nehemias Morillo was the only USF player to find any success on offense, leading the Bulls with 18 points.

USF will look to shed its five-game losing streak when it hosts SMU on Wednesday in the Sun Dome at 7 p.m.

By Vinnie PortellS P O R T S E D I T O R

Junior forward Alisia Jenkins grabbed 10 rebounds and three steals in the Bulls’ win over Tulane. ORACLE FILE PHOTO/ADAM MATHIEU