Photo Gallery: Public art displays brighten up campus
Summers at USF are a time of joy when the sidewalks are less cluttered with students rushing from one class to another and when being a full-time student only takes nine credits. These conditions make the summer semester an excellent time for students to make a scavenger hunt out of the public art that is scattered across the expansive campus.
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