In The Oracle Sports team’s first ever remote video podcast, Brian and Nolan discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, why it was necessary to shut down sports and have a conversation with Bulls Unlimited program director Darek Sharp.
Author: Oracle Sports Team
Without strong stay-at-home order, Hillsborough puts residents at risk
On March 23, Hillsborough County’s Emergency Policy Group met to discuss the possibility of issuing a stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19). Tampa Mayor Jane Castor spearheaded the effort to convince the group to issue such an order, but was defeated 6-2 on a nearly party-line vote, with opponents […]
Shift to online classes has some students worried about lack of interaction
On a typical day, nursing student Emma Cahoon would wake up at 5 a.m., dress in scrubs, make sure she meets the dress code, grab her stethoscope and head to the hospital for nursing clinicals. Now, she logs onto her computer in her room to participate in her classes virtually. […]
Amid sports shutdown, Sharp keeps broadcasting
A radio veteran who spent two decades at Tampa Bay’s biggest sports station, WDAE-AM 620, Darek Sharp is in his third season as program director of Bulls Unlimited, USF Athletics’ in-house iHeartRadio station. Sharp was also in his third season doing USF baseball and women’s basketball play-by-play for the channel. […]
Students advised to think carefully about S/U grading option
After a USF student petition received more than 7,000 signatures online, the signees’ wishes have been granted. Vice President of Student Success Paul Dosal announced Wednesday in an email that USF will offer students the option of taking a satisfactory or unsatisfactory (pass/fail) grade for the spring semester. But students […]
USF confirms its third and fourth COVID-19 cases
Last Wednesday, USF President Steven Currall announced the university’s first positive coronavirus (COVID-19) case. Today, he announced the third and fourth. The systemwide email said it was an employee from Innovative Education and a student who was traveling abroad, both from the Tampa campus. The student is not a risk […]
SG Senate’s first remote meeting addresses student fees, budgets
The 60th Student Government (SG) Senate met remotely for the first time Tuesday, with over 40 senators lining the conference call anywhere from back porches to bedroom desks. Nonetheless, they got the work done. Communicating via the videoconferencing website Zoom, senators discussed how they would effectively handle and distribute $17 […]
Counseling Center carries on in light of positive COVID-19 case
Even though the USF Counseling Center had USF’s first positive coronavirus (COVID-19) case, its operations are still up and running, remotely. With the university implementing remote instruction for the remainder of the semester, all mental health services offered by the Counseling Center are provided entirely online. However, this was not […]
USF administration considering pass/fail grading system
The Florida Board of Governors’ decision to switch to online classes for the rest of the spring semester has sparked the creation of two petitions that have drawn a variety of responses from students on social media. The petitions have been posted to a couple of USF Facebook pages. They […]
Commentary: Sports cancellations and postponements were necessary, but still hurt
So, here we are, roughly two weeks after pretty much everything in sports was postponed, suspended or outright canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been a weird experience, to say the least, not being able to turn the TV on and watch a live game, even just mindlessly to […]
