No, it’s not 2012, but if you’ve seen people with bandanas on their arms and heads running around campus, you probably witnessed the newest USF game: humans vs. zombies. It’s a new trend on college campuses, even gaining enough notoriety to be called the “No.
It doesn’t always have to be Miami or transcontinental to be a spring break vacation spot. Sometimes it’s nice to stay close to home and relax. If you’re trying to avoid the crowds and clichés next week, the editors of The Oracle have some suggestions.
Working with a single wooden knife in a disorganized office, Zachary Hemsteger creates his primitive, clay sculptures. The 27-year-old USF graduate student moved to Florida a year and a half ago after graduating from Western Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in ceramics.
Vancouver has been the site of amazing athletics and interesting television throughout the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. From the fatal luge incident to the U.S. defeating Canada in hockey for the first time since 1960, this round of Olympic events have been memorable — if nothing else.
“Campus Joe” is a biweekly column from Oracle columnist Joe Polito that explores random spots on USF’s campus. How does it work? Polito throws a dart at a large map and goes there to find a story. This week my dart landed dead center on the USF Sun Dome.
Students between the ages of 18 and 29 are part of what’s been dubbed the “Millennial Generation,” and, according to a new study by Pew Research, they’re generally more optimistic and satisfied. The study was conducted mostly via telephone in January.
“Seeing Through the Fence” is not intended to be an average, run-of-the-mill documentary about the ins and outs of meat consumption. The maker of the film, which was screened Friday at the Marshall Student Center by members of the Students Protecting the Environment and Animals with Knowledge (SPEAK), tried to go a different route to portray society’s relationship with food and how people feel about the subject across the U.
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, which ends Saturday, aims to bring attention to medical disorders affecting one in five women, according to the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. National Eating Disorders Association, which created the week, organizes walks and events this time each year to help educate people and combat disorders like binge eating disorder (BED), anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
The idea for a new exhibit at the Marshall Student Center’s Centre Gallery was born from a relationship that went wrong and lacked closure, said Kimberly Adams, who graduated from USF in 2009 with a master’s degree in painting and who helped bring the exhibit to the gallery.
For three years, Campus MovieFest (CMF) has offered college students the chance at fame in film. USF students responded to the self-proclaimed “world’s largest student film festival” in record numbers this year, with more than 110 crews signing up to participate, said CMF official Jessica Reynoso.
USF graduate student Alicia Thompson gained more than an undergraduate degree when studying psychology at New College. Her experiences formed the beginnings of her novel, “Psych Major Syndrome,” which targets the college crowd by following the struggles of fictional freshman, Leigh, who is working on her psychology degree while surviving college.
Dear Alicia: For the last two years, my girlfriend and I have been going through our ups and downs, but we have managed to make it through everything. Now we have a new problem, and I’m dumbfounded on how to fix it. Since the semester started, I can tell that we’ve calmed down physically and are distancing ourselves from each other.
Naomi Campbell brings fundraising to fashion in her “Fashion for Relief” event — this year benefiting Haiti’s earthquake victims. Her charity runway event, which took place last week during New York’s fashion week in Bryant Park, was styled by Rachel Zoe and hosted by Campbell and the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson.
Things are getting personal at the Marshall Student Center (MSC) Centre Gallery’s new exhibit. The exhibit, which starts next week, will display personal secrets from USF students in recognition of the PostSecret phenomenon, a project created by Frank Warren that encourages people to let go of their deepest, darkest secrets by sending them away in anonymous postcards.
For an art major, there’s always a need to create — even after graduation. The Marshall Student Center (MSC) Centre Gallery is hosting the exhibition “We’re Still Alive” this week where nine former and current USF fine arts students are displaying their work to show they still make art a priority despite entering the workforce.
The Robert Helps Festival at USF is a weekend of musical concerts, critiques and lectures, this year featuring renowned Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and Jonathan Howard Katz, winner of the Robert Helps prize. Headlined by a multimedia-collaborated concert, “Late Night With Louis,” at 10 p.
Valentine’s Day is traditionally a celebration full of heart-shaped candies and roses. For a holiday that’s supposed to celebrate the unique traits that make you love someone, it sure doesn’t have any of its own. This year, skip the flower cart and candy shop, and try a date or gift requiring a little more thought.
With movie prices at an all-time high, not everyone can afford to take a date to see recent films like “Dear John” or the unoriginally titled film, “Valentine’s Day,” on Sunday night. Luckily, Hollywood has created dozens of romantic movies for every occasion that are just one Netflix queue or video rental store away.
“Campus Joe” is a biweekly column from Oracle columnist Joe Polito that explores random spots on USF’s campus. How does it work? Polito throws a dart at a large map and goes there to find a story. This week, my dart landed off the beaten path in the area of the College of Public Health, located on the northwest side of campus by Bruce B.
Oracle advice columnist Alicia Rosenberg explains how one commercialized holiday is actually good for your health. It may not feel like it when you’re single, but Valentine’s Day is actually good for you. Whether you are single or romantically involved with someone, it’s proven that Valentine’s Day is good for a person’s health.
Football and funny commercials aren’t the only attractions the Super Bowl offers every year. Appetizers and finger foods to keep fans and party guests energized throughout the game are a must. The Oracle rates five Super Bowl foods and provides some simple game-day recipes.
A new Web site targeted at USF students offers discounts with few strings attached. eWinWin.com, which was established 11 years ago as a software publisher for companies looking to advertise through social networks, offers students coupons online for locations around USF.
It wasn’t until midway through the recent cold front that USF’s Botanical Gardens staff saw any signs of dying plants. Now, after two weeks of unusually cold weather and below-average temperatures — sometimes below freezing — employees are clearing everything from dead leaves to wilted flowers, trying to salvage what they can.
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