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The USF men's basketball team played their final regular season game on Saturday, March 3rd, and celebrated Senior Night. The Bulls lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers, 50-44, and will now move to the Big East Tournament in New York City. USF baseball played four games over the weekend, including their exhibition matchup with the New York Yankees. After an 11-0 loss to the Yankees, the Bulls swept the Savannah State Tigers, outscoring them 34-11 in three games.

May 31, 2010 - USF was eliminated from Big East tournament play Friday night after losing to top-seeded Louisville 9-7 in 11 innings. The Bulls rallied from a six-run deficit to tie the game before surrendering a two-run home run to fall to the Cardinals. On Thursday, USF defeated West Virginia 10-5, bouncing back from a crushing 3-2 setback to St. John's in the tournament opener Wednesday night, when Red Storm designated hitter Sean O'Hare won the game on a walk-off single.

May 17, 2010 - USF closed out Red McEwen Field this weekend against the Connecticut Huskies in disappointing fashion. After winning the first game of the series in a 12-1 drubbing, the Bulls were outscored 23-8 in the final two, including Sunday's anticlimactic 10-3 loss that ended abruptly when inclement weather forced a rain cancellation in the team's final game at the stadium.ORACLE PHOTOS/LUCAS CANNISTRACI & KRISTIAN WALDON.

April 22, 2010 - No. 7 Florida crushed USF on Wednesday night.ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON.

April 20, 2010 - Westboro Baptist Church faced counter-protests on 50th Street near the east side of USF's campus Monday. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON AND LUCAS CANNISTRACI.

April 17, 2010 - USF quarterback B.J. Daniels helped lead the "South Florida" team to a 49-31 win over the "Bulls" team in Saturday's spring game. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON AND DAVID DOWNS

April 15, 2010 - A view from behind the scenes and at dress rehearsal of the new play, 'Inertia,' at USF. ORACLE PHOTOS/DAVID DOWNS.

April 11, 2010 - USF swept Georgetown this weekend to go to 8-1 in Big East play. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON

April 07, 2010 - Mr. and Miss USF winners were announced Tuesday — as was the 2010 "Our shirt" design - ORACLE PHOTOS/DAVID DOWNS

April 07, 2010 - UCF defeated USF on Tuesday night. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON

March 30, 2010 - Former USF football standouts participated in Pro Day at the USF Soccer Stadium, impressing NFL scouts and coaches. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON

March 23, 2010 - USF defeated North Florida 10-7 on Tuesday night at Red McEwen Field. ORACLE PHOTOS/DAVID DOWNS

March 23, 2010 - Nearly 200,000 people --- including some USF students --- marched for immigration reform Sunday. ORACLE PHOTOS/LUCAS CANNISTRACI

March 17, 2010 - USF fell in the first round of the NIT to N.C. State on Tuesday night. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON.

March 2, 2010 - USF was defeated 75-58 on senior night at the Sun Dome by DePaul.ORACLE PHOTOS/ALISSA BELMONT

February 23, 2010 - Providence stormed into the Sun Dome and defeated USF on Tuesday night, making it three straight losses for the Bulls' women's basketball team. ORACLE PHOTOS/DAVID DOWNS

February 21, 2010 - USF fell 74-58 to St. John's on Saturday, casting its hopes at an NCAA tournament bid in doubt. ORACLE PHOTOS/KRISTIAN WALDEN

February 16, 2010 - USF defeated fellow bubble foe Cincinnati 65-57 at the Sun Dome on Tuesday night, keeping its NCAA tournament hopes alive. ORACLE PHOTOS/FERDIE GARCIA AND DAVID DOWNS

February 16, 2010The PRIDE Alliance held mock weddings for anyone who wished to get married, regardless of sexual orientation, at the "Freedom to Marry" event Monday outside the Marshall Student Center. ORACLE PHOTOS/ALISSA BELMONT AND LUCAS CANNISTRACI

February 15, 2010 - The "We're Still Alive" exhibition will be on display until Friday in the Marshall Student Center Centre Gallery in room 2700. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

January 19, 2009USF got its first Big East win of the season, defeating Rutgers on Saturday 73-64. Center Jarrid Famous had a double-double to help lead the Bulls. ORACLE PHOTOS/MIKE WILSON

January 13, 2010 USF student organization Dance Marathon held its "Catwalk for Miracles" charity fashion show Tuesday to help raise money for All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. Students raised $1,364.6` through individual donations. ORACLE PHOTOS/DAVID DOWNS

kerricure

Alumna’s skin care research hits shelves

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Some students can only dream of having their research leave the lab and land commercially on store shelves nationwide, but one USF alumna is making a name for herself through research she began while working on her dissertation in 2007.

Full story

Kardashian

Poster, social media promote Kim Kardashian lecture hoax

> A photo of a fake event poster advertising “an evening with Kim Kardashian” created online discussion Tuesday morning, and throughout the day many students took to social media to discuss their plans to attend or apprehensions about the truth of the event. Full story

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Eriksen: ‘Every day is ice cream’

Softball coach Ken Eriksen signs seven-year contract renewal and reflects on career

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Even after 17 years coaching USF’s softball team, in addition to his years
studying as an undergraduate and graduate student at USF, Ken Eriksen said he still thinks of every day at the university as a treat.

Full story

Opinion

  • Obesity should not be considered a disease

    During its annual meeting in Chicago, the American Medical Association (AMA) took an unprecedented step in public health policy and declared one-third of all Americans “diseased,” applying the label to obesity.

  • Board of Trustees decision lacks transparency, support

    The USF Board of Trustees (BOT) held a special meeting Monday, cementing a decision to increase undergraduate in-state tuition by 1.7 percent, pursuant to a 2007 law that requires that State University System schools increase tuition in accordance with the national inflation rate.

Montage

  • Superman’s ‘Steel’ appeal flies low in film

    There’s something about Superman. 

    His story seems to never be told properly.

  • ‘This is the End’ commits plot armageddon

    Screenwriters everywhere can rejoice in the vindication they may receive by watching “This is the End.”  The film is proof that movies need more than star power to survive.  Though the film is full of celebrities playing hilarious, exaggerated versions of themselves, the delivery is so atrocious that even a cameo by Jesus Christ could not save the apocalyptic comedy’s plot.

Latest News

  • USF tuition to increase by 1.7 percent after BOT vote

    The USF Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to adapt USF policies to match state statutes on tuition that would result in a 1.7 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students next year, equal to the rate of inflation specified by the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research.

  • kerricure

    Alumna’s skin care research hits shelves

    Some students can only dream of having their research leave the lab and land commercially on store shelves nationwide, but one USF alumna is making a name for herself through research she began while working on her dissertation in 2007.

  • BOG questions branch campus performance

    When the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) began three days of meetings on the USF campus Tuesday, the board had a harsh line of questioning for the host campus after listening to a 20-minute presentation highlighting many of USF’s accomplishments.

  • Kardashian

    Poster, social media promote Kim Kardashian lecture hoax

    A photo of a fake event poster advertising “an evening with Kim Kardashian” created online discussion Tuesday morning, and throughout the day many students took to social media to discuss their plans to attend or apprehensions about the truth of the event.

Sports

  • eriksen

    Eriksen: ‘Every day is ice cream’

    Even after 17 years coaching USF’s softball team, in addition to his years
    studying as an undergraduate and graduate student at USF, Ken Eriksen said he still thinks of every day at the university as a treat.

  • bball

    Two former Bulls head to Big Apple

    Former Bulls first baseman Jimmy Falla and outfielder Chad Taylor will move from their days in the dugouts at USF to the Big Apple after signing with the New York Yankees.

  • A shot in the dark

     

    A year ago, Jared Sanders wanted to give students a new recreational club on campus that was different from the others.

  • softball

    Nevins, Salvarola: Team USF to Team USA

     

    Softball season may have  ended at USF, but for pitcher Sara Nevins and shortstop Kourtney Salvarola, the season is just getting started.