Deadline spells compromised representation for faculty
Today is the birth of a new board in Florida’s education system. It is also the end of more than 15 years in the USF...
Al-Arian’s lawyer says USF violated professor’s rights
YBOR CITY — The USF faculty union filed a grievance against USF Monday in the first step toward a legal attempt to demand that President...
Iorio enters Tampa’s crowded race for mayor
TAMPA — She woke up with a case of laryngitis on the morning of one of the most important political speeches of her career. But...
On a collision course
Roy Weatherford and Sami Al-Arian: The two men who have haunted USF President Judy Genshaft for months. Both have been speeding locomotives, racing along at...
Grant could help warn of arsenic dangers
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2 million biocomplexity grant to a USF professor to conduct research on the effects arsenic has on ecosystems.The...
Letters to the Editor 1/7
Genshaft not wrong to deliberate case I don’t understand how The Oracle can continually fault President Judy Genshaft for taking her time in making the...
This season brought the worst Christmas ever
It’s as if all the retail moguls are crying out in the voice of the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons, “Worst Christmas ever!” Many...
Board needs more diversity
Just when USF had a hope that more academics might be in charge of overseeing major educational decisions, the list for the new Board of...
Get off the political fence
#8220;The president supports affirmative access.” So said White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in a Dec. 17 press briefing. If Fleischer’s statement leaves you uncertain...
A boost for a threatened species
The wrinkle faces poking out of sand-covered shells may bring a whole new meaning to “a face only a mother could love.” Though gopher tortoises...