USF’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to increase tuition for out-of-state students beginning in the fall.  The university will raise the fee for undergraduate out-of-state students by almost $35 per credit hour. USF recommends that students take 30 credit hours each year to graduate in four years. This means the total cost for […]

In the first year under head coach Mitch Hannahs, three Bulls pitchers were selected in the second day of the MLB Draft. Bulls pitchers Corey Braun, Bryce Archie and Austin Newton were selected in the middle rounds of the draft that stretched into Monday night.  Despite being drafted, all three players will have the option […]

In his first year at USF, baseball head coach Mitch Hannahs brought an old-school approach to the program. He stayed off social media and had minimal interactions with fans, except during press conferences and games. And toward the end of the season, Hannahs began to decline interviews with The Oracle — both for himself and […]

As universities began directly paying athletes on Tuesday as part of the House v. NCAA settlement, increased scholarships and revenue opportunities will become the norm under the landmark NIL ruling. Former USF Athletic Director Michael Kelly told The Oracle that the settlement also paves the way for another opportunity for USF to be invited to […]

Kyle Burke has seen the U.S. enter multiple Middle Eastern conflicts, such as Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Still, he said he wasn’t surprised when he saw the U.S. enter another in June. Burke, a USF history professor, has been studying and teaching U.S. foreign relations for nearly two decades.  “I had a […]

Corey Staniscia didn’t need a court ruling to see where college sports were headed.  Long before a federal judge approved the House v. NCAA settlement on June 6, Staniscia saw what was coming — a future where schools, not just collectives, could pay athletes directly. So, as the CEO and co-founder of the Fowler Avenue […]