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·~ .' ~ 's~· ··.·. r~· . j HE ..... E,ST \'olumc :.U • Issue 2-t :\londay.April 12.2010 Studcnti\lcdiaatUSFSP.com Army ROTC Tee up for wounded soldiers and families By Amy BJanton Participants who purchased a super Staff Writer ticket got to compete in the contest. [email protected] The putt closest to the hole won the On Friday, April 2, the USF St. prize pack, which included a golf Petersburg Army ROTC hosted the polo, a sleeve of golf balls, a water Sixth Annual Association of the bottle, and a golf for two at any golf United States Army golf scramble tampabay.com course. at MacDill Air Force Base to ,. Also included was a certificate for raise money for the Fisher House two rounds at any of the 72 courses Foundation. they work with on the west coast of According to Major Scott Macksam Florida. assistant professor of military science Participants who registered for and leadership, "We chose the Fisher the event received a gift bag filled House because it directly goes to with bottled water, certificates, a · wounded warriors and their families. Golf Now koozie, granola bars and It is important because it leaves out other giveaways. After registration, any type of middle man." participants could look at the items A scramble golf tournament consists on the silent auction table and place of two teams at each hole. Because bids. every team starts at a different hole, Some of these items included two the scramble. ends when each team round-trip tickets with American has played at every hole. Airlines , a $900 value, to any The event took about three destination in ~e US, Mexico, the months to set up and according to Caribbean, Bermuda or Canada, .a Camoufl age was not required duri ng the USF ROTC There was a good turnout of active duty service sponsored golf tournament held at MacDill Air Force members, ROTC cadets and veterans of all branches Macksam "was very, yery intense." two night stay at the Sheraton Sand Base. of service for the USF ROTC golf tournament. He aavertised the tournament throug Key Resort in CJearwater Beach h radio, newspaper, fliers, word of valued at $600 and an Adams Arms Lightning's Defenseman David Hale, last was given a women's golf bag. mouth and other golf courses in the Piston System for an AR-15 valued and two suite level tickets to the The Army ROTC campuses that area. "It was not just one thing, but at $400. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina volunteered at the event were USF multiple things to get the word out." Then.~ was also a raffle at the Hurricanes game. . St. Petersburg, St. Leo University, The tournament, sponsored by event. Some of the items were a The trophy ceremony for first, USF Tampa, Clearwater Christian, Golf Now, the Golf Channel's Web $45 gift certificate to Bonefish Grill, second and third pl~ce was set for 6 . Eckerd College and St. Petersburg site, began with a putting contest. a autographed hat from Tampa Bay p.m. As a joke, the team that placed College. Senate debates proposed executive budget By Sadie Hewitt have requested funding. Waterfront, and then the Senate and Appropriations Each organization will experience Staff Writer the Co-ed Sailing Team, Campus committee chair Alex Moser spoke a funding increase from their 2009- shew itt@ mail.usf.edu Recreation, Harborside Activities about his committee's review of the 2010 budgets except for Campus Board (HAB), Multicultural Affairs, "\ Each year top Student Government budget. Recreation and The Crow's Nest. The Crow's Nest, Student Life, (SG) executives are required to "We did see an increase in how much This year's campus recreation budget Leadership, SG and the Debate Team propose an Official Executive Budget we can give out this year," said Bakali. totaled $63 ,380 but was ~iven $60,425 are all student Activity and Service Proposal for the upcoming year to be "As the executive committee working for the upcoming academic year. reviewed by the Senate Committee on (A&S) fee fti~:tded organizations. with appropriations we did our best to The Crow's Nest received the largest During the first reading of Bill 10- Appropriations. come up with numbers that would be budget decrease overall, totaling 016, Chief Financial Officer Nadir The budgetforthefollowing academic best to help out our campus and the 49.5 percent in cuts from last year's Bakali explajned the budget briefly year details the 10 organizations that organizations." budget. Last year The Crow's Nest continues on page 6

INDEX THIS WEEK ONLINE. I. __,...... ,. =-"'1 t"'~~~-- - ·-· ·--·· The Outlook ...... 2 We're Online! StudentMcdlaatUSFSP.com Staff Writer Andrew Silver- Staff writer Amy Blanton Staff Writer Sadie Hewitt Entertainment ...... 5 stein deciphers Palinese. talks about a traveling pho­ writes about SO's executive Campus & Beyond ...3, 4, 6 Follow Us! to exhibit that captures the recommendations for next Variety ...... 7 twitter.cornlusfcrowsnest earth from space. year's budget. Facebook search: Sports ..... ~ - : .. ."..... " . ~ .....8 USF Crow's Nest 2 ·THE CROW'S NEST VOLUME 44 • ISSUE 24

THE. OUTLOOK. Bullying should not be tolerated By Lenay Ruhl with different felonies such as statutory and verbally a:bused day after day by · responsibility as witnesses to take a ·Section Editor rape, violation of civil rights with her classmates? stand and stop it once it has started, lruhl@ mail.usj.edu bodily injury, harassment, stalking Bullying seems like such a juvenile especially if we are in a I_>Osition of Think of your most embarrassing and disturbing school assembly. So term but in reality it is a much bigger authority like the school administration moment. Think back to the humiliation far nothirrg has happened to the school issue than some assume. There are at South Hadley High. that you felt, the way your heart was administration. Although we feel that long term emotional effects as a result Under no circumstances should pounding in your chest. Now imagine these kids definitely dese~e being of bullying arid there should be no bullying b~ tolerated. In our country reliving that moment day after day for punished, the administration should tolerance for it, ever. we have witnessed many tragic school months. also be held responsible for what According to parentingbookmark. shootings over the years. Young, Phoebe_Prince was a 15-year-old happened, com, one in seven students is either a innocent lives are being taken away freshman from Ireland, attending As school administrators it is bully or a victim. One bullying Website, with just the pull of a trigger. What do school at South Hadley High in · their job to ensure that students are http://www .education .com/reference/ most of these school shootings have in Massachusetts. After dating a popular safe while at school, just as parents article/long-term-effects-bullying/, common? Most of the shooters were male student at the school, students are responsible ~or their children's reveals there is a direct result between ignored students that . did not quite began harassing the young Irish girl well being at home. For instance, if bullying and major self esteem issues "fit in." They took out their anger for weeks after the relationship end~d. a parent is neglecting their child's that can lead to depression. As a result violently. Administration watched this ongoing safety they can be investigated and of depression the victims' grades drop This instance of bullying took bullying and nothing was done about the child can be removed from the and the):' start skipping school. Victims another turn: at age 15 with her whole it. Phoebe Prince hung herself on Jan. home. In this same sense, shouldn't of bullying are also more likely to turn life ahead of her, Phoebe Prince was 14. the school administration be held to drugs and alcohol to find an escape. too sad and defeated to fight back, so As a result of this young girl's tragic responsible for neglecting tlie fact that In reality bullying will never she took her own life. death, nine students are being charged this. young girl was being physically completely go away. It is our How can you help save the earth?

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VOLUME 44 • ISSUE 24 · · THE CROW'S NEST • 5 ENTERTAINMENT

By Andrew Silverstein Staff Writer asilvers@ mail.usf.edu "Congratulations" is not the album I wantedMGMT to make. Their 2007 debut, "Oracular Spectacular," with its

sugary-sweet melodies, playful 'blips Photo courtesy of jetcomx.com and bleeps and overall fun feel buried itself into .our brains and made itself It is no surprise that Congratulations -right at home. The album quickly went sounds like a reactionary record to gold in the U.S ., platinum in a few these influences. others countries. Surely, like many, I wanted another "Kids," their third single, was used record sprinkled with the catchiness of by the President of France, Nicolas singles like "Kids," "Time to Pretend," Sarkozy, whom MGMT later sued for and "Electric Feel." MGMT proved using without permission. If at any they know their way around a single, juncture in your musical career the · how to cram its melodies in your head president of France decides to walk to and keep them there. I wanted more of the podium with your hit single in the it, like a drug-starved junkie. packground, and you successfully sue But, alas, there is no "Kids" on him for it you probably made it. "Congratulations." After coming to ThenMGMTdrops "Congratulations" terms with that fact; I find it strangely on us. Looking back, it is easy to see this admirable. It is so easy to bend one's coming. Their fast rise to stardom; their creative will to the wants of the people; noted discomfort with said stardom especially when their open wallets and their propensity, for the bizarre, fueled your light speed journey to

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By Sadie Jlewitt $tudent Goveriunent support, Staff Writer especially from the incoming SG [email protected] President and USFSP faculty. We The Student Environmental will be working from the bottom up, $.20 Awareness Society (SEAS) has from SG, to faculty, to administration, been wor_king to rally both student to USF's Board of Trustees, and then Ov.erall price increase $16 and Student Government support of the Board of Governors, to have the a semester for full-.time Florida House and Senate bills 505 and Student Green Energy Fund (or the ;. student t!\king four 778, These bills are initiatives to "give right for students to vote on this fee) classes a semester each respective Campus the ability instated on campuses state-wide," $8 to hold a campus wide referendum Cleveland said. to instate a small fee ... used for new According to SG resolution 10- energy conservation technology and 007, "Student Government · support sus~ainability projects," according to · is strictly intended for the purpose of SEAS President Britten Cleveland. advocating students' rights to choose whether or not such a fee is in their The project is known as the low.est increase maximum Student Green Energy Fund. Money interest.'' The fee would "provide of$0.75 per mcre~eof is generated for the fund by adding a the finances to empower students to ..· credit..hour $1.00 per credit student fee of 25 cents to $1 per credit decrease the energy consumption of hour · hour. Passing these Senate and House our campus.'' bills would have given universities in "SEAS is a student organization for all bathrooms." Cleveland said. Florida the option of_holding a student- dedicated to promoting environmental "The savings could in tum be "The university has a great - wide vote to approve. the Activity and stewardship and moving !he campus used for expanding campus activities, opportunity to not only save on Service fee increase. in a sustainable direction. We realize facilities or perhaps even offsetting energy costs but become a beacon for "The bill was scrapped. A lawsuit that the biggest obstacle in doing so students' tuition costs while reducing sustainable practices." between the Florida legislature and the is the lack of funds available for such the universities ecol()gical footprint," Board of Governors was settled last Initiatives. The Student Green Energy week, which means that the Florida fund is a solution for this problem," Senate debates proposed executive and we're giving them ·a generous legislature no longer has control over Cleveland said. budget continued amount," said Bakali of the $89,300 . Another way to make the campus university tuition· and fees. Therefore, recommendation for HAB. HAB is the student network's strategy has more efficient would be to install was allocated $45,315 and required to raise $12,000 in advertising revenue. receiving $19,300 more funding than shifted toward the Board of Governors, LED lighting throughout the campus, last year but was given $35,700 less who will now have control over all cutting energy costs by 50 percent. They received a recommendation for $22,855 for next year. Printing than reqpested. public ~Diversity tuition . rates and Cleveland added, "these funds Leadership reEJ_uested $29,300 and fees," Cleveland said. could be used to expand recycling costs were cut by 50 percent and staff salaries will see a decrease of 50 received · a recommendation for SEAS will continue to push for a on campus; purchase electricity frof!l $20,000, "Yhich is a $3850 increase renewable energy sources, purchase percent ~s well. · future student vote on the green energy from this year's budget. "SG is solar panels to generate our own "If th~y want to print once a week fund. willing to meet them all the way. We "Students will be lobbyjng for electricity and instal! low flow toilets they will have to come up with l_lalf of the money" "We're still funding them believe that leadership is a vital part :The Crow,s Nest is halfway. We're giving them every of this campus and we want to see this operational expense they need except develop," said Bakali. taking applicatio~s . for printing," said Bakali. The debate team was a new entity USF student that SG decided to add to the budget. for the fall! . "We have asked them to· raise a little more than $32,000. We funded them "Instead of having them come in every week to a Senate meeting to make a needs female If you. ~re interested, please visit · enough to print bi-weekly. If they raise the enough m()ney they will still be able to budget requ~st . for a trip we decided · roommates print weekly," Moser said. we'd give them a certain amount Web site at The organization that will experience of money for_what they need to get $300.00 monthly +­ the largest budget increase is 'SG. The done," Bakali said. studentmediaatusfsp.com The Senate will be voting on the Utiljties · SG budget jumped $76,818 from last to get an application. year's Senate approved bHdget · of Executive Budget Proposal this $118,724. The expected SG budget Wednesday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m. in Tyrone Area Home 3 · Completed applications are due by for the upcoming academic year is DAV 130. Senate meetings are open to the public and students that wish Bedrooms, 2 Bath this Friday, April 16th, and can be $195,542, a 64 percent increase from last year. to speak may do so by filling out a returned to the CN office in. the The CPO and · Sen. Moser/explained form and submitting it to the Senate CaLL or text: CAC the budget at the senate meeting in the Pro-Tempore. More information about the budget can be found online at or emailed to most detail. (813) 917-4900 "For the most .part, Harborside is studentmediaatusfsp .com [email protected]. receiving everything they need r--

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8 ·THE CROW'S NEST · . VOLUME 44 • ISSUE 24 """ ~ SPORTS It's time to get Rowdy in Tampa Bay again

By Greg Lindberg Chad Burt is a midfielder for forward to it." Section Editor Burt admitted there are some g Zindber@ mail .~~;sf.edu the Rowdies who most recently played for the Carolina Railhawks . language barriers among his It is kind of like "Back to the and Milwaukee Wave. Burt, 22, t~ammates, but everyone gets Future": An old sports franchise is currently the assistant director along well. He is also thrilled has been reborn. of coaching for Strictly Soccer about playing professionally in The Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer Futbol Club in St. Petersburg. the place where he grew up. team is back in action ill 2010. The A Northeast High School "It's. unreal"' he said of . the old Rowdies club existed from graduate and St. Petersburg native, local opportunity. "My family 1975 to 1993. They won the 1975 Burt started pl

known as "PC Tampa Bay;" will Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rowdies Website the former players . . through early October. with their compete in the USL division of the Burt.attended the team combine home games at Steinbrenner Field United States Soccer Federation "It gave us -some reassurance and was given a trial period to in Tampa. Division 2 Pro League. In basic that we have good players," he prove himself. He was invited back . The Rowdies first regular terms, they are a minor-league said. for preseason and subsequently season game is Friday, April 16 at soccer team. The league consists Another thing these players signed a contract. He scored a goal Crystal Palace in Baltimore. Their of two six-team divisions. The have is diversity. in ~he game against PC Dallas and first home game is Saturday, May two division winners, along with Active playe_rs. are from :qine is hoping to be a starter. Burt said 8 at 7:30 p.m. against the Austin the next six best teanis, will differentcountriesincludingJa pan, he sees good things ahead for his Aztex. advance to the playoffs .. New Zealand, Zimbabwe and team. General admission tickets will The team's coach is Paul Haiti. Several are Floridians and "I have pretty high-expectations cost $12 to $15. Dalglish, a 33-year-old former most have played professionally for the season," he said. "We have For more information, visit MLS player from Scotland. The · in other leagues. some good talent so I'm lo~king fctampa~ay .com. son of renowned coach Kenny Dalglish, . he played 14 seasons professionally before becoming a , coach. "I think I was born with CERT a soccer ball at my feet," he said. FREE 0 "It's all I was ever interested in. CONCERT of MUSIC for MEDITATION The only two things I cafe about in my life are soccer . and my family:'' Mon.day April 19th "It's great to be part of a club with. tradition because there's · 7:30pm . not many clubs in America with THE . . ' tradition," he said. "Of course with ·that comes a responsibility PALLADIUM at ST. PETERSBURG COLL EGE and respect. But as much as we 253 5th Ave. N., St. Petersburg respect the past, we must make our own history ... this year and in Tickets are free, but reservations the years to come." are.required~ Please call: Dalglish noted the team performed well in the preseason, 727-725•0013 beating the Philadelphia Union , an MLS team, and tying PC Dallas. www.songsofthesoul.com