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University of South Florida Scholar Commons Crow's Nest University History: Campus Publications 9-4-2018 Crow's Nest : 2018 : 09 : 04 University of South Florida St. Petersburg Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest Recommended Citation University of South Florida St. Petersburg, "Crow's Nest : 2018 : 09 : 04" (2018). Crow's Nest. 774. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest/774 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University History: Campus Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Crow's Nest by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LETTERS, page 6 FEATURES, page 7 FEATURES, page 4 LIBRARY TO THE RESCUE MEET LT. ANDREWS VEGAN COMFORT FOOD? It’s no secret that textbooks are Ever wondered about those campus It’s real! 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The Reef cut out a large amount of its single-use plastics in order to lower its carbon footprint. Plastic clamshells, disposable lids and straws are no longer available at the dining hall. Instead, students will find reusable green to-go containers and cups with lids for $5 with a meal plan. “Sustainability is the MARTHA RHINE | THE CROW’S NEST responsibility of all of us,” said Louis Duran, general Freshmen Jenna Sierra (left) and Karla Correa test out the new selfie stations posted around the Museum of Fine Arts’ new exhibit “This Is Not A Selfie.” See story page 5 manager of Sodexo. “We also understand you lead busy lives, so The Reef does a lot of the work for you behind the scenes.” University still embattled in parking garage suit Students can bring the By Emily Wunderlich parking garage elevator on the of Sarasota, the attorney plus an earlier conviction for [email protected] to-go containers back to the afternoon of Feb. 22, 2016. representing L.E. in the grand theft, landed Fudge dinning hall to be washed ore than two years It contends that the university case, did not return phone in the Pinellas County Jail and replaced by clean ones, after a female student and campus police “failed to messages from The Crow’s between May 27, 2016, and free of charge. was accosted in the provide adequate security” or Nest. The university’s Feb. 27, 2017. This isn’t the first eco- M warn her of past and potential attorney, James B. Thompson He was returned to jail July campus parking garage, her friendly effort Sodexo has lawsuit against the university crimes in the area and seeks at of St. Petersburg, also did not 3 for violating his probation made in The Reef. is still unresolved. least $15,000 in damages. return calls for comment. and then sentenced to 18 By having biodegradable The lawsuit, filed in June But the university, which Although the lawsuit months in state prison, with disposables and napkins 2017, contends that the woman acknowledges that the student identifies the woman as L.E., credit for time served in the made from recycled – identified as L.E. in court was a victim of “lewdness and/ some court documents fail to county jail. material, Sodexo has made documents – was “sexually or indecent exposure,” denies redact her name. The incident occurred around the university a much assaulted” by a man who she was sexually assaulted under She could not be reached 4:20 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2016. greener place to dine in. masturbated behind her in a the definitions of federal law. for comment, but her social L.E. was leaving campus after It also uses a sustainable It contends that the lawsuit media indicates that she class when she noticed Fudge dishwashing system and should be dismissed, arguing graduated from the university masturbating behind her in one works with an oil recycling that – as an agency of state last year. The Crow’s Nest of the parking garage elevators. company to convert used oil government – the university does not name victims of When the elevator stopped to biofuel, as well as buying has “sovereign immunity” and sex-related crimes. on the fourth floor, a police local seasonal produce to is immune from a civil lawsuit. Meanwhile, the man report says, L.E. “felt a breeze avoid transport pollution. The doctrine of sovereign who was charged in the case behind her and something Sodexo’s efforts in the immunity stems from a and ultimately went to state wet touch her buttocks area.” past years have earned longstanding tenet of English prison was released on Feb. Security video later showed it several sustainability law that the sovereign – or 27, according to the Florida Fudge bending behind her, distinctions, such as the government – can do no wrong. Department of Corrections. “possibly recording her RobecoSAM Sustainability After a May court hearing, Willie Fudge III, now 27, personal groin area … and Award Gold Class 2018. Pinellas County Circuit Judge was arrested seven days after lifting her dress from behind.” Sodexo was also named COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Thomas Minkoff gave both the parking garage incident. He Fudge, a non-student of the top-rated company in CORRECTIONS parties two weeks to make was charged with one count of the university who lived Willie Fudge III, now 27, was its sector on the Dow Jones charged in 2016 with one arguments in response to the exposure of sexual organs, a nearby, was reported on Sustainability Index for the count of exposure of sexual university’s motion to dismiss misdemeanor, and four counts campus three other times 13th year. organs, a misdemeanor, and the case. The arguments were of battery, for touching a person that week. four counts of battery, for filed on May 17 and are now against her will. But he was not >> SEE MILESTONE on P2 touching a person against awaiting a ruling from Minkoff. charged with sexual assault. her will in the campus >> SEE EMBATTLED on P2 parking garage Damian B. Mallard The parking garage charges, THE CROW’S NEST THE CROW’S NEST IS THE WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST. Since 1969 PETERSBURG. ALL CONTENT IN THE PUBLICATION IS PRODUCED BY USFSP STUDENTS. SINGLE COPIES FREE. September 4, 2018 THE CROW’S NEST EMBATTLED, continued from P1 While university police Two days later, on Feb. were interviewing L.E. and 24, a fourth woman called searching for the offender, police to say a man had a second woman reported followed her up the north a lewd and lascivious stairwell of the garage, incident in which a man pretending that he thought tried to force her hand into her car was his, and leaving his groin area after a verbal once she got in it. exchange with him. Campus police Security footage identified the parking showed a third woman garage assailant as Fudge who had used the north and caught up with him stairwell and “was several days later, when completely unaware that St. Petersburg police Fudge was behind her and arrested Fudge on a charge masturbating,” according of domestic battery against to police. That woman did his former girlfriend that not come forward. was later dropped. MARTHA RHINE | THE CROW’S NEST In a negligence lawsuit filed against the university in 2017, a former student alleges the Be careful, police say police department failed to provide adequate security or warn her of potential dangers when she was accosted in the parking garage. University police offer these recommendations for students, faculty and staff: • Be alert to your surroundings • Avoid distractions. • Walk with others when possible. • Always have a plan. • Trust your instincts. • Secure your belongings. • Report suspicious persons and incidents. Corrections The secretive legislative panel that investigated homosexuality in Florida schools between 1956 and 1965 was called the Johns Committee. A story in the Aug. 27 edition incorrectly called it the John Committee. A photo that ran Aug. 27 with “Rec fest brings students outdoors” was wrongly attributed to Martha Rhine. The photo was taken by Emily Bowers. MILESTONE, continued from P1 Duran pushes for a new “I really became aware sustainability effort each of the problem, I wanted year. He plans to continue to utilize my power as this push by working with a student,” Jacobs said. the Starbucks on campus “When you see those to reduce their single-use Starbucks cups, straws and plastic consumption. lids on our campus beach, Eventually, he would that’s when you know it’s also like to get rid of plastic actually serious and we are silverware, but dishes have the problem.” been “disappearing at an Jacobs suggests alarming rate,” while the cost investing in reusable coffee of replacing them is high. mugs and containers, such The best way to further as the ones available for sustainability efforts is purchase in The Reef or to make sure students are your own Tupperware educated on them.