Meet the Candidates the Student Body Will Vote at Their Respective Polling Locations Across Campuses, from 9 A.M.-5 P.M
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THE ORACLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 I VOL. 57 NO. 32 www.usforacle.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Meet the candidates The student body will vote at their respective polling locations across campuses, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or online March 2-5. Peter Radulovic and Thomas Knudsen Trevor Martindale and Darnell Henderson By Devin Perry knowledgeable about By Leda Alvim and consolidation. MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR internal university Under their “4 workings,” Radulovic said. Consolidation” initiative, Student body presidential “It’s not like you just go to As the only non- Martindale and Henderson candidate Peter Radulovic Student Government and Tampa ticket running in plan on implementing and vice presidential you can get things done, this year’s presidential a “trolley system” for candidate Thomas Knudsen it’s like we’ll have people election, candidates Trevor students to travel to all three are reaching out to students whose job is to personally Martindale and Darnell campuses — Tampa, St. to make sure their voices figure out how to solve your Peter Radulovic. Henderson from the St. Pete and Sarasota-Manatee Trevor Martindale. are the driving force behind problems.” ORACLE PHOTO Pete campus advocate for — free of charge. The SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE initiatives. Knudsen, who was added accessibility and uniformity initiative would be based Core to their campaign is to the ticket last Sunday, with their platform “4 All.” on a partnership with a implementing an “advocacy wants to focus on addressing With accessibility and bus company, consequently, council,” a group comprised the ongoing traffic issue on uniformity leading their leading to more campus of representatives chosen by campus. A bus initiative was campaign, their platform resources accessibility, Radulovic and Knudsen that added once Knudsen joined incorporates four initiatives according to Martindale. can act on behalf of students the ticket. focused on specific issues “So if we’re going to be and marginalized groups. “The absolute main thing across all three campuses, one USF, we need to have “The council would that I care about is the bus Thomas Knudsen. including student success, resources available for the Darnell Henderson. ORACLE PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE consist of people health, the environment n See RADULOVIC on PAGE 3 n See MARTINDALE on PAGE 3 ORACLE Claire Mitchell and Gustavo Spangher Kuchari and Hyelampa Thlala Kolo By Alyssa Stewart decided to create or keep By Jorgelina Manna-Rea goals on their platform. EDITOR IN CHIEF initiatives that they were CORRESPONDENT Some of these goals stand passionate about and would out from the rest of their Presidential campaigning benefit a consolidated For presidential and vice platform as well as the for Claire Mitchell could university. presidential candidates other candidates including be considered a déjà vu Their new initiatives Kuchari and Hyelampa subsidizing housing, moment. However, for are outlined in their “Go Thlala Kolo, sharing family expanding Bulls Media and Kuchari Thlala Kolo. running mate Gustavo for G.O.L.D.” platform and status as international building a center to house Claire Mitchell. SPECIAL TO THE SPECIAL TO THE Spangher it’s an entirely which stands for growth, students is what sets their Tedx talks for USF students. ORACLE new playing field. opportunity, loyalty and ORACLE campaign apart from the “The price of housing is After former presidential development. others. skyrocketing,” said Kuchari. candidate Yusuf Fattah This meant other “We’ve experienced “As student government, withdrew from the election initiatives had to go, like different types of places, we should be able to cut a last week, the new ticket advocating to remove the +/- so we have a different due or subsidize housing for started the second week of system on a student’s GPA. leadership mentality,” said students on all campuses.” campaigning by rebuilding “There were so many Hyelampa, referring to There is also talk by their Hyelampa Thlala Kolo. their website and initiatives. amazing initiatives that I growing up in Nigeria. campaign to create a “USF Gustavo Spangher. SPECIAL TO THE SPECIAL TO THE As a compromise, the two The campaign has six ORACLE n See MITCHELL on PAGE 3 ORACLE n See KOLO on PAGE 3 NEWS 3 OPINION 6 SPORTS 8 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 ● THE ORACLE The Oracle THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1966 Editor in Chief Alyssa Stewart @AlyssaKStewart Managing Editor Leda Alvim @thats.leda News Editor Devin Perry Opinion Editor Nathaniel Sweet Sports Editor Brian Hattab @BrianHattab33 Copy Editor Haley Wirth Staff Writers Jared Sellick Nolan Brown Hannah Halili Lauren Pieper Graphic Artists Aysia Hixenbaugh Kennedy Murdock CLASSIFIEDS Advertising Sales To place a classified ad go to http://www.usforacle.com/clas- Victoria Arama sifieds Kennedy Murdock Katelyn Williams HELP WANTED BY PHONE Editor ................. 974-5190 Sales assistant wholesale fabric distributor. Working with Director of Business News ................. 974-1888 Development for sampling, Advertising ............ 974-2620 correspondence and product placement. Classified .............. 974-2620 Part-time flexible hours and days. CORRECTIONS Contact Don Miller 813-220-7511 www.reliatex.com The Oracle will correct or clarify factual errors. Email [email protected] Contact Editor in Chief Alyssa Stewart at 974-5190. NEWS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ● THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 ● THE ORACLE 3 KOLO MITCHELL Continued from PAGE 1 Continued from PAGE 1 Tedx Center.” was working on with Yusuf “We want students to that it was really hard to come together and show narrow it down to ones I how brilliant we are at felt strongly about, but we USF,” said Hyelampa. have a limited time in office They also want to so we don’t want to have expand Bulls Media so that anything on our platform it is accessible to all three of that we can’t follow USF’s campuses — Tampa, through on,” Mitchell said. Gustavo Spangher and Claire Mitchell. St. Pete and Sarasota- Hyelampa and Kuchari Thlala Kolo. However, an initiative SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE Manatee — and elevate it SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE that the ticket believes is as a medium for students addressing parking consolidation in mind. worth expanding is Bulls — located near Bruce B. “The first two days were to express themselves. issues, maintaining what They intend to be inclusive Country — a service that Downs and Fowler Avenue super stressful for me They want students to each campus’s Student of USF’s three campuses. provides discounts to — are only granted to because I needed to catch be comfortable calling Government (SG) has “I want to make sure stores in the local area Tampa students and not St. up,” Spangher said. “I was in to discuss concerns previously set forth and that the campuses with — so that it’s accessible Pete or Sarasota-Manatee watching consolidation and promote events they rewarding the leaders of the smaller population universitywide. students. and [Student Government] are involved in on their student organizations for [Sarasota-Manatee and St. For example, Spangher Even given the late from afar so after I became respective campuses. their work. Pete] aren’t being starved,” said Tampa-based campaign start, Spangher involved with this, I really The other goals of With all of these goals, said Kuchari. restaurant discounts, said this week has allowed had to dig deep and do my their campaign include the Kolo siblings have kept such as Grain and Berry him to catch up. research.” MARTINDALE RADULOVIC Continued from PAGE 1 Continued from PAGE 1 people who may be able system and how awful it to afford cars have a cheap is at the current moment,” ride to each campus,” Knudsen said. Martindale said. “If they’re He said his plan is to going to be paying all these introduce “smarter bus extra fees in the future, routes.” then they should be able “Have you looked at Thomas Knudsen and Peter Radulovic. to enjoy it regardless of the bus map? It doesn’t ORACLE PHOTO/LEDA ALVIM wherever they are.” Trevor Martindale and Darnell Henderson. make any sense. I’m sure system that goes around to the existing tech fee In regard to Student SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE someone tried to think each campus, one in the students pay per credit Government (SG) elections, senatorial would be $1,500 and accessibility to all through it, but it doesn’t morning and one in the hour, Knudsen, a third- Martindale and Henderson and $500, respectively. three campuses, especially work at all.” evening.” year engineering student, want to work on reshaping “We want people to not after consolidation going While buses on campus The initiative would run proposes block funding, the way campaigning be intimidated and think into effect on July 1. are a concern for the vice through partnerships with which is allocated funding works. it’s impossible to attain a “Coming from St. Pete, presidential candidate, USF to supply the buses for specific programs, to Martindale and position just because they we are a smaller campus the presidential candidate and operations. entice students’ creativity Henderson plan to don’t spend like thousands and Tampa is the majority, is looking at the public Another way they hope and innovation on campus. implement finance reform of dollars on their but I do believe that we transportation systemwide. to connect with students “[We’d] ask the students by imposing donation campaign,” Martindale should come together as “We came up with is by implementing an how they would like these caps for presidential said. a whole and be a united this intercampus “engineering commission,” issues solved, and if you and gubernatorial Although both front together, making sure transit exchange which is a program come up with a solution, elections. 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