USF research is in the spot-light following the death of a primate used for research after the animal had been deprived of water, in violation of the Animal Welfare Act.

In a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture dated Sept. 15, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an Ohio-based animal rights group, demanded an investigation into two sepa-rate incidents of animal abuse resulting from a study titled “Obesity, Diabetes, Aging and Their Complications” conducted at USF last year.

SAEN has asked the USDA to fine USF up to $10,000 for every infraction, such as fail-ure to monitor the primates, a

failure to seek veterinary care and illegal withholding of water. The total penalty could reach a maximum of $100,000, accord-ing to SAEN.

USF will no longer conduct any primate research projects following the incident, accord-ing to a statement from USF Health.

“These kinds of things are not common; the number of times that I have seen research pro-tocols permanently terminated is very few. And then on top of that, to actually relocate the ani-mals to a different facility is vir-tually unheard of,” said Michael Budkie, co-founder of SAEN.

On April 30, 2013, USF reported 27 primates used in the research study were deprived water for a 14-hour time period. In January of this year, USF

reported that the diabetic mon-keys had been deprived of water overnight on several occasions, were not being weighed at established intervals, and the research staff failed to contact veterinary staff once the pri-mates reached the clinical end-point.

USF researchers restrict-ed fluids under the belief it would enhance urine volume and concentration which was being analyzed for measures of glucose. Though urine collec-tion was permitted, food and water deprivation is a violation of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocol.

In addition to an investiga-tion into the incidents, the inci-dent in January eventually led to four primates going into ketosis,

It may be difficult for col-lege students to predict exactly where their degrees will land them, but new data released by the Florida Board of Governors (BOG) is telling students just that.

Last Wednesday, the BOG released a data report that will help Florida students see exactly how far their degree might take them.

Though they were only able to trace 86 percent of Florida’s 2012 graduating class of 56,161, the data showed that 67 percent of the gradu-ates held full-time jobs, 9 per-cent pursued further education and 24 percent worked while enrolled in further education.

While this broadly encom-passes all Florida institutions, Paul Dosal, USF vice provost for student success, believes that within this data, USF has been very successful at pre-paring students for their post-graduation plans. However, he still thinks the university can do better.

“I want to make sure we’re placing students in the job that’s in the career of their choice, at a good starting sal-ary and that they’re satisfied with their experience at USF,” Dosal said. “We’re not satis-fied with where we are; we want to do better in so many other (areas).”

Among the majors with the highest percentage of full-time employment for bachelor’s degree recipients were gradu-ates in education, engineer-ing technicians, and comput-er and information sciences. The lowest percentage corre-sponded to biological sciences, language and linguistics, and physical sciences.

It was a self reported study and the BOG said the miss-

ing data does not suggest the 8,063 graduates unaccounted for were unemployed or not enrolled in further education. These students are assumed to be out of state and were not able to be tracked.

USF extends many oppor-tunities for employability to students through job fairs, Employ-A-Bull’s interview stream feature in which stu-dents can participate in mock virtual interviews, and Career Express, where students can have their resumes critiqued by peers in Career Services, said Russ Coughenour, assis-tant vice president for Career Services at USF.

Coughenour said the large number of companies that par-ticipated in the job fair from Sept. 23 to 25 (95 on the first day alone) served as an indi-cator of USF’s visibility in the workforce.

“It’s a competitive landscape and I think that it’s critically important for Florida’s econo-my to keep working toward job generation,” Coughenour said. “Right now, I believe the jobs for entry-level candidates are very good.”

Coughenour said some peo-ple are discouraged when they see the overall job market isn’t doing well, even though the market for entry-level jobs, jobs offered to students right out of college, might be very strong.

While the report might pro-vide good news for some grad-uating seniors, the versatility of the workforce makes it dif-ficult to predict the results for years to come. Coughenour said the elections in November will heavily affect job out-comes for graduating students.

“Right now it looks to me like things are in very good shape,” he said. “I think that (next year) we will meet or exceed the numbers that were recorded this past time.”

The first case of Ebola in the U.S. was reported in Texas on Tuesday and awareness is spreading quickly now that the crisis is at our doorstep.

But awareness started sooner for USF Honors College profes-sor Samantha Gomes and her Acquisition of Knowledge class.

“Now we all have to work together to solve the problem because we can’t hide behind the idea that it’s not here anymore,” she said. “We’re all definitely in the same boat.”

In early September, Gomes and her class of 75 students started Bulls Against Ebola, a crowd funding website to raise money for preventive measures in the countries affected before the virus can spread further.

“Our real big goal was focus-ing on the idea while it is in the smaller stage,” Gomes said.

The outbreak began in West Africa in March. This incident rose to as many as 6,000 docu-mented cases, with a fatality rate

of around 50 percent, according to the World Health Organization.

“People tend to look over and say that West Africa is so dif-ferent from us,” Gomes said. “That’s why it’s happening there and it’s not happening here.”

The campaign aims to provide containment suits for the doc-tors treating patients who could spread the virus through direct contact.

The idea came about when

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Gomes listened to the news one day on her way to work. She said as soon as she left her car, she didn’t hear anyone else openly mention the pandemic. So she brought it up to her class.

“About halfway through the class, one of my students said, ‘Why don’t we create the ice bucket challenge, but for Ebola?”” she said.

While this wasn’t the direction the campaign ultimately took, Gomes said she liked the idea of her class taking action, rather than “just talking” about it.

Gomes also said the idea fit well with her Acquisition of Knowledge class, which is based on philosophical discussion about the world and the spread of knowledge.

“It really does give a way to interact with the world that we speculate on so much,” said Anandpall Rehsi, one of Gomes’

students and a freshman major-ing in music studies.

In addition to starting the Bulls Against Ebola funding site and Facebook page, Gomes and her students are organizing events for USF students this fall.

“We like the concept of spread-ing awareness in an engaging way,” said Jackson Cardarelli, a freshman majoring in infor-mation technology. “If the very human element of our move-ment and our cause resonates with anybody, USF student or not, we want you on our team.”

Cardarelli and the other stu-dents aim to organize concerts, carnivals and academic panels to raise funds while engaging the student body.

Other students plan to cre-ate T-shirts for donations, and Cardarelli is involved in making a Facebook banner that he said he hopes will become viral.

The campaign is giving money to a charity called Direct Relief, which provides humanitarian and medical aid to those in need.

On the campaign’s website, the minimum donation is $10, which is enough to purchase a contamination suit to protect doctors from Ebola. To them, this makes the effort much more personal.

Gomes and her students aim to raise $7,500, though only $100 has been raised, as of Wednesday.

“That’s really our message: that the people being affected by (this) are no different than us, even though they may be that far away,” Gomes said.

Though too early to tell, Gomes and her students hope the campaign will have an “ALS effect” on campus.

“We want to spread awareness beyond just a core group of stu-dents,” Gomes said. “The mini-mum donation buys an isolation gown. Even (that) really makes a difference.”

More information about the service project can be found at crowdrise.com/bullsagainstebola.

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a condition in which the body metabolizes fat instead of glu-cose, making the blood more acidic and damaging the liver and kidneys. This resulted in one monkey being euthanized.

The university self reported the incident to federal authori-ties and, according to USF, fed-eral authorities accepted the corrective measures and consid-ered the case closed.

As a result of the incidents, the study was suspended and all animal-use privileges, includ-ing access to animal facilities, were suspended for all research staff involved in the study. Additionally, all animals involved in the study were transferred to a facility in Immokalee owned by Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.

USF did not identify the pri-mary researcher.

In correspondence with the National Institutes of Health, Paul Sanberg, senior vice presi-dent of Research and Innovation at USF, stated no federal funds were used in the noncompliant activities related to this study and all costs were paid from a non-federal source.

According to USF Health’s statement, “as an institution, USF believes in the respectful and ethical treatment of ani-mals in research projects. The university has a vigorous review and training process. USF will continue to abide by all state and federal laws and guide-lines.”

USF currently does not have any active primate research projects. However, Budkie has sent a letter to President Judy Genshaft requesting the uni-versity never use primates in future experimentation. As of Wednesday afternoon, Genshaft has not responded to Budkie’s request.

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Haunted houses used to be the stuff of legend: Victorian mansions falling into decay, where unhappy spirits lie in wait for unsuspecting victims to wander inside.

For 15 years, those legends have been toppling out of superstition and into Tampa at Busch Gardens’ annual night-marish event, Howl-O-Scream.

Ben DeWitt is the enter-tainment project manager for Howl-O-Scream and has been helping bring the terror of the haunted house to life since 2008.

“We work very, very hard on the detail,” DeWitt said. “When people go through these houses — we obviously have guests that return over and over again — and as they go through, we would love it if they could find something a little newer and little cooler every time. We try and add those layers of detail. It’s very similar to one of your favorite movies … the first time you watch it again and you’ll say, ‘Oh I didn’t notice that the first time.’”

“Dead Fall” is a term used to describe fallen trees and branches, but it is also the name of Howl-O-Scream’s new ghost-filled house.

The house’s exterior is that of a moldy and decrepit Victorian greenhouse. Howl-O-Scream fans were given the chance to vote on some of the elements that will appear inside. DeWitt said the house itself is divided into scenes, which include a dusty tool shed, a macabre tea party, and a dark and winding hedge maze, among several others.

“We loved the idea of a greenhouse; that’s just inher-ently creepy,” DeWitt said.

“We grabbed a hold of the greenhouse idea and then we went, ‘How do we turn that into a story?’ We decided that a greenhouse haunted by the inhabitants of years past that are constantly trying to add more to their group is a great idea for a story to tell in a house like this.”

DeWitt said they’re con-stantly working on new houses and ideas for Howl-O-Scream and already have plans for 2015 in the works. The idea for Dead Fall was one he said they had been “workshop-ping” for a while, and instal-lation and construction for the houses started back in April.

“It’s built like you’re build-ing a regular house: there’s a lot of phases we have to go through; there’s a lot of safety checks we have to go through; there’s different layers of con-struction, from building the walls to running the electricity and doing all that,” he said. “So it’s not as simple as paint-ing some plywood. It’s an intricate process we have to get started with pretty early.”

Before even entering Dead Fall, guests are treated to ter-rors that have spilled out of the house.

“We do our best to keep the creepiness going,” DeWitt said. “We very intentionally lighted a pathway through here because, obviously we want everybody to be safe, but we also want them to get the chance to get a good look at all the elements we worked hard on putting out here.”

DeWitt said the average walkthrough time for each house really depends on how scared you are. Terror enthusiasts will linger for four to five minutes while others are only interested in getting out alive.

Dead Fall is home to about 30 ghastly figures. There are an additional 150-200 ghouls roaming the park to frighten guests. The audition process began back in July and lasted through September.

“We have a full month of rehearsals. All through September, we’re getting ready,” DeWitt said. “We actu-ally go through. Our creative director and our executive producer will walk through the house and talk through each scare position with each actor — every single one of them — throughout the event.”

Dead Fall is just one of eight houses. Zombie Containment Unit 15 is another new addi-tion to Howl-O-Scream.

“We’re always looking to bring the next level of interactivity and uniqueness to our guests and we thought: what better way to do that then actually putting them to work,” DeWitt said. “We’re using laser tag technology, we’re actually arming all of our guests with what we call a ‘Z.E.D.’”

DeWitt said, of this year’s returning houses, The Experiment is his favorite. Those willing to brave The Curse, this year’s theme, can find a full list of houses and more information on their website.

“Once you’re cursed, you have to come and survive a night at Busch Gardens,” DeWitt said. “The idea with that is we wanted to let our guests curse their friends (on social media) and make it a little bit easier for them to get their friends to come out and visit as well. It’s a level of interactivity we’re constantly striving for.”

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play with a lot of confidence; they play fast.”

ECU’s offense, which put up 70 points against North Carolina this season, will likely present a challenge for the Bulls.

Senior defensive lineman Elkino Watson said the defense is focusing on putting pressure on Carden and knocking him to the ground.

“He’s a pretty good quarter-back, but I think what we’ve got to do defensively is get after him, see how much he can take hits, and see how much he can get hit, get back up and be able to keep playing,” Watson said.

Progression of the defense

Lee said the way the Bulls played in the first half against Wisconsin is the model for how they want to play the rest of the season.

“We had a couple of penalties that held us back, but for the most part, the first half was our identity,” Lee said.

Lee said even though it was

the best defensive half the Bulls have played this season, they are still working on fixing tech-nique.

“Everyone’s working on their fundamentals,” Lee said. “Also, effort, running to the ball. ECU is a spread team; they’re going to be a lot of screens and throw-ing the ball.”

Deadrin Senat played in the place of injured senior nose tackle Todd Chandler against Wisconsin and Lee said he was impressed with how Senat han-dled the situation.

“I felt like he held his own,” Lee said. “There were a couple times where he was like ‘Hey, what’s the play?’ but besides that, I feel like that game was good for him for experience – being thrown into the fire.”

Chandler is returning to action against ECU after his eye injury and Lee said having the senior back will help the depth of the defensive line.

“With Todd coming back, being able to rotate them in, that’ll be a force to reckon with,” Lee said.

USF will host East Carolina at Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.

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Bulls focused on fixing drops in bye weekUSF has struggled to find

consistency in its offense this season and coach Willie Taggart has continually cited dropped passes as the root of the problem.

As the Bulls prepare for East Carolina over the next week, they will continue to find dif-ferent solutions to fix the pass-ing game, including shooting tennis balls at the receivers in practice.

“I think some of those things are coachable. You can get them corrected,” Taggart said. “We’ve done some dif-ferent things with a tennis ball machine where they have to catch tennis balls. A lot of different things to get them on track.”

Taggart didn’t deny that he would look to younger receiv-ers to make plays, but he wasn’t confident they could get the job done just yet.

“We can’t have young guys coming in and dropping balls, too. We need guys to catch the football,” Taggart said.

The passing game will be aided by the return of senior wide receiver Andre Davis, who has been back at practice all week.

Davis wore a red no-contact jersey during practice, but has been catching passes and will likely be an important factor in the offense against ECU.

“He’s back; he’s made some good catches around here,” Taggart said. “We’re not easing anyone in, we’re trying to find guys that are going to make plays so we can all ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh.’”

Preparing for No. 22 ECU

Sophomore defensive line-man Eric Lee said the team has watched film on ECU, but he wasn’t impressed with Heisman-candidate quarter-back Shane Carden.

“Nothing special, just like any other quarterback,” Lee said. “He’s short, that’s my only assessment.”

Taggart disagreed whole-

heartedly with his defensive lineman.

“I don’t think he was look-ing at the same East Carolina,” Taggart said. “They’re a very

talented football team; the quarterback’s a stud. You watch the kids play and they

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USF was tied 0-0 at halftime against Georgia Southern in Corbett Stadium on Wednesday night.

But despite not yet leading against an inferior team, coach George Kiefer was happy with his players when he walked into the locker room at halftime.

“When I went in the lock-er room, I was really pleased because they were not happy with their first half performance,” Kiefer said.

The Bulls would go on to score three goals in less than 20 min-utes, beginning with a header by freshman midfielder Eduardo Maceira off a corner kick by senior midfielder Lucas Baldin in the 53rd minute, giving the Bulls a 3-0 victory.

Senior forward Tyler Blackwood scored his first goal as a Bull two minutes and 15 seconds after the opening goal by Maceira. He said the Bulls’ second half dominance came from the team’s discussion in the locker room at halftime.

“Not really many changes, but it was our mentality,” Blackwood said. “We said that we know we are better than this team. We had to go out and put more work in, and as you can see, we were more explosive in the second half.”

Kiefer said the return of sophomore midfielder Duane Muckette, who tore his MCL ear-lier in the season, helped to open up the offense in the second half as well.

“What you did see was Duane Muckette come in and start the second half and really bring a lot of good ball movement,” Kiefer

said. “He started every game last year, so to finally get him back gives us more options.”

USF (5-3) finished the match with 21 shots, compared to four from Georgia Southern (4-4). Kiefer was impressed by his team’s passing, which opened up those shots for the Bulls to take.

“Some of the goals came off of nine or 10 passes, and that’s some of the stuff you like to see,” Kiefer said.

With USF resuming conference play Saturday against Temple at Corbett Stadium, Blackwood said the Bulls are just starting to find their groove.

“From the start of the season, we had so much talent, but it was coming from all different places,” Blackwood said. “We just needed it to click. It took a couple of games, but we’re roll-ing and we’re just going to go on from here.”

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