Talk:University of South Florida
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Would anyone care of I added some local anecdotes to the page? For some reason I am compelled to comment on how the ENB building is often referred to as the fishbowl.--24.92.194.173 06:45, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- The glass windows are a good clue...Dominick 10:30, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The upcoming Chemistry building has plenty of glass windows and even an area circular in design. Also, the Education building already has this feature, yet I still think the ENB will remain the fishbowl. It's not just the glass windows, but the kind of glass used (it's those weird glass cubes/building blocks you can barely see through) and the fact there is typically a crowd in there, much like a bunch of fish inside a fishbowl.--24.92.194.173 00:07, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I was there when it opened, as a Engineering student. It was the fishbowl from the beginning. Of course I also called it the Palace of Engineering. Many engineering classes were held across campus in Cooper hall (Arts building) where attractive girls would frequent, interrupting the mostly male Engineering students waiting on classes. I Referred to that as the "Babe Breezeway", and across the quad as the "Business Bunker". Dominick 02:39, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I say go for it... add this stuff to the article. Sekicho 13:02, Jun 10, 2004 (UTC)
There are too many important things missing from the article. Student culture is one aspec that wikipedia can excel in. Two examples. One is the spelunker club, where a studetn had to go down into the poorly locked and sealed bomb shelter under the dorms. The "hill" was one campus hot spot. I may add articles about it. Before the Marshall center was expanded, there was a circle of hedges about the hill behind the then Student Center. Many would go there to talk, canoodle, have harder beverages, or smoke. Come to think of it, the same things happened in the bomb shelter. Hill activities were pretty much ignored by the universty police, and administration. Many suspect that the Marshall center expansion was made to demolish this haven, and many students participated in a "save the Hill" campaign. Dominick 13:18, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)
This article needs a revamp and quick. The Honors College needs to be mentioned since it is fairly new (established 2002 by Judy Genshaft)...I'm not biased at all. Really! :-)
But seriously, the major rebuilding of the campus, and the addition of buildings, should be of importance in the article. I can try to write more than that but I'm fairly new so it'd take me a while to get to know places and people. Mike H 21:08, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
- Honors isn't entirely new -- before it was a college, it was just known as the Honors Program, and dates from at least the late 1980s. Tregoweth 22:29, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
- I am aware. Mike H 22:45, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)
Al-Arian
I've moved the following material from Sami Al-Arian, that is more abt the institution than abt him --Jerzy(t) 07:32, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
- The American Association of University Professors indicated that it would formally censure USF if Al-Arian was fired, a move that would have likely dissuaded many top professors from teaching at USF. On January 6, 2003, the United Faculty of Florida, the union representing Al-Arian and other USF professors, filed a formal grievance against Genshaft, alleging that continuing to bar Al-Arian from the campus was tantamount to continued disciplinary action without due process, that the disciplinary actions were a violation of Al-Arian's academic freedoms, and that the university had discriminated against Al-Arian due to his ethnic background.
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- The AAUP indicated that they did not feel due process had been followed in Al-Arian's case, but chose to condemn, rather than formally censure, USF at their 2003 annual meeting.
The following lks are pertinent:
- AAUP Resolution Condemning the Administration of the University of South Florida (http://www.aaup.org/Com-a/Institutions/archives/2003/USFresol.htm)
- The United Faculty of Florida's Al-Arian Page (http://w3.usf.edu/~uff/AlArian/) maintained by the faculty union at USF
I would up date the logo picture to match the new view, but I am unsure as to its legality. Chotchki 05:13, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Merger of The Oracle
Per the VfD consensus at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/The Oracle Newspaper, information about The Oracle has been merged to this article. --TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)