As I lay belly down on the leaf-covered ground providing security to nearby cadets, I felt a smooth consistent weight sliding on my left calf. Glancing back, I was greeted with the empty, sharp eyes of a rattlesnake resting his head on my leg. Both fight and fear overcame me at this point, and I [...]

“Claymore set and ready to kill, sir,” said third-year cadet Joe Wyatt with both a straight face and a wry tone as he placed the imaginary remote-control explosive in the dirt. It was the second day of fall FTX, Army speak for Field Training Exercises, and the cadets of USF’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program [...]

News editor, Fatima Duran, details her experience on her weekend with the ROTC.

As students volunteered or were drafted for war, USF faced unexpected changes

The Foghorn Staff discusses the role of ROTC on campus.

Columnist Joey Belleza responds to a previous letter to the President from a group of concerned students.

A group of USF students roll out a list of recommendations for ROTC.

The Rape Is Not an Isolated Incident forum decided to create a space for the USF community to come together in an open dialogue and talk about the issue of sexual violence on campus. The intention of the forum was to allow concerned citizens to speak on whatever they wanted to and in whatever format. One of the main topics of discussion was concerning the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at USF which has received a lot of criticism.

In a letter to the editor, Nicole Faith-Alipio responds to Stephanie Luu's column last week concerning ROTC and the recent rapes on campus.

Columnist Stephanie Luu discusses the shortcomings of an ROTC ban at USF. Stephanie Luu is a senior media studies major with minors in journalism, politics, and legal studies.