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Big Sean Comes To USF Sun Dome As Part Of USF’s Homecoming
Concert On October 9
Big Sean is coming to the USF Sun Dome on Fri- day, October 9th at 9 P. M. to headline the USF Homecom- ing 2015: After Party Con- cert.
Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, by call- ing 800-745-3000 or at the Sun Dome Box Office. Cur- rent USF Students will be admitted free by reserving a ticket through their USF Stu- dent Account. Sign up for the SD VIP Pass to receive all the information you need about this event and other at www.SunDomeArena.com.
Since signing with Kayne West’s label GOOD Music in 2007, Big Sean’s career has exploded. Men- tored by artists such as Kanye West and No I.D., Big Sean teased fans with three mixtapes before releas- ing his first studio album, Fi- nally Famous, in June 2011. This album featured multi- ple hit singles including the RIAA Certified Gold singles “My Last” and “Marvin &
BIG SEAN
Chardonnay” and RIAA Cer- tified Double-Platinum sin- gle “Dance A$$”. The album was also nominated for mul- tiple awards at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards and won for Album of the Year. In 2012, Big Sean won the BET Award for Best New Artist.
His two latest albums, Hall of Fame, released in August 2013 and Dark Sky Paradise, released in Febru- ary 2015, both debuted in
the top 5 on the Billboard 200. Dark Sky Paradise re- leased atop the list making it Big Sean’s first No. 1 album. The album features two hit singles, RIAA Certi- fied Platinum single “Bless- ings” and “One Man Can Change the World”, a collab- oration with Kanye West and John Legend which won the 2015 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Social Message.
Bike Sharing Program Rolls Out At USF
The Univer-
sity of South
Florida rolled
out its new bicy-
cle sharing pro-
gram with a
special event on
Monday, Sept.
28. A ribbon-
cutting cere-
mony scheduled
for 11 a.m. at the
Marshall Stu-
dent Center Amphitheater celebrated the official launch of the long- awaited program for students, faculty and staff.
Featuring 100 bicycles, the Share-A-Bull Bikes program is a state of the art Social Bicycles, Inc. system purchased by USF and managed by Campus Recreation. Social Bicycles also partners with the city of Tampa on its Coast Bike Share program, which launched last year.
USF’s program is funded through the Student Green Energy Fund, a student fee funded program charged with reducing the car- bon footprint on campus. As a result of the funding, students, fac- ulty and staff can ride up to two hours per day at no cost, enjoying a healthy, emissions-free way to travel across campus. USF is con- sistently recognized as a national leader for its commitment to sus- tainability and the Share-A-Bull program aligns with that value.
Each bike is equipped with a GPS system which helps riders to easily locate available bikes through a smartphone app or through the website at www.usf.edu/shareabull.
Riders enjoy the convenience of picking up and dropping off a bike at racks close to their campus location and ultimate destina- tion.
Some of the bikes were put into service earlier this month, which has already led to about 1,000 participants riding more than 4,500 miles. With such a successful start, the program is positioned to be a model bike share for universities across the country, accord- ing to Social Bicycle.
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