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Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 83, April 13, 2007 University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 4-13-2007 Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 83, April 13, 2007 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 83, April 13, 2007" (2007). Central Florida Future. 1986. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1986 FREE • Published Monda s, Wednesda sand Frida s www. CentralFloridaFuture.com ·Friday, April 13, 2007 ) Fast food famine · UCF chomps UF Aqua Teen film, others, Baseball swamps Florida with 14 hits, bring little to movie buffet this weekend - SEE VARIETY, A8 six runs in Tuesday's win -SEESPORTS,A6 UCFto ·. go back into the Knight .Gol den Knights to be known only as Above left: Freshman Lara Damerow, with sign, stands with Knights on June 14 fellow College Republicans in WOODY WOMMACK IN WAR AND counterprotest to the walkout Wednesday. Staff Writer Right: Zaineh Khalil (left) and Sofiyya UCF students will have to say Mohammed read the .good night to golden this June when ANIMALS protest letter that the UCF Golden Knights get a name would later be signed change. , ,, and delivered to President Hitt's office. Instead of the current nickname, VIDEO GAMES LET the UCF Golden Knights will be APES MONKEY known only as the Knights, begin­ "\ ning on June 14. According to a news release from the UCF Athletics AROUND Department, a campaign known as "The Knights Are Coming Home" It may be video games with will begin on the same day to intro­ apes, but this is no Donkey Kong. An Atlanta zoo is giving their duce the change and will continue orangutans video games to play throughout the summer. with, but the goal isn't just to The school was first known as entertain them. Researchers are the Florida Technological Universi­ able to see the choices that the ty Citronauts. apes make, and thus judge In 1970, aftei:: a brief battle their cognitive skills. between the administration and the Visitors can even students, the nickname became the see the apes' Knights, according to Joe Hornstein, progress. assistant athletic director for athlet- · ics communications and a spokesman for UCF Athletics. The name was again changed to Golden Knights in the early 1990s. In addition to the name change, a new logo will be unveiled as the first event of "The Knights Are Coming' ) . Home." The event will be held at the main campus bookstore, and ·attendees will get their first look at the new merchandise that will go on sale the next day, June 15. "No question that this is a great AROUND CAMPUS, Al time to be a UCF Knight," said Keith ,_, MUSIC DEPT. TO BRING nibble, UCF's director of athletics, RO.BERTE MAMOU TO PLEASE SEE SGA ON A4 FINISH PIANO .SERIES The Music Department will host a piano recital by Roberte Mamou as the final event in its International Protesters criticize UCF · , ·Piano Series on Sunday. General Students admission costs $20, and students get in free with a valid.student ID. ties to military contractors - stir(red) to said Eric Eingold, an organizer LOCAL &STATE, A2 MATT MORRISON save world Staff Writer of the walkout. JURY CONVICTS BAND­ Eingold said the Iraq war is At 12:2.0 p.m. on Wednesday, "the continuance of failure" and (Product) RED line AID BANDIT IN SERIES the free-assembly zone in front criticized UCF for its involve­ OF BANK ROBBERIES of the Student Union was as ment with companies such as lets students join the calm as it could be. Students, Lockheed Martin and Harris Aman known as the Band-Aid Bandit · faculty and visitors passed Corp. fight against AIDS and his accomplice were found guilty through on their way to other ''We have a continued focus, Thursday for their five-year stickup destinations or sat in shady not on peace :.. but on military spree at Florida banks. Prosecutors patches. No one seemed to research," Eingold said. "Bombs NICOLEW ILLIS said that Rafael Rondon often used notice the small· metal table in are not designed to build Contributing Writer bandages to hide a distinctive mole. the center of the walkway. schools; they're designed to det­ 'frevor Shipley eyed a T-shirt A poster board taped to the onate and blow up buildings." labeled "HAMME(RED )" in a fleC­ front of the table bore the mes­ Eingold suggested that tion of the Gap below a sign with the sage, '~k me why I am walking NATION &WORLD ,A4 money now used to fund mili­ words "Can a T-shirt save the world?" out on April 11th," but the station tary technology could be used Normally Shipley wouldn't pay was empty of anyone who could tq advance more peaceful goals, ACCLAIMED AUTHOR $30 for a shirt, but he figured Gap's answer that question. The only such as funding the arts or polit- PHOTOS BY AMANDAM OORE I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE (Product) RED line was a good KURTVONNEGUT,84, sentinels were a collection of ical science. , discarded snack foods and a Provost Terry Hickey dis­ cause. DIES AFTER FALL IN NY Top: Matt DeVlieger, with "It's public representation that The author of 19 novels, including solitary megaphone, silent for agreed with Eingold's claim. hands raised, looks to the now. STAGES OF THE UCF you're helping charity,'' Shipley, 19, Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of The money used to fund the third floor of Millican said. But in 45 minutes, the place Hall, where President Champions, died in Manhattan from projects Eingold takes issue IRAQ WAR PROTEST . (Product) RED launched in Janu­ would transform. Students Hitt's office is, and yells, brain injuries he suffered after a fall with comes from corporations, ary 2006 to help raise money for the opposed to the Iraq war and, as and the university cannot dic­ •At 1 p.m students walked out "Hey, Hitt. How ya' doin; severalweeks ago. Hitt?" DeV!ieger and Global . Fund, which works to protesters said, UCF's partner­ will of class to protest the war. tate where it be spent, Hick­ others walked out of increase resources to fight AIDS, ship with the military-industrial ey said. Hickey noted that com­ • Protesters held a rally in the class Wednesday in tuberculosis and malaria. Participat­ complex, walked out of their panies like Harris offer students free-assembly zone in front of protest to the Iraq War. ing companies include Gap, Motoro­ classes at 1 p.m. and protested a lot of valuable educational the Student Union. College Above: Ado ll of President INDEX TODAY'S . la, Converse and Apple Inc. the administration of both the resources. Republicans held a Bush relaxes in the shade Around Campus 2 WEATHER during the walkout. His These businesses have launched war and the university, before ''We understand some of the counterprotest nearb,Y- . Weather 2 sign read,"l'm the their oWil (Product) RED lines fea­ marching to Millican Hall to things that [Students for a Local &State 2 • Protesters marched to decider. Impeach me." turing their logos on red. merchan­ deliver letters of condemnation Democratic Society] ao, but we Nation&Wortd 4 Millican Hall and held a dise. About 10 percent of the pro­ to UCF President John Hitt. understand they sometimes like second rally outside before ceeds from each item goes to the Sports 6 "There should be nobody to push the envelope," he said. Variety SUNNY entering to deliver letters to Global Fund. While seemingly small, 8 hungry in this country with the President John Hitt's office. aassifieds 11 RED purchases generated $25 million money we're spending on war," PLEASE SEE COLLEGE ON AS Sudoku 13 86° 66° for the Global Fitnd last year to aid · Crossword 13 HIGH WW PLEASE SEE RED ON A4 Al www.CentralFloridaFuture.com April 13,2007 • «ttifuil ;Jionba Mti AROUND CAMPUS (entraf • News and notices for the UCF community • 11oiiba • Knightcast Music Showcase Knightcast will host its Spring Local Music Showcase today from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Trained to lll 1utuie the Backstage Diner in Ferrell The Student Newspapu UCF since 1968 Commons. The event is free and there Two Brazilian April 13, 2007 • will be free food available to Vol 39, Issue 83 • 14 Pages those who come out Jiu-Jitsu Club For more information, con­ The Central Florida Future i5 the independent, student­ written n~per attbe University of Central Florida. tact Nick Markovich at 727-744- members place Opinions In the Future ate those o( the fndlVidoal • 5121. columnist and not necessarily those of tlte edltorial stalf or the !Jolvffiity ad111ipistfation. All (()!\tent i,sproperty of the C~tral Floiidci Future and may notbereprlnted In palt International Piano Series recital at competition JAMES ANDRES I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ofln whOle wftt!Outperrnission from the publfsher. Above: Viet Nguyen, white shirt, a •. The Music Department will sophomore finance major, practices with host a piano recital by Roberte SCOTT GURLEY Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club instructor Richard Mamou as the final event in its Contributing Writer Bilbao, a senior journalism major. Nguyen International Piano Series on placed second in the North American Editor in ChJef • Sunday from 3 p.m.
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