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: 0 TRAVEL NEEO SCEN.i. More budget cuts could be coming FOLLOWYOuR WEN DASHA JENKINS Telluswhatyou 2009 fiscal year. In order Contributing Writer think about cuts: to prepare for additional • FACULTY FEELING THE STRAIN NOSE www.UCFNews.com cuts, UCF withheld an The"Nioi-bu," or Smell Oub, in UCF and other schools extra $5.4 million, about 2 THE BIG MONEY PROBLEM effect, said UCF spokesman Chad Japan has registered more could stand to lose mil­ hole in the state's shrink­ percent, from the budget There is a $2.3 billion hole in the Binette. Remaining faculty and than 160 scents around lions in light of new state ing budget. for reserve. state budget that needs to be staff ate encouraged to conserve the world on aWeb budget cuts. According to Grant The university is now filled. resources by using fewer materials site, ranging The Florida Legislature Heston, assistant vice waiting to see if the and traveling less, from"steam is currently holding a spe­ president of UCF News impending budget cuts IMPACT ON FACULTY coming out cial session in Tallahassee. and Infonnation, the state will exceed the $5.4 million Since July 2007, 200 members of WHATTO EXPEm · ofarice It began on Jan. 5 and is set withheld $10.8 million, in reserve. UCF's faculty and staff have been More budget cuts to the tune of $1 cooker"to to continue until Jan. 16. about 4 percent, from laid off and a hiring freeze is in "used socks billion. Lawmakers are trying to UCF's budget on July 1, I in the 2008, the start ofthe 2008- PLEASE SEE RESULTS ON A6 summer,"and reconcile a $2.3 billion _j pinpointed their locations on a Google map.

l CRIME 1 1 A FARE PRICE TO PAY I l NINJA GAIDEN •I FAILS TO STRIKE 1 I E Rising fares cost commuting Aninja, or at least someone dressed like one, is lurking in the shadows of students 25 cents more a ride Palm Beach County. The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office says a heavyset man with a JAMES CRUIKSHANK Contributing Writer iI , visible potbelly and a ninja costume unsuccessfully tried to steal two Recent ~sinbus fares and slashes to the :-v different ATMs over the past two weeks. 'number of bus routes on LYNX have gwen bus-riding sti.idents another reminder"of the suffering economy. ·On Jan. 4, the price for a single ride on a

LYNX bus rose from $L75 to $2 and monthly t j passes increas.ed fro01 $44 to $50. For month~ ·i ly riders, the increase is only $6 per month; 'i however, for daily riders who pay by the sin­ gle fare, the increase could cost $15 or more per month. For those who rely on LYNX as their main 1 Breaking '' newson form of transportation, like junior art major , I Natashia Dixon, paying the increased fare has I myour cell been a difficult transition. I '.'f "This affects me greatly," Dixon said. Get UCF news sent to your cell "This is a big bill from my financial aid." phone. Just text the keyword Dixon said she did not understand why UCFNEWS to 44636. LYNX needed the bus fare increase. "Gas prices have gone down," she said. AROUND CAMPUS, A2 PLEASE SEE HIKE ON A6 fl POET TO SPEAK IN I 1' HONOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Poet Nikki Giovanni will speak Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Pegasus UCF student Kryz Sweeting, 23, pays NEW FARE PRICES Ballroom to honor Martin Luther tile bus fare to travel King Jr. Her speech will follow a between school and THE COST OF ASINGLE-RIDE FARE, FOR EXAMPLE, series of events at the Reflecting his home nearby. WILL BE $2,AN INCREASE OF 25 CENTS OVER THE Pond happening in his honor. PREVIOUS FARE. PHOTOS BY RAYMA JENKINS/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Similar increases were approved for other programs, LOCAL & STATE, A2 including the 7-Day Pass ($16),30-Day Pass ($50), METER READER TELLS 1 Express Service Pass ($3) as well as ACCESS LYNX OF HOW HE FOUND fares like the ADA fare inside the 3/4 mile limit ($3.50) and outside the 3/4 mile limit ($6). CAYLEE'S BODY The meter reader who discovered the body of slain toddler Caylee Anthony says he was looking for a shady spot to take a break along his route when he pulled over last Infections may cause cancer SGA labs may use August and saw what looked like a bag in a swampy Orlando woods. Biology presentation showed virus is to blame recycled paper NATION & WORLD, A4 WILLIAM BUCHANAN Contributing Writer ! · JANELLE KUEHNERT OKLA.WOMAN ContributingWriter RECYCLABLE PAPER FOUND SLAIN WITH Evidence suggests that attacking cancer may The Student Govern­ MATERIAL AT UCF HER FOUR CHILDREN already have a man on the ment Association will • General Office Paper Awoman and her four young inside. decide on an eco-friendly What ifgenetic predis­ move to replace the SGA • Newspapers children, aged 3 to 7, were found , •Magazines slain in their apartment and position wasn't the only Computer Lab's current authorities said Tuesday they were Achilles' heel a person printing paper with recy­ • Hardcover/Softcover Books looking for a 25-year-old suspect. had against possibly get­ cled paper in the coming • Business Cards • ting cancer? weeks. •Junk Mail Continuing the biolo­ ASHLEY INGUANTA / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE With thousands of stu­ • Manila Envelopes/Folders gy department's series of Edward Paul of the University of Louisville spoke to students Monday night at the dents using the lab every •Pasteboard • INDEX TODAY'S guest speakers celebrat­ Harris Engineering Center• semester-76,270 total vis­ Around ing the work of Charles its in fall 2008-recycled 2 WEATHER the University of Epstein-Barr Virus and • Campus Darwin, Paul Ewald dis­ paper would save trees, have been used, which 2 cussed insights into the Louisville. even human papillo­ Weather according to the SGA Com­ amounts to about 168 trees. 2 causes and prevention of "One-fifth of cancers mavirus have been linked Local &State 4 puter Lab Web site. Freshman music per­ cancer Monday night at worldwide· are due to to certain types of cancer. During fall 2008, there Nation & World 4 formance major Katherine 7:30 in the Harris Corpo­ chronic infections," The virus invades and were over 1 million sheets Treml uses the lab and said Sports 8 ration Engineering Cen­ Ewald said, referencing sets up shop, attaching to Opinions SUNNY of paper used, which is she supports the plan, 10 ter. Ewald is the director the World Health Organi­ the body's cells and hid­ about the equivalent of 23 aassifieds though she is skeptical 11 of the program in evolu­ zation. ing. Then it gets the host- trees. about using recycled paper Sudoku 11 64° 38° HIGH LOW tionary medicine at the Viral infections such ' Since spring 2005, about Crossword 11 PLEASE SEE REPLICATIN6 ON A7 biology department of as Hepatitis B and C, 8.5 million sheets of paper PLEASE SEE VOTE ON A7

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All content is property at the pond ofthe Central Rorida lutun?and may not be reprinted in Out of more than 5,000 stu­ part or in whole without penni$ion from the publisher. Poet Nikki Giovanni dents enrolled in the College of will speak at 2 p.m. in the Engineering and Computer NEWSROOM Pegasus Ballroom. Science. 341 are black. 407-447-4558 For more information Ahmed Brooks, a junior Editor-in-Chief contact Ashley Dieudonne mechanical engineering major, • at 407-823-2191 or Natalie Morera x213 is the president of the National CFF.editor@gmailcom [email protected]:edu. Society of Black Engineers chapter at UCF. · News Editors Amanda Welch and Breakfast and an '80s movie "You just don't see a great • After a free screening Kari Wilberg x213 turnout from the black com­ [email protected] of The Breakfast Club munity in this field," Brooks Campus Activities Board said ''NSBE is trying to change Online News Editor will be hosting trivia. Jeffrey Riley x213 that." Online.CFF@gmailcom prizes, '80s music and free Sixty-six percent of the stu­ breakfast on Wednesday. dents in the college are white. Opinions Editors The event takes place according to the Office of Insti­ Sebastian Church and from 8:30 to ll p.m. in the tutional Research at UCF. Black JeffWeiner x213 Pegasus Ballroom. students make up 7 percent. Opinions.CFF@gmailcom For more information NSBE works with the col­ Sports Editor call Kim Gordon at 407- lege and local community to Padrick Brewer x215 823-3294 or reach underrepresented Sports.CFF@gmailcom [email protected]~ minorities and help them excel Variety Editor in science-related fields, partic­ Christine Harper x214 • SGA Senate meeting Thursday ularly engineering. Variety.CFF@gmaJLcom From 7 toll p.m. Thurs­ The club works hand-in­ day the Student Govern­ Photo Editor hand with the College of Engi­ Rayma Jenkins ment Association will neering and Computer Science [email protected] • hold their weekly meeting. (CECS) Outreach program to If you need to get funds Staff Writers . reach students still in grade Ryan Bass, William Goss, Jillian Krotki, for your registered student school who may not have con­ Carlos Maldonado, Jen Glantz, Donald organization or just see sidered a career in engineering. Thomann, Stephanie de Sousa, Robyn • what's happening in the "When the UCF students Sidersky, Kari Wilberg, William Perry, student body, stop by the speak to these kids, it's like Mary Cristobal, Jonathan Hohensee, Key West Ballroom in the 1 Allen Levin, John Murphy, Shaun Bevin, they're speaking to their Carmen Carroquino Student Union. younger brothers and sisters," For more information 1 said Bruce Furino, the director Staff Photographers call Aaron Silvers at 407- · of CECS Outreach. Caitlin Bush, Andy Jacobsohn, 823-2191 or e-mail f The CECS Outreach pro- Corey Maynard, Greg Territo, .... [email protected]. Amanda Moore, Reema Desai, Liana gram is divided into two sec­ Cole, Sharon Weaver tions: the Office of Diversity and the Office of Educational Copy Editors Partnerships. Caitlin Battersby, Andrea Canterbury, The Office of Diversity Ashley Carnifax, Stephanie Encin, Eric LOCAL Fershtman, Kelsey Hinton, Chris encompasses all minority Hoadley, Virginia Kiddy, Kayla Smith groups within the college. such &STATE as NSBE, the Society of His­ Columnist BenBadio Keep local with headlines panic Professional Engineers you may have missed and the Society of Women Graphic Artists Engineers. Cara Cooper, Meter reader tells how Caylee The Office of Educational Joseph Mangabat, Brad Walkover Anthony's body was found Partnerships is a resource for Editorial Adviser ORLANDO The faculty to connect with local Matt Morrison meter reader who discov­ and national schools to create MattMorriscnOO@gmailcom ered the body of slain tod­ an interest in engineering edu­ dler Caylee Anthony says cation, according to the CECS - BUSINESS he was looking for a shady Website. ' . ~ 407-447-4555 spot to take a break along Due to recent budget cuts, his route when he pulled only two employees run .the Advertising Sales Director over last August and saw CECS Outreach. They depend Mark Lanaris x204 what looked like a bag in a on the volunteer help from stu­ [email protected] dent organizations to contjnue swampy Orlando woods. COURTESY DIVERSITY.CECS.UCF.EDU University Sales Director to host and attend events. - Roy Kronk ended up From a recent SECME (Science, Engineering, Communications, Mathematics Enrichment Heissam J_ebailey x201 calling authorities three "We couldn't reach out to program) event at UCF. [email protected] nearly as many students as we '" times over the next three_ Business Manager days to get them to come do today without the help· of groups like NSBE:' Furino said Trisha Irwin x212 out to the area. When they NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS [email protected] finally did, nothing was "The students are passionate ., found. It wasn't until last about the field and really help National Society of Black Engineers (commonly known as Distribution Manager December, when Kronk inspire these younger kids." NSBE), founded in 1975 at Purdue University, is one of the . Joseph Crandall x211 The CECS Outreach puts on largest student-run organizations in the US,centered on " [email protected] returned to the woods to . S;-- relieve himself, that he about seven engineering or sci­ improvingthe recruitment and retention of African­ b ' General Manager ence events a year, reaching American engineering students. NSBE's mission is"to ~l.K. ?.~' found a bag with Caylee's Raymond G. Bush x220 nearly 3,000 students from ele­ increase the number of culturally responsible black [email protected] remains inside. ,,,?--" ' --~ Kronk recounted how mentary to high school !eve.ls -engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally .. all over the country, Furino and positively impact the community." he discovered the remains Fax: 407-447-4556 for the first time in detail said on ABC's "Good Morning These events range from Published by Knight Newspapers America" on Tuesday. · rocket-building competitions 11825 High Tech Ave. Ste. 100 to SECME (Science. Engineer- by CECS Outreach. Brooks said Achievement Test. Orlando, FL 32817 Florida Rep. Meek announces ing, Communications, Mathe- that NSBE hosts many of their ''I think it's just a good idea matics Enrichment program), own events in the Orlando for these kids and their families run for U.S.Senate seat .,., MIAMI - Democratic which is a national science community. According to to see us as engineers and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, competition created for under- Brooks, members of NSBE know that they still have this who led the effort to put privileged students planning to travel to low-income areas in kind of option," Brooks said ~UCF class size limits in the state attend college for science. tech- downtown Orlando to Stands For Opportunity"' ,.. constitution, is running for nology, engineering or mathe- help tutor students rt'\... ,n ,~ the U.S. Senate. Ap Meek, 42, announced ASSOCIATEDcP. ~t ,.y COLLEGIATE Associated his candidacy Tuesday at PR.ESS • ~t:: :::;e: =r:r;r u'~.:''• ·.. : Press regional·=~ SECME event on Feb. for the Flori- ....,._\ ...... r" "-..-.!""' his suburban Miami home .~!L~ " after listing a resume that 21 for grade school students on da Compre- ,: = ./,y. ~ included his service as a campus. hensive ....-.J ; dllllli---- ·~ <.. · Florida Highway Patrol "The young engineers at C · ~-'· ·_.) UCF play a special role in these - · Ut~F trooper, eight years in the <, . ~ state Legislature and three events," Furino said. "We · ~- RECYCLES terms in Congress. couldn't be more proud of .....k ~ them and thankful for all of~·.~'\J.• ... 'l:l • "Public service and the One free copy of the Central Rorida Future permitted commitment to making their help:' · per issue. If available, additional copies may be life better for the people of Along with volunteer- A . • purthased from our office with prior approval for $1 the state of Florida has ing for events hosted -~ each. Newspaper theft is a crime. Violators may be subject to civil and criminal prosecution been my mission," Meek and/or University discipline. said. He's the first major can­ ... • didate in the 2010 race to

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• MARK HUMPHREY/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Actor Jeff Obafemi Carr is shown in the Amun Ra Theatre he is creating in Nashville, Tenn., Dec.4,2008. Inspired by a conversation he had with President-elect Barack Obama during an Ohio campaign event, Carr is tu ming a run-down mosque into Nashville's first black theater in a hundred years. Not just a,dream anymore LUCAS L. JOHNSON 11 during an Ohio campaign with my life regardless of black men. Will Rodgers, a Associated Press stop. The then-Democrat­ what adversities might communications manager • ic nominee encouraged come," said Bowers, 20, at an electric company in NASHVIl.LE, Tenn. - him to keep working on who is majoring in Tampa, Fla., said he takes An actor turns a dilapidat­ his project. accounting and marketing. every opportunity to talk to ed, inner-city mosque into "He told me that we're '"That's just how I was his 12-year-old son about a theater in just a few days. going to make a big change raised. And clearly, that's Obama and "how our A 20-year-old buckles for the country with my how Barack was raised" nation has transformed" down on his studies at a help;' Carr recalled Van Jones, 40, founded "I want him to under­ ..• historically black college When Carr returned Green For All, a national stand the gravity of what's after his mother dies of from that event, he put his program that seeks to cre­ happened," said Rodgers,

cancer. A community plan in motion. With the ate clean energy jobs. His who boasts ofhaving been a . I organizer decides his plan he]p of community volun­ Oakland, Calif.,-based pro­ conservative Republican to create thousands of teers, donated time from gram, which employs 25 who never voted for a green jol;>s is too modest professional builders and people and has an operat­ Democrat for president and enlarges it twenty­ materials from corpora­ ing budget of $4.5 million, until Obama. fold tions, Carr set a date for was instrumental in pass­ "He can really be any­ Barack Obama's elec­ construction and built the ing a portion of a national thing he wants to, even tion to the White House is Amun Ra Theatre. Its first energy bill, called the president of the United the very realization of major performance will be Green Jobs Act. It will use State~." what so many black next month with "Gem of up to $125 million to train fathers have told their sons the Ocean," by American 30,000 people in jobs such to aspire to for years, even playwright August Wil­ as installing solar panels • if often it was just a confi­ son. and retrofitting buildings dence-booster, not meant Throughout the to make them more envi­ to be taken literally. And process, Carr said he and ronmentally friendly. long before he wrapped up the workers repeated With Obama's election, the contest, his candidacy Obama's slogan: "Yes we Jones decided to shop a had driven these three can." Now the theater's $33 billion proposal before black men and others to Web site proclaims, ''Yes, Congress that would hire actions they say they We Did!" about 600,000 over the might not have taken with­ Justin Bowers, a junior next two years for similar out his example. at historically black Oak­ work. Jeff Obafemi Carr, who wood University in "I wouldn't have had been a successful Huntsville, Ala., was think­ believed in myself enough actor in New York, was ing about dropping out to come forward with an debating whether to after his mother died of idea that bold;' Jones said return there or stay in cancer two years ago at "But now, you've got Nashville, where he want­ age 48. ·. somebody who's up there, ed to turn a run-down "It was a lot of stress," who's telling people, 'Let's mosque into Nashville's Bowers said "I was strug­ be bold' first black theater in a cen­ gling. It was really hard" ''The ceiling has come tury. It was an ambitious A friend pointed out off. We can dream of ... and daunting idea consid­ Obama's perseverance bringing new technologies I I ering that some in the after the president-elect and new jobs into commu­ neighborhood figured the lost his 53-year-old mother nities that have been left 1· building would wind up as to cancer. Bowers said the behind Yes we can." I· a liquor store or a thrift story motivated him to Obama's historic run shop. stay in school and study has provided ammunition , Then the 41-year-old harder to honor his mom. · for black fathers, too, who remembered a conversa­ "I know she would have tan point to it in motivat­ tion he had with Obama wanted me to press on ing the next generation of

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Oklahoma community to the toll on Gaza's civil­ The Select Committee check on the welfare of ians, Israel's decision to located on University Blvd! on Florida's Economy is the occupants, said Okla­ send Defense Ministry set Tuesday to discuss pri­ homa State Bureau of official Amos- Gilad to orities for Florida's use of Investigation spokes­ Egypt on Thursday could "The Marriott Way" the federal money, if and woman Jessica Brown. be a signal of progress. when Congress acts on the Joshua Steven Durcho Gilad had postponed the plan being pushed by Pres­ of El Reno was being trip for days. ident-elect Barack Obama. sought as a suspect in the Diplomatic efforts to High on the list will be case, Brown said end 18 days of fighting replacing $700 million to State Medical Examin­ have moved slowly, in be borrowed from the er's office spokeswoman part because of the wide state's tobacco settlement Cherokee Ballard said the gaps between Israel and endowment as part of a deaths were homicides Hamas, who do not nego­ Is the class f II ?} budget deficit-eHmination but declined to elaborate. tiate directly. you need U • package up for a final vote The victims· were Israel says it will push Wednesday in the House identified as Summer forward with the offen­ and Senate. Garas, 25; daughters sive until Hamas ends all Legislative leaders Kirsten Rust, 7; Autumn rocket fire on southern Flexible Learning Online Courses can hope federal stimulus dol­ Rust, 6; and Evynn Garas, Israel and there are guar­ help you achieve your educational goals. lars will arrive in time to 3; and son Teagin Rust, 4. antees the Iranian-backed make that June loan Court records show that militant group will stop unnecessary. Summer Garas and her smuggling weapons into • ENC 331 0 - Advanced Exposition husband, Jason Garas, Gaza through the porous • GEY 4001 - Issues & Concepts - ASSOGATED PRESS were divorced on Dec. 10. Egyptian border. Durcho, 25, was Sum­ Hamas has said it will • HUN 2201 - Fundamentals of Nutrition mer's boyfriend, said only observe a cease-:fire • !NP 4004 - Industrial Psychology James Franklin, whose if Israel withdraws from • AMH 2010 - United States To 1877 • ISS 2160 - Cultural Diversity in the U.S. wife is Summer Garas' HIGHER Gaza. • AMH 2020 - United States Since 1877 • LAH 2020 - Intro To Latin American History former mother-in-law. Much of the diploma­ "That was wrong, cy focuses on an area of • AML 2070 - Survey Of American Lit. • MAC 1105 - Basic College Algebra EDUCATION there is nothing that can southern Gaza just acros~ • AML 3124 - America!) Fiction: 1900-WWII • MAC lJ 47 - Precalculus:i\lgebr.a & Tri9.. What~ in the news at justify killing a mother the Egyptian border that • ANT 241 O - Cultural Anthropology • MGF 1106 - Math for Liberal Arts I colleges around the country and four kids," Franklin serves a~ a weapons • DEP 3053 - Developmental Psychology • MGF 1107 - Math for Liberal Arts II said. "I have to deal with smuggling ·route, making Ju~e dismisses fraternity, this the rest of my life. I Egypt critical to both .• EDF 3604 - Social Foundations Of Education • SLS 1501 - College Success adviser in wrongful deatfi suit can't see my grandkids." sides in any deal. • ENC 1101 - Intro To College Writing • SOP 4004 - Social Psychology LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Israel wants smuggling • ENC 1102 - Argument & Persuasion • SPN 1130 - Beginning Spanish 1 federal judge has dis­ Missing lndi pilot may have tunnels along the border missed a national fraterni­ fled on red motorbike . sealed and monitored as • ENC 2210 -Technical Writing • SPN 1131 - Beginning Spanish 2 ty from a wrongful death HARPERSVILLE,Ala. part of any deal, and has • ENC 3250 - Professional Communication • Mahy more in development! suit stemming from a fatal - The search for an Indi­ been bombing the tun­ accident involving a state ana businessman who nels throughout the cam­ Talk to your advisor or visit our website for more information! lawmaker's son that hap­ may have tried to fake his paign. pened after a party in own death in a plane The push into the Tel southwestern Kentucky. crash to escape financial Hawwa neighborhood U.S. District Judge problems took another was the farthest Israel has Thomas B. Russell in Pad­ cinematic tum Tuesday moved into Gaza City, { www.Flexible.dce.ufl.edu} ucah ruled Tuesday that when investigators said and brought ground 800.327.4218 I [email protected] the national Lambda Chi he jetted away on a red forces within a mile (1.5 Alpha fraternity, it's chap­ motorcycle. kilometers) of the crowd­ ter at Murray State Uni­ After searching the ed city center. Palestinian UFIFLOWIDA versity and the group's · Alabama woods where_ hospital officials say more adviser cannot be held Marcus Schrenker, 38, than 900 Palestinians, responsible for the behav­ apparently bailed out of half of them civilians, _., ior of Harrison Brent his small plane before let­ have been killed over Yonts ting it coast on autopilot more than two weeks of Yonts was convicted in to crash in Florida, inves­ fighting. . February of wanton mur­ tigators discovered that der, drunken driving and he'd stashed a red motor­ Sexual!~ spread diseases up, Donate Plasma! other charges in the crash cycle inside a storage unit ' chlamydia setting a recora that killed Murray State a day before the crash. ATLANTA - Sexually Sometimes a Band-Aid is not enough graduate student Nadia The bike is gone, and his spread diseases - for Shaheen in 2005. clothes were left behind years on the decline - are Shaheen's estate ~med "He could be any­ on the rise, with reported Yonts, the fraternity and where at all. Within 10 chlamydia cases setting a its members. Yonts, the hours he could be in New record, government health son of state Rep. Brent Orleans, halfway to Hous­ officials said 'I\lesday. Yonts, is serving eight ton, in Atlanta, any­ The increase in years in prison. where,'' said Huntsville chlamydia, a sometimes Police Chief David symptomless infection Students march in protest of Latimer. that can lead to infertility cuts in higher education . "I believe he's out of in women, is likely NASHVILLE, Tenn. - the U.S.," Latimer said. because of better screen­ Students at Tennessee "He jumped out an air­ ing, experts said In 2007, Board of Regents schools plane and left it to crash there were 1.1 million are protesting planned who knows where. He's cases, the most ever cuts in higher education. shown a total disregard reported, said officials at About 250 students met for human life. I think he'd the Centers for Disease at the Tennessee State do anything to get away." Control and Prevention. 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- o . . • (euttal 1hmba 1utun · January 14, 2009 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com AS_. I I m. goventor to swear in impeachment Senate JOHN O'CONNOR ings. Associated Press "The environment on Wednesday is going to be SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - a tense one," said Sen. The state Senate that will John Sullivan, D­ >- decide whether to throw Rushville. "The momen­ impeached Gov. Rod tum builds up to that time. Blagojevich out of office Hopefully we can get ·~I will be sworn in Wednes­ through that process with­ I day by - who else? - out any incident." impeached Gov. Rod The Constitution Blagojevich. requires that the governor In an ironic, surreal convene incoming Sen­ scene, the governor.will ates and preside until their preside briefly over the members elect a leader. In chamber that will hold his this case, president Emil political life in its hands in Jones of Chicago is retir­ less than two weeks. The ing and Democrats have ,. opening of a new legisla­ chosen John Cullerton of ., tive session is normally an Chicago to lead the cham­ upbeat occasion, but how ber's majority. the senators and the gov­ The full membership ernor will respond this must endorse Cullerton time is anyone's guess. and Blagojevich will· be "On one hand, it's a invited into the chamber time of great celebration to preside until then. The here in the Senate of a process normally takes new beginning and new about 20 minutes. leadership," said Sen. Jef­ "The applause, which frey Schoenberg, an is traditionally kind of Evanston Democrat. "On thunderous, will be very the other hand, there will subdued," said Sen. Chris­ be no denying the fact that tine Radogno of Lemont, the governor's participa­ who expects to become tion in the proceedings_ the Republican leader. "It will give it a character anc;l will be out of respect for flavor that many members the office, certainly not i would just as soon not out of:respect for the indi­ experience." vidual." :"I I Blagojevich was Some in the capital I . SETH PERLMAN / ASSOCIATED PRESS impeached by the House speculated that Blagoje­ In this Feb. 2008 file photo, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevi

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DAVID ESPO & JIM KUHNHENN FROM Al Associated Press However, UCF is no "During this time, we have WASHINGTON stranger to state imposed Tested before taking budget cuts. been guided by our desire to power, President-elect Overall, the university Barack Obama appealed to has had more than $44 minimize the effects of the Democrats in Congress on million removed from its Tuesday to allow the use of state budget since 2007. budget cuts on students and an additional $350 billion in The same year, the Board federal bailout funds and of 'Ihlstees approved a 5 vowed to veto any move to percent tuition increase, to protect faculty and staff block the money. which went into effect Obama backed up his during the spring 2008 members." plea with a promise to semester. According to revise elements of the orig­ - GRANT HESTON past Future reports, the ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF UCF NEWS AND INFORMATION inal bailout program that increase was expected to have drawn widespread raise an additional ·$1.4 criticism, pledging that bil­ million for UCF's budget. lions will go toward help­ "During this time, we Larger classes and Hickey said ing homeowners facing have been guided by our their limited availability According to Hickey, foreclosure. Several desire to minimize the have be.en a reality for faculty and staff members Democrats said his com­ effects of the budget cuts students since colleges have been asked to con­ mitments, to be made in on students and to pro­ and divisions were serve resources as admin­ writing, would be enough tect faculty and staff encouraged by adminis­ istrators manage the state to prevent an embarrassing members," Heston said. tration to keep vacant budget cuts. However, pre-inauguration_drubbing "In many respects we jobs unfUled and to spend [faculty and staff] have for the president-elect have succeeded, but wisely. been encouraged to pur­ when the Senate votes this unfortunately, state Despite the economic sue cost-effective devel­ week. experts now predict that situation, administrators opment opportunities. "This will be the first the 2009-2010 fiscal year remain positive about For example, instead of vote that President-elect budget deficit could their commitment to the traveling to conferences, Obama is asking us for. I'll exceed $5 billion." success of the students faculty will attend via be shocked and I'll be real­ SUSAN WALSH/ ASSOCIATED PRESS As the budget deficit and the university, said Webinar. ly disappointed if he does­ President~ect Barad< Obama, accompanied by National Economic Council Director­ grows deeper some stu­ Terry Hickey, UCF On Thursday the n't get it," said Sen. Joseph designate Lawrence Summers, leaves a Demoaatic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, dents are starting to feel provost and executive House is set to vote on a Lieberman, an independ­ the strain. vice president. budget cut package of ent Democrat from Con­ line," Pelosi, D-Calif., told next couple of days,"' "I've noticed a change ":Ouring these difficult almost $1 billion dollars. necticut. reporters. She disclosed no Levin said with a smile in the availability of class­ times, UCF's faculty and This will be followed by a "This is a new begin­ details. Despite its size, the es as well as limited seat­ staff members have made Senate vote on its version ning." For Obama, attendance economic stimulus bill is ing in my classes,'' said tremendous efforts to of the budget cut package Behind closed doors, at the Democrats' weekly not expected to face Yolanda Youngblood, an maintain our level of on Friday. The university Obama also urged lawmak­ closed-door lunch was a heavy opposition among engineering student at excellence, and clearly, expects to know soon ers to act quickly on the homecoming of sorts, a Democrats, and Obama UCF. "For example, sit­ students have benefited how much the state will massive economic stimu­ return to the Capitol where has won praise from ting on the staircase if I as a result of their sacri­ cut from the current lus measure that his aides he arrived as a newly elect­ Republicans for show­ get to class late." fices and contributions," budget. have been negotiating with ed senator only four years ing a willingness to congressional officials. The ago. show deference to their legislation will blend feder­ Reid called it a "love­ concerns. Senate Repub­ al spending with tax cuts, fest," and said the presi­ lican leader Mitch and could reach $1 trillion dent-elect was greeted McConnell, R-Ky., float­ in size, a measure of the with a five-minute ovation ed a new proposal, rais­ nation's economic woes. by Democrats happy to ing the possibility of a Democratic leaders in have the White House back two-year elimination of the House and Senate hope after eight years ofRepubli­ Soci~ Security payroll to have the legislation can rule. taxes. ready for Obama's signa­ Sen. Carl Levin said the Obama got a boost ture by mid-February, and session had a sentimental during the day from Fed­ House Speaker Nancy tone at times, despite the eral Reserve Chairman Pelosi and Senate Majority magnitude of the nation's Ben Bernanke, who said Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., economic woes and the in a speech in London held a late-afternoon meet­ challenge Obama and fel­ that the emerging legis­ ing onit. low Democrats confront. lation could provide a "We've made great "It's kind of hard not to "significant boost" to the progress, and we fully call him, 'Barack.' So he sinking economy. intend to meet our dead- said, 'Call me Barack for the Bemanke also warned in remarks pre­ pared for the London School of Economics Ar-e you inte~ested in an exciting career? that a recovery wouldn't •••••••••• last unless other steps were taken to stabilize PHOTOS BY REEMA DESAI / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Are you a current college the shaky financial sys­ LYNX fare has risen to $2. uNobody likes change," LYNX spokesman Matt Friedman said, "but it was necessary." Freshman or Sophomore? tem. •••••••••• There was plenty of Do you know what you want controversy surround­ to do after graduation? ing Obama's decision to Hike due to cost of fuel tap the $350 billion Qualified Freshmen/Sophomore students enrolled in Air remaining from the FROM Al Force ROTC can apply for available scholarships. financial bailout pro­ gram that Congress cre­ '½nd they cut bus lines ated last fall, when the Incentives· Up to $15,000 tuition per year too." nation's credit markets But the hike was include· • $900 in textbooks reimbursement ceased working and unavoidable, said LYNX · • Monthly stipend ($300-$500) plunged an already weak spokesperson Matt Fried­ economy into a tailspin. man. • Special scholarship programs exist for Engineers, President George W. "Nobody likes change,'' Bush. acting at Obama's Nurses, and Foreign Language Majors. he said, "but it was neces­ request, formally noti­ sary." For more information, fied Congress on Mon­ Friedman attributed day that 'freasury want­ the fare increase to three please call: ed to use the funds, but reasons: general operating (407) 823-124 7 or Congress can vote to costs, the cost ofdiesel gas block the move. visit airforce.ucf.edu and negotiating a new labor contract with employees. The $2 fare that riders are now paying only cov­ ers about 25 percent ofthe line's operating costs, Dpen Senate Seats Friedman said Furthermore, the entire fleet runs on diesel fuel, College of Medicine - Regional Campus - Graduate Studies - Engineering which is more expensive than unleaded fuels. Friedman said cutting bus routes was one of the biggest adjustments Dpen Judicial Seats LYNX has made in 10 years. Contact Jordan Axelrad at sga _cjuslIDrnail.ucf.edu Unlike many other •• Florida bus companies According to a LYNX spokesman, the business is cutting bus routes throughout that serve only one county; Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties to manage rising costs of operation. LYNX serves several, including Seminole, Osce­ And for some, it is just a her to seek alternate forms • ola and Orange. Friedman little more. of transportation. said this wide coverage "It's not really affecting 'These days, I just have has made it difficult to me," said junior Kailah my boyfriend drive me to keep up with costs. Klosky. "It's only 25 cents:' school as much as possi­ • LYNX held dozens of Junior Timothy ble,'' Dixon said administrative hearings McCormack, an occasion­ At the current rate on what changes would be al bus-rider, agreed that 'just getting to school is an Bet Involved. Apply Today . best suitable, Friedman the higher fare was nomi­ expense,'' she said. said He said the rate hike nal. The 25 cent increase in resulted from a consensus "Usually I ended up fare appears miniscule, 11 Online or in the SGA Office. determined to save the ail­ paying $2 because there but compounded twice ing bus line. was no change [on the daily for roundtrips, that "People said, 'We bus],'' he said little extra money out of would rather pay a little However, Dixon said students' pockets adds up more,"' Friedman said the increase has caused fast.

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(tuna( :Jloriba ~ • January 14, 2009 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A7 Vote will determine if computer lab recycles ' . FROM A1 NON- RECYCLABLE ' for print jobs that are required to look formal PAPER MATERIAL "It's a good idea because • Laminated Paper ) most of the people who print in the computer lab •Napkins or Paper Towel are printing small class • Soiled/Food Contaminated assignments· or personal things," she said Pap~r The green idea was • Hardcover/Softcover Books inspired by UCF students • Paper plates used for food Chris Castro, Hank Harding and Taylor Roe. They serve • Paper coffee/beverage cups as president. vice-president. that are soiled and secretary, respectively, of a club called Ideas. The club collaborates put into the GAC goals," with the Sustainability Nichols said Alliance to implement envi­ Although there are blue ronmental plans. Castro recycling bins throughout said their mission is to unify the computer lab, it is not the student body as a whole enough. said Angel Cama­ l in an effort to create a more cho, the lab's manager. sustainable community. Camacho said the students "We started as a group of often don't even pick up kids who have a commit­ what they print in the lab, ment to a better environ­ which provides its printing ment," Castro said. "This services for free. club brings student involve­ "This would be a big ment into the environment RAYMA JENKINS/ CENTRALFLORIDA FUTURE help because this new recy­ and is a product of our ded­ Students in the computer lab may be printing on recycled paper ifthe SGA passes the bill. The green idea was inspired by UCF students Chris castro, Hank Harding,and Taylor Roe. cled paper would cut the ication." number of trees used in According to Conserva­ paper production saves chemicals, according to the being processed. After mittee to vote on it. It could half," Camacho said. tree.com, recycled paper trees, ep.ergy and water, Website. being processed, it will go to take up to eight weeks. '~though it is a bit more makes the most efficient produces less pollution and Kaila Nichols, an SGA the Senate and then to the ''This is an exciting and expensive, it can benefit use of resources. Recycled uses fewer and more benign senator, said the bill is still Governmental Affairs Com- fresh idea and it has been everyone."

Replicating virus cells EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned with the origin of species from a common descent and descent of species,as well as1heir change, multiplication and diversity overtime. Someone who studies evolutionary lower body's resistance biology is known as an evolutionary biologist. Evolutionary biology is an interdisciplinary field because it includes scientists from a wide range of both field and lab FROM Al "Infections may be man, said that the viruses oriented disciplines. For example, it generally includes scientists who may have a specialist training in particular necessary to get the ball don't directly cause can­ ing body's cells to make rolling in most and maybe cer; rather, cancer is an organisms such as mammalogy, ornithology, or herpetology, but use those organisms as case studies to answer replications of the virus. all cancers," Ewald said. evolutionary byproduct. general questions in evolution. It also generally includes paleontologists and geologists who use fossils to answer After continuing to Viruses can evolve to Vaccines such as Gar­ questions about the tempo and mode of evolution, as well as theoreticians in areas such as population genetics and replicate, the virus creates become more or less dasil are being developed evolutionary psychology. an environment in which destructive based on the to help treat and prevent it can survive long rates at which they are cancers such as cervical Evolutionary biology as an academic discipline in its own right emerged as a result of the modem evolutionary enough to be transmitted transmitted from person cancer. synthesis in the 1930s and 1940s. lt was not until the 1970s and 1980s, however, that a significant number of to another person. This, to person. T4ose trans­ Having been married universities had departments that specifically included the term evolutionary biology in their titles. In the United however, sabotages the mitted less regularly such for six years, biology States, as a result of the rapid growth of molecular and cell biology, many universities have split (or aggregated) their body's natural barriers to as HPV, are less damaging major Stefani Hughes said biology departments into molecular and cell ~fology-style departments and ecology and evolutionary biology-style cancer. to a host in the short run. she doesn't need Gardasil. One part of a virus' Therefore, the body does She said the idea that can­ departments (which often have subsumed older departments in paleontology,zoology and the like). code immortalizes cells not recognize and destroy cer could be caused by so they won't die, and infected cells. viral infection seems another makes them But in the long run, this plausible, but she's still on reproduce more and evolution of the virus is the fence without proof. more quickly. As a result, what is theorized to lead "My child would have many more generations of to cancer. ' [an"' HPV vaccination]," cell replication and muta­ Assistant professor of Hughes said, "if I had tion become possible. biology at UCF, Eric Hoff- one."

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PADRICK BREWER Sports Editor TO OVERPOWERING Knights in need ti of more ,c fannies in.seats New year, same story. i! It may be 2009, but it I. looks like any other year • ,I for the UCF Men's Bas- ketball team: It is winning at home, and no one is showingup. All ,right, so "no one" is a bit harsh, but atten- dance is standing pat right arounc:l mediocre. Yeah, the UCF com-

munity was able to pack 4 ( the house against Mem- phis, b ut attendance is actually down from last season. J\ The Knights are aver- aging 4,274 people per RAYMA JENKINS/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE home game, and if you Mike Cullison, whose framed photo_graph on the wall depicts him as UCF's first quarterback, took Sanford Seminole High School to a state title in his second year as coach. take out the Memphis Cl anomaly. the average title, defeating two-time "I had remembered this plummets to 3,580 per Original UCF QB leads state champion Miami school as having great tradi­ game. ., Northwestern 27-21 in the tion," Cullison said. "I This team gives you Citrus Bowl Dec. 20. Even coached at Edgewater for a Jermaine Taylor, who is Seminole to first state title though the game ended while and they used to be in far and away the leading almost a month ago, Culli­ our conference and they candidate for Conference • l RYAN BASS son is still on cloud nine. were good, very good." USA Player of the Year. Staff Writer "Every day, something Before Cullison· took the It also gives you AJ. else comes to mind," Culli­ job, the Seminoles were Rompza, a freshman ~ The first image that San­ don't know anything about son said. "It's such a hard anything •but good. The point guard so fast it bog- ford Seminole High School foqtball, but my f'U'St obser­ task to get to the state cham­ team posted consecutive l-9 gles the mind, as well as athletic director Mike Pow­ vation that I wrote on my pionship game. I'm starting seasons and had problems Isaac Sosa, who would be ers received of Mike Culli­ sheet was: 'I think this guy is to feel a little bit more hon­ internally. In his first sea­ the fourth-most efficient ~ son was of one from a asleep:" ored to have been there." son, the team went 4-5, but 3-point shooter in the friend. The next couple of min­ But the road to get to the there was still trouble with­ country if he took more Mike Kirby, the Parks utes in the interview are game was just as special as in the team, especially attempts per game. and Recreation director for what changed the fate of the the way his team won it. It among star players Aravi­ When Memphis was Q Sanford and good friend of 106-year-old program and all started when Cullison ous "Ray Ray" Armstrong, here, Tigers head coach Powers, described· a time also changed the mind of took the job at Seminole. He Andre Debose and Dyron John Calipari urged, implored and all but when Cullison, who was the Powers. Cullison was smart, stepped down as the head Dye. -<;I starting · quarterback for knew football and knew coach at Jones High School "When I first got here, begged for the UCF com- UCF during its inaugural how to communicate. and wasn't employed when there was a lot of finger­ munity to embrace the football season in 1979, "Two sentences later, I he interviewed for the job. pointing," Cullison said. Knights and start show- coached his son in the Cen­ wrote down that I think this The 1980 UCF graduate "I'm n0t saying it was all ing up in droves. '(/ tral Florida All-Star game. is our guy." Powers said. had served on numerous them. but it was across the When an opposing He described Cullison as That decision paid off. coaching staffs, including board. We tried to change head coach is the best a "big surfer dude" who Cullison led the Seminoles schools such as Olympia, local cheerleader for a program,'thatsayssome- .,) went out to coach the game to their first Class 6A state Palm Bay and Edgewater. PLEASE SEE LATE ON A9 wearing .a Hawaiian T-shirt thing. with shorts and flip-flops He said the same thing and was great at· motivating two years ago, and if his- ~., the kids. ~1 had remembered this school as tory is any indication, it So when the clean-cut will not make a differ- 50-year-old Cullison went ence. in to apply for the job as the UCF head coach Kirk (,) head coach of the Semi­ HAVING GREAT TRADITION. Speraw has said plenty of noles two years ago, the coached at Edgewater for a while and they used to be times that the team needs image wasn't quite the same I more "fannies" in the for Powers. seats at the arena. and for ~ in our conference and they were good, very good: good reason. The UCF "He comes to the inter­ I view, and he has a coat and Arena·is an electric venue tie on," Powers said. "He - MIKE CULLISON "' looks like he is asleep. I PLEASE SEE AVERAGE ON A9

W'omen~s baskelhaU ~ Cannon explodes for C-USA award PADRICK BREWER efforts, something she said was a the road," Williams said. "We've Sports Editor result ofher teammates and that she gotta play defense, we've gotta wasproudot: rebound and we hopefully get some There may not be much water ''Winning conference player of offense out of our defense, and we left in Memphis, Tenn., or Birming­ the week isn't easy, that's always did that [against Memphis]:' ham. Ala., after the cannonball UCF great, but I can't settle for that," Can­ Williams said there is no real dif­ forward Emma Cannon dropped on non sajd. 'W_e got !3 games· teft, so ference now that the Knights are sit­ the Tigers and Blazers last week. we gotta build on what we already ting atop the conference standings,. The sophomore scored 34 points started." because teams are still doubting • and added 20 rebounds in an 85-67 The first of those remaining 13 UCF. win against Memphis on Jan. 8 and come Sunday against Southern Miss, ''We're not surprised,'' Williams had 14 points and six rebounds in a the team the Knights beat to -start said. ''We know what we have the • 74-67 win against UAB on Saturday, their current three-game win streak. potential to do, but we also know we • putting the Knights at 3-0 in Confer­ Cannon calls it a budding rivalry have a long way to go." • ence USA and that the Knights are out to Cannon will be one of the many "The sky's the limit for Emma," avenge the three times they lost to players helping UCF travel that long UCF head coach Joi Williams said Southern Miss last season. way. and she is feeling as though she about Cannon's performance against Williams said heading to Hatties­ can't be stopped. Memphis. "But she's definitely burg - for the Golden Eagles' home "To be honest, if I play how improved from the time she walked conference opener - will be a huge Emma Cannon is supposed to play. I in last year as a freshman to now." test. don't believe anybody can [stop Cannon was named the Confer­ "I told them if we want to be a me],'' Cannon said. "But that's all on RAYMA JENKINS/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE UCF sophomore Emma Cannon is leading the team ence USA Player of the Week for her good team, we have to win games on me." in scoring and rebounding during their win streak. "

~~ JI'>.• - ..~ ------·~------~------(tu1taJ '1oriba :Jutuu • January 14, 2009 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A9 Late catch completes turnaround [ ·Average attendance FROM A8 an ongoing problem , that mentality." In -the spring, the media focused FROM A8 It really is unaccept­ on Armstrong, Debose and Dye, able. UCF ranks sixth in which made many teammates jeal­ when filled, and that C-USA in attendance per ous. makes Orlando one of the game, barely ahead of "We called the kids in and said, toughest places to play in UAB and behind perenni­ 'OK, when you think of the New C-USA. al powerhouses such as England Patriots, what do you think The Knights' record UTEP and Marshall. of?' " Cullison said. "Right off the reflects that. The Knights The teams that UCF is top everyone says Tom Brady. I said are 35-6 at home in the topping in attendance are 'OK, that's what these guys are ... the past three seasons, two of some of the smaller face of our program.' " which have been at the schools in the conference Those players, especially Arm­ UCF Arena. Those six - Houston notwithstand­ RAYMA JENKINS/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE losses came to UAB, ing - with arenas that strong, helped Seminole open the Mike Cullison's Seminole High upset Miami Northwestern in the state final with a last minute touchdown. season with two convincing wins Houston. Connecticut, just don't fit as many peo­ over Hagerty High and DeLand, Ole Miss and Memphis ple as UCF's can. noles would be facing Miami North­ During halftime, the Seminol~ play­ twice. It's not so much the defeating both by a combined score western. ers were loose and confident they of63-6. Nobody else, though, UCF students, because The Bulls had won two consecu­ · could battle back in the game. stood a chance. And that they have made an effort, Then disaster struck Armstrong tive state championships and had Debose scored on a 6-yard sat out one game and Debose the is what makes the average even during the winter won 46 of47 games coming into the touchdown run with 5:28 left in the attendance so frustrating. break, to come out in next due to injuries, and Seminole game. third quarter and cut the lead to 21- lost its next two games to Spruce In 2006-07, the final something close to The Bulls were trying to become 14. Seminole recovered a fumble on season in what is now droves, and Speraw has Creek and Dr. Phillips. Cullison's the first team to win three consecu­ the ensuing kick and Debose capi­ team found itself at 2-2 and ques­ The Venue, UCF averaged always acknowledged tive championships since the play­ talized on the turnover with anoth­ 2,706 people per game in them before each game. tioning whether it was good enough off format was adopted in 1963. er touchdown run. to win without its superstars. an arena with a capacity The problem is the None of that mattered to Culli­ Then came the play that saved of about 5,000. In two sea­ "Those two games that we lost, Orlando population. son. · He called a team meeting, Seminole's season. sons in the UCF Arena, which doesn't recognize each game Andre didn't play in one pulled out a white board and wrote With 33 seconds left in the fourth · the average attendance is game and Ray Ray didn't play in the what a great team is play­ the word 'Northwestern' on the quarter and facing third-and-15, Arm­ 4,582, which sounds like a other game," Cullison said. "Now, ing in its backyard. There • board. Below that, he wrote one strong lofted the ball 40 yards down marked improvement is no reason not to come does that mean we are a lousy team? sentence: '12 letters, it's nothing.' .the field Debose hopped up, reached No, but I think what happens is that until you remember the out to the arena to watch "I just told them, straight up, that ·· his hands over the head of North­ newer facility seats 10,000 this team, and there is early in the season. our kids' psyche we are a good football team," Culli­ western cornerback TevinMcCaskill, · was 'Well, we need Andre to make a butts. almost nothing interesting son said. ''We are better than they and snatched the ball out ofthe air for Neither the administra­ play here, but he is suspended or we to do in Orlando anyway. are, and our kids believed it." the winning touchdown. tion, nor the team, nor the need Ray to make a play, but he can't But hey, even if the The game, held at the Citrus ''When I saw the ball in the air, it fans can be pleased with a because he has a hurt shoulder.' " fans don't show up, the Bowl, would be a homecoming of looked like a good ball, and I half-empty stadium, but Knights will continue to • Those stars came back, though, sorts for Cullison, who played there thought it had a chance," Cullison there is only one group and so did Cullison's Seminoles. win, so at least there's while at UCF. said. "That joker jumps up, and that that can change that. that, which is nice. After their loss to Dr. Phillips, the When Cullison enrolled in UCF, is just straight athleticism. I mean, Seminoles won six consecutive it didn't have a football program. He come on. you can't cover a guy bet­ games to clinch a seed in the play-­ had transferred from Tusculum ter than that. The guy is sitting in his offs. In those games, the Seminoles College in Tennessee in 1979, the lap, but he jumped over him, got the outscored their opponents 253-29, very first semester that the school ball and came down, and it was a including three shutouts. went by the name UCF. great feeling.'' "When we were 8-2 and going At Tusculum, Cullison was on And to think it all started with an into the playoffs, we said, 'OK, that scholarship for baseball. When he interview and a man who was just season is over,' " Cullison said. transferred, he wanted to play base­ plain real.. It didn't take long for • "Now we want to be 5-0. We are not ball, but since he had already played Cullison to get acquainted in San­ going to talk about a state champi­ in the fall for Tusculum, he wasn't ford and turn Seminole from 1-9 to onship. We just want to be 5-0, and allowed to play. The next best champions. Though he was the one· ifthat happens, we are state champi­ option was UCF's brand new foot­ to hire Cullison. Powers knows who ons." ball program. Cullison tried out and was responsible for the turnaround The road to 5-0-was a tough one. won the starting quarterback job for "I credit everything to [ Cullison], The Seminoles went through the Knights in 1979. because he was the one who put it .. DeLand, Spruce Creek and Apopka That experience didn't help all together," Powers said. "I mean, before slipping past Boone in the Seminole in the first half, though. the principal keeps saying I wish I final 44 seconds to advance to the The Bulls scored on their first pos­ could have kept that paper that you ., championship game. session of the game and ended up wrote with what your observations In that game, Cullison's Semi- getting out to a 21-7 lead at halftime. were of him."

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Not long ago I was already being badgered. invited by a couple friends "Oh my GOD, are you to enjoy a delicious Tex­ serious?" yelled one, and Mex dinner at one of my just as she finished her favorite burrito restau­ sentence the other began ' rants. I didn't lmow the dishing her blows. ''You're two very well, but I fig­ so terrible! How can you C: ured there was no better eat something like that way to get to lmow people and ruin the lives of those than talking over a good poor chickens, cows and dinner. Once I arrived at BEN BADIO pigs?" "Haven't you seen the burrito joint and met Contributing Writer those videos? Don't you up with the two girls, we lmow what they do to exchanged greetings and walked up those poor animals?" I didn't want to the line to order.· to ruin my night before even get­ ... WAYNE STAYSKAL / TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Being that I am such a perfect ting a chance to chow down on my gentleman, I insisted that the two murder meal, so I refrained from girls place their orders first. The saying anything that might offend preparer smiled and asked, ''What the girls. I simply replied with "I OUR STANCE would you like on your burrito?" lmow what you mean.. " and rushed The word my new friend respond­ to the table. ed with sent chills down my spine. For about another 15 minutes I "Tofu!" she exclaimed. Upon hear­ was thoroughly grilled by my new ing that dreadful term I imagined acquaintances. It was as if they that through the window a menac­ were veggie-loving drill sergeants; Tuition increase ing storm cloud had appeared. they might as well have been quot­ 1 Sweat began to pour down my face. ing "Full Metal Jacket." I tried my I continued to listen in quiet fear as best to keep my mouth shut, how­ she and her companion demanded ever, hoping that the storm might that the preparer plop copious soon pass, and eventually it did. amounts of vegetable toppings onto The two ladies and I managed to necessary evil the spongy white blocks lying on enjoy a few minutes of conversa­ their tortillas. tion before one of them dropped udget cutbacks have It is a fairly large deficit, and allow state universities to raise Why was I so dreadfully nerv­ her burrito in an odd fit of jubila­ .become a serious reality someone will have to pay for tuition 15 percent over the cur­ ous? No, I don't have a phobia of tion She looked at her best friend B vegetables and meat substitutes. I and with a look of anxiousness and for many companies in it. Ifthe debt relegated to UCF rent base rate. Ifthat proposal a wide array ofindustries. exceeds our $5.4 million passes - it will come to vote have a fear of angry vegetarians. joy yelled, "I forgot to get QUESO!'? Blame it on an economy in a reserve, UCF will find itselfin in March - the new tuition As I waited to make my order I Just in case some readers aren't downturn and unrest in the the red and the price tag may increase could help UCF and tried my best to come to terms aware, milk comes from cows, with what was likely to happen which means the queso those girls financial sector. It is easy to be left to students ~d teach­ other schools to ease their cur­ I) forget that higher education is ers, in any number ofways. rent budget woes. within the next minute. The two loved so much was likely the prod­ a business, too. What some Debt is nothing new for However, students with girls had never eaten with me uct of an overlabored poorly treat­ students may not realize is UCF, or any state school, in Bright Futures scholarships before, and they were not aware of ed calf, which was killed not long that state-run colleges in Flori­ the past few years. The school would not be covered for the my excessive habits. I'm the person after running dry. da have been dealing with has tried tuition increases and proposed increase. Clearly, who orders burritos jam-packed I don't have a problem with veg­ budget shortfalls for years hiring cutbacks in the past to placing an additional financial with steak, chicken, and whatever etarians, pescatarians, vegans or now. inake up for similar shortcom- burden on college students is ~lse you can fit into the tortilla If members of organizations like Every year the school sys­ ings. less than ideal, but, as men­ it's a good day and I've got a bit of PETA, but I do have a problem with tem in this state, burdened by You may have noticed tioned before, the money has extra cash on my plastic, I might people who pretend to care about its own overdevelopment and some ofthe classes you want to come from somewhere. even order double or triple por­ animal rights. I'm agnostic and I overloaded by an underfunded to take aren't available as often It remains to be seen tions of whichever meat I fancy, don't agree with the values taught Bright Futures program that as they used to be, or that whether UCF will f"md itselfin then I might decide I want to by many religions, but I don't go " has lax standards, f"mds itself there are fewer class sections debt, or how high that number drown it in melted cheese. around preaching my beliefs to my in a deep hole when it comes from one semester to the next. will be. There are already too Anyone who eats li).ce me can friends and yelling at them for hav­ time to calculate the budget Ifthe school finds itself over few teachers, and as many stu­ understand just how worried I was ing their own opinions. Vegetarians for the new fiscal yeai: budget again, don't be sur­ dents are already aware, many because it's likely they've had siini.­ shouldn't behave that way either. You may have noticed the prised to hear the same old classes are already very over­ lar experiences. I was about to be Ifyou're a true vegetarian, not symptoms: You may have seen story. Don't expect any new crowded. vocally tenderized and ground up, someone who's into a fad, then I your classes growing in size or teachers and don't be sur­ Students need to under­ much like the beef I considered support you, so long as you don't noticed that there seem to be a prised ifenrollment shrinks stand that the cost oftheir adding to my order. try to stop me from being as car­ lot more students on campus, significantly as that scenario education may need to rise in It didn't take long. Before I could nivorous as I want to be. Live and with fewer professors to teach plays out. order to prevent the quality of pronounce the "k'' in steak I was let live. Eat and let eat. , them. Gov. Charlie Crist proposed their education from being This year's hole: $23 billion in November of last year to compromised. The Future encourag5comments froinreadersJn order to be considered for publication, letters toth.e editor should not exceed 300 words;we may edit for length. Submit them online ., at www.CentralFfcridaFuture.com or fax them to 407-447-4556.,Questions? Call 407-447-4558. Biodiesel 'L MAN ON THE STREET ,() T H E WORD AROUND CAMPUS

CJ 11 ith themes of biodiesel, the blending facili­ commuting right .before our Why do you ride the W "going green'' ty is def"mitely a large step­ eyes. jf\ emerging in busi­ ping stone for the future of So the next step? Jump nesses big and small, the new transit technology. Vehicles aboard. LYNX is losing seri­ LYNX bus system?" increase in fares overshad­ from Orange County and the ous funding as advertisers ows efforts by LYNX to join Orlando Utilities Commis­ are peeling their labels off ~----- the movement toward a sion will turn to the station buses left and right. The least healthier planet. for fueling as all of Orlando students could do to help. After receiving a $2.5 mil­ tries to dip its toes into a these pioneering endeavors lion grant from the Florida renewable, clean source of is. to lessen their own carbon Department of Environmen­ fuel. footprint and substitute driv­ tal Protection, LYNX will Just the prospect of exper­ ing to school with boarding a build its very own biodiesel imenting with environment­ LYNX bus or even a UCF blending and fueling facility, friendly fuels should be shuttle. The service embod­ according to an article by the enough fodder for massive ies convenience with buses Florida Transportation Mag­ community support. UCF running around-the-clock azine. itself should take advantage and on the clock as one can Finally a real step towards of this rare chance and part­ even plan a trip right on improving the environmental ner with LYNX to create an LYNX's Web site. JONATHAN MEE RYUICHI TSUCHIKAWA quality of commuter trans­ educational outlet for these We should regard LYNX Computer Science Physics portation will reach solid advents of environmental · as one of the most dedicated ground once the facility is consideration. Green tech­ community agencies that "I first started using LYNX to be environmentally "Because I don't have a car." functional sometime in the nology is the surfacing field consistently serves the pub­ conscience but then after gas prices started new year. While Detroit of significance in this coun­ lic and not itself. Dependent going up I felt like I was getting more of a ben­ shuffles to get its act together try, where the focus of clean­ on transit buses, Orlando efit just saving a little bit of money." and produce efficient, envi­ ing up the environment is resident Marie Clinton says ronmentally sound cars, predominantly associated the main inconvenience she transit agencies should be with reining in greenhouse runs into is the infrequency • leaping out of their seats at gas emissions. ofbuses. In terms of eco­ the opportunity to attract LYNX aims to achieve nomics she attests that tak­ new commuters by proving above and beyond the 10 per­ ing the bus is favorable for that public transportation is cent reduction in greenhouse the frugal but says, "I'd rather the answer to alleviating gas emissions called for by have my car, even with gaso­ • pressure off our carbon foot­ Gov. Charlie Crist. Not a line and insurance prices." prints. doubt exists that the on-site Despite the patience we're The LYNX fleet will start blending station carries a all lacking, public transit is a running on B20 fuel, 20 per­ tremendous amount of pres­ viable answer to stiffer emis­ cent biodiesel and 80 percent sure with the rest of the sions sanctions. With the diesel, and upon completion, country anxious for its suc­ hopeful success of LYNX's f') the facility will allow for cess. The impact that suc­ biodiesel blending and fuel­ KENJI SAKINO GANEM NASSAR experimentation with differ­ cessful results could lead to ing facility, transit will not Anthropology Microbiology ent mixture ratios of blend is unanticipated. We may , only be viable but actual in "It's cheap." "Because it is cheaper."

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