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Police say that Police say fullback vandalized Tower 4 when sophomore football player JESSICA J. SAGGIO report, the 19-year-old to the fire sprinkler system. Ricky Kay entered News Editor sophomore football player The broken gauge caused the eastern had returned to Tower 4 after stairwell in the water to drain from the fire Tower4 UCF fullback Ricky Kay a night "out to the clubs," suppression system, leading apartment was arrested Saturday night when he entered the east side to a flood of water in the stair­ complex,he after causing $5,200 worth of stairwell. Upon entering, he well. broke the gauge damage to Tower 4, and UCF hit an exit sign with both "He just made a stupid mis­ on the fire Athletics announced that Kay hands, knocking the sign to take," said Richard Kay Sr., sprinkler system. will immediately be suspend­ the ground ,and breaking it. Ricky's father. His father said CRYSTAL PAOLOEMILIO ed from the team because he When Kay ventured to the he is very dis~raught and is / tENTRAL FLORIDA FUTU RE is being charged with a felony. 1 second floor, he proceeded to According to_ the police hit a pressure gauge attached PLEASE SEE KAY ON A3

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Breaking Students crowd the stands during the last football season. This season, kickoff will mark the e~d of tailgating and no open containers will be allowed. SGA said that too many students tailgate without concern for the game. news on myour cell Current Ganie Day Regulations Get UCF news sent to your cell UCF prohibits tailgating after kickoff phone. Just text the keyword The regulations for game day on UCF authorized hours only by persons 21 ye'61S of campus are as follows: age or older. UCFNEWS ti> 44636. JILLIAN KROTKI • Alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited Staff Writer from being brought inside Bright House No public sale or distribution o• alcohol is AROVND CAMPUS, A2 Networks Stadium. No alcoholic beverages are fter a reflection on last year's football season, UCF officials have decided to authorized in the stadium on game day (except authorized on campus ,, ept i I permanent IT'S NEARLY THE LAST limit the amount of time tailgaters will have to drink on game diiY· in the stadium suites and club lounge). People dining establishments). kegs, g ass containers As well as last season went, there is always room for improvement, and one with alcoholic beverages may be ejected from and beer funnels are not author ized on campus. CHANCE TO.SEE area that was unanimous across the board was regarding the time spent tail­ the· stadium. A . The following activities are prohibited URINETOWN AT UCF gating. It's not uncommon to find students tailgating at 7 am. for a 7 p.m. foot­ I ball game. Many universities put a limit on the number of hours prio_r to kickoff that at all times~ Set in a not-too-distant future where • UCF's drug and alcohol policy is set forth at: (1) Any rapid, excessive or irr-\?Sponsible the students are allowed to partake in these activities. The UCF officials didn't feel it UCF Golden Rules. This policy states that the people cannot legally urinate without consumption of alcohol bevera~es necessary to limit the number of hours prior to the game, but they have decided that sale, service, possession and consumption of (2) Drinking contests or game:,s or any other paying money, Urinetown is nearing once the game begins, the drinking must stop. alcoholic beverages shall comply with state and its last shows. It shows today, activities which involve the rapid .=ind/or "SGA [Student Government Association] urged that too many people party without federal laws. excessive consumption of alcoholk beverages tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. a care about the football game," said vice president for Strategic Planning and Initia­ Tickets are $10 with a student ID. . Anyone consuming alcohol must i.;,e prepared tives, Al Harms. "SGA and alumni representatives proposed to knock the drinking off • City and county ordinances and university to show proof that he or she is 21 or o Ider. at game time." regulations relating to open containers shall not Harms said that this is the most substantive change to the policies regarding the fall be applicable or enforced from 7 a.m. until For more information on the UCF gaml~ day LOCAL & STATE, A2 game start, thereby permitting alcoholic policies, tailgating and stadium visit the SUGAR COMPANY SELLS PLEASE $EE NEW ON A3 beverages to be consumed during these website at www.udgameday.com 300 SQUARE MILES OF ·-,------,---,---- EVERGLADES TO STATE In one of the biggest conservation STEP makes strides deals in U.S. history, the nation's CAUTION:~wetJ cement ; largest producer of can~ sugar } ANDREA CANTERBURY reached a tentative agreement Contributing Writer Tuesday to get out of the business and for new students sell 300 square miles in the Everglades Some students are wonder­ to the state of Rorie!] for $1.75 billion. MARK SCHAUB Program, like Mack, get the ContrlbutingWriter benefit of coming in as a ing why UCF is watering their group to connect to their uni- sidewalks. Before most freshmen versity and their major. Although it upsets some stu­ NATION & WORLD,A4 even begin college in the fall, "I'm nervous, but I'm kind dents, UCF officials say certain > OPPOSITION LEADER IN Ashley Mack will have a good of excited at the same time," elements can't be controlled idea if the major she's picked Mack said. and students are encouraged to ZIMBABWE TAKES is right for her. The STEP Program stands report problems. REFUGE WITH DUTCH As an elementary educa- for Supporting Teacher Edu­ "You almost have to walk on tion major, Mack, 18, is cation Pre-professionals. the grass to avoid the water," Zimbabwe's opposition leader briefly enrolled in the STEP Pro- STEP was started in 2005 by said Jeanella Bronswinkel, a emerged from his refuge at the Dutch gram, which brings freshmen Jennifer Platt, associate dean I. ~or hospitality management CRYSTAL PAOLOEMILIOI CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Embassy Wednesday and called for to UCF for summer B and for the College of Education. maJor. Asprinkler sprays the sidewalk outside the Recreation and Wellness Center. Some African leaders to guide talks to end immediately puts them in Connie Goodman, coordina- Bronswinkel said she has students have said UCF is wasting water by letting the unruly sprinklers go awry. Zimbabwe's crisis, saying a presidential , education courses. For many tor of the program, said its been sprayed by errant sprin­ runoff this week was no solution. I freshmen, living away from development stemmed from klers more than once during the grass. that the problem isn't really home and starting something , the national need for her time on campus. She said Sophomore Raissa Simon, helping drought conditions. new isn't easy to get used to. the sprinklers near Millican an early childhood education "They're totally wasting INDEX TODAY'S Hall and the Library seem to major, said she too has been But the students in the STEP PLEASE SEE EDUCATION ON AS • drench the sidewalkrather than soaked on her way to class and PLEASE SEE LAWN ON AS Around Campus 2 I WEATHER Weather 2 Local & State 2 Nation & World 4 Sports 6 Variety 8 Opinions 10 Classifieds 11 Sudoku 11 11 •

• A2 www.Centra!FloridaFuture.com June 26, 2008 • (entr.d :Jforiba :future / AROUND Japan and they never of the Office of Internation­ factor." Columnists producer ofcane sugar reached a want to leave, or they want al Studies. "What it does is Study abroad programs tentative agreement Tuesday to Benjamin Badio, Daniel Valencia to. go back as soon as they it helps you learn better the. generally range anywhere • get out ofthe business and sell its get back to America. For stuff that you would learn from $1,000 to $1,500, but Graphic Artists nearly 300 square miles in the me, it was the same way." anyway, and in addition to are eligible for scholarship Cara Cooper, Everglades to the state of Florida Brand is one of several that, provides you with reimbursement. The Office Joseph Mangabat, Brad Walkover for $175 billion. students who have skills that may be unique." of International Studies Editorial Adviser • The deal with U.S. Sugar embarked overseas for a Cardec said the study lists more than 20 scholar­ Abraham Aboraya Corp. results from a convergence semester, si:udying at a ~r­ abtoad e).CJ)eijence offers a ships on their Web site, adviser@(entralFloridaFuture.com of interests: The state is trying to eign university thrc;n:q~h different peA,pective and http://www.study.abroad.u restore the Everglades and clean UCF's exchange program. allows students to see cf.edu. Bright· Futures is .. up pollution caused by Big Sugar The UCF Office of Interna­ where they fit not only as a atnong the applicable and other growers, while the tional Studies has mor~ citizen in the U.S., but as a scholarships for students American sugar industry is being than 20 programs available, citizen of the world. wishing to travel overseas. squeezed by low-price imports. including both short-term That unique opportuni­ But what an individual Advertising Sales Director · • Republican Gov. Charlie Crist faculty-hosted excursions ty is just what students like student spends on the trip Mark Lanaris x204 declared the agreement "as mon­ and semester-long student - sophomore mechanical is really up to them and [email protected] umental as the creation of our exchanges. The office is engineering major Matt how they wish to experi­ University Sales Director • ~ tion's first national park, Yel­ currently changing their Chiodo are looking for in a ence the culture. Brand said Heissam Jebailey x201 l~ wstone." application procedures in study abroad program., he estimates he spent over [email protected] lunder the deal, the state response to a survey of "It'd be cool to get first­ $8,500 on his trip to Japan Business Manager woul~ uy U.S. Sugar's holdings more than 700 student rec­ hand expt;?rience of what mainly due to enjoying the • in the :verglades south of Lake Trisha Irwin x212 ommendations. other countries do and the nightlife, traveling and [email protected] Okeech bee, including its cane The new process aims at way they work their embarking on his first fields,. and railroad line. U.S. making program enroll­ mechanics,'' Chiodo said. snowboarding trip. But he Distribution Manager Sugar wo~d be allowed to farm "You can bring that back says regardless of the cost Ryan McDonald x211 • ment and documentation [email protected] the 187,0 acres for six more less stressful for students. and not only put it on your and· any culture shock, stu­ years, afte~rwhich it would go out The prerequisites for the resume, but have the cool dents should take the General Manager ofbusiness. programs vary, but they experience to share with chance to travel while Raymond G. Bush x220 The stat would then protect generally require a 2.0 GPA others." they're still in college. RayB@KnightNe'r':5papers.com • · the land from development, for-excursions, a 3.0 GPA Senior management ''Yes, do it," Brand said which been encroaching on for stu<;J.y abroad and a U.S. major Ramon Torres said "You're going to notice the Fax:407-447-4556 the Evet'g4.ades for decades. passport. Countries such as he would love to go abroad, differences, but I just took Published by Knight Newspapers • State- f officials would also France, and that the extensive them in stride. I don't know build ttwork ofreservoirs and 11825 High Tech Ave. Ste. 100 Aus- experience is what some if that had anything to do Orlando, FL32817 marsh s to filter water flowing tralia, companies are looking with my anthropology into e . Everglades and help for in potential background or that's just • restcfre the River of Grass to a candi- the type of person I am, but cleqlller, IJ,lore natural state. For I just went in there." get/ierations, farming and devel­ o~ment have blocked the natural ~UCF .. f,1ow of water and allowed fertil­ Stands For Opportunity" izers and other pollutants to spill into the wetlands. Negotiations are still going on, Ap • cP.ASSOOAT£0 COLLEGIATE Associated and officials hope to sign a final PkESS Press agreement by September. David Guest, a lawyer with the environmental group Earth­ • justice and a longtime foe of U.S. Sugar, gloated over the announcement. "In the old days, • you didn't just beat your oppo­ nent, you also ate them," he said One free copy of the Central Florida Future "Today, we're eating U.S. Sugar." The deal would not end sugar permitted per issue. If available, • production in the. Everglades. additional copies may be purchased from Some 300,000 acres of land, or our office with prior approval tor $1 each. close to 500 square miles, used Newspaper theft is a crime. Violators by other companies would may be subject to civil and criminal remain in production. prosecution and/or University "But it makes it a lot more discipline. manageable," said Ken Ammon, deputy executive director of the South Florida Water Manage­ ment District, the state agency overseeing restoration efforts. ''It LEf USKNOW • totally changes the face of Ever­ glades restoration ... No one ever The Future wants to hear • thought that a whole corporation from you. If you have a club, ., • like U.S. Sugar would up and LOCAL WEATHER organization or event and want potentially leave the Everglades." your information to be consid­ • Ammon said that considering ered for the Around Campus the land aJJ.d the other equipment Today TODAY IN DETAIL Friday High:90° column, send a fax to 407-447- • on the property, the sale price Today: ASO -percent chance of show­ 4556 or an e-mail to editor@cen­ T-STORMS Low:75° tralfloridafuture.com. Deadlines "looks like a tremendous deal" SCATTERED ers. East winds at 12 mph. are 5 p.m. Friday for the Monday for the state. T-STORMS Tonight: Thunderstorms in the early edition, 5 p.m. Monday for the U.S. Sugar chief executive evening. Southeast winds at 10 n:iph. High:89° • Robert Buker called the deal High:86° Saturday Wednesday edition, and 5 p.m. low:r74° T-STORMS L®J: 75° Wednesday for the Friday e · PLEASE SEE LOCAC'oN A4 tion. '* • .. (enttal :Jloriba "1tuu · June 26, 2008 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A~ Kay 'devastated' New tailgating rules aid safety FROM Al

~ from suspension season and the UCF officials I hope that this will help con­ FROM Al duct issues. Although open containers dealing with the circum­ will be forbidden once the ., stances privately with his fam- game begins, the on-campus ily. restaur~ts will not be affect­ "He's devastated, the fami­ ed. They are separate institu­ ly's devastated," Kay Sr. said tions with strict rules and no "He's never been in trouble changes are anticipated before; he just did something "All servers are TIPS cer­ stupid and he lmows it." tified," Harms said. "This Kay was accompanied by means through a formal freshmen teammates process they learned the Lawrence Young and Nick signs of intoxication that are Pieschel who witnessed parts vital to look for when of the incident. responsibly distributing Security guards first Ricky Kay alcohol." noticed the small group of at Alcohol is only served least five people, "making a lot suspended indoors at the on-campus of noise" in parking garage E. However, the release also restaurants that offer it and The guards notified UCF stated the institution is pro­ servers and fans are relied on police after the fire alarm was hibited to comment on the to understand and respect set off and they saw water disciplinary action. the standards. Officials insist coming down the stairs. Sarah Oleksy, assistant that th._re is no need to shut Pieschel told police he heard a director of Housing and off the spicket on game day. loud noise and saw Kay Residence Life, said vandal­ Violations will be handled behind him with the smashed ism isn't an oddity, but it's by campus police, who will sign. Young said he heard a rarely serious damage. use their judgment to deter­ "loud burst" causing him to "When you think of van­ mine the consequences, turn around and see "water · dalism, you think of like spray which can range from a flying everywhere," according paint and things like that. We warning to the use of hand­ to the report. d_on't get a lot of that, but cuffs. The police will be COREY MAYNARD/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Resident assistants and breaking stuff," Oleksy said. trusted to make the correct Alcohol is strictly prohibited inside the Bright House Networks Stadium. After klckoff, open containers will also be forbidden on police reviewed the hallway "It's usually related to alcohol calls. Enforcement will be campus and in tailgating areas. However, on-campus restaurants will not be affected by the new rule as long as alcohol stays inside. j and entrance surveillance It does occur froni time to strengthened. video, which was given to time, but I do think a kit of our ''.Be reasonable and con­ policy. ily and there's plenty of time UCF police for evidence. The students are very respectful of sider whether or not you're "I lmow for a fact that if to drink prior to kickoff," UCF Physical Plant appraised our property, but the most trying to cooperate," Harms people want to drink, they're "I don't think said biology major Elizabeth the sign to be about $200. The popular thing to do is break said. going to do it anyway," said Scala. "The people there to water restoration cleanup exit signs. It's just the way Harms said the rules and engineering major Andrew they should see the game probably won't crew estimated the water they come down from the policies are crystal clear and Wood. "It will definitely con­ even notice since drinking is· damage to be about $5,000. ceiling; it's just very tempting the main desire is for the uni­ tain the problem, but I don't take extreme not permitted inside of the Kay was placed under for some students. Sometimes versity to be known as the think it will prevent it from stadium." arrest and transported to it's not about vandalizing, it's best in its conference, with­ taking place." · actions right There are minor concerns Orange County Central Book­ just being silly about things." out any incorrect notions of In addition to the doubts regarding the actions that ing without incident. He was Kay came to UCF in 2007 hosting. Last year proved to about whether or not this will be taken by the police if later released on $1,100 bail. and appeared in every game be a terrific experience and policy will actually work, away." a violation occurs. Since it is last season. Last season, Kay the officials hope to make some students also feel that at the discretion of the offi­ He is being charged with two - RYAN SOKOLOFF counts of felonies related to caught six passes for a total of this year even better, he said. it may cause additional prob­ BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MAJOR cer, the result could be one vandalism on UCF property. 60 yards. He made his first There aren't any other lems. extreme or another. Since then, UCF Athletics collegiate start against the significant changes taking "I think it was made with "I don't think they-should announced Kay would be sus­ University ofSouth Florida on place for the upcoming sea­ good intentions, but it could 30 minute grace period that take extreme actions right pended from the team due to October 13. son other than a different definitely cause more prob- allows everyone to get inside away, but as it gets later in the UCF Athletics Compre­ Kay will remain suspended method of parking manage­ lems, such as family and vis- the stadium and situated." the season and the rules are hensive Action Plan which until the charges are resolved ment, but the traffic flow itors' tailgates ending later Several.students feel that known throughout, then it governs student-athlete con­ Since the incident, the mess should remain the same. than kickoff," said marketing the new policy is a good idea would be appropriate,". said duct, according to a press has been cleaned and no signs While the hopes are high major Katie Kingston. and may not even be notice­ business management major release. The plan states that of the vandalism are outward­ with the officials, UCF stu­ "Maybe instead of cutting off · able to the real football fans. Ryan Sokoloff. "The first few student athletes charged with ly visible. No further state­ dents have mixed feelings alcohol consumption right at "It's a good idea because games they should just give a felony will be immediately ments have been made. regarding the new drinking kickoff, they could permit a people won't get hurt as eas- warnings."

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''monumental" but said he was saddened to see the demise of changes·to U.S. energy his company. Its 1,700 employ­ ees, including those who work GLEN JOHNSON in the mill and operate the Associated Press cane-cutting machinery, will lose their jobs, though the state SANTA BARBARA, Cali£ is offering them retraining. - Republican John McCain The entire American sugar said Tuesday the federal gov­ industry has struggled with ernment should practice the stiff competition from import­ energy efficiency he preach­ ed sugar. es, pledging as president to At least 33 mills have closed switch official vehicles to nationwide in the past decade green technologies and do the as producers try to remain same for office buildings. competitive in a market flush Expanding upon his ideas with sugar from the likes of TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI I ASSOCIATED PRESS to address the nation's energy Brazil and Thailand, which Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition party in Zimbabwe at a press conference · crisis, the Arizona senator have lower labor costs than in Harare. Tsvangirai had a short refuge at the Dutch Embassy before speaking. also called for a redesign of U.S. producers, said Phillip the national power grid so Hayes of the American Sugar Zimbabwean opposition leader Shooting in Kentucky plastics power is better distribute<;! Alliance. takes refuge in Dutch embassy plant kins five, shooter dead where it's needed and the Last year, U.S. Sugar - HARARE, Zimbabwe - HENDERSON, Ky. - An country has the capacity to which grows and refines sugar Zimbabwe's opposition employee shot and killed a run electric vehicles that he and sells it wholesale or pack­ leader briefly emerged supervisor and four others wants automakers to supply. ages it under private labels for from his refuge at the Dutch after an argument at a west­ "Our federal gqvemment is about 60 customers, including Embassy Wednesday and ern Kentucky plastics plant, never shy about instructing Publix and Albertsons super­ called for African leaders to · then turned the gun on him­ the .American people in good LM OTERO I ASSOCIATED PRESS markets - shut down iu; other guide talks to end Zimbab­ self, police and a company environmental practice. But Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during an mill, blaming foreign competi­ we's crisis, saying a presi­ official said Wednesday. energy efficiency, like charity, environmental briefing on Tuesday at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. tion. dential runoff this week was The shooting happened should begin at home," In recent years, U.S. Sugar no solution. around midnight at Atlantis McCain said before conduct­ unnecessary. even practicable nor desirable has also had to bear the higher Morgan Tsvangirai said Plastics in this Ohio River ing an energy round-table at McCain reiterated his sup­ unless it was an all-out world costs of cleaning up its water the goal of the talks would town ofabout 28,000 people. the Santa Barbara Museum of port Tuesday for building up war." Among those on the ener­ before it enters the Everglades. be forming a coalition tran­ The employee, a press Natural History. to ·45 new nuclear power The company's vice presi­ sitional authority for his operator, began arguing with McCain drives a 2003 plants and said the technolo­ gy panel was Republican Cal­ dent, Robert Coker, said U.S. country. He said talks could a supervisor and was escort­ Cadillac CTS, a sedan the gy exists for safe nuclear ifornia Gov. Arnold Sugar began talks with the gov­ not begin until there was an ed from the building, compa­ Environmental Protection waste reprocessing and stor­ Schwarzenegger, a McCain ernor last year ''to make sure end to attacks on his sup­ ny CEO Bud Philbrook told Agency says gets 16 to 24 age. . backer who opposes another our business for the long-term porters blamed on Presi­ -the Associated Press. miles per gallon and emits "It's not a technoiogical major element of the candi-. was sustainable." dent Robert Mugabe's gov­ As the employee was leav­ about 9.6 tons of greenhouse breakthrough that needs to be date's energy strategy- end- • The Everglades restoration ernment and a release of ing, he took out a gun, shot gases annually. When cam­ taken; it's a NIMBY problem," ing a decades-old federal ban effort is the largest ofits kind in "political prisoners," the supervisor, then charged paigning, he's ferried by the he said, using the acronym for on offshore drilling. McCain the world. It is aimed at undo­ including top opposition back into a break room and Secret Service using a fleet of "Not-In-My-Backyard." has said he would leave the ing or rerouting decades of figure Tendai Biti, jailed on shot several employees. Chevrolet Suburbans, a full­ "We'.ve got to have the guts decision to the states if the • flood-control projects that treason charges. Then he returned to the floor size SUV the EPA estimates and cu1.rrage to do what other moratorium were lifted. were built to make way for Zimbabwean Deputy and shot another employee gets 12 to 20 mpg and emits 9 countries are doing, and they Offshore drilling is particu­ houses and farms. Information Minister before killing himself, to 13 tons ofgreenhouse gases. are reducing the pollution to larly sensitive in this coastal A key component was Bright Matonga reacted Philbrook said During the discussion, our environment rather dra­ community 100 miles north of approved by Congress in 2000. with derision. It wasn't clear if the McCain made a comment matically without any huge Los Angeles, where a 1969 oil The project was originally esti­ Matonga said the gov­ employee was carrying the likely to provoke discussion in pain to anybody," · spill dumped an estimated 3 mated to cost $7.8 billion and ernment and Mugabe's gun, or if he retrieved it after Nevada, where he campaigns Later in the day, during a million gallons of crude. oil • take 30 years. The price tag has ZANU-PF were focused on the argument. Under Ken­ Wednesday and is the site of telephone town-hall meeting into the ocean. since balloonea by billions the election. Tsvangirai will tucky law, business owners the proposed Yucca Moun­ with Florida voters, a mother Despite emphasizing the because of rising construction be on the ballot because his are allowed to prohibit peo­ tain nuclear waste repository. of two sons asked McCain optional nature of his propos- and real estate costs, and it is withdrawal came too late to ple from bringing weapons McCain long has supported under what circumstances he al, McCain has heard com- • unknown how long it will take. be valid, electoral officials onto the premises. the facility, much to the cha­ could envision a return to a plaints about it throughout his said. At least one other person grin of pivotal Nevada voters, military draft. two days of campaigning in Dutch Foreign Minister was injured, police said The although last month he sug­ The Vietnam veteran said California, a Democratic- • - ASSOCIATED PRESS Maxime Verhagen spoke wounded victim was taken to gested creating a foreign none, "except perhaps if we leaning state the GOP hopes with Tsvangirai and St. Mary's Hospital and Med­ waste repository that might were in an all-out World War to put in play iri the general "underlined he is welcome ical Center in Evansville, Ind, make the mountain site m.. .. I do not believe a draft is election. to stay as long as he wants," spoke~woman Cheryl HIGHER Netherlands' Foreign Min­ Dauble said That person was istry spokesman Bart Rijs undergoing treatment, she said. He declined comment said, but declined to release EDUCATION on Tsvangirai's future plans. ' further information. What's in the news at Tsvangirai first took The names of the shooter colleges around the country refuge in the embassy Sun­ and the victims were not day after withdrawing from released. However, Hender­ Dean hired at UW-P resigns as the country's presidential son County Coroner Bruce

I criminal investigations continue elections, saying he feared Farmer confirmed that the ii r ,MADISON, WIS. - A Uni­ for. his safety. supervisor was among the versity ofLouisville dean hired dead He said autopsies for all \ to lead the University of WIS­ Salman Rushdie knighted by · six were planned Wednesday. ' consin-Parkside -resigned his Queen Elizabeth II in England l appointment Tuesday amid a LONDON Queen 'Pregnancy pact' started by j federal criminal investigation Elizabeth II conferred a high school girls called a hoax in Kentucky. knighthood on "The Satan­ GLOUCESTER, Mass. - Robert Felner, dean of the ic Verses" author Salman One of the girls who became Louisville College ofEducation Rushdie on Wednesday, a pregnant at Gloucester High and Human Development, was year after the announce­ School this year denied Tues­ to start as chancellor of UW­ ment of the knighthood day there was any pact among Parkside in Kenosha next provoked protests from the them to have children, saying week. But Felner alerted UW Muslim world. instead they decided to help System President Kevin Reilly Some Muslims accused each other make the best of 1 IDAID11l\\ on Sunday that his college was Rushdie him of blasphemy their situations. atA/afaya Trail 11101 Baardwatk Drive • Orlanda, R 32826 facing a criminal investigation in the book and Iranian Lindsey Oliver rebutted and offered to resign, said leader Ayatollah Ruhollah the principal's claim that a spokesman David Giroux. Khomeini pronounced a sharp increase in teen preg­ Reilly announced he death sentence on him in nancies - 17 compared to a SUMMER accepted the resignation Tues­ 1989. typical four - was in part day afternoon. Felner's attor­ "I really have no regrets because several girls planned ney told The Courier-Journal in about any of my work," to get pregnant so they could SPECIALI Louisville that his client was Rushdie told reporters raise their babies together. the focus of an investigation after being asked about Oliver, fl, said she became into whether $500,000 in fed­ "The Satanic Verses." pregnant by accident and that $545/mo. eral grant money was mishan­ "This is, as I say, an she and her 20-year-old dled honor not for any specific boyfriend, Andrew Psalidas, a limite 11a11a i nv In a one-paragraph letter, book but for a very long community college student, Felner's attorney said he c;areer in writing and I'm were using birth control "decided to decline accepting . happy to see that reccig­ The couple was in New his appointment." He was to nizeq," he said. York and could not be imme­ Take ATour T1dav1 work the first month alongside Rushdie, 61, published diately reached for comment.. 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water because it sprays all over the sidewalk, into the street, into the parking lot and not on the grass;• she said Simon said she understands that the campus has to be pretty to attract new students, but there's also a limit to it. "Everyone needs to save water, even UCF," Simon said Trmothy Newman, the assis­ tant director of UCFs Depart­ ment of Landscape and Natural • Resources, said the sidewalk · watering can't always be helped. ''You can't curve water," Newmansaid Newman said that the sprin­ klers can only cover a certain angle and that can sometimes cause overspray on the curved sidewalks. He said that another part of the problem is due to ·adjust­ ment from trucks and carts hit­ COURTESY UCF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Agroup of STEP participants crowd together during ~ummer 2007. The program is designed for incoming education majors to help them adjust to changes as they enter college. ting or misaligning the sprinkler heads when they drive around campus. • Even though the department is not responsible for all areas of Education program offers comfort the campus, he said they main­ tain about 750 acres of irrigated • FROM Al the game, stepping in the land That equals a huge num­ right direction," Fidelus said. ber of sprinkler heads requiring teachers, especially the state STATISTICS REGARDING TEACHER HIRING Students stay in STEP for a constant inspection and repair. CRYSTAL PAOLOEMILIO / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE But some sprinklers are sim­ UCF's Department of Landscape and ofFlorida FALL TEACHERS HIRED GROWTH IN CLASS SIZE minimum of two years, but Natural Resources said often the ply victims of windy weather "Because of the shortages, 2001: 14,411 Increased every year from 1982- for Natasha Baptiste, she sees sprinklers get out of control and there throughout the day. Dr. Platt was looking for cre­ 2006:·21,143 2006 no reason to leave. isn't much they can do to help it. However, ative ways to recruit and "I don't feel like I need to 'We get calls about irrigating students are encouraged to report broken sprinklers to the UCF Physical Plant. • retain prospective teachers," TEACHERS LEAVING PROFESSION: CHIEF FACTORS DETERMINING leave b~cause we have com­ sidewalks and when the wind blows, jt moves the water," Goodman said. 2006-2007: 16,603 (9.6percent of the fort, and it's just to have that TEACHERS NEEDED: NeWII).an said. l'lt's just like a According to a report workforce) support always there, so it's rrrinutes. * Teacher turnover hurricane. The rain is falling issued in February by the *Student enrollment necessary," said Baptiste, 20, The department also said straight out of the cloud and they would like to ask students, Florida Department of Edu­ Two-thirds of those teachers resigned an elementary education cation, the number of fall major. when the wind grabs it, it goes staff and faculty to I?,Ot drive or teacher hires has risen over voluntarily and .the rest were due to Data from report by the Florida Fidelus backs up that sen­ sideways - and there's a lot of walk over the grass. "Cow the last six years, from 14,411 retirements and other reasons. Department of Education timent, stressing that STEP sidewalks on campus." paths," created by taking these • in 2001 to 21,143 in 2006. The students are in.it together. The department's mainte­ shortcuts, kill the grass and number of those hires com­ "It's like a family," Fidelus nance supervisor, Dell cause weeds to spread, pared to the total teacher "And because they're in a lasts their college experience. said, "so we all call ourselves Humphrey, has three men who Humphrey~d That can create • workforce averages to 12.2 cohort, and they're surround­ "It's basically almost a sup­ 'step' brothers and 'step' sis­ run repairs and installations on even more problems for irrigat­ percent during that time ed by other students with port group," Mack said. ters. We have each other's the sprinkler systems. He said ing the campus correctly, he frame. similar interests, it kind of Matthew Snow, 21, an ele­ backs." students are driving over sprin­ said The report adds that, his­ gets rid of that peer influence mentary education major, Goodman relishes her role klers in the middle of the night, Sophomore Jason Hajek said • torically, two factors have when people say, 'Why do said the program gave him an in helping produce quality causing lots of problems in the the sprinklers serve as a good chiefly determined the mun­ you want to major in educa­ instant set of friends. teachers, finding it to be the • morning. deterrent for students crossing ber of teachers needed: tion? You're not going to "I didn't know anybody most fulfilling thing about her "The students tend to kick grass· they're not supposed to teacher turnover and student make any money."' coming in for the summer job. things, break things and run cross in the first place. However, • enrollment. Goodman said the idea is session, and right away I had "We need good teachers, them over. It's nice to drive he said students wouldn't create Essentially, figures add up to connect with students at 30 people I was taking a few we really do," Goodman said down and just break 40 or 50 alternate paths if the sidewalks to a teacher shortage, which the beginning of their college class~s with," said Snow, one "It doesn't matter what they heads;' Humphrey said provided a more -convenient • stresses the importance. of careers versus waiting until of the inaugural members do here; what's important to The department has to irri­ route. He said some sidewalks turning out as many new their junior year when stu­ when the program started in me is what they do when they gate during the day in order to curve so far away that it takes teachers as possible. That dents generally start their the summer of 2005. "It made get their own classrooms. inspect for broken sprinklers. you the opposite direction of means, for people like Good­ major. the transition a lot easier." And I think it's fortunate to be But while some students are where you need to go in the first man, holding on to those "Right away; students STEP students are in that position to help pre­ concerned about daytime irri­ place. interested in teaching during begin thinking and acting like assigned mentors, and a first­ pare them to do that. gation, Humphrey said they "Get rid of the unnecessary a time of uncertainty is a high teachers and I think it helps year adviser to further assist "And so hopefully they'll only water during the day for sidewalks that you have," Hajek priority. strengthen their commitment in the transition from high go back and give to their stu­ new plant material, new grass said "One thing that happens, to teach," Goodman said. school to college. STEP par-· dents as much as I've given to or inspections. People on campus who see a too, a lot of times students As freshmen are admitted ticipants also receive individ­ them." He said irrigation for the uni­ broken sprinkler or have con­ change majors," Goodman to UCF, those who indicated ualized tutoring. Fidelus agreed, saying that versity runs in the late evening cerns should visit the UCF said. "One, because of peer they're education majors are That support went a long as the elders of STEP, they are and early morning in order to Physical Plant Web site at influence, sometimes people invited to join the program. way for Anna Fidelus, 20, an mentors for the younger stu­ maximize water conservation http://www.pp.uc£edu, and put hear about the challenges of Upon their arrival in the sum­ elementary education major. dents. - an important goal for the in a work order. teaching and they think mer, they're connected with She, too, has been in STEP "In the long run," said department. The typical sched­ If there's bubbling water, the they're negatives, but we try fellow STEP members. In the since the beginning. Fidelus, "we all help each ule has each zone on campus department said to immediately to put the profession in per­ first year they'll room with "I felt very grateful and other out, which is kind oflike watered one time a day, twice a call 407-823-5223 so they can fix spective and so this is a good each other and take classes really blessed that somebody how teachers help shape the week on average and the day the problem as quickly as possi­ way to do it. together, creating a bond that was there, keeping it ahead of future." time watering lasts roughly 20 ble. Donate Plasma! Sometimes a Band-Aid is not enough

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NATIONAL Knight SPORTS WRAP ties for TENNIS . : third WILLIAM PERRY Contributing Writer

UCF senior golfer David Johnson turned in an impres­ UCF Baseball head coach Terry Rooney obtains sive showing at the Florida State Amateur Championship new hitting coach, keeps volunteer assistant as he finished in a tie for third place Sunday. ( Johnson competed against some of the best ,amateurs in the state over the weekend at Jupiter Hills Club in Tequesta. Both of the club's par 70 championship courses offered a test to the players as NO.3 DJOKOVIC OUSTED IN both courses played well over par. WIMBLEDON'S SECOND ROUND Johnson made the cut after Novak Djokovic was upset in straight sets by Marat Safin in the second round the second round by posting a Wednesday, ending the Serb's chances of two-round total of 147 with testing No. 1-ranked Roger Federer at the cut at 153. Wimbledon. Yet, Johnson had to make a The ?5th-ranked Safin won 6-4, 7-6 big statement Saturday if he (3), 6-2 on Centre Court. It was a hoped to make his run for the stunning loss for the third-ranked title during Sunday's final Djokovic, who came to the All England round. He came out strong Club confident after beating top-ranked Federer in the semifinals at this year's Saturday, making par on the Australian Open en route to his first first three holes and adding a Grand Slam tournament title. birdie on the long par-5 fourth Djokovic came up against dne of the hole. He later had a birdie on toughest second-round opponents he the seventh hole, and posted a could have drawn. 33 on the front nine. Former No. 1 Safin has won two Down the stretch, Johnson Grand Slam titles. One came when he ALLEN LEVIN made birdies on the 12th and upset Federer in an Australian Open Contributing Writer 16th holes, and had a bogey­ semifinal en route to the 2005 title. Safin beat Djokovic in the first round of that free round before encounter­ In just his first past three years at two differ­ ing the 17th hole. tournament - their only previous week on the job, ent universities and look to meeting. The lengthy 478-yard, par "It was certainly a very bad day for UCF Baseball become a dynamic coaching 4 averaged more than a half-a­ me;'the 21-year-old Djokovic said. "I head coach Terry duo for the Knights. Rooney stroke-over-par throughout didn't do anything that Iwas supposed Rooney is already said he thinks. Godwin. will the tournament and yielded to - he was very solid in all segments:' making moves be a perfect fit to help lead only IS birdies through all four and setting his the team. rounds. After making bogey BASEBALL .. staff in place for "First and foremost, I've there, Johnson went on to par the 2009 season. had the opportunity to work the 18th hole for a third-round MARLINS SIGN FIRST-ROUND Rooney with Cliff, side-by-side, for total of 67. PICK KYLE SKIPWORTH announced Mon­ the past three years at Notre It was the second-lowest The Florida Marlins signed catcher day that he hired Dame and at LSU," Rooney round of the tournament and Kyle Skipworth on Wednesday, getting Louisiana State's assistant said in a telephone interview. it got Johnson into the final their first-round draft pick to agree to a coach Cliff Godwin to be "He has put together an out­ group for Sunday. signing bonus of about $2.3 million. UCF's new hitting standing offensive team But, Johnson's champi­ Skipworth was the No. 6 overall pick coach. everywhere that he's been. onship hopes took an early hit in the draft. He also He deserves a lot of credit for as he finished with a double Skipworth was scheduled to be with announced the past success we just had bogey on the first hole, which the Marlins before their game that cur­ at LSU. . forced him to play catch-up Wednesday against the Tampa Bay rent vol­ "Here's a guy that was the right away. Rays before reporting about 90 miles unteer hitting coach for a team that Judson Eustaquio of Lake north to Jupiter, Ra.and the Marlins' assistant finished top five [in hitting] Worth, who began the round Gulf Coast League affiliate later this coach Rich Wallace will stay in the country .and went to with the lead, started out on week,possibly as early as today. with the team in his current Omaha and the College fire as he made birdies on two 'We are especially pleased that we role. World Series. To be able to of his first four holes. Bogeys were able to get a deal done with Kyle Rooney and God­ get a proven hitting coach on the fifth and sixth holes for in a timely manner," Marlins vice win have worked Johnson, moving him back president of scouting Jim Fleming said. even more together for the PLEASE SEE ON A7 "Kyle is an immense talent and we look COURTESY UCF ATHLETICS GODWIN The championship went Baseball coach Terry Rooney hired Cliff Godwin (above) to be UCF's forward to getting him started in our hitting coach, and kept volunteer assistant coach Rich Wallace (top). quickly out of reach and John­ system." son finished the day with a 6- Skipworth hit .543 with 13 home over-par 76, putting him in a runs and 47 RBIs in 30 games for three-way tie for third Patriot High in Riverside, Calif., this Eustaquio claimed victory • spring, earning Gatorade high school as he finished at 2-under-par player of the year honors. for the tournament after Predict~a-pick: -CFF's 2008 shooting the best round ofthe • TRACK AND FIELD. . . tournament, a 4-under-par 66 on Sunday. Johnson did play better than the course average in all NBA mock draft·selections of his rounds with scores of 72, 75, 67 and 76 to finish with a total of 8-over-par 290. The Rose goes No. 1, Beasley heads to Heat, Magic take Jordan to fill out interior four-round average for the Hills course was 77.39, and RYAN BASS foot-8-inch phenom. Beasley choice. A Bayless-Kevin alongside Corey Maggette 77.54 for the Village course. Staff Writer has said to have tremendous Durant combo would be and Elton Brand, assuming Each golfer played each upsjde and is arguably the deadly. both aren't traded course before the cut. Those Many analysts thought best player in the draft, but making the cut played the that after Derrick Rose and Heat President Pat Riley is Milwaukee - 7,173-yard Hills Course on the Michael Beasley, there would exploring options to trade weekend. be a major lack oftalent in the him. Look for there to be a lot Love reminds This is proba- Johnson's UCF teammates BANNED SPRINTER GATLIN TO draft. Truth is, this year's class of discussion after Riley takes me a lot of Tim bly- the surest Kyle Cobb and Brad Schnei- . could potentially be one of Beasley and look for a pack­ Duncan with how pick in the lottery. der missed the cut, and for­ APPEAL TO RUN IN TRIALS the deepP.st in years. Here is aged offer from Memphis to IIEIIPIIIS fundamentally • He is long, lanky, mer Knight Giwon Suh rm­ ' Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin is my attempt to sort it all out: · be really enticing. "•,t:n.''-._ sound he is and he explosive and ished in a tie for 18th place. expected to appeal a ruling by a federal could be the final ' would be a good judge in Florida that prohibits him from piece of the puzzle to. an asset for head coach Scott competing in this weekend's U.S. • Olympic track and field trials. ~ impressive squad in Mem­ Skiles' squad. His lawyer, Joseph A. 2arzaur Jr., said CHICAGO -'!, Chicago Arguably phis. That is assuming Mem­ Wednesday that he planned to file a ULLS native, Rose the most phis doesn't trade up to No. 2. motion with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of wants to be a NBA-ready Appeals in Atlanta by the end of the day, Bull and the feel- , • player in this Lopez is asking that Olympics officials be T ing should be year's draft, strong offensively prevented from barring Gatlin from the mutual. Bulls Mayo would bring a new With and can shoot the trials before the court hears his case. General Manager John Pax­ level of explosiveness to a Stephon Mar­ mid-rang jump • Gatlin's event, the 100-meter dash, son won't pass us an opportu­ very young roster in Min­ bury's status in shot. Head coach Larry begins with qualifying Saturday. USA nity to have an explosive nesota that features Al Jeffer­ question, new Brown will not pass up a • Track and Field officials said they have point guard who has gar­ made contingency plans for Gatlin to run son and Randy Foye. head coach chance to get this stud inside ifthe courts rule he can. nered· comparisons to Jason Mike D~toni won't pass up especially this late. ' • Gatlin's agent, Renaldo Nehemiah, Kidd, but more explosive. on the combo guard in West­ • told The Associated Press that Gatlin brook. • hasn't yet made arrangements to travel Mialbi Seattle to Eugene, Ore., for the trials. ~-~ could go in Gallinari will Judge Lacey Collier of Pensacola, Fla., Beasley will many direc­ be the first inter­ decided Tuesday that U.S. courts had no be Miami's pick tions here, but I Gordon is authority to overrule the recent Court of national player at No.. 2. The o~y ultimately the best pure taken and is an Arbitration for Sport ruling that upheld a question is think they need shooter in this four-year doping ban against the excellent passer MIAMI whether the Heat a shoot-first point guard and draft a.nd defending Olympic champion. COURTESY UCF ATHLETICS Hifiii" will keep the 6- Bayless would be the best would go well PLEASESEE RAW ON A7 - ASSOCIATED PRESS UCF golfer David Johnson earned third place Sunday after shooting a total of 290.

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Ohio Statc/C 'WlZAllDS upsides of any work on his After averag­ player in this shot selec­ ing 26.5 points draft and will be a steal to an tion, but Green can malce it and 13 rebounds already very good Washing­ rain from the perimeter. Godwin looks to improve • in the U-18 Euro­ ton team. He has garnered pean Champi­ comparisons to another Wiz­ onships this ard, Antawn Jamison. summer, Koufos stock has The Spurs struggling Knight offense continued to rise up every . ~will have team's board. He is not a =C!..Geo= ~owD/C some groom- FROM A6 great rebounder, but could TheCavs ing to do, but continue to grow with the --- need help it could pay off down the In just his first week on Kings. • ~ ~ . inside and road. the job, UCF Baseball head GODWIN GOT GAME 0-NO-MAHA Hibbert can coach Terry Rooney is As a player, Godwin was an all-region Rooney and Godwin just wrapped their step in right ZI. Newpr!eiiji­ already making moves and catcher and a three-year team captain year with LSU. The team had a 23- away and contribute. ~estem Ken­ setting his staff in place for who started 126 games while at East game win streak and was in the College , ' 7, Chalmers {SG · the 2009 season. Carolina. He slammed a total of 24 World Series at Omaha, Neb., but lost to has a sweet Excellent . Rooney announced Mon­ home runs with the Pirates. the University of North Carolina. shooting stroke - shooter and can day that he hired Louisiana and plays excel­ create for him­ • • State's assistant coach Cliff lent defense so self off the drib­ Godwin to be UCF's new hit­ the past three years at Notre Godwin's coaching he should fit in ble. ting coach. He also Dame and at LSU," Rooney brought a lot of success to the well with Greg announced that current vol­ said in a telephone interview. Tigers. In 2008 - Godwin's Oden and Brandon Roy. unteer assistant coach Rich "He has put together an out­ only season at LSU - the Wallace will stay with the standing offensive team Tigers hit .306 last year with team in his current role. everywhere that he's been. 100 home runs and 95 stolen Rooney and Godwin have He deserves a lot of credit for bases. LSU also recorded at Lopez won't worked together for the past the past success we just had least 10 runs in a game 20 be a great scor­ three years at two different at LSU. times and posted a .509 slug­ er in the pros, universities and look to "Here's a guy that was the ging percentage. lllJ1fll.iJUKl,r:I but he will be a become a dyrtamic coaching hitting coach for a team that Godwin will look to rock defensive­ duo for the Knights. Rooney finished top five [in hitting] ly, will be able improve an offense that fin­ thinks will to get double-digit rebounds said he Godwin be in the country and went to ished with the third fewest along with at least two blocks a perfect fit to help lead the Omaha and the College amount of runs in Confer­ a game. With Andris Biedrins team. World Series. To be able to ence USA last season, and being a restricted free agent, 2. o "First and foremost, I've get a proven hitting coach one that struggled to hit with Lopez is the safe 'pick here. ordan/I'exas A&M/C had the opportunity to work from LSU is an outstanding runners were in scoring posi­ A top-five with Cliff, side-by-side, for hire for UCF." tion. Pnoeilix""'= Antliony talent, Jordan _..... _,._~lfPF could help the He is 18 Magic down 30. ~-Jamont Gor­ years old and low. He is * SttvlSG has tremen­ explosive and Aggressive dous upside, is very quick for a big man. scorer, but he but will be a He draws comparisons to does turn the project for any another superstar in Orlando, ball over at team that drafts him. · Dwight Howard. Imagine a times. Jordan-Howard combo down low for years. Sounds good, Trades will be made, huh? which will almost certainly The change the order ofthis mock 76ers are tali - draft. But in a perfect world, on the way rida/C this is how Thursday night in up, and He is a good New York will unfold. · need to defender, Some players will live up upgrade from Samuel excellent to expectations, while others Dalembert. Ajinca has an • rebounder and may not be in the league for amazing wingspan at 7-foot-8 would be a more than a few seasons. But, and could thrive in Philly good fit with Carlos Boozer with a mock draft, anyone once he gets playing time. and Deron Williams. could be perfect. 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It's "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Downtown Recre­ ation Center in Orlando, Florida, for a night of live professional something I've wrestling," said owner Ari Goldstein, 27, UCF business manage­ ment alumus, performing as announcer Jonathan Gold been working on Goldstein shared pro wrestling as an interest with his father 'We just watched wrestling and just loved it," Goldstein said "It's for a couple of kind of like the one bonding thing between the two ofus." • Growing up in Orlando, pro wrestling lacked a niche for enthused years and we fans Goldstein, professional wrestler Chasyn Rance and Josh Rich, criminal justice alum. finally brought it 'We had nothing in Orlando that was pure wrestling action that's.a . • good traditional show for the fans," Goldstein said "It's something for Orlando." I've been working on for a couple of years and we finally brought it for Orlando." - ARI GOLDSTEIN • UCF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ALUM During his years at UCF, AEP held a wrestling fundraiser in Oct. 2002 featuring Rance and Montel Vontavious Porter ''MVP.'' A mix between a greater part of character acting and • stunt work, and a lesser part ofthe type of wrestling you'd find in your local high school, wrestling is a discipline and a physical skill set blended with the bizarre cos­ tumes and cheesey smack talk. • Rich performed as the arrogantly wealthy Josh Rich, a member of the Frat Pack duo for the AEP show and the janitor during his time as a wrestler, and now he enjoys his work with promotions for the indie wrestling • company. "I hadn't watched wrestling in years since I was a lit­ tle," Rich said. "I watched it, and when I went to college that was right when wrestling was kind of in the big-bomb period with The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Goldberg and the NWO. My roommates were watching it; I told them to turn it off because wrestling was stupid, and they said, 'No, no, no it's really cool Watch it.' For whatever reason I went, Wow this is really awesome, I want to - be a professional wrestler."' Demon Toro, from parts unknown, - half fiery chicken, halflizard - lurks toward the stage and the waiting fans searching for his prey, biting the ropes • with the urge to fight. Excited fans hope for With body slams, two counts, headlocks and flips off the tight ropes and victory for their across the plywood ring, two costumed personas pummel each other for dom­ • favorite wrestler at inance. the downtown T.J. Mack, brother of co-headliner Kirby "Krazy K" Mack, walks out wear­ recreation center ing Mario Bro. Mushroom pants with a look of determination and ridicule for brought to Orlando his "cockariese" opponent, as he calls him. Locked in submission, Toro voices byibelivein " wrestling.com. his protest in his native tongue, and T.J. wins the World Light-Weight title and the first of seven matches concludes. PHOTO GALLERY The reason pro wrestling is "choreographed" is so the wrestlers don't kill online each other in the compound fracture realm ofinjury. It's the quality that makes • PHOTOS BY the world of pro wrestling seem inhabited by super humans, propelling their AMANDA MOORE / CENTRAL bodies to exaggerate the extent of the harm done. FLORIDA FUTURE PLEASE SEE THROW ON A9 • When you gotta go, leave the dance flo' • CHRISTINE HARPER one over the age of 18 can get some!" Andrew Golden, a busi­ Contributing Writer into Scoop for a very reason­ ness management sophomore ably-priced cover charge, usual­ said. "Last time, I roamed Different as we all are, when ly no more than $5. around on stage and danced.to • we go out, we are always 'We like to be kind of techno music." brought together by one special diverse ..." Mawardi started to On the dance floor, every­ need in one special place. I am, say. Unfortunately, I didn't hear one seemed to be having a great of course, talking about the the last part because I got lost in time "getting their swerve on," bathroom and the need to pee his dreamy eyes. as one student phrased it. The after a long night. It was easy to see why stu­ DJ spun the latest R & Band hip I found myself in that exact dents enjoyed coming to hop songs, and arms and legs situation. I decided to go to Scoops. If I had a boyfriend, I flew up in perfect unison to Knightly Scoop, a local hangout could easily ditch him in the Soulja Boy's "Crank Dat" song. for UCF students. I had an over­ first room that had several pool Several girls got on stage at all great time, except for when tables, flat-screen TVs, video one point and showed off their that inevitable moment came games, dart boards and a comfy gymnastic skills on the metal when I had to use the restroom. black leather couch and dance pole provided, much to the Maybe I better start at the the night away in the second delight ofthe half-male crowd I beginning. After several virgin rum and also noticed that in the course The night started with a cokes, I finally mustered up of the night, most of the stu­ very pleasant conversation enough courage to start danc­ dents were dancing cheek-to­ SHANNA FORTIER / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE with Keith Mawardi, Scoop's ing on the large blacktop dance Sweet relief and where to find it, dirty bathrooms keep this writer from taking care of cheek, although which cheeks, I owner, who was also the owner floor, which according to business on a long 'potty' night of virgi_n drinks and dancing the soles of her shoes. prefer not to say. of a very soft pair of eyes and Mawardi, was 4,000 square feet Even with my embarrassing- sexy grin. He told me that on wide. Smoke seeped out from lights illuminated the speckles nants of the last Dayglow party. any-night during the week, any- underneath the stage, and black of neon paint on the walls, rem- "Dayglow [parties] are awe- PLEASESEE GET ON A9

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(euttal '1oriba :Yutun · June 26, 2008 • www. Centra/FloridaFuture. com A9, • MOVIETIMES- Net killed video store Throw downtown· WILLIAM GOSS FROM A8 management, lost due to the Staff Writer exploitation of a poorly healed 11 It takes a sense of timing ankle injury by Kirby Mack. Crosby Stapleton has been There are so many different and coordination to get the Evenly matched in skill and an employee at College Park punches and the kicks just determination, the pair, try as Video for about a year and a parts to this particular business, · right, as the point of wrestling they might, could not force the Wa/1-E, Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar half, although he insists that .so the boss is moving away from is not violence, but implied other down for three counts. he's been a frequenter of its violence for entertainment in In the end, Rance tapped out aisles since his mother videos, because we don't make the safest environment possi­ and the bell rang. pushed him around them in a _ble. "The night before Thanks­ "Hey, when you girls are giving I was wrestling a match Wall-E stroller. But ·with the store much money from it now." (G)9:10a, 10:20a, 10:45a, ll:45a, 12:55 1:20 2:20 scheduled to close its doors done playing patty cake, I'm and I broke my ankle, causing 3:30, 3:55, 4:55, ~:05, 6:30, 7:30, 8:40, 9il5, 10:05,' by July 1, the 27-year-old finds - RACHEL HARRIS ready to go," Daron Smith of me to take three to four 11:15, 11:40 OLP (Digital Projection) Showtimes himself all grown up and with the Lifeguards tag team says as months off," Rance said. "I had 11:lSa, 1:50,4:25, 7:00, 9:35, 12:lOa no place to go, as the store he lounge on he ropes. Techni­ to get surgery with a plate and Wanted finds its lease ended after 23 Demetree Properties, which videos, we'd most likely be cally, tag teams matches mean seven screws ... I went for a • (R)9:30a, 10:45a, 11:30a, 12:00, 1:30,2:00,2:30,4:05, years. reportedly· plans to tear it closed too." opponents have to tap their risky move, then I hit my foot 4:45, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 950, 10:20, 10:50, 12:30a "It's been on the slide since down and rebuild it, with UCF film professor Peg teammates to switch places, and I hit it again and one more Get Smart Netflix came around and Planet Smoothie being the O'Keefis admittedly a Netflix but it never works out that way. time he grabbed it, locked it (PG-13) 10:30a, 11:00a, 11:30a, 1:15, 1:45,2:15,3:45, Blockbuster began to offer only business that can afford user, but she has also been a Eventually, chaos ensues up. It hurt too much and I 4:30, 5:00,6:45, 7:10, 7:50, 9:20, 10:00, 10:30, 12:15a, ' 12:45a whatever it was, whatever to return to the location. proud supporter of College and the whole team romps. couldn't keep going." incentive program they had," "At this point," Stapleton Park Video since 1985. Her The Lifeguards beat The Van­ Doors open at 7p.m. at the The Love Guru dals to move on to the tag team (PG-13) 9:15a, 10:40a, 12:10, 12:50, 2:25, 2:55, 4:40, said Stapleton, wearing a said, "I'm thinking of just membership account number Downtown Recreation Center 5:05, 7:25,8:10, 9:40, 10:15, 11:55, 12:35a newly fashioned nametag making a big poster with all boasts a · mere four digits, a championship against the at 649 W. Livingston St. Tick­ that quite plainly states, in big the questions and answers on particular point of pride with flamboyant Heartbreak ets are $10, and all UCF stu­ The lnaedible Hulk Express on August 9. (PG-13) 9:45a, 12:30, 3:15, 6:50, 7:35, 9:30, 10-25, black lettering, "I NEED A it, because they always seem O'Kee£ dents buy one and get one free 12:20a JOB." to be in the same order every ''With Netflix now, you For the AWA World Heavy­ with their student ID. For • With an estimated 8.2 mil­ time we get asked them." don't even have to go to your weight Championship event more information, VIS1t The Happening UCF alum Rance, 25, business (R) 10:45a,4:00, 7:05, 9:45, 12:0Sa lion subscribers, Netflix · Rachel Harris, 24, has been mailbox for movies, they can www.ibelieveinwrestling.com. Open Captioned & Desoiptive Audio Showtimes recently sold out of its first working at Winter Park's go straight to your computer:· • 1:25 set-top devices, which can Stardust Video & Coffee for O'Keef said, "but I think that Kung Fu Panda stream movies. from the com­ going on four years, and can there's still something to be (PG) 9:20a, 10:SOa, 11:SOa, 1:10, 2:10, 3:40, 4:35, 6:40, pany's Web site directly to a attest to a similar drop in foot said for the experience of 9:25, 11 :45, customer's TV set, a move traffic. actually going out to the video Get yo' potty dance on You Don't Mess Wrth the Zohan that serves as yet another nail "Video-wise, when I first store. For every one movie I (PG-13) 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:55, 10:40 in the coffin of smaller rental started working here, on Fri­ would bring to my class from FROM A8 It was country night, and I businesses like College Park days, Saturdays and Sundays, Netflix, I'd usually bring in Sex and the Gty found myself in a sea of plaid, (R) 9:40a, 12:35, 4:10. 7:40, 10:35 Video and Stardust. Mean­ we'd rent maybe 60-70 videos two more from College Park." embarrassingly-limited dance pearl-snai blouses and cowboy • while, iTunes sells and rents a day," Harris said. Now, at In spite ofthe looming clo­ skills, no one seemed to notice boots. I met a UCF line-danc­ Iron Man over 50,000 feature films a the most, it's more like 30. sure, Stapleton remains grate-, or mind that I only knew the ing club there, the Country (PG-13) 12:25, 3:50,.6:55, 10:10 day, according to trade publi­ We're normally pretty selec­ ful for those who still stop in. dance moves to the "Thriller" Kickers. cation Variety, which esti­ tive with what videos we rent, "We've got pretty good • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom song. In fact, several young "I love the Honky Tonic of the Crystal Skull mates that Apple will sell and because people usually come customers," Stapleton said. men danced wholeheartedly Badonkadonk," Kim Fricke, a (PG-13) 9:50a, 12:40, 4:20, 8:00, 10:45 rent over 18 million films by here looking for obscure stuff. "Some insist on paying their with me, although I'm not quite Country Kickers member said year's end - an amount We're becoming more selec­ fines, that'we don't just get rid sure it was intentional or ifthey I sat down and drank a cold • - Listings for Friday, June 27 three times more than last tive, [and] getting rid ofthings ofthem, and they're returning just happened to bump into me O'Doul's, which immediately year. that don't get rented very movies that are four months in the crowded space. made my bladder situation "Everybody comments often." late. It's just reaffirming to see "I want to slow dance with worse. I got up to make my way ONLINE COVERAGE about it, but maybe 2 percent A modest venue for poetry that people are pretty decent you to a fast song," Brad to the bathroom, but was inter­ CD Reviews by Ashley lnguanta say, 'what are you guys going slam events and ·live music after all." Howard, a 6-foot-l Gemini, cepted by a young man in a performances, Stardust has Tilly and the Wall and My Brightest to do about it?' while 98 per­ Some of those same cus­ said cowboyhat., Diamond have new albums that will cent of them say, 'where are seen its makeshift shelving tomers have offered up a -cou­ I was having .a great time Before I knew it, I was transport you out of this world. we going to rent our for DVDs recently reduced in ple of e-mail addresses for until disaster struck. whisked across the stage in movies?"' Stapleton said. an effort to make room for Stapleton to look into when it I found myself in a mysteri­ what I later learned was calle<;l "Everybody asks why, and the tables and space, glorious comes to employment Urinetown by Jonathan Hohensee ous, cramped room. There a barn dance. Again, fear welled answers now are so succinct space. prospects. were whispers and giggles all up inside of me as I was hand­ A dystopia where you have to pay to and truncated that anyone "The owner has been And what remains on his around me, but from where ed off to a series of male part­ • pee and the denizens uprise comes to who works here can tell you, focusing on other parts of the own shelf of employee the UCF Conservatory Theatre. and for what reason, I did not ners, one by one. Everyone was 'they're tearing the building business, like the alcohol and favorites? Two films, one of know. My insides churned as I smiling and happy. I was afraid down; we tried moving, but the food," said Harris. "There which is a little-seen Canadi­ felt my toes meet with some­ Three Concerts by Jeffrey K. Riley For the second time that • that's not going to work out." are so many different parts to an comedy titled Nothing. thing cold, wet and slimy on the night, I bolted for the door. I . Less Than Jake, Rancid and Enter the The neighboring Rosa's this particular business, so the "I really should just take floor. The dank, dirty water jumped inmy car, threw it into Haggis visit Orlando venues inciting Designs and Alterations and boss is moving away from the other one away," Staple­ smell didn't help, I began to drive and headed for nearby fans to dress to genre with zeal. Brother's Keeper Thrift Store videos, because we don't ton said, "so I can say that I gag, feeling confused and sad, Knight Library. I was safe. • have already vacated the make much· money from it have Nothing left on my like I'd never see the light of This time, I decided there Quick Flix by William Goss building, currently owned by now. I mean, if we only had shel£" day again. would be no funny business. I

Will Wanted please actions fans? Will -t_ __ ~ - Fear took over. Somewhere raced for the ladies' restroom. Wall-E reminds us fondly of the robot ------,'----~~-~--'----- in - the distance, I heard refusing to be_distracted, but movies we love?Wait and see. · wretching and squealing. I felt where was it? my heartbeat race, and felt the I was standing in front of Go to www.CentralfloridaFuture.com beads of sweat trickling down what I lmew should have been Karaoke stars rise on stage . I my forehead I turned sharply the restroom area I lmew this on my high heels, wheeling for AMANDA SHAPIRO singing with a live band." McLeady glanced over the for a fact because ·one of the HIGH FIVES the door, ready to meet with Staff Writer While his most recent per­ song list and noted that he two doors said "knights," For the week ending June 24 anything before me, when I formance included a Stevie would be able to sing almost which obviously meant "men." ., heard a familiar sound Wait, Universal's CityWalk Wonder classic, Cleveland any of the songs, but couldn't But the door to the right of it FILM was that a toilet flush? has given a new reason to noted that one of his favorite decide which one he'd do if said "amsel," a word I had 1. Get Smart, Warner Bros. Pictures But why was this bathroom Distribution. perfect those morning songs to perform is Righteous he decided to sing. never heard of before. so dirty? Why was a stall door 2. The Incredible Hulk, Universal shower choral warm-ups. Brothers' "You've Lost That "I'm nervous about going "A.msel, amsel, what does missing, why was toilet tissue Pictures. If Randy, Simon and Paula Lovin' Feelin'." Though up there," McLeady said. "I'm this meanr I asked aloud, feel­ strewn across the floor and 3. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount. vetoed your vocals, head Cleyeland's performance was afraid I'll forget the words ing the pain in my bladder. why was a huge chunk of 4. The Love Guru, Paramount. on down to the American a hit, his soft croons and jazz and freak out!" grow with my frustration. porcelain missing from one of 5. The Happening, 2Dth Century Fox. Idol reject-friendly envi­ hands were not the first big Meanwhile, Donna Wilson Then suddenly, the realiza­ the toilets? ronment at CityWalk's . gig of the night. stood at the back of Rising tion came to me, like an "Of course all college bar TELEVISION Rising Star for an unfor­ Upon entering Rising'Star, Star behind the sound booth, epiphany. "Amsel" was sup­ bathrooms are gross," Vanessa 1. NBA Finals, Game 5: Boston vs. L.A. gettable karaoke experi­ one singer in his late 30s was awaiting her friend's per­ posed to read "damsel," only Burgos, a UCF student and reg­ Lakers, ABC. ence. overheard recreating a tone­ formance. the letter "D" was missing! I ular attendee said ''You pee as 2. NBA Finals, Game 3: Boston vs. L.A. While the venue is only deaf version of Neil Dia­ "She sings all the time," had only a moment to laugh, much as you can before you Lakers, ABC is a few months old, it's mond's "Sweet Caroline." said Wilson of her formally before I bent over in pain and leave the house." 3. NBA Finals, Game 4: Boston vs. L.A. already generating quite Another man in a red muscle trained friend. Wilson stood really had to go inside. According to manager Lakers, ABC. the crowd in the spacious shirt and Mardi Gras beads back and watched ·as the Tears came to my eyes. But Matthew Vaccaro, employees 4. TwoandaHalfMen. CBS. lounge area that surrounds may have thought the show woman belted out her rendi­ these weren't tears of sadness clean up after messy guests 5.NC/S. CBS. the stage. · was too tame and opted to tion of 4 Non Blondes' or tears of rage, they were tears every night, sometimes work­ Intimate booths com­ spice up the night by proudly "What's up?" of joy! I was joyful because the MUSIC ing past 3 am., in addition to a bine with tables and flashing his beer gut. The Rising Star is located trash cans were empty and not 1. "Viva La Vida;' Cold play. Capitol. cleaning crew that comes every barstools, which are strate­ night went on to showcase a upstairs at Universal's City­ overflowing with garbage. 2. "I Kissed a Girl;' Katy Perry. Capitol. day. gically placed around the typical Rising Star evening Walle amidst a wide array of There was soap in the dis­ 3. "Lollipop;' Lil Wayne feat. Static Major. ''We pride ourselves on venue, catering to those filled with highs, lows and hangouts, bars and various pensers and toilet paper on the Cash Money/Universal Motown. being on one of the cleaner looking to keep to them­ loads of entertainment. forms of entertainment. The rolls, exactly where the 4. "Bl~eding Love;' Leona Lewis. places in the area," Vaccaro selves or become engulfed Backup singers in match­ venue is open from 8 p.m. to 2 employees had left them. But SYCO/J/RMG. (Platinum). said in the show. ing black mini-dresses a.m. with an energetic host. best ofall, the holy grail ofbath­ 5. "Take a Bow;' Rihanna. SRP/Def "I'm a student as well," The stage houses the swayed back and forth to the The live band is featured room hygiene, the toilet bowls Jam/lDJMG. Mawardi said. "I think we resident backup band and music as the performers Tuesday through Saturday. were as sparkling white as a deserve a clean place." singers, helping to maxi­ teamed up with live musi­ Cover charge is $7, and dentist's smile. Squatting was ALBUMS I knew what my options mize the impact of per­ cians to cover their favorite CityWalk party passes are entirely optional. 1. "Tha Carter Ill;' Lil Wayne. Cash were. Either I could squat like forming with a live group. hit songs. The list of songs accepted at the door. There is After my long strange night, Money/ Universal Motown. I've never squattetl before, or Rising Star's stage also included everything from no charge to sing and no pres­ I was so happy to finally fmd 2. "Piles;'l)efinition Of Real. Big Gates/ try my luck at another estab­ comes equipped with tele­ Beastie Boys to Otis Redding sure either. The venue is 21 and that one special place to bond Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic. lishment. After all that dancing, vision monitors for those toRihanna < up, except for Thursday nights, with my fellow college stu­ 3. "NOW 28;'Various artists. EMI/Sony my inner thigh muscles were who stumble over the · Orlando native James which permit crowds 18 and dents and just let go of·- well. BMG/Universal/Zomba/Capitol tired, so I chose the latter and 4. "Indestructible;' Disturbed. lyrics, and a light show McLeady spent most of the older. For more information on you lmow what I mean. ended up at a place called The Reprise/Warner Bros. that could make anyone evening trying to work up the the venue, check out Knight Library was, without Octagon, formerly known as 5. "Here I Stand;' Usher. Laface/Zomba. feel famous. courage to get on stage. www.universalorlando.com. a doubt, my No, 1 place to do Rising Star is the new Pounders. number one. BILLBOARDMAGAZINE.COM tenant of City Jazz's old location. At the front of the venue, aspiring singers THEY SAID IT can pick up a list of songs Celebrity quotes and artists to choose from before they sign up for a ''You sit on a broom for hours and it starts to spot in the show. Carlos hurt. It gives you a numb bum'.' Cleveland, also known as - Harry Potter star Rupert Grint on the No. 31 last Friday at Rising perils offilming the boy-wizard's adventures. Star, has frequented the ~- venue for about four "I'm having aMinnie-me -I'm the only • person, really, who can say they're having a years, starting back when Minnie-me'.' it was the location of City - Minnie Driver jokes about her newly­ Jazz. • announced pregnancy. Cleveland admitted to being a fan of karaoke and "I look over to Jack Nicholson (at the Oscars) enjoys singing on a regu­ and he's like, 'Hey man, the last great movie star, huh!I went, 'I know, I know. Sorry.It was lar basis. When asked embarrassing'.' • what he thought made --George aooney on his recent Time Rising Star stand out magazine cover spread, on which he was among other karaoke ven­ dubbed'The Last Movie Star'. ues, Cleveland stated that "there is ciothing like B STARPULSE.COM '- • • (_

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OUR STANCE Inflated tolls stifle ntobilization f tolls were to be connected In other words, the less venience. If an inflated toll were I to the rising cost of infla­ money the expressway authori­ to be added, it would only tion, Florida would be con­ ty exhausts from vehicle own­ inconvenience drivers who have fined within an economic grid­ ers, the more mobile the state of no alternative route with equal lock. Florida can be, thereby eliminat­ benefits to transport them­ The cost of living is such that ing congestion and opening up selves. Now is not the time to the expense of a car has become the highways to n:iore efficient launch a blow to an already Oil junkie America eyes her next quick fix unbearable. With that in mind, transportation and less stop­ unpromising economy. Rather, JESSE HILL / CENTRAL FLORIOA FUTURE the thought of adding to the and~go traffic. now is the time to fuel the econ­ price of traveling by aµtomobile While road improvements omy, ensuring that the people is enough to drive people off the may seem imperative, perhaps whom we depend on for the edge. manicured highways should be business industry to flourish Fortunately, Gov. Charlie demoted to the bottom of the have a smooth transit, inde­ Crist vetoed a transportation priority list, somewhere below pendent of monetary misfor­ Absorb art and light bill that would have indexed toll alphabetizing your credit cards tune. rates with respect to inflation. and re-lacing your sneakers. As a regressive tax, the toll However, the toll authority Putting tolls on 1-4 may fur­ tax would specifically impact may still consider the possibility ther exacerbate the issue of con­ the lower and middle class by with every breath ofvoting to increru,e tolls gestion on highways, which siphoning their disposable < despite Crist's veto. Only now means more cars on the road, income and using it to compen­ You can go through life your surroundings." When I the toll authority would have to moving at a slower rate and sate for inflation. By taxing breathing, but you may never feel people pouring out of my vote for each increase individu­ therefore utilizin$ more gas. tourists, who make up 30 per­ feel a thing. · life like water, I repeat this line ally ra~er than permitting The more carbon dioxide that is cent of the 200,000 drivers on 1- This is what I realized last to mysel£ But while my sur­ C prices to rise automatically with emitted into the air, the more 4 daily, according to the Orlan­ week as I was changing a roundings' "intimacy" may not the cost of living. smog there is, and in return do Sentinel, the Department of lightbulb in my bedroom. always serve as a substitute for Better lmown as Senate Bill more toxins are released, con­ Transportation could accumu­ Apparently I forgot to tum the the people I miss, this poem 682, this bill was directed at taminating the ozone and ulti­ late enough money to cover the light switch off before I radiates light in the form of paying for $6 billion in Central mately contributing to global cost of $6 billion in Central changed the bulb, because hope. Florida road enhancements, warming. Florida road improvements. when I attached the new one, it When breathing art, you will immediately lit up, burning' my ASHLEY INGUANTA even find its light seeping such as the Wekiva Parkway and Baptiste references other rev­ If there must be taxation, t tolled express lanes for Inter­ enue choices such as car rental then it should be progressive, fingers. I jolted, pulling my Staff Writer through your mouth and finger­ state 4. taxes, car sales taxes and tourist not regressive. Change is hands down as a reflex, a .pro­ tips, causing you to do and say Opponents argue in favor of taxes, all of which she notes " ... inevitable and with growth tective instinct used to keep you alive, things.you never thought you could You alternative sources of revenue. have virtually no new or comes responsibility. However, just like breathing. Only when you will surprise yourself, and maybe even For example, registration fees, increased collection costs asso..1 that responsibility should not breathe, the light tends to pass you by. the world around you. tire taxes and licensing fees. dated to them because they use interfere with the fluency of When you get burnt, the light stings you. Take a few months ago, for instance. I All of these options could the existing tax collection meth­ everyday life. Instead, it should When you go to the doctor for a was looking at musician Sarah Slean's potentially alleviate the inflated ods." behave as the catalyst for reform check-up, one of the first things he does painting of a gentlemanly piano. In this state of the· economy. Instead, We believe the only authority and aid progression in terms of is analyze your breathing. Then he painting, a couple sits in a Victorian-style the Orlando-Orange County that should be dictating toll rate transportation and develop­ checks your-ears, throat, nose, blood library, being ehtertained by a piano, Expressway Authority has cho­ taxation is the people it will ment. pressure and heartbeat. Everything is which is wearing a top hat and taking a sen to press for increased toll directly affect: The commuters, Transportation has become clear, and you may leave. Your life is bow. When I was looking at this scene, prices, which could ultimately the people who depend on the essential in an ever-expanding intact; all mechanisms are hinged and the piano seemed inviting, like a friend contribute to the congestion interstate to get from point A to city such as Orlando and the oiled But there is one thing he didn't pick encouraging me to create new words and that already plagues the roads point B most resourcefully. implementation of toll rates up on - your breathing's natural state, its form them into songs. Then I thought, < less traveled Reportedly, about 200,000 only punishes those who are everyday pattern. Your lungs are not tak­ why not re-teach yourself to play the According to Sally Baptiste of cars a day travel through Orlan­ victims ofinflation. It is time we ing in nearly enough air. piano? Luckily, I have a kind and gener­ tollscreategridlock.org (a Web do on I-4, according to the all merge into the express lane In my own life, I was fortunate enough ous friend who is letting me practice on !iite dedicated to "reclaiming Orlando Sentinel. Therefore, the and crusade our city streets, to have someone tell me that in order to his keyboard America's freeways"), "less interstate serves a dual purpose, without breaking for tolls discover more about myself, I needed to Even though I had taken piano lessons taxes equal more mobility." one of necessity and one of con- throughout our travel. change the way I was breathing. 1when I was younger, my time at the piano When it comes to everyday living, you bench has become less and less with age. . can have a beating heart and working rm not sure why this happened. Maybe it lungs and never lmow what to do with was school, or maybe there was no rea­ them. Yes, it is wonderful to live. But son. Or maybe time just moved through what are you living for? light and got caught in my breath, the Art, like light, can sting, bum and jolt ultimate distraction. \ you. Whether it is the language of a So take a deep breath and read a book poem, the characters of a film, the guitars that you normally wouldn't, o:r go to an Obanta ~ps of a song, or the colors and shapes of a art gallery and look at a style ofpainting painting, art Cc1J1 flip the switch of your that wouldn't normally attract your atten­ mind's lightbulb, releasing heat waves of tion. When you're breathing, take time to ideas that radiate into your body. . connect the novel's words to your The first time I read the poem inhales, and take time tq absorb the "Everything Is Waiting for You" by David words' light - their tone and meaning:­ McCain in oil fix Whyte, its honest tone and steady rhythm into your exhales. When you're looking at overwhelmed me, taking a heap of the an abstract painting, connect each breath world's energy and molding it into words. with the paintbrush's strokes, and allow t's no secret that America is underestimate how short short­ programs similar to the Califor:­ going through a bit of an term really is. Eventµally, a nia Solar Initiative, a $3.3 billion With one line in particular, the voice of the paint's light - the feeling it gives off · I the poem's speaker grew louder: "To feel - to keep your lungs steady. After all, energy crisis right now. All renewab,le source of energy will project from Gov. Arnold you have to do is drive by your have to be commissioned in Schwarzenegger, designed to abandoned is to deny the intimacy of this IB your life. Surprise yourse1£ local Costco and you'll see an order for the planet to survive. increase the use of solar panels army of people waiting in line Yet, McCain does not support a as an alternative energy source. ' . just to save 10 cents a gallon on large government effort to fund Incentives are given to con­ gas. The answer to the problem renewable research; instead, he sumers in the form of rebates isn't exactly clear because there wants to rely on the greenhouse and discounts on solar-photo­ are several options available - gas restrictions and lower cor­ voltaic systems for their homes Anticipate the rain, two of which are being brought porate taxes to stimulate private and businesses. Projects like to the forefront of media atten­ sector investment. This issue is these are where the majority of tion by the presidential candi­ perhaps the biggest difference government funds.should be dates. between the two candidates' going toward, not drilling for embrace the heat While Sen. John McCain energy policies. more oil. would like to increase Alaskan On the other hand, Obama's The Department of Energy We have reached that time roll around, I am ready for a drilling and also expand off­ proposition is not exactly cheap, said that, under the current poli­ of year once again, the time change from the sweltering . shore, Sen. Barack Obama pro­ but it is necessary - changing cies, oil, natural gas and coal of year when every day is heat. poses funding the development the way the world operates is will still provide the over­ blistering hot and every after­ The daytime temperature is of renewable energies at the unlikely to be a thrifty process. whelming majority of the noon you can set your watch another interesting aspect that cost of $15 billion a year for 10 His plan is to raise the taxes on nation's energy through two to the downfall from above. is distinctly Floridian. I am sure years. oil companies and use the extra decades from now - it sounds Yes, the Florida rainy sea­ there are other places on Earth Let's compare the two propo­ money to help low-income peo­ like they are eager to welcome a son. One minute it seems like with the same level of excruciat­ sitions further and see which ple who can't afford traditional change in. administration poli­ the skies are blue and clear, ing heat and rainforest-like one really makes the most utilities. Supporters of his plan cies as well. the next it has the appear­ humidity, but none of those sense. are calling for even bigger We believe the inevitable ance of an impending scene JEFF RILEY places have that.same character McCain's plan is to continue expenditures that would have solution lies in the government of destruction. Blasts of light­ Editor-in-Chief and charm. the country's addiction to oil by the government boost funding enacting a massive effort to ning spark doom-filled skies And nothing makes you feel drilling in more areas, some of from about $4 billion a year now fund renewable energy the same time every day. like you are melting like the Wicked which may even be environ­ to $30 billion a year - every research, something much like Not only do these torrential down­ Witch in water like Florida's character mentally protected lands like year for the next few decades. · the Apollo program that put a pours happen every day, it does this and charm. Alaska's Arctic National "That's less than a third of man on the moon in the 1960s. every single summer. Ifyou have lived Just like I don~t quite get people who Wildlife Refuge. Naturally, Pres­ what we're spending in Iraq; it's The days of <.1rilling for "black in Florida for any amotint of time, you are trapped by the rain, I dml't under­ ident Bush wholeheartedly sup­ not a big number," said Keith gold" and "Texas tea" must should already lmow and understand stand people who complain about the t ports this plan, as he is closely . Schneider, a spokesman for the come to an end, if not only ( just how bad it can get. heat. associated with the oil industry Apollo Alliance, a coalition of because our dependence on for­ Weirdly though, every time I happen This is Florida. Every summer we go himself. The problem is that politicians, environmentalists, eign oil has left this country vul­ to be around campus during the daily through heat waves, and every summer • experts say additional drilling labor groups and businesses nerable to global political influ­ downpour, I always see people I have to hear people talk about how will only increase oil production pushing the idea. Schneider ence. "trapped" under awnings and inside absurdly warm it is. by about 2 percent worldwide, .counters that the government Sen. Obama is looking for a doorways, waiting for the rain to end. I consider the summer heat to be a which would have little to rib has had a long history ofbeing longterm solution, which is pre­ I don't understand how people can cleansing of the state. It forces those ..... effect on the overall price of oil. the leading initial financier of cisely what we should all be be trapped without an umbrella in this who only want the state for the mild • Secondly, McCain's plan still big projects that serve a greater supporting. Continuing to invest situation. winters to go back to wherever it is they doesn't provide a solution for public good. They include land in further oil production would It is not like the rain is a surprise at come from, and lets us natives sweat on the future. Oil is not a sustain­ grants to start colleges, the rail­ be a colossal waste of time, all. It does this nearly every day. At this our own. able form of energy, and the road system,. the Interstate Sys­ money and effort that could be point, being caught off guard by the rain The stark contrast between the heat wells will, without a doubt, dry tem of highways and the Inter­ spent on finding a new, sustain­ in the afternoon is sort of like being and the rain is what makes us who we up at some point. Drilling for net, he said. Schneider also said able source of energy that will really shocked that the sun set last night. are. It may be uncomfortable for a while, more oil only provides a short­ the project would create at least be safer, cheaper and most The daily storm is a refreshing thing. but ifyou survive it, you should wear it term answer which could have 3 million domestic jobs. importantly, environmentally Despite the destructive power that the like a badge of honor - and remember fM-reachihg consequences ,if we The funds would be spent ol responsible. , lightning packs, by the time the clouds to bring your umbrellaj r.1 1 - All www.CentralFloridaFuture.com June 26, 2008 • wrttal :Jloriba Juture

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