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FREE • Published Monda sand Thursda s www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Thursday, May 27, 2010 • • Milestone degree Another step UCF awards nursing t Eleven Knights to compete·in grad with 200,000th NCAA East Regionals -sEESPORTS,A6 degree -SEE NEWS,A2 , Retail WAL-MART , CUTS IPHONE Waldrop named new provost PRICES Hickey's replacement to take over in August More Coverage 0 Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, ASHLEY CARNIFAX would be resigning June 30. to UCF," President John Hitt said. plans to slash the price of Apple's Staff Writer Wantto know more about Waldrop? During the search, more than "Tony will help us continue to fur 16GB 3GS iPhone to $97 beginning 90 faculty members and adminis­ offer an affordable, high-quality Check inside his qualificatioOS; is widely expected to . Tuesday.Apple After several months of trators from around the country education to support a wide PLEASE sEE ,m1NG ro KNOW ON A3 unveil a brand-new iPhone next searching, UCF selected Tony appli~d for the position of the range of scholarship in: the classic month,and could be wooong with Waldrop, the vice chancellor for second-highest ranking official of disciplines and emerging fields. retailers to dear out its remaining res~arch and economic develop-. the university, according to a He will also help us continue to "The opportunity to help UCF inventory of the about-to-be- release from UCF News & Infor­ support the economic, cultural, continue to reach for the stars as outdated ment at the University of North model. Carolina at Chapel Hill, to serve mation. intellectual and societal needs of one of the nation's premier uni­ as the next provost on Monday. ~or. Waldrop's leadership_at Central Florida." · versities is very exciting," Wal- The :p.ationwide search began the University of North Carolina Waldrop will take over as . drop said. "My experiences and in early 2010 after current Provost has been outstanding, and we are provost Aug. 1. Vice Provost personal goals are very consistent and Executive Vice President' pleased to bring this innovative Diane Chase will serve as interim Terry Hickey announced he academic leader and researcher provost during the month of July. PLEASE SEtlNTERIM ON A3 NASA Uncover Thursdays FirstSGA meeting .reveals vacanctes• Fourteen seats open in current senate ASHLEY CARNIFAX Staff Writer More th.an 25 percent ofthe Stu­ dent Government Association Senate seats are vacant as of the first meeting of the· summer term .Breaking May 20. news on Several senators graduated or m. yourcell moved to positions in other branches of SGA at the end of the " Get UCF news sent to your cell spring semester, leaving 14 of the phone. Just text the keyword 52 seats empty. UCFNEWS to 44636. SGA Senate President Pro Tern­ pore Joshua Miller said the senate '-0 UCF graduate celebfdtes is still functioning and that the AROUND CAMPUS, A2 mirades in alocal art exhibition only area that is experiencing trou­ LEARN HOW JO FIND ble is the committees. about hope and1ove. "The biggest problem with hav­ THE RIGHT JOB ing so many empty seats is the fact OPPORTUNITY that the committees are empty,'' Miller said. "It sometimes Career Services will be offering becomes difficult to have opinions information on the job market and and mak~ decisions when you only finding good job opportunities. have four senators on a committee The event will be held in Ferrell making fiscal decisions or even Commons Room 185-C from 3to 4 voting on to approve a justice. It's p.m. COURTBY BLAIR REMINGTON not the end of the world that sen- Plils: PLEASESE ECOMMITTEES ON AS LOCAL &,STATE, A2 WholeJoritesummertimefuli No place for video WOMAN KILLED games at the movies AFTER C~HING Ther5 more to summer lhifotii@fHi~ than just goin9 to the bars. Columnist Matt Reinstetle names the Want to be part of the Senate? Check out INTO BUS .Here's what eJse Orlando four worst video game adaptations in which seats are available and how you A19 -year-old woman was killed has to offer. See, A9 history. See,A8 can be considers for the position. when her car struck a bus in PLEASE SEE VACANT ON AS Jacksonville on Tuesday. Authorities say the woman swerved too late to avoid striking the bus. Professors, students WOMAN ABANDONS CHILD ON BUS. An unidentified Miami woman react to oil spill in Gulf was charged with child neglect JESSIE KRISTOF rents and weather patterns ulti­ after leaving her 2-year-old child Contributing Writer mately predict the arrival date of on a county metro bus on Tuesday .... the oil to Florida's shores and morning.The child is currently in ''I think we are witnessing one inland waters, but state and feder­ the custody of the Department of of the USA'.s worst ecological dis­ al agencies are conducting base­ Children and Families. asters ever," Linda Walters, pro­ line monitoring on the west coast fessor of biology at UCF, said and Florida Keys to prepare for about the oil rig explosion of the inevitable. April 20. "The damaged area will "Everything living in the path • INDEX TODAY'S .extend for many hundreds to of the oil will ·be negatively ., thousands of miles and will per- impacted, from microscopic Around Campus 2 WEATHER sist for many, many years." . plankton to swimming turtles, GERALD HERBERT / ASSOCIATED PRESS • Weather 2 Last month, British Petrole­ fishes, dolphins, manatees and Acontractor operates an oil skimmer as Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson Local & State 2 um's Deepwater Horizon oilrig seabirds to all the sessile organ­ tours marshes impacted from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Pass a Loutre, La., on Monday. Sports 6 • exploded 50 miles off the coast of isms living on· coastlines where Variety 8 ·/>"· Louisiana. It resulted in 17 injured the oil comes ashore," Walters Hydroscience Analysis, Modeling hurricane season, which begins Opinion 10 PM workers, ll presumed dead and said . and Predictive Simulations Labo­ June 1. Classifieds 11 T-SlORMS enough oil leakage to severely Scott Hagan, associate_profes­ ratory, worries about the vast ·~ fast moving hurricane could Sudoku 11 threaten industries arid wildlife sor of Civil, Environmental and flood plains of the Gulf states and literally swamp the landfall loca- Crossword 11 89° 72° that thrive off the Gulf of Mexico. Construction Engineering and the possibility of a hurricane hit­ HIGH lDW According to Walters, th!:! cur- director of the UCF Coastal ting landfall during this year's PLEASE SEE SPILL ON A4 • _Al www.CentralFforidaFuture.com May 27, 2010 • (euttal :,Jloriba 1utun AROUND • CAMPUS (enttal News and notices for the UCF community 1lofiba Learn about the job market Career Services invites you to gather information about the current job mar­ 1utufe ket and ways to find the The Student Newspaper at IKF since 1?68 • right job opportunity. .. I Career Services helps May27,2010 students with conducting Vol 42, Issue 33 • 12 Pages efficient job searches with The fDrrro/ Florido futun> ~ the independfflt, student­ a close eye on effective . written newspaper at the Unive!Sity of G!ntral Florida. tools. · AND STILL.GOING Opinions in the FU!llre are those of the individual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff The event will be held or the Uniwrsity administration. All content k property in the Ferrell Commons Nursing graduate of the Centro/ fforidafutun> and may not be rep rinted in Building today from 3 p.m. pan orin whole without permission fiom the publisher. to 4 p.m. in Room 185-C earns milestone NEWSROOM For more information 407-447-4558 • contact Career Services at 407-823-2361 or e-mail degree from UCF Editor-in-Chief Carlos Pineda x213 ,\ them at ZOAR ORTIZ CFF.editor@gmailrom [email protected] or Contributing Writer visit www.career.uc£edu. News Editor was Brandi Broxson x2l3 May 7 a big day for nursing [email protected] Get informed on experience, · graduate, Andrea Long. Not only career and resumes did four years of hard work finally News Editor For students looking to pay off, but she was also the unique Megan Van Waus x213 change their career and recipient of UCF's 200,000th News.CFF@gmailrom for those that lack experi­ degree. ence in a field ."of interest, A big smile graced her face as Online News Editor learn to create a resume she walked up the stage to receive Meghan lindnejx213 · that highlights your skills the mock degree from College of Online.CFF@gmailcom and accomplishments. Nursing Dean Jean Leuner at the Opinions Editor Held on Tuesday, from spring 2010 graduation ceremony. Monique Valdes x213 11 am. to 12 p.m at the Fer­ Long saw this as a momentous Opinions.CFF@gmailcom rell Commons Building in occasion for herself and · as an ' 185-C. opportunity of recognition for her ,:rts Editors fellow graduates.