Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 02, January 9, 2008

University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 1-9-2008 Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 02, January 9, 2008 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 02, January 9, 2008" (2008). Central Florida Future. 2078. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2078 _) www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Wednesday,January 9, 2008 Staff infection , ) Meet the people who'll be putting the Future together in 2008 - SEE NEWS,A2 EDUCATION 10-YEAR-OLD Students u COMES robbed; 1 pistol whipped Downtown Orlando robbery unsolved ) BACK A10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded KARI WILBERG returning to school after Christmas break Staff Writer so much that he glued his hand to his bed.Sandra Palacios spent neatly two Two UCF students were hours trying to free her son~ hand robbed at gunpoint about 1:30 with wa~oil and naif polish R!fllOVel' a.m. on Jan. 6 in a downtown Defore caning authorities. Paramedics Orlando parking garage on 53 managed to unstick him in time for class. W. Central Blvd. Two men reportedly pulled a gun and a knife on Sierra LEGAL Gerard-McGill, 20, and her boyfriend, Brendon Edwards, 21. THINGS YOU Smith renegs, The suspects asked Gerard McGill and Edwards to hand WON'T MEET IN over their money and cell ready to face phones. ' ST.LOUIS "It was reported the suspect the NFL Draft hit the male a couple of times ASt Louis-area town is considering a bill after they learned Edwards had that would ban swearing in bars,along Star running back to lied about having a cell phone," with table-dancing, drinking contests said Sgt. Barbara Jones, infor and profane music. Gty officials contend enter draft, forgoing mation officer for the Orlando the bt11 is needed to keep rowdy crowds last year - SEE SPORTS,Al 1 Police Department. under control because the historic Police records state that downtown area gets a rlttle too lively on Edwards was pistol-whipped some nights.Some bar owneis sa'/ the and suffered an injury to the bill may be a violation of their civil rights. head. Jones said the injuries were minor and Edwards was released from the hospital. Edwards said he was hit over the head three to four times and required seven stitches. Jones said Gerard-McGill and Edwards were then taken to an ATM at a nearby bank and forced to withdraw about $1,000, Edwards said. The suspects then released Gerard-McGill and Edwards AROUND CAMPUS,A2 one block from the Federal CAREER FAIR AND EXPO Building and drove off. According to Jones, the vic HITS UCF TODAY IN tims then went to a· friend's FERRELL COMMONS house, where they later pro- Caree"r Services and Experiential PLtASE SEE VICTIM ON A7 Leaming will be holding a seminar geared to help students prepare for career fairs and expos. The seminar will be held today from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 185-C in Ferrell Commons. Institute signs 5-year deal with mt'd school SGA MATT MORRISON •'We're very, very excited News Editor about that opportunity," said LOCAL & STATE, A2 Julia Pet-Annacost, associate MAN RESCUED AFTER . UCF's new tenant at its dean for Planning and . supports Lake Nona medical city Knowledge Management at CLINGING TO CAPSIZED promises to advance cancer the med school. BOAT FOR 14 HOURS research through collabora Pet-Armacost said that workers' tion with the university and students at the med school A man clung to his capsized boat for its students. will be able to choose their • about 14 hours before being rescued in M. D. Anderson Cancer area of specialization by con the chilly waters off Florida's Gulf Coast. Center Orlando's Cancer centrating their research on lUUOll The man headed out into the Gulf of Research Institute a particular area of interest, Mexico on Saturday night to go fishing announced Dec.19 that it will called the "focus program." STEPHANIE WILKEN when a passing boat swamped and occupy 30,000 square feet of Pet-Annacost said that Staff Writer overturned his smaller vessel. the fifth floor ofthe new Bur even if a student's interests A member ofthe Student Gov nett Biomedical Sciences are not cancer-related, he or ernment Association Student Building. she can still benefit from the Senate wrote a resolution before M. D. Anderson has mentorship of the medfcal NATION & WORLD, A4 winter break expressing solidarity agreed to pay the university staff from the Cancer with the workers at UCF strug $2.5 million to use the build Research Institute. BOY SCOUT SAVES gling for better work conditions. ing for up to five years while "There will be a lot of College of Arts and Humani MALDIVES' PRESIDENT awaiting the completion of opportunity for collabora ties Sen. Austin Smith wrote Res its own building, which will tion," Pet-Annacost said. FROM ASSASSINATION olution 40-06 on the heels of be located near the Lake While UCF has had expe The president of the Maldives was ongoing negotiations between the Nona complex. rience with M D. Anderson saved from assassination Tuesday university and a union labor M. D. Anderson expects in the past, the localization of when a Boy Scout grabbed the knife of group that represents university for that building to be com both institutions -into one an attacker who had jumped out of a employees who mainly work in pleted within those first five area at Lake Nona is expect crowd greeting the leader, an official the Student Union, in housing and years, said Cheryl Baker, ed to save both time and said. maintenance and on the grounds director of the Cancer money for all involved, Baker ofthe university. • Research Institute. said. "The purpose is just to show M. D. Anderson has 'We're just really honored INDEX TODAY'S the university that there are stu helped to educate and men to be able to occupy that fifth • dents who are interested in mak Around Campus 2 WEATHER tor medical students in the floor while we're building CFF ARCHIV E ing sure that the people who run • Weather 2 past, and Baker said, intrinsic ours," Baker said. , The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center announced its partnership with UCF's new Lake the university on a day-to-day Local & State 2 in the decision to build the MD. Anderson's Orlando Nona-based med school on Dec. 19. The research center will be occupying the basis are being treated better," Nation & World 4 Cancer Research Center at 30,000-square-foot fifth floor of the med school, which is set to open in 2009. Cancer Center is affiliated Smith said Sports 10 Lake Nona was the desire for with the University of Texas Toe union labor group, which Opinions 14 PATCHY a university connection. institute will serve as men research projects can also M. D. Anderson Cancer Cen is based in Central Florida, called Classifieds 1S FOG "We want to stay very tors for medical students and benefit from the collabora ter in Houston, which was · Local 3345 ofthe American Feder- Sudoku 1S close physically and collabo may also supplement the tion through the institute's named the top hospital in the Crossword 1S 80° 57° ratively," Baker said school's faculty. Ph.D. stu availability of patients and HIGH LOW Researchers from the dents proceeding with their tissue samples. 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