Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 71, November 11, 2010
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Central Florida Future. 2352. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2352 www.CentralFJoridaFuture.com • Thursday, November 11, 2010 0 Diva Invasion No. 25 seeks 6 Equal organizes circus No. 25-ranked UCF looks for its 6th themed performance consecutive C-USA win -SEESP0Rrs,A1 event - SEE VARIID,A1O Burglary BURGLAR NEEDS TO UPDATE Cheating uproar hits UCF STATUS Class of 600 takes their midterm, again Investigators say it wasn't difficult to EMRE KELLY & KATIE KUSTURA his door. For the video of find a teenager who broke into a Editor-in-Chief and News Editor After comparing this the lecture, go to Florida Keys home because he left a year's grades to last year's, www.UCFNews.com computer in the home logged onto A UCF professor forced he noticed an unusually his MySpace account The Monroe his Strategic Management high average grade. ever had to hear." County Sheriff's Office reported that class of 600 to retake a Quinn, who could not Taylor Ellis, the associ 18-year-old was charged with midterm exam after dis burglary, theft and possession of be reached for comment, ate dean of the testing cen covering that a third of the lambasted his class during burglary tools after the night's break ter, said that by 8 am. Mon in. students had cheated. his lecture Monday. day, abnormalities had Richard Quinn, the pro "I'm going to give a lec been noticed in the test fessor of the 4000-level ture today that basically is results. class, said he found out the toughest one I've had According to Ellis, the about the cheating thanks to give," Quinn said to his test bank, which contains COURTESY UCF COLLEGE OF BUSINESS TESTING LAB to an answer key placed in class. '½nd for some ofyou, Students in Robert Quinn's Strategic Management class had to head the testing a drop-off bin attached to it's the toughest one you've PLEASE SEE PROFESSOR ON A4 center, above, again after the professor forced the class to retake a test. Arrest Gambling tarts at plagues college students Online poker perfect for college audience Ell KING Contributing Writer According to a recent study by the Florida Council on Compul sive Gambling, online poker Breaking addiction is rising among college students ages 18-24. news on The FCCG states that one of myour cell the causes of the rise in online poker addiction is the media's Get UCF news sent to your cell coverage of poker events. ESPN phone. Just text the keyword broadcasts the World Series of UCFNEWS to 44636. Poker, and the Travel Channel Knight-Thon's Date Auction shows the World Poker Tour. AROUND CAMPUS,A2 Many of these poker events have a bidding war for good cause young stars, between ages 21-26, GRAND KNIGHTS ABIGAIL DONALDSON that college kids can relate to. OF SINGING Contributing Writer at Boardwalk Bowl on East Colonial Drive "The winner of the WSOP to bid on 35 participants for Knight-Thon's main event last year was a 21-year OPERA GALA Knight-Thon Student Director Christi philanthropy, Children's Miracle Network. old kid that dropped out of col Performers from UCF's opera na Vicari was determined to win a date Children's Miracle Network is a non lege," said Rob Smith, a business program will be hosting a gala for with Theta Chi's Ryan Specie, but with profit organization started in 1983 that rais graduate student. ''You see some students and the Orlando several other students eyeing him, it meant es funds for more than 170 children's hos one that young win that much, community. This year the program war. A bidding war, that is. pitals worldwide. To date, the organization and it opens up your eyes." features the second act from the Knight-Thon, UCF's largest student-run has raised more than $3.4 billion. What starts out as a hobby or operetta Die Fledermaus. philanthropy, held Boardwalk Bowl agreed to donate 15 something to pass the time its annual date percent of all food and bar tabs purchased between classes turns into a full auction on during the auction to Knight-Thon, and blown addiction for some stu Tuesday Budweiser donated a keg for the event, dents. LOCAL &STAT E, A2 night which lasted from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The report goes onto say that Students There was a greater turnout this year, college students are twice as like SOUTH FLORIDA CITY gathered and many students were left with standing ly to be compulsive gamblers as PUTS AREA SCHOOLS . room only most of the night. adults. Participating student organizations Charlie Pakowitz, a graduate ONLOCKDOWN received points for every mem- ' student in accounting, knows this Pembroke Pines officials have ber they auctioned off all too well. locked down all the schools in "I remember staying up until 6 the area as a precaution after a am. playing poker even though I receiving a threat. Authorities had class later that day," he said. say they received a possible "The longest tournament I have threat Wednesday morning. _.,,.,.. G Forphotosofthe ever played in lasted from 8 p.m. 0 dating auction: www.UCFNews.com MAN'S REMAINS PLEASE SEE FREE ON A6 FOUND IN CONTAINER IN FLORIDA WATERS Police divers are searching 1 SGA pushes for parking at IM fields South Florida waterways for SALO STEINVORTZ to its third on Nov. 18. For comments on body parts after a homeowner Contributing Writer Miller indicated his parking, see: • found a container floating in reasoning and concern www.UCFNews.com the water that contained Joshua Miller, the pres about the lack of student human remains. ident pro tempore for the parking spots, especially • Student Government in the afternoon when issue," Miller said. "It has Association Senate, has an classes are out and the IM come to my attention that • idea that may not sound fields become packed students feel that the • INDEX TODAY'S new for students at UCF; with students who engage parking during the hours Around Campus 2 WEATHER but it hasn't been pro in all sorts of extracurric of athletic events is almost • Weather 2 posed by anyone else. ular activities and leave near impossible in the Local & State 2 Miller wants to imple no extra room for student area, and hence this reso Sports 7 ment student parking parking. lution has been drafted to Variety 10 - "' - spots on campus, specifi "I have been address those issues and Opinion MOSTLY cally, in the Academic Vil approached by several suggest possible solutions Classifieds 1213 1 SUNNY lage Intramural Fields. students of the situation and a further investigation into the matter." Sudoku 13 He introduced the res in the area, and have con olution in the senate, sulted with numerous Miller's resolution calls Crossword 13 79° 60° AOOLfOCEBAllOS / CElflRAL FlDRIDA FUTURE 1IKiH LOW which passed its second sources in terms of what SGA President Pro Tempore Joshua Miller is one of the main proponents behind reading Nov. 4 and will go can be done to correct this PLEASE SEE RESOLUTION ON A4 more parking for the Intramural Fields by the Academic Village. ...t Al www.CentralFloridaFuture.com Nov.11, 2010 • (tntral :niriba '1rtuu ., AROUND CAMPUS €tutral News and notices for the UCF community ,1oriba Students perform opera pieces Scenes from operas composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 31rture Giuseppe Verdi will also The Student Newspaper at IKF since 1968 be on the program. The main act will be November 11, 2010 performed in English to Vol 42, Issue 71 • 14 Pages aid in audience compre The Centro/ Fkxido Futul!' is the independen~ student hension. Wfitten new,paper at the University of Cent@I Ronda. Opinions in the futull' are those of the individual The gala is free with a columni;t and not necessartly those ofthe e<fltOrial staff UCF I.D. or $10 for adults or the UnivetSity administration. All rontent is property and $5 for children older of the Cflltral flolida Future and may not be repnnted in pa~ or inwhole without permission fromthe publisher. than 12. The event will be held NEWSROOM :~. Friday from 7:30 p.m to 9 407-447-4558 . ·. p.m. Editor-in-Chief Volleyball team readies for Emre Kelly x213 match against visiting Tulsa CFF.editor@gma.'.'.com The UCF volleyball News Editors team will be facing the Brandi Broxson x213 University of Tulsa for the Katie Kustura x2n second time this season. [email protected] The Knights will play at 5 p.m. at The Venue, locat Online News Editor ed behind the UCF Arena. Meghan Lindner x213 Admission is free for Online.CFF@gmailcom students with a valid UCF I.D. On the Spot parking Opinions Editor Adrienne Cutway x213 Men's basketball to play first · Opinions. [email protected] regular season home game UCF engineering students develop parking app Sports Editors The·UCF men's basket Danny Aiello x215 ball team will be hosting KEVIN HERNANDEZ Users can also upload pictures of "Students pay over $80 for a Mike Balducci x215 their first game of the sea Contributing Writer their car or get magnets or stick decal, and you might as well get Sports.CFF@gmailcom son when they face the ers of the SpotMe application to the most out of your money and Variety Editor University of West Florida If you want to find a parking make it easier for others to locate be able to park," senior civil engi Jessica Martin x214 on Friday at 7 p.m.