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Central Florida Future. 2135. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2135 www.CentrafFforidaFuture.com • Monday, August 18, 2008 COMIC R OCK HERO ·tting the pit-..-. .., An audience with omen's soccer preps to open defens Coheed and CcC.nbria front man- SEEVARIETY,All f C-USA Championship -SEESPOR · 9 ----'------~----.-- ____ ....,,,_,,,., Animals Smart card ) comes-home m akers haven't considered ) Cards revoked for students living off campus, off-campus vendors or students using their smart car d during UCF's summer WILLIAM RICHARDS terms and Christmas. ., . Contributing Writer Students in off-campus Nils OI vwas made a knight Friday, adding housing get vendors lik~ Sil­ to s many accollades. Not bad for a The UCF smart card will ver Mine to deliver to them, n in. The current Nils Olav, the third no longer be accepted by 27 and many on CaIDJ)US ven­ n~ in to serve as the guards' mascot, vendors, from Pita Pit to dors are barely open for ighted by British Maj. Gen. Euan CB&S Bookstore, when card business.during the summer, Lo d on behalf of Norway's King Harald services terminates their off­ while the McDonald's across L u on dropped the king's sword on the street. from campus can si s of Nils' black-and-white frame. -campus program on May 1, 2009. accept a smart card year Silver Mine Subs owner round. Michael Cuccarese received T .G.I. Friday's in Wather­ PHOTOS COURTESYC HINAVINE his letter in July, informing ford Lakes general manager UCF senior Erika Rydell ~lms in China. Rydell is one of about 50 UCF students and faculty that participated in the ChinaVine program. ' him that the smart card's off­ T im Breen sees the end of campus program was end- off campus smart card sales . ing. having the biggest effect on China Vine The letter states that his business out of the ven­ smart cards will no long~r be dor's interviewed. documents folk art accepted in May, · and that "When school is in ses­ off-campus vendors can con­ sion, we may do an average and village life for vert the card readers they of five hundred dollars a day C,APTURE purchased for the program on sm art card purchases," English-speaking into normal credit card read­ Breen said, ''A big chunk of .) ers. · my businesses." audiences "You're Breen said that part taking t he of the reason for the choices smart card's success ) FOLK ART in his Waterford students Lakes restaurant is that an estimated KERRI ANNE RENZULLI 90 percent of his Contributing Writer employees are UCF students. While China may be Vendor showcasing its efforts at modernization to the world through the Beijing PLEASE SEE ISSUE Olympics, an international ON A6 group of college students is Breaking attempting to preserve its news on cultural heritage through the your cell Web. ChinaVme is a project that Sam's Club offers Get UCF news sent to your cell .µms to capture vanishing phone. Just text the keyword folk art forms and village life UCFNEWS to 44636. for an English-spea,king audi­ ence through the Web with student incentive short do~mentaries of folk From left to right in the back, UCF students Mike Diaz, Erika Rydell and Sarah long film ROUND CAMP.USiA2 in China as part of their study-abroad research program. ChinaVine is a project that LINDSAY BURY a .new membership or con­ artists at work and village life. aims to capture vanishing folk art forms an~ village life in short documentaries. HOTOGRAPHERS' ART The part-research, part­ Contributing Writer version of an existing mem­ study-abroad program is a understanding of Chinese project. "Ifyou can recognize bership to a Collegiate Mem ­ ON DISPLAY IN collaborative effort between culture. and understand the roots. of Sam's Club is offering ber ship." REFLECTIONS EXHIBIT about 50 students and faculty "Our goal is to preserve Chinese culture, I think we UCF college students a year­ Burns also said that the from UCF, the University of those traditions and.present will gain a better understand­ long Collegiate Membership Sam's Club Collegiate Mem­ Former in-house photographer for Oregon, Shandong Universi­ Chinese culture to an English ing of who the Chinese peo­ for $40 that includes a $15 gift bership comes with a com­ Walt Disney lmagineers Rinat Halon's ty ofArt and Design and Bei­ speaking audience," said ple are." card for signing up. plementary card so a room­ art exhibition expresses her view of jing Normal University to Kristin Congdon, a UCF film Over the course of the To qualify for this mem­ mate can share the shopping reflection as part of the Women's capture living fork traditions and philosophy professor, bership, a student must have duties and the savings. a valid student ID, as well as "T his is an offer specifi­ Research Center welcome back and provide insight and who helped to create the PLEASE SEE VISUALS ON A5 reception starting Thursday. a .edu or personal e-mail cally for . college students," address. Orlartdo Market Bums said. Membership Sales Manager, A Sam's Club representa­ lOCAL & STATE,A2 Mike Burns, said that the :edu tive will be at the Pegasus off­ Fire leaves students homeless address is preferred. · campus housing on Friday KEY WEST OFFICIALS "Students can sign up for and Saturday, and at the Stu­ ORDER EVACUATION TARA YOUNG UCF about ll p.m. Tuesday. the blaze. the card by visiting any Sam's · dent Union on August 27, for News Editor The Orlando Sentinel According to Fox 35 Club location," said Burns in students to sign up for cards. FOR VISITORS reported that although no News, fire rescue crews ( an e-mail interview. "This "This is an on-going new In the shadow of tropical storm Fay, Orange County Fire Res­ one was injured, three cats determined that the explo­ program offers a $15 value membership program that is Key West officials have ordered a cue crews responded to a died and about eight people sions came from propane added incentive gift card to only available to students of mandatory evacuation for visitors on call about explosive sounds - some UCF students - tanks on the rear porch of students of universities and local universities or colleges Sunday and have asked those who are and fire coming from a quad­ were left homeless. Two colleges with the purchase of PlfASE SEE UCF ON A8 planning to arrive to postpone their plex off Hunt Club Lane near dogs were also rescued from PLEASE SEE BWE ON A6 trips. They also said that schools will be closed both today and Tuesday. NATION & WORLD, M Pegasus Palooza to Ride sharing service offered JONATHAN HOHENSEE GEORGIA PRESIDENT Staff Writer WILL NOT RELINQUISH kick off fall semester KERRI ANNE RENZULLI students. Also more visibili­ University of Central COMBATED REGION Contributing Writer ty for groups if they [stu­ Florida employees that are Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili dents] know about it now feeling the crunch in their says his country will not give up South Orientation Services will they'll know about it for rest wallets from the rising Ossetia and Abkhazia, the two breakaway be hosting UCF's first ever of their time at UCF." prices of gases can find com­ regions at the heart of days offighting "welcome week," Pegasus The festivities kick off fort through the UCF's with Russia. Saakashvili says Georgia will Palooza, from Saturday to Saturday at the Leisure Pool never give up a single square mile.of the human resources depart­ country's territory. August 30 with the hoge of with a LINK Luau and con­ ment, which is offering a boosting student involve­ cludes August 30 with the free rid~ sharing service. •J: ment early in the semester first football game of the "It's been a great success, INDEX TODAY'S and providing a welcoming season against the south in my opinion, so far," said atmosphere to new and CRYSTAL PAOLOEMIUO/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE • Around campus Carolina State bulldogs at Judith E. Monroe, the associ­ The UCF Human Resources department has set up a portion of their Web site dedicated 2 WEATHER returning students. • local & State 2 the Brighthouse Networks ate vice president of admin­ to helping UCF employees find coworkers within their zip code to car pool to campus. "The main goal is kinda Stadium. istration and · finance for • Nation & World 4 about seeing returning and The seven-day affair fea­ UCF, who played a role in employees that they would 'We thought this would be a Sports 9 new students feeling wel­ tures free events such as the the project's inception. like to have access to the car good service for our employ­ Variety 11 comed, getting help, getting Waterford Run at the Water­ Opinions Martha Gedbaw, the assis­ pool program, since t he ees." 14 involved," Steven Harowitz, ford Lake Shopping Center tant director for UCF's gasoline prices have shot up To operate the Web sites, Classifieds 15 20, Interdisciplinary Studies on Sunday, the UCF Book­ Human Resources oversaw and the economy is in the users must sign onto the Sudoku 15 Major, and student director store fashion show at the the setting up of the Web state that it is in and the UCF human resources W eb Crossword 15 of Pegasus Palooza, said.