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Central Florida Future. 2069. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2069 1.) r FREE • Published Mondays, Wednesda sand Frida s www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • FridaY, February 1, 2008 ) Four eyes Which frames suit your > style this season'? - SEE VARIID,A9 ·) SHOPPING Second meningitis case confirmed being close enough to Taylor , high fever, confusion and neck Thirteen students identified as close contacts during the seven days he was stiffness, which can develop contagious to be at risk of con­ over the course of several MATT MORRISON day evening, was admitted to a vices. tracting the infection. The hours or as much as two days. News Editor hospital Monday with symp­ Bacterial meningitis is Health Center is providing a The Health Center will be toms. spread through close contact, free antibiotic to all students distributing the antibiotic for Another UCF student was Taylor is said to be recover­ mainly through saliva by kiss­ who believe they could have free through Feb. 4, until the diagnosed Wednesday with ing well and without any ofthe ing, sharing food or being been infected potential time of exposure bacterial meningitis. severe consequences associat­ coughed on at close range. "Ifyou've had close contact, passes. , ) Christopher Taylor, who ed with bacterial meningitis, Anyone living with an infected it's in your best interest to.get Taylor, a business major, allowed the university to use said Dr. Michael Deichen, asso­ person may also be infected the antibiotic," Deichen said at lives in Tower 4 at Knights his name in an e-mail sent to ciate director of Clinical Thirteen students were a press conference Thursday. ,, the UCF community Wednes- Services for UCF Health Ser- identified by the university as Typical symptoms include PLEASE SEE TWO ON A4 Student SIXIS diesin .., Ocala l DES MOINES, OUGH _____ WE HAVE A -mrcrash RROBLEM Students still undecided about Four passengers die remaining candidates along with driver ROBYN SIDERSKY & JESSICA SUNDAY Staff Writers The passion for speed that KELDA SENIOR motivated one UCF student to .. Staff Writer kiss his car good-bye every While the official presidential election is night would be the same pas­ sion that took his life Sunday A"rocket" on th of of a months away, many UCF students continue to high school launc call from a have mixed feelings about who should be the next morning. Joshua Ammirato, an 18- ) concerned neighbor. But it's a portable president. heater used to protect paint and drywall After the polls closed on Tuesday, it was year-old freshman health sci­ from cold weather. Construction workers revealed that Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John ence major from Ocala, died noticed the resemblance and decided to McCain had won Florida. after slamming his 2008 BMW decorate it with fins and NASA logos. The results lead former mayor Rudy Giuliani MS into a tree off of the Grey­ stone Airport Runway, taking Flames inside the heater cast an orange and Sen. John Edwards to drop out of the presi­ glow, which prompted the call. dential race, leaving three candidates from each with him four passengers - party still running. Isaac Rubin, 20; Dustin Dawe, Matthew Mccann, a political science major, 19; James Hime, 19; and Jacob said he believes America should consider elect­ Casey,19. AROUND CAMPUS,A2 ing a candidate with stronger moral convictions. Ammirato was traveling "I wish Huckabee had won the republican vote northbound on the one-and-a­ ACADEMIC INTEGRITY in Florida," McCann said. "I like what he stands half-mile-long runway. After SPEAKER TO VISIT UCF for." driving off the end of the Despite his win in the Iowa caucuses, Mccann airstrip, the 500-horsepower TODAY AT 10 A.M. said he still doesn't think Huckabee has a chance at vehicle flew for 200 feet in the ·" Rutgers Professor of Organization winning the election. air and struck a large oak tree Management, Donald J. McCabe, will "I think that unless there's a drastic change and about 15 feet off the ground, speak about academic integrity today America realizes that they possibly do need to causing it to land facing north­ at 10a.m.in Room 316 of the Student have a stronger moral background for the presi­ east in a vacant lot off the 1400 Union. McCabe is the founder of dency, guys like Huckabee won't have a chance," Block of Northeast 95th Street Rutgers' Center for Academic Integrity. Mccann said. "I think America needs to get their Skid marks along the airstrip act together." follow the same path that the Kris Krause, a political science and creative tires took before driving offthe LOCAL & STATE, A2 writing major, said although the democratic vote road may not count, he was happy that Florida's regis­ All five men were pro­ GOV. CRIST SENDS tered Democrats voted Tuesday. nounced dead at the scene BUDGET PROPOSAL A little under half of registered Democrats between 3:55 a.m and 3:56 a.m., came to a primary that didn't have any delegates according to a press release TO LEGISLATURE . from Lt Michael Burroughs of ,,, the Florida Highway Patrol. Bracing for the weakening economy, PLEASE SEE FLA. ON AS Gov. Charlie Crist proposed a $70 Three ofthe men were ejected billion state budget Thursday that from the car, and the other two seeks to boost spending on programs were partially trapped inside ti to stimulate business and counts on the car. reserves and gambling money to get "Due to the severity and through the tough times. damage incurred by the vehi­ cle during the crash, we have not yet determined whether occupants were wearing seat­ NATION & WORLD, A4 belts," Burroughs said. NO DELAYS AS NEW PLEASE SEE STUDENT ON A4 ID RULES TAKE EFFECT AT U.S. BORDERS Motorists passed easily through border checkpoints Thursday as Webcast goes down, hopes stay high· tougher identification standards for NATALIE MORERA made viewing the real-time UCF and a member of LEAD U.S. and Canadian citizens went into News Editor video nearly impossible. scholars, was hosting the Pega­ effect without the backups and "There were simply far too sus Ballroom screening. confusion some travelers had feared. As 50 students filled the many people across the coun­ As soon as the video cut out, viewing area in the Pegasus trytrying to watch it at the same Martinez tried to refresh the Ballroom anticipating a live time," Goldstein said Web site, but it didn't work. INDEX TODAY'S webcast Wednesday at 8 p.m., Goldstein explained in his Martinez called the three • Around Campus 2 WEATHER the screen went blank statement that they anticipated other locations showing the Weather 2 The 2% Solution, a webcast 10,000 screenings, but it was far webcast, and they were • Local & State 2 discussion on solving global more than they expected encountering problems stream­ Nation & World 4 warming, was set to air live "In a positive light," Gold­ ing the real-time video, too. Sports 6 from the UCF Cocoa campus stein said, "this means that "It was giving [other loca­ Variety 9 and on screens nationwide. thousands of more people care tions] maybe quarter-minute Classifieds 12 Eban Goldstein, the project about finding solutions to glob­ clips; nothing really under­ Sudoku 13 director of Focus the Nation, al wanning [than] we thought" standable," Martinez said ''The Crossword 13 ,explained in a statement that Fanny Martinez, the web­ the surpassing of bandwidth master of Focus the Nation at PLEASE SEE VIDEO ON A4 • • \ A2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com February 1, 2008 • (enital :Jlotiba 1uture AROUND (entral • CAMPUS • News and notices for the UCF community Jloriba Academic integrity speaker today • Rutgers Professor of Organi­ zation Management, Donald J. McCabe, will speak about aca­ ,Uture demic integrity today from 10 The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 • , a.m. to 11 a.m. in Room 316 of the Student Union. 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