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The Central Florida University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 9-3-2002 Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 5, September 3, 2002 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. 35 No. 5, September 3, 2002" (2002). Central Florida Future. 1622. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1622 Not close Mon. Tues. Wed. enough UCF vs. Penn State game coverage 88° 88° 73~ · 72° ....:.SPORTS, 14 & 16 . ' THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING UCF SINCE 1968 -. ~ : GA pres.ident·· arrested . ;, appeared drunk; he had blood middleman or anything, I was Pena: Arrest is example of shot eyes and his speech was just observing/' he said. slurred. Officers say.Pena repeatedly excessive policing by UCF officers Pefia denies that he was goaded the two UCF officers to drunk, but admits he was at a take him to jail, and boasted that local bar earlier in the evening. he was- a close friend of UCF KRISTA ZILIZI Pefia, 22, a member of the Officers warned Pe:fi.a to Police Chief Richard Turkiewicz, . STAFF WRITER Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, leave the scene and return to the ·who Pe:fi.a said "would get this was arrested outside the SAE SAE house; Pefia refused. [matter] taken care of." Student body president fraternity house after Pefia Pe.fia said he told the offi­ UCF officers took Pe:fi.a to Marco Pefia landed in Orange repeatedly attempted · to inter­ cers, "Listen, I am student body the campus police. department County Jail early Friday morn­ vene with.UCF officers who were president, I'm not trying to cause where police gave him a sobriety ing after UCF p.olice arrested conducting a traffic stop in the tr9uble-I have an obligation as test that showed Pe:fi.a was him for disorderly intoxicatiOn fraternity house's parking lot, a student body president to make impaired, according to the police hours .after fr_aternity .recruit- police report said. sure everything is OK." Pena COURTESY OCSQ -ment concluded for the evening. Officers said that Pe.fia "I wasn't trying to be the PLEASE SEE Pena oN 3 Walking · ,, Overlooked party school? under.the• 1 Many students are relieved that _UCF never makes Princeton influence _Review's top 20 list . REBECCA KULCHAK UCF police punish STAFF WRITER he weekend keg party is a underage drinkers for symbol of college life for some students, for others it is public intoxication Twaking up next to a nameless stranger on a Wednesday morning unable to remember how they got RENEE BEAUDETTE there. For UCF students, it is neither~ STAFF WRITER at least according to the Princeton A 19-year-old freshman is walking Review it isn't. back · to his· dorm. He appears drunk, The Princeton Review-a test prepa­ speaks .with slurred speech and stag- ration and college-admissions company -gers as he walks. He doesn't have a that releases annual rankings of the beer bottle in his hand, he isn't damag- . nation's colleges and universities based on ing property, he isn't disrupting the informal surveys-has never included UCF peace, nor is he driving a car. The UCF on its list of top 20 party schools since the police stop him and ask for his identifi­ university opened its doors in 1963. cation and issue him a student ref erral. The Princ.eton Review ranking system The freshman is now .required to rates schools in 63 categories based on in-per­ attend an alcohol awareness program son or computer interviews with 100,000 stu­ and may suffer a number of educational dents. The party school designation is based on sanctions including academic proba­ student use of alcohol and marijuana at each tion. school, the amount of time·students spend study- While the student wasn't breaking ing outside of class and the popularity of fraterni­ any state or county laws by walking ties and sororities on campus. While UCF never makes the list of top party '"> · drunk, he is in violation of UCF's Golden Rule-a policy that prohibits schools, two Florida universities do each year-the University of Florida and_Florida State University. und~rage students from being under the influence of drugs or alcohol at any Even though UCF doesn't make the Princeton .time on campus. Review's list of "Stone-Cold-Sober Schools," some "I had no idea you could get in trou­ UCF students are questioning why the university ble walking dr:unk . .J thought that you never makes the party school list, while others are relieved that UCF has managed to escape the notQri­ .~ had to be driving or something like that," said sophomore Lisa Gill. ous party school label. Sgt. Troy Williamson, crime .pre­ "I think UCF is definitely a party school. Ther~ vention coordinator at UCF's police are thousands of sorority girls and fraternity boys here and everybody kind of knows each other-we get ~ department, said that the , police don't try to target a specific group or harass together and it turns into a lot of partying," said jun- students· wh~n enforcing the policy. PLEASE SEE Florida ON 4 JOE lCALEITA I CFF PLEASE SEE University ON 3 INSIDE So.-ority life, not real life Traffic got ya bored? Index: UCF FACT UCF sorority sisters debate the validity of MTV's latest Traffic backups lead students to do strange things. Police Beat ....... , . 6 UCF is currently Florida's reality show. National Briefs . 9 second largest university Editorials . 10 with enrollment of 39500. -LIFESTYLES, 20 -NEWS,4 News of the Weird . 24 followed by USF at 39,000. I .. • • • • • • • • • 2002 New Beetle GL ·. Lease for $219 per month + monthly tax for 48 months* • Side Ai'bags, ABS, Keyless Entry, Alarm, and much morel • 4 Yr 50,000 Mile Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty · • • 5 Yr 60,000 Mile Powertrain Warranty • • • • • • J September 3, 2002 • The Central Florida Future News• 3 Florida universities move to hire lobbyists efforts and unproductive meet­ representing -a small group of UCF's student ings-was the first university to students will have more difficulty hire_ a private lobbying firm to trying to demonstrate that its government may better represent the interests of SA is a great organization-we l~ve interests are more important become second to the school's student government. what they do, but there are a lot of than those of students at other Pena said that while he universities. have private counsel would like a lobbying firin to do issues th~t are specific to our campus UF and UCF aren't the first the same for UCF, student gov­ universities to break away from in state legislature -ernment would remain with FSA, that need to be represented. FSA. whether or not it hired profes­ Florida student govern­ sional representation. ments have left and rejoined FSA ) - -JOSHUA GROSSH SHEYLA NIEVES But like UF, UCF wants bet­ director of governmental affairs at during the organization's 26 STAFF WRITER ter representation not only on years of existence. UCF left in the state level, but also on a local 2001-02 but returned this year, Frustrated with the lack of ) level, to monitor city ordinances as did Florida Atlantic clout that UCF's student govern­ that might affect students, said UI_Liversities-and the signifi­ received five minutes to speak University. Florida A&M ment has in ·Tallah.assee, student Joshua Grosshans, director of cantly smaller amount of allotted with legislators when in University was also not a mem­ body president Marco Pena is governmental affairs at UCF. space that UCF has been grant­ Tallahassee, said Pena. ber in 2000-01. considering hiring private lobby­ - "FSA is a great organiza­ ed for future expansion com­ If. Pena decides to hire a lob­ Pena said the aecision to ists to represent student govern­ tion-we love what they do, but pared with other Florida urii.ver­ bying firm, SGA will have to shell leave that year was made by the ment in Florida legislature. there are a lot of issues that are sities. out between $50,000 to $60,000 executive vice president who · The Florida Student specific to our campus that need UCF's student government each year for their services. Pena handled most of SGA'S FSA­ Association-a non-profit stu­ to be represented," said has· sent letters to at least two will appeal to the UCF Senate to related work dent issues group of student gov­ Grosshans law firms who it is considering use $30,000 of its working to help Sin_ce FSA was establis];led ernment officials from Florida Among the specific issues for the lobbyist position. Gray, pay for the lobbying firm. FSA in 1976, the organization .) universities-currently repre­ that UCF student government Harris & Robinson PA's firm has currently· charges UCF $26, 780 obtained a voting seat for stu­ sents UCF and nine other officials feel private lobbyists already assisted the university in in membership fees. dent · body presidents on Florida 'universities in the state would better serve, is the poten­ scheduling 30 minutes of talk "I'm willing to put forth Florida's university trustee legislature.
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