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Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 40, November 27, 2006 University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 11-27-2006 Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 40, November 27, 2006 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. 39 No. 40, November 27, 2006" (2006). Central Florida Future. 1939. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1939 FREE • Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays www.CentralFforidaFuture.com • Monday, November 27, 2006 Shakin' it up Upper Room.Gospel Lounge Sweeps weekend offers_alternative to dubs and Football and Men's "Basketball pick the mainstream music scene up wins on home turf -SEESPORTS,As - SEE NEWS, A2 ENTERTAINMENT HITTING SHELVES Posting info online can threaten job NATALIE MORERA those managers, 63 percent did ·lishing information about your .screen names are all things Contributing Writer not hire the candidates based personal life online, you're will­ employers look for. AT.MACH ONE, IT~S on what they found in those ingly giving lip some of your A student who wishes to be Yeur friends may not be the sites. privacy:' known only as Mickey was SUPERMAN only ones reading those notes ''When you publish informa­ A number of things found on granted a six-month coopera­ on your Facebook. tion about your private life on the site can cost you your job. tive-learning internship with a In a CareerBuilder.com sur­ the Internet, it's no longer pri­ Lying about qUalliications, links government contractor in Cen- vey of 1,150 employers nation­ vate information," said Lama · to criminal behavior, lying tral Florida. , wide, one in 10 said they've used Morsch, career adviser for about work absences, provoca­ Mickey was a user of social networking sites to CBcampus.com, the site's col­ tive oi inappropriate photo­ research job applicants. Of lege-focused division. "By pub- graphs, even unprofessional PLEASE SEE BOSSES ON A7 I . 'i. 'No SAE SHARING THE HOLIDAYS atUCF. MATT MCKINLEY I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE The two-disc special edition of Junior Ben Norris, right, embraces freshman Superman Returns, coming Tuesday, before Jennifer Nitsch, left, at Free Hug Tuesdays . features a three-hour making-of documentary, 11 deleted scenes, an easter egg, and trailers for the movie Fal12012 and the video game; which was · 'Hug line,' released Nov. 21. UCF requests that charter balloons. TECHNOLOGY be revoked AN All-IN-ONE . Sigma Alpha Epsilon attract has been suspended fur six SERVICE SOLUTION years after a Nov. l7 hear­ ing at which UCF found . students· the fraternity in violation R.OROJ of university policies on hazing, drug- and alcohol­ Group members related misconduct and disorderly conduct inspired by Juan The university also made an official request to Mann campaign SAE headquarters that the chapter's charter be MATT MCKINLEY revoked, according to a 'Contributing Writer Nov. 20 letter from the Office of Student Rights Need a hug? More and more and Responsibilities. The students do. letter calls ~AE's past That may be why Free Hug "Ubiko," a robot-on-wheels with a offense5 at UCF "repeti­ Tuesdays, hosted by members catlike face, is joining the temporary tive and severe." of Campus Crusade for Christ workforce fn Japan. Ubiquitous · on the Free Speech Lawn, have Exchange's $250,000 robot comes with The reason UCF requested revocation, been embraced by UCF. a camera and infrared sensors. It can . "It's growing so much that greet customers and play DVDs. according to spokesman · Tom Evelyn, is because we're starting to formulate a "suspension could theo­ plan to give out free hugs more: than once a week, and eventual­ AROUND CAMPUS, Al retically be lifted at any time, but revocation is dif­ ly every day,'' sophomore hos­ GRADUATION MATERIAL ferent because they [SAE] pitality management major. (. would have to reapply Jason Sagel said. AVAILABLE ALL THIS through the national The simple idea was started. WEEK AT BOOKSTORE organization as well as in 2003 by an Australian man· UCF:' who said his sole mission w~ Today marks the first day that seniors to reach out and hug strangers· who are graduating may pick up their Students may be allowed to restart the fra­ to brighten up their days. : . caps, gowns and graduation tickets Juan Mann (pronounced. through the UCF Bookstore. The ternity in Fall 2012, but a national representative "one man"), a pun to symbolize· materials will be available throughout the work he was doing, starteQ. the week from 8 a.mto 7 p.m. would be required to attend all rituals, organiza­ the campaign in a busy inter-· tional activities and meet­ section in Sydney by holding up· ings for the first year "to a "free hugs" sign. LOCAL & STATE, A2 ensure that membership is Police soon ordered a ban on MISSl~G WOMAN upholding the standards" his campaign because of public ofUCE liability risks. Armed with a JESSICA SUNDAY FOUND DEAD, WEDGED ''It would essentially~ 10,000-signature p,etition, Contributing Writer BEHIND HER BOOKCASE like starting over, like any Mann demanded that the city other organization coming council let him continue his Mariesa Weber, who was thought to Just before the Thanksgiving mission, and the halt was lifted. to UCF for the first time," preak e;ich year, UCF experiences be missing by family for almost two ·Evelyn said He has since appeared on weeks, was found wedged behind a a mass exodus. Thousands of stu- . •American TV shows, such as Individual university dents pour from their dorms and bookcase in her New Port Richey investigations, as well as Oprah and Good Morning home. Weber's family thinks she may apartments into cars or planes to !( .. criminal investigations, America, to discuss his cam­ have been trying to adju~ a television THANKSGIVING make the trip back home. paign that is quickly spreading may still be pending. plug that was behind the bookcase. But in the ghost towns of empty past Australian borders. residence halls and apartment The campaign hit UCF just complexes this year, a few students over a month ago. "We've given more than 1,000 hugs so far," NATION & WORLD, A4 Woman at PLEASE SEE FINAL ON A6 TO CAMPUS Sagel said. GROUP PHOTO BY ROBYN SIDERSKY I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Ryan Loshin, a senior busi- t:­ NEW YORK CITY POLICE For students who couldn't or didn't go home " Lake Claire LEAD Scholars met at the Hercules Activity Center GUN DOWN GROOM on Tuesday to celebrate their holiday early together. this holiday, friends took the place of family PLEASE SEE HUGGERS ON A6 . ON HIS WEDDING DAY apartment A23-year-old man was shot to death by police outside of a strip dub after found dead his bachelor party. He and two UCF Police and the frien.Qs,all unarmed, sat in their car as Orange County Medical On a new path for an old love New York City polic~ emptied 50 Examiner's. Office were military and video games to create a rounds into the vehicle. ANDY JACOBSOHN investigating the death of Staff Writer first-person-shooter educational video· a woman at Lake Claire. game. Apartments on Wednes­ Since the age of 10, Paul Blackford "Hopefully I'll be able to help more INDEX TODAY'S day. knew he could best serve his communi- people," 19-year-old Blackford said "I'll . Police responded to a ty by joining a parachute rescue group always be disappointed about the para Around campus 2 WEATHER report of a woman found in the armed forces. rescue thing because it is something I Weather f,. 2 not breathing just after · After discovering a weakness in his wanted to do for a very long time, ever Local&State 2 midnight. The woman's knees that would prevent him from since I was a kid" Nation &World 4 name has not been ever jumping out of planes, his dream • He remembers the exact moment .. , Sports 8 released . needed a little revamping. that he knew para rescuing was for him. Opinions 11 PARTLY CLOUDY Foul play is not sus­ Now he's found a new way to serve "The first time I got the idea of para Classifieds 12 pected, according to his community. Blackford, a visual Ian- rescue was when I went to an air show ANDY JACOBSOHN I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Sudoku 13 79° 63° UCFPD spokesman CpL guage major in UCF's digital media Paul Blackford, a 19-year-old visual language major in the UCF School of Film and •• · Crosswon/ 13 James Roop. school, is combining his interest in the PLEASE SEE HELPING ON AS Digital Media, works on his educational video game. ·) " l1' A2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com Navember 27,2006 • (tntn{ '1oriba :Jutun AROUND LOCAL CAMPUS &STATE News and notices for • LIGHTING Keep local with headlines the UCF community you may have missed Graduation materials pickup Woman thought missing found Today will be the first day dead, wedged behind bOokcase during which graCiuating sen­ NEW PORT RICHEY - A iors wW be able to pick up their UP .WEST woman thought missing for caps and gowns as well" as their almost two weeks was found tickets for graduation from 8 dead in the home she shared a.m. to 7 p.m.
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