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Central Florida Future. 2010. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2010 ) FREE ·Published Mondays www.CentralFloridaFuture.com ·Monday, June 25, 2007 ·, ) Summer ball ) Some Knights attempt to stay fresh in summer leagues -SEE sPORTS,A6 ) Security Deadlines advanced to fall DONALD THOMANN these proposals until the co"Ws hopefully be done by August 15," "Doing the small things like lines that local first responders Contributing Writer come home," Hanns said. 'We he said. "Those are going to this is easier and quicker, which and emergency personnel need to innovate and integrate . need some work, though, and is why we want to have them adhere to; this includes those Two security provisions some of these measures right maintenance people will help done first," he said. ''The more who write university emer­ being proposed by the security noW:' put those up, so ifthey're not up hardware- and infrastructure- gency procedures, such as task force could be implement­ One of the measures that by then, they'll be up soon into . related proposals will obviously UCFs Security Task Force. ed as soon as August 15. could be integrated by the fall the fall semester." have to be studied more, and Hanns organized the Securi­ Retired US. Navy Vice Adm. semester is placing placards More immediately, the task they will take longer to imple­ ty task force at the request of Al Harms, head ofthe task force, inside buildings and classrooms. force will be approving and issu­ ment" President John Hitt after the Vir­ said in a meeting Thursday that The placards would contain a ing a sticker to be put on the All of the proposals have to ginia Tech shootings and the many of the estimated comple­ number of emergency or crisis­ back of students' IDs. They will follow strict guidelines set by wave of brush fires that swept tion times for the provisions management procedures and have four or five emergency the National Incident Manage­ through Florida The task force needed to be moved forward. contact information contact numbers and other ment System NIMS, a branch of will send Hitt a security plan "fro not the kind of person "Putting the placards in information printed on them, the Department of Homeland THIS UGLY MUTT that likes to sit around and study buildings and classrooms will Hanns said. Securi~ enforces a set ofguide- PLEASES EE LEGISLATURE ON A3 COULD BE FROM DAGO BAH Concern. Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested ancl Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world's ugliest dog Friday. Elwood,darkand hairless, forUCF's except for the mohawk, is often referred to as "Yoda," or "E.T.," for his resemblance to those famous science-fiction characters. "I think he's the cutest thing that ever lived," gopher said Elwood's owner, Karen Quigley. TECHNOLOGY tortoises Arboretum to study species' health issues TARA YOUNG Staff Writer Walking in the Oak Hammock natural area of UCF s Arboretum, Alaina Bernard, environmental steward and prescribed fire coordi­ nator at the Arboretum, made a surprising discovery --' a dead gopher tortoise. While touring the area to take a look at some burrows that she spot­ ~ dedsion by Take-Two Interactive ted the day before, Bernard hoped ~loc1Dsuspenckistri,bofthe to catch a look while the tortoises violent video game Manhunt 2 co_uld foraged for food. actually end up b6osting demand from "I was taking someone out to go curious gamers, according to industry look at some of the burrows I had analysts. The game, which initially got a seen before, thinking that the tor­ rati1g of"Adults OIY/' -one step above toises may all be foraging around "Matwt'-has been banned In &!gland the area, and I turned the comer and Ireland and saw a medium-sized one that Lightnings es was dead," Bernard said. AROUND CAMPUS, Al Prompted by the tortoise's fate, ACADEMIC ADVISERS PLEASESEE TORTOISES ON A5 ON LOCATION AT THE UCF BOOKSTORE Pegasus Pointe Academic advisers from the Student Success Center will be in front of the I' UCF Bookstore today and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Students can LIGHTNING TIPS receive quick answers to withdrawal, • If you can hear thunder, you are close registration and schedule questions. enough to the storm to be struck by lightning. Go to safe shelter immediately. LOCAL &STATE, A2 • Find shelter in a building or car. • Telephone lines and metal pipes can CRIST SIGNS FIRST PART conduct electricity. Unplug OF HISTORIC PROPERTY appliances. Avoid using the telephone or any electrical appliances. TAX-CUT LEGISLATION • Avoid taking a bath or shower or running water for any purpose. ISAAC BABCOCK I SEMINOLECHRONICL E The first half of the biggest tax cut in Agopher tortoise emerges from its burrow in Florida's history became law Thursday, the eastern portion of UCF's Arboretum. but some taxpayers are disappointed .. If Caught Outside The average homeowner will save less • If you are in the woods, take shelter ·than $200 a year.The measure will be under shorter trees. on Florida's Jan. 29 presidential • Go to a low-lying, open place away primary ballot. from trees, poles or metal objects. Faculty and PHOTOS COURTESYP AUL ROHRBAUGH • Make sure the place you pick is not Top: Residents of Pegasus Pointe watch as firefighters respond to a fire caused by lightning at Building 16 on Tuesday. subject to flooding. NATION &WORLD, A4 Above: Firefighters cut holes into the roof to push the fire out and keep_it from the apartment below. • Squat low to the ground. Place your staff won't hands on your knees with your head 'CHEMICAL ALI' GIVEN WHITNEY HAMRICK 1ng traffic away and blocked the entrance. between them. Make yourself the THE DEATH SENTENCE Staff Writer Some residents drove to neighboring apart­ smallest target possible. get a raise ~ . ment complexes and ran across six lanes of • Do not lie flat on the ground - this BY IRAQI COURT Incoming freshman Katherine Carter, Alafaya Trail traffic to see what was hap­ will make you a larger target in2007-08 An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced 18, was looking forward to watching TV on pening. the cousin of Saddam Hussein to Tuesday, her second day in her new apart­ Firefighters climbed three flights of If Struck LAUREN PAULAUSKAS &ABE ABORAYA ment. stairs and pulled a hose to the top floor with • People struck by lightning carry no Staff Writer and Editor-In-Chief death for his part in the 1980s electrical charge and can be handled scorched earth chemical campaigns Then, lightning struck her Pegasus a rope and made their way into the apart­ Pointe apartment building. Carter sat ment. The fire hadn't reached the apart­ safely. The faculty and staff of UCF, that led to the death of more than • Call for help. Get someone to dial 911 everyone from tenured professors 180,000 Kurdish civilians in Iraq. straight up and jumped out of her seat ment directly below the burning patch of when she heard what, she said, sounded roo£ or your local Emergency Medical to groundskeepers, won't be get­ like a bomb hitting the building. The crew sprayed extinguishing foam Services number. ting a salary increase this year, in • The injured person has received an INDEX TODAY'S "You could feel it hit," Carter said. into a hole that they cut in the ceiling to part because of Gov. Charlie The electricity went off within seconds electrical shock and may be burned, Crist's veto on tuition increase. push the flames up and out of the apart­ both where they were struck and Around Campus 2 WEATHER and flicked back on, but the TV was fried. ment to minimize fi.u:ther damage, said At a collective bargaining ses­ Weather 2 where the electricity left their body. A bolt oflightning struck Pegasus Pointe Capt. Jon Behr ofthe Orlando Fire Depart­ Check for bums in both places. sion on Thursday, the United Fac­ local & State 2 ulty of Florida and the Board of Building 16 Tuesday evening, igniting a sec­ ment. • Give first aid. If breathing has Nation &World 4 tion of the roof into three-foot flames over Residents of the apartme~ts watched a stopped, begin rescue breathing. If Trustees continued talks to Sports 6 one of the apartments, displacing several fire engine ladder stretch to the top of the the heart has stopped beating, a update the contracts between Variety 8 PARTLY CLOUDY students but injuring no one. roof and firefighters throw debris down to trained person should give the victim UCFs faculty and the administra­ Opinions 11 Four fire engines, two police cruisers the pavement while the storm continued to CPR. tion. The meeting, expected to last aassifieds 12 93° 74° I and two ambulances were on the scene about three hours, only lasted half - SOURCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Sudoku 13 HIGH LOW r within five minutes. Police directed incom- PLEASE SEE RESIDENTS ON A3 Crossword 13 PLEASE SEE DISCIPLINARY ON A4 A2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com June 25,2007 • (iuttal 11ori~ :Jufut't • AROUND • CAMPUS <!entral News and notices for • the UCF community j(oriba Advisers in front of the bookstore Student Success Center aca­ • demic advisers will be in front of the UCF Bookstore today 1uture and Tuesday from 10 a.m.