Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 75, September 24, 2009
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University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 9-24-2009 Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 75, September 24, 2009 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. 41 No. 75, September 24, 2009" (2009). Central Florida Future. 2260. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2260 • • • FREE • Published Mondays and Thursdays www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • ThursdaY, September 24, 2009 • • Treasure hunt UCF heads to Greenville, N.C. take • on the ECU Pirates -sEESPORTS,A6 • -SGA sees increase in candidates ' Foralistofthe 29 seats with two candi Senate elections increase by 70 percent (i) candidates, go to: dates, seven seats with one • www.UCFNews.com candidate running unop JEFFREY RILEY running for the same num number of applications the posed and two seats with no Editor-in-Chief ber of seats. list wasn't finalized until and Undergraduate Studies, candidates. "It's amazing," said Mar Monday. and Graduate Students In 2008, there were no • On Thursday: Of the 52 available seats lee Popluder, supervisor of There were 115 candi needed only 25. seats with three candidates, Presidential forum in the Student Government elections for the SGA Elec dates who applied to run for Students who had prob 20 seats with two candi by Kelsey Hinton Association Senate, 107 can tions Commission ''This is the senate, Popluder said lems on their petitions had dates, 23 seats with one can On~ approximately 100 people didates have been approved the highest I've seen in four The application process 24 hours from when they didate and nine seats with attended this year's Presidential to run - an almost 70 per years." included gaining 50 valid were contacted to fix any no candidates. Open Forum cent increase from last year. The set list of candidates NIDs and signatures from signature problems. Popluder said the During the 2008 election, was scheduled to be fin students for most colleges; This year, there are 14 Up balloon event there were 63 candidates ished Sept.17, but due to the the Colleges of Undeclared seats with three candidates, PLEASE SEE BUDGET ONA4 by Marco Funk Students participated in hot air balloon rides before aviewing of the movie Up Monday. On Friday: Uncover Thursda s Student Fall Career Knight by Kendall Bierer UCF held a career expo and an attacked alumni event Tuesday to help students and alumni connect LIFI DMUSIC with employers. twicein On Saturday: Football quarter recaps by Ryan Bass oneweek Check back during the ECU • game for live updates Student: crime due On Sunday: to sexual orientation •• Robotics first in nation BIANCA FORTIS by Gretha McCandele Staff Writer For the second year in a row, the UCF Robotics Oub took first A UCF student was physi • place in a national competition. cally assaulted twice last week, once in front of Tower III. Sophomore Eric Britt, a • music major, said his friend dropped him off in front of his home in Tower III at 4 a.m. on Sept. 19. As he was walking • Breaking toward the entrance, two intox icated men came out from news on behind the bushes and began your cell to ask Britt questions, such as whether the building was a Get UCF news sent to your cell dorm. phone. Just text the keyword Suddenly, one man began UCFNEWS to 44636. • punching Britt, while the other grabbed him around his neck, AROUNDCA MPUS,A2 Britt said. Britt escaped and the men • LEARN WHAT TO SAY ran back to their car and drove TO ABOSS FROM away. He was able to get their license plate number and ran CAREER SERVICES TERRI KLECKNER / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE • inside the building calling for Career Services is hosting an event Plus: help. He said the RA on duty called"Tell Me About Yourself," called the police. where students can learn about Sing your 1eart out at Natura According to the incident different types of interviews and blasts fr mthe annon report, the registered owner of how to prepare for an interview at The Sound Cannon guys Coffee and Tea's pen Mic ight the vehicle has no affiliation 3 p.m.on Thursday. aren't old enough to with UCF. Local musicians Cassandra Wilcox and On Sept.12, one week before drink, but they're good the incident in front of Tower enough to be named Justine lniego share their open mic night INFO SESSION TO experiences and how to succeed through For a copy of the one of Orlando's best police report: HELP STUDENTS local bands. performances at college bars and lounges. (i) AVOID SWINE FLU www.UCFNews.com There will be a session Friday at 1 PLEASESE EVEHICLE ON AS p.m. providing an overview of • Hl Nl influenza virus, including an update on the symptoms of infection, and methods of • prevention and treatment. Veterans transition from Students open busine~ via the Internet bootstraps to bookbags Directory provides a NEWS BRIEFS, A2 variety of restaurants JENNIFER DORVAL to us, and he was weeping Staff Writer and crying and he came JASON KELLY FRATERNITYTO HOST Contributing Writer up and he kissed our feet." SK RUN IN HONOR OF I The day the lips of a The Serbian Army had Amid an economic grateful 70-year-old Koso come through and wiped UCFALUMNUS recession, two UCF stu var Albanian man touched out the man's whole fami dents have managed to In honor of UCF alumnus and the boots of then 19-year ly, leaving only him. transform their entrepre Kappa Sigma fraternity brother old Army paratrooper Ten years later, Galvan, neurial dreams into a prof Brian Dornbusch, who died of Chris Galvan was the day now a business adminis itable reality. testicular cancer in 2008, Kappa he knew he wanted to be tration major and Army Max Tau, a senior Sigma will be hosting a SK in the military. reservist, is among a majoring in political sci TINA RUSSELL/ CENTRAL FLORIDAF UTURE run/walk Saturday at 9 a.m. "It was actually in group of UCF students, ence, and Eric Marks, a OrderKnight.com allows students to order food online and have it delivered to Kosovo in '99 when ethnic faculty and staff, that are their doorstep. Participating restaurants include Pita Pit Houlihanl and Vito's. senior majoring in market cleansing was going on," helping U.S. soldiers like ing, developed Howoftendoyou conceptualized a business Galvan said. "I remember himself transition into OrderKnight.com - an onlerfoodonline? model, consulted a Web INDEX TODAY'S we got to this village, and student life. • • online restaurant directory www.UCFNews.rom designer and began to Around Campus 2 WEATHER this old man came crawl- G.I. Jobs, a magazine • that allows students to develop partnerships with Weather 2 ing up which provides educa have food delivered to entrepreneurship. local restaurants. • News Briefs 2 tion, transition assistance in their doorstep with the ''It just started off with Sports 6 and job opportunities to The Web site launched click of a mouse. an idea to do a marketing Variety 8 ( military veterans, recently in August 2008 with four The business partners company and somehow it Movies 9 EVENING named UCF among the different menu selections. first met through a mutual blew up into an online Opinion 10 T-STORMS top 15 percent of7,000 col In just one year, the friend nearly three years food ordering company," Oassifleds leges, universities and directory has expanded to 11 ago. As they became Tau said Sudoku 1° 74° trade schools in the coun- more than 20 local restau- 11 acquainted, they soon real Over the next year and Crossword 11 PLEASE SEE RESOURCES ON AS ized their shared interest a half, the two students PLEASE SEE STUDENTS ON A3 u A2 www.CentralFforidaFuture.com Sept.24, 2009 • (entr.if :Jl~a !future e I AROUND CAMPUS (enttal • News and notices for the UCF community 11oriba • Learn what to say to a boss Career Services is host ing an event called ''Tell Me • About Yourself;' where stu 1uture dents can learn about differ 1he Studmt Newspapuat IKFsintt 196B ent types ofinterviews, how to prepare for an interview; September24,2009 • employers' expectations of Vol 41, Jssue 75 • 12 Pages applicants and what infor ·--- The Ctnrrol f1onda Future is the independent student- mation to share. written newspaper at the Univefsity of Central Aorida The event is today at 3 Opinions In the Future are th~e of the lndl'lidual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial stlff p.m. in the Career Services or the Unive~ity admlnistratloJt All content~ property office, located in Ferrell oftheCentro/Floridafutureand may not be reprinted in Commons Room 185C. part Of in whole without permission from the publisher. • Call 407-823-2361 for NEWSROOM ;more information 407-447-4558 Watch student government Editor-in-Chief • The Student Govern Jeffrey Riley x213 ment Association Senate CFF.editvr@gmailcom meets every Thursday night News Editors in the Key West Ballroom of Justine Griffin and • the Student Union begin Jennifer Ross x213 ning at 7 p.m. News.CFF@gmailcom Meetings are open to the Former slave Somaly Mam Online News Editor • public. has made it her life's work to end Ashley Camifaxx213 sex trafficking.