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Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 88, November 16, 2009 University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 11-16-2009 Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 88, November 16, 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. 88, November 16, 2009" (2009). Central Florida Future. 2273. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2273 ,, FREE • Published Mondays and Thursdays www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Monday, November 16, 2009 Heading home Badgered Check out a visual recap Women's soccer falls 1-0 to Wisconsin of all the Homecoming and out of NCAA tourney-SEE sPoR1s,A10 2009 events -SEE NEWS,A2 UCFdel ts No. II Hou ton CIA !I recruits HomecolJling King and onUCF. Queen winners by Justine Griffin Learn more about Caitlyn McManus and Kyle Schumacher, campus the 2009 king an? queen. MFA program art show Students swarm to ·' by Mike Bafducci The MFA program hosted an information session art show downtown at the UCF Center for Emerging Media. CAMILLE THOMAS Staff Writer Millican Hall statue by Cassie Turner When recruiters from the Anew statue was unveiled CIA came to UCF, the room was Friday in honor of the so packed that many students university's first president. had to stand along walls and sit ,) on the floor to hear the informa­ Women's basketball vs. tion presented. Middle Tenn. State On Thursday, the CIA came by Brandon Ribak to present information about job See how the Knights did when positions and to interview stu­ they took on Mid Tenn. State dents interested in pursuing a Sunday. career with the agency. Some universities showed Men's basketball vs. resistance against CIA recruit­ Howard Bison ment on college camp~ses in the by Ryan Bass past, such as New York Universi­ Check out the live blog while ty and the University of Texas, men's basketball faces Howard where the Campus Antiwar Net­ on Tuesday. work protested to the point of cancellation of the recruitments Women's soccer vs. in the spring of 2005. No UCF Wisconsin Badgers groups gathered to protest the by Carlos Pineda event on Thursday, however. The Knights fell in the second Instead, there was optimism round of the NCAA tourney. for students in need of well-pay­ ing careers after graduating into an ecc;>nomic downturn, espe­ cially those in currently lower­ Breaking demand fields, such as humani­ ties. news on "If you are really passionate myour cell about something, there is some­ Get UCF news sent to your cell thing here for you," said Director phone. Just text the keyword ofIntelligence recruiter Michael ) UCFNEWS to 44636. Coles. I Would you work AROUND CAMPUS, A2 ·' fortheOA? GIVE AN OLD BIKE A www.UCFNews.com CHANCE AT ANOTHER PLEASE SEE VISIT ON A7 RIDE Bicycles abandoned on campus and recovered by the UCF Police Department will be sold at auction for cash only to the highest bidder. i Student gives her ! Name change The auction will be Tuesday at 11 a.m.in front of the Student Union. fmal answer in NYC · I bnngs • equa 1•1ty SAMPLE DELICIOUS VALERI WALSH show. f FOOD FROM AROUND Contribuling Writer Unfortunately for Gam­ KEVIN HERNANDEZ Do you like the ble, the Wedding Week Contributing Writer . • name change? THE GLOBE Kristin Johnson had the idea was cancelled, but 1 www.UCFNews.com Come watch and learn as opportunity to take the Johnson was able to com­ For more than 33 years, international cuisine is prepared in "hot seat" on the popular pete as an individual com­ the Gay, Lesbian and dents, students that were front of you in a food show Who Wants to 'be a petitor on Oct. 27. The Bisexual Student Union questioning their sexuality demonstration. The demo will be Millionaire? in New York show will air on Jan. 29. has been the name of the and straight allies," said Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. City last month. · 1 organization at UCF Equal President Eden CAITLIN BUSH / CENTRAL FLORIDAF UTURE PLEASE SEE GAMESHOW ON A9 in the Barbara Ying Center. Johnson, a senior ele­ whose mission is to Wetherell. 'We didn't want Equal, formerly GLBSU, rides down mentary education major, achieve equality and fair to seem that we were Gemini Boulevard during Homecoming. was chosen to partici­ treatment for all persons being exclusive to gays and pate in the show after regardless of sexual orien­ not inclusive of all other fourths majority of the she and her fiance, LOCAL &S TATE, A2 tation, according to the people:' members must agree on a Benjamin Gamble, group's Web site. The club has been try­ name to officially change ARMY ENGINEERS TO a senior comput­ That name has now ing to change its name for the name of the organiza­ er science major, officially been changed to two years but could not tion LOOK FOR BURIED applied to be a Equal find a name that all the "Having the name BOMBS IN ORLANDO ) part of a special 'We wanted to change members agreed OIL 'Equal' is starting to lose Wedding Week the name so we could According to the club's The Army Corps of Engineers will edition of the include transgendered stu- . constitution, a three- PLEASE SEE CLUB ON A8 be returning to an Orlando middle school to search for World War II explosives. More than 400 pounds of bombs were found under Odyssey Middle School in 2008 . Homecoming inspir~ goodwill • . 'JENNIFER ROSS Tops for Education were Delta Theta and Delta Delta News Editor collected by students. Delta received the large The small organizations organization award in the INDEX TODAY'S UCF student organiza- that collected the most alu­ same category. The Honors • Around campus 2 I WEATHER . tions participated in collec­ minum cans were Kappa Congress was also the small \ Weather 2 1 r:_ tions and competitions Alpha Theta and Phi Alpha organization winner for Local & State 2 I J, throughout Homecoming Delta, while Kappa Kappa collecting the most Box Sports Week to rais'e money for Gamma, Tau Kappa Epsilon Tops for Education. Chi Opinion 1610 1' \.. ""' charities. and Sigina Nu won the Omega, FIJI, Pi Delta Psi Oassifieds 17 ' PARTLY According to Alex Blind­ award for large organiza­ and Phi Mu Alpha collected Sudoku 17 1 CLOUDY er, the Homecoming execu­ tions. the most for large organiza­ tive board's philanthropy The Honors Congress Crossword 17 i 790 600 tions. director, nearly 2,600 received the small organi­ A Spirit Cup award was JENNIFER ROSS / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ! HIGH l!JW pounds of aluminum, 2,988 zation award for collecting Students drop pennies in jugs belonging to various UCF organizations fur the Penny cans of food and 9,057 Box the most canned food. Phi PLEASESEE ORGANIZATIONS ON AS Wars competition held in front of the Student Union throughout Homecoming Week. ~ www.CentralFloridaFuture.com Nov. 16, 2009 • (intra) :Jfuriba :futun • AROUND CAMPUS (eutral • News and rwtices for • the UCF community 1loriba Give an old bike a new home Bicycles abandoned on campus and recovered by • the UCF Police Department GEORGE OEHL/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE CAITLIN BUSH/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE 1uture will be sold at auction - The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 cash only - to the highest • bidder on Tuesday. November 16, 2009 There are about 175 bicy­ Vol 41, Issue 88 • 18 P-,tges cles that will be sold as-is. The Centro/ Flotido Future Is the independen~ student- Some may need substantial written newspaper at the University of Cent@I Aorida. • repairs before safe use. GEORGE OEHL/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Opinions in the Future are those of the ind~idual columnist and not necessarilythose of the editorial staff The auction will begin at or the Unlve~ity administration. All content is property 11 am. and last until 2 p.m. oftheC£ntro/RondaFutureand may not be reprinted In and will take place in front part orin whole without pennission from the publisher. • of the Student Union Homecoming Week .. NEWSROOM 407-447-4558 Watdl delicious food be made 2009 photo recap: • Come watch and learn as Editor-in-Chief international cuisine is pre: "Knightro~s Circus" Jeffrey Riley x213 pared in front of you in a [email protected] food demonstration rus News Editors • The demo, hosted by the Justine Griffin and International Services Cen­ Jennifer Ross x213 ter, will be tomorrow fromll News.CFF@gmailcom am. until 3 p.m. in the Bar­ Online News Editor bara Ymg Center. Ashley Camifaxx213 Call 407-823-5515 for Online.CFF@gmailcom more information • Opinions Editors Samuel Struckhoff and Aliterary taste of the islands Jerriann Sullivan x213 _Bring your lunch and Opinions.CFF@gmailcom hear UCF authors share • their views on the rich cul­ Sports Editors ture and literature of the Ryan Bass and William Perry x215 Caribbean [email protected] The event, hosted by the UCF Library, will be in the Variety Editor hbrary Room 223 from noon Mike Balducci x214 until 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. [email protected] ,. Call 407-823-5982 for · Photo Editor more information Caitlin Bush Photo.CFF@gmailcom Staff Writers " Michelle Dendy, William Goss, Jillian Krotki, LOCAL Carlos Maldo'nado, Jen Glantz, Donald Thomann, Stephanie de Sousa, Mary Cristobal, Jonathan • &STATE Hohensee, Allen Levin, John Keep with local headlines Murphy, Shaun Bevan, you may have missed Carmen Carroquino, Justin Sanak • Government to look for more Staff Photogra~hers Ashley lnguanta, lfami Rotlewicz, buried bombs in Orfando area ' Amanda Moore, Christina DeParis, ORLANDO - The Erin Drew, Rayma Jenkins, • Army Corps of Engineers Emre Kelly, Tina RuS'Sell, will be returning to an George Oehl Orlando middle school to Copy Editors search for World War II CAITLIN BUSH / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE William Buclianan, Kelsey Hinton, explosives that might be I Viloc Pham, Jennifer Dorval buried there.
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