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Science MY MATH Researchers study "Water pollutants IS BIGGER THAN UCF joins Marion County in J:X)llutants study YOURS STEPHANIE WILKEN, ment District, nearby Mari­ Gail Mowry, a clean water Mathe111,1tocians Jt tr.e U1;ive~ity of Staff Writer on County and the Depart­ engineer with Marion Coun­ C,lifomia-los Angeles have dbcovercd a ment of Environmental Pro­ ty Transportation Depart­ l3-m111ion digit prime nl1l1ber, a long­ Researchers at the UCF tection. ment, said that when nitrates sought m~estone tl1at makes them are part of a $1 million study -· In the partnership with seep into water deep below eligible for ,1 $100,000 prize. lhe group · found the 46th to help scientists Jn a nearby Marion County, researchers the ground's surface, it could .,•" .,.,,..--... ""··~;. ._ ,. Me~enne county discover how pollu­ study the retention ponds lead to a degradation of the '-' , · ,. prime last tants affect water in( reten­ and how pollutants such as environment. . · fa:I tion ponds. nitrates seep into the ground. She said the main prob­ t• I ·~ ' 'l~1 month, ;·,... ,- ,': .·· andiiwas Researchers at the They also study possible lem in Marion County is the I ,_ .,. . wrified by Stormwater Management · solutions such as adding dif­ two major freshwater ; .....~ . 1: another Academy at UCF received $1 ferent materials to the reten­ springs_in the area: Rainbow _ ,- -. ~·- -- ~ }' million total from the South­ .tion ponds to help filter E::..:~--=-"~~..,.; .,,.d .~ •·• ~ cumputer • COURTESY ANDREW O'REIUY ::":1; ...... · r ~y5tet,1 . west Florida Water Manage- . nitrates. PLEASE SEE COUNTY'S ON A6 Members of the U.S Geological Survey work with UCF students to study Marion County's.water. ...,;,,, ... "":..-.., .. ,~..,.- Animals · Charity dodgeball UCF THERE'S A BAT IN MY COFFEE . meets ' An Iowa womanwas given a jolt after her morning coffee, but it wasn't just the caffeine. ft was also the bat she found in her coffee filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health said the woman reported a bat in her house but was not worried. She found the bat when she was deaning out the filter of her automatic coffee maker. Student boom large factor in emissions BRIANNE BARTA Contributing Writer

UCF has reduced its CO2 emissions by 8.1 percent between Breaking 2006 and news on 2007, accord­ ing to the you_r cell second Get UCF news sentto your cell _ COURTESY MEGAN SPEER annual · phone. Just text the keyword Members of team Transformers, in black, and team Miller lite face off on the gym floor during the Greater Orlando Charity Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday at the Greenhouse UCFNEWS to 44636. Orlando Baptist Church. The tournament was a benefit for the Nicole Ganguzza Charity Foundation. Nicole Ganguzza was a graduate student who was killed June 6; Gas Emis­ sions Report. AROUND CAMPUS, A2 The report, LOU FREY SYMPOSIUM issued by WILL TAKE PLACE IN UCF students join Collegiate Scholars UCF's STUDENT UNION TODAY Department· · -AIMEE HOYT zenship for a lifetime." In addi­ of Sustain­ The Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Contributing Writer tion to involvment in extracur­ ability and Gov.emment's fall 2008 sympqsium, ABOUTNSCS ricular activities, scholarship Energy · "Considering the ~iddle East Politics, Almost 450 friends and The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is an honor society inviting hopefuls were also required to Manage- · Issues and Solutiom," will take place family members looked on in high-achieving freshmen and sophomores. Members must have a GPA of 3.4 or submit several short essays ment, indi­ today in the Pegasus Ballroom from the crimson-and-gold decorat­ above and rank in the top 20 percent of their NSCS offers more money for and a letter of recommenda­ cated a 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. class. ed Pegasus Ballroom as 120 undergraduate scholarships than any other honor society nationwide. tion. The Merit Award goes to release of new members of UCFs chap­ Fifty recipients nationally 120,522 met­ ter of the National Society of - WWW.NSCS.ORG every year. ric tons ·of LOCAL & STATE, A2 Collegiate Scholars were ''.This year, we gave $50,000 CO2 com­ WWW.MAF.GOVT pared to The greenhouse AVERAGE AGE AT DEATH inducted at its annual mem­ must maintain at least a 3.4 ing special programs designed in scholarships to new mem­ effect is the natu- - ber-induction convocation grade point average. . for specific majors,'' Zell­ bers,'' Mishri Someshwar said 131,094 met­ ral phenomenon AMONG ·SEMINOLES IN Sept. 14. During the convoca­ Sam Zell-Breier, a sopho­ Breier said "Soµie examples of Someshwar is the outreach ric tons in that warms the FLORIDA DROPS , tion a UCF student accepted more film major, was awatded this would be opportnnity for coordinator of communica­ 2006. Earth, enabling it the honor society's $1,000 the Merit ,A.ward, which recog­ inter-school programs, special tions for the NSCS in·Wash­ "It is to support life. The ' The average age at death among Merit Award scholarship. nizes outstanding first year internships and studying u,.gton, D.C. important sun's warmth pass­ Seminole Indians in Florida has The NSCS is a honor socie­ members. abroad" The next Merit Award for students es easily through dropped by 12 years in the past ty that recognizes high-stand­ . "I became involved in the Recipients of the Merit application will be available to to view this the blanket of ,. decade, according to a report by the ing academic achieverp.ents NSCS because it rewards hard Award are selected based on new members in the spring. report , gases around the South Florida Sun Sentinel, to below from freshman and sopho- · work and gives the members how well they demonstrate the '1\.pply for as many scholar­ because it Earth to reach the 50, with several of the deaths being more students. Students in the unique opportunities that can NSCS's mission statement to ships as you can," Lindsey Eng- allows them Earth's surface; related to drugs or alcohol. top 20 percent oftheir class are . enrich and enhance the indi­ "Honor and inspire academic to see their however, instead invited into the society, _and vidual's education by provid- excellence, and engaged citi- PLEASE SEE STUDENTS ON A5 impact on of this heat being campus, as lost back to space NATION & WORLD, A4 well as when it is reflected where they by the Earth's sur­ SUSPECTED MILITANTS can face, certain gases in the atmosphere ABDUCT POLISH improve," (called greenhouse By the numbers Michelle gases) block this ENGINEER ON SUNDAY Murphy of heat. Suspected militants abducted a Polish Professors strive to imp~ math/science education Sustainabili­ engineer Sunday in Pakistan and ty and Ener- SHANNA FORTIER "[We] want teachers gy Management, said fought back against security forces Contributing Writer to feel more effective in trying to take control of the border In 2005, President Hitt teaching math and sci­ committed to a plan to reduce region. The abduction has heightened A team of UCF ence to all kids," Little the concern about Pakistan. energy consumption by 20 professors will work ,said. According to Lit­ percent in existing Education­ • with local teachers to tle, this shouldn't mat­ pro­ al and General facilities over a remodel and improve ter whether the stu­ fessors INDEX TODAY'S ·course of five years. The uni­ the way inath and sci­ dents have learning from the Lockheed versity met this goal within Around C.ampus 2 WEATHER ence educators teach disabilities or are high Martin/ UCF Academy only three years, and energy Weather 2 students with special achievers. and Tony Jennings consumption per square foot local & State 2 needs. ''The more I learn to Exceptional Education has now dropped 22 percent Nation & World 4 · UCF Associate Pro­ be a good effective Institute, both part of according to the report. Sports 7 fessor Mary Little is the teacher, the m~e kids I the College of Educa­ "The university is very lead researcher on the · Opinions 10 will be able to positive­ tion, along with UCF motivated to reduce the emis­ Classifieds 11 project that is funded ly impact. math and science pro-. sions of greenhouse gases," Sudoku 11 by a five-year grant "The kids in my fessors, content experts David Norvell, director of Crossword 11 from the U.S. Depart­ class will learn more." ment of Education. Little will work with PL£ASE SEE TEAM ON A6 PlfASE SEE CHARTER ON A5 September 29, 2008 • (entra{ :floriba 1uttm • AROUND • CAMPUS (intra( News and notices for - the UCF community Jforfba Lou Frey symposium starts today The Lou ·Frey Institute of Politics & Government's fall 2008 symposium, "Consider­ '1tturt ing the Middle East Politics, The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 Issues and Solutions," will take • place today in the Pegasus Ball­ September 29, 2008 room at the Student Union Vol 40, Issue 83 • 12 Pages from 9:30 a.m to 8:30 p.m. The (entm/ Rorida Future is the independent, student­ The Symposium will pro­ written newspaper at the Univffiity of Central Aorida. Opinions In the Future are those of the individual vide an opportunity to hear columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff FE or the Unive~ty administration. All content is property of from a group of commentatm:s the Centml Florida Future and may not be reprinted In part • and policy-makers in the field. or in whole without pennissioo from the publisher. " For more information con­ Professor helps tact Drew Lanier at 407-823- NEWSROOM 0665 or e-mail kids in Parramore 407-447-4558 dlanier@mailuc£edu. • BRITTNI JOHNSON Editor-in-Chief Contributing Writer Make correct life decisions Padrick Brewer x213 editDl@(entro/FloridaFvtureaxn Discover your decision­ Timothy Blair greeted making style and become each grinning child with a News Editor aware of the barriers that hin­ handshake as they entered Tara Young x213 der you from making e{fective the Dr. J.B. Callahan Neigh­ News.CFF@gmailwm decisions about college, borhood Center in Par­ Online News Editor • careers and life on Tuesday at ramore. Blair stopped to say Jeffrey Riley x213 Ferrell Commons Room 185-C hello to a tiny girl too young [email protected] from 11 a.m. to noon. for the camp. He gave her his For more information con­ usual greeting and hand­ Opinions Editors tact Career Services at 407-823- shake and then said, ''I come Nathan Christopher and 2361 or e-mail here because of you." Jessica Saggio x213 [email protected]. The other children gath­ Opinions.CFF@gmail,(f)ffl ered around a table with gra­ Sports Editor Arboretum reps to greet students nola bars and.a cooler with Brian Murphyx215 Representatives from the juice, their breakfast snack Sports.CFF@gmailrom Arboretum/Campus Sustain­ from Dr. Blair. One child tells REEMA DESAI/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Variety Editor ability will be available at the her teacher about the book Timothy Blair, a professor at UCF College of Education, works with some of his Education students to tutor low-income children. front entrance of the library on Whitney Hamrick x214 she got to bring home from Vaiiety.CFf@gmailcom Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 the center's library last week. While the rest seemed "ifyou do it backward, was is p.m. for· students to meet with Tnnothy Blair, a professor pretty confident, one was saw!" Photo Editor and learn what the organiza­ at the UCF College ofEduca­ very shy. When it was his Blair also said the experi- Sarah Rogers , 'I learn every PhotaCFF@gmailwm tion has to offer. tion, has spent nearly every turn to make up a sentence . ence is_gratifying and gives For more information con­ S;1turday morning for eight week how for "give" he hesitated and him a lot ofinner satisfaction, Staff Writers tact Hal Mendelsohn at 407- years overseeing a· tutoring said he could not do it. Then despite having to give up his Ryan Bass, William Goss, Jillian Krotki, 823-3604 or e-mail program for low-income ele­ resilient lie said, "I give up." The Saturday golf game. He Shahdai Richardson, Kelda S~nior, [email protected] mentary-aged students in the teachers offered encouraging Robyn Sidersky, Kari Wilberg, Wilflam Perry learns everyday from his stu­ Melissa Chadbourne, Jonathan Hohensee, · Parramore area of down­ children are, words to help-motivate him. dents and the children. Allen Levin, Ashley lnguan_ta VUCF offers chance to be a donor town Orlando. In the next room, a group "I learn every week how Volunteer UCF will be out­ Blair's undergraduate and of kids had their own letter resilient children are," Blair· Staff Photographers side the Student Union on .how some Caitlin Bush, Andy Jacobsohn, gradµate students come to test, except they wrote their said, "how some children Corey Maynard, Greg Territo, Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 the program to teach. children answers on the chalkboard. coming from impoverished Amanda Moore, Reema Desai, Liana Cole, p.m. to raise awareness for For the.initial years of the · They danced around excit­ backgrounds learn to read Rayma Jenkins, Sharon Weaver organ and tissue donation. reading camp, Blair provided edly, anxious to tell their well, and they have good self For more information con­ two snacks each day and a coming from teachers what the word they concepts. Those experiences Copy Editors tact Lauren Valeri at 407-823- treat or prize at the end of spelled was. renew your faith in human Chris Hoadley, Lauren Erlich 6471. impoverished each tutoring session from ·~I the luckiest guy or kind It reinforces why rm in Columnist his own pocket . what?" Blair said over and this business." Benjamin Badio Blair started the reading backgrounds over again while walking At 10:45 a.m. the teachers camp at the John H. Jackson through the center's rooms. announced it was time fo go Graphic Artists Community Center . on learn to read Blair's UCF students said and told the children to Cara Cooper, LOCAL Carter Street in Parramore they admire Blair. choose their books to read Joseph Mangabat, Brad Walkover with 10 UCF students and 15 well.' "He's very motivated," over the week for next Satur­ Editorial Adviser · &STATE elementary school children. said Christine Merchant, an day. The kids got their books Abraham Aboraya The camp has been at this - TIMOTHY BLAIR elementary education major. and. raced to the lobby to get adviser@[entralEloridaFvture.com Keep local with headlines center for eight years. PROFESSOR AT THE UCF COLLEGE "He's great with the kids, their snack and prize from you may have n$sed bue to an in11ux of OF EDUCATION, , they love him." Blair , -:;f.. :· BU-SfNESS' ,:_. Average age at death for Seminoles requests from parents in the Both Merchant and Blair reached into his 407-447:4555 , , ;; \ by more than 10 years community, Blair expanded "It was very deprelsing to Kristina Robbirls, also an ele­ p1astic bag to display a paper dropped fan. ' Advertising Sales Director HOLLYWOOD - The aver­ to a second location in 2004 me when she wanted to read, mentary education major, in the Dr. _J.B. Callahan but couldn't," Walker said agreed that the program is a "This is an astronaut fan Mark Lanaris x204 age age at death among Semi­ [email protected] nole Indians in Florida has Neighborhood Center, also Amenia was below grade better way to learn about used on the space shuttle," dropped by 12 years iri the past in Parramore. level for reading in second education than in one of the Blairtoldthem."Mystudents University Sales Director decade to below age 50, accord­ Blair chose the Parramore grade when she started the univers1ty's classrooms. don't even get these. You're Heissam Jebailey x201 ing to a newspaper analysis. area and designed his pro­ camp in January of2007. They cited the children as going to be the ol)ly kid on [email protected] gram for it. "She's improved tremen­ their favorite part of the the block with these." -· Business Manager Figures obtained by the South experience. · Florida Sun Sentinel show 11 of "They were the neediest dously," Walker said. ·"Her The kids ran around, Trisha Irwin x212 the tribe's 17 recorded deaths in area, the poorest neighbor­ teachers tell me all the time "They're enthusiastic showing their parents and [email protected] hood in Orange County that ·she's improving, just about learning," Robbins guardians their new treasure. 2008 have been related to drugs Distrjbution Manager or alcohol Further, the average without a . doubt,'' Blair said ~p it up, keep doing what .said ''They want to be here. Some broke them within a '1\. lot ofpeople think all poor you're doing:' They want to learn." minute and ran back to Blafr Ryan McDonald x211 age of a Seminole at death has [email protected] . dropped from nearly 60 in 1997 children can't learn, they're Fredrick Smith heard Merchant was surprised to get a new one. He obliges, to 48 in 2007. not smart, they don't read about the program from and gratified on the first Sat­ but made sure .he had General Manager urday she tutored her group, That's well below the average above grade level. A lot of Sarah Walker and brought enough for everyone first. Raymond G. Bush x220 age statewide of 73 years old these kids read above grade his daughter Camryn to rein­ of children. As they were "Remember, 9:30, I'll see [email protected] .. "I call it the 'Rez disease,' " lev~l; parents care just as force what- she learns in reading, one eager student you next Saturday," Blair said · said Jarrid Smith, a 23-year-old much as other parents. school and what he works on blurted out, loudly over the excited voic­ Fax: 407-447-4S56 "Some have two or three at home with her. es of the children. "If·you former Florida Atlantic football Published by Knight Newspapers player. jobs, a lot of them lead very "She is excited to come • don't come I'll cry." stressful lives. It's humbling and enjoys her teacher," 11825 High Tech Ave. -Ste. 100 Smith said at least seven of Orl;mdo, FL 32817 his friends and former class­ to see some of these parents Smith said "She makes it fun mate& are dead, in jail or in reha­ bring their kias when they to learn. And I think it's great bilitation facilities.- have two or three jobs." [Blair] takes his Saturday "These things have been This year the camp has time for the kids." going on for too long. Progress is between 80 and 100 children "The best bang for the "1ucF and 50 UCF students divided buck is in individual tutoring slow. I am afraid of losing more Stands For Opportunity• ·people," Smith said, aclmowl­ between the two centers. or small group instruction," edging he might upset tribal Blair meets with his under­ Blair said leaders by publicly commenting graduate students for 30 Near the end ofthe morn­ Ap minutes before the children ing. session, Blair walked ASSOOATEcP.D about the issue. COl.l.EGIATE Assocla1ad • Tribal leaders declined com­ get there to· go over lesson around the center, and PRESS Press ment for the story published plans, review teaching tech­ checked to see how each pair Sunday, citing privacy concerns, niques and discuss problems. ofteachers was doing. • spokesman Gary Bitner said Then he oversees pairs of One group of children Some suggested the tribe's student teachers while they took turns reading a Dr. tutor small groups of chil­ Seuss book, while their u,;F staggering wealth, earned from its gaming operations, have left dren. The groups range from · teachers listened intently to RECYCL ES young members without life bal-­ one to five students per pair help the kids sound out ance. The tribe provides each ofteachers. words they did not lmow. One free copy of the Central Florida Future . Blair said that his data They crowded around the pennitted per issue. If available, additional copies member a free education, guar­ may be purchased from our office with prior anteed job and an income of indicates that ove_r 33 percent book, and stared at the pages • of children who attend the during everyone's turn. approval for $1 each. Newspaper theft is a aime. roughly $120,000 a year. Violators may be subject to civil and ointnal Zena Simmons, a 24-year-old program for a semester raise Anoth~r group of kids prosecution and/or University discipline. Sem.inole and Florida Atlantic their instructional level by took a letter test. Their student, said she sees a correla­ one year. teacher spell~d out a word tion between the money and The camp is full of suc­ and they had to write it on excess. So does her sister, 29- cess stories. Sarah . Walker their dry-erase board Then year-old Thomasine Jumper, said her daughter; Amenia the children took turns mak­ LET US KNOW • who is now jailed for drug and Walker, has been helped a lot ing up a sentence for each 1 by the program. word The Future wants to hear traffic offenses in Collier County. from you. If you have a club, ''You use that money, so you organization or event and want don't have to work," Jumper said your information to be consid­ • "Maybe the lifestyle on the rez is ered for the Around Campus too easy. I have not taken advan- 1 column, send a fax to 407-447- tage of the opportunities, but ' LOCAL·WEATHER 4556 or an e-mail to editor@cen­ they are there." .. tralfloridafuture.com. Deadlines There is almost an expecta­ are 5 p.m. Friday for the Monday tion, Simmons said, that loved I TODAY IN DETAIL Tuesday High:82° edition, 5 p.m. Monday for the ones will die soon. She has lost · Today. Today: Scattered thunderstonns Wednesday edition, and 5 p.m. • an uncle and brother to alcohol­ THUNDERSTORMS Low:70° SCATTERED throughout the day with wind from ~ ednesday for the Friday edi­ related crashes, and at least two T-STORMS tion. friends to suicide and drugs. the east-northeast at nine mph. • Tonight: Showers during the evening Wednesday High: 86° ''You grow numb to it, so High:86° • .1. hie ·m,timc ·,\\. with a maximum humidity of 85 per­ 11\·1··" ·mt\, ir,, au,, on I ' . •" d" AM CLOUDS/PM SUN ,u • . ., \ass111c ~ Low:72° cent. Low: 67° 1: • ht\c\\snaoers.conuc PLEASE SEE LOCAL ON A4 ( ) Ii ""''·l""~ €ettttal "1,riba 1utun · September 29,. 2008 www.Centra/FloridaFuture.com A3

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when someone dies you already ·accept it," she said Coast Guard says fewer Cubans · caught trying tb enter U5. MIAMI - Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this year trying to enter the United States, according to the U.S. Coast Guard Over the weekend, the agency said it had seen 25 per­ cent fewer Cubans trying to illegally enter the country this fiscal year, which end Tuesday for them. That amounts to 2,140 people, compared with FERNANDO VERGARA/ ASSOCIATED PRESS 2,868 migrants last year. . Aprison guard escorts an inmate during the Carcel Reinado prison inmate beauty Under United States policy, pageant at the Buen Pastor medium security prison on Friday in Bogota, Colombia. Cubans caught at sea are typi.: cally returned to their native Suspected militants abduct ern Egyptian deserts on country, while those who Pohsh engineer on Saturday Sept. 22. make landfall are allowed to ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Sudanese military remain here. Suspected militants spokesman, Sawarmy The decline has come after abducted a Polish engineer Khaled, told The Associat­ an ailing Fidel Castro resigned Sunday in Pakistan's ed Press that the army came as Cuba's president in Febru­ volatile northwest and upon a vehicle filled with ary, ceding control of the com­ fought back against security eight armed men near the munist nation to his brother forces trying to take control Egyptian border and gave after nearly a half-century in of the border region. chase when they refused to power. The recent truck bomb­ stop. Still, plenty of Cubans are ing of Islamabad's Marriott In the ensuing gun battle, trying to make the 90-mile trip Hotel has heightened con­ he said, six were killed. The to the Uillited States. Officials cern about the stability of remaining two said the kid­ sent 29 Cubans back in four nuclear-armed Pakistan - napped Europeans were different incidents over the and the safety of foreigners being held in Chad. past week. - as it vows to tackle rising · Khaled described · the militancy. leader of the group as being Lightning win exhibition against Even before the engi- Chadian. Berlin squad Sunday in Germany . neer's kidnapping, the expa­ BERLIN - Gary Roberts triate community in Pak­ Iraqi officials say 1O dead had a goal and an assist to istan was braced for in double car bombing lead the Tampa Bay Light­ possible instructions from BAGHDAD - Iraqi offi­ ning to a 4-1 win over Eis- the U.N. and foreign mis­ cials said 10 people have wAl.ik oNt "'LEaAREFoor wrrti - . · baren Berlin on Sunday ).n sions to repatriate family been killed in a double car 1 their first exhibition game in members and nonessential bombing in western Bagh­ H~NSON:Nltl' eastern Europ~. staff. dad. T~HEWALK.~Er't Tampa Bay is 4-1 in exhibi­ Officials said armed men Police and hospital offi­ tions with one game to go ...L 'in a car ambushed a vehicle cials say the bombs struck Tuesday in Slovakia - before carrying the Polish e:rigi­ within minutes of each opening its NHL season in_ . . neer early Sunday near the other in two mainly Shiite .LIVE Oct 9th- 7p_m Prague against the New York northwestern city of neighborhoods: . . Rangers. Attock. ·The officials, who spoke House Of Blues,·Orlando . 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Zulfikar Shah, a senior police official in the area, Japan's transport minister What's in the news at said the getaway route as resigns after string of gaffes . colleges around the country well as the mercile&s killing TOKYO - Japan's trans­ of .the three Pakistanis sug­ port ~ster resigned sdn­ Authorities say Au bum student gested that militants were day after a string of gaffes, The Deadly,Threa1 of a Nuclear-Armed Iran died in pickup truck crash involved. dealing a major blow to AUBURN, Ala. . Officials were asking Prime Minister Taro Aso's What Ca'9 the world• what can 1he USA. what can Jsrael do about H1 Authorities said 19-year-old local tribal leaders to help fledgling adminis~ration. Hunter Lane Keel of Blue trace the engineer and The resignation of Nari­ Iran'~ president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has declared publicly - ,not onc.e, but repeatedly - that Israel must be "wiped off the Ridge, Ga., an Auburn Uni­ secure his release, Shah aki Nakayama was a:n · map." That effort, the destruction oflsrael, seems to be the main goal of Iranian policy. \\'hen Iranian missiles are paraded through versity student, died in a said. embp-rassing and rocky the streets of Tehran, the destination "to Jerusalem" is clearly stenciled on them. • pickup truck crash in Lee Polish Embassy start for Aso, who took County, Ala. spokesman , Piotr office on Wednesday with Wha1: are :the fac1:s1 Air Force) accomplished that in a daring and unprecedented Lee County Coroner Bill Adamkiewicz confirmed the low~st public support of A death wish for Israel. Ahmadinejad and the ayatollah who raid. Iraq's nuclear capability was eliminated in one stroke, . Harris says Keel was driving the abduction and said the any newly appointed prime is the, "supreme leader" have publicly mused that ·one or two never to rise up again. Israel had done the world an enormous east on Lee Road 66 around victim worked for Geofizy­ minister in eight years. nuclear bombs would obliterate Israel, but that, though it service. Had it not been for Israel's decisive action, the Iraqi 4 a.m. Saturday when he · ka, a company based in the Newspaper polls showed \\'OUld cause· devastating damage ·and millions of casualties, conquest of Kuwait and, without question, also of Saudi'Arabia apparently fell asleep and Polish city of Krakow that his approval rating at just Iran would survive Israel's retaliatory attack. Irdll is a huge and its enormous oil fields, and, for that matter, of Iran, could the vehicle left the road. The helps survey Pakistani oil below 50 percent. country, with. about 60 million inhabitants, so they are not have been prevented .. Saddam Hussein would have been 2002 Chevy Z71 pickup fields. .Nakayama, a conserva­ probably correct. And who can doubt that 'those religious the ruler of the world. overturned on its side. · In Warsaw, the Foreign tive, said Saturday that fanatics would not hesitate to allow the destruction of much ·of The solution to the deadly threat that Iran poses to the world The coroner. says speed Ministry said the kidnap­ J,apan's liberal-leaning their country and to sacrifice a third or even one-half of their is obvious. Of course, diplomacy and persuasion, threats and and alcohol are both sus­ pers had made no contact national· teachers' union population in order to eliminate the ______promises, sticks and carrots - every pected in the accident. with Polish or Pakistani was "a cancer" and should hated Jewish state? When our "An attack on the Iranian nuclear' possible means short of military Three passengers in th.e_ , authorities. be abolished, according to country was entangled with the action - should be used until it truck were not hurt. the Asahi and Yomiuri Soviet Union in the bitter 40-year installatio~s would fall under the becomes clear · even to the most Keel was the second Police spokesman sals blast newspapers. long "cold war," with both sides heading of "anticipatory self-defense," obdurate that nothing can deviate Auburn student to die in a killed 4, injured 20 others Aso condemned Nakaya­ having sufficient nuclear weapons to recognized and sanctioned by Iran from its chosen path of vehicle crash in recent days. ADDIS ABABA, ma's comments and apolo.: destroy the opponent's country and · becomi!).g a nudear power and to · Andrew Jackson Thur-. Ethiopia - A federal police gized to the public. its people, things were kept in place international law and by common sens~." dominate the Middle East. mond IV, of Hoover, died spokesman said an explo­ "His remarks were by MAD - Mutually Assured There is reason to believe that the Wednesday night in a three sion outside a hotel in extremely inappropriate. It Destruction. However ''evil" the leaders of the Soviet Union people of Iran, especially the young people, oppose the vehicle crash on Alabama Ethiopia's volatile east was very regrettable. I offer (the "Evil Empire") may have been, there was one great oppressive and theocratic regime of their country and are Highway 14 in Auburn. killed four people and my sincere apology to peo.:. consolation and assurance: They were not crazy. But the hostile to the mullahs who control everything. ·But the Harris says speed and injured 20 others. pie and all concerned," Aso Iranians and other Muslims are crazies, as_we understand the government has the tools of power firmly in its hands. It alcohol also were involved. Federal Police said Sunday. "H~ should concept. Because they take instructions directly from Allah, controls_the instrur,nents of coercion - it can kill people and it spokesman Demsash Hailu resign. It was inevitable." who tells them to kill the Jews and other infidels, whatever the controls the oil money. While it would be most desirable and Utah State University considering says the blast went off at The 320,000-member cost. in the interest of the world to be able tQ foment an overthrow a change to evaluations 10:20 a.m. Sunday outside a Japan Teachers' Union Israel has no problem with Iran. They share no borders and of the Iranian regime, that is an unrealistic and unattainable LOGAN, Utah - Utah hotel in the eastern Ethiopia demanded Nakayama apol­ have no territorial dispute. In fact, they face common Arab prospect. State University is consider­ town ofJijiga. ogize and retract his enemies and should be natural allies, as they indeed were Regrettably, there is only one solution to the terrible ing changing the forms stu­ Deµisash says "I think it remarks. under the Shah. Iran's death wish for Israel is based entirely on · dilemma confronting the world, the unacceptable danger of a dents use to evaluate their is a criminal act. It's not an · "We are totally flabber­ religious fanaticism. fn contrast even to the· intractable North nuclear-armed Iran. The terror, the deitruction and the 60 professors. accident. It was a terrorist gasted by his comments," The university currently Koreans, the determination of the Iranians is immutable. It million dead of World War II could have been rrevented at action." said the union's secretary­ cannot be changed by persuasion, by diplomacy, by sanctions several times durmg_the Nazi regime. But the Allied powers, uses a form that hasn't He says the explosion general, Yasunaga Okamo- undergone any validity and or by threats. under the leadership of Britain's prime minister Neville killed or injured people in to. , Once Iran is in possession of nuclear weapons, it will not ~ha~.berlain, opted for appeasement and for "peace in our reliability tests. front of the hotel and on the N~yama said last week An expert on the evalua­ only be a deadly danger to Israel, but to all of the Middle East time. We ca~not_afford to make that same mistake again. The street but did not damage the -that Japan is "ethnically and to virtually all of Europe. The flow of oil from the Middle world· must give Ira~ an ultimatum: Desist immediately from tion forms from the Univer­ hotel He would not say who · homogenous,'' drawing crit­ sity of Tennessee told stu­ Eas~ the lifeblood of the industrialized world, would be totally the developme_n_t _of nuclear weapons: if you do not, we shall police think is responsible. icism from the Ainu, the . under its control and so would be the economies of all nations destroy the fac1ht1es that produce them. There still is a window dents and faculty at Utah Jijiga is the capital of indigenous people of north­ State that the school should of the world, very much including the United States. of opportunity to do that. That window may close very soon. Ethiopia's Somali region, ern Japan. Wha1 is to be done? In 1981, then prime minister of Israel But who would do the job? The United States would be the consider looking over evalu~ Nakayama said he was where separatist rebels are Menachem Begin, being aware of Iraq's nuclear ambitions and obvious choice. But if the United States were in accord Israel ations from the past 15 years fighting for autonomy. stepping down to avoid a to see if they're effective. looming realization of those ambitions, decided that its could do it, just as it did the job in 1981 in destroying Iraq's disruption of parliamentary nuclear reactor at Osiraq had to be destroye4. The !AF (Israeli nuclear potential once and for all. Student evaluations are Sudanese army says it killed six debate. usually a factor iri determin­ alleged kidnappers in chase · He explained that if he An attack on the Iranian nuclear installations would fall under the heading of "anticipatory self-defense " recognized and ing which professors receive KHARTOUM, Sudan - had stayed on, the opposi­ sanctioned by international law and by common sense. Nobody really knows for sure how far Iran is from r:aching its go I - tenure and are also used to -The Sudanese army said tion would have wasted six months. six years? The experts disagree. But if Iran is not stopped now, it may well be too late not very long from now. a help professors improve that it killed six alleged kid­ time in parliament ques-• I their teaching skills. · nappers in a high speed tioning him and Aso about This message has been published and paid for by FLAME is _a tax-exempt, non-profit educational 501 (c)(3) organization. Its 15 Utah State Faculty Senate · chase across the northern his comments rather than purpose the rese9:1ch and publication of the facts regarding President Mike Parent says rn:velopments I~ the Middle East and exposing false propaganda that Sudanese desert, but the focusing on emergency m1gh1 harm the interests o! the Un~ed States and rts allies in that area of student ratings will likely be measures needed to shore FlAME missing Europ~ans are still the world. Your tax-deductible contributions are welcome. They enable us revisited in the faculty sen­ being held. up Japan's sagging econo­ Facts and Logic About the Middle East to :ursue these goals and to publish these messages in national ate this academic year. P.O. Box 590359 • San Francisco, CA 94159 ne spapers and magazines. We have virtually no overhead Almost all of A desert safari tour of 11 my. our revenue pays for our educational work for these clarity· . Europeans and eight Egyp­ and for related direct mail. 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Sustainability and Energy HOW TO REDUCE YOUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Management, -said ''.As signa­ HOUSE & GARDEN keep a 3.4 GPA tories to the American Col­ , 1. Grow your own food. Planting things like berry bushes, garden vegetables and herbs will help you eat locally so you won't lege & University President's FROM Al have to worry about food miles. cers.·She became involved with Climate Commitment, UCF is the society because ofthe chap­ only required to update the 2. Eat locally. Fruit and vegetables in supennarkets and most markets are often shipped or flown from distant countries, even if 1ish said English is the universi­ ter's volunteering aspect emissions inventory every they can easily be grown locally.This requires the burning of fossil fuels for transport,so buying locally-grown produce can save a ty's NSCS assistant vice presi- Senior emphasized the ben­ two years. UCF believes that totofoil. , dent, and a senior elementary efits of serving the community two years is too long of time 3. Redecorate with eco products. If you need to repaint your house, use latex paint rather than oil-based. Latex paint releases ,education major. She said that and cultivating leadership between reports for some­ significantly.fewer harmful fumes while drying and smells a lot better - it's healthier for you, too. is the best advice she can give skills, as well as building char­ ~g as important as green­ for other members hoping to acter. She also said key compo­ house gas emissions." 4. Buy energy-efficient appliances with the"Energy Star" label. These will require less energy to do their job, meaning lower bills gain similar opportunities. nents that make an NSCS Sixty-three percent oftotal and less fossil fuels being burned. Founded in 2000, the UCF member outstanding include greenhouse gas emissions at 5. Sign up for renewable energy. Some companies in the UK, such as Good Energy Limited and Ecotricity, are 100% renewable chapter ofNSCS emphasize the passion and excitement, and UCF are a result of electrical electricity companies.A lot of normal energy companies also offer"green tariffs''.- if they don't offer clean electricity, ask them why society's pillars of scholarship, that students must be well­ energy consumption used to not. leadership and service, accord­ rounded and balance all aspects power sources including heat­ ing to keynote speaker Wayne of their lives. . • ing, ventilation. air condition­ 6. Reduce your heating. Jackson. director ofUCF Multi­ While the induction convo­ ing, lighting, and plug-load 7. Reduce your electricity use. cultural Academic and Support cation was not mandatory for equipment, such as comput­ 8. Try alternative energy devices. Windmill kit5 are inexpensive and a great source of electricity in windy areas. Solar energy, Services. Jackson urged parents new members, chapter officers ers, according to the report. especially solar collectors for water ~eaters, is possible for most homes. Some companies will buy back excess electricity. to recognize and value their called it a success. After a brief This usage alone computes to 9. Buy durable goods. As much as possible buy items that will last instead of buying the same item several times in a decade. It children's work ethics and aca­ introduction of chapter officers about 94,000 tons of CO2. demic achievements. and special guests, the NSCS will save on transport and manufacturing emissions. Most of the Sustainability Following Jackson's address, officers shared their experi- and Energy Management's 10. Install a hot water heat recycling unit to significantly reduce either electricity or the fuel burned for domestic water heating. members were called by name . ences in the honor society efforts to reduce emissions Wat.er heat goes to waste as it !eaves dishwashers, clothes washers or the shower. This heat energy can be recovered to lower the to walk across the stage and before the keynote address. have been focused on more energy needed and save on water heating costs. receive their NSCS pins before NSCS partners with several efficient buildings, but the 11. Reduce the usage of refrigerants and air-conditioners. audience applause. graduate schools and employ­ report offers information on The induction was followed 12. Pack your refrigerator more tightly to reduce cooled air. ers to provide beneficial oppor­ how the traffic issue affects by reciting the membership tunities for members. The soci­ UCF. 13. Use a reel (cylinder) lawnmower. This needs no power supply, and is also much quieter for you and your neighbors. oath before concluding with a ety a],so has an online career An increase in student 14. Reduce your fully vented septic tank greenhouse gases by using a septic vent pipe filter. small reception for family and center that offers internship enrollment · to 50,000 stu­ friends. Students were encour­ and job openings, including dents directly correlates to WATER CONSERVATION aged to introduce themselves to positions with the society's the total CO2 emissions. 1. Take short showers and share bath~ater. Showers use much less water. officers during the reception. national office in Washington, According to the Greenhouse µiductees also brought ' D.C. Gas Report, 90 percent of 2.Pollute less. Soap pollutes less than a shower gel. When washing dishes, wash greasy pans last to keep the water clean. canned food donations for For induction member UCF students live off campus. 3.Tum off taps properly, especially when brushing your teeth -every little bit helps. Orlando's Second Harvest attendees, UCFs chapter of the This high percentage led to 4.Fix dripping taps.The constant drip wastes water,energy and money,so repair them as soon as possible. Food Bank and soda can tabs society is offering a scholarship the. inclusion of transporta­ 5.Tum down your water he,\ter. The water heater is the second largest energy consumer in the home and using it efficiently can for the Ronald McDonald opportunity: Interested stu­ tion and commuting emis­ reduce emissions. House. The two charities are dents can find more informa­ sions in the report. partners with NSCS and hold tion on the official website, 6. Use appliances efficiently: Running the clothes washer with a full load and using cold water (30 degrees celsius)-whenever ''.As a: commuting campus, annual events· that enable nscs.org. our emissions from this possible can lead to big energy savings. Use detergents that clean clothes effectively in colder v.,ater. members to give back to the Member meetings for the source [transportation] will 7. Use an efficient dishwasher instead of washing dishes by hand. The more efficient models of dishwasher use less water and community: · fall semester will be held in the be gr~ater than most of the power than washing dishes by ha'nd, which uses many bowls of hot water. Only run it when it's full. Kelda Senior, president of Key West Ballroom of the Stu­ other universities," Norvell NSCS and journalism major, dent Union. Toe next meeting said -WWW.WIKIHOW.COM organized Sunday's event with will be Tuesday from 5p.m to The report said that 72 the help of other chapter offi- 6p.m. perceht of stu~nts commute "I think that the more peo­ emissions for the year. The and Residence Life and the · by personal vehicle, driving ple have to commute, the university is negotiating with undergraduate General Edu­ an average of six miles round more greenhouse gas emis­ the contractor that provides cation Program are doing trip. Faculty are estimated to sions it will make," freshman the shuttle service to try to their part to recycle and commute at a rate of 99 per­ Brandon Rahming said "Ifwe park and fuel the shuttle fleet reduce solid waste by partner­ cent, averaging 10 miles round can figure out how to make on the main campus. This ing to increase the recycling trip. Both faculty and students transportation more efficient, step would eliminate !he con­ rates at UCF. The rate has were estimated to make 105 we can reduce the .effects." sumption of 3,500 gallons •'of jumped from only 7.25 percent trips to campus per year. As a The UCF shuttle service is diesel fuel per month and also • I in 2006 to over 12 percent in • result, transportation has a way to remove cars from the greatly reduce greenhouse 2007. Solid wastes accounts , been a significant component roadways, but the report said gas emissions. for 3.8 percent ·of emissions. in the emissions from our uni­ recent low ridership has actu­ .Organizations on campus To view the full report go COURTESY KELDA SENIOR versity: . ally caused a net increase in like LEAD Scholars, Housing to www.sustafuable.uc£edu. Members of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars watched the convocation Sept. 14

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and national leaders in this may be in danger area to achieve the goals laid out in the grants .abstract. FROM Al The half-million dollar UCF STORMWATER grant will be used over the Springs and Silver Glen next five years to achieve Springs. If nitrates pollute MANAGEMENT ACADEMY four goals, according the the water that feeds the MAJOR TENETS: grants abstract: Improve springs, it could lead to a 1. We collectively have a responsibility . recruitment of highly quali­ change in the ecology of the to advance knowledge ofstormwater, fied teachers in special edu­ river, Mowry said. That train professionals,and protect cation; design and implement mean's it would no longer be valuable waters. an effective program for a good swimming or fishing 2. We seek the highest standards of math and science instruction spot, Mowry said operations with honest, professional, for middle school; establish a In order to prevent that, and altruistic values. mentoring program for new researchers add soil amend­ special-education teachers; ments, or non-native materi­ VISION: and implement technology t9 als added to the soil to Protection and enhancement of support overall program effi­ improve the filtration of valuable surface and groundwater ciency. nitrates. supplies for the benefit of present and "It's ·always exciting that Shane Williams, a storm future generations. someone who has the funds, water project manager with like the US Department of Marion County Transporta­ MISSION: Education, believes in the tion Department, said soil · Providing educational materials and plan that you've put together amendments such as shred­ research to advance an understanding because you know in your heart that it's going to make a ded, recycled tires or saw­ and practice of stonnwater dust are already showing difference for students management and to influence policy through the terrific teachers improvements in one pond and procedures. the group is studying. that we at UCF create," Little These f1ndings could be -WWWST0RMWATER.UCF.EDU said · SHARON WEAVER / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE applied to some of the almost Although there has been ~ry Little, Ph.D., with the help of a U.S. Department of Education grant, will lead a program to reauit teachers to serve special-needs kids. 2,000 existing retention an increased focus on math developed and trademarked intensive planning year, ponds in Marion County. a special mixture of soils and ahd science instruction in was funded out of Special that can hap'pen is by devel­ "What we may do is education in general, this ·Education." _· oping a close relationship Wienke said. Further elabo­ recycled materials for ration on each major goal set change existing ponds," amending the soil. grant will specifically focus Many collaborators from between the university and Williams said. "Maybe add "We call it a · black and on instructing students with Project CENTRAL are also public and private schools to on the project must be made. The team will look at where amendments to help them gold retention pond media," special needs, an area Little working on this new project, better serve children and they are now and where they function." Wanielsta said. has extensive experience in. Little said. their parents. Marty Wanielista, director He said the study, which Little has also worked "By improving the quality "The grant that Dr. Little is . want to be in 5 years. of the Storm.Water Manage­ will not wrap up until with a state-funded grant for of teacher preparation we're working on will 'bring people "It's all about the stu­ ment Academy at UCF, said December 2009, would not the past 10 years; Project hoping to improve the together around the tables to dents, and the more that we that so far, they are on the be possible without involve­ CENTRAL ( Coordinating knowledge and skills that discuss with us hqw to can learn, whether we're at path to figuring out how to ment from Marion County Existing Networks To Reach teachers acquire so that they improve things, and they'll the university or the K-12 make the ground water safer. scientists. All Learners.) · can provide a higher quality identify weakness that per­ schools, it doesn't matter, if "We're getting results that "It demonstrates a corpo­ "The focus of that is simi­ instructional program for the haps are going on in the we.truly believe that there's are encouraging, which will rative arrangement . . . and lar to this, to look at effective students they serve in schools, and they'll discuss always a way that we can lead to a solution to mini­ provides opportunities for structural techniques that schools," UCF professor of how we can improve our pm­ improve our learning to mize nutrients going into the graduate student work that teachers can use to make sure . Special Education Bill gram to better meet their make sure that our students ground," Wanielista said. would never be - possible that all the kids learn more of Wienke said. needs," Wienke said. benefit," Little said. "That's Wanielista said tha~ they before," Wanielista said. the conterit," Little said. 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POLICE SAY PREP STAR LIKELY VICTIM OF GANG VIOLENCE BELLE GLADE - Police say the prep football star killed in Sputh Florida hours after his team's homecoming game was likely an innocent victim of gang violence. · Norman Griffith was found shot to death in his mom's Dodge Durango early Saturday morning. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says the S8-13 18-year-old Pahokee standout was UTEPvs. UCF attending a dance in Belle Glade, and gang members didn't like his school colors. · Lt. Mike Wallace says Griffith was .Turnovers trying to leave and do the right thing, - but the purported gang members followed him. lead to worst One of Griffith's friends heard at least six shots. · C-USAloss Griffith was considered a good Division I prospect at linebacker,and had received scholarship offers from for Knights several schools. BRIAN MURPHY Sports Editor

EL PASO, Texas - Make it " two weeks, two road.trips and two embarrassing losses for the UCF Football team. Six UCF turnovers led to 24 · points as the Knights lost to the UTEP Miners 58-13 Satur­ day night in El Paso, Texas. . • While the win snapped UTEP's ·nine-game losing streak, the 58 points allowed SHANE MOSLEY STOPS by the Knights are their most MAYORGA IN 12TH ROUND in a conference game: CARSON, Calif.- Fighting before "Obviously, we didn't play his hometown fans,Shane Mosley tonight," UCF head coa~h badly wanted to beat Ricardo Mayor:ga George O'Leary said. "We by knockout. He came through with didn't coach well, we didn't , one second to spare. play well, we. didn't do any­ Mosley stopped Mayorga at 2:59 of thing well, in my opinion." the 12th round in their junior · Whereas the Knights' loss middleweight bout Saturday nightto at Boston College on Sept. 20 possibly put himself in line for a title · was more of. a second-half shot. - -collapse, Saturday's defeat Neither fighter appe~red seriously represented more of a wire- hurt before Mosley floored Mayorga to-wire beatdown. 1 with about 15 seconds left in the final It began as the Knights (1-3 · round Mayorga staggered to his feet overall, 0-1 in Conference · and took the mandatory eight count _ USA) were ~bout to punt dur­ before a short left put him down again. VICTOR CAIZADA / ASSOCIATED PRESS ing their second possession. There was no way Mayorga was going UCF quarterback Rob Calabrese gets sacked by Iinebacker Nuuese Punimata during the second quarter of the Knights' 58-13 loss to the Miners on Saturday night in El Paso, Texas. But Cornelius Brown came ' to get up after that, and referee David around the right end and Mendoza stopped the bout just before blocked Blake Clingan's punt. it was going to end in a decision. THE BREAKDOWN It v,vas recovered on UCF's 23- Mosley led by one point on judge - ' yard line and the Miners (1-3, Nelson Vasquez's scorecard and five on 1-0) turned that into a field · Tony Crebs' card entering the 12th Miners pile on· gainst UCF, snap nine-game losing.streak · goal round.Mayorga had a one-point lead . . Brown had quite a night on judge Pat Russell's card The PADRICK BREWER Offensive offense with the block, two intercep­ Associated Press had Mosley ahead by Editor-in-Chief · True freshman Rob Cal­ tions, two deflected passes three points entering the 12th. abrese made the start for the and three tackles. Antonio Margarito watched the Underwhelming. Knights at quarterback, com­ Another UCF mistake led fightuom ringside.Mosley,a former Terrible. pleting his quick climb· from to more Miner points on the four-time world champion, has lobbied Embarrassing. · third-stringer to starter. next drive. On a second-and- for a ~hot at Margarito, who stopped ,Pathetic. Calabrese was hit and miss 10 play, running back Brynn Miguel Cotto on July 26 in Las Vegas to UTEP destroyed the UCF to start the game, completing Harvey was stripped of the win the WBA weltel'Y{eight _ Football team_ 58-13 Saturday his first pass of the game but ball .by defensive lineman championship. Cotto earned the title by night, pushing the Knights' los­ missing throws to Khymest · Robert Soleyjacks. Stumbling scoring a dose but unanimous 12- ing streak to three and ending Williams and Rocky Ross to backwards into UCF territory, round decision over Mosley nearly 10 the Miners'_ losing streak at force the Knights to punt. Soleyjacks pitched the ball to months ago. · nine. It wasn't until the"end ofthe defensive back Josh Ferguson, UCF head coach George first halfthat Calabrese showed who ran 44 yards for a touch­ RUNNING O'Leary said that_the Knights a glimpse ofwhat he could pro­ down. failed in many aspects vide for the Knights. UTEP's next score - a "I don't know anything we ; With about 5 minutes left in field goal - came directly off did well in: the game," O'Leary VICTOR CALZADA/ ASSOCIATED PRESS the first half; Calabrese led the an interception from true said. ''.Any time you have that UICF running back Brynn Harvey is swarmed by UTEP defenders. Harvey carried the ball 9 Knights on an eight-play scor­ freshman quarterback Rob many turnovers and big plays tirnesfor 19yards in the 58-13 loss to the Miners on Saturday. lie also fumbled twice. ing drive. He was 4-of-5 for 56 Calabrese. given up, I blanie myself for yards and a . touchdown The Miners were up 17-0, some of that stuff. It's a game from offense or defense or spe­ Here were the keys from the that we didn't do anything right cial teams standpoint." game: PLEASE SEE INJURIES ON A9 Pl.EASE SEE UCF ON AB

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ETHIOPIAN RUNNER BREAKS Knights ose·secOnd consecutive game MARATHON WORLD RECORD WILLIAM PERRY shot toward the net, but it was BERLIN - Haile Gebrselassie StaffWriter turned wide, giving the Knights broke his own marathon world record a comer kick The Blazers held · on Sunday, becoming the first runner to The No. 20 UCF Women's . their ground and also turned finish under 2 hours, 4 minutes. Soccer team was upset 4-1 by that attempt away to maintain The Ethiopian docked 2:03:59 to the UAB Blazers on Friday to thE!ir one-goal lead win his third straight,Berlin Marathon, begin conference play. UAB vs. UCF Three minutes later, UAB beating the mark of 2:04:26 he set last The Blarers came in with a received a comer of its own, year over the same flat course. He also 2-6-0 record, while the Knights, and they capitalized on it to became the first runner to win the race 5-2-1, entered the game offa loss of e season, and the assist extend· their lead Marie Yem­ three times. - to Kansas on Sept.19. wen to Amalea Ofuani pu.ku tallied her first goal ofthe "Today, rm so,so,so happy. Neither team was able to However, the Knights were - season with the assist from • Everything was perfect today," post an early tally, but with less unal:,le shut down the Blazers Laura McCalla Ten minutes -Gebrselassie said than ten minutes remaining, to end the half with the lead later, the two hooked up again Running under dear,sunny skies in that changed drastically. UAB answered with two goals fur the Blazers' final goal. This • mild temperature, Gebrselassie paced Amanda Martorana gave in the closing minutes to take a time Mccalla scored and the himself well and controlled the race UCF the lead it had been 2-1 edge into the half. With 81 assist went to Yempuku. from the start LIANA COL£ / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE searching for in the 39th seconds left in regulation, The UCF Women's Soccer team fell to the UAB Blazers 4-1 on Friday night in Birmingham, ''We suddenly had every­ The 35-year-old Gebrselassie was minute. With UAB goalie Kate Tiff.mi Turpin evened the Ala. Kate Jackson, pictured against Illinois State on Sept 12, had one shot versus UAB. thing come together tonight," way out front as she passed through Blankenship out of range, Mar­ score, and just 21 seconds later, UAB head coach Paul Harbin the Brandenburg Gate and ran to the torana fired a shot into the Carolyn Polcari put the Blazers first half surge to open the sec-- UCF didn't record its first shot said in a press release. "I finish ljne to applause from the crowd. empty net to give the Knights a aheai.d ond half; and controlled much in the second halfuntil the 64th - ASSOCIATED PRESS 1-0 lead It was her second goal T'he Blarers continued their of the early offensive attack. minute. Hanna Wilde sent a PLEASE SEE BLAZERS ON A9 AB www.CentralFloridaFuture.com September 29, 2008 • (rotiaf '1orlba jutu~ • Knights try to stay optimistic after SMU loss RYAN BASS the Knights on an 11-9 run with ....,.._ For UCF Cross pared to the past couple of Staff Writer five kills down the stretch to GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT Country, go to: years, Dagenais said. give UCF the early 1-0 set -....-.... www.UCFNews.com "I just see a team that Last season, the UCF Volley­ advantage. GOING THE DISTANCE UP NEXT expects to win," he .said. "I ball team could not buy a win Stephanie Serna then picked The Knights have played in five five-set Fpllowing the Knights' match Sunday at think that is a neat metamor­ against a Conference USA up the pace for the Knights in matches so far tl1is season. They are 3-2 Tulsa, the team returned home to "Streaks are fickle," Dagenais phosis for the program in that opponent and went 0-16 in C­ the second set, helping UCF get ill such matches. prepare for four-match homestand said. "Sometimes you can get now they step into a match USA out to the 16-10 advantage with agaJnst (-USA opponents. UCF will on a streak and not play well and they expect to win and if This year, the Knights have six kills of her own during that HOME ON fflE ROAD begin the homestand against Marshall but then yet sometimes you they don't win they are really already eclipsed their win total stretch. SMU eventually The Knights have played 14 of their 16 at 7 p.m., Friday. can get on a losing streak and disappointed. • in conference from last season crawled back, getting to within matches this season on the road. play really, really well. I just ''I think that we have gone with one victory. Friday, UCF 20-18, but UCF used a 5-2 run to think you worry about the above the let's go and try to missed out on a chance to sur­ close out the set. moment you are in and you compete thing, and now we pass their entire win total from UCF then came out flat in In the final set, UCF got out . team. UCF has compiled a · find ways to score points and are in the mentality that we last year. the third and fourth sets, falling to the 2-1 lead, but that would record of 5-2 during its cur­ you win matches in those want to compete well enough After leading 2-0 in a match 25-15 and 25-22 to set up a fifth be. the last time the Knights rent eight-game road swing moments and you let those to win every time we are on against SMU, the Knights (9-6 and final set. held the lead in the match, as and has swept four of those hot and cold streaks take care the floor." overal( 1-1 in C-USA) fell in five The J{nights faltered SMU reeled off a 14-3 run, matches. The Knights closed of themselves." Despite the loss Friday, sets to the Mustangs (23-25, 20- . because they were unable to set capped off by a Kathryn Wilk­ out their road trip Sunday The win total this season Dagenais likes where his '25, 25-15, 25-22 and 15-5). up their middle hitters·. erson kill to end the match. versus Tulsa. Results were is not the only change for this - team is at. . "This one was especially Although Janine Williams, Wilkerson was one of the main not available at press time. A Knights' squad. They seem ''We are far from our peak, tough because we were up 2-0, Serna and Campbell had 43 reasons for the Knights' col­ full recap will be in Wednes­ more confident against teams but we are just star..ing to hit but the unique thing was that kills combined, middle hitters lapse, as she had a match-high day's·edition of the Future. in their conference as com- our str_idet he_said. we really did not play that Lauren Williams and Jenny 21 kills and23 digs. much different from the first Heppert had only six and four, ''I thought that she' did {l nice two games to the last three respectively. job of mixing up her shots," games," head coach Todd "We have got to be a bal-· Dagenais said of Wilkerson. Dagenais said. ''We made a few anced team to be successful "They set her an awful lot and more errors, but really the big and we have to set our middles she just did a :;nee job of not UCF QB shows promise difference was SMU. They. a lot more than we did [Friday] making a lot of errors and tak­ came out and they played very night," Dagenais said. "I give ing some quality swings when FROM A7 free and they just didn't worry SMU a lot of credit because she had it." about mistakes and just went they took some things away With the loss, the knights for it." ended their five-match win­ their first three-score lead from us and we didn't handle against a Football Bowl Sub­ Tied at 14 in the first set, out­ opportunities as well as we had ning streak, but there is no loss of a positive attitude with the division team since Oct. side hitter Erin Campbell led in the last couple matches." 2006. Calabrese led the ·Knights on an eight-play, 77-yard drive, culminating in a 7-yarcl touchdown pass to Kam.µ• Aiken to finally get tlie Knights some points wi1th GMAT about two minutes remaining in theha1£ GRE But any momentum ae . Knights may have gained w:as """·-~'­ fREE. LSAT stopped as the Miners scored 10 points in those fmal rnro MCAT minutes. Jose Martinez DAT· kicked a 64-yard field goal as practice time 'expired to give the Miµ• OAT ers a 27-7 halftime advantage. The field goal was the sec­ · COURTESY UCFSPORT5.COM ond-longest field goal witp.­ UCF true freshman quarterback Rob Calabrese completed only 42 percent of his passes PCAT out a tee in NCAA history, Saturday in the loss to1JTEP, but he led the team in rushing with 86 yards. NCLEX* .. one yard shy of Martin Gria­ matica's 1998 record. l. · from UCF'1> offense so far this left the game in the first quar­ Test "Jose Martinez ... the guy's season. , . ter after going up high and good," UTEP head coa.ch "[Calabrese] actually did a coming down hard after an Mike Price said. "That's not decent job I thought out there ·errant Calabrese pass. He the last [64-yard field goal] throwing the ball, but you reportedly broke his collar­ Take a FREE practice test at this event and he's going to kick." can't turn it- over ...," O'Leary bone when he hit the.turf. you'll receive a detailed score analysis and exclusive Calabrese led the Knights said. "... I think for a true Patrick Brown, the ' . on another long scoring drive freshman, he did alright." Knights' top offensive line­ strategies to help you prepare for Test Day! halfway through the thirrd ' The Miners tallied 24 man, had to be helped off the quarter to make the score ~ unanswered points to end the field in the fourth quarter. All 13. He pushed the team 80 game, 10 of which came that is known as of Sunday is Saturday, October 18 'at UCF · yards in seven plays. W}~e directly offofUCF turnovers. that he has a knee injury. Ronnie Weaver finished the "I don't have the answers "I was in our locker room, drive·off with a 13-yard toqch­ for it," said cornerback Joe and I just told the guys to stay GMAT 8:30 a.m. ·- 12 p.m. · MCAT 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. down run, Calabrese ·cairn- Burnett; who collected his together," Burnett said. . pleted 4-of-S passes on 1the 13th career interception in the DAT/OAT 8:30 a.m. -12 p.m. "Don't hang your heads low. drive, and added_.in a 22-~ard game. '½11 we can do is play Just stay together and go out run. ' together. It's a tough loss. It's and keep playing, keep com­ GRE 1 - 3 p.m. LSAT 1 - 5 p.m. . Calabrese, who starte~l in one that we expect to win, at peting." - N.CLEX-RN 1 - 3 p.m. ' PCAT 1 - 3:30 p.m. place of the injured Michael UTEP, on the road. We don't Right now our pride is Greco, completed only 13 of have any answers for it shot, but we've got to stay 31 attempts for one. touch­ though. A lot of turnovers." together and keep going." down and two interceptiions. Greco sat out the game The Knights will return Sign up today! Call 1-800-KAP-TEST But he led the team in rush­ with an injured right knee, home for their next game, an ing with 86 yards, made rune but the possible loss of two Oct. 4 meeting with the SMU or visit kaptest.com/practic.e. plays that went for at leaist 15 UCF starters added more Mustangs (1-4, 0-2). 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• • • ~ttraf '1oriba ::future • September 29, 2008 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A9 Injuries add on to UCF's dismay Blazers score late FROM A7 FROM A7 on goal The Knights accumu­ With about two minutes lated 11 JJiots, led by Wilde with GETS YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT remaining in the first quarter, thought our organization was three. through the air, and rushed Rocky Ross jumped for a high once for 17 yards. · tremendous. We were organ­ This was UCFs first confer­ ADOZEN PICKS Ptrr ME IN,COACH pass from Calabrese. He was ized as a unit defensively. . ence loss this season. The Blaz­ Calabrese was the team's UCF comerback Joe Burnett picked off The Knights have had 38 different undercut by a UTEP defender "From an attacking stand­ ers also handed the Knights leading rusher, and finished UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe in players register starts for the team. and landea. hard on his shoul­ point, we played quickly and their only C-USA loss of the 13-of-31 for 167 yards and a the endzone at the start of the fourth der and head Reports are that · had nice movement offthe balL 2007 regular season. touchdown, but he also threw quarter, making it 12 consecutive THE SEASON OF GIVING he broke his collarbone. We set up a demanding sched­ . It was the first time since two interceptions. games in which UCF has at least one The 58 points were the most UCF Near the end of the game, ule during non-conference so the 2006 season that the Redshirt freshman Joe interception. allowed to a conference opponent. Weatherford was knocked that we could get a lot of expe­ Knights have lost back~to-back Weatherford saw some play­ down, and he rolled up on left rience for the younger players. games. ing time near the end of the tackle Patrick Brown's right It helps that our players have UCF continued its road trip • game, but. he looked consis­ The Knights were consis­ down. knee. Brown was helped off had a lot ofplaying time against Sunday when it traveled to tently awkward in the pocket, tently beaten deep, and several There was a botched snap the field by UCF staff. quality opponents to get ready Memphis to take on the Lady · and completed one pass for tinies took poor pursuit angles. , that slipped through Cal­ The Knights are now with­ for the conference portion of Tigers, the 2007 Conference negative six yards. abrese's hands and was recov­ . out their best wide receiver the schedule." USA champion. Tragedy of errors ered by the Miners. and their best offensive line­ Despite allowing four goals, However, results of the Disgusting defense No, the El Paso Police The ultimate example of it man. UCF goalie Aline Reis collect­ match were not available at The Knights may have Department was not driving just not being UCFs night~ ed eight saves on 17 DAB.shots. press time. A full recap will be come into the game with the · around the Sun Bowl Stadium. late in the third quarter, when Final words Turpin led the way with five of in Wednesday's edition of the most experienced secondary That was just the Miners' siren backup · quarterback James Next up for the Knights is those shots, four ofwhich were Future. in the country, but they sure after a big play. . Thomas II rushed up the left SMU on Saturday at home. didn't play like it. · Two interceptions, a sideline and was stripped. The Mustangs have had two UTEP quarterback Thevor blocked punt and six fumbles . But the ball bounced for­ weeks to prepare for UCF, and Vittatoe, hobbled with a high - four of which were recov­ ward into the waiting hands of they will be eager to avenge a ankle sprain in his right ankle, ered by UTEP - gave the Tufick Shadrawy; who ran it in 49-20 loss to the Knights last shredded the UCF defense for Miners plenty of reason to for a touchdown to make it 41-13. season in Dallas. 263 yards and three touch­ keep bringing the noise. The Knights will have to downs. UCF made an embarrass­ Hurting rebound without some oftheir Vittatoe completed five ing blunder in every facet of. The Knights lost more than better players, and hope that passes for more than 20 yards, the game. the game. Kamar Aiken got his their past two performances, including a 74-yard touch­ Freshman kicker Nick Cat­ first action of the season, but in which they were outscored down to Kris Adams - after toi was the anti-Jose Martinez, the Knights didn't get out of · 92-20, were just bumps in the UCF had made it 17-7 - to put missing an extra point attempt the first quarter without losing road and not the bridge falling an end to any comeback. on the Knights' second touch- another wide receiver. apart.

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OUR STANCE Anteitdntent 2 violate civil rights hat do you get when that is essential to the over­ ruling in May to overturn the W you cross a turkey, a whelming majority of seniors in state's gay marriage ban by the chicken and a duck? Florida California Supreme Court. Anti­ Turducken, maybe. What do Even the Orlando Sentinel abortion groups immediately THE GRASSROOTS ARE ESPECIALLY AGGRESSIUE THIS VEAR you get when you cross a man editorial board had a rare went out and began gathering and another man, or a woman moment of clarity and stated, the signatures that they needed RINALDO STEPHENS / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE and another woman? "This amendment does more to get a constitutional amend­ According to the Orlando­ than just target homosexµal ment initiative-on the ballot based group Florida4Marriage, unions. It puts all manner of These "marriage protection" you get an inferior family who domestic partnerships at a pos­ amendments are nothing more doesn't deserve the same rights sible disadvantage ... state law than political ploys to get faith­ and protections that are afford­ already restricts marriage to a based constituents who don't Grillingthe meat ed to a ''traditional" family of a man and a woman, and Florida nonnally partake in politics to man and a woman. doesn't recognize gay unions go to the polls and vote for In the interest of full disclo­ performed in other states. This something they feel strongly sure, Florida4Marriage is actual­ measure seems more like·a cyni­ about. Since they will be there industry on policy ly a coalition of organizations cal attempt to bring out the con­ already, why not vote for other such as the Florida Catholic servative base in a presidential conservative candidates and ini­ When people sit down to day. They are tom from their Conference and the Florida Bap­ election year." . tiatives? their bacon and eggs in·the mothers at birth, beaten and tist Convention, and receives Don't worry though; it won't · Sentinel columnist Scott morning, most don't think of trapped in cages barely big most of its funding from the affect the UCF community Maxwell said it best in a recent the lives that were sacrificed in enough for them to move or Florida Republican Party. because, unlike many public and article, "[We hear] more and order to put that meal on their even sit. Many are also given With that said, Amendment private institutions in Florida, more from people who tend to plate, the lives of innocent ani­ genetically mutating drugs to 2, which has been so cleverly there are no domestic partner downplay the bulk of the Bible mals. The way farmed animals make them a more profitable dubbed the "Florida Marriage benefits for UCF faculty and - which tells us to love and are treated in our country is_ asset. These animals normally Protection Amendment," is staff in the first place. This has care for one another - [and] outright cruel and unjust. · don't know what fresh air is attempting to set the state's gay been a point of contention instead focus on the handful of I don't believe that animals until they are loaded into marriage ban in stone by making between groups like GLBSU and passages they believe give them should be put through such LEE RAMSEY trucks on their way to slaugh­ it a constitutional amendment. UCF a_dministration for years, . a license to discriminate." He - horrible conditions to ulti­ Contributing Writer ter. All animals are capable of· We unequivocally cannot but it doesn't look like President also said that it's this continued mately become food for feelings - is this how you . allow this· initiative to pass John Hitt is willing to back negativity from the church that humans. This is why I have made the . would treat your cat or dog? because not only would the down from his ultra-conserva­ has caused the significant loss of choice to be a vegetarian. I really think , Chickens are crammed into sheds by amen~ent bring about an tive foothold. Case in point: up faith in this country over the last there should be stricter laws to protect the thousands and must walk over entirely new civil-rights move­ until last semester, there were several _decades. . these animals from the inhumane behav­ ~rpses of other. birds who die of heart ment against a blatant injustice, no provisions in the student We couldn't agree more. If ior they have to ·endure on a daily basis. attacks or stress. Many are crippled from <;1 but also would, in effect, dis­ non.-discrimination policy for Christian morals and American Carrie Packwood Freeman, .my grdwing so large and subsequently die solve all civil unions in the state gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans­ values are at the core of this · cousin, who is a devoted vegan and ani­ from not being able to reach nourish­ of Florida Even heterosexual gender students on campus. So argument, then why isn't adul­ mal rights activist, feels so strongly on ment. Their beaks are painfully searea. couples would lose their com­ if you're harassed for being ·tery on the constitutional-ban this issue that she has <;:iedicated h¢r doc­ off so they don't attack other birds. It mon-law marriage status, and homosexual, UCF doesn't (offi­ agenda? It was clearly important toral research to animal rights. takes-34 hours in these unspeakable con­ subsequently forfeit any benefits cially) care. eno:ugh to put it in stone and She contends that the animal ditions to produce just one egg., that are shared with a significant But if Amendment 2 passes, declare it one of the Ten Com­ agribusiness is a national disgrace. Free.,. Cows and pigs don't have it any bet­ other. people like Rep. Sally Kem (R­ mandments, yet we find reli­ man says the reason the government ter. Cows are castrated and have their The state of Michigan passed Okla) who think gays are the gious groups trying to ban doesn't often address animal rights horns cut oft They are then branded a similar referendum iii 2004, "biggest threat our nation has, something that wasn't even on issues is that our legislature is under the over and over, ·all without any and the Michigan Supreme even more so than terrorism or that list. stronghold of industry group lobbying. painkiller-s. Since the USDA allows meat Court ruled that public institu­ Islam" will start coming out of When you go to the polls in She believes there is a need for a major from animals with cancerous legions tions could no longer offer the woodwork here in Florida, November, think about the financial refonn, since poorer nonprofit and puss-filled.wounds to be considered health insurance and other ben­ and our state will begin to look widespread repercussions that activist groups can't compete with the · prime, cattle with these infections,go efits to domestic partners. This like the peak of the bible belt this initiative would have on power of industry influence. untreated Baby pigs have their ears means that divorced, widowed California is currently in a . civil rights and senior rights. Fortunately, the Humane Society of mutilated, the ends of their teeth or just unmarried couples would position similar to ours. Propo­ Don't vote for'bn amendment the United States has ~tarted supporting chopped off and are castrated - again, lose all shared benefits, includ­ sition 8 was placed on their bal­ that would send our state back' state referendums so that people can with.no painkillers. Those with obvious ing health insurance coverage lot this summer following the · into the social darkages. vote directly on an issue instead of illnesses are shot or beaten to death in ~ through their representatives. This has order to save money on feed. Ifany of worked both in Florida and Arizona these helpless creatures even make it to The Future encourages comments from readers. In order to be considered for publication, with the recent banning of pig gestation the slaughter house alive, they have their ? crates, which is when pigs are forced to throats slit upon arrival - such a warm letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words; we may edit for length. Submit them online live out their entire lives in crates that welcome. · ai www.CentralFloridaFuture.com or fax them to 407-447-4556. Questions~ Call 407-447~4558. are only two feet wide. The only federal legislation to restrict I think that if law-makers watched the animal cruelty is the Humane Slaughter PETA documentary Meet Your Meat, Act, which was passed in 1958. However, they would have an even greater change birds and fish are not protected under of heart. This documentary is a truly dis­ this law. You might be surprised to learn turbing look inside modem intensive that birds make up about 95 percent of production farms. It really made me all land animals slaughtered, yet they're realize that the animals on these factory still excluded from this act. So when it Nel1VFace farms have next to no legal protection comes to animal rights, I think it's clear t) from the cruelty they often face every- whose inter~sts the law supports. worth gabout MAN ON THE STREET ell, we've heard it make. Ding Ding Ding. I think Now think more recently when T H E WORD AROUND CAMPUS W buzzing around cam­ we all get it now. Facebook chat was initiated into pus, and we're sure We feel this was an obvious the system and everyone you've heard it too: the new business move to create better moaned and groaned about how Facebook has pretty much ad revenue for Facebook. More irritating that was. 'How do you feel about ruined the college Internet expe­ ads equal more profit, which Well it wasn't too much later, rience. Right? equals more lobster dinne:rs and when the whole Facebook com­ Well, we beg to differ. No, no, tropical vacations for the munity decided they were going no. 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I "It seems like it.has gotten worse with anymore. Somehow the ment is proposing to bail us out . whine and gripe about this new say there is more parking but you always end up booking it to class." the last couple of semesters." creators of the site have manipu­ o1j an oncoming Great Depres­ change and others of us send can't find it." lated the format to show each sion. We've heard little to no hate letters to Facebook person­ different facet of the site on a conversations revolving around nel, just remember that one fine, different tab, thus creating a · the rescue plan, but overhearing, fine day_this will be the least of • mass of confusion for those of us "Man, this new Facebook blows," our problems. In fact, we are so well acquainted with the old, is anything but an oddity. Either willing to bet that in a few simpler version. But why Face­ way, congratulations Facebook! months, most of us will hardly book? Why? You've officially ticked off the even recognize the change. • Here is our two cents: If you majority of your users. _So before you blow off Face­ haven't noticed, every time a Still, however much this , book for the last time and do new tab is clicked, a new ad change throws off our groove, something productive like your pops up on the side - this is we confess that there is some homework or saving babies, when the light bulb suddenly solace in the matter. remember that change is ignited over our heads. Ifusers Think back awhile ago when inevitable in today's society and Graphic Design, Senior Molecular Biology, Freshman Chemistry, Sophomore have to click on more tabs, than all the new applications were no matter what we do, it's always "It has gotten worse. The school's "I haven't had a real bad time "Parking was better last year. It more ads are shown and the introduced to Facebook and going to happen, even when it growing, and that makes it hard to parking. It's probably because I even.gets crowded early in the f more ads shown, the more everyone made a huge stink comes down to our beloved find parking. You have to get here live at Lake Claire.'' morning." money Facebook is going to about how annoying they were. Facebook. at the right time." 0 () fl I nie Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 I

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