Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 76, December 2, 2010

University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 12-2-2010 Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 76, December 2, 2010 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. 42 No. 76, December 2, 2010" (2010). Central Florida Future. 2347. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2347 0 www. Centra/FforidaFutur , Gift guide itletime Need cheap and creative Win and they're in: Title game holiday gift ideas? Look decides UCF's bowl future-sEESPORTs,As no further-SEEVARIETY,A11 ~ 191b-2010 University mourns founder UCF's founding president, Charles First president leaves legacy Millican, seen with former President EMRE KELLY nntil his resignation in 1978. Richard Nixon at a Editor-in-Chief After 1978, Millican commencement return to teaching in the ceremony, held an Charles Millican, the College of Business. unmatched fonnding president of UCF, After his term, he contin passion for the university. passed away at his home ued to remain involved in Wednesday morning at the UCFs affairs, even up nntil COURTESY PHOTO age of 94, according to a recently. He had a close ARCHIVES, UCF release from UCF News & working relationship with LIBRARIES Information. the presidents who suc Millican was president ceeded him, including the from the introduction of its first class catalog in 1967 PLEASE SEE MILLICAN'S ON A7 Christmas ASECRET SANTA School DECORATES Increases reaps big Asecret Santa is once again surreptitiously hanging ornaments returns from a large pine tree by the side of looming for the Garden State Parkway inthe dead of night.A gold star was hanging rrom the boughs of the tree for2010 Tuesday morning. It's the fourth year in a row that the ornaments have shown up on the same tree in the decal rates Endowment growth southbound lanes in a sparsely 31 populated area of little Egg Harbor EXPIRES AuGusr rivals best in U.S. TowrAhip. I 'i' Proposal has students KATIE KUSTURA / paying $3 more a semester Iii News Editor A3 Harvard is the oldest institution MICHAEL CLINTON of higher learning in the U.S., but Contributing Writer A32300 UCF beat both the Crimson and Breaking Yale in racking up the most endow Students and faculty at UCF may ~ve to dig deep ments for news on OF CENTRAL F er in their pockets to pay for parking on campus next UNIVE RSITY the 2010 fis 'Weare yourcell year, as the university is planning to raise parking decal cal year. prices by 7 percent, the largest increase in five years. thankful for Get UCF news sent to your cell Last phone. Just text the keyword Under the proposed plan, students should expect to pay week, the our donors' UCFNEWS to 44636. about $3 more for a one-semester decal sticker, and faculty UCF Fonn and staff should expect to pay about $10 more. dation strong John Edison, a junior annonnced AROUND CAMPUS,A2 computer engineering the school commitment DECAL PRICING major, doesn't think raising earned a STUDY UNION BREAKDOWN prices is the right move for 12.5 percent to supporting PROVIDES 24ll the university. He said he return on our students in UNDER PROPOSED always has to park in endow- STUDY SPACE 7 PERCENT INCREASE Garage A because parking ment our classrooms in the other garages near invest As finals approach, UCF students SEMESTER/ANNUAL who find themselves studying his classes is impossible. ments, and research Student decal $47/$94 through the night and into the "If we are paying while Har laboratories morning can visit the"Study Student hang tag $71/$142 more, we should be get vard's Union," a 24-hourversion of the Faculty decal $158/$316 ting better quality," he yielded 11 and on our current Student Union. Faculty hang tag $238/$476 said. percent Motorcycle decal $25/$50 On Friday, the Park and Yale's athletic fields.' ing and Transportation brought Advisory Committee back 8.9 - BOB HOLMES LOCAL&STATE,A2 ~re the pro~o;ed will vote on whether to percent. CEO OFTHE UCFFOUNDATION. maeases fair. increase the parking ''The MAN IN PRANK CALLS © www.UCFNews.com decal price by 7 percent, fact that SENTENCES TO 4 based on the Student donors are Fee Committee's recommendation to increase the contributing more to our annual YEARS IN PRISON transportation access fee by 81 cents per credit hour. campaign is a testament to the qual The Student Fee Committee dictates how much AT3 Aman accused of making prank ity of our students and our academ calls to the Coast Guard and the transportation access fee increases every year. ic programs," said Bob Holmes, reporting a fake space shuttle For the 2010-11 academic year, the fee is $8.19 and is CEO of the UCF Fonndation. "We threat has been sentenced to included in tuition and goes toward all on- and off are thankful for our donors' strong four years in prison. He was campus shuttle services, such as the campus affiliat commitment to supporting our stu ed apartment complexes. dents in our classrooms and sentenced in Orlando Tuesday. UNIVERSITY In November, the Transportation Advisory Com OF research laboratories and on our mittee requested an increase in the fee of 88 cents, CENTRAL FLQ athletic fields." ART BASEL MIAMI PLEASE SEE REDUCED ON A4 PLEASE SEE UCF ONA7 BEACH OPENS ITS DOORS TO v1r Art Basel Miami organizers chose more than 250 galleries I The heavy costs of Light Up UCF to show during the fair, which MARCO FUNK hard to bring winter's kicked off for VIPs on Wed. It Is Light Up UCF Contributing Writer wonders to Central Flori goodforUCF? opens for the public on • da, but the annual holiday www.UCFNews.com Thursday and ends on Sunday. It's a picture perfect attraction is up against a holiday scene: Christmas decidedly subtropical cli Light Up UCF is not fund lights everywhere, music mate. Maintaining an out ed by the university at all. in the air, beaming chil door ice skating rink and The event is hosted and INDEX TODAY'S dren sledding down a an ''.Arctic Glide Ice Slide" managed by the UCF Around Campus 2 WEATHER frozen slope and excited in the Sunshine State is an Arena, which is run by Weather 2 teenagers trying to keep energy-intensive affair, so Global Spectrum. Local & State 2 their balance while ice who is footing the bill? Much like most food Sports 8 skating. Also, how compatible vendors on campus are Variety 11 It's so cold outside that is such an event with operated by the Aramark Opinion 1 14 I SUNNY most people are wearing UCF's efforts to become a Corporation, Global Spec Classifieds 15 short sleeves. The ther more eco-friendly univer trum manages the Arena's Sudoku 15 68° 41° mometer reads a bone sity? own income and expens Crossword 15 chilling 75 degrees; palm According to Melissa es. AMY SIMPSON /CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE HIGH WW trees shiver in the wind. Schaaf, director of market Keeping Light Up UCF cool during occasionally sweltering fall temperatures may Light Up UCF tries ing for the UCF Arena, PLEASE SEE EVENT'S ON AS cause costs to rise, but the university isn't responsible for the bill. A2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com Dec. 2, 2010 • 6nttal :floriba ~utull 1 AROUND CAMPUS L---------- <!tn.tral News and notices for -- - the UCF community ------------- - Iotiba 240 study venue ~ -...-..... To accommodate for next week's exam sched u1e, the Union will keep its luture doors open 24 hours start ing this Sunday until Dec. 13. Several rooms will be open for both group and The (,nm,/ Fiotido /ururE the mdependeot student quiet study, as well as wntten n=pape, al th niversity of Centr>I Aorida. Opinions in the Future re those of the individual extended hours for some columnist and not dythoseofthe e<itO!ial staff of the stores in the Student "'the Univffiity admirus atioo. All mntent is property of the Cenual Rorie/a Futu and may not be reprinted in Union. part orin whole without ission from the puijisht,r. For extra help during studying, students are wel NEW~;RQOM come to attend SARC ses 407..,44?.-4558 sions. Editor-in-Chief Getting into the Christmas Emre ~llyx213 spirit CFF.editor@gmailco,n The Orlando Shake speare Theater will be JONATHAN VIRGILIO / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE performing "Chaps! A Jin UCF adjunt music professor and head of composition Christopher Marshall was honored in his native New Zealand. gle Jangle Christmas." The play takes place the night before Christmas in England, 1944. Late for a holiday broadcast in London, a Opinions Editor producer pulls together a Song of the sea Adrienne ~utway x213 last minute act with what Opinions.Cf/[email protected] ever actors he can find. UCF professor has world premiere of composition The resu1t is a fun med Sports~ditors Danny Arello x215 ley ofChristmas songs and SUZV KOZLOWSKI laughs. Mike Balducci x215 Contributing Writer [email protected] Several performances are scheduled through the Christopher Marshall, an arrangement in the world The wind ensemble commis Variety E!or adjunct music professor professors and the ensemble, sioned by a British conduc Jessica Marti x214 and head ofcomposition at known as Knight Wmds, sought tor.

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