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Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 86, April 20, 2007 University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 4-20-2007 Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 86, April 20, 2007 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. 39 No. 86, April 20, 2007" (2007). Central Florida Future. 1983. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1983 ) ) FREE • Published Monda s, Wednesda s a www.CentralFloridaFuture.com ·Friday, April 20, 2007 Fuzz-worthy flick J Shaun ofthe Dead alums pay homage to the U.S.'s buddy­ ) cop comedy - SEE VARIETY, AS } PALEONTOLOGY Community mourns tragedy at candlelight vigil NATALIE MORERA . · silently huddled together as ifto Most of the students who Noonan said think any little thing would help Staff Writer find, in the warmth of fellow­ gathered did not know the vic­ Noonan showed her support [the parents],'' Noonan said. ship, solace from the cold that tims, but still mourned the loss by joining Facebook groups cre­ The VT Afomni Associa­ Hundreds of people, includ- gripped the nation in the after- · of those lives as a college com- ated _to support the victims and tion's Chapter in Orlando was . ing members of the Central math of a massacre. munity. families of the VT massacre. present at the vigil. Florida chapter of the Virginia A brass band took up the Ashley Noqnan, a 19-year­ She plans on doing more to help Kym Hypes, 44, attended the Tech Alumni Association, con­ tune of Amazing Grace, and old freshman nursing major, those affected, including aiding vigil along with the association gregated at the UCF Reflecting audience members lit candles, was at Tuesday night's vigil. the VT Remembrance Fund, to mourn the tragedy that has Pond in the early evening hours encircling the Pond in ~ ring of "Every college student is which was started by junior overshadowed her hometown. Tuesday to honor the 32 inno­ light, illuminating the water and going to feel a connection with Shaun Notinan. "We grew up in Blacksburg. cent lives lost at vr. many somber faces, trying to what happened because every "I will d~finitely look into The audience was still, erase the darkness. college student has a bond," that. I think that is a great idea I PLEASE SEE BELL ON AS SAFETY AT HOME Presidential Election 2008 Obama gains large support at local rally WHEN FISH ATTACK Senator collects $500,000at Edwards rallies support ) FLYING STURGEON John Edwards, seeking a presidential rally in Tampa nomination for 2008, spoke at a rally NECESSITATES A April 12 arguing for lower college debt ROBYN SIDERSKY and withdrawal from Iraq. · Staff Writer E PLEASE SEE EDWARDS ON A2 It's not always a good thing It's been a busy week for 1 when the fish are Senator and presidential jumping. At the end of hopeful Barack Obama, cam­ March, a woman riding a paigning in cities around the personal watercraft on country, including Tampa on the Suwannee River was Sunday. struck by a jumping · A crowd of 2,000 support­ sturgeon. The fish, which ers gathered at The Cuban can weigh up to 200 · Club in Ybor City to rally for pounds and grow te> 8 Obama. feet long, caused the woman serious injuries. For a $25 donation, people Her husband was the ~ould hear Obama give a 45- first to find her after minute speech after a per­ the accident, face­ ABE ABO RAYA I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE formance from the nationally aown in the water. She Two UCF police officers, Tim Isaacs, left, and William Funk, observe students across the Reflecting Pond on Wednesday. The shootings Monday at acclaimed Florida Agricultur­ was incomprehensible, Virginia Tech have caused universities nationwide to examine their safety protocols. al and Mechanical University but mentioned a"big marching band fish." Sunday was a successful day of fundraising for Obama; he collected $500,000 from the private breakfast, rally and AROUND CAMPUS,A2 dinner he hosted in Tampa The event occurred coinci­ SGA TO HOST CRAM 4 JAMES ANDRES I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE RE dently on Jackie Robinson Senator Barack Obama greets the 2,000- "' ·'THE EXAM SAT. TO GET Day, a celebration of Major person crowd gathered Sunday in Tampa. READY FOR FINALS League Baseball's first black baseball player. poised; he thinks before he " The event, held at_the Library, will Answering a question THE UCFVITALS Students from the Univer­ talks; he's someone who reads feature free study materials, food and sity of South Florida were at the paper." STUDENT POPULATION · annually on the police - prizes. Librarians, professors and on everyone's minds: the rally, with signs showing In reference to Jackie students will be on hand to help 44,979 students enrolled. less than 1.percent of UCF's support for Obama. Robinson Day, Eisenberg said, • • students prepare for their tests. The $926 million budget. SIZE OF CAMPUS "I think he has the interna­ "He broke color barriers, like 4th and 5th floors will be quiet study What if it were UCF? tional experience,'' said USF what Obama could do. It's neat 123 buildings spread out CAMPUS SECURITY areas. senior sociology major Jarin that it's the same day." over 1,415 acres-not 65 NADA TAHA There are blue light poles Eisenberg. "He went to a Mus­ Staff Writer including satellite on campus, not including . lim school. He's a new change, PLEASESEE OBAMA ON AS LOCAL &STATE, A2 campuses. the four on every level of As families and college students all over the each parking garages. With FOLEY PAYS FOR LEGAL nation mourn, criticisms leak into the cracks of POLICE FORCE the push of a btitton, • FEES WITH LEFTOVER the investigation of the deadliest shooting in 65 officers on campus,and students are put through to modem U.S. history. more than $6 million spent a 9-1-1 operator. Professor uncovers the CAMPAIGN MONEY In the span of a little more than two hours ~ Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is racking Monday, 32 students were shot to death at Vrr­ up huge legal bills defending himself .gi.nia Tech in Blacksburg, Va, by Cho Seung-Hui, truth of family's freedom against potential criminal charges in 23, as they innocently did what every college stu­ "No public 'university is the Internet teen sex scandal that led dent is supposed to do - attend class. And so she did to his resignation. He is paying for Some facts are well-known. The victims have well equipped to handle It was from Arthur Bittel­ them with feftover campaign contri­ faces and the killer has a name. But many ques­ Sheryl Cohn speaks man, Cohn's great-uncle who tions are left unanswered. butions. a situation like that ... Sheryl Needle Cohn, an education was living in Dubno, in mod­ Why weren't students and faculty alerted to professor at UCF's South Lake ern-day Ukraine. He sent the the shootings sooner? Why wasn't the school the only way to. prevent Campus, spoke to students Sunday postcard to notify the family of NATION &WORLD, A4 locked down? night about her experiences the hardships he and the rest of And what ifit happened at UCF? discovering her family's link to the the family were facing. • POLICE SAY GUNMAN'S Many UCF officials said the situation may not it is to make the Holocaust. "It was written to my grand­ MAILED MATERIALS · · have played out very differently. mother in Yiddish, so I took it institution a prison'' Go to www.CentralFloridaFuture.com OFFER FEW ANSWERS "No public university is well equipped to han­ to a rabbi to have it translated," ,. dle a situation like that or will ever be prepared - CPL.JAMES ROOP, UCFPD Cohn said "It said, 'Things are The disturbing manifesto and videos in the way that society wants now," UCF Police .SARAH ROGERS very bad in village of Dubno; of Cho Seung-Hui delivering a Department spokesman Cpl James Roop said Contributing Writer continue to get as much of the "The only way to prevent it is to make the insti- According to CNN report, Vf Police Chief snarling tirade about rich "brats'' and a Sheryl Needle Cohn was family out as you can."' • their"hedonistic needs" had some tution a prison." Wendell Flinchum said investigators believed it Things were indeed bad, As two students lay dead on the fourth flpor was an isolated incident and were pursuing a rummaging through her marginal value to police, but they grandmother's apartment and Bella Bittelman did exact­ didn't add much, say investigators. of the West Ambler Johnston dormitory of VT, ''person of interest" ly as the postcard instructed. thousands of students went about their normal The 895-resident dormitory was, however, when she discovered the key that would unlock much of her She saved her siblings' lives. , routines without knowing that a shooter was on • locked down, and residents were notified of the '~t the age of 13, my grand­ campus. situation Jewish hi.Story. It was a mere postcard, for­ mother came to the United INDEX TODAY'S It wasn't until 9-.26 a.in, more than two hours According to CNN, another e-mail was sent gotten among various pictures States and got a job rolling Around Campus after the first shootings, that campus officials five minutes after the shootings at Norris Hall, 2 WEATHER and mementos in a small card­ cigars in New York,'' Cohn Weather 2 sent out a school-wide e-mail informing students which took place at 9:45 am., informing students said of the situation that a "gunman is loose on campus:' board box inside Bella Bittel­ Local &State 2 man Needle's Brooklyn apart­ '~s soon as she made Nation &World 4 ·~ shooting incident occurred at West Roop agreed with the actions of vr police enough money, she sent the Ambler Johnston earlier this morning.
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