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Central Florida Future. 1920. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1920 FUTURE FOCUS Students and professors l FRESH ICE UCF hockey club opens new react to the white paper released by the university. -SEESPORTS,A7 season with big goals - SEE NEWS, A2 c. FREE ·Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays www.Centra/Floridafuture.com ·Friday, September 22, 2006 c Committee searches for med school dean ''We need a highly qualified growing physician shortage and at the Healthcare Campus Five candidates·are medical doctors of mixed backgrounds individual who understands and provide enormous bene­ at Lake Nona. ROBYN SIDERSKY Throughout Tuesday, in a ferent backgrounds and have ·that we are a startup medical fits to Central Florida and the UCF raised more than $100 Contributing Writer closed room at the Hyatt different strengths." · school but that we are a state as a whole. million through private dona­ Regency at the Orlando Inter­ The candidates are Deborah research university and a "I can't wait to·see how the tions, matching funds from the As UCF received the news national Airport, a search com­ German, M.D., Bruce E. Jarell, research-based medical medical college turns out," 0said state and Tavistock Group and of the approval of its medical mittee chaired by College of M.D., F.AC.S., Bruce A Meyer, school," Hickey said. microbiology major Stephen leading private donors with a school, the first major task Sciences Interim Dean Peter M.D., M.B.A., Mark Pfeifer, The Florida Board of Gover­ Carroll. "It's my dream to go to $12.5 million contribution, in addition to the 50 acres of land became apparent: Find a dean. Panousis met with the poten- M.D. and Thomas Schwenk, nors approved the UCF. med­ medical school, and I know it On Tuesday, five candidates at Lake Nona. tial candidates. · M.D. ical school on March 23. will be hard, but it will be Current UCF undergradu­ were interviewed to fill the "We saw five excellent can­ The candidates' back­ The school is expected to worth it." ate students who are on track position of the. dean for the didates," said Provost and grounds vary from Harvard · bring increased opportunities Construction will begin in to go to medical school are new College of Medicine, set to Executive Vice President Terry educations to vice dean experi­ for medical education in Flori­ January 2007 at the Burnett enroll students in fall of 2009. Hickey. "They come from dif- ence. da, help address the statewide College ofBiomedical Sciences PLEASE SEE DEAN'S ON A6 Penalized student's appeal ( denied ' ALEX WALL Contributing Writer Sophomore Jared Andersen, a ·UCF student who filed a grade appeal last spring when his final grade was dropped by five points in POS 2041, learned Saturday that his appeal had been denied. Andersen's case was heard before a Golden Rule review committee Wednesday. Political science professor Annabelle Conroy, who taught Andersen's online section of Amerkan Government, low­ - • \\\ \ It\\ ered Andersen's grade from a \\\\ B+ to a B- due to the disrespect­ ful nature of an e-mail Ander­ sen sent to his classmates. In the e-mail, Andersen ask­ ing if they had noticed flawed questions on the course quizzes and how they had done (' on their assigned. class papers. Andersen, a legal studies major, says that the flawed quiz NIGEL GRAY I CENTRALF LORIDA FUTURE questions had. been a constant The All Knight Lounge, a popular UCF hangout off of Alafaya Trail, was damaged Saturday by a fire. Detective Paul Paterson of State Fire Marshal's Office is still investigating the possibility of arson, but"no red flags" have shown up as of yet. problem throughout the semes­ I ter, for which he made several efforts to contact Conroy to express his concern about the confusing quizzes, which had Blaze claims All.Knight LOunge interior come from the textbook pub­ lish.er. damage, Bevitz said he plans to friends who had been there the Though Conroy agreed that After fatal May shooting, fire is latest in bar's misfortune rebuild: He currently rents the night before, and they were some of the questions "obvi­ but I was asleep. Friends of of the bar in January, had spent property, but he said insurance · just as surprised as I was." ously [have] something wrong RACHEL HATZIPANAGOS for the inside of the building Vaughn drove by the bar an .Contributing Writer mine said that I needed to go to $52,000 on improvements. He with them" ~d gave Andersen the bar," Bevitz said added two bars and television should cover the damages. hour after the fire had started points back for the flawed The All Knight Lounge, a When he got there, the sets. "We are going to make it "I was heading to the store; questions, Andersen says that local bar popular with UCF . exterior structure was still Bevitz remodeled the bar in . better than ever. We will be and as I was driving, I saw a when the final· exam students, was destroyed by fire standing, but the inside was remembrance of 18-year-old back The landlord said hope­ bunch of fire trucks, ambu­ approached, Conroy still drew Saturday. charred. Jamie Adair. Adair was shot fully we can reopen in two lances and police," Vaughn from a poor of contaminated The bar on Alafaya Trail ' "I felt shock, awe; I was and kiiled outside of the All months:' Bevitz said said. "I drove by and saw that questions. · was ablaze around 6 am., said upset. I started crying," Bevitz Knight Lounge in May. That is good news for bar the pub was completely black Conroy encouraged Ander­ Ted Oliver, spokesperson for said "There were two 50-inch "Jamie was one of my good patrons like Eric Vaughn, a jun­ from the smoke damage." sen to approach the dean's Orange County Fire Rescue. plasmas put up that aren't even friends, so I decided to redo ior history major. Vaughn said When Vaughn arrived office if he had any further con-. The owner of the bar, 33- paid for. This was my dream in the entire bar," Bevitz said He he had been to the bar at least home that evening, he started a cerns with the course's grading, year-old Brett Bevitz, did not life to have a bar. It's the most also changed the name to All 15 times since starting at UCF. Facebook group memorializ­ but in lieu of filing a formal ing the bar. hear the news until 10:30 ~t upsetting thing I've ever seen Knight Lounge. It was previ­ "It was a nice, small place, morning. in my-life." ously known as The Pub. close by the local apartments," PLEASE SEE CAUSE ON AS PLEASESEE STUDENT'S ON AS "I had some text messages, Bevitz, who took ownen;hip Though there is substantial Vaughn said. "I know some Strict road rules for UCF goJf carts I ' . WOODY WOMMACK they're having fun watching us try to site. They state that all golf carts must Contributing Writer get out oftheir way." · be registered with Parking Services Many organizations such as SGA, and are not allowed to be used on UCF students often have to duck CAB, Physical Plant, Housing and sidewalks from 8:30 am. to 2:30 p.m. and dodge their way through the Athletics have golf carts that they use Enforcement of the golf cart rules • crowded campus sidewalks as they for official business throughout cam­ falls on Parking Services and the UCF hurry to class; but many students are pus. Police Department. However, neither being forced off the sidewalks by "I use the cart to take promotional of these agencies seems to get many speedlng golf carts, usually driven by items over to housing, and hang up my complaints. other students or employees. fliers throughout campus," said Cecil­ "We might have one or two com­ But who are these unnamed driv­ ia Chik, CAB promotions director and plaints a month," said Cpl. James Roop ers? And more importantly, who's math education major. "Usually, I try of the UCF Police. ''.And when we do making sure that students aren't get­ to yield to pedestrians; but I do use the get a complaint, they never know the ting hurt by runaway carts? sidewalks because there's nowhere golf cart number or the driver:• "Most of the student golf cart driv­ else to drive." Roop said more carts aren't cited JAMES ANDRES I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ers just look like they're joy riding UCF has strict rules pertaining to for driving on sidewalks because "' Two golf carts make their way around campus via the sidewalks. According to rules enforced by Parking Services through campus," senior art major golf cart operation, which can be and UCF police; all golf carts must be registered and are banned from use on sidewalks from 8:30 a.m.