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I · event attracts costume clad anime lovers. -SEE VARIITT,A10 - ( ~, . CINEMA ·Road trip! One reporter's adventure • , } th wild f rn . Geo • d th C lin Nogueira Nogueira met with me SUl11111er Journey exp ores e erness o J. ennessee, ,rgia an e aro as earlier in the week to give me · . AMANDA MOORE · crash course on how to pack for ', Snaking through 11-inch pas- else a girl could want. And there are bats. Did we everything we would be do~ sages deep in a tave. Getting so The Future embedded writer ;ilready :mention the bats? . Staff Writer from cave spelunking to white covered in mud ~d clay your · and photographer Amanda To get a better idea of what's water rafting. She is all smiles. mother wouldn't recognize you. . Moore in the group of eight stu- happening, keep reading. The Friday, May 4 After struggling to lift my own ) Playing peekaboo with a palm- dents and four gwdes to docu- Future will also be updating the 6 a.m., 30 minutes befure the pack into a black trailer attached sized bat. ment the trip. She will r~port on Web site·Wednesday and Friday road trip gets underway to one ofthe vans_ vans that we Everything a girl could ask how the physically grueling trip to see what the group has done would later randomly christen
.I for. bonds the group together and · in the meantime, so check back We meet by moonlight. The, Chuck Norris and Qµagmire, the This summer, Outdoor · how the trip affects her. at http://www.centralfloridafu- balmy air envelopes me like a latter after the wonderfully per- Adventure, a 'division of the The ~oup left Friday morn- ture.com for the full story, blanket, comforting, though it verted Family Guy character _ . Recreation and Wellness Cen- ing and went cave diving. Satur- including photos. Next Monday, makes me dangerously drowsy. the crew slowly arrives. ter, decided to bundle seven day was hiking to a waterfall, look for a recap of the entire Nathan Renstrom, one of four I am not a morning person, separate activities across .the and Sunday -:was mountain bile- trip. trip leaders who will accompany never was and probably never Southeast together for the Out- ing. Already, the group has Moore will be entering her us, is the first to welcome me. will be. Though I wear a stoic door Adventure East Coast begun bonding over the shared sophomore year at UCF this fall · Before I can utter a greeting, facade, I. am absolutely thrilled Road Trip. The trip is seven experiences, especially in the In the short year since she came he shouts through the fog, "Good and ready to explode on the intense days of cave diving, depths of the cave, where the to the Future, she has published morning! Are you awake yet?'' inside. I stand in a small circle white water rafting, mountain group helped a claustrophobic more than 70 photos and eight Inside an office, I spot the sole biking, hiking and everything team member face her fears. stories. familiar face of Roberta PLEASE SEE CAVE ON A6 I
•t ·'Greek Ghetto' hou_se feels th~ burn in training exercise The real SPACE SATELLITE RIDES ABALLISTIC World . ·i Agroup of university beckons students in Kentucky are developing a program to Words of encouragement and launch a satellite into space. The catch: They're cheers mark commencement launching from the former Soviet Union satellite NICOLE WILLIS nation of Kazakhstan. Contributing Writer ~niversity officials said the project will cost a frat1ion Hundrt ds of UCF graduates from the of the price by launching College of Engineering and Computer overseas. Oh yeah, the 1 Science, College of Optics and Photonics kilogram cube's chariot will and the Rosen College of Hospitality be a Soviet-era Management bid adieu to peace strikes, ,) intercontinenta I ballistic parking hassles anfl Polaris Saturday. . missile: That's Niiice! . A proud silence hung over the UCF Arena when the <;:eremony began. While
.1 the audience on either side of the stu AROUND CAMPUS, Al dents and.st.;ige sat with. delighted faces in the dim light, the newly confirmed STATEWIDE JOB FAIR graduates basked in the glow of the over head lights aimed at them and the stage. WILL BE HELD THURS. The further the ceremony progressed; AT THE UCF ARENA the louder and more ubiquito'tis the The 19th Annual Statewide Job Fair cheers became. will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A few of the graduation caps were decorated with names, sorority letters, Thursday, May 10,atthe UCF Arena. Firefighters from the Orange a More than 150 employers typically . County Fire Rescue stop to blinking red light and the words, "Hi ,. attend this event, which is sponsored chat while an abandoned Mom.'' building in the neighborhood Saturday morning's commencement by Florida Career Centers, known as the"Greek Ghetto" goes up in flames on April 28. The fire was part of a PLEASES EE GRADUATES ON AS LOCAL &,STATE, A2 controlled training exercise for the fire department. TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR LOWER PROPERTY-TAX RATES · Due to the sheer complexity of the issue and philosophical differences, a . 60-day session among lawmakers ended Friday without a tax cut. The issue will take time, and Gov. Charlie Crist endorsed a decision to bump the property tax reform to a special session in June.
NATION& WORLD ,A4 ' GREGORY TERRITO I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Students from the College of Engineering and Computer EMERGENCY CREWS Science, the College of Optics and Photonics and the RESUMES SEARCH FOR · Rosen College of Hospitality Management stand as faculty file into the UCF Arena during the graduation TORNADO SURVIVORS ceremony on Saturday. The search continued in Greensburg, Kan., a day after being temporarily suspended as another storm approached. The tornadoes rampaged - • across the Midwest plains, from South Peer mentors help transfer students adjust to UCF Dakota to Oklahoma. RICHARI;> BILBAO school year, -UCF received a Petit, who transferred to mation presented at orienta tion, students are at risk of not . Contributing Writer total ·of 5,639 students, from UCF from the University of tion. knowing which credits trans_. INDEX TODAY'S both other ·universities and Akron in Ohio, said that the rea "A lot of students come from ferred and which didn't. Around Campus 2 WEATHER For the last three years, the community colleges. In the son she transferred here was classrooms with 30 people to "I was one of those stu Weather 2 number of transfer students 2006-2007 school year the because UCF had an interesting classes with 400," she said. Petit dents," she said Local & State 2 flowing into UCF has been on number rose to 7,066 students, a space program and its close said that the size difference can Petit said that ifa student has Nation & Wor1d 4 the rise, but the unique chal 25.3 percent increase. proximity to NASA be rough, but a common prob problems with a transferred lenges that transfer students Opinions 9 "I think UCF is getting a bet ,Petit said that she notices lem she's encountered was credit, they should petition for face are the same as they ever ter name for itself," said Jennifer that transfer students are being helping students with credit those classes. She said that con Variety . 10 WINDY were. Sports 13 Petit, an engineering major and overwhehned by the transition transfer problems. tacting the professor of the According tO data from peer mentor at the Office of early on. She said that she has Petit said that because trans class and providing information aassifieds 16 79° 55° UCF's Office of Institutional Sudoku 17 Transfer and Transition Ser- even seen students fe~ling pres ferring credits don't get HIGH LOW Research, in the 2002-2003 vices. sured by the amount of infor- processed until after orienta- · Crossword 17 PLEASE SEE TRANSFERS ON AS lo ... • AROUND CAMPus · ectutral • News and notices for the UCF community tewide Job Fair starts Thurs. 11oriba Attention UCF graduates - i out how to put that degree · • ise this week. 1uturt The 19th Annual Statewide · Fair will be held from 10 The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 1. to 3 p.m. Thursday- at the May 7, 2007 • :F Arena. Vol 39, Issue 90 • 18 Pages More than 150 employers kally attend the event, The Centro/ Florida Future is the independent, student written newspaper at the Univffiity of Central Florida. ich is sponsored by Florida Opinions in the Future al'!! those of the individual reer Centers, a group of · columnist and not necessadlythose of the editorial staff or the Unive~ity administration. All content is property of :eer Services directors from the Centrp/ Florida Future and may not be reprinted in part :F and other universities. or In whole without pennlssion from the publisher. For more information, visit x//www.floridacareer tters.org. Editor in Chief fessor speaks on smart cameras Abe Aboraya x213 UCF professor Wayne Wolf [email protected] l speak today from 2 p.m. to ) p.m. on the emergence and Opinions Editor 1lications of smart cameras. Matt Morrison x213 Smart cameras combine [email protected] :;.. ..~ rsically distributed catQ.eras Sports Editor l embedded computer pro Melissa Heyboer x215 ms to analyze what the cam sports@(entra/F/oridafuture.com s see. The presentation will be in Variety Editor • Harris Corporation Engi Jenny Andreasson x214 :ring Center, Room 125. variety@(entralRoridaFuture.com Photo Editor -order 7th Harry Potter book James Andres • Fans of the J.K. Rowling Senior Staff Writer ies can order a copy the sev ART DRAWN FROM FAITH Abeer Abdalla h and final installment ofthe • ies at the UCF Bookstore. Staff Writers Studio art major Victor Anderson, Brandon Bielich, judgmental toward other peo Nathan Curtis, William Goss, finds inspiration ple, but I'm not that hardcore," . Mary Knowles-, Zach Moore, Aviles said Brian Murphy, Ileana Rodriguez, • in her own beliefs Still, ~he said she is a firm Crystal Scott, Robyn Sidersky LOCAL believer, and that becoming a NICOLE WILLIS Christian gave her a new and Copy Editors Contributing Writer improved outlook on her life. Padrick Brewer, Jenn Kepler, • &STATE "It's taught me how to love Matt Morrison, Keep local with headliries Alyssa Aviles, 19, puts down people and life," Aviles said Staff Photographers It you may 1iave missed her Bible and sits at her Apple Maria Wells Pezzoli, a staff Rebecca Barnett, Brian Bustos, computer, but not to do home member of Campus Crusade Ben Edelstein, Brian Fieg, Nigel Gray, mer astronaut's attorneys given work or check Facebook. She's for Christ, is passionate about Andy Jacobsohn, Amanda Moore, jitional 60 days before trial beginning another graphic Aviles' work and the organiza Ryan ~elham ORLANDO Defense masterpiece. tion. Editorial Cartoonist omey Donald Lykkebak "If I'm in a funk, I read the ''.Alyssa is so creative in Spain Fischer iuld not tell reporters what he Bible, and the passages inspire ways that I am just not," Pezzoli Art Director pes to find on a missing me:' Aviles said said. Ben Henderson • leotape of former astronaut Avile.s is a studio art major Pezzoli and her husband ;a Nowak in a holding cell, and creates art not only for her have worked for Campus Cru Graphic Artists t on Friday he convinced the portfolio but also for UCF's sade for Christ nationally for Cara Cooper, Joseph Mangabat lge to allow more time before Christian organization Cam five years, beginning at the Editorial Adviser al. pus Crusade for Christ, of University of Alabama. Her Alex Babcock x210 Circuit .Judge Marc Lubet which she is an active member. husband, David, was the open [email protected]• 1e Lykkebak an additional 60 Whenever she is stressed or ing act for Andre Kole's per .. ys to prepare his case from unhappy, she expresses her formance at UCF on March 6. len he receives the videotape feelings in her art, either in a The event was sponsored part d an improved transcript of painting or graphically on her ly by Caiµpus Crusade for 'wak's initial interview with computer. Being a Christian Christ. She learned through· .. lice. also helps her Qvercome every attending the weekly meetings The first transcript was day obstacles, she said that there is more to 'being a ''.A chapter from Ps~ Christian than going to church .edited and unintelligible, J . Advertising Sales Director kkebak argued in court Fri helped me through some every Sunday. • drama a while ago. It was about "Having a real, personal Mark Lanarisx204 Y. Markl@Knight~ewspapers.wm ''The state was charged with a man drowning who had no relationship with God is what tting an improved copy ofthe hope but for God to save him. It changed the way I see every University Sales Director 'e to me and·giving me an showed me that when it seems thing - people,' circumstances Heissam Jebailey x201 " proved transcript, and a like there is no hope for things and the purpose oflife," Pezzoli [email protected] mth has passed, and I still do to get better, if you trust God, said Classifieds Sales Director he will bring you through it," COURTESY ALYSSA AVILES Aviles' post-graduation t have them," he said "Tbfy Studio art major Alyssa Aviles, 19, displays some of her skillful self portraits. Aviles said she Trisha Irwin x212 • tlize the significance to me Aviles said draws on the Bible for inspiration but considers herself"open·minded." dream is to travel the world, Trisha/@KnightNewspapers.com Aviles created mock adver take pictures in third-world d the significance to them." Distribution Manager Nowak, a former NASA tisements for campaigns such countries and publish them in as (Product) RED for her art a book. · Drew Agan x211 :ronaut, faces life in prison computer to add digital effects. someone using one of their ·[email protected] :er being charged with classes, all of which can be Her favorite piece of art she iPods on a brightly colored "The more I karn about empting to kidnap Air Force ·viewed on her Facebook pro has created is an image of a dal background She even created God, the more it inspires me to , General Manager : Brian Linden x220 ptain Colleen Shipmah. file. She also designed ads for matian that initially appears to a few silhouettes of herself. get other people to look at their • Invisible Children, an organi be a series ofblack splotches. It Aviles said she looks more own faith and life," Aviles said \_-..~~~~~~~~!.9-~~~=~:'!!~=~'~':! .. -·' j PLEASE SEE LOCAL ON A4 . zation raising a~areness of was entirely composed on her like an artist than a "stereotyp She is currently working on child abduction and displace computer. ical Christian." She had her lip an ink wash, or black-and Fax: 407-447-4556 ment in Uganda "I guess I was just born with pierced and describes her style white watercolor, featuring koi Published by Knight Newspapers !! ' Aviles enjoys drawing or creativity," Aviles said . as ''very unique." She has even fish. 3361 Rouse Rd.. 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Acar bomber Easj: Colonial :.:i lid possibly fairer - property ripped through a commercial district killing at least 27 p~ople and wounding dozens. -:4."' bees until a special session . inside Wal-Mart Supercenter me .12-22 because lawmakers Car bomb in western Baghdad time for the community to I 1250 E Colonial Dr. f:j !2!CJJ!nfL~ <::!> •:t recover,'' Bush said Sunday, J- ~ere unable to resolve the kills 30 amid growing violence Orlando, FL 32817 Great care. Fast and fair. ieer complexity of their top BAGHDAD - A car bomb referring to Greensburg, after ·sue or overcome their own ripped through a wholesale attending a morning service at 321-354-0112 bilosqphical differences. food market in western Bagh a church in Washington. '~d "To solve that many moving dad on Sunday, flattening cars so we'll help in any way we arts and do it right takes more and shops and killing at least can." me," said Rep. Dean Cannon, 27 people in one of the dead "There's a certain spirit in Wmter Park Republican who liest attacks in the capital in the Midwest t>f our country, a ~ d the House's property ~ recent days. pioneer spirit 'that still exists, egotiating team. "I think peo The attack came amid an ll and I'm confident this com le ought to, be encouraged week-old crackdown by U.S. munity'will be rebuilt,'' Bush iat we're going to take our _led forces intended to bring said. me and get it right." stability to Baghdad. Crist endorsed the decision. The blast, which erupted Kenyan airport officials find signs "It's very complicated stuff, · about noon in the mixed of lost fligllt with 114 passengers really is, and you don't want Sunni-Shiite Baiyaa neighbor LOLODORF, Cameroon - > suffer from, the unintended hood, devastated th~ market, Signs have been found of a· onsequences,'' he said. reducing cars and trucks to Kenya-bound flight that • Florida's tax system has their 'charred skeletons and crashed in Cameroon with ll4 een compared to a balloon. ripping the roofs and exteriors people on board; an· aviation t--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-,--~~~~~~~~~- -¥.'> queeze it in one place and off of shops. In addition to the official said Sunday. bl • nother part bulges. dead, dozens of others were Thomas Sobakam, chief of As complex as it is, though, injured. meteorology for the Doula air LSAT I, GRE· I GMAT MCAT I DAT PCAT I OAT twmakers still might have Pools of blood gathered in port from where the flight een able. to agree on some the dirt streets. Hospital offi took off, refused to describe '?;:: • ling if the House and Senate cials said two pickup trucks the signs, but said they were ad not been so far apart in filled with body parts were not pieces ·of wreckage. He .. ' ieir basic approaches.· brought to the morgue. said a state radio report that "I was waiting near a shop the cras4 site had been located -ASSOCIATED PRESS to lift some boxes, when I saw was premature. He refused further comment, stressing prep the owner of the shop fall Start your down," said Satar Hussein, 22, the search for the plane's a worker in the market. 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So while preparing for the big cessful in the field of physics as exam is smart, preparing with UCF Test Prep is smarter. Call us at well as life. 407.882.TEST or register online at www.testprep.ucf.edu . 1 "Don't follow the gang,'' he . • \ _ said. "Do what you think is .. ~. . right." · · Townes encouraged the J graduates to learn all they can and then- do what they think is most interesting. He added that · having many friends in the field " is also helpful "You're all lucky to be here and be graduating,'' he said Townes, UCF President John Hitt and Provost Terry Hickey wished the class much success and luck in the 6.t.ture. ·"If you've taken advantage of all the opportunities UCF bas to offer, then you're now ready for the new opportunities out ) there,'' Hitt said Foriner Student Body Presi dent Mark White, who graduat- ) ed from the College of Engi neering ~t the ceremony, empathized with the former students in realizing that the > real world was closer than he thought. He encouraged his classmates to constantly try to improve themselves in all GREGORYTERRITO I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ~ aspects of their lives. Top: Nobel Prize winner Charles Hard Townes speaks to students. Above: Townes, right, . "Let yourself be under con shakes hands with President John Hitt. Townes received an honoray Ph.D. at the ceremony. struction forever,'' White said Alter the traditional singing left straight for the airport for a Michele said one of her ofthe UCF alma mater, the new celebratory· trip to Europe. favorite memories from her graduates and their families When O'Neill, 22, returns, he'll graduate school experience exited the Arena to the sound be attending grad school at was listening to her sister tell ~ of bagpipes. UCF for structural and geot- . their father that she WaS taking Daniel Stuhr, 24, received his echnical engineering. a class about beer and wine. bachelor's degree in aerospace Two sisters, · seven years "It costs the same as taking engineering at the ceremony apart in age, graduated together English, Dad!" Paulette had and is debating between two from nearly the same program said post-graduation jobs. He could at the ceremony. Michele Mel The class evidently paid off either work with space technol- lor, 28, received her master's because Paulette has a job at ~ ogy in California or with flight degree in hospitality manage the Portofino Bay Hotel, and simulators in Tampa. ment, while her younger sister her sister is the entertainment A graduate of civil, engineer Paulette completed her bache- coordinator for design and pro ing, Irish-born Kevin O'Neill lor's degree. · duction at Universal Studios. Transfers troubled by change FROM A1 Garhammer said that she don't have the mindset to g!'!t was able to live on campus involved at UCF, and there ' showing that the class work because she transferred as a really is no reaching out to done is equal to what's done in sophomore, but because most them," Aponte said. He said the UCF course can help stu transfers are juniors, they that that's why he became a ~ dents get their credits trans can't. UCF Housing reserves peer mentor, to help transfer ferred successfully. on-campus residences for students become involved "This problem happens all first-year students. through clubs like Transfer · the time with out-of-state and Garhammer said that it's Knights. · ,, private universities," Petit said hard for transfer students to Transfer Knights, which Alexis Garhammer, an get involved because most started in January, was created event management major and events are directed toward to help transfer students a peer mentor, said she was freshmen. She said that only become accustomed to UCF. fortunate to not have problems freshmen are considered "new The club is intended to help transferring credits when she . students," and that is why students become familiar with . transferred from Florida transferring students miss out campus and show them the ~ Atlantic University. on on-campus events. many services provided by "I always lmew I was com Gerardo Aponte, a liberal UCF. The club holds events ing here, so I made sure to studies major and peer mentor such as a scavenger hunt that check the UCF catalog and who transferred from Indian has students lobk for items take the right classes," River Community College, around campus such as free Garhammer said said that when he started, lfe Scantrons from the Student She said one of the prob only went to class and was Government Association. lems she has noticed when unaware of the clubs and "We are llke the middle ., helping students is trying to organizations UCF had to man," Garhammer said. 'We're get them involved when most offer. just trying to get them to of them live off campus. "[Transfer students] really where they need to be." Education Director Non-profit organization seeks ,, student that is an organized self-starter, eager to learn, able to oversee projects, 4t LVorf t d. .') prepare written materials, 0 o/1 I -Coof present community based C.hcu-3e o./' 'Che t 4. e.Ci.n? programming, and join our 7"-Ce.r~.LJCV-d b. . . >') /, > ~ oss 4.Sfe.d committed team. ~ ere. the.a: ----.:::.. CCi.n?e ff Mi . 0....,... 4.nSLVer Benefits include a competitive. Y ~a.s e.c ~ Fax resume to: (407) 865-6103 or E-mail to: [email protected] \ ') May?,2007 • liiiftal ~ :htlm I._• ave spelunking helps to bond the group in the dark { ' sures me the mountain biking haired guides, and we step into a WHERE THEY ARE HEADING won't kill my ass; more than half corridor with racks of mining 12 others who seem to be of that excursion will be down helmets and headlamps. I'm FridaYJ May 4 ' · g the same emotions. To hill tempted to begin whistling a Ra(coon Mountain Caverns,Jenn. }',,.~t.:' ,,~,. < <' , ;:}: ~/ ~ Monday,May 7w surprise, only three of the The six-year couple travels song from Snow White and the , ~~..,~s<-·h" Tuesday, May 8 < < ~> ~ ... lorers are men. regularly, and once they rode a Seven Dwarves. , r Boone, eren't boys renowned for 30-mile biking stint in Hawaii Either that, or exclaim, "My ~,, ',-~ _..,,...., ' N.C. ~ love of rolling in the mud A fan blowing frigid air helps precious!" 1 playing with creepy crawly keep me awake for most ofthe ll Nogueira and I sit on the floor ects? Didn't men pride them hour drive across the Florida to put on some volleyball-style ves on being resourceful. cre Turnpike. Tatum introduces a kneepads. The floors are filthy ng fire and preparing food car game he picked up during with clay soil, but no matter, h only the simplest supplies? Bible school trips, which because we'll be unrecognizable I speak with Megan Stark, a involves finding on billboards, in by morning. ~k-haired organic-foqds afi- alphabetical order, words that Once we're in the cave, I lose 1nado, about why she, as· a start with the appropriate letter all track oftime. The air inside is man, came on the trip. ofthe alphabet a chilly 60 degrees at most Made "Hard to find girls to go ·~ead!" entirely oflimestone, the various . ( 1 nping with," Stark said. ''All "Blly or sell your timeshare!" formations around me are a ·friends just want to hang out "Citrus Center!" direct result of water erosion. he beach." , The game seems easy until Before dropping offour duffel While I can't say that hanging we get to X. by which time we bags at our sleeping site, we spot : at the beach sounded like a hope for ads for sleezy discount a sleeping bat that could have rrible idea, hiking through stops. We never found X easily fit into the palm my hand orgian hills certainly got my We begin with a fairly simple ~tion. 1p.m.,sixhomsand30 walk, but the walk morphs into a . minutes into the road trip hands-and-knees crawl, event,u 0 a.m., the trip begim ally leading to a belly crawl Wednesday, May 9 Friday~May 11 We are driving through what where we could only use our Rosman, N.C. St. Simons Island, I hopped into ye trusty ol' might be leftover smoke from toes and our arms to squeeze our Ga. last week's Georgia wildfire. I way through spaces as little as ll iagmire and met 20-year-old Thursday, May 10 rl Daniel, a junior majoring in can tell we're out of Florida sole inches. One of our own actually >rts and fitness, who said this ly by the fact that my ears are lost her pants down to her ankles Mountain Rest, s.c. %% iuld be her third trip with Out popping every five minutes or so. during this exer~ise. ·t:: ~;~ or Adventure. In December, Thick trees line the highway I regret not wearing long 1> 1iift eyk. ~ took her first snowboarding on both sides. For all w~ know, sleeves, but it's a blast to get (; #00# " ' with Outdoor Adventure in there is nothing beyond those elbows deep in claY, Save for the ...'t:clllt lorado. trees. All that exists is us, the sound of our echoing laughter, "Where else can you go to do road and our destination. the silence of the caves seems to thing called the 4S4:ent Squeeze, enthralled by how everyone midnight, all the giggling, cheer this for $375," Daniel said extend forever. Room after room, one of the smaller holes in the stuck together and constantly ing, climbing and crawling wore ' $' Trip Leader Emily Kraus 6p.m.,11hoursand30 chamber after chamber, we faith cave. warned those behind them if a me out enough that I didn't care IIID takes the first driving shift minutes into the road trip fully follow our guides as far as We likened the maneuver to particularly deep puddle or a ifI woke up with a soaked pillow. Qµaqmire as another trip 200 feet below ground and occa the birth of a live, fully-grown slippery rock lay ahead I enjoyed To prepare a semi-comfort .der, Celena Daniels, catches We finally arrive at our caving sionally pause to gaze in awe at human as chants of''push, push!" a few boosts up ifI couldn't fmd able Sleeping space in the com on her sleep. Hardly an hour · destination, Raccoon Mountain the remarkable stalagtites and seemed to aid the effort my footing, and I tried my best to pany of bats and salamanders on ;ses before there is speculation in Chattanooga, Tenn. stalagmites. Buskirk completed the task do the same for others. Each time a mattress of limestone, perform )Ut how our adventure resem We pull into a roundabout as There are numerous slides, with no problem, and we were the last person arrived safely, life the following in order: :s the MTV reality shows Real three girls in mud-slicked jeans twists, turns, cliffs and bridges,. right there on the other side to felt like a middle school slumber 1) Lay out plastic tarp. )rld and Rood Rules. walk by us. Krausmann points which necessitate using each cheer her on. Buskirk said she party all over again, only with 2) Dust off and unroll sleep 1bankfully, it isn't the ''real" out, "That's going to be us fiber of every muscle to com felt comfortable in the cave and mud-caked sneakers in place of ing pad ng, sparing our outdoor tonight!" plete a task and reach the other the relatively shorter length of feathery, neon slippers. 3) Re-adjust headlamp as venture the token drunk. After collecting only the bare side. Each formation poses a new the passage. · Experiencing the same physi needed. Dave Sindler, 29, reveals that necessities for the night - a challenge to each of us ...:.. some In a way, this reflected what cal challenges as we did in that 4) Use one knee to pin sleep sleeping bag and pad, a tarp, a more than others. actually auditioned 'for the she s;rld earlier this morning cave bonded us like nothing else ing pad and reach to sleeping ( \ al World when he lived in Tal change of clothes and clean Celena Buskirk, 32, said, before we left Orlando: the Out- could bag. Use caution in keeping i.assee, without ever having drinking water - we stuff them before we arrived, that though . door Adventure road trip was Sleeping in the cave that muddy shoes off tarp and ~theshow. into Raccoon Mountain-issued she is no stranger to spelunking, not just a fun time but a project night, however, was a challenge I clothes. Kelly Blaikie and John Tatum duffel bags, which look like they . she is claustrophobic. Somehow, We are not only encouraged, but feel I could have gone without 5) Resort to belly crawling if ~ the only couple traveling came straight from Army sur she still demanded to be in that expected to test our physical and Finding a spot offlat terrain to sleeping pad rolls up again. " th us, and they sit behind me. plus. We share our first meal cave along with us. Buskirk took mental boundaries each day. sleep on is tough enough, and While sprawled across four cor illde, a nursing major in her together: spaghetti and meat the long way around with a Buskirk accomplished just staying away from water drip ners of the tarp, utilize teeth to rd year, is swaddled in a wind balls. guide, avoiding the first few tight that ping from the ceiling is down position pillow for maximum ~aker as she earnestly reas- We meet our two curly- spaces, but decid~ to try some- At the end ofthe first day, I am right impossible. Howev~r. by comfort "" l l Are you eligible for an Avid scholarship? 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Promises of a medical school "'ucF-affiliated housing possess In light of the tragedy at Vir and football stadium lead us to ing an AK-47 and a Smith and ginia Tech, and the controversy dreamingthatwearema~cally Wesson six-shooter in his car over the lack of communication suspended beyond the darker ron April 21. between administration and things in the world, and the Did you catch that? The faculty and students following administration seems hell-bent story was six days old by the the first shooting, it is incon on ensuring that we stay ~leep, time it was published, but we ceivable that UCF would fail to relegating disturbing informa l\veren't the only ones in the inform students of Taylor's tion like Taylor to a need-to dark.. arrest. . know basis. Other news organizations What is worse is that they But students and faculty, as ,p.i~'t hear about th~ arrest would allow the story to fall well as their friends and family, until four days after it occurred, into the realm of rumor and deserve to be informed of dan DON WRIGHT I PALM BEACH POST getting their information mostly gossip to the point that people gerous individuals lurking from rumors spreading around actually feared that a gunman around campus. We need to ,:ampus about a gunman at was loose. know of the efforts being done Pegasus Pointe. Taylor visited UCF once to keep us safe. The Future heard about the befor~ with a .38 Cobra hand Most importantly, the story incident through an anonymous gun tucked into his pants, yet should not have fallen prey to 'taller. officials insist that Taylor was rumor's exaggerating effects. Student work UCF police were dispatched n't a threat. Officials said they didn't want to arrest a man they had already It is impossible to say what to cause a panic, but that's .~aptured after a news broadcast Taylor did or did not plan to do exactly what happened. aired about a possible gunman, with an AK-47 and a revolver, Do we need to know of and things didn't get much bet but it's doubtful that he every arrest on or off campus? brandsUCF ter from there. The UCF Police required such firepower to fmd Of course not. What does it Department spent the day a parking space. matter to the UCF community Times are a'changin'. Bob Dyla:n that the finest UCF marketing team enduring a media tongue lash We congratulate UCFPD, if some freshman gets busted knew it and now President John could muster. the basics of what I ing for not informing the public especially the efforts of Sgt. for underage drinking? All we Hitt and UCF officials are singilig saw in that center spread showed of the arrest of Jonathan Woody Furnas, who recognized · ask is that the university uses a the same tune. UCF isn't going to me that UCF seems to be on the 'Andrew Taylor. Taylor from prior arrests. little common sense when be the same university in 10 years. right track our own track. We woulcJ. pity UCFPD if We only wish that UCFPD deciding what stories to tell and In fact, there won't be a university If UCF wants to create a name their suffering in this case was and News and Information which to keep quiet. like it in Florida. for itself in the here and now, it can Jl't, to a large extent, self-inflict shared our feelings, as.they We also could do with some The other day, I picked up a not follow th!'! same course of matu ed. seem more interested in pre · more cooperation between copy of the News for Neighbors pub rity as its fellow Florida universi The university's point of senting a false front than in UCFPD and Ne'Ws and Informa lication the university sends to· ties. view is that there was no need informing students and faculty tion to get the word out and communities surro\J.nding UCF. JENNIFER LARINO Instead, UCF must rely on its to tell students and faculty of of the fme job police did to present the best information on The front page was nothing new; it Staff Writer research and graduates, the base main Taylor's arrest, and they remove a possible threat from the univ~rsity possible. was filled with general hoopla elements of any university, to tie it tain that they did not violate the campus. When a man is arrested with about the new buildings going up on campus to the community and form a relationship· Jeanne Clery Act, which makes While it's understandable -an AK-47 five days after the VT and recent decisions by the Board of that commands respect. We're letting the it the responsibility of a univer that officials would not want to massacre, that's something that 'Ilustees. What struck me though was the knowledge, the skills and the alacrity of UCF sity to make timely reports of cause a panic, we are confused people need to know about. center spread of the modest newsletter: students brand UCF. Or, at least, that's the threats on campus. · as to what's so terrifying about It is important that we ''What is UCF's brand?" plan. • Tiue .enough. There was no a preemptive and effective receive the truth of what hap It's odd to think that universities, especial UCF needs to expand and improve its aca evidence to prove that Taylor move against a potentially dan pens at our university. We ly public ones, have a "brand," but the more demic sphere by not only offering a diverse posed an ongoing thre::tt to the gerous individual. Normally, deserve that much. ' Gators stickers and Seminole signature plates· amount of areas of study, but also by graduat I see on the backs of cars, the more I realize ing students who are the best at what they what UCF has been missing out on. do. Sure we're a rather young university. FSU This inevitably means more money needs and UF both have over 100 years on us, but to be spent on faculty and curriculum devel why has it taken so long to make a name fot opment for all majors. We are seeing this ourselves? Why do seasoned Florida resi with the new medical school being built at Democrats' Iraq dents who ask where I study need a little Lake Nona; more funds are being poured into . . background before they recognize the the facility and its faculty to better support acronym UCF? an excellent curriculum. It seems as though UCF has tried to fol This should be the case with every college low the Florida public university growth iii the university. UCF is unique in that the model: build a sports program that makes learners, teachers and thinkers here are bill just for show people want to invest in your institution that unique; no other university has them. Money creates a legacy that sons and daughters of needs to be invested in them. onestly, who didn't see and wish to see the conflict We are not arguing whether · alumni can adhere to. There are few sources As far as research goes, I'm sure the guys H this one coming? On quickly ended, but this type of the war is right or wrong: that's of income more stable than that of a die-hard doing the incredible work are tired of being May 1, Congress pre legislation is misguided. just the kind of overly broad sports fan. in the background We need to team our sented the p;resident with a Clearly this bill was never view that leads le~slators to But UCF can't do that. This isn't a discred resources and knowledge here at UCF with $124 billion funding bill for the meant to serve a purpose believe that campaigns and it to the UCF sports program. We have many the doers out in the community. lraq war, which included a beyond being a great middle politics are more important successful teams that glide, remorsefully, . If we have leading 'research on a drug, we timetable for an eventual troop finger waggled in the face of an than the needs of the individ under the radar of public - and student - need to team with those pharmaceutical pullout from Iraq. increasingly unpopular presi ual soldier. attention (I love it when I hear someone companies that can make that drug. They According to the bill, if the dent, and as well-deserved as But here's an idea. Rather gasp, 'We have an ice hockey club?"). take care of business, and we do the rest. 1raqi government, which is cur- this may be, it is clear that ' than paying lip-service to con In a time where national championships With a booming economy here in Orlan . rently as secure as a deer in a Congress needs a lesson in pri stituents or performing pre are mounting in Gainesville, we can't com do, there is no reason why this can't happen. wolf pack, fails to meet bench orities. presidential posturing for the pete. Maybe if research got national coverage With a new stadium, season and name, marks set forth in the bill, Bipartisan bickering has its voters, why don't Democrats or an NCAA title we could, but you can't UCF Knights football can move up the ranks, American troops would start place in American politics, but do something really revolution have everything. pulling in money and a UCF ''brand" with its leaving the war-battered coun it should never come before ary and try to work with the It is certainly not the case that other Flori ascension. I'd rather not wait, though. try as soon as July and no later the needs of men and women White House to end the war da public universities provide subpar This sentence caught my eye at the end of ~an October. serving on the front lines. By rather than run repeatedly into research. Yet when an institution is consid the section: "IfUCF does not defme itself, it · President Bush promised to denying, even for a moment, the same brick wall? ered the best of the best in one area, it is will be defmed by others." veto the bill for two months the funds necessary to support Let us pause for the ensuing assumed competent in the others. Although a cliche marketing phrase, in before it reached his desk, yet American soldiers in Iraq, groan. Although laid out in the flowery language this case, it strikes true. Democrats continued to push Democrats have done a dis It is understandable to the le~slation despite the fact service to the very people they believe the administration is that they lacked the votes to have vowed to see safely home. unbendable in its victory-at ~verride a Bush veto. Nor are the recent chides any-cost position, but Democ READER VIEWS Now that the dust has set against the veto going to shame rats cannot allow prejudice to tled, and Congress moves on to a president whose approval get in the way of meaningful The benefit that action had for the country craft new legislation that will ·rating hovers around 30 per change in Iraq. With at least Queer studies program at UCF is tremendous. Along with African-American give American troops the cent. 3,360 American deaths' in this could start wave of change studies programs spreading like wildfire in resources they need to survive The president's actions in conflict so far, and Iraq, itself, the U.S., other ethnic studies programs such in hostile territory, we are left this matter serve as no sur- facing the threat of civil war, as ~hicano studies and Asian-American stud with one lingering question: . prise. The war in Iraq is the there is very little choice left. The University of Central Florida should ies popped up and allowed students and fac "What was the point of all this? defining event of his presiden The worst thing we can do not just consider, but should immediately ulty to honestly describe their experiences . With cameras rolling, House cy; if it fails, he fails. If he con is nothing, and this bill be~ mapping out an implementation plan and to deconstruct what and how power and Senate majority leaders siders victory even remotely achieved just that. for a well-funded queer studies program. structures asserted stereotypes onto their qroudly signed a bill they knew possible, why would he choose If Congress must snub their The April 25 article detailing the GLBSU's communities. These programs also served as fiad no chance of survival. We retreat, and the inevitable des collective noses at the adminis Gay Awareness Week is evidence enough that a meeting ground to rationally chart change understand the opinions of tiny of being forever known as tration, they should do so on there is a burgeoning community on campus for future generations, something that should many congressional members . the president who led us into a their own time and not at the that is ready to put visibility on the forefront be a major concern of an educational institu who oppose the war in Iraq futile war? soldiers' expense. of undoing social stereotypes of identity con tion in a free society. structions. The university should support this UCF administrators are concerned with by creating an atmosphere for demonstrating providing their students the best possible edu on campus and should empower students by cation. A well-funded queer studies program offering the best academic resources. - and the expansion of other programs like Visibility is on the forefront of any social Women's Studies and similar programs - The Future encourages comments from readers. In order to be change for oppressed people and the universi could potentially be the envy ofthe nation and considered for publication, letters to the editor should not exceed ty's ability to foster academic development could start a wave of change throughout the has historically cultivated this tactic. country by undoing the forces that hope to 300 words; we may edit for length. Submit them on line at In the 1960s, a gro~p of studen~ and facul keep people divided www.CentralfloridaFuture.com 9r fax them to 407-447-4556. ty of mixed ethnicity at San Francisco State .. University organized a five-month strike and - PATRICK DECARLO Questions? Call 407-447-4558. won an African-American studies program. STUDENTS FOR ADEMOCRATIC SOCIETY ' . ' ' I www.CentralFloridaFuture.com ·Monday, May 7, 2007 ·ii. ~l . Tirls year's guest of honor was actor Phil LaMar:t: Best lmownfor his zany characters onMad TV; LaMarr Japane~e SlllicWtur~ atJACON ,. has done tons ofvoice acting, most recently in TMNT. · Nabbe, a U<;::F student in the early '90s, said the con- vention was held in the UCF Student Union from 2000 4~0©0 to 2004, and has been heid at the resort the last three ·drawsifl .. , animation•• f fa11S ' '· years because new student orientation has made it too · , ' ..., . ~ ' ; ·r difficult to book th~ Union. RICH~RD BILBAO and Pokemon, are the two majn categories ofthe Japan But even though JACON changed venues, its goal is Contributing Writer . ese su.Pculture represented at JACON.Anime TV show still' the same. ' · . '· ' concepts often start out as mangas. 'jACON is the celebration of Japap.ese anime and Japanese animation ~- many decked out inhom~ · About ·40 percent of convention attendees came to regulai animation," Nabbe said "Everybody is here made character costum¢s, flocked this p~ weekend to the event, in handmade costume~ depicting their because we !eve the art'' · JACON, the Japanese.Ariimation Convention,;m Orlan- . favorite character. · . , . Nabbe said JACON was created by the Japanese do event .that celebn!'tes anim~ mang~{ and· other · Mally Were dressed as characters from the TV show Animation Chili of Orlando to promote Japaµese cul .aspects ofJap~ su~~ , . '.. ·: ·. . «. Naruto, a Japanese program that :p:iade its debut on Car- ture. Th'e Japanese Anhnation Chm ofOrlando used to The conventiontookp~ at the ;rntematiQruil Plaza· ' toon Network this~ Another popular show for~ be a UCF club, but it later moved oft campus. . Resort and Spa from May M>. Attendees enjoyed a 24- tumes.was Bleach, another .new-to-the-U.S. show on MarrY ofthe evenfs organizers are fans who volun hour video gaming room, and were able to buy fig- Cartoon Network ·teer to help with the planning,ofJACON. Nabbe urines, poste.rs, shirts and even sciuhdtracks ,totheir Convention chairman Kenneth Nabbe said the <;:ra- detjined to reveal the amount of money spent to stage favorite TV shows. · , · , ,. .. ziest costumes he .saw were a group wearing head-to-. the convention due to competition but ~d the JACONeventsincludedindustrypap.el~ions, · foe animal costumes. Although homemade, they entrance fees are all recycled into next year's event · a casino night, costuipe contests, aji .art show, a music reminded him ofsomething you would see at Walt Dis- · JAeoN 20,07 attracted more than 4,000 people. . video contest, a rave party and a fonruil ball called.the ney World · ·.. 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BRIAN MURPHY Staff Writer p GAMES REMAINING The UCF Baseball team was unable to carry over TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FINAL UCF 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 9 Stetson (A) May8 Z:OOPM the momentum from their first-ever C-USA sweep as ECU (A) Mayll 7:00 PM it lost three of its first four games this past week MEMPHIS 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 " ECU (A) May12 6:00PM . After the Knights lost to No. 28 Stetson on ECU (A) May13 l:OOPM Wednesday, 10-7, they dropped two of three games Marshall{H) May17 6:30PM against the Memphis Tigers over the weekend. TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FINAL Marshall (H) May18 6:30 PM UCF 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Marshall (H) May19 1:00 PM The Knights (23-26 overall, 5-13 in a single to right field. Kiko Vazquez C-USA (A) May23-27 TBA Conference USA) came from and Chris Duffy then made the MEMPHIS 0 0 0. 0 0 4 3 0 x 7 .. ~ .... ,...... "" ...... ' ...... " ...... behind to claim a 9-6 win on Friday. score 5-4 with back-to-back home :Sut, the Knights couldn't hold on, runs. It was the first time two NEXT GAME 11!) dropping Saturday's game 7-3 and Knights hit back-to-back home runs Sunday's game 10-9. since May 6, 2005. TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FINAL ,, The Knights trailed 5-1 in Friday's Ryan Richardson f.ollowed with a ....." .. vs. game, but finally got their offense single to left field and he advanced UCF 1 0 0 '2 1 3 0 2 0 9 ·c&" s UCF Stetson started in the sixth, scoring four to third when Memphis pitcher Ben 't runs with two outs. MEMPHIS 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 x 10 May 8, 7:00 p.m. I Deland, Fla. Tyson Auer started the rally with PLEASE SEE MOMENTUM ON A14 . Jags take Walker in round.3 MELISSA HEYBOER Sports Editor Recent UCF graduate Mike Walker won't have to travel far in order to continue his football career. Walker was selected in the third round, 79th overall, by the Jacksonville Jaguars at the 2007 NFL Draft ·held April 28-29. Friends and family waited for nearly 10 hours before receiving the phone call that he would join the Jaguars. "This is a dream come true," Walker said in a press release following his selection. "This has been a crazy day, but it's been well worth it. As RYAN PELHAM I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE you can see I have a great family, probably the REBECCA BARN ITT I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTUI Sophomore Breanne Javier slides into home in the Knights' 1-0 win over the UTEP Miners on April 28. UCF graduate Mike Walker was selected as the 79th overall pick in PLEASE SEE WALKER ONA14 the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Softball swept by C-USA foe Memphis in-3 games -' Golf finishes sixth in C-USA tourney MELISSA HEYBOER ond place. Nicol;:ts Geyger and Brett Myer WOODY WOMMACK important series that helped to Sports Editor each shot a three-day total of 3-under-par 213. Staff Writer determine seeding in the 2007 C UAB's Garrett Osborne led all golfers, fin USA Tournament. The UCF Men's Golf team concluded their ishing first in the individual ranking with a 4 While the rest of the UCF stu Unfortunately for the Knights spring season last weekend finishing· sixth at under-par 212. dent body finished classes and they dropped both games in a dou the Conference· USA Championships at the Junior Giwon Suh turned out the best over headed off for summer vacation, ble-header bn Saturday and fell in Texarkana Country Club in Arkansas. The all score for t4e Knights, finishing the tourna the. UCF Softball team was still game three on, Sunday. Knights finished the three-day, ll-team event ment with a 5-over-par 221. Suh finished in 14tl hard at work wrapping up their After the three losses the shooting a 20-over-par 886. place overall. Conference USA regular season. Knights are now 35-24 overall on 1 The 23rd ranked Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF's next l.tlghest finisher was sophomor• The Knights spent the weekend the season and 11-13 in conference took home top honors at the championships, Preston Brown who finished in 16th place witl playing a three-game series against finishing the tournament at 9-under-par 855; conference foe Memphis, an PLEASE SEE COMEBACK ON A14 Tulsa also had two golfers who tied for sec- PLEASE SEE SUH ON A1 \ . ~om~ntum swept tway after sweep .1¢ MAB "It is funny because Coach [Rich] Wallace had told me before · made a bad pickoff throw the ball game that was the best bat first. Eric Kallstrom made the ting practiced he'd ever taken,'' · ers pay for the error with an Bergman said about Horwath. n single to left. "Mentally, he thought that he was The Knights took the lead with really zoned in on everything:' o more runs in the sixth, one of UCF starting pitcher Jaager ·ch was earned, when Auer sin Good didn't have a great outing as •d up the middle to score Matt he pitched five innings, allowing i.>rwath and Dwayne Bailey. five runs [two earned] and seven Vazquez gave UCF two insur hits. But, the bullpen kept the ce runs in the ninth with a home Knights in the game. Weiss and n over the center field wall. Austin Hudson allowed just one stin Weiss picked up his seventh run in the final four innings. Weiss ve of the year by recording the earned the win by closing out the aa1 five outs. game with a hitless 1.2 innings. With RBI singles from Bailey UCF claimed another come .d Vazquez, UCF led 2-0 going to from-behind victory the next day. e sixth inning of Saturday's The Knights trailed 3-1 heading to me. Kyle Sweat had given up just the eighth. nm Russell started the ~ hits over the first five innings, inning with a single to left field. tt unraveled in the sixth. 'After Hartman laid down a sacri- K.K. Chalmers began the inning fice bunt that moved pinch-runner · · RYAN PELHAM I CENTRALFL ORIDAF UTURE lth a single. After he advanced to Bryan Bennett to second, Horwath Senior Cid Alvarez lays down a bunt in the Knights'1·0 win over the UTEP Miners on April 29.Alvarez was O•for-2 in the game with a sacrifice bunt.Senior Kacie Feaster and cond on a ground out, Chalmers brought Bennett home with a dou sophomore Breanne Javier picked up the only two hits for the Knights in the win. UCF swept the three-game series against UTEP, outscoring the Miners 15-0. ored on a single by Bill Moss. ble to left-center. [le out later, Adam Amar dou Horwath moved to third on a ~ to left field, scoring Moss. The ground out from Shane Brown and gers took the lead three pitches scored on a wild pitch to tie the Comeback falls short in game 3 score at 3-3. Auer worked a two ·er when Joey Lieberman hit a ( -run home rim. out walk and Vazquez doubled Brett Bordwine relieved Sweat · down the left-field line to score play. The Memphis Tigers, moved to UCF GOLDEN .KNIGHTS Bullard to second on a sacrifice bunt, start the seventh, but he allowed Auer, giving the Knights a 4-3 lead. 35-23 overall and 10-12 in C-USA play. Snapp would hit a single to right field ree runs in one inning of work. Sweat earned the win with The Knights lost a heartbreaker 2-1 scoring Bullard from second. Despite a late comeback, UCF eight innings pitched and Weiss in ll innings in game one of the double Neither team, however, could find header. Allison Kime fell to 21-10 after 19 ~ in game three Sunday, 10-9. preserved the victory by pitching a their offense after the fifth inning; 'and Bailey led the offense, going 3- hitless ninth inning. · the. complete-game loss. She gave up . the Knights again lost 2-1 to wrap up a r-5 at the plate with three runs The Knights completed the just two runs on 10 hits while striking disappointing day overall. out ll Tiger batters. · .a an RBI. sweep on Sunday with an 8-4 win Lexi Gresham was tagged with her With scoring hard to come by in fifth loss of the seasqn. She allowed one Eric English was tagged with in one of their most ~omplete Vs. Memphis: e loss. He went games of the sea l::>oth games, Kacie Feaster led the way Snapp went 3-for-3 run on four hits in two innings of work. innings allowing son. Eric English for the Knights. She recorded two hits in the Knights' 2-1 In game three, the Knights fell 2-1 ght runs off six pitched a career in game one, and had the only RBI in. loss to the Tigers in despite a seventh inning comeback. "Maybe the high seven innings, the fifth inning. game two of the Kime picked up her second loss of ts. three game series. Prior . to the allowing just two The Knights had many different the series, pitching six innings and emphis and Stet team's runs on five hits.' chances to put runs on the board, but allowing two runs on five hits. just couldn't get it done, stranding eight The Knights had just three hits on in games, the The Knights' !lights played maturing and offense supported runners during the game. the afternoon. Feaster, Javier and eir .most impres- him with a season The Tigers scored their first run of no outs. UCF's Amber Lamb commit Hillary Bari:ow each had a hit. the game in the third inning when two ted a costly throwing error, allowing · Prior to the Memphis series, the 1e weekend growing. If high 15 hits, includ- · ries ofthe season ing another three wild pitches by Kime allowed Lindsey Leila Dolfo of Memphis to come home Knights clinched a spot in the C-USA reeping Tulane in hits for Horwath. Pridgen to score from second base. from third for the winning run. tournament by 'sweeping the UTEP you're go~na · ( I reegames. The Knights The Knights would even the score at Despite Cat Snapp's perfect 3-for-3 Miners in a three game series in Orlan In Friday's never trailed in the one in the top of third inning. at the plate, the Knights couldn't pull do April 28-29. The Knights were led ries opener, Hor- play well, game and blew it With one out, Lindsay Dean reached together a win. Snapp drove in the only by reigning C-USA hitter of the week second on the throwing error by Mem run of the game for the Knights in the Breanne Javier, who went 4-for-8 at the 1th hit for the open in the seventh •) 'St cycle in school play_well at inning. With one phis shortstop. Ashley Van Ryn would top of tlie fifth inning. plate with three ·RBis in the series. story and Duffy out, the Knights lay down a sacrifice bunt in the next at At the time of Snapp's RBI, the Kime pitched 15 innings during the tShed two home the end." strung together bat to move Dean over to third base. Knights were already down 2-0 thanks UTEP series, striking out 22 batters and ns in a 7-6 victo- three-strrught sin The next batter, Feaster, would hit a to runs scored by the Tigers in the sec grabbing two victories. -JAY BERGMAN, HEAD COACH gles, scoring two two-out single to center field scoring - ond and forth innings. The Knights played their final regu The Knights m,anaged to put togeth But, the game runs and m$iflg Dean from third to tie the score at one. lar season game of the year on Sunday dn't start smoothly for the the score 5-1. Six more innings would go by·until er one run in the top of the fifth inning at Memphis, and now await their oppo nights. Tulane scored first when Two batters later, Ryan Memphis finally clinched the victory in but it wouldn't be enough. . nent in the 2007 C-USA Softball Cham CF pitcher Jaager Good gave up Richardson singled to right, scor the bottom of the llth inning. After a Ashleigh Cole led off the inning with pionship Tournament. tck-to-back doubles in the first ing Auer. Eric Kallstrom finished lead-off walk to Tori Gross, Leila Dolfo a single to right field and was repla.ced The tournament will be hosted by with pinch runner Morgan Bullard. nillg. The Knights handed the the Knights' scoring with a double ripped· a double to left-center field, put UCF on May 10-12 at the UCF Softball reen Wave two runs in the next to left that brought home Richard ting runners on second and third with After Megan Murphy advanced Complex: ning with three errors. son and pinch-runner Kyle Mills. UCF trailed 4-0 in the third "Maybe the team's maturing C•USA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ' PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA MAY 10.. 12TH, UCF SOFTBALL COMPLEX STUDENT IN FREE WITH UCF ID " KIDS FREE WITH PAID ADULT I t ~ 407.. 823-1000 • www.UCFATHLETICS.COM (/ ,_ Chin records rr/®ll~ ·' ~~~~~!JP a personal Hookas, Pyrex, Handpipes, Papers, Blunts, Salvia, Body aeaners, Jewelry, Incense, · ' .Can Safes, Shisha, Fine Tobaccos, Herbal Smoke bestin400 ~~ ineter hurdles ~~~~,,~J:~ ~t?.i4\t~.Jl®1 Junior betters NCAA ,. _ -~-~ qualifying mark MELISSA HEYBOER • Sports Editor STOR;dLL STORAGE The UCF Women's Track and Field team finished its regular season last week hosting the Golden Knight STUDENT STORAGE Twilight on April 28. The Knights finished the event posting several high marks from many of the Knight athletes. Cl~an, Junior Victoria Chin posted a per sonal best in the 400-meter hurdles Friendly, with a time of 60.38. Chin had already qualified for the NCAA East Regional Tournament earlier in the y'ear with a .·.: & ·Convenient 400-meter hurdle time of 60.79. Aside from winning the 400-meter hurdles, Chin also posted a season best in the 100-meter hurdles with a . time of 14.42, which earned her sec ond in the event. Teammate Feyisara Adaramol~ also turned out impressive marks in the 100 meter and 200 meter events, Adaramola took third in both the 100 11583 University Blvd. UCF meter and 200 VICTORIA meter with times of 12.06 and 24.53, " CHIN respectively. In the 3000 meter event, Jenny 2x2 in Wmter Springs Clausen took third with a time of Close to 417 Only 8 mins. from UCF. 10:13.59. Fellow long dis tance runner Jami Rzepecki took top April & May rent FRE At tourney: honors in the 3000 Chin set a personal meter steeple 1100 sq. ft., W ID included, pool best in the 400- chase. Her time of meter hurdles and a 11:11.02 was good Sauna, Fitness Center. " ·~. /(4;; season best in the enough for second 100-meter hurdles at on UCF's all-time the Golden Kni~ht list. Twilight on April 28. In the field GET APPROVED IN MINUt events, sopho- more LaKendra Thames led the way Call 407-699-698 placing second in both the shot put and discus events. Her personal best throw of 46 feet, five inches was good enough for sec ond in the shot put and her throw of 158 feet three inches .was good enough for second in the discus. Teammate Virginia Traynor. fin ished just behind Thames with a throw of 44 feet three inches to place third in the shot put. Senior Katie Fowke took first in the pole vault and sophomore Ricki Sullivan earned two top five finishes, taking third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. The Knights return to action Thursday when they head to Houston for the 2007 Conference USA Out door Championships. Suhhelps / Knights with 14th place DUANE BURLESON I ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago Bulls' Ben Wallace, left, and PJ. Brown, above, watch the closing minutes of the Bulls' 95-69 loss to the Detroit Pistons overall finish ,.. in game one of the Eastern Conference Semifinals Saturday. Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, top, attempts to shoot in Utah's 103-99 game seven win over the Houston Rockets Saturday night. The win advanced the Jazz to the second round of playoffs. FROM A13 a 6-over-par 222. Brown also turned in the best Billups, Hamilton round for the Knights on the third day, shooting a I-over-par 73. Freshman Nuno Henriques turned out the lowest round for the Knights in the tournament, shooting a second ' lead Detroit in win round 2-under-par • NUNO 70. AUBURN IIlLLS, Mich. - Chauncey his hands on his knees as he absorbed one Henriqu·es was Billups and Richard Hamilton each more playoff failure. HENRIQUES also announced as scored 20 points, leading Detroit in Game The young Utah Jazz, meanwhile, a selection to the I of the Eastern Conference semifinals. embraced one another and quietly cele All-Conference Detroit was-aggressive on defense, get brated after a 103-99 win over ,the Houston USA Freshman ting into passing lanes with their feet and Rockets on Saturday night that gave them Team. hands and balanced on offense. their first playoff series victory since the . "I was glad to The Pistons will host Game 2 tonight. days of John Stockton and Karl Malone. see Nuno's name - Chicago's Ben Gordon averaged 25.5 Carlos Boozer had 35 points, 14 on the list because points and Andres Nocioni added 12 a rebounds and five assists in Game 7 for he is well-deserv "' game in the first-round sweep over the the Jazz, who became only the seventh ing of that honor," Heat, but were held to just seven and two team since 2001 to come back from a 2-0 C-USA honors: head coach Nick points, respectively. deficit and win a series. They're also just Selected to Clinard said in a ~ Former Piston Ben Wallace had nine the 19th visiting team to win in 97 Game theC-USA press release. "He points, eight rebounds and a block. 7s in playoff history. . . is going to be a Luol Deng scored 18 and Kirk Hinrich McGrady had 29 points and 13 assists, All-Freshman great player for us had IS for the Bulls, who led only once in but the seven-time All-Star fell to 0-6 in team. ·and we defini~ely the series opener. the playoffs. The Rockets - his Rockets saw glimpses of Detroit took control with a 13-2 run - blew a 2-0 lead for the second time in that this season." midway through the first quarter, but did three seasons. They won twice in Dallas Henriques posted his best finish of n't put Chicago away until the· opening in 2005, then dropped the series in seven the season at the WQlf Run Intercolle minutes of the fourth. . games. giate, firiishing 10th, and his best Three Pistons made 3-pointers in the The home team had won the previous round of the season at the Bµlls Bay first 2 minutes of the final quarter for a 19- six games in this series, but all the games Invitational when he shot a first point lead before going ahead 86-60 a few at the Toyota Centei: had gone down to . round 5-under-par 67. minutes later. the wire. The Knights have the opportunity This game was the closest one of all. to participate in the NCAA. East This time, Boozer and the Jazz came up Regional Tournament in Alpharett, * Utah 10~, Houston 99 with the plays to finally break through. 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