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Boating THE DUMMY IS NO Stipends prove quite a catch .MUMMY Football alum passes out scholarships .It Arepoi:ted"mummified''body on an CARLOS PINEDA award ceremony on Satur stipend. a,bandoned boat in the Florida Keys • Editor-in-Chief day afternoon at the Fair "He's a· very influential turned out to bea mannequin. winds Alumni Center. . person in my life," Sims The Monroe County Sheriff's Office Former UCF wide He created the Michael Walker said of his father. says~ young couple spotted what receiver Mike Sims-Walk A. Sims-Walker Scholar "Between him and my they thought was adead body in an er added another accom ship Foundation following mom, they're the reason I abanqoned boat off Sugarloaf Key plishment to his career the death of his father - am on this Earth. He on Saturday night They said it this weekend, although Mike Sims - who lost his passed away hurting, and I appea~mummified. this one did not take place battle with colon cancer in just don't want to see any on a football field. December 2008. one go through the pain ~.; Sims-Walker, who plays .Sims-Walker presented and the 'process that he for the Jacksonville 10 finalists with a $100 went through - the can- GEORGEOEHL / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Jaguars, hosted the first book stipend and one stu Mike Sims-Walker, a former Knight who plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars, listens Playmaker 11 Scholarship dent with a $1,000 book PLEASE SEE ELEVEN ON A4 to speakers during the ceremony for his Playmaker 11 Scholarship on Saturday. •l
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In an effort to bring awareness 1to cultural diversity, fac ulty and students gathered to watch the Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire on Friday at the Research Breaking . Pavilion, followed by a discussion on how intelligence can .. be measured by what a person has news on lived through. myour cell The event was part ofthe Pizza Get UCF news sent to your cell for. Peace Film Series, presented phone. Just text the keyword by Dispute Resolution Services UCFNEWS to 44636. and the Office of Diversity Initia tives. Barbara Thompson, assistant AROUND CAMPUS,A2 director of diversity education, hosted the event and considered LEARN TO MAKE the movie to be a great look at cul ..\ HEALTHIER MEALS tural intelligence. "There is a reason he knows .Dietitian and nutritionist Meghan what he knows:• Thompson said Murphy Van Camp will prepare a when speaking of the movie's healthy meal that students can main character, Jamal. "It is not only prepare themselves, but because of life intelligence:' sample at the event. The event The movie, which won eight will be held tomorrow from 4:30 out of the 10 Academy Awards it p.m.to 5:30 p.m. atthe Re~ and was nominated for in 2009, tells Wellness Center. the story of Jamal Malik, an 18- year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai who is-accused ofbeing a LOCAL &STATE, A2 cheat while on India's famous Who Wants to be a Millionaire ARMY RECRUITER show. ACCUSED OF SEXUAL The story centers around Jamal's life growing up with his BATTERY brother and the experiences that Staff Sgt. Damien E. Maldonado led to his knowledge of the ques was arrested this week after being · tions asked on the show. accused of sexual battery of a 20- COURTESY CELADOR FILMS -~ year-old soldier.According to Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Academy Awards in 2009, was a jumping-off point for a discussion about diversity and intelligence Friday at Research Pavilion. PLEASE SEE CULTURAL ON A? Orlando police, two other recruits made similar complaints. Older voters CUTTING BLADES leaning right Florida part of Roclc the Votes irµtiative Democrats are worried about how FROM CAT-KILLING Older voters respond to questions GRETHA MCCANDELE about the·nealth care Jaw and how ContributingWrit er • -CASE HAVE NO BLOOD they'll vote In the mid-term election. According to reports released on a 65 or older , All likely likely voters voters The Ramones, Madon Friday, the blades seizedfrom 19- na, will.Lam and Robert • If the 2010 election were held year-old Tyler Weinmans how no today, who would you vote for? Downey Jr. gave their sup signs of blood.W einman is accused Republican candidate port to Rock the Vote. of killing more than a dozencats 48% Now, the non-partisan, last year. 41o/. nonprofit organization is I, Democratic candidate ---·33o/. asking for Floridiaps' sup 40% port at its first Florida Rocle • Undecided the Vote Meeting and L4' INDEX TODAY'S - 19% percent due to Launch Party. 18% =1~rooodlng • Around Campus 2 WEATHER The event will begin at Weather 2 • How do you feel about 6 p.m. Wednesday at Local & State 2 I'- the health care reform law? Ember---Jn Downtown Favor Sports . 8 36% Orlando. It will gather vol Opinion 10 44% unteers to be part of cam CFf ARCHIVE aassifieds 11 Oppo$E! pus and community street Rock the Vote will be launching a campaign Wednesdayaimed at getting young Floridians registered to vote. 58".4 Sudoku 11 52o/. teams that will register vot Crossword 11 Unsure ers for the upcoming elec the College Democrats. the Vote representatives at goal. . 5o/. 02010IIIICT tions. Director of Public Rela the Alex Sink Kick-Off "We realized we're 4% _ , GWU 8etllogn>und poll ol One UCF organization tions Lindsey Wellington event on June 5 and real ., 1.000 ~-... April 5-6, 2010; -·~"'~)~~= that will give its support is said the group met Rock ized they had a common PLEASE SEE FLORIDA'S ON A6
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(tntn( :JlodM :Jutiul • June 21, 2010 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A3 ; Don riles Ariz. gov. AMANDA LEE MYER she said. "Ifour own govern Associated Press ment intends to sue our • state to prevent illegalimmi PHOENIX - Arizona gration enforcement, the Gov. Jan Brewer said Thurs least it can do is inform us day she's angry over com before it informs the citi ments by Secretary of State zens ofanother nation" Hillary Rodham Clinton Brewer spokesman Paul that the Obama administra Senseman said the governor .. tion will sue the state over was "outraged" and that its new immigration law. Clinton's comments make it In a June 8 media inter appear that the Justice view in Ecuador that began Department has decided to circulating Thursday in the file suit U.S., Clinton said President ''But she's confident that · Barack Obama thinks the in the end, the state of Ari federal government should zona, the citizens, will pre .. detennine immigration pol vail," he said. icy and that the Justice On April 23, Brewer Department "will be bring signed what is considered ing a lawsuit against the act" the toughest legislation in Justice spokeswoman the nation 'targeting illegal Tracy Schmal.er on Thurs immigrants. It is set to go day declined to say whether into effect July 29 pending the department would sue multiple legal challenges and that "the department and the Justice Depart continues to review the ment's review. law." The law requires police The department has investigating another inci been looking at the law for dent or crime to ask people weeks for possible civil about their immigration sta ., rights violations, with an tus if there's a ''reasonable eye toward a possible court suspicion" they're in the • PABLOMA RTINEZ MONSIVAIS/ ASSOCIATED PRESS challenge. country • illegally. · It also Arizona Gov.Jan Brewer, right, is interviewed by CNN's John King, left, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday. Brewer met with President It's unclear why Clinton makes being in Arizona ille Barack Obama today to discuss state's new immigration law that the White House opposes. made the comment since it's gally a misdemeanor, and it not her area. She couldn't be prolnbits seeking day-labor in the Oval Office about the reached Thursday for com work along the state's law on June 3, telling him: ment streets. "We want our border Law raises stakes·in immigration debate State Department The law's stated inten secured." Obama reiterated · Arizona. home to a large illegal immigrant population, 11
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cer, the chemo." 'We just want Sims-Walker's parents sepa rated when he was a child, but [Sims-Walker] to that did not stop Sims and Bar bara Walker from raising him continue to give and his siblings with the proper values. back, because when '~though his father and I may have not been together, we you succeed, the raised him together," Walker more you give, the said. "I tried my best to bring him up in a well-rounded more you receive.' household." The 6-foot-2-inch, 214-pound - BARBARA WALKER Orlando native who went to MOTHER OF MIKE SIMS-WALKER . Edgewater High School attend ed UCF and became a sensation on the field. Sims-Walker - who was just Mike Walker when he played Of the 11 finalists in atten • for the Knights from 2003-06 - dance, Aaron Johnson of Jack · led the Knights, turning into sonville was thrilled to receive one of the better wide receivers the $1,000 scholarship from one in program history. of his favorite players on the His junior and senior years at Jaguars, his favorite team. UCF were difficult for Sims- Johnson was dressed for the Walket . occasion with a matching teal • His father was diagnosed suit. with colon cancer and had Johnson's father heard about begun chemotherapy, causing the contest on th.e radio and told him to miss max,.y games with him it was a good idea to apply. the exception of senior day, Applicants had to submit an when the Knights closed out essay of no more than 500 their final game at the Citrus words or a YouTube video no· Bowl. longer than 11 minutes about the On that day, Nov. 25, 2006, prevention of colon cancer. Sims-Walker broke the single Before applying for the season receptions record when scholarship, Johnson had sec he made his 90th catch. ond doubts. He felt that with For Sims-Walker, making it other students doing the same out of a rough neighborhood, thing, there was no way he getting his degree and playing could win. football at the next level was ''It means a whole lot," John just part of the process. son said of winning the schol~ With his foundation, he gives ship. "When I found out, it was high school students opportuni surprising, but I am glad to ties that he found hard to come receive the award" by. The event took place the day His mother could not · be before Father's Day, which more proud oLthe man Sims helped Sims-Walker get through Walker has become. Her mes it. , sage is clear: It is b~tter. to give "It makes me cope through than to reeeive. with the day a little bit better,'' "Today is a wonderful day for Sims-Walker s~d. "It's going to me, and for him as well," she be a hard day for me tomorrow, said. "He has shown me the man but for me to be giving out these that he is ..We just want him to scholarships and putting smiles continue to give back, because on peoples' faces is going to when you succeed, the more make it easier for me tomor- GEORGEOEHL /(ENTRAL FLORIDAFUTURE you give, the more you receive." row." Mike Sims-Walker, whose father died from colon cancer in 2008, had students write essays or make videos about how to prevent the disease .
• I •• •• • www.CentralFloridafuture.com AS ·erews drill deep into Gulf ofMexico to halt leak RAY HENRY Associated Press 'We're just ,. ON TIIB GULF OF treating this ?vlEXICO - Drilling crews are grinding ever deeper to like we treat build the reliefwells that are "' the best hope of stopping any other well the massive oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf cif Mexi- that we drill.' • co. - WENDELL GUIDRY The crew of Transocean DRILLING SUPERINTENDENT Ltd's Development Driller II was on track to pour 11' cement starting early Sun another in a series by Hay day to firm up a section of ward and the company - metal casing lining one of ended what could have two relief wells. been a good week for BP. "' BP and government offi- About 50 miles off cials say the wells are the Louisiana's coast, a newly best option for cutting off expanded containment sys the gusher that has spilled as tem is capturing or inciner much as 125 million gallons ating more than 1 million into_ the Gulf since the gallons of oil daily, the first Transocean drilling rig time it has approached its 1,. Deepwater Horizon explod peak capacity, according to ed April 20, killing ll work the Coast Guard . ers. BP hopes that by late Back on land, coastal res June it will keep nearly 90 idents were infuriated by percent ofthe fl.ow from the news that BP PLC CEO broken pipe from hitting the Tony Hayward was~ a ocean. break from overseeing It will likely be August ~ efforts to stop the leak to before crews fmish drilling watch his 52-foot yacht, the relief wells. , ASSOCIATED PRESS "Bob;' compete in a race On the Development This image from video provided by BP PLC early Sunday morning shows.oil continuing to gush millions of gallons a day, from the broken wellhead, at the site of the around the Isle of Wtght off Driller II, one of two rigs Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. southern England working on the effort, BP "Man, that ain't right. wellsite leader Mickey None of us can even go out · Fruge said the well has A complex responsibility reached a depth of roughly Complicating the inquiry into the Deepwater • " fishing, and he's at the yacht Horizon oil rig explosion is the vessel's races;' said Bobby Pitre, 33, 5,000 feet below the A complex, international history of regulations, •. . who runs a tattoo shop in seafloor. There's still anoth The sometimes conflicting regulatory directives could prove to be an obstacle in determining· · Larose, La. ''I wish we could er 8,000 feet to go. who is responsible for the disaster. get a day off from the oil, The other well is deeper, too:• but drilling superintendent BP spokespeople rushed Wendell Guidry says it's . _,. to defend Hayward, who anyone's guess which team has drawn biting criticism will intersect the damaged as the public face of BP's well first halting efforts to stop the 'The main thing is, you ~ spill BP is responsible for know, we try to keep the Fire boat crews battle I the cleanup because it was guys focused," Guidry said the blaze on the leasing the rig when it blew 'We're just treating this like Deepwater Horizon, April 21, 2010 up. I we treat any other well that "He's spending a few we drill:' I fl) Deepwater 8 Transocean, owna, 0 Deepwater Cl) The rig was Q The Marshall Q As a foreign vessel, the rig . hours witjl his family at a Ol;lce a relief well inter Horizon was of Deepwater j Horizon was registered with the Islands ship was inspected by the weekend," said BP sects with the damaged built in 2001 at Horizon, moved : leased by BP, Marshall Islands at the registry is run through American Bureau of Shipping, well, BP plans to shoot Hyundai Heavy headquarters two year$ based in the time of the explosion; a joint venture with an internationally recognized , spokesman Robert Wme. Industries ago from the Cayman j United Kingdom it had previously been International private company known as a "I'm sure that everyone heavy drilling mud down Shipyard in Ulsan, Islands to Switzerland j registered in Panama Registries Inc.. based "classification society; based · would understand that" the well bore, then plug it South Korea in Reston, Va. in Houston withcement Sourt:e: Chicago Tribune, MCT Photo SeNlce The PR gaffe - yet Graphic: Chicago Tribune 02010 MCT
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doing the same things, like voter registration," Wellington said "It's some thing we strive to do every day." Rocle the Vote has made voter registrations its goal for nearly 20 years. In 2008, 2.2 million young adults used its tools to register to vote, according to the orga nization's website. The organization hopes to once again make the youth vote heard in the upcoming elections by launching kick-off events in five states: Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, · Pennsylvania and Florida The College Democrats at UCF thinks this event is important because it will .. raise awareness about th~ t upcoming elections and will get people excited because few people are interested in it, Wellington said "Most people don't know what the govern ment does in their lives," Wellington said. "If they did, they would pay closer ALAN DIAZ / ASSOCIATED PRESS attention to it." Florida Gov. Charlie Crist speaks to supporters at the Cuban (rafters Cigars factory in Miami. In 2008, there were 44 Midtenn shifts million people between the Thepart;esof most,nsilMl!s In lfl&pi,sl61J,...-S,....,,_ ages of 18-29 eligible to Q:lllgf8S5iolie/ SHIS/11 lhelfl/dlelffl ~during llllllf il$f 18rm. vote, and about 4.9 million s.a. voted in the primary elec Senatln t tions, according to Rock -~ • the Vote.' t• Wellington said most .~..- students are not interested • in politics but that they If would be if they realized that issues such as student ... 80 ------ XXX XXX Bllllllnr eo .~ -- XXX fmancial aid are being dis - ... cussed in the Florida Legis Rllpubllcan '40 ______··-c-1t'-. ~~ ~•- 1954 ~l( " . lature. t "Their funding could eo ~-..=----- x: get cut," WellingtQn said. ~ f a.--., ---- x . "If they're not registered to : ._ ·· ==:t 1962 .i-: vote, they can't make an impact on the people that will make a difference." Rock the Vote's Florida State Coordinator Blaire t Yancy said some people ...., - don't register to vote because they're not in the habit of doing it, though ,.. they should be. "Voting is a wonderful right we have in this coun =o.mocntt try, to participate in our 1978 ! democracy," Yancy said. "One I hope all young peo ple will be a part of it by filling out a simple form." Yancy also added that there's a misconception that young people don't vote. The 2006 mid-term }- CHRIS O'MEARA /ASSOCIATED PRESS XXXXXK, xxxxxx 'J. elections had over 2 mil Alex Sink, who visited the UCF campus earlier this month, is one of the candidates to replace Charlie Crist as the governor of ~lcl --1 rea Ily need a new roommate.'' 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To place your dassified call 407-447-45S5 '~ ! or go to www.Knightnewspapers.com/dassifieds t "The Marriott Way" l Wltral :Jloriba Jutun • June 21, 2010 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A7 Cultural film leads intelligence discussion FROM Al In addition to the 'I saw things movie. pizza and cookies, Thompson distributed I've never been three different IQ tests exposed to. I among the attendees. One was a typical stan didn't know darcliz.ed test known as the American/Australian Test how much of Intelligence, with ques~ tions like "How many poverty there weeks are in a year" and was.' "If Mary's aunt is my mother, what relation is - DESIREE ACAMPORA Mary's father to my sis PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR ter?" The other tests - the Chitling Intelligence Test those who criticize the and the Reddon-Simons movie as an inaccurate "Rap" Test - consisted of portrayal ofIndia's socioe street smart-type ques- conomic situation and peg ti.ans which can mainly be it as another stereotypical answered by life experi- depiction ofIndia's way of ence. life. Some of the multiple- The article Thompson choice questions included shared suggested that the on the life experience tests popularity of the ·movie asked things like what a was fueled by ''timing and ''Mary Jane" girl is, what a things that strike a chord ''handkerchief head" is withWestern audiences." and what it means ifsome- Many at the Pizza for , one ''bumped" you. Peace event still consid- ''The argument has ered the movie to be wor COURTESY CHADOR FILMS always been that there is thy ofits popularity. Slumdog Millionaire sparked controversy about the accuracy of its portrayal of life in India. tremendous cultural bias ''I saw things rve never in the intelligence tests been exposed to," said that we use. and we judge Desiree Acampora, a psy people's intelligence based - chology major. "I didn't on one set of rules," know how much poverty 8 I Thompson said there was." Max Rapport, a psy- While there are those chology major, considered who may not agree as to the tests to be educational the accuracy of the movie. Rapport, who had seen Thompson considers the Slumdog Millionaire movie to be an ideal exam before. decided to attend ple ofhow culture impacts the event partly due to his what we know. childhood fixation on 'We make judgments pizza. on people because they The movie, however, may not be armed with · still elicited a response what our definition of from Rapport, particularly intelligence is," Thomp- : the relationship with son said Jamal and his brother, say- . The next Pizza for ing it was difficult to fath- Peace Film Series will be om having to "trust your July14and will feature.the brother, not knowing 'if movie The Color of Fear, he's going to shoot you." which focuses on preju- According to an article dice and intolerance. from Mumbai that For more information, . Thompson read, there are visitwww.diversity.uc£edu. ADVERTISEMENT You deserve a factual look at'. : ~-· Israel: An Apartheid S1a1e1 Is there any truth at all jn thjs off-repeated calumny1 Only a short time ago, many universities, goaded by left-wing professors and students and their substantial Muslim student bodies, "celebrated" Israel Apartheid Week in which divestiture from, boycott of and sanctions against Israel were demanded. Is there any truth, any justification at all in this odious characterization? ' What are the facts'? Whites were not allowed in apartheid South Africa. South African Apartheid. "Apartheid," the Dutch But, yes, there is one difference: Jewish Israeli men Africaans lerm for separation, was the social order of are obligated to a three-year stint in the Israeli the former South Africa. It meant exactly that. The Defense Forces (IDF) and serve in the reserve until Black majority of the nation and the so-called they are 50 years old. For Arabs, this service is Colored were kept strictly apart in all aspects of life. voluntary. Except for the Druze, hardly any Arabs White domination over the native population was volunteer to serve in the armed forces. mandatory. For instance: Non-Whites had to carry a Israel has granted permanent residence and full "passbook." Passbook infringement could lead to citizen rights to a large number of legal and illegal deportation to one of the Bantu "homelands." foreign workers and their families - from the Blacks and Coloreds were being kept from a wide Philippines, . Eritrea, Colombia, Nigeria, and from array of jobs. Black-White sex was a serious jail-time many other countries. Nobody, of course, is forced or criminal offense. Hospitals and ambulances were requested to convert to Judaism as a condition of Taste around our strictly separated. Whites their being allowed to stay. enjoyed free education Israel has accepted a until graduation. Not so "To call Israel an apartheid state shipload of Vietnamese new small plates for Blacks, whose is an expression of ignorance, refugees who had sought education was strictly · asylum. No Arab country . menu of 30 items limited 'by the oppressive anti-Semitism, and malice." has accepted a single one of "Bantu Education Act." those refugees. Israel has from just s3 By law, no mixed sports were allowed. Park brought in about 70,000 black Ethiopian Jews, who benches, swimming pools, libraries, and movies were despite their backwardness have become fully strictly separated. Blacks were not allowed to integrated citizens of Israel. Everything that Blacks purchase or imbibe alcoholic drinks - etc, etc, etc. were not allowed to do in South Africa is totally open And-that is only a partial and small list of the many to non-Jews in Israel. abusive impediments that non-Whites suffered under The "Apartheid Wall." Another reason for which the South African apartheid regime. left-wing ze;tlots and anti-Semites like to refer to Israeli Equality. To tar Israel with that kind of Israel as the "apartheid state" is the fence between brush is utterly malicious. The exact opposite is the Israel proper and the territories. This fence (which is case. Not one single apartheid practice applies to indeed a fence and not a wall over most of its length) HOULIHAN'S was constructed at great cost in order to prevent the Israel. Israel is by far the most racially mixed and RESTAURANT + BAR tolerant nation in the entire Muslim Middle East. suicidal attacks that had killed hundreds of Israelis Arabs, who are about 20% of Israel's population, enjoy,_ and grievously wounded thousands more. Thankfully, without any exception, the same rights and this ''wall" is exceptionally successful and has totally 9150 International Dr. opportunities in all fields as their Jewish fellow prevented any such attacks since its completion. 407.363.0043 citizens. The total equality of all Israelis is assured in There is little question that this separation fence is 2600 E. Colonial Dr. Israel's founding document. All non-Jews (which · the cause of inconvenience for some of the Arab 407.894.3009 means primarily Muslim Arabs) have full voting population. But it is an annoyance that they have , rights. At present, eleven Arabs sit in Israel's Knesset brought about themselves. And, of course, there are 8520 W. lrlo Bronson Memorials Hwy. (parliament): Three Arabs are ·deputy speakers. Arabs walls for protection all over the world. The Chinese 407.809.0900 are represented in Israel's diplomatic service all over invented it hundreds of years ago. Our own country has a long, high, very sophisticated wall across our 1148 University ~lvd. the world. Arab students may and do study in all Israeli 407.770.6990 universities. All children in Israel are entitled to border with Mexico. It is a wall, not to keep out subsidized education until graduation, without any . criminals who want to kill Americans, but people houlihans.com restrictions based on color or religions. In short, who want to come here only in search of a better life. Muslim Arabs and other non-Jews are allowed To call the Israeli fence an "apartheid wall" is an everything that Jews are allowed, everything that non- expression of ignorance and of malevolence. • Israel is a light unto the nations. 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But I hope you saved Sports Editor Reporters were thinking of some of that champagne, a possible Wade-LeBron becaUS('! the Finals haven't Oh don't forget about tandem threatening even started yet two of the "big three" in Bryant's run at three con No, the real fun gets Boston in Paul Pierce and secutive titles. MANUTE BOL,47, DIES AFTER underway on July 1, the Ray Allen. Then there's ''What is it with you, BATTLE WITH SKIN CONDITION start of2010 free agency. scoring machines Dirk you want to emotionally KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Manute Bol, a The prize? Nowitzki and Joe Johnson drain me?'' Bryant said to lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan Only just some of the and some aging center The Associated Press. "I who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and most coveted free agents in with four championships don't want to think about • was dedicated to humanitarian work in named Shaquille O'Neal Africa, died Saturday. He was 47. history. The list includes that Those guys, rve seen Bol died at the University ofVirginia two-time MVP LeBron You might have heard of those guys up close and Hospital in Charlottesville, where he James, scoring champion him. personal. I don't want to was being treated for severe kidney Dwyane Wade, superstars The moment Kobe think about playing against Bryant walked off the Sta ASSOCIATEDPRESS trouble and a painful skin condition, Chris Bosh and Amare The question of where superstars and friends LeBron James, left, and Dwyane Tom Prichard, executive director of the Stoudamire. ples Center court hoisting PLEASE SEE FREE ON A9 Wade end up is the first of mar\y to be al)swere~ when free agency starts July 1. group Sudan Sunrise, said in an e-mail. "Sudan and the world have lost a hero and an example for all of us;' Prichard said. "Manute, we'll miss you. Our prayers and best wishes go out to The Knights all his family, and all who mourn his loss~ Bol played in the NBA with and the Gators Washington, Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami, averaging 2.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.3 blocks for his career. I will face off in - He led the league in blocks in 1985-86 with Washington (5.0 per game) and in 1988-89 with Golden State (4.3 a Amway Centei;'s game). . "Manute's impact on this city, our franchise and the game of basketball first college cannot be put into words;'76ers president and general manager Ed .Stefanski said in a statement "He ... basketball game was continually giving of himself · through his generosity and 1 humanitariaq efforts in order to make CARSON INGLE the world around him a much better Contributing Writer place, for which he wUI always be remembered:' When Amway Arena opened in Bol joined the NBA with Washington 1989, UCF and the University of in 1985 and played three seasons there. Florida both played in separate He returned to the team briefly-toward games on the first night of college the end of his career. The Wizards hoops in the building's history. ;-1 lauded him as a"true humanitarian and an ambassador for the sport of Now the programs will be pit basketball'.' ted against each other on Dec. I for "Despite his accomplishments on the the inaugural college basketball court, his lasting legacy will be the game in the new Amway Center. tireless work and causes he promoted The specific details ofthe _meet in his native Sudan and the cities in ing, dubbed the Florida Citrus which he played;'the club said in a Sports Shootout, were revealed at a statement. news conference· in Downtown After the NBA, Bol worked closely as Orlando on Thursday. an advisory board member of Sudan New UCF head coach Donnie Sunrise, which promotes reconciliation in Sudan .. Jones sees this game as a great Bol was hospitalized in mid-May showcase. during a stopover in Washington after ''We're excited. about it," Jones returning to the United States from said "I know it's a great opportuni Sudan. Prichard said then that Bol was ty for our program at UCF to have in Sudan to help build a school in the presence of the Florida Gators conjunction with Sudan Sunrise but coming to town here. To have that stayed longer than anticipated after the kind of exposure for us, right here president of southern Sudan asked him in Orlando, with what we're trying to make election appearances and use his influence to counter corruption in to build at UCF, is just a great expe the county. rience." The venue to host the game, Amway Center, is undergoing its final stages of construction and is COURTESYU CFSPORTS.COM set to open in October. Capacity for UCF's first-year head coach Donnie Jones, above at a news conference Thursday, will have a lot on his plate when the Knights take on the Gators on Dec. 1. the new arena is slated at 18,500. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer than having a basketball game for Gators and for Knights is going dates back considerably. was at the conference and spoke between the Florida Gators and the to be on Dec.1'' The Gators were the Knights' about the plan to host events of UCF Knights, my two favorite col Jones will try to become the opening-game opponent in 1984, high interest at the new facility. lege teams," Dyer said. "Next first ever UCF head coach to win their first season of Division I bas- ''I think what better way to month in July, we will be announc against the Gators. establish the first colle- ing a whole host of events to open The Knights are 0-9 all-time Pl£AS!: SEE STUDENTS ON A9 giate sporting the events center in October and against Florida, last losing 89-61 on event November. There's going to be Dec. 20, 2008, in Jacksonville. something for just about everyone, The series between the two but the No. I event Florida schools LAKERS WIN COVETED 16TH CHAMPIONSHIP iN HISTORY LOS ANGEl.fS - Purple and gold confetti raining down upon him, Kobe Bryant hopped up on the scorer's table, shook his fists and extended five fingers. When he hopped down, Boston's legendary Hall of Fame center Bill Russell was waiting to shake his hand. AGame 7 classic - and this time, it finally went the Lakers' way. .. .. "' .JI Beating Boston for the first time in a Game 7, the Lakers came up champions again after trailing in the last quarter of •• the last game of their season. Kobe Bryant, the finals MVP, scored 23 points despite 6-of-24shooting and the Lakers won their 16th NBA championship Thursday night, dramatically rallying to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals. .., ,, Bryant earned his fifth title with the Lakers, who repeated as NBA champions for the first time since winning three straight from 2000-02. - ASSOCIATED PRESS (enkaf ~a :Jutun. June 21, 2010 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A9 ~ Free agents arouse hope Sports bri Is FROM AS beloved superstars. ties. The chance that one Miami-Dade county .UCF's Dew signs with them at the same time. I free agent can tum around officially becomes ''Miami want to enjoy this for a lit a franchise. Wade" county July L tle bit" The possibilities and A team of actors and And a little bit is all he'll dreams are endless. superstars have formed a get, because even when the Could James and Wade committee to try to lure Oeveland, leave, UCF Lakers and Celtics were actually play together on James to New York. battling it out for another the same court? Will Bosh Even President Barack RYAN BASS championship, the free and Stoudamire follow? Obama has made his pitch Sports Editor agent market stole the James is from the Cleve for bothJames and Wade to show. land area and doesn't want find a place in his home After just one season with UCF, jmtlor From James' interview to leave his home town. town, Chicago. pitcher Owen Dew has decided to try his with Larry King, to owners In the interview with It's a seven-game series luck in the pros. and GMs - most notably King he said Cleveland was spread out over a month. Dew, who was selected in the 21st Mark Cuban - being fined the ."favorite" to get his The last time a free round of the 2010 Major League Baseball for commenting on James, services, but the money agent period garnered this First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland the July I date was looming might be enough to lure the much attention was back in Indians, signed a professional contract over the court in both Los King off his throne in Ohio 1996, when O'Neal. Alonzo with the club, ending his collegiate Angeles and Boston. and to a new pedestal, pos Mourning, Allan Houston, career. But these Finals aren't sibly in the Big Apple. · Kenny Anderson and Dew has been assigned to Class A about titles or glory. Wade is pretty set on Dikembe Mutombo stole Mahoning Valley Scrappers, who play in They are centered staying with the Heat and the show. the short season New York-Penn League. around money, hope and has even said his intentions Back then, O'Neal was In his lone season at UCF, Dew com chance. are to lure another big-time - the prize. piled a 5-3 record to go along with a 5.89 The money that New free agent to join him in Now, he's just an after ERA. He pitched a team-high 73.1 innings York and New Jersey have South Beach thought in a class led by and struck out 48 batters. He was the only to shower the top free And that's all we know. James and Wade: Knight pitcher to start in every weekend agents in. With the date looming, The _real Finals begins series. · The hope of cities like . cj.ties are pulling out all the onJulyl Dew's best outing as a Knight came on Miami and Cleveland that stops to lure these faces to I hope you saved some April 17 against Rice, when he allowed SIERRA FORD / CENTRAL FLORIDAFUTURE they can re-sign their their respective communi- ofthat bubbly. nine singles and two walks in 8.1 innings Owen Dew spent one season with the Knights, compiling a to lead the Knights in a 6-4 win. 5.3 record. He was drafted in the 21st round by the Indians. He was previously drafted before coming to UCF by the Los Angeles ster season in 2010, putting up historic Angels in 2009. · numbers. He broke the UCF and Confer Stlidents won't get discount They selected him in the 33rd round, ence USA records for batting average and but he elected to stay in the collegiate slugging at .447 and .850, respectively.· FROM AS Billy Donovan at Florida where they're playing." ,ranks and play at UCF. The slugger also smacked out a school from 1996-2007. Tickets are on sale now Dew transferred to the Knights from record 21 home runs and tied Bobby ketball. Donovan praised the and range from $15-$100. Seminole State College, where he played Kiser .for the all-time record for most While this game was in coach he is very familiar With the game being a his freshman and sophomore campaigns. home runs in a UCF career with 43. To the works for months, the with. neutral site contest operat In 2009, he led all pitchers with eight cap it all off, Duffy hit his first-car~er addition of Donnie Jones "Obviously, the guy ed by Florida Citrus wins, 14 starts, four complete games and gr~d slam in his fmal at bat as _a Knight into the UCF program cer next to me (Donnie Jones) Sports, there are not yet 81 strikeouts in 91.1 innings. against Tulane on May 22. tainly pushed things along. means the world to me," any specific student ticket · Dew isn't the only UCF player to make Jones won two national Donovan said ·''I was very, allocations: some noise this week. Football championships as an assis very happy to hear the UCF Sports Marketing Chris Duffy, who was picked by the Conference USA has finally tant coach under Gators news when Keith Tribble encourages students to Phillies in the draft, was once again hon announced the kickoff time for UCF's head man decided to hire Donnie. purchase the $15 seats in ored for his play this season. road game against Memphis on Nov. 27 at He's a great guy and a ter the lower bowl behind the The senior outfielder, who is a finalist Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. rific coach. I think he basket, For all other ticket for the Golden Spikes Award, continued The Knights and the Tigers will kick knows he's walking information, call 407-423- to rake in the praise this week as he was off at noon, with the game to be broad into a situation 2476 or go to Ticketmas named a First Team All American by the cast live on CSS. there at Central ter.com. Baseball America and the Pro-Line Ath UCF has defeated Memphis in each of Florida that's Back in 1989, UCF beat letic National Collegiate Baseball Writers it's past five meetings, with the most got great Rollins and Florida lost to Association. recent win being a 32-14 victory in Orlan potential and Stanford on the opening Yahoo! Sports also tabbed Duffy on its do last season. great ability night of college basketball first-team ballot. In that game, UCF running back with the size of in Amway Arena Since the end of the season, five All Brynn Harvey rushed for 219 yards. the school, the Come December, the American teams have been released, and The game will be one of six nationally academics and · Knights are hoping for a bit Duffy's name has appeared on each one. televised games for the Knights this fall, certainly the facility of a repeat The Orlando native produced a mon- with three of those on ESPN or ESPN2. ,;t . . 't .. 'I I • How Do IText " UCFN,EWS to 44636? 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'JO.JAl arning: The news on. tuition increase will not ·W you're about to The scholarship will still stop us from buying an edu read is going to be offered, but say a student cation. give you a bad case of the receives 100 percent bright However, aside from Mondays. futures. increasing annoyance, we As of Friday, we will all The student will then may see a large increase of be paying more in tuition receive a letter from the · students opting for commu come fall. We'll give you a state saying "Just kidding" nity college. DON WRIGHT / TRIBUNE MEDIA SE~VICE moment to let that one sink and only get some of that We can't blame them. in. money. Really, there is not much On Friday, the state uni OK, it wouldn't go down we as students can do about versity Board of Governors exactly like that but you get the tuition increase. gave its approval for tuition our drift. It may comfort you to hikes for all 11 of Florida's Our tuition is divided know that Florida still holds ·Temble drivers make major public universities, between base tuition and the title df having low including UCF. differential tuition. tuition in comparison to Tuition will be going up Differential tuition goes other states. 15 percent, the maximum toward things like improv People make assump UCF a traffic problem the state allows. ing undergraduate educa tions that our tuition money Naturally, the universities tion and student financial is consistently being spent ,,, would ask for the maximum aid. on new, frivolous things like As a 10-year resident lost a healthy fear and amount. Therefore, an increase in trees, benches and water and UCF alum, I've seen respect for driving. It's Go big, go home or go our differential tuition fountains. It's easy to raise the traffic around Cen the same kind of healthy home with something big, means more professors, this argument when you're tral· Florida go from bad, fear people should have we guess. programs and financial aid really not quite sure where to worse, to a nightmare for, oh, I don't know, not It comes as no surprise for students in need. your money is going. of epic, I-4-sized pro dying. to us that the tuition hike Hopefully this will be the In reality though, money portions. Many drivers become was approved. Budget cuts case. for things like that is ear I can safely say this is emboldened by the safe by the Legislature had to be It's comparable to having marked and doesn't come one of the worst places ty provided by a larger replaced somehow. taxes increased. It sucks, from our tuition. in America to drive a truck or SUV and take Although we were hop nobody wants to pay and So, get angry when you vehicle, and I've driven SCOTT ROSENBLUTH on a mentality of, "I ing it wouldn't be from our nobody thinks they should see new things like this pop in Los Angeles, for cry Guest Columnist don't care if you're safe pockets. have to, but in reality it's up, but not too angry. ing out loud. in your smaller car There was also the fact better for everyone as a This tuition increase isn't People, from 4 p.m. because I'm going to be that Florida's Bright Futures whole. That sentence prob something to be thankful to 7 p.m. every day, there is an fine in my big car." scholarship fund was run ably just gave a Tea Party for, and it is really hard to accident on Alafaya Trail. This mindset puts people in ning out, leaving even less member heart failure. see why the Board of Gov Without fail, you can set your harm's way for having the audacity room for shock by the deci We pay, we all win. ernors approved it. watch to it. And I know there are to share the road with these people. sion. We see the point. Now that it's here circumstances and events beyond We all have places to-go and The state can no longer Do we accept it? Sure, though, we urge students to our control that cause real acci things to do. Unless you are in a afford to pay for your edu but begrudgingly.' pay attention to where their dents, but the bulk of what I see is real emergency, you should cation through the popular The price of cigarettes money is going and raise people tailgating other people and respect otl;i.er people's·safety and, Florida lottery funded went up, but did that dis their voices when they causing three-car collisions as a really, your own and follow traffic scholarship program, which courage smokers from · don't like what they see on result. laws the way they were meant to many in-state students rely smoking? No, and the the budget. What I see are people unable to be followed. leave an adequate length between After all, a flipped truck or SUV their cars, thus smashing into the is just as dangerous, if not more veh,icle ahead of them when it so, than a common collision. inevitably has to come to a stop. I believe there are people who t, • I even see full on red-light run take driving seriously and r.eally ning, even though there are cam pay attention on the road, but I eras now attached on almost every also know that even if you try your Thefuture encourages comments from readers. In order to be considered for publication, intersection. hardest, you can still have an acci letters to the editor should not exceed 300 words; we may edit for length. Submit them online It's painful to think of how dent. at www,Centra/Floridafuture.com or fax them to 407-447-4556. Questions? Call 407~447-4558. much of my tax money may have That is why it's important to be paid for those cameras. vigilant. Don't text or reach for your What is wrong with society phone unless you are stopped com today, when people's safety and · pletely. Don't change lanes without · even lives are endangered, because looking. Common sense, I know, but . of what? Haste? Or is it ignorance it has to be said apparently because of basic traffic laws? not a month goes by without some Does everyone in Central Flori one trying to merge i;ight into me. da need to see the DMV safety Even low-speed collisions can video again? You know, the one cause serious brain injuries that with all the mangled bodies and change lives forever. twisted piles of flaming steel that Let's all get to where we are SGA right to put used to be a car. going safely, and maybe we will all Or does everyone in Central be able to relax a little on the Florida need to be affected by the roads around here. horrible tragedy of having a loved Or we can drive like crazy peo ·one involved in a serious accident? ple and continue to drive up insur brakes on texting It seems as though people have ance rates. 11 right, people, we take it seriously, as though ver magazine showed that A don't care how great they were signing over their texting while driving can be ON UCFNEWS.COM WHAT YOU ARE SAYING the new iPhone is, it souls and must obey every . more dangerous than drink is time to put it down while aspect of the contract. ing and driving. Bros icing bros There are no excuses you're driving. We feel this way because The study tested how The Student Government no text message can be long it takes to hit the brake needs a c~ill pill for not donating blood Association is planning a more important than your when sober, when legally .,, new initiative to target tex own life. drunk, when reading an e Re: "another excuse for col- You forgot to mention that ting and driving, and we're We're positive SGA is mail and when sending a lege kids to drink themselves into homosexuals can't give blood. Is OK with that. going to receive a lot of text. The results were oblivion." ... or just have a little being gay an excuse? In the fall, SGA will be mixed feelings about the frightening. fun. ANONYMOUS <) pushing a new campaign campaign. . The subjects of the test ANONYMOUS \ that will try to make stu · People might wonder were slower at reacting and Gays, needle users, drug users, why time and money would breaking while texting and dents aware of the dangers those visiting foreign countries, involved with texting while be spent on this initiative or e-mailing than they were I agree with this article. Don't ice! To understand the repercus- those who are anemic, those under driving. may question the necessity when they were drunk. 17, those under lbs, those receiv- This is a really great of such a campaign. Is there any other proof sions: youtube search "Rad Bro- no ing certain medical treatments, move by SGA because it tar Well, picture it as sort of _you might need that it's · mance" people with small veins_that important for SGA to tackle Don't let it happen to you! -~ gets student safety, an issue an investment. leaves a couple people think._ that has been particularly They want to get the this issue with students? ANONYMOUS poignant the past couple message out now, before ' Dangers associated with ANONYMOUS weeks. something really terrible texting and driving is noth Looks like someone is mad SGA wants you.to actual happens to a student who is ing new. they didn't get to the trend first ·> ly mean it when you say texting while driVJ.11g. According to the Insur and then get their article talked Where UCF fits in "ttyl" so that "later" part Between the car-conges ance Institute for Highway about by The New York Times conference expansion actually comes true. tion on campus and the Safety, 28 states have and the Daily Buzz Morning -~ .. What SGA plans to do dangerous roads in the UCF already established laws Show. 2 Million people in Orlando with the new campaign is are~, this makes perfect making texting while driv So sad and 13 Million in Memphis ... still a little unclear. sense. ing illegal. This kind of bitterness is the Eliminates Memphis but 5.7 Mil- ..,, So far, they have thought Besides, campaigns, pro In addition. many of reason nobody reads CFF any- lion in Houston vs. 2 Million in of creating bumper stickers, motions and ·initiatives such those states prohibit more. Orlando doesn't eliminate Orlan- • key chains and T-shirts with as this one are not a new younger drivers from even BRONONYMOUS do ... Really slogans that could at least concept. using hands-free devices, ANONYMOUS '> create awareness. Even high schools in with the exception of an Lol, yeah "no one reads it'' It's not a fool-proof Orange County have taken emergency. except fro "Brononymous" who method, but it's a start. interest in this issue. Why Since Florida does not You know that USF will be comments on CFF all the time working overtime to keep UCF out There will also be a peti not us? If anything, UCF currently have any laws to (with rather idiotic llnd unsupport- tion students can sign will be a good starting point protect people from the of the Big East, and they probably ed statements). will be successful Again we will pledging that they won't to generate awareness and dangers of texting and driv Talk about bitterness, sheesh! be left out in the cold text and drive. action throughout Central ing, it's good to know that We hope that students Florida SGA is at least looking out ,snJDENT ANONYMOUS ~ Jho do sign it ~ actually A study by Car'bnd Dri- for our student body. ~ (! 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