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Students of faith The Reformed University • Fellowship students at UCF meet for prayer-SEE NEWS,A2 • Technology • GETTING RICH WITH THE UCF student Jeremy Students to launch next year at NASA facility Lawrence poses with ONE one of the rockets will help the Students for the during the summer and the during a certification The iPhone has become a potential gold SHAWN GAGE flight for the Tripoli mine for entrepreneurs who create Staff Writer Exploration and Development second in December. Rocketry Association . • games for the device.Just ask Steve of Space at UCF propel two According to Keith Lawrence is also working Demeter, developer of the popular puzzle Rockets powered by laugh rockets into the upper atmos Koehler, part of the public with UCF's SEDS to g~me"Trism."The company made the ing gas are no joking matter to phere. affairs and educational out launch two rockets on ,. game available for download with the UCF students who are less The students expect the reach at Wallops Flight Facili laughing gas next year. July launch of its App Store. Priced at $5, than a year away from the first . rockets, named Daedalus III ty, the facility launches about COURTESY JEREMY LAWRENCE "Trism" earned Demeter $250,000 in launch. and Iv, to launch at NASA's 20 rockets a year. profits the first two months. Nitrous oxide, more com Wallops Flight Facility in Vir • monly known as laughing gas, ginia next year, with the first PLEASE SEE ROCKETS ON A6
• Central Florida Future Housing Fair hits UCF Overall • Report burg1ary ,. reports • onnse' • • UCF's numbers . increase since '05 • JESSICA CROY Contributing Writer ' The number of burglaries reported on UCF's main cam pus has more than tripled Memory Mall was flooded with students on Tuesday during the Central Florida since 2005, according to new • Future off-campus housing fair, where housing complex representatives came to data released in October in speak with students about their housing options,jlnd offers. Housing vendors the latest UCF Annual Report induded River Park,Avalon Park,Jefferson Village, The Woodlands Apartment and Safety Guide.- - Homes, The Village at ¥ience Drive, The Village at Alafaya Oub, Highland Pointe Reports of burglaries Apartments, Pegasus Connection, The Park Baldwin Palms, Sun Key Apartments, Tivoli Apartments, Whisper Lake, College Station Apartments, The Fountains at jumped from 12 in 2005 to 43 Breaking Waterford and more. Food and entertainment vendors also attended the event, in 2007, a 258 p~rcent giving away free goodies, induding Cold Stone Creamery, Pita Pit, CORT and Game increase. news on Day Sports. There was also a fortune teller at the event to add to the students' fun. UCF Police Department • your cell Public Information Officer m PHOTOS BYRAMI ROTLEWla / CENTRALFLORIDA FUTURE Cpl. James Roop said the Get UCF news sent to your cell phone. Just text the keyword spike can likely be attributed UCFNEWS to 44636. to an increase in car burgla ries. More cars on campus with valuable items such as AROUND CAMPUS, A2 GPS navigators and satellite • radios means more targets for WORKSHOP THURSDAY burglars, he said. REGARDING ETHICAL 'Intern Queen' dishes her secret Computer engineering major Chris Sosa said he's • SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES CARMEN CARROQUINO Starting from scratch upon entering aware of the dangers of leav There will be a workshop on ethical Contributing Writer college, Berger began building her ing valuables in the car on survival techniques in the Recreation resume with internships fueled by a pas campus, so he takes impor and Wellness Center Training Room on Internships can be hard to come by, sion for what she wanted tant items with him. but for Lauren Berger, they became a ''.At the beginning of my college years the first floor on Thursday from noon career. I had nothing on my resume that really PLEASE SEE LIQUOR ON Al to 1 p.m. Participants will need to Nicknamed the "Intern Queen," by RSVP by 5 p.m. today. stood out," Berger said "It was a matter ,. local and national press, Berger complet of passion and really going for what I ed 15 internships before graduating col wanted When it came time to get a job, lege. all of my internships made me look and LOCAL & STATE, A2 "The internships on my resume were feel experienced in many fields and with NEW TRIAL GIVES MAN the only reason I got an inter many different types of companies." Banquet view at my first job," Berger FOX, NBC, MTV and BWR Public JAILED FOR 27 YEARS said. "Internships are Relations are just a few internships on CHANCE AT BOND super important these her impressive resume. to show days." Ajudge ruled a Brevard man Berger attributes her success to her, imprisoned for 27 years on murder ''Never take no for an answer" philoso charges - and was recently granted phy. levels of Lauren Berger, a UCF "I've learned to always find another • a new trial because of new DNA alumna, is dubbed the ' evidence - can be released on 'Intern Queen' for her way, and I've chosen what I've wanted $100,000 bond.William Dillon,49,was 15-plus internships. inequality PLEASE SEE ON serving a life sentence. COURTESY LAUREN BERGER BERGER Al KATIE KUSTURA Contributing Writer NATION & WORLD, A4 • Hunger and homelessness PIRATES CONTINUE in Central Florida will be ATTACKS, HIJACK SHIP Team Fortress takes first win brought to light Thursday OFF SOMALIA COAST SHAWN GAGE tive specific to each map. In each match evening in an interactive sim Staff Writer participants also play as one out of nine ulation at the 15th Annual The U.S. Navy said a cargo ship has character classes, each with specific roles Hunger Banquet. been hijacked off the Somalia coast, Despite hiccups in the connection, the in the overall team The banquet "demon the lastest attack by pirates operating UCF Team Fortress 2 team won its first UCF's team was assembled through a strates in a very real way the out of the African country. Navy competition in the College Gaming tournament sponsored by the inequalities we have in socie Commander Jane Campbell said the League against Ball State University. LANKnights PC Gaming club. Despite ty," Volunteer UCF Director ship was attacked Tuesday. The competition was held at the being their first foray into an online com of Hunger and Homelessness Knight4Gamers event at the Student petition together, UCF team members Jessica Schwendeman, said. Union Friday. Sponsored by the UCF expected to do well in the match. From 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in INDEX TODAY'S Computer Store and combat-simulation Billy ''Ic;eman" Williams II, who played the Pegasus Ballroom, stu Around Campus 2 . WEATHER center Hard Knocks, the competition and a offense-orientated Soldier on the team, dents will see and feel what Weather 2 a Counter-Strike: Source tournament were had been practicing for about a month to it's like to be separated into different social classes. • Local & State 2 side events during a Gears ofWar 2 launch compete in the match with BSU. Nation & World 4 party. 'Tm expecting us to win - that's the Participant's meals and seat locations will be deter Sports 8 The College Gaming League was reason I have my three Buddha statues • mined by the social class Opinions 10 MOSTLY formed earlier this year in a partnership here," Williams II said between the Championship Gaming Despite some network connection indicated on the ticket they Oassifieds 11 SUNNY receive at the door. Sudoku Series and Dell for college students to issues that persisted throughout the com- 11 compete in video game tournaments. In UCF senior Lalita Booth Crossword 11 61° 39° COURTESY ADRIAN KOSTIC Team Fortress 2, players are divided into From front to back, Billie Williams, Brad Pennsy, Will Boeyen HIGH lOW two teams that have to complete an objec- PLEASE SEE ABOUT ON A6 and Michael Golletti participated in Knight4Gamers Friday. PLEASE SEE GUESTS ON Al .. I,' A2 www. Centra/FloridaFuture. com November 19, 2008 • (enttal '1oribil '1rtun •
AROUND • CAMPUS (eutrat News and notices for • the UCF community Jtoriba Workshop on ethical survival There will be a workshop on .~ ethical survival techniques in the Recreation and Wellness :future Center Training Room on the The Student Newspaper at IJCF since 1968 • first floor training room on November 19, 2008 Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. Vol 40, Issue 105 • 12 Pages Participants will need to RSVP by 5 p.m. today. The Centro/ Florida Future is the independent, student written newspaper at the University of Central Aorida. For more information, con Opinions In the Future are those of the individual tact Patty Farris at 407-823-3477 columnist and not necessartly those of the editorial staff or e-mail [email protected]. or the Univer.;ity administration. All content is property of the Centro/ Florid(, Future and may not be rep,inted in pan or In whole without permission from the publisher. • Learn to resolve conflicts Andrew Luchner will hold a NEWSROOM presentation regarding conflict 407-447-4558 • and conflict resolution on Editor-in-Chief Thursday in the Recreation and Padrick Brewerx213 Wellness Center from 6 p.m. to editor@(entrolFloridaFuture.com 7p.m. • For more information, con News Editor tact Teresa Chemlir at 407-823- Tara Young x213 2811 or e-mail News.CFF@gmailcom [email protected]. Online News Editor • PHOTOS BY JOHN MURPHY/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Jeffrey Riley x213 Group leader Ande Johnson speaks to students at the Reformed University Fellowship in the Math and Physics Building where the group comes together every Tuesday night. VUCF hosting annual banquet Online.CFF@gmailcom Volunteer UCF will host its 15th Annual Hunger Banquet on Opinions Editors · Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 Nathan Christopher and p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom at Jessica Saggio x213 Opinions.CFF@gmailrom the Student Union. ~ The banquet will focus on Sports Editor the hunger and the homeless. CROSSES Brian Murphy x215 There will be free food, but [email protected] people must bring two canned Variety Editor • good for admission. Whitney Hamrickx214 · For more information, con- Varicty.CFF@gmailcom tact Jessica Schwendemen at 407-823-6471 or e-mail Photo Editor ., [email protected]. TOBE Sarah Rogers Photo.CFF@gmailcom. Bargaining meeting on Friday Staff Writers There will be a collective Religious students have campus haven Ryan Bass, William Goss, Jillian Krotki, bargaining agreement between ' Shahdai Richardson, Kelda Senior, the UCF Board of Trustees and JOHN MURPHY where a couple of guys loved me in my Robyn Sidersky, Kari Wilberg, William Perry Contributing Writer brokenness like no one had ever done Melissa Chadbourne, Jonathan Hohensee, the United Faculty of Florida on Allen Levin, Ashley lnguanta Friday from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in before.'' Millican Hall Room 243. Steph Segler wakes up bright and One of these students was involved Staff Photographers early on a typical morning, takes a in RUF at N.C. State and threw around Ande Johnson leads the Reformed University Caitlin Bush, Andy Jacobsohn, For more information, con Corey Maynard, Greg Territo, shower, grabs a filling breakfast and sits the idea of Johnson eventually starting Fellowship meeting. The group meets Tuesday nights. tact Sherry Andrews at 407-823- Amanda Moore, Reerna Desai, Liana Cole, ~ 1550 or e-mail down to pray. RUF at UCF. If that were to happen, he Rayma Jenkins, Sharon Weaver [email protected]. Segler, a sophomore at UCF and a would have to be ordained in the PCA, making a conscious choice not to, it's devout Christian, is one of a growing which would require a Master ofDivin really hard" Copy Editors number of students who are practicing ity, and for Johnson to finish his UCF Homer attends University Presby Chris Hoadley • and strengthening their faith by attend degree (at least five years away). After a terian Church in Orlando. ing Reformed University Fellowship, few years of serving at UPC, he eventu Segler agreed that it is equally as dif Columnist LOCAL one of the ministries and religious ally took on an internship, which ficult for her to keep her morals in place. Benjamin Badio 1, groups around the UCF campus. helped him discover a love for people She said there are definitely many temp Graphic Artists "The overall experience has been and teaching. tations and distractions that can pull Cara Cooper,· &STATE amazing," Segler said. After talking_to some people he anyone away from his or her faith in col Joseph Mangabat, Brad Walkover Keep local with headlines Segler first embraced her faith when respected, he decided that seminary lege. However, she said that, like Homer, Editorial Adviser you may have missed she was 8 years old, after watching her would be a good place to go and learn she does her best to abide by the teach Abraham Aboraya mother be baptized. She wanted to find after he finished his undergraduate ings ofthe Bible as best she can. adviser@[entro/Floridafuture.rom Man who was·imi>risoned for 27 out how she could do that too, and the degree at UCF. After getting his under "I don't curse, and I'm still a virgin;" years on murder charges released experience changed her life. gradu~te degree, Johnson attended Segler said. "I make every attempt to • VIERA - A judge has ruled She said she actually stumbled onto Refonp.ed Theological Seminary and live up to biblical morals and set a good BUSINESS , a Brevard County man impris RUF by accident. got his Master of Divinity, and when he example for others." 407-447-4555 oned for 27 years on murder "I was trying to find another group was finishing seminary (5 years after However, Segler is far from the Advertising Sales Director , charges - and was recently that my friends were involved in over at the original thought), RUF was consid model Christian. Mark Lanaris x204 .. granted a new trial because of USF," Segler said. "I was starting to feel ering starting a chapter at UCF. ''Many people think being Christian [email protected] new DNA evidence - can be completely alone, because my room ''Being my past connection to UCF means being perfect, or as close to it as released on $100,000 bond. mate left, so I was living alone, and my and RUF, I interviewed, and did poorly, possible," Segler said "That is a huge Qniversity Sales Director William Dillon, 49, was friends were at USF and other colleges yet eventually I got the job and began misinterpretation - my life is com Heissam Jebailey x201 • [email protected] serving a life sentence for out of state. I felt like I needed to get RUF at UF,F," Johnson said pletely imperfect, and I've done some killing James Dvorak in 1981 at involved in something to take my mind Being the campus minister for the things in my life I know I shouldn't Business Manager Indian Harbor Beach. Police offof my homesickness and loneliness." UCF chapter of RUF has had a pro have.'' Trisha Irwin x212 said Dvorak was bludgeoned . RUF is a Christian ministry that foP:..ld impact on the way Johnson lives Besides all the prayer, songs and ser [email protected] • to death in a robbery. spans far beyond its UCF chapter. and thinks about life. mons telling one how they should live Distribution Manager Last week, Judge David There are 110 chapters of RUF nation "It has totally changed µiy life," said your life according to the Bible, Homer Joseph Crandall x211 Dugan set a new trial and on wide at different colleges around the Johnson, who has been with RUF since said one of the greatest things about [email protected] Tuesday, ordered Dillon country, which take in thousands ofstu 2006. "In the process of pasturing stu being part; .of a group like RUF is the dep.ts each year. The group is associat strong bond and great frieridships that General Manager released on bond. He will be dents, I have perhaps been the most Raymond G. Bush x220 .allowed to spend Thanksgiv ed with the campus ministry of the blessed. They have modeled to me can bloom from interacting with so [email protected] ing with his family in Orlando. Presbyterian Church in America, but what it looks like to love and serve peo many people who share the common f not just for PCA students. The ple in a way that at times seems upside thread of faith. Dillon was expected to be Fax: 407-447-4556 r~leased later Tuesday, after a "reformed" term in the group's name down, I have discovered more and "Everyone there is very·outgoing monitoring device was set up. refers to the fact that it comes from the more in ministry that I am as messed up and positive, and they really let their Published by Knight Newspapers Dillon's lawyers say DNA heritage of the reformation. as anybody, and my hope is the hope of guard down and make it easy to let 1182SHighTechAve. Ste.100 ' testing shows Dillon did not The UCF chapter is a place where my students.'' . yours down," Homer said. He Orlando, FL 32817 wear the killer's T-shirt. observers of the Christian faith can Besides the large group setting of described the students who attend the A retrial is set for January 7. pray, sing songs of praise to God, much RUF, which meets on Tuesday nights in meetings as ''very comfortable people." like groups that host other religious the Math and Physics Building and Johnson said that, while RUF is a Doctors in U.S. say Cuba is holding beliefs around campus, and listen to the includes more than 100 students, the place for like-minded people to share in children hostage in country enlightening, sometim~s humorous club also offers additional smaller their beliefs, and Is inherently a Christ '9,ucF MIAMI - A group of more sermons ofAnde Johnson, the leader of groups like Bible studies, as well as a ian-centered group, it also serves as an Stands For Opportunity® • than a dozen doctors and med the group. . prayer breakfast that meets in the avenue for people with differing views ical professionals says the ·~ a person, I think he is iricredibly morning, which Segler calls "like a to express their diversity and learn to Cuban government is holding awkward, and by choice," Ken Homer Bible study, but with prayer.'' accept one another just the same. a? Ap ASSoctATED said of Jonson. Homer is another UCF "I would go further in saying it is a COllfGIATE Associated 1• their children hostage and not While everyone at the meetings sup PRESS Press allowing them to come to the stu~ent who attends the group and is ports each other like family, sometimes great place to meet people who are United States even though the drummer of the band·that plays at it can be difficult to avoid some of the unlike-minded and who can live togeth they have visas. the meetings. pitfalls that college life can bring out er and serve one another,'' Johnson said The doctors are all Cubans "He's very thought provoking in a side of the group. "(It is my) hope that RUF would be a who had been Jiving in other simple manner," Horner said. "He Segler used to attend church on a place for all-minded people to experi Ut"""F.~ nations as part of a Cuban gov makes you reflect on things that one regular basis, but the growing commit ence life in a new way.'' ernment program. They would assume are obvious yet always ments associated with school have pre Johnson sees this aspect ofthe group RECYCLES .. defected to the United States, get left behind His lessons are inform vented her from doing so. In lieu of as a benefit that he hopes will shape its. One free copy of the Central Florida Future and a 2006 Homeland Security ative and entertajning as well as God going to an institution ofworship every future. pennitted per issue. If available, additional copies policy would let them bring centered. And I think he's the perfect Sunday, she prefers to watch it online "C'onstantly I hear students from may be purcha~d from our office with prior their children to the country. leader for college-age students.'' from the Web site of her church back every type of background dealing with approval for $1 each. Newspaper theft is a crime. • They say Cuba won't allow it. Johnson's decision to pursue a reli home, Calvary Chapel ofMelbourne, or the same types of real life issues, issues V-iolators may be subject to civil and criminal Members of the group gious career occurred while he was an grab the podcast ofthe service. that aren't inherently Christian or non prosecution and/or University discipline. spoke Tuesday at the Miami undergraduate student at UCF and For Homer, observing one's faith Christian issues but are human issues,'' headquarters of the Cuban went through some tough situations. among the chaos and temptations of Johnson said. "Some ofthe things I hear American National Founda "I got hurt my freshman year and college life can be quite difficult at about all the time are addictions, bro tion, .a U.S. group that repre lost the girl,'' Johnson said "This led to times. ken families, guilt, exhaustion, loneli sents Cubans in exile. The a struggle of meaning and existence. I "It's so hard to keep your morals," ness, rejection, fear about the future, LET US KNOW foundation plans to file com read tons of books from different per Homer said. "When all your best social anxiety. ... I have loved and would The Future wants to hear plaints against the Cuban gov spectives and eventually found myself friends drink and swear and smoke and love anyone from any background to be from you. If you have a club, ernment with international at University Presbyterian Church, have sex, and you don't, or at least ~e here if they want to be here.'' organization or event and want • organizations. your information to be consid ered for the Around Campus Half-wolf dog shot and killfd after column, send a fax to 407-447- several days of searching LOCAL WEATHER 4556 or an e-mail to editor@cen LEHIGH ACRES -A wolf tralfloridafuture.com. Deadlines • • German Shepherd hybrid that are 5 p.m. Friday for the Monday attacked cattle and then broke Today TODAY IN DETAIL Thursday High:~9° edition, 5 p.m. Monday for the out of a county animal control Today: Some clouds during the day Wednesday edition, and 5 p.m. van has been shot and killed MOSTLY SUNNY Low:48° . ~ednesday for the Friday edi by Lee County authorities. with no chance of rain, and winds 0 tion. SUNNY The wolf-dog, who was from north at 13 mph. named Max, was turned over Tonight: A clear night with no Friday High:66° High: 61° chance of rain, and winds from the \lhcc a\\l\ \iew ads onlinc an~\ime ,1t Low:39° northwest at 7 mph. SUNNY Low:50° www.Knig,ht\ewspa\1ers.com/c\assificds PLEASE SEE LOCAL ON A4 0 I \)If ~ ~ ~ It) ·- «enmtf :.fforlba 1utim · November 19, 2008 www.CentralF/oridaFuture.com A3 " • Students win Hispanic nod UCF not considering JANE MARTINEZ • Contributing Writer Diego Marin, 24, had only one goal when he was grow limiting water bottles ing up: to come to the United States to receive a good col ANDREA CANTERBURY Talkaboutwater bins and trash cans. UCF sells a lot of water bottles to stu lege education. Staff Writer • bottle rules at • He came alone, leaving his " www.UCFNews.com dents and visitors, but ifit fol family in Venezuela He held Washington University in lowed in suit with Washington whatever jobs were available, SL Louis is taking a step in a readjust its budgets. University, that revenue may such as dishwashing, in order green direction after deciding ''We estimated that, for the disappear. But some UCF stu .. to save money for school. to cut the sales of plastic bot same amount of bottled water dents are already using water Shortly after he arrived, he tled water on campus. we purchased last year (more fountains and bringing their received the dismal news that ''It costs society a lot more than $100,000), the cost of.the own bottles from home. his mother had been diag in energy and expense to bot same volume of tap water . "IfI have them available, rn • nosed with breast cancer. He tle water than to have students ' would have been less than have three in my car for the wanted to fly back home head for the nearest hallway $50," Malten wrote in an e day and then carry one with immediately, but she forbade drinking fountain," said Matt mail interview. me throughout the day and fill it. Malten, Washington universi Even though Washington it up at the water fountains," • "That phone conversation ty's assistant vice chancellor University has the same ven said Dustin Hamzehloui, a jun was the single most inspiring for sustainability, in an article dor as UCF, there is no word ior philosophy major. thing in my life," Marin said. last week from the St. Louis whether UCF is considering a Hamzehloui said people • "I know that she wanted and Post-Dispatch. similar move. This semester, who care about drinking water needed me to come home, but The university will stop UCF decided to eliminate frequently will often bring she put her needs last and selling bottled water in all trays from its dining halls, their own water bottle or other wanted me to succeed." campus locations' by next reducing food waste and con container to school with them. His difficult experience as · summer, with most vendors serving water and energy sup He said because of this, he a Hispanic in America, the leaving campus by the end of plies. The move has been suc doesn't think the move would obstacles he has overcome this fall The school has a con cessful so far and suggests that make any significant changes and all of his efforts to strive tract with Coca-Cola Co., the the school is definitely open to on how often people buy • for a better education are maker of Dasani and the con more viable methods of con water. some of the reasons why he tractor for UCF's bottled water servation. Still, it could be some time was one of the 18 students sales. Christine Dellert of UCF before UCF decides to nix' that earned a Hispanic Her The decision has been News & Information said UCF plastic bottled water from _ • CAITLIN BUSH/ CENTRAL FIDRIDA FUTURE · made for several reasons. is not limiting the sale ofwater campus completely. UCF con- ' itage Scholarship this past Diego Marin,civil engineering major, was one of 15 UCF students to get the Hispanic Scholarship. month. Malten said a considerable bottles at this poinL However, tinues to take strides toward In all, 15 UCF students a resource for Hispanic stu • Have a minimum cumu amount ofwater is used to bot Coca-Cola recently signifi more environmentally friend- - • including Marin - were given dents seeking scholarship · lative grade point average tle water and the carbon costs cantly decreased the amount ly ways of conducting opera scholarships worth $5,000 opportunities," said Lizette (GPA) of3.00 on a 4.00 scale can be significant through ofplastic that goes into its bot tions on campus, but it's each. This year's winners Valarino, executive director • Complete the scholar extensive use ofoil to produce, tles. unclear whether or not it is · attend UCF, Rollins and of the Hispanic Heritage ship application transport and distribute the Dasani water is ·currently prepared to make the move • Valencia Community College. Scholarship Fund. • Submit an essay water. Most plastic bottles are sold for $1.99 at the.UCF Book away from bottled water. The Hispanic Scholarship To qualify for the award • Turn in official college not recycled and most, if not store and $1.25 in vending Fund of Metro Orlando is a the candidate must meet the transcripts· all, of St. Louis' bottled water machines. A cup for water at nonprofit organization following eligibility require This is the ninth year the comes from municipal water. any UCF dining location is • designed with the mission to ments: partnership between the His Since St. Louis water was free. support the educational • Be of Hispanic heritage panic Heritage Scholarship voted 'best tasting' by the U.S. "Over here, everything's development of outstanding • Be a U.S. citizen or legal Fund of Metro Orlando and Conference of Mayors, the more expensive - it's basi , move makes sense, Malten cally double the price," said · .• Hispanic students in Central permanent resident the Hispanic Chamber of Florida through scholarship • Must have applied for Commerce of Metro Orlando said. Alex Haney, a sophomore awards. Federal Financial Aid using has handed out awards. To While the change may be digital media major. "You Marin's mother is now in theFAFSA date, the organization has environmentally friendly, it can go to Wal-Mart and remission. He still resides in • Be enrolled full or part provided $300,000 to 115 stu may not be as kind to the uni buy a whole gallon of Orlando and wants to be suc time in a degree-seeking pro dents, according to an Oct. 23, versity's budgeL The decision water for 69 cents. Here, cessful in order to make some gram at an accredited institu UCF News and Information has the potential to cost the you buy Aquafina for $2, of the sacrifices his mother tion in one of the seven news release. university several thousand and it lasts you two sips." • made for him worthwhile. Central Florida counties (Bre For more information or to dollars of revenue. Still, Mal Walking around cam "One of the objectives of vard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, donate, contact Lizette Valari t • • • • • • TijWl"'-'l FUits ~OOfl' Vald ,, IN I ERNA flONAl STU.D.ENT flSSOCIAJIIJN PRESENTS a ) ') • • • .,. • ) . ) STU DE T UNION / PEGASUS BALLROOM / FR1DAY / 11 ~ 21.08 / 1OAM - 4PM Sample a Variety of International Food~ and Desserts, Musit: and Live Entertainment! I' ) .,.,_ ·. .. ··- ~--·······--··· ····------~ -·-:··,----· ...... - ...... _ -...C.--~-- ... .. _, ... ~. ~, ·~-, ... ~ .. , A4 www.Centra/FloridaFuture.com November 19, 2008 • €entnf j(odba 31dun LOCAL & STATE NATION & WORLD FROM Al. Keep current with headlines from around the globe to authorities last week by its owner when the animal attacked some cattle. The dog escaped from the back of an animal control van. It had been spotted in recent days, including once when he walked through the back ground of a live TV report. Authorities have spent the last several days search ing for the dog because they feared it would be aggres sive to other animals and children. On Tuesday morning, , deputies spotted Max and TSAFRIR ABAYOV / ASSOCIATED PRESS shot at him five times. The Israeli soldiers watch television near the Israel-Gaza border Tuesday. Israeli tanks forged animal was struck three into the Southem Gai.a Strip on Tuesday, drawing mortar fire from Palestinian militants. times, then ran for a quarter of a mile before he was U.S. Navy says cargo ship Crty places lien on blind picked up by officers. hijacked off of Somalia coast woman's house for 1-cent bill DUBAI, United Arab ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Dogs used to hell) teach children Emirates - The U.S. Navy A 74-year-old blind woman the enjoyment of reading said a cargo ship has been was shocked when her • ORLANDO - Reading is hijacked off the Somalia daughter found a letter from a hit at elementary schools coast - the latest in a series the city saying a lien would SHOW YOUR COMMITMENT across central Florida thanks of attacks by pirates operat be placed on her home to a new program that ing out of the African coun unless she paid an overdue enlists the help of four- try. water bill. WEAR YOUR BUTTON :1egged friends. Navy Commander Jane The amount? 1 cent. At Orlando's Bay Mead Campbell of the Bahrain Eileen Wilbur told The UCF students, faculty, and staff are committed ows Elementary, teachers based 5th Fleet said the Sun Chronicle of Attleboro say kids can't wait to take 26,000-ton bulk cargo carri the letter sent her blood to a sustainable environment. Become involved! turns snuggling up against er was attacked Tuesday in pressure soaring, and ppint Check out these resources: Hector the sheltie during the Gulf of Aden. ed out that stamps cost 42 She said the ship was fly cents. reading time. Experts say the UNIFYING THEME WEBSITE dogs help students practice ing a Hong Kong flag but is City Collector Debora pronouncing words without operated by the Islamic Marcoccio said the letter www.unifyingtheme.ucf.edu the pressure of messing up Republic of Iran Shipping was among 2,000 sent out. A I· in front of other kids. Lines. computer automatically STUDENT, FACULTY, AND STAFF READing Paws is a The status of the crew or prints letters for accounts national program that uses its cargo were not known. with an ovetdue balance, SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCES trained Reading Education Campbell says the ship is arid they are not reviewed by www.sustainabilityalliance.ucf.edu Assistance Dogs. Schools in likely heading toward an staff before being mailed, Tennessee and Georgia have anchorage site off the Soma she said UCF RECYCLES also found success with the li coast. The letter warned of a program. The ship's name or other lien and a $48 penalty if the www.recycle.ucf.edu Sabal Point Elementary in details were not immediate overdue bill is not paid by Longwood has Suzy, the ly known. Dec. 10. The charge was UCF ENERGY AND black Labrador. Isabella the from the previous fiscal poodle visits Freedom Ele Teachers in Lebanon strike, year, which ran from July SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT mentary in DeLand each forcing students to stay home 2007 to July 2008. www.sustainable.ucf.edu week. And Grassy Lakes Ele BEIRUT, Lebanon - "My question is, how come it wasn't paid when mentary in Cletmont has About 100,000 teachers in UCF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE & ARBORETUM Kalua, a black lab, and Abbi, public and private schools the (original) bills went a golden retriever. are staging a one-day strike out?" Marcoccio said. www.green.ucf.edu to demand better pay, forc Wilbur's daughter, Rose ing about 1 million students Brederson, who discovered Create your own Knight Fact related to the - ASSOCIATED PRESS to stay home. the bill in her mother's mail, Most schools closed called the situation "ridicu UT initiative-email us at: US@mail. ucf.edu nationwide. Teachers at the lous." But she said her moth state-run Lebanese Univer er, who has lived in the home HIGHER ~ity also joined Tuesday's since 1959, would likely end i1,ucF strike. up paying the penny. Stands For Opportunity Several hundred teachers EDUCATION protested near parliament in Iraq sets date for long-awaited What's in the news at downtown Beirut to press provincial elections in January colleges around the country their demands. BAGHDAD - Iraq said Education Minister Tuesday that it will hold Presidents of two Oklahoma Bahiya Hariri says she will long-awaited provincial universities paid more than most meet with union representa elections on Jan. 31, a step OKLAHOMA CITY - A tives after the protest. forward for U.S.-backed Donate Plasma! new survey says pay for the The teachers' unions say efforts to promote national presidents at Oklahoma State a recent government reconciliation even though a Sometimes a Band-Aid is not enough University and the University decreed pay raise of 200,000 key northern area will n9t of Oklahoma is higher than Lebanese pounds - · about participate in the vote. most other presidents of pub $133 - a month for all Government spokesman lic research universities. employees was not enough. Ali al-babbagh said the Cab The study released Mon inet decided on the date, day by the Chronicle ofHigh Kentucky man awaiting trial which had been widely er Education says OU Presi escapes Jail but later returns expected, at a meeting Tues dent David Boren's PADUCAH, Ky. - Chad day. The announcement of compensation package is Toy's escape from jail was the election date comes as $550,544 per year. It says OSU n't what shocked his jailers; parliament prepares for a President Burns Hargis it was his plea to be let back Nov. 24 vote on a U.S.-Iraqi receives a package worth in. security pact to allow Amer $443,465 per year. "When I rang the bell at ican troops to stay in Iraq for The median salary for the jail and told them who I three more years. public university presidents was, they were surprised," Both developments fol is rated at $427,400 per year. Toy told The Paducah (Ky.) lowed months of painstak Boren's package includes Sun newspaper. "I guess ing negotiations to balance salary, deferred compensa they haven't seen that the interests of Iraq's rival tion, retirement pay and a before." factions, reflecting contin supplemental retirement Toy, 21, was in the ued sectarian and ethnic package. McCracken County tensions in the country Hargis' earnings include Regional Jail in western despite a decline in violence. salary, a $20,000 car Kentucky awaiting trial on The elections had been allowance, retirement pay charges stemming from a hoped for as early as Oct. 1. and an annuity. July home invasion. They will be the first provin He's also serving a four cial elections since 2005, Search finn from Florida to help year sentence for theft. when Iraq's insurgency was find new president for WVU Officials said he escaped far stronger than it is now. 1r-~------~------MORGANTOWN, WYa. early Monday while on a While the security situa Find out how thousands of people save lives and earn extra CASH by donating plasma - A Florida search firm has cleanup detail in the lobby. tion has improved, Iraqi pol been hired to help West Vir He bolted after a guard itics are still vulnerable to regularly. Plasma is used to make manufacture injectable products for people, including ginia University find its next unlocked the front doors to sectarian divisions among children, with serious illneses. president. clean trash from a breeze the country's major factions: Gene Budig, chairman of way. Shiites, Sunni Arabs and WVU's search committee, But Toy returned that Kurds. DCI Biologicals 1900 Alafaya Trail Suite 500 Orlando 321-235-9100 announced Monday's selec afternoon, wet and covered The elections · will not tion of Greenwood/Asher & with grime. take place in Tamim * $10 Special-New and Return (not donated in the last 6 months) Associates Inc. of Miramar H e told authorities his province, which includes the Bring this ad and receive an extra $5 on your 2nd and 4th donation. Beach, Fla. sister had persuaded him to oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Law Greenwood's was one ofll surrender because his fami makers had decided to post www.dciplasma.com proposals received from com ly feared for his safety. pone a decision on how to panies across the country. Jailer Bill Adams said he resolve a power-sharing dis WVU has also begun doubts Toy's account. He pute over Kirkuk, which advertising the post in The thinks the escapee spent his Kurdish leaders believe Chronicle of Higher Educa brief liberty hiding b eside should be incorporated into tion and other higher educa the Tennessee River. their semi-autonomous Place Classifieds tion publications. Adams said it was the region in the north. • The deadline is Dec. 15, first time in his 14 years as a Tahir Mohammed, a Kur and Budig says some nomina deputy and jailer that he's dish elections official, also tions and applications have seen an escaped convict said no date has been set for ONLINE already come in. willingly return. elections in the three Interim President C. Peter Toy told-the newspaper, provinces in the Kurd • Magrath (muh GRAW) is "It was a spur of the administered region. Iraq in the now at WVU's helm. He moment decision. I saw an has 18 provinces. replaced Mike Garrison, who open door and just ran Faraj al-Haidari, a senior resigned earlier this year over through it." electoral official, said the httral ~oriba ;future a master's degree scandal He added, "I am sorry Cabinet decided on the date for ·as low as $5 an issue! involving the governor's about what I did. If I had it after consulting the Iraqi daughter. to do over again, I would High Electoral Commission. have n ever run out the door." www.KnightNewspapers.com/classifieds - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ASSOCIATED PRESS ,. ~------..-- --~ -- ·- --- .,...... # J • ------· - ~ ------.... . ,. • - · - --- ·· ·-- --- 1 ------~--- _....,----~------•... ~- - - .,. ______-- ~ _.,. -- - - ...... ------.. • €mttal. 3lorlba !Jutute · November 19 , 2008 www.CentralFforidaFuture.com A5 Calif. residents return o sort through wreckage AMYTAXIN fornia by Tuesday, when the Associated Press clear skies and calm winds helped firefighters make LOS ANGELES - Smoky some gains, bad air remained skies cleared and once-whip in some places and classes ping winds slowed to · a were canceled at dozens of standstill Tuesday, as anoth schools near rrre zones in er wave of those who fled Orange County. Southern Californi~'s fero In Sylmar, wild winds cious weekend wildtrres pre blew a wall of rrre through pared to sort thro'ugh the the mobile home complex remains of their homes. Saturday and set them ablaze Three fires have so quickly that even firefight destroyed nearly 1,000 ers had to drop their hoses homes and apartments and and run. burned 42,000 acres, or 65 Firefighters were able to square miles, forcing thou save about 120 homes, but sands to flee. The causes of· many were badly damaged in all three were under investi the park that residents ·gation, although a human described as idyllic for its cause was suspected in a mountain scenery, swim- Santa Barbara County blaze. . ming pool and tennis courts · Many residents of the 484 and community spirit. · homes destroyed in the tight Los Angeles police offi knit Oakridge Mobile Home cials were still looking_for Park were expected to line residents of 166 properties up and walk through and see who have not ·yet contacted the worst of the devas.tation authorities. Official listed the for themselves after authori numbers of those spaces and ties made sure there were no urged to conrrrm they are bodies in the ashes. alive and.well. A day earlier, Michael Her Elsewhere, the largest of nandez pulled a charred the rrr~s has burned nearly photo album from the wreck 29,000. acres in Orange, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS / AP PHOTO age of his home, the pla;:;tic Riverside, San Bernardino AMetro Bus .carries residents of the Oak~dge_Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif., to see the destruction. from the wildfire on Monday. Winds blew a wall of fire through nearly S00 homes. pages melted and flaking after and Los Angeles counties I a wildtrre tore through the and has destroyed more than of Sylmar. It destroyed 2~b mobile home where he lived 250 homes and apartment homes, many of them m~ with his grandparents arid 7- ·· units. Firefighters had it 60 sions that once had sweeping year old, daughter. percent surrounded. San views of the Pacific Ocean. It • I It was one of a handful of Bernardino , became the was fully contained by Mon- keepsakes he was able to res~ . fourth county to have a state day night and the cause was cu~ during a police-escorted of emergency declared. under investigation. . ; . tour for some residents of In Yorba Linda in Orange Los Angeles Mayor Anto We know how to take care of the park that became a flat County, where more than 150 nio Villaraigosa said Presi 407 •704 •8 . 911 our customers. Give us acall tor your tened field of blackened homes were lost, residents dent-elect Barack Obama trees and twisted metal. also returned to survey the contacted him Sunday night More than 500 people devastation. · to,offer what help he could. made the trip on Monday but David Waltemeyer, fire Gov. Arnolfi ------· were n_ot allowed to sift chief in Corona near where Schwarzenegger on Monday through the ruins as cadaver the rrre broke out Saturday asked the Bush administra UlJ.TIDJpfl1Il ~ WlIIHHill1lliID sniffing dogs scoured the morning, told the Riverside tion to declare Southern Cal --- area to make sure no one had Press-Enterprise that author ifornia a federal disaster site. died in the blaze. After a ities did not believe the rrre The_goveinor also requesteU search, no bodies were . was intentionally set and disaster loans for the coun found. likely had a mechanical ties of Los Angeles, Orange, · Residents whose homes cause such as exhaust from a Riverside, Santa Barbara and were intact were allowed to vehicle. on the nearby 91 San Bernardino. 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MA.•1•,EA ST=-;~ ,111 lli:NSOI: COlilPA.M'f OJl 56AME WORKSHOP \'j'H CH HA\'E IIO REi~l&l.,TY FD? !TS co~ruIT ' .... t • ' ( "i A6 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com November 19, 2008 • (tntnJ Sloriba 31ml" About 600 people Rockets have self-destruct features FROM Al I • attended.the event 'We try to work with groups on their rockets," FROM Al Koehler said; 'We look at it as an educational· process and petition, the UCF team was 'A lot of-our · the things with · the best able to beat BSU 2-1. chance of success we work Each school bad six players sponsors with." and played in a best-of-three Executive Director of Pro round format. Each round took actually want ject Daedalus and Vice Presi place on a different map, and a dent of SEDS Michael P. ,,. team won a -round when it us to get up to Green said the goals for the accomplished the map's objec Daedalus III and IV are to tive five times. a 200-perso·n reach an altitude of 207,000 The first map in the compe feet and 350,000 feet, respec-. tition was Badfands. In this map event.' tiv~ly. _ each team competes to capture Project Daedalus is one of five specific locations or - ERIC WALKER SERVER ADMINISTRATOR two remaining student initia ''points" on the field The team tives in Florida to launch a ~t captutes and holds all five sounding rocket. Sounding points wins the map. petition was Gravel Pit. In rockets are used in sub BSU took some major· hits Gravel Pit, the goal is for one orbital research to gather data early on in the match as team to defend a series ofthree from the upper atmosphere. Michael "Rawnblade" Golletti points while the other·attempts Last year, Embry-Riddle created an unexpected dynam to capture them in the shortest Aeronautical University in ic, <;>ften breaking through its time possible. The teams would Daytona Beach became the defense faster than any oth~r alternate between offense and first undergraduate group to player. defense, ~d th~ team with the successfully launch a sound- ''The other team was actual shortest time wins a single . ing rocket. ly pretty surprised when we game. . Both the UCF and Embry had our Pyro;' ~ghts • Rather than spread out, the Riddle progr~s are named Director of Events Jordan UCF team members central- . after Greek mythological "Gamma" Toor said about the ized its defenses on one point, characters. Embry-Riddle's game's fire-themed dose-range giving BSU an early lead each sounding rocket program is • -ambush class. During his time match. In the end, the strategy called Icarus. competing, he switched worked in UCP.'s favor as BSU "Icarus fell from the between the lightly armed.-but was unable to beat UCFs time. clouds burning in flames and quick Scout and the slow-but The final map-in the compe Daedalus is the one who sur, powerful Heavy. "Ball State tition was Granary, which bad vived," said Jeremy Lawrence, trained for the professional lay the same rules as Badlands and project leader .for Project out, so we actually gave them a favors fast-pace play. Daedalus. "They announced run for their money." 'We were familiar with the their project when our proj Toor said the professional map and had planned to play ect was being formed, so they layout usually consists of two it," UCF team captain John thought it was fitting.that we ,Scouts, two Soldiers, a Demo . "Ninjafish" Amirrezvarii said. kind of poke fun at their rock man that specializes in explo "It's really a steam-roll map, and et." sives and indirect attacks, and a ifyou play ifaggressive enough Lawrence is. responsible Medic, ·a class with healing abil you will win." for overseeing the construe ities. The UCF team consisted Althougll UCF took the vic . tion of the vehicle as well as of two Scouts, two Soldiers, a tory, BSU gained two points in the team designs. COURTESY JEREMYLAWRENC E Pyro and a Medic. the final round due to network When the Icarus launched The model of Daedalus, powered by laughing gas, one of the rockets being built ~y Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Despite an early lead, net connection problems on UCF's last year, it lacked a recovery work problems attributed to a side. · system, which the UCF team fuel runs out, allowing the need a larger module to allow launch facilities require rock loss in the first round with BSU 'We're looking to do some has planned into their parac:p.utes to deploy fro_m for a greater acceleration. ' ets to have a built-in override gaining ·two points due to net hardware upgrades in the designs. both pieces, safely floating Green is hopeful that the mechanism to shut down the spring to negate the network work problems. "In order to recover it, you the components into the next two rockets they build motor or self-destruct. C,) '1t was a network configura problems completely," Walker need . to have parachutes," . ocean where they can then be will not have any serious flaws. "We will be able to shut tion error that was causing one said. '½. lot of our sponsors Lawrence said. "It's kind of a recovered. "Once [the rockets] actual the engine off and let it coast, of the switches to continually actually want us to get up to a win-lose situation because "In general, . the . most ly lift off, there isn't a ,large ifthat's a safe bet, or there will reset, which was causing the 200-person event, and we're parachutes add weight, and important thing to remember chance of failure," GreeJ said. be a self-destruct feature issue," Eric Walker said Walker hoping to be able to provide - they require.a bigger motor to is to make sure that they have "Once the initial thrust has which causes the eiigine to was a server administrator at that was we improve our infra lift it." · sufficient impulse at the ini started, the momentum is explode," Lawrence said. "If the event. "Unfortunately, due structure.'' The students are desi~ tial launch," said Larry Chew, going to carry it up." · the event were to arise and ., to the time frame as to how fast Toor said about 60 ·people ing the .ZS-foot-long rocket in an associate professor in the Chew acknowledged the we would see that it were they wanted our players back brought their •PCs for local two stages: A lower stage that Department of Mechanical, possibility of failure in_ headed back over land, we. on the server, I wasn't able to do tournaments sponsored by the _ will contain the rocket engine Materials and Aerosp~ce launching any rocket if the could destn;>y it before it it right away.'_ _ event, while about 600 people and fuel,-and a smaller, upper Engineering. math is incorrect. The chemi, reaches an inhabited area" . BSU won twice on the map attended the overall event. stage that will house the tech According to Chew, scal cals must be packed correct In the coming weeks, proj due to networkihgproblems on Attendees of the launch party nical equipment used for ing will be very important ly; otherwise there is a chance ect leaders hope to test · a UCF's side, which lead to BSU and tournaments bad an oppor analysis. The two pieces, 1 with the Daedalus III and Iv. for the-'rocket to veer off miniature version of the winning the first round tunity-to enter a raffle for PC which both contain GPS loca Since the Daedalus II course. · engine at an undisclosed test The second map in the com- games and_accessories. tors, will separate when the reached 35,000 feet, they will According to Green, the ing facility. -., ., ., •• I tor Home.coming 2008 Top Overall Greek Organization .;, ...... ~ ~ - Boost yciur GPAJ We're talking C5 about your Graduation Plan of ., <: Attack_. Do it with 100% Tuition ' Assistance, low-cost healthcare, a supplemental paycheck, a • career jump start, and up to a $20,000 bonus for specific ~ jobs. All this as a memtler of the Air Force Reserve with no <::) prior. military experience needed. •· • C/j -~ "- ·A '"'AIR FORCE •:.• RESERVE ~ Reserve.com/TalkToUs , / 'Ii (tutn( "°'1b 31rtun • November 19, 2008 ,, www. Centra/FloridaFuture. com A7 Astronauts clean clogged joint Liquor violations MARCIA DUNN woman to serve as a lead Associated Press spacewalker on a shuttle down from 2006 flight. CAPE CANAVERAL The spacewalk was FROM Al . How safe do you Two astronauts.stepped out expected to continue well feel around UCF? side the international space into Tuesday evening. · • "I usually don't leave any www.UCFNews.com station Tuesday for an As the action unfolded thing in my car," Sosa said. "I unprecedented clean and outside, the astronauts inside usually have everything in my While the numbers may lube job on a gummed-up the shuttle:'.station complex backpack." seem surprising, the increase joint. . started unlQading the gear Roop also said UCF's stu in burglary at UCF mirrors the Astronauts Heidemarie inside a huge µunk'that was dent population is growing,. activity in Orlando as a whole. Stefanyshyn-Piper and brought up by Endeavour. and more students are living Burglaries in the city rose 13.7 Stephen Bowen were armed The big.:ticket item - and on campus, both ofwhich lead percent in 2007, according to with grease guns, putty one of the first things to be to more reports of crime. the Florida Department of knives and 9ven-like terry hooked up - is a recycling There were 48,699 stu .Law Enforcement's annual cloth mitts to wipe away system that will convert dents enrolled during the crime report. metal grit from the clogged astronauts' urine and sweat 2007 academic year, a 3.8 per Thefts from vehicles are "a joint. into drinking water. It · is· ·cent increase from the p~evi crime that's always hap · It was the first of four essential if NASA is to double ous year,· according to the pened," said Orlando Police spacewalks planned for space . the size of the space station school's Office of Institution Department Public Informa shuttle Endeavour~s two crew to six next June. al Research enrollment sum tion Officer Sgt. Barbara ·Endeavour also delivered week visit to the space sta mary. Jones. tion; the astronauts also are an extra bathroom, kitch About 2,000 students . While burglary reports making home improvements. enette, two bedrooms, an joined the · on-campus com continued to climb both on exercise machine anµ refrig For more than a year, the AP PHOTO/ NASA TV munity when the Towers resi and offcampus, another prob jammed joint has been .unable ·Heidemarie Stefanyshyn·Piper and Steve Bowen work in the International Space Station. erator that will allow space dence halls opened in August lem that commonly plagues to automatically point the station residents to enjoy cold 2007. With so many "new peo-· campuses nationwide went right-side solar wings toward ings everywhere and prompt- relatively mundane work out -drinks for the first time. Until pie living on campus; you're down. 1:?,e sun for maximum energy ed flight controllers to use the ofthe way. Flrst on their to-do now, they have had to settle always . going to get an Liquor law violations at production. The repair work · joint sparingly. Besides scrap list: collecting an empty'nit±o for tepid or hot beverages. increase in numbers," Roop UCF decreased·drastically or - expected ,to be gre·asy and · ing and wiping away ~e grit gen gas.tank outside the space The additions - coming said stayed about the same as in hana-intensive - will take up · and applying grease, the station and hauling it back to exactly 10 years after the first But the rise in burglaries 2006. much of all four spacewalks. · spacewalkers will replace the the docked shuttle for return space station piece was didn't only happen on cam- · Liquor law arrests dropped The joint'is located near bearings. , to Earth. Then they had tc;, launched - will ·transform pus. . to 13 in 2007 from 20 in 2006 the extreme reaches of the As a precaution, extra move 'an ammonia hose cou the place into a two-bath, . Burglaries reported at · on the main campus, and 220-mile-high outpost. The grease will be applied on a · pler from the shuttle over to two-kitchen, five-bedroom UCF-affiliated housing simi liquor law referrals - where spacewalkers had 85-foot later spacewalk to the joint on the station, storing it on a . hoine. . larly skyrocketed during that students are cited for ·the, vio safety tethers to keep them the opposite side of the space giant toolbox holding other Endeavour and its crew of same time period, jumping lation, but appear at a student connected to the mother ship station that has allowed those spare parts. Seven arrived at the space sta from one burglary in 2005 to review board instead of facing at all times. solar wings to produ~e ample Like other tasks on this tion Sunday. The shuttle will 26 in 2007 at the Pegasus arrest - dropped from 108 to NASA suspects a lack of electricity. ' mission, the astronauts began remain docked through,until Landing complex, and from 45. , lubrication caused the mas- Before tackling the joint the spacewalk early. at least Thanksgiving. The four to 29 in that time period The use of liquor law refer sive joint to break down; repairs, · Stefanyshyn-Piper "OK, let's go out," said Ste , next spacewalk is set for at Pegasus Pointe. · rals instead arrests is up to t4e grinding parts left metal shav- and Bowen had to get some fanyshyn-Piper, the first Thursday. Roop · cautioned against discretion of the police offi looking at the statist.ics· ,too cers and is still a work in hard to find trends. For exam progress, Roop said ' ple, he said that in the time But he said the process is peripd when the police often very beneficial for the Berger also marketing intern clothing line department usually sees the student, giving them the most break-ins - the holi opportunity to work the vio FROM Al days, when students are more lation out through the con likely to be away from their duct· review board process and then made it hapP.en," dorms - last year, burglaries instead ofbeing automatically Berger said actually went dowp. arrested. With so many internships under her belt, the UCF alum na created Intern Qieen Inc. in May 2006, while finishing her Organizational Commu Guests encouraged nications degree. After relocating to Los Angel~s in Z006 post gradua to bring donations tion, Berger started working for Creative Artists Agency, a FROM A1 dents with connections to talent and literary agency . other . organizations where aimed at enriching entertain will share her story about her they can earn service· hours. ment and brand experiences. seven-year journey from Other organizations that •!e<'.k(H bu" .l~I'. oTt-1'-110 U gt¢0! _ While working for CAA, Holy..,..»JGbt-Wf".h70of01.r being a divorced, homeless will be present at the event . :!bll491frtH!$t;;t~<()!!lt5om:tf Berger was introduced to ?CIUtC$ fHW l~ colebra;lQ,~. Alio.. A mother, to becoming ·a suc include: Rock for Hunger, 1mtQi)!Samurai, Als·o speaking will be ty UCF chapter and the Soci Blood Diamond, Traffic and I Rachael Todd, a representa ology club. AmSam. tive for the HOPE Foundation "Hunger and homeless Herskovitz took an interest for the Homeless, Inc., which ness is preventable," Schwen in Berger's internship experi was founded by her mother. deman said. ''We need to pro ence and asked her to partner Schwendeman, who has vide a bridge between .the with him and his company to Ascreen shot of Intern Queen lnc.'s home pijge. Lauren Berger, a UCF a!umna, is dubbed the 'Intern Queen' for her 1S internships • been spreading the word people who need the help and . create the Qiarterlife Intern about the banquet with other the p~ople who want to help." ship Program . powered by students across the U.S. has be Are you interested...... in an exciting career? Are you a current college ATTN:G'RADS Freshman or Sophomore? Not Walking At Commencement? •••••••••• Then take c1dvantage of the Alumni . Do you know who~ you want New Grad Special. 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Dave Diakite entertained the crowd with a rim-rattling, one-handed dunk and-the UCF Men's Bas ketball team rocked the North Carolina A&T Aggies on Sun day afternoon 81-62 at the UCF Arena They were highlights wor thy of ESPN coverage. Well, at least Taylor and head coach Kirk Speraw of the UCF Men's Basketball team thought so. "I don't know, but some ,, body better send both of those to ESPN," Speraw said of both dunks. '"They were both unbe lievable." Both dunks came in the sec ond half - Taylor's at the 9:00 mark, and Diakite's with 3:20 remaining - as the Knights (I- O) shot 50 percent from. the field to secure the victory. UCF led by as much as 20 in the sec ., ond half after trailing by as • much as seven in the opening half . . 'We just started knocking ., down shots, but most impor tantly qur defense was a lot bet ter in the second half," Taylor said ofthe comeback. 'We took away a lot of the easy buckets they w~e getting and the easy layups and make them work for their shots. I think that had • a lot to do with it." It lpoked like the Knights were going to have trouble with the Aggies in the opening • hal£ A jumper from tlie Aggies' Robert Johnson capped a 9-2 run to open the game and put the'Knights in a hole early. UCF senior guard ]ermaine Taylor Led.by a couple of baskets recorded a double-double with from Taylor, the Knights were · 28 points and 10 rebounds in the GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT able to even the score at 9-9. Knights' 81-62 victory ve1111s THIS IS OUR HOUSE Then UCF guard Isaac Sosa North Carolina A&T on Sunday. PUTTING THEM AWAY Taylor was 1 of 4 Knights to finish With their triumph against North Carolina A&Ton Sunday, the Knights The Knights have won their past six season-opening games. The 19-point got hot, scoring 14 ofthe next 16 with double-digit points against have now won 17 consecutive home games in the month of November. win was UCF's largest margin of victory in a season debut since 2003. points for the Knights and giv the Aggies. ing them a 28-24 lead with.7:13 FRESH START UP NEXT remaining in the hal£ AJ. Rompza gotthe start at guard for the Knights against the Aggies. He UCF began a five-game, two-country trip Tuesday versus Valparaiso. After ''It was big with Isaac mak was the first~shman to start for UCF since Troy Lindbeck in 2003. that game, the Knights will play three of their next four in Cancun, Mexico. ing the shots in the first half ., PLEASES EE S9SA ON A9 First game goes as a loss Cannon scores t9 in fail to Colorado ALLEN LE~iN Staff Writer In the UCF Women's Bas t J ketball team's season-opener, the Knights were defeated by the University of Colorado, 86- 59, on Sunday afternoon. The Knights (0-1) received strong play from sophomore Emma Cannon, who posted a COURTESY UCF MEDIAR ELATIONS f) UCJ's Amanda Martorana sees her shot stopped by Florida Gators goalie Katie Fraine on Sunday. double-double with 19 points , and 17 rebounds, but it was not enough for the Knights as they om n,s o~cer lost the non-conference game \ in Boulder, Colo. · UCF was never able to get into the game as the Buffaloes • Knights knocked out (1-0) held at least an eight WILLIAM PERRY Florida earlier in the season with point lead for all of the second Staff Writer a goal in the 84th minute to hand half and had four players score • the Gators a loss in.their home in double digits. CU sopho • · The UCF Women's Soccer opener. . more Brittany Spears recorded • • team saw its season come to an On Sunday, eighth-ranked 23 points - including 18 in the end with a second-round loss in Florida tallied a goal in each half first half - to lead Colorado to the NCAA tournament to the while holding the Knights score the victory. Spears was 7-for-12 Florida Gators for the second less to earn the 2-0 · victory at in the second half from the consecutive year on Sunday. home. UCF had been held with field, including 3-for-4 from Entering the meeting, the ,out a goal in only two other beyond the arc. . Knights had held the Gators matches during the season and COREYMAYNAR D/ CENTRALFLOR IDA FUTURE • scoreless in the last 254 minutes UCF sophomore Emma Cannon, seen here during a game against Southern Miss last season PLEASESE E BUFFALOES ON A9 posted 19 points and 17 rebounds in the Knights' season-opening loss Sunday to Colorado. ' ofplay. UCF defeated then-No.19 PLEASES EE UCF ON A9 (tukaf :Jloriba 1utuu · November 19, 2008 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com A9 ·Sosa helps out in substitute role FROM A8 Fora galleryfrom 9-.25 left in the game. and eventually led by as much this game, go to Then the magic happened as 20 off Diakite's ferocious and the way he shot the ball D www.lJCFNews.com Taylor Young, who played 24 dunk. The dunk was so spectac with confidence," Speraw said minutes most of which came at ular that Speraw doesn't recall "It was good for him to bounce game my first game [against point guard. took the ball up the seeing anything like it. back after the Flagler game Flagler], so I made the adjust court at about the 9:15 mark. "I am not sure that I have where he struggled shooting a ment," Sosa said ''I told myself Young found Taylor out of the ever seen - in all 28 years of little bit. He is a very good to execute better on the offen comer of his right eye, tossed coaching - throw a ball shooter and he kept us in the sive end and to be better defen the ball. up to the basket and through a rim harder than what game in the frrst half a little bit." sively so I could get more min Taylor finished it offwith a one [Diakite] did." he said Sosa eventually started the utes. I got going in the frrst half handed slam dunk that made Taylor finished the contest AMANDA MOORE / CENTRAL FLORIDAF UTURE game 6-of-6 from the field and and I got confidence in myself the crowd erupt. with a game-high 28 points and UCF guard Isaac Sosa hit 4 3-pointers in the Knights' season-opening win on Sunday. made his first four shots from hitting the first shots. I just kept ''I thought it was going to be 10 rebounds, but it was his sup long range to help the Knights shooting." a little too far:' Taylor said ofthe porting cast that helped lead the is something Speraw expects to tions and certain nights that get out to a 40-35 lead with 2:21 Sosa and his Knights kept pass from Young. "I didn't even Knights to victory. UCF record see often as the season pro some people are going to be left in the hal£ He made sure a shooting in the second hal£ think [Taylor Young] saw me. ed 41 points from the bench, gresses. more in the flow than others:• repeat ofthe Flagler game - in After opening up an eight-point He just put it up and I just went including players such as A.J. . ''I think this is going to be a UCF began a five-game road which he shot O-for-3 from the lead heading into halftime, UCF and got it." Tyler and P.J. Gaynor, who team that has tremendous trip Tuesday against Valparaiso. , floor - was not in effect expanded the lead to 67-58 off a At that point, the Knights scored 11 and 10 points, respec depth," he said ''I think we are A recap will be available in Fri ''I knew I didn't have a great Taylor drive to the basket with had opened up an 11 point lead tively. That type of production going to find in certain situa- day's issue of the Future. Buffaloes pull away after half UCF records just one shot on goal: FROM A8 because just the knowledge of for the Gators and was forced FROM A8 putting [UCF] under pressure to make only one save on the GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT ends the 2008 season with a helped," UF head coach night. Opposite of her, Reis "Colorado did a good job, 14-6-3 record, marking the Becky Burleigh said in a press collected five saves. The give them a lot of credit for DOUBLE UP SMALL VERSUS THE BIG 12 UCF forward Emma Cannon and guard UCF is now 1-9 in its history against . 22nd time in the program's release. "I think putting one Gators led the Knights in cor hitting open shots," UCF 28-year history that it has actually in the back of the net ners, 5-1, and shots, 20-7. head coach Joi Williams said Aisha Patrick recorded double-doubles teams from the Big 12 Conference. The against Colorado.The Knights had 26 Knights' lone win came against Kansas notched at least 10 wins. sort of relaxed everyone a lit The Knights will now have in a press release. "We had a tle bit and let us know we double-doubles last year as a team. . in2001 bythescoreof71-59. With the win, the Gators to look to next year but will lot of unforced turnovers. We moved to 19-3-1 and will take could get after it more in the lose their leading scorer, sen knew coming in we had to MISFIRING GOING THE OTHER WAY on Texas A&M in the Sweet 16 second ha!£ ior Danielle dos Santos. She. defend in transition and on Sunday. To start the second half, led the team with eight goals defend the 3-point line, and The Knights ranked 11th in Conference The Knights committed 31 turnovers' USAteams last season in 3-point versus the Buffaloes on Sunday. They In the first half against the the Gators registered the first and 21 points. we did not do a good job of Knights, the Gators nearly five shots as they looked to The Knights will also lose shooting percentage. They started this had the second-most turnovers in that. We did not take care of grabbed the game's first goal add some insurance to their seniors Jesse Gardner, Sarah the things that were a big part year following that same path, going Conference USA and averaged 20.9 per in the 18th minute, but an off lead. With play going back de Leon and· Hanna Wilde. of our game plan, and they O-of-7from deep versus Colorado. game last season. .sides call · negated Sarah and-forth, neither team was The Knights will, however,. took advantage of that." Chapman's header. However, able to notch the next goal return Reis in goal for her While Cannon fought furi Bianca Smith and Alyssa guard Aisha Patrick shined in the missed opportunity pro until the Gators all but closed sophomore season. She col-w ously to keep the Knights in Fressle, and center Kara her collegiate debut as well, vided Florida with a spark and the door on the Knights with lected six shut-outs and the game, her attempts were Richards combined to make contributing 12 points and 10 they continued to put pres a goal in the 78th minute. recorded a 1.26 goals against stopped short due to the it a long day for the Knights. rebounds. sure on the Knights' defense. Megan Kerns' initial shot average on the season. overall team play from Col Smith posted 16 points in the Cannon's 17 rebounds As halftime drew near, it was blocked by UCF goalie During their 2008 cam orado. Cannon started the game, including 14 in the sec were a career-high and one of appeared the first half would Aline Reis, but she collected paign, the Knights pulled off second half with nine consec ond hal£ She also knocked the main's reasons for the close without a goal, but an the rebound and put it into some big wins and went 7-2-2: utive UCF points and tallied down three 3-pointers in the Knights' advantage on the opportunity at the top of the the back of the net for her in C-USA. They defeated Illi 15 points in the half. But he game ,to hurt UCF. Fressle glass. They outrebounded box with just seconds remain team-leading 13th goal of the nois at home, who advanced Buffaloes' lead never dipped posted 10 points, and the Buffaloes in the game, 51- ing quickly got the Gators the year. to Sweet 16 and were the only under 10 after 2 minutes liad Richards added 13 points and 40. 1-0 lead. ·~t that point in the game, team to beat Florida in" surpassed in the second hal£ seven rebounds. The Knights fell to 15-17 in From midfield, UF's you're pushing forward a little Gainesville. Another problem that In addition to poor free season-openers and will look Angela Napolitano sent a pass bit and you're trying to get the "We achieved some good doomed UCF was its poor throw shooting, the Knights to rebound when they face to Lindsay Thompson at the equalizer," UCF associate things [on the season]," Hale foul shooting. The team shot had a bad shooting night Florida A&M on Friday at 7 top of UCF's box. With 3 sec head coach Colby Hale said. said. "The overall body of: 48.1 percent from free-throw overall They shot 34.3 per p.m. in their home-opening onds remaining, she turned "Those goals really aren't that work, we had some good wins line in the game and was 5-of- cent from the field and were contest at the New UCF and fired a shot into the back uncommon. Once they ... I think it was a good season, 12 at the line in the second 0-of-6 from 3-point range Arena. UCF will have anoth of the net for her seventh goal scored the second goal, it was but we kind of had a goal of hal£ Cannon was certainly a er home game the following of the year. hard for us to get over that." getting to the Sweet 16 and in In addition to Spears' bright spot for UCF in its night when hosts Florida "Getting the first goal Katie Fraine picked up her that respect, we weren't able· strong play, Colorado guards loss, but freshman point Atlantic University at 5. called back was a big key second shutout on the season to do that." Apply online by December. 1, 2008. to one of our many rnaste or certificate programs. Spring Classes Start JAN 2009 Apply Now! .. '9,ucF .. COLLEGE OF .. GRADUATE STUDIES .. ..• .... • ' --~ ., • • ar.. nfr.:1( t7tfl1¥t'A':I ~..;...•t'ie www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Wednesday, Nov.19, 2008 (. 11 1 1n1ons t) ~~~"~"~en~"~"~~~u,~u" ~~~~~~~ The StudentNewspaperatUCF since 1968 I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR STANCE Use of altered photo <, Wait tintes are against Future policy In Monday's issue, the graph we had from the event, and Future ran a front-page story we decided to use it. about Alpha Epsilon Phi's We feel that the phrase on the hurting healthcare midnight block party on shirt would not be offensive to Thursday night. our audience, which is a campus Accompanying the story populated with college students. hen accidents happen wait in 1997. in Seminole County seem to be about the event - called Phi After we had completed the W what are we taught? These statistics are but shin taking action against these dis Club - was a two-column paper, a member of the produc Call 9-1-1. ing examples of how pathetic mal statistics by expanding their wide photograph of a DJ in tion staff made a decision to alter But sometimes an ambulance portions of the health care sys emergency programs. . front ofa "Phi Club" backdrop. the photograph to avoid offend < and medical squad on the scene tem are today. Professor of Med-: All three major hospitals in In the printed version of PADRICK BREWER ing readers. This decision was can be a bit too much, especially icine David U. Himmelstein, Seminole County have either the story, the DJ's shirt has no Editor-In-Chief made without the knowledge or for the cost, and so we retreat to senior author of the study, told already expanded their emer writing or images. approval of the editorial staff. the emergency room, to wait. the Harvard Crimson that he gency departments or have The actual photo, printed below, with The Society of Professional Journal And wait. And wait some more. wasn't surprised of the increases plans to in the future. the altered one on the bottom, shows his ists' Code of Ethics states that journalists Unfortunately, the emergency and blamed the problem on the Florida Hospital Altamonte shirt, which reads, "I have a culinary have a responsibility to ensure all things, rooms we see hustling and fact that emergency rooms don't has tripled the number of beds boner:· a phrase from the popular reality including photographs, in a newspaper C. bustling on TV shows, rushing receive as much funding as in its emergency room. show Top Chef "do not misrepresent. They should not patients in right away when they other departments because they Likewise, Central Florida As editor-in-chief, it is my responsibil over simplify or highlight incidents out of enter through the automatic don't bring in the same kind of Regional Hospital has _expanded ity to malce sure the photographs we run context." doors are a fantasy compared to their emergency department profits. . represent reality, and I did not do that The Future's policy prohibits us from (,1 the real deal. The truth ofthe Basically, because emergency and wait time is now down to an Monday.- I apologize for the inaccuracy altering photographs, and the alteration of matter is if you go to the emer room and primary care depart average of 16 minutes, CEO and confusion. the photograph was not an editorial deci gency room, then the one thing ments aren't making the big Wendy Brandon said The Future staff and the photographer sion. you can expect for sure is to be bucks, their funding is being sac However, although South discussed the nature of the shirt and the · The Future apologizes for the error, t in a line of impatient people rificed to departments with bet Seminole Hospital hasn't yet merit of its inclusion in the paper. The and, moving forward, we will strive for hoping and praying to see a doc ter streams of revenue. expanded, hospital spokesman staff decided that it was the best photo- accuracy. tor right away. Whatever happened to the Craig Bair said it has plans with It's no secret that emergency medical field being dedicated to in the next 20 years to build a G rooms are one facet of health helping people? Whatever hap new patient tower to accommo care that both hospitals and the pening to the ideals of serving date the increased number of ER community both recognize need the community, saving lives and patients. So when it comes to improvement. But as time goes working for the greater good? choosing where to retreat during by, it appears the situation only Do these values only come into 1 an emergency, crossing the close seems to be getting worse and at play when money isn't tight? border into Seminole County \ rapid pace. As hospitals contin The nation should be may be the best way to go. ue to expand, we can only hope . ashamed of these revelations. If there is any hope with this that wait time begins to contract. People with heart attacks issue, it is that at a local level, A Harvard Medical School shouldn't be waiting for care. If things seem to be improving. research study released in Janu anything, they should have pri Hopefully, this is just a start to (', ary found that wait times in ority over other less-threatened recovery and improvement to an emergency rooms around the patients even ifthey are unin issue that has spread itself country increased by an average sured or may not be the most across the nation. The good of 36 percent from 1997 to 2004, profitable patient to the hospital. news is sometimes change has ( ) while the number of patients They need help, and if people to start small, and Seminole Actual photograph entering the emergency room can't go to a hospital for that, County is leading the way in increased by 20 percent. Essen then where can they go? notable programs. Seminole tially, more and more people are However, a trip to the emer County hospitals are raising the relying on emergency rooms gency room is anything but bar to health care systems every when many of these depart cheap. UCF junior Aileen Far where and that is certainly ments no longer can treat them rell, who was recently rushed to something worthy of recogni in an efficient amount of time. Florida Hospital after passing tion. The study also said that of out in the Towers a few weeks However, it will be up to us as the people most affected, heart ago, told the Future that the doc the future generation of doctors attack victims, are now waiting tors couldn't diagnose what hap and n1.uses to remember the an average of 20 minutes in the pened to her but still attached a ideals once held so high behind waiting room compared to the $3,000 hospital bill. doctors and nurses and the average of 8 minutes they had to On the other hand, hospitals morality behind their work. Bailout for Big 3 a Altered photograph ( ) READER VIEWS and get votes for an SGA election from SGA is here for you the students who couldn't care less so that he ntust for econonty or she might be able to help students student, not mischief attend a conference, host an event on campus, hand them a free scantron and The first amendment of the Bill of he auto industry is just place, it could drag down the they have made it clear that one spealc on students' behalf when the higli Rights guarantees that we have the right er authorities try to increase our tuition. T more than 100 years old, entire industry, causing cata major bailout this year was more to openly criticize our government, an than enough for them to stom SGA_is persistently evaluating its goals Cl and it has certainly seen its strophic job losses around the essential component of our freedom of share of ups and downs, but it world. ach. with the intention of serving students speech. Your Student Government is no and advocating for our rights. All ofthis now seems that the "Big Three" The other side of the discus We feel that there needs to be exception to the law, and while the SGA in Michigan may not survive the sion is from free-market advo strong stipulations with any pro is done to malce student life here as Senate cannot agree with the Central current tribulations facing them. cates who believe that the econo posed bailout, just as there were enjoyable as possible, and rarely is this Florida Future's opinions regarding the brought to attention to the student body. Ford, Chrysler and General my should be treated in a for the mortgage industry. recent impeachment proceedings, SGA First of all, the auto industry's Although I feel that SGA has been Motors are undoubtedly the pio Darwinian manner and allowed welcomes the constructive criticisms, neers of the industry, yet it seems to fluctuate and evolve on its management, which has largely improperly portrayed as oflate, please which will ultimately facilitate the edifi t, the old saying ''the higher you own. These economists and mar ignored the needs and wants of understand that the SGA Senate is not cation of our commitment as your stu looking for sympathy or compassion climb, the farther you fall" seems ket analysts say that if General the American consumer, must be dent leaders. Over the summer break. the Motors (which is currently in the replaced. from anyone. We simply would like the to be ringing true. SGA Senate was charged with the task of All of the domestic auto man worst fiscal shape of the Big The chairman of General students to understand that we ran for looking into an impeachment affidavit our seats to improve our university, our f ufacturers are hemorrhaging Three) should fall, then so be it. Motors, Rick Wagoner, has that was filed against a former SGA Sena The answer is to construct a played the "stay the course" collegiate experiences and assist the stu . cash at an alarming rate, and it tor. This was a harrowing ordeal which fairly crude cost-benefit analysis game for way too long. In many dents we so humbly serve. won't be long before one of more has lasted several months and brought We can all be in agreement that stu- () of them has to file for Chapter 11 of the situation. ways, the auto industry troubles about a great deal controversy. bankruptcy. On one hand, we the taxpay are closely related to the root of dent input is the quintessential founda- Both during and following the tion of an effective and representative Even with the cost of gas ers foot the bill for another $25 the mortgage industry collapse. process, SGA has been the victim of · being more than 50 percent billion loan on top ofthe $25 bil At the height of the auto Student Government. Please bear in some extreme and severe claims. Please mind that the impeachment statutes that ,, lower than it was in the summer, lion already promised to speed industry a few years ago, GM know that your Student Government American consumers are still not up the process of developing was building Hummers and were used in the previously mentioned worked tirelessly to ensure that the impeachment, as well as all our Student buying vehicles. Part of that is more fuel-efficient vehicles. other enormous gas hogs as fast impeachment proceedings were in strict due to the failing economy, This new $25 billion loan. as they could, because con Body Statutes, were authored by our compliance with state laws and Student predecessors and, like any professional which has all but dried up peo would be to simply keep the sumers had money to spend and Body Statutes. ple's disposable income. automalcers afloat over the next gas was relatively cheap. Just like organization, are always evolving to Contrary to what some would have reflect the changing needs of a dynamic So the question becomes: year in anticipation of much most bubbles, they never you believe, Student Government is not a thought the spending spree student body. Based on this impeach- Should we bail out the American lower sales. $50 billion that handful of students who sit around dark C' auto giants just like we bailed out would hopefully be repaid, but would end, and when it did, they ment process, we see that we need to comers, secretly plotting and scheming malce some changes to our statutes. We the financial giants? like any gamble, there are no were caught off guard with the inevitable downfall of students and You have to consider the con guarantees. dozens of manufacturing plants cannot do this without you, the student, their organizations so that we might one and we welcome your.thoughts, view sequences of both sides of the On the other hand, we could churning out cars and trucks day enjoy a "Scrooge McDuck" style Q argument. According to Time let the automalcers collapse and nobody wanted. points, beliefs, ideas, and yes, criticisms. high-dive into a pile of Activity and Ser We are always here and ready to listen magazine, approximately 1.2 mil ultimately lose all of that tax rev The Chevy Volt, which was vice Fee Money. SGA is precisely what its lion jobs are linked to the Ameri enue usually brought in by new supposed to be the first mass and are honored to serve the student acronym stands for, the "STUDENf body. CJ • can auto industry. About 240,000 car sales. Ifworkers lose their produced all-electric car is a step Government Association." SGA is noth jobs, the majority of them will We understand that to serve in this jobs are directly impacted and in the right direction, but it won't ing more than students, just like your 974,000 are indirectly impacted file for unemployment claims be ready until 2010 and GM sure capacity for the students and this univer selves, who wish to malce this university sity is not a right, it is a privilege granted through suppliers and parts malc and the costs associated with ly won't last that long on its own. better for all of us and the best in Florida ers. that program would skyrocket. Unfortunately, a bailout is by each and every one of you. So for any • • I cannot spealc for everyone, but I student, faculty, or staff member, please Ifthe Detroit Three go down, What's interesting is that the once again necessary to save the know the majority of students who work Republicans in Washington have fragile economy from an don't hesitate to stop by the Student Gov that would cause the national in Student Government joined this 1 unemployment rate to jump completely abandoned the auto impending doom. We call on ernment Association office to see what organization with what I believe to be the we do on a regular basis and let us know from the current rate of 6 per- · giants, for whom they are usually Congress to pass this measure same intentions as mine: to get involved cent to 10 percent or more. fighting by ways of lower emis swiftly so that President-elect what you think we can change so that we and malce UCF a better place. I know that can malce UCF a better place for all us. What's worse is that the glob sions standards on vehicles and Barack Obama will have the tools what we do may be nothing to many, but al auto industry is so tightly con greater capacities for oil drilling. and the resources ready to malce it means a lot to us when we can help BRIAN W. PETERSON nected that ifeven one large Apparently, their fiscal conserva heads roll in the auto industry as students. I have high regard for any per SGA SENATE PRESIDENT piece of the puzzle falls out of tive side has talcen over because soon as he talces office. 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