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Central Florida Future. 1826. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1826 FREE ·Published Wednesdays www.UCFnews.com • WednesdaYr May 2S, 200S RUN IS DONE PREPA~TIONS BEGIN SOFTBALL OUT WINNING LIKE CRAZV HURRICANES ARE COMING ' Baseball reaches the 40-win mark' yet again - SEE SPORTS, A7 - SEE SPORTS, A7 - SEE NEWS, A2 · j .Sununer bummer without new pool .i I A second setback for I opening of rec center addition; now, it's fall 1 MARILYN MANNO I Staff Writer The grand opening of the new UCF swimming pool has been delayed for the second time this year, leaving many swimmers restless. The original opening, which was planned for last spring, was pushed to thls summer. Now, due to setbacks in construction, administrative officials at the Recreation and Wellness Center are expecting it to open in the fall. "Probably the biggest delay at the moment is the tensile structure/' said Jim Wilkening, associate director of the Recreation and Wellness Center, referring to the large covering that will shade a portion of the pool's· 7,000 square feet. The structure had recently arrived from the construction company but was the wrong size and was sent back for resizing, Wilkening said. "I just received my weekly project update," he said this week. "The [newly sized] tensile has now been ) tested to withstand winds of no mph and is on its way to engineering to be finished." From Darth Vader to Jecli Kriights;Star Previously, the project's delay was due , to "mostly hurricane stuff," Wars brings out some odd characters . Wilkening said. "Delays on materials and things like that set us back for SEAN LAVIN ford Lakes. Dixon was spring, and now we're dealing with Staff Writer asked by the theater's the tensile this summer." management to britig The pool, which was approved by a The latest episode of the Star Wars his replica to the committee to resemble a resort-style saga shattered box-office records last openirig midnight } leisure pool, will have no diving week and brought die-hard fans out in screening of Episode boards or lap lanes and is part of a big- full "force" to witness the birth of the ill: Revenge ofthe Sith infamous Darth Vader. In addition to bring­ PLEASE SEE POOL ON A6 It's becoming apparent that the nearly . ing his self-propelled 30-year-old movie empire is now affect­ R2-D2 to the theaters, ing how some fans choose to lead their . Dixon also brought sev­ lives. One such fan is-Doug Dixon, who eral Stormtroopers from J recently spent $2,000 and almost two the , 50lst Florida years of his life building a life-s!ze replica· Stormtrooper Garrison Lobbying ofR2-D2. - an Internet-based Star "I remember seeing the first movie :Wars enthusiast group when I was 8," Dixon said as he used a whose members meet and remote control to maneuver his robot dress as characters from "The Dark efforts ease through the clusters of fans - ·many Side." dressed as Star Wars characters - pour­ • ing out of eight packed theaters at Water- PLEASE SEE FANS ON AS expansion PHOTOS BY SEAN LAVIN& ADAM KRAUSE I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Fans of the Star Wars saga helped make Episode///: Revenge of the Sith the highest-grossing movie ever for its opening MARK JUSTICE weekend. People dressed like Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi were common at the Regal Waterford Lakes 20 Thursday. Staff Writer Vice President of University Rela­ ) tions Daniel Holsenbeck's lobbying efforts paid off when the Florida Leg­ islature.. allocated more than $16 mil­ lion for the betterment ofUCF, which\ includes the constant construction efforts. Students are ·fond of using the Lofhl acts come in loud and clear downtown tongue-in-cheek expression that UCF j is actually an acronym standing for Big 10-4 and other bands st_eal the spotlight at "Under Construction Forever." How­ ever, Holsenbeck is largely responsi­ a dozen venues in the Florida Music Festival ble for the success of many of the uni­ versity's academic and architectural ASHLEY BURNS Among the local acts putting on expansions. Managing Editor impressive shows was UCF favorite · Funds received from the Legisla­ Big 10-4. The band has rapidly ture included more than $15 million With national major label acts like become a staple of the Orlando music for improvements to the Recreation Everclear and Lit topping off the bill, scene, fueled by a hardcore fan base and Wellness Center, the Student the 2005 Florida Music Festival at and around the university. Big 10-4, Union and the recreation fields. promised to be the strongest in the which includes two UCF alumni in its Additionally, Holsenbeck lobbied, event's four-year run. But the big four~man roster, fired up the stage at and received, $1.3 million in the budg­ name acts were only the icing on the Backbooth Friday night to a capacity et for the Alumni House and. Career <1 cake of a weekend littered with high­ crowd. A long line of fans waited out­ Resource Center projects. energy performances from local acts side throughout the band's set hoping Holsenbeck has held a number of looking to make big names for them­ to catch a glimpse ofthe up-and-com­ positions since he joined the universi­ selves as well. ing band but many never even made ty in 1985, but seems most passionate Local bands stole the show last it into the bar because of the shoul­ about his work with the department' weekend as droves of fans pg.eked the der-to-shoulder crowd inside. of University Relations. The vice concert series' 12 venues to catch "The attendance from Thursday president referred to his position as their favorite acts, which m~de the to Saturday broke all our estimates, "a great job" and spoke candidly trip to downtown Orlando from all with bars like Kate O'Brien's doing about his lobbying efforts with the over the state and the Southeast. 1,000 people on Friday night for their Florida Legislature and other organi­ Bands and solo acts p~ured their · three venues, while Big 10-4 had zations. ..• . hearts and talent out on stages from more than 250 standing outside, due While working with the Legisla­ the Wall Street plaza to Scruffy Mur­ to the Backbooth being sold out," ture, Holsenbeck enjoys the support phy's in order to hopefully catch the event organizer Sean Perry wrote in of the estimated 30 elected officials in eye of the many record company rep- an e-mail. "Even the brand new the university's 11-county reach. Holsenbeck said UCF has been sue- '·' resentatives - in attendance from ADAM KRAUSE I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Thursday to Saturday. PLEASE SEE HEAVY ON AS Big 10-4 sold out Backbooth during Friday night of the Florida Music Festival and left 250 fans waiting outside. PLEAS~ SEE LEGISLATURE ON A6 ... Around Campus Nation & World News and notices for Free credit reports-coming soon Keep current with headlines the UCF community you may have missed Open, open, open , Identity theft reason behind new law; consumers to get three reports a year North Korea doesn't rule out The Registrar's Office will credit reports in all. but ended up paying for it any­ MSNBC.com. Repeated · future pre-emptive attacks celebrate the completion of its ASHLEY GREEN Contributing Writer Roslyn Farmer, manager of way. attempts to request loans or SEOUL,. South Korea renovation during an Open the South Daytona branch ofthe "They said that all I had to do mortgages could be a sign of North Korea on Tuesday • House from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A recent amendment to the Kennedy Space Center Federal was subscribe to some program refused to rule out a pre-emp- today in Millican Hall Room 161 identity theft, the article said. tive attack, even amid signs it federal Fair Credit Reporting Credit Union, advises con­ for $34.99 a month and the first The credit report includes may be willing to return to the : andl49. Act requires each of the nation­ sumers to take full advantage of month would be free along with personal information such as a wide credit reporting bureaus to this offer -by spacing credit my credit report," she said. She person's name, current and pre- nuclear bargaining table. Let's talk give consumers a free credit report requests out over the added that she was told her Per­ vious addresses, social security The North poured out anti- The Center for Multilingual report annually. course of the year. , sonal Identification Number number, marital information American rhetoric by claim- Multicultural Studies holds a Identity theft was a primary "Obtaining one every four (PIN) would be 'mailed to her and current and previous ing that Washington's "hostile • weekly Conversation Hour motivator for enacting this new · months would be best because shortly.