FREE! THURSDAY AUG. 4, 2016 CENTRALFLORIDAFUTURE.COM GOODBYET HE STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT UCF — PUBLISHED SINCE 1968 FROM THE FUTURE It was the people who made it great. BERNARD WILCHUSKY / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Forty-three former and current staffers gathered at the Reflecting Pond for one final photoshoot. They only represent a fraction of the generations that have worked at the Future. Weekend forecast THU: Thunderstorms, High: 92°, Low: 75° SAT: Thunderstorms, High: 92°, Low: 76° NEWS FRI: Thunderstorms, High: 92°, Low: 76° SUN: Thunderstorms, High: 92°, Low: 76° THE LAST STAFF The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968 T hursday, August 4, 2016 Vol 49, Issue 27 • 1 Pages The Central Florida Future is the independent, student- written newspaper at the University of Central Florida. Opinions in the Future are those of the individual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff or the University administration. All content is property of the Central Florida Future and may not be reprinted in part or in whole without permission from the publisher. Newsroom 407-447-4555 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Wilchusky [email protected] News editor: Alissa Smith [email protected] Sports editor: B ERNARD WILCHUSKY / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Matthew Saunders Back row (left to right): Jean Racine, Bernard Wilchusky, Alissa Smith, Matthew Saunders and Alex Storer. Front row: Caroline Glenn, Paige [email protected] Wilson, Jillian James, Shana Medel and Gabby Baquero. Not pictured: Christopher Davis. Entertainment editor: Alex Storer [email protected] Digital Producers: Jillian James, Shana CFF legacy lives on in all of us Medel, Christopher Davis, Jean Racine BERNARD WILCHUSKY of publication. Senior staff photographer: Central Florida Future The cynical reader might look with Paige Wilson an incredulous eye on all that I’ve writ- I joined the Future in October 2013 ten so far, might identify this meagre Business as a staff photographer. At the time, I essay as a last gasp of superficial plat- 407-447-4555 (phone) didn’t know what I wanted to do with itudes shared at death’s door. To the 407-447-4556 (fax) my life. But I liked to read, and I liked cynic I say: I am one of you. I am angry, to hear people’s stories, and I knew my and I am sad. I am kept awake at night Content Manager: Caroline Glenn way around a camera. It’s surprising to by the thought that I have failed in the x210, [email protected] look back all these years later and con- most tremendous way possible, failed Sales: sider how something that began as a to tend a legacy nearly half a century in Jerry Patterson way to pay for lunch each week became the making. [email protected] one of the major shaping forces of my What kept me from succumbing to Published by Knight Newspapers, a subsidiary of life. these dark imaginings is the joy that Florida Today and Gannett Co., Inc. Our paper was an institution. I this paper has given me. It is the joy of 3361 Rouse Road Suite 130, Orlando, Fl 32817 watched as each semester brought new a job well done. It is the joy of feeling a faces into the fold as the paper’s old connection with strangers; a joy in the guard moved to other cities, other pub- knowledge that your voice is being lications or other careers. Even though heard, that what you say has meaning. each staff was different, we were all helped to bring us together. What each It is a joy born of laughter, hard work friends, and each of us brought some- staff shared, regardless of race, gen- and the knowledge that, even in the thing special to our team. der, age or interest, was an unfaltering best of times, all things must come to One free copy of the Central Florida Future permitted per I won’t pretend that it was always desire to get the work done. From the an end. issue. If available, additional copies may be purchased from our office with prior approval for $1 each. Newspaper theft fun, happy or easy: Journalism, as beginning, each of us knew that there We did our best. I am so proud to is a crime. Violators may be subject to civil and criminal many of you know, is an unforgiving was never going to be a safety net — no have worked with the dozens of staff prosecution and/or University discipline. lady, prone to fits of pique, flaring tem- one was ever going to step in and write members I have had the privilege to pers and the constant stress of looming the paper for us, and no one wanted to call my friends. Though the Future is at deadlines. But even those dark periods be the person to break a 48-year legacy its end, its legacy lives on in all of us. F2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com August 4, 2016 • Central Florida Future The people who made it happen Shana Medel Alissa Smith Paige Wilson Matthew Saunders Jillian James Digital Producer News Editor Staff Photographer Sports Editor Opinions Editor Joined Summer 2016 Joined Spring 2016 Joined 2014 Joined Fall 2015 Joined Summer 2016 Under the guidance of talented The Future was the training ground Journalism is best learned by doing, The Future got me in the habit of It was truly such an honor to be able journalists, I had the opportunity to for journalists who wanted to learn and there was no place better for stepping out of my comfort zone. to contribute to such an esteemed strengthen my writing capabilities, how to ask hard questions, write me to put to practice what I was From nervously accepting my first publication. I will never forget the hone my editing skills and sharpen hard articles and command a hard- taught than at the Central Florida beat job covering women’s soccer to people who made working at the my reporting techniques. It’s heart- hitting section. It's now gone, but Future. This newspaper gave me the covering the sports I love in base- CFF such a joy, and I will take all breaking to know that this is our last we're not. I hope to see something platform, opportunities and friend- ball, basketball and football, the that I have learned and apply it in issue, but it wasn’t all for naught. even better rise out of the Future's ships for me to become the journal- people I worked with always en- my schoolwork and future jobs. The CFF has not only served our ashes. Don't count us out just yet. ist and person that I am today. couraged me to strive for more. Thank you CFF. Thanks for every- collegiate population for almost 50 thing. years, but it has served the throng of aspiring journalists who were look- ing to grow and perfect their craft. Christopher Davis Jean Racine Caroline Glenn Gabby Baquero Alex Storer Sports Digital Producer Sports Digital Producer Content Manager News Editor Entertainment Editor Joined Summer 2015 Joined Spring 2016 Joined Summer 2013 Joined Spring 2016 Joined Fall 2015 I thank fellow Central Florida Future I wanted to work for the Future The Central Florida Future defined The CFF undoubtedly enhanced my I wanted to work at the Future alumnus Jarrod Heil for pushing me because of the professionalism of my college experience. It was the personal and professional devel- because it was by far the most re- to join the paper. While at the Fu- the website, its respected name and guidepost of my life. But it was the opment. It gave me the chance to spected and professional news ture, I found my passion, and it for an opportunity to grow as a people who I’ll never forget. dig through public records, live-blog outlet serving UCF, and I thought I revealed my purpose. Thank you. journalist. I can’t pinpoint a single a NASA launch, cover political rallies could get some very relevant experi- favorite memory because I cherish and SGA meetings, and even chal- ence. My favorite memory was all of them. I thoroughly enjoyed lenged me to tackle a leadership when Chris Davis and I reenacted a my time with the CFF. role. I would've been woefully scene from The Dark Knight Rises. unprepared for the industry without my experience there. Central Florida Future • August 4, 2016 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com F3 48 YEARS OF HISTORY A peek into the Future’s past BERNARD WILCHUSKY lancers and a business department, Central Florida Future which included ad and sales staff. Though the staff size would vary When the University of Central Flori- throughout the publication’s lifespan, da first opened its doors to students on ranging from two people at its start to Oct. 7, 1968 — five years after it was es- around two dozen at its height, the paper tablished in 1963 — the Central Florida remained a profitable venture for many Future was there to greet them. years. During the tenure of alumna Lisa At the time, both institutions went by Lochridge, who was editor-in-chief of the different names: UCF was called Florida paper from 1977-78, the paper acquired Technical University, and the Future ran its own cold typesetting machine, which under the masthead “ FTU ???” for five allowed its staff to change layouts and issues before settling on the name the experiment with design in a way that FuTUre on Nov. 15, 1968. wasn’t possible when sending copy off to It was the brainchild of journalism a local printer for finalization.