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Central Florida Future. 2185. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2185 FREE· Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays www.CentrafFloridaFuture.com • Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 That's Hot Going deep Solar panels are heating Sharpshooting Knights claim win things up at Tower II l at home again Sunday-sEESPORTS,A9 -SEE LET, A2 ANIMALS WOMAN Damage to Towe·r Ill UCF PIERCES GOTHIC CATS grads Awoman who marketed"gothic caused by grease fire kittens'' with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet has been KARI WILBERG The fire was extinguished floors, an incident report pro­ charged with animal cruelty and News Editor by room 309's sprinkler system. vided by Cpl. James Roop of conspiracy. Damage to the third-floor the UCF Police Department make it Dog groomer Holly Crawford,34, The Tower III grease fire room was caused mainly by said was charged Tuesday by left about 35 students displaced water damage from the sprin­ Damian Thorn-Hauswirth humane Thursday afternoon, sent one klers. Water flowed from the told police the fire began while officers. student to the hospital and student's room to surrounding he was cooking with grease, the Crawford caused extensive water dam­ rooms, into the hallways and to inNY. PLEASE SEE ON A6 has said age. rooms on the second and first ROOM shewill Theater company plead innocent. owners recognized KELLY HALPIN Contributing Writer PLUMBING 'KEEP THAT HEART The spotlight shines on the UCF Con­ servatory Theatre this year as three UCF JUST ACASE OF alumni have been nationally recognized for PLUMB their work in theater production. Joshua Chase Gold, Dena Kology and Ryan Nicholoff were selected by NYThe­ UCK atre.com as "People of the Year" for found­ OF SERVING' ing their New York City theater company Counting Squares. "NYTheatre.com is an organization in New York that reviews shows from off­ Rep. Suzanne Kosmas is Broadway to Broadway," Gold said. He earned his bachelor of fine arts in acting sworn into office at UCF from UCF in 2006. According to UCF News and Informa­ CARLOS MALDONADO tion, NYTheatre.com annually recognizes Staff Writer the talent of 10 people or organizations from theater professionals in New York Amid an atmosphere of patriotic City and writes about them on their Web music, congressional colleagues and site. Counting Squares was selected for the cheering supporters, Suzanne Kos­ quality of their inaugural 2007-2008 season. mas was sworn into her new office as which included work by many UCF Con­ a U.S. Representative on Saturday. servatory Theatre alumni. [ Kosmas was elected to represent Florida's 24th district last November. _Breaking PLEASE SEE COMPANY ON A6 Although Kosmas' term began on Jan. news on 6, she held a formal ceremony for the myour cell public at the Fairwinds·Alumni Center. During the ceremony, many jokes Get UCF news sent to your cell were made about the oath slip-up phone. Just text the keyword between Chief Justice John Roberts [ UCFNEWS to 44636. and President Barack Obama, but Sen. Bill Nelson came prepared with the AROUND CAMPUS, A2 DICK VITALE WILL BE PLEASE SEE KOSMAS ON A7 SIGNING HIS NEW BOOK ON CAMPUS Formorephotos of the ceremony: G www.UCFNews.com The basketball announcer is com­ ing to the UCF Bookstore on Tuesday to sign his new book high­ COURTESY UCF CONSERVATORYTHEATRE lighting the 50 best players and The UCF Theatre preforms West Side Story. NYTheatre.com moments in collegiate basketball. recognized three program allumni as "People of the Year." LOCAL & STATE,A2 . POLICE IDENTIFY TWO Alumna's TEENS KILLED IN MIAMI SHOOTING short film Brandon Mills, 16,and Derrick Gloster, 18, were killed during a shooting in Miami that also premieres at injured seven others. The teens were identified Sunday by police. Sundance NATION & WORLD,A4 KAYLA SMITH HUDSON RIVER PILOT Staff Writer The nine-minute film Rite, which pre­ SAYS HEWASJUST miered at the Sundance Film Festival on DOING HIS JOB Jan. 15, was born out of a filmmaker's Thousands of people holding signs insatiable desire for society to stop and waving American flags blindly following traditions. cheered wildly Saturday to honor Alicia Conway, who graduated from the pilot who safely landed a US UCF with a film degree in 1998, wrote Airways jetliner in the Hudson the script for Rite after watching a docu­ • River. mentary about two Jewish couples who considered defying the Jewish custom of • having baby boys circumcised. INDEX TODAY'S In the film, the couples' families were • enraged they would consider not cir­ Around 2 WEATHER cumcising their children, even though • Suzanne Kosmas Campus 2 the new parents simply wanted to make Weather was sworn in as U.S. 2 t representative for a well-informed decision. Local & State 4 Florida's 24th One of the family members said, "It's Nation & World 4 ... district at the not their job to question, it's their job to Sports 9 PARTLY Fairwinds Alumni obey." Center Saturday Opinion 12 CLOUDY "I kind of lost my mind and started Oas.sifieds 13 ASHLEY INGUANTA / yelling at the TV," Conway said. 78° 56° CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Sudoku 13 Crossword I HIGH LOW 13 PLEASE SEE HORROR ON A7 • Al www.CentrafFloridaFuture.com January 26, 2009 • ~ttal :Jloriba Jtuture AROUND New solar CAMPUS panels let (![iuttal News and notices for students the UCF community 3Floriba Dick Vitale coming to UCF Basketball announcer • keep clean Dick Vitale is coming to the UCF Bookstore in the John while being 3Futurt T. Washington Center on The Swdent Newspaper at UCF since 1968 Tuesday. green He will be signing his suns Ille Ill January 26, 2009 new book Dick Vitale's Vol 41, Issue 9 • 14 Pages Fabulous SO Players & The Centro! Florida fut/Jfe is the independent, student Moments in College Bas­ written newspaper ill the University of Central Florida. Opinions in the Future are those of the individual ketball: From the Best Seat columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff in the House During My or the University administration. All content Is property of the Central Florida Future and may not be reprinted in 30 Years at ESPN from 3 part or In whole without permission from the publisher. to4p.m. Expert to lecture on China Georgetown University Editor-in-Chief history professor James Natalie Morera x213 Millward will deliver the CFF.editor@gmailcom third annual Pauley Lec­ News Editors ture on '1\. Highly Civilized Amanda Welch and Country: 3,000 Years of Kari Wilberg x213 Invention China'' News.CFF@qmailcom The lecture will be talc­ Online News Editor ing place at the Fairwinds Jeffrey Riley x213 Alumni Center Building Onlfne.CFF@gmailcom from 7 to 9 p.m. today. The event is hosted by Opinions Editors the UCF History Alumni Sebastian Church and and sponsored by the UCF JeffWeiner x213 History Department. Opinions.CFF@qmailcom To obtain a complimen­ Sports Editor tary parking pass, go to Padrick Brewer x215 www.alumni.ucf.edu. Sports.CFF@gmailcom Variety Editor Holi Splash interest meeting Christine Harper x214 Holl Splash is a cultural Variety£FF@qmailcom event that showcases dif­ Photo Editor ferent dances from India. Rayma Jenkins The meeting is being held GREG TERRITO/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE [email protected] Newly installed solar panels line the side of the Engineering I building. These panels are part of a campus-wide solar project to reduce energy costs. today from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 Staff Writers p.m. in the Pensacola Board Ryan Bass, Michelle Dendy, Room in the Student WILLIAM BUCHANAN William Goss, Jillian Krotki, Union Carlos Maldonado, Jen Glantz, ' Contributing Writer Donald Thomann, Stephanie de Sousa, Volunteers to dance and William Perry, Mary Cristobal, act are being sought, but UCF is helping change Florida Jonathan Hohensee, Allen Levin, there is no experience into the Sunshine-powered State. John Murphy, Shaun Bevin, required. Hot {annen Carroquino During the first week ofJanuary, wa-terout For more information UCF implemented the use of two contact Lauren Senninger Staff Photographers solar panels as part of a pilot pro­ Caitlin Bush,_Corey Maynard, at 407-823-3294. + \'Varm Greg Territo, Amanda Moore, gram to continue the goal of ener­ w;iter in gy efficiency on campus. Reema Desai, Liana Cole, Sharon Weaver The first of the two panels was Copy Editors installed on Tower II, a residential t Caitlin Battersby, Andrea Canterbury, hall populated by 500 students. Ashley Camifax, Stephanie Endn, The thermal solar panel harnesses Eric Fershtman, Kelsey Hinton, LOCAL Chris Hoadley, Virginia Kiddy, the sun's heat and uses it to warm Kayla Smith students' water. &STATE Kept in reserve tanks, water is A<,x;rsaty heat Columnist (el<-<;tric <>< 94'1) Ben Badio Keep local with headlines maintained at a constant tempera­ you may have missed ture of 125 degrees. That's not Graphic Artists enough to boil an egg but far too Cara Cooper, Police identify 2 teens killed in warm to splash around with a rub­ Joseph Mangabat, Brad Walkover Liberty Crty shooting ber ducky.