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Central Florida Future. 2171. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/2171 - J www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 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.