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MAPS Health Fair
The Multicultural Association of Pre-Health Students will host an event featuring clubs for UCF preprofessional health students on the Ferrell Commons lawn from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday. The fair will feature a live DJ, snacks and activities.
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The Rosen College Student Outreach Services will screen The Breakfast Club on the Rosen Field at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Students are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair to the screening. For information, contact Jennifer Chandy at sosrosen@ucf.edu or 407903-8238.
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Police raise cash for new K-9 Explosives-trained dog to cost $50K RACHEL WILLIAMS Senior Staff Writer
The four-legged staff of the UCF Police Department will expand thanks to fundraising efforts of the K9s and Croissants breakfast event held by Fairwinds Credit Union last Wednesday. Fairwinds in the John T. Washington Center was filled with staff, police offi-
cers and UCF faculty, who took pictures with police department dogs while enjoying breakfast. “We thought this was a great opportunity to do our part in benefiting students and faculty at UCF,” Fairwinds marketing coordinator Leah Bibliowicz said. “We have many UCF alumni in our company, including our CEO Larry Tobin.” Fairwinds kicked off the
event by handing a $500 donation check to the police department. By the end of the morning, an additional $600 was donated by the nearly 100 guests at the event, Bibliowicz said. “I am a long-time dog lover, and I loved having the chance to meet the K-9s in a friendly setting. I was thrilled to help raise money
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Jogi,a K-9 with the UCF Police Department,visits with students and faculty during the Fairwind’s K-9s and Croissants breakfast event on Wednesday.
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The Multicultural Student Center and the Black Student Union will host a campuswide team scavenger hunt to test students’ knowledge of UCF historyat Memory Mall at 6 p.m. Tuesday. To register, visit events.ucf.edu. For information, contact Melissa Stevens at mscrso2@ucf.edu or 954604-1093.
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Eating Healthy on a College Budget
The Multicultural Association of Pre-Health Students will host a nutrition presentation on how to eat healthy food without breaking the bank from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Business Administration building, Room 221.
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Self-Discovery Knights will host a discussion about relationships and dating in college in the Libra Community Center at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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BREWERS PUSH TO LEGALIZE 64-OUNCE BEER JUGS David Wescott has two 32-ounce growlers he brings into Proof Brewing Company to fill up and take home.
VETERANS GRADUATE K9 PROGRAM AND NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Greg Mosher, who is from Ocala, was in the Marine Corps for 10 years and at night in Iraq they would set claymore mines out around their camps.
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Hillary Bengston,a micro & molecular biology and senior,assists a Ph.D.student with research to create new medicines in the laboratory.
STUDENTS COMPETE FOR $30K IN AWARDS HALEIGH HITZING Senior Staff Writer
This week hundreds of UCF students will present their research projects to the UCF community. Aside from the student presentations, all students are welcome to come work on their own professional development through workshops. The College of Graduate
Studies, Office of Undergraduate Studies, Office of Undergraduate Research and the Student Government Association sponsor Student Research Week. Students from any college are welcome to present a research project once they have submitted an application and had it approved. “Research is going on all the time on campus. This is the only time of the year
Film festival to highlight student diversity, issues ADAM RHODES Opinions Editor
Four of UCF’s most predominant campus resources will bring together Diversity Film Festival starting Tuesday in an effort to educate students about their community at large. The festival is free for students, faculty and staff, and will take place in Ferrell Commons Tuesday through Thursday. The goal of the event, showcased by the Counseling and Psychological Services, UCF Housing and Residence Life, Victim Services and the Recreation and Wellness Center, is to encourage and promote awareness about diversity issues present within the UCF
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More than 250 research projects showcased at 10th annual Research Week where students actually get to showcase their work to the UCF community,” director of Undergraduate Research Studies Kimberly Schneider said. Monday and Wednesday are professional development workshops in the Cape Florida Ballroom. These workshops give students the chance to
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The Florida Board of Governors appointed Beverly J. Seay to the UCF Board of Trustees Thursday. The newest board member is the vice president and general manager for global professional services at CAE Integrated Enterprise Solutions, has spent more than 20 years in the engineering field and is a STEM education advocate, according to UCF Today. Seay’s five-year term began Thursday, and her appointment is still subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate. The 13-member BOT is UCF’s governing body. Its members are in charge of university resources, setting university policy, selecting the university president and administrators and implementing policies on behalf of the Florida Board of Governors. Seay graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in computers, information and control engineering. She also serves on the dean’s advisory board for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UCF, according to UCF Today. Current BOT Trustee and Student Government Association President Cortez Whatley will also be replaced by SGA president-elect Melissa Westbrook when her term begins before the summer semester.
RSO sets its sights on stocks Young Investors Club first to collectively trade, invest at UCF MATT FULTZ Contributing Writer
Time: 1 p.m. Location: Ferrell Commons Auditorium (FC-7E) Contact:Teresa Chmelir 407-823-2811 tmichael@mail.ucf.edu community, the greater Orlando community and “the world beyond.” Films whose subjects have been the topic of praise and criticism, such as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Nefarious: Merchant of Souls, for their topics dealing with -
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The Young Investors Club at UCF is making a name for itself by using a $5,000 prize to become the first registered organization on campus to trade and invest the money as a club. Senior finance major Joseph Solitro singlehandedly propelled the UCF Young Investors Club, which rose above the competition and won the first Motley Fool Campus Challenge, a competition that combines intelligent analysis with storytelling. The Motley campus challenge lasted from Jan.
28 until March 7. In that time, contestants were awarded points based on their participation in the Motley Fool Blogging Network. The contest was free to all legal U.S. residents, 18 and older, who are enrolled at a college or university. Participants were able to win individual prizes, but only those associated with an invest-
ing club and business entity were able to win team prizes. Solitro wrote articles about finance and investment strategy and was required to promote them to earn points. The point system was broken down into three different categories: base points, bonus points and
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Fla.brewers push to legalize 64-ounce beer jugs
TALLAHASSEE — David Wescott has two 32ounce growlers he brings into Proof Brewing Company to fill up and take home. Why two? Because Florida is one of only three states where it’s illegal to fill one 64-ounce beer container, known as a growler. He can get as many of the 32-ounce containers filled as he wants, and Florida breweries can also fill unlimited 128ounce growlers for customers to take home. But the size preferred by most beer enthusiasts is banned. Two lawmakers have filed bills to legalize the half-gallon jugs, but a group of beer distributors is fighting both measures and appears to have helped effectively kill both for the year.
This week’s Knight Life page features photos from Monday night’s comedy show hosted at the UCF Arena. Emmy Award-winning Saturday Night Live star and Weekend Update correspondent Seth Meyers headlined the show for the UCF Campus Activities Board. Colin Jost, a co-head writer for SNL, opened for Meyers.
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Veterans graduate K9 program and new lease on life
JACKSONVILLE — Greg Mosher, who is from Ocala, was in the Marine Corps for 10 years and at night in Iraq they would set claymore mines out around their camps. These mines, which are designed to blow up in a certain direction, gave the Marines peace of mind and helped them sleep at night. So when Mosher, 29, enrolled in the K9s For Warriors Program three weeks ago and got a Labrador retriever-mix dog named Jerry, he decided to change its name to “Claymore.” Mosher was one of five combat veterans who graduated with their service dogs from the K9s for Warriors Program on a recent evening. The event was held at the American Legion Post 233.
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Grad, undergrad researchers showcase work FROM A1 come and gain tools for the future. Communicating Your Research, Planning for Success in Graduate School and Organizing Your Research Literature are some of the workshops that will be offered this year. Tuesday and Thursday are graduate and undergraduate showcases, respectively, in the Pegasus Ballroom. This is when participating students get the chance to present their research projects, which are displayed on a large poster board. This year, more than $30,000 will be awarded in scholarships to students who participate and place in the student showcases. Faculty members are the judges, and the funding for these awards comes primarily from SGA and benefactors. There will also be two peer choice awards that will receive $400 each from the undergraduate showcase. “Students get the professional development opportunity to communicate their work and present their work in a professional format. Second is that interested students, interested staff and faculty, the community can actually come and see that work in one location,” Schneider said. Throughout the week, thousands of staff, students and members of the community attend either the showcases or workshops, which are all free of charge. UCF sociology professor James Wright will deliver this year’s kickoff seminar, Hunger Knows No Friend. The presentation will summarize a series of undergraduate and graduate student research projects that deal with hunger and food insecurity in Central Florida. Graduate student Neyda VanBennekom, who studies biomedical sciences, will be participating in the graduate showcase portion of research week. She participated and won honorable mention twice as an undergraduate. Her projects have focused on infectious bacteria. “I like presenting. I’m not required to do it. Some students are, but I just like getting feedback
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Evan Cornett,a Ph.D.student studying biomedical sciences in the UCF College of Medicine graduate studies program,shows off a poster displaying research to discover new types of medicines.Cornett’s poster and research will be presented at the upcoming graduate forum during Student Research Week along with more than 250 student project showcases and 300 student participants.
on my research, so it’s helpful to talk to other people. It also helps you prepare to present your thesis project to a committee as a graduate student,” VanBennekom said. This Student Research Week marks the 10th anniversary of the showcase portion of the week for undergraduate research. A few years after the first showcase, a decision was made to merge the showcases and the professional development opportunities together to create one research week. This year the fair will see more than 250 projects with more than 300 participants. Jennifer Walsh, a senior psychology major, brings another example of a research project to the showcase. Her project focuses on attachment and adjustment in first-year college students, which she worked on at DePaul University. Walsh transferred to UCF as a junior after she graduated from Daytona State College. This will be her first time participating in Student Research Week at UCF. Walsh credits her success in research to the McNair Scholars Program. The UCF program is designed to prepare
students from lowincome, first-generation and traditionally underrepresented groups for doctoral studies. According to the McNair Scholars Program website, scholars participate in courses, seminars and workshops on topics related to graduate school preparation. Students also complete a paid research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor and have the opportunity to present their research at local, regional and national conferences. “Research Week brings diversity, and it helps other people learn about other disciplines than their own and to maybe think about things differently,” Walsh said. Projects are judged based on clear focus on central research method, sound methodology, clear presentation of expected results, progress on the project to date and contribution to the field or discussion of potential impact. “My project is a little piece of a big puzzle. I like to think that I make a difference; we all like to hope that when we do our research. I think, if anything, I’m helping contribute to the field in general,” VanBennekom said.
Cornett conducts an experiment using nucleic acids to create new diagnostic tests for DNA to develop new inhibitors for drugs. STEPHANIE JOHNSON / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
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UCF K-9 unit utilized during Tower I incident FROM A1 for a future UCF K-9,” Student Union administrative assistant Tracy Balkham said. All proceeds went directly to the police department. There was a $5 admission fee and raffle tickets were sold at the breakfast. Raffle prizes included Visa Gift Cards and Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens tickets, among others. Currently, only one dog, Jogi, is explosives trained. The police department feels it needs to train another dog due to the expansion of UCF. “Because of all the properties we control, the growing student body and sports joining the Big East, we need another dog to be explosives trained,” UCF Police Department Cpl. Chuck Reising said. The police department is hoping to raise $50,000 to buy a fourth dog to join the K-9 unit. Currently, German shepherds Max, Jogi and Conner have been carrying the team. “Our dogs are used on a daily basis. We have a mutual aid with all local agencies in Orange County and Oviedo of Seminole County. We get called to assist them,” Reising said. So far, local businesses and individuals have donated $6,000 toward the cause. All of the money collected goes to a UCF Foundation account that is strictly for the K-9 unit. Donations are accepted year-round. “We need to fund raise because the state cut a lot of campus money, so the police department’s money was cut,” Reising said. Significant donations have come from businesses including ABC Fine Wine and Spirits, Walmart Neighborhood Market on Alafaya Trail, Fairwinds Credit Union and East Orange Shooting Sports in Winter Park. Founder of the Rosen College of Hospitality Management and UCF trustee, Harris Rosen, also donated. Store manager of East Orange Shooting Sports, John Ritz, donated $1,000 because of his company’s love of dogs and sup-
‘I am a long-time dog lover,and I loved having the chance to meet the K-9s in a friendly setting.’ — TRACY BALKHAM STUDENT UNION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
port of UCF. “We are dog lovers and dog owners so that strikes a special chord with us,” Ritz said. “We recognize the capabilities of having a K-9 unit. A number of our employees and customers are UCF students, so it seemed like a really good fit for what we believe.” In reality, a K-9 unit dog does not cost $50,000. With that money, UCF PD seeks to also train the new dog, buy training equipment such as collars and muzzles and buy training equipment for the dog’s handler. Also, a specially designed K-9 car, a Chevrolet Caprice, will be purchased, Reising said, who personally trains the dogs. UCF’s K-9 unit will purchase its newest addition in about a month. The recent suicide of James Seevakumaran and the explosives found in his possession did not sway the police department’s decision to add a K-9 trained in explosives. “The chief decided about two months ago,” Reising said. “That incident brought a lot of attention to the K-9 unit, though. Jogi was utilized.” Adding a fourth dog to the UCF K-9 unit will benefit the whole campus, Reising said. They are full-service dogs who track, search and sniff out drugs and explosives in a variety of areas. The dogs have been used to search buildings and forests. “UCF faculty, staff, students and alumni are all showing their support by contributing to our K-9 fundraising efforts,” Bibliowicz said. “The entire UCF community seems eager to show their support for the UCF PD right now.”
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The UCF Police Department is hoping to raise $50,000 to buy a fourth dog to join K-9 unit on campus.The K-9s and Croissants breakfast contributed to the fundraising efforts by bringing the dogs to visit with students at the Fairwinds Credit Union in the John T.Washington Center on Wednesday.
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Movie topics include Holocaust, gender identity FROM A1 religious difference and modern slavery, respectively, are among the six films being shown. Teresa Michaelson-Chmelir, associate director of prevention at the Counseling and Psychological Services center, said the films were chosen by a committee that whittled them down from approximately 30 films. While the overarching goal of diversity at the event may be squarely defined by Student Development and Enrollment Services, each of the offices involved has its own specific perspective on the issue. For Counseling and Psychological Services, the event symbolizes a change of pace. Normally, CAPS would be concentrating on its event, the Tunnel of Oppression, which is meant to bring the realities of oppression and discrimination to UCF in a safe but controversial environment, Chmelir said. The office, however, sees the film festival as a way to change things up for students and faculty alike. CAPS hopes to be able to alternate between the two events yearly. Other offices see the purpose of the events as more far reaching. James Wilkening, director of the Recreation and Wellness Center, said the message of diversity is central to the culture of the university and Recreation and Wellness Center in its advocacy of an actively diverse lifestyle, even though the overreaching goal of the festival is still “to cultivate diversity and inclusiveness” at the university. Freshman anthropolo-
gy and history double major Gabrielle Hanke said that the film festival’s message of diversity was particularly inspiring to her regarding LGBTQ acceptance, as she came from academic institutions with religiously strict environments. “A lot of the people were just super immature,” Hanke said, explaining the reaction of her fellow students to LGBTQ-ascribing peers. For Hanke, the festival symbolizes a way for people to experience diverse and open inclusion, especially from a standpoint where that was not possible previously. Moving away from the perspective of the Recreation and Wellness Center, other offices and student resources, such as Victim Services, see the potential of the event as educational for the student populace in their community, both UCF and at large. To Christine Mouton, director of Victim Services, the purpose of the diverse film subject matter is to highlight the issues of many different student groups. When asked about what she would like to see students take away, Mouton maintains the idea that the event “is an opportunity to enhance overall awareness and understanding that these issues are important in our community,” similar to the view her colleagues had. Despite their similarities in overarching purpose for partnering in the event, each office nominated movies for different reasons based on the office’s unique perspective. Some students, such as sophomore biomedical
sciences major Chandler Pham, remain on the fence about their attendance. “I would go if it’s something I’m interested in,” Pham said. She said she understands the over-
arching message of the event. “It’s good to know about how other peoples’ lives are and to get an understanding about how they feel about certain things.”
Discussion is set to follow the films’ topics, which range from female representation in the media and their visibility as authority figures to tales of modern-day
slavery. One of the films that depicts these controversial subjects and kicks off the festival is the acclaimed Pariah, which runs Tuesday at 1 p.m.
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Rivals prepare for battle over abortion bans DAVID CRARY Associated Press
Rival legal teams, wellfinanced and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation’s toughest bans on abortion. For all their differences, attorneys for the two states and the abortion-rights supporters opposing them agree on this: The laws represent an unprecedented frontal assault on the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a nationwide right to abortion. The Arkansas law, approved March 6 when legislators overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe, would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward. On March 26, North Dakota went further, with Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signing a measure that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected and before some women even know they’re pregnant. Abortion-rights advocates plan to challenge both measures, contending they are unconstitutional violations of the Roe ruling that legalized abortion until a fetus could viably survive outside the womb. A fetus is generally considered viable at 22 to 24 weeks. “I think they’re going to be blocked immediately by the courts — they are so far outside the clear bounds of what the Supreme Court has said for 40 years,” said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. The center will be leading the North Dakota legal challenge and working in Arkansas alongside the
American Civil Liberties Union’s state and national offices. Both Northup and ACLU lawyers say they have ample resources to wage the battles, and they expect victories that would require their attorneys’ fees to be paid by two states. Dalrymple, in signing the ban, acknowledged that its chances of surviving a court challenge were questionable. North Dakota’s attorney general, Wayne Stenehjem, initially said lawyers from his office would defend any lawsuits but is now considering hiring outside help. His office is working on a cost estimate for the litigation that could be presented to lawmakers soon. “We’re looking at a sufficient amount to adequately defend these enactments,” Stenehjem said. A lead sponsor of the Arkansas ban, Republican state Sen. Jason Rapert, said threats of lawsuits “should not prevent someone from doing what is right.” He contended that the ban had a chance of reaching the U.S. Supreme Court through the appeals process and suggested that the victory predictions made by abortion-rights lawyers amounted to “posturing” aimed at deterring other states from enacting similar bans. In both Arkansas and North Dakota, the states’ lawyers will be getting pro bono assistance from lawyers with Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal group. Mathew Staver, the group’s chairman, said supporters of the bans were resolved to fight the legal battles to the end, and issued a caution to the rival side. “They ought to hold off on their celebrations,” he said. “The cases have a long way to go through the court system.”
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Kris Kitko leads chants of protest at an abortion-rights rally at the state Capitol in Bismarck,N.D. Rival legal teams,each well-financed and highly motivated,are girding for high-stakes court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation’s toughest bans on abortion.The Arkansas law,approved March 6 when legislators overrode a veto by Democratic Gov.Mike Beebe,would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward.On March 26,North Dakota went even further,with Republican Gov.Jack Dalrymple signing a measure that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy,when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected.
The North Dakota ban is scheduled to take effect Aug. 1, along with two other measures that have angered abortion-rights backers. One would require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, the other would make North Dakota the first state to ban abortions based on genetic defects such as Down syndrome. The Center for Reproductive Rights is reviewing its options regarding the latter two bills, but definitely plans to challenge the six-week ban before Aug. 1. Northup said her team is pondering whether to file suit in state court or U.S. district court. In Arkansas, where the 12-week ban would take effect 90 days after the end of the legislative session, abortion-rights lawyers plan to file their challenge in federal court within the next few weeks. Bettina Brownstein, who will be representing the ACLU of Arkansas in the case, said the U.S. district court with jurisdiction over Little Rock had issued rulings in past abortion-related cases that gave her confidence of victory this time. “Eventually it could go to U.S. Supreme Court on
appeal, but that would take a while, and they may not want to hear it,” she said. “It’s a question of how much money the state wants to spend.” Northup chided officials in both Arkansas and North Dakota for their willingness to spend taxpayers’ money on difficult and divisive legal cases. “It’s important that the citizens of those states realize that every dollar spent to defend blatantly unconstitutional laws is taxpayers’ dollars wasted,” she said. Attorneys’ fees for the upcoming cases are impossible to estimate at this stage, but Northup said her organization received $1.3 million in fees from Alaska after that state lost a recent case regarding an abortion-related law. The last few years have been intensely busy for the Center for Reproductive Rights, the ACLU and other abortion-rights legal groups as Republican-controlled legislatures have enacted scores of laws seeking to restrict access to abortion. At least two dozen such measures are currently the target of lawsuits, said Northup, who vowed that her organization “will not let unconstitutional laws go on challenged.”
Some of the recent laws place new requirements on abortion clinics, others require abortion providers to perform certain procedures or offer state-mandated counseling before an abortion can take place. At least 10 states have passed bills banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy on the disputed premise that a fetus can feel pain at that stage. One of those laws, in Idaho, was struck down by a U.S. district judge on March 6, while the laws in Georgia and Arizona have been temporarily blocked by judges pending further court proceedings. Abortion-rights advocates, while eager to defeat the new bans in North Dakota and Arkansas, worry about the impact of the broader surge of restrictions. “I don’t believe these bans are going to take effect, but the danger is that they make the other laws look reasonable,” said Talcott Camp, deputy director of the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project. “The ultimate goal is to take this decision away from a woman and her doctor and give it to the politicians.” One of the most frequent targets of the anti-
abortion laws is the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, which — in addition to providing a range of other health services — is the nation’s leading provider of abortions. Planned Parenthood’s president, Cecile Richards, said she found it frustrating that women “continue to be a political punching bag.” But she saw an upside to the wave of anti-abortion legislation: more members and more donations for her organization. “These attacks have served to energize our supporters,” she said. “We’ve gained 2 million members in the past two years.” There’s new energy on the other side as well. The tough North Dakota laws have been welcomed by the protesters who gather weekly in Fargo outside the state’s lone abortion clinic. Among those on hand for the latest protest at the Red River Women’s Clinic was Scott Carew, 50, who had brought two anti-abortion posters nailed to pieces of wood. “Certainly, we’re proud of the governor standing up for life,” Carew said. “We’re going to keep standing up for life until we can’t stand up anymore.”
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Young Investors win $5K in blogging contest FROM A1 double bonus points. UCF dominated the competition with a total of 267 points, while second place Texas University earned 88 points. Club president Craig Bolz congratulated Solitro at the club’s meeting last Wednesday and announced the club would soon be getting a $5,000 check from Motley Fool.
“The funds are going to help us out tremendously. We have a lot of really cool plans,” Bolz said. The Young Investors Club is the largest business-related club at UCF with more than 50 members. Bolz said the club is planning to trade and invest the money to open a trading account for the club, something that has never been done before at UCF.
The club has not decided exactly what the funds will be used for yet. However, club faculty adviser Ray Sturm said there are stipulations as to what the money can be used for. “It has to be for investment purposes,” Sturm said. The club will decide the best investment strategies and rules to dictate how the winnings will be spent. Secretary of YIC, Kaley
White, said the organization will use the majority of the money as a start up for the club that has only been operating for three years. The club has just reserved an office in the College of Business Administration through the Student Government Association. “We’re going to start making a name for our club now,” White said. Starting up a trading account will give the club
more credibility of its success and will raise awareness about the club’s functions to interested students. White said YIC will see more success in future years by having physical proof of what the club does. Tony Krueger, chief technical analyst of the club, said Solitro did a great job writing and promoting articles for Motley Fool. Krueger said the articles weren’t regular posts, but
instead comprehensive research projects he used for personal research papers. “The fact that he completely blew out the competition was amazing,” Krueger said. He added the club will build a complete portfolio with mutual funds, bonds, stocks and speculative plays with options to build up funds that will promote more club activities.
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Sophomore JoMarcos Woods slides into second base as the Golden Eagles attempt to turn a double play.UCF dropped two of three games at home against Southern Miss.
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Friendly fire only thing that can bring big Ben Lively down
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When Ben Lively steps on the mound, there’s not much that can stop him. Lively has made a habit of mowing down opposing batters, pounding the strike zone and making his competition look silly. But this season, he’s had one kryptonite. One single force has given Lively a defeat not once, but twice this year. That force is the UCF Knights. The pitcher has seen his own brilliant performances turn to losses twice this season — and he only has
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his team to thank for that. The righty is absolutely dealing this year, and he has the stats to back it up. Lively has allowed only two earned runs in 51 1/3
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Ben Lively,Terry Rooney and Ryan Breen meet at the mound in a game against UMass.Lively has recorded 55 strikeouts in 51 1/3 innings pitched this season.
It was an odd series for the UCF baseball team this weekend. The team’s star pitcher wasn’t at his best in the series opener. The Knights had a successful comeback attempt on Friday and an unsuccessful one Saturday. The lone bright spot for the Knights came in the eighth inning Friday night, when Erik Hempe crushed a two-run double to the left-centerfield gap to get the scoring started for UCF. The Knights scored four runs in the inning, sending 10 batters to the plate and doing the damage on four hits, two walks, a hit by pitch and one error. The Knights sent batters to the plate in 26 innings throughout the series. Including Friday night’s eighth inning, UCF only scored runs in four total innings. “First of all, credit Southern Miss. Those guys pitched pretty well,” head coach Terry Rooney said. “Four of the 26 innings, is that right? That’s not good. We have to get better than that.” Friday night’s starting pitcher, Ben Lively, put the Knights in a position to win, but even he wasn’t the usual lights-out self that he has been all season. The junior surrendered a two-out single in each of the first two innings, then allowed the leadoff hitter to reach base the next four frames. He also walked three batters. Despite those blemishes, the story of the game, for Lively, was how he buckled down during the 15 batters in between. He helped his own cause, picking off a runner to end an inning — twice. He also had five strikeouts and made a phenomenal play on a popped-up bunt. Lively was chased out of the game in the eighth inning after allowing run-
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Receiving corps ready for primetime play RYAN GILLESPIE Football Beat Writer
The Knights’ wide receivers are ready for “primetime.” While UCF will have at least three games on primetime television, the receiving corps bring primetime to the practice field, the film room and, eventually, to the game field. “Every year I was here before we’ve always had a name for our receiving corps, just something for them to hang their hat on,” wide receivers coach Sean Beckton said. Each receiver wrote various ideas for a nickname on a piece of paper, and Primetime was the name that stuck. The Knights return five of their top six wide receivers from last season and have taken a more modern approach offensively. UCF is expected to
put the ball in the air more often than in years past and will employ more three wide-receiver sets. “All those guys have a pretty good skill set to go out there and perform, and a defense can’t zero in on just one guy,” Beckton said. The key to the growth of the offense is the chemistry with the second-year starting quarterback, junior Blake Bortles. “Those guys are so tight its unbelievable. Every great quarterback has a great relationship with his wide receiver corp,” Beckton said. Beckton said the receivers and quarterback are always together even if this means going to the movies or bowling. The combination of size and speed on the outside compliments the shiftiness and route running of the Knights’ two slot receivers. Junior Rannell Hall and sophomore
Breshad Perriman will spend much of the time on the outside, while junior J.J. Worton and senior Jeff Godfrey work out of the slot. “The most growth I see from last year is [the receivers] understanding the defense more. Last year we were pretty good, too, but we didn’t understand coverage that good,” Hall said. The true X factor this season is Perriman. As a freshman last season, Perriman came on strong as the season progressed. In the Beef O’ Brady’s Bowl, his last outing, Perriman had his best performance of the season, hauling in five receptions for 90 yards. “I have to keep my thumb on him to find some little things [to improve on]. The biggest thing for him is playing with a lot
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Redshirt junior wide receiver J.J.Worton works out in spring practice.Worton led the team with 44 receptions and five touchdowns in 2012.
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Hitting, fielding haunt UCF in Tulsa series KAYLA LOKEINSKY Softball Beat Writer
The Knights (18-20, 1-11 Conference USA) came into a weekend series with Tulsa, the top team in Conference USA, hoping to turn their conference losing streak around. However, an offensive
struggle combined with errors in the field led to a weekend sweep. The final game of the weekend series was played on Saturday and was nationally televised on Fox Sports Network. The Knights had been in a hitting slump over the weekend and managed to
only get one hit, courtesy of sophomore Farrah Sullivan. The team fought hard for the first four innings of play, keeping the game at a scoreless 0-0. However, UCF allowed seven runs, five unearned, in the fifth inning and was unable to put any points on the board, leading to a 7-0 loss.
In the second game of Friday’s double header, Tulsa scored five runs, all earned off of six consecutive hits, making for a lead that the Knights couldn’t catch up to. The Knights got on the board in the fourth after a double by Sullivan, who came in on an RBI single by senior Danielle Brewer. However, that was the only runner the Knights were able to score, and they dropped the game 8-1. In the first game against Tulsa on Friday afternoon, UCF jumped out to an
early lead when freshman Mariah Garcia hit a home run in the top of the third, making her the team leader with three under her belt. Freshman Kalyn Cenal then put the Knights up 20 with an RBI. The advantage stayed 2-0 for the Knights until the fourth inning. However, sophomore Mackenzie Audas began to struggle after Tulsa put up four runs with a grand slam. She finished her time on the mound in the sixth after allowing seven hits
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and six runs. The Knights were unable bring in any more runs and lost 6-2. The Knights return to action on Wednesday with in-state showdown against No. 3 ranked Florida, which will begin at 6 p.m. at the UCF Softball Complex.
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Freshman pitcher Shelby Turnier delivers a pitch against Florida A&M.Turnier leads the Knights’pitching staff with 10 wins and a .234 average against this year,but she struggled in game two against Tulsa,allowing six runs in two innings.
more toughness in blocking and after he catches the ball,” Beckton said. “I want to see him be more physical with the ball in his hands and break more tackles. I also want to see him dominate the defender when blocking.” Perriman has added 10 pounds in the offseason and now weighs in at 210 pounds, Beckton said. The 6-foot-2-inch sophomore had 26 catches and three touchdowns as a freshman. Hall, the Knights’ leader in receiving yards last season, is the home run threat of the offense, averaging 18 yards per catch. “Now we have two guys with great size and speed on the outside that can stretch the field on both sides,” Beckton said. Last season, UCF used receiver Quincy McDuffie all over the field, motioning him into the backfield as well as
giving him carries on jet sweeps. Godfrey and Hall will likely be charged with playing that role in 2013. The Knights slot receivers, Worton and Godfrey, expect to have a lot of room to work with over the middle and favorable matchups with defenders. “That element [slot] of the offense is pretty amazing. When you get me or J.J. [Worton] or any wide receiver on a linebacker playing man-toman, we should win it every day,” Godfrey said. Godfrey, a former quarterback, is entering his second season as a wide receiver. The senior spent a lot of time during the offseason studying game tapes with Beckton and is learning to use patience when running routes and knowing exactly how to attack a defender, Beckton said. “We all know what each other are going to do, I mean we all know
how each other run. We all know how to time up our routes and have good spacing. We all know who runs which routes better, so when we have to switch it up, we already know where each other are going to go,” Worton said. Worton has had more than 40 receptions in each of the last two seasons and also led the team with five touchdowns. Worton, who lives with Bortles, has proven to be one of the junior quarterback’s favorite targets since the two were in the lineup together two seasons ago. “It’s all about doing the small things right now, because we have all been through the hard times,” Worton said. “We are all veterans and we are all trying to critique each other and help out the younger guys.” Right now, it’s about the small things, but the group is patiently waiting for the fall — primetime.
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Knights unable to answer USM’s strong pitching FROM A9 ners to reach the corners with one out. This came just one batter after Lively was struck in the lower leg with a line drive. He continued to pitch, but it was obvious that he was in pain. “Ben Lively did what he’s been doing all year for us,” Rooney said Friday night. “Let me just tell you something — Ben Lively, it’s not that he has great stuff; he is a competitor.” Rooney elected to lift Lively after his eighthinning jam and replaced him with Zac Favre. The freshman forced a ground ball right back to him but mishandled it, allowing the runner at third to score — the unearned run was charged to Lively. Both runs Lively allowed were unearned, lowering his season ERA to 0.35. The Knights, unable to score a run after the first inning, dropped the series opener 4-1. Favre redeemed himself in Saturday’s relief performance, his 16th of the
season. He went 4 1/3 innings and allowed just a pair of hits. Friday’s starter, Chris Matulis, went eight strong innings, allowing three runs and striking out five batters. While the score was tied 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, Matulis left the dugout to throw a few warmup tosses but sat down once the Knights took the lead. “I was thinking about it,” Rooney said about the possibility of letting Matulis throw a complete game. “Once we scored the [fourth] run, I was putting Spencer [Davis] in. I did know that 100 percent.” Davis entered the game in the ninth inning and recorded his third save of the season. Brian Adkins made the start for UCF and struggled to have a strong hold over the game early on Saturday. He allowed a pair of two-out, two-run homers in back-to-back innings. Adkins went 4 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits.
USM starters controlled the series. The starting pitchers combined to throw 21 1/3 innings and allowed just four earned runs. All pitchers struck out 20 UCF hitters on the weekend. UCF had been dominated by USM ace, Andrew Pierce, for the first seven innings of Friday’s game. Entering the eighth, Pierce had thrown 16 consecutive scoreless innings in his last two starts against the Knights. Chris Taladay led the charge for the Knights all weekend, going five-for-10 with five RBIs. The senior also hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning of UCF’s 4-3 loss Saturday, starting what ended up being a failed late-inning rally. The Knights will begin an eight-game road trip Tuesday with a one-game matchup against the University of Florida. Following the midweek game against the Gators, UCF will play back-to-back road series against Memphis and Rice, broken up by a midweek game at USF.
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Sophomore James Vasquez reels in a throw at first base in a 4-3 loss to Southern Miss Saturday.The Knights nearly came back to win Saturday but were stopped one run short in the finale of the fifth-highest attended series in school history.
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Ace thrives without run support FROM A9 innings this year. I’ll repeat that for emphasis — two earned runs in 51 1/3 innings. The junior has a .35 ERA on the year and has struck out more than four times as many batters as he’s walked. But Lively’s success has only proved one thing this season: baseball is absolutely a team sport. The ace holds a 5-2 record this season. He’s lost two games this year without giving up an earned run. That’s a tragedy. And head coach Terry Rooney knows all about it. “Our team needs to show more of the same competitiveness and fire that Ben Lively pitches with. If we can figure that out, then we’re going to be OK,” Rooney said, with a bit of fire in his voice, after UCF left Lively hanging for his second loss of the season. Rooney is exactly right. These numbers don’t add
up — 15 strikeouts, zero earned runs, four walks and two losses. I know that funny things can happen over the course of a baseball season. Hitters will find slumps, the ball will bounce the other team’s way. These things happen. But it’s much more than some bad luck for UCF baseball this season. And it’s not a lack of talent. Rooney said it’s a lack of competitive fire. And if a coach such as Terry Rooney, who can often be found red-faced and shouting, thinks you’re bringing a lack of competitiveness, you’re in trouble. Because it’s clear that Rooney gives his all. You’ll struggle to find a coach that’s more devoted to his craft than Rooney. And it’s abundantly clear that Lively is giving his all. Those video game, freakshow numbers don’t happen by accident. The offense? The fielding? Well, that’s a little less
clear. It’s a crying shame that Lively’s All-Americanworthy season has to be marred by the inconsistencies of his teammates. But when you’re losing games after allowing zero earned runs something’s got to give. The road will only get tougher. UCF will play more games away from home as conference play carries on, teams will be targeting Lively and a lot of pressure will rest on the offense. Sure, Lively probably won’t finish the season with an ERA lower than one. He may not be named a first-team AllAmerican. But that doesn’t mean his teammates can’t turn this around. If the Knights can give Lively the support he’s warranted this season, they’ll win some games. Because Lively has proven so far that it’s tough to stop him. Unless, of course, you’re the UCF Knights.
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ink equal signs have finally begun to faze out of people’s Facebook profiles, and we can tell who’s who without looking at their actual names. This equal sign, a variation of the the pro-LGBTQ organization Human Rights Campaign logo, popped up in response to the Supreme Court hearing arguments regarding California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. While it is important to note the amount of support displayed for the LGBTQ community and those whose lives are touched by this, changing one’s profile picture does nothing if that is as far as one takes his or her measures. The term for this type of activism has come to be referred to as “slacktivism,” which is activism where the least amount of legitimate, intangible action takes place. In other words, posting a photo on Facebook. It is difficult to agree with this definition, as many forms of activism come from a legitimate action and purpose. However, the base message should be taken in to account. Actions that have no tangible effect do nothing but add to
the noise of political ideology. Anyone can simply add a picture on Facebook or Twitter, but taking actions that coincide with the picture’s message is what will truly make a difference. A congressperson will not point to Facebook as a source for decision making, but to constituent letters, calls and emails instead. Mary Joyce, co-founder of the Digital Activism Research Project, makes a good point on the matter in an article by the International Business Times. “My feeling is that they’re a good first step,” Joyce said. “They’re the difference between doing nothing and doing something, and that’s good. The question you have to ask yourself is what’s next. Will it lead to further mobilization?” Political activism cannot stop at liking, sharing or posting a picture of Facebook. To really create change, tangible action needs to be taken. Lobby a congressperson, get involved in your campus political organizations, speak to a representative, talk to your local political groups for opportunities and do something aside from sitting at a computer and waiting for change. If everyone who
posted political photos as a form of activism actually lobbied a congressperson, imagine the change that would take place when our voices would be heard. While the enthusiasm is noble, the act simply does nothing because no effect can be felt from it. Backseat activism needs to change soon and dramatically. It is a common occurrence for individuals to say they are unrepresented by their political leaders. But when political activism stops at social networking, how is there a possibility for anything else? Get your voice out and be heard outside of the digital sphere of the Internet. Posting on social networking does nothing but bring awareness to the fact that you care about an issue. Do not tell your friends that you care about their marriage equality. Show them. Get out there and make a difference instead of waiting for it to magically happen. Rome was not built in a day, and political change will not occur with a single post on a social networking website. Among all the memes, trolls and cat photos, that photo is just another ripple in the ocean.
Income level not an admission guideline Attending America’s with the ongoing debate top colleges is still more about affirmative action in about prestige and pedihigher education, but gree than it is about acamost universities agree demic excellence. For far that their student populatoo many low-income, tions should exhibited high achieving high more diversity, not only in school graduates, enrollterms of race but also in ment in the pantheon of socioeconomic backIvy League and near-Ivy grounds. schools remains a seemThis problem is partly RASHAD TAYLOR ingly unattainable fantasy. due to the desire of the Guest Columnist According to a study wealthy to separate themconducted by Caroline M. selves from the masses. Hoxby of Stanford and Christopher One can imagine that at least some of Avery of Harvard featured in the the upper-class individuals associated New York Times this month, “only 34 with these institutions would want to percent of high-achieving high school keep their clubs exclusive and mainseniors in the bottom fourth of tain the air of affluence and promiincome distribution attended any one nence. of the country’s 238 most selective This, however, is not the way forcolleges." While 78 percent of stuward for our country. In a time where dents enrolled in the same schools income inequality and the gap came from top socioeconomic posibetween the poor and the rich is ever tions. widening, these types of barriers to If you take a look at the Economic parity need to be torn down. Diversity Among the Top 25 Ranked The socioeconomic divide in this Schools compilation from U.S. News, country is more than just financial; it top ranked schools have failed largely is also cultural. The wealthy and the in attempting to cultivate an environ- poor exist in two completely different ment of economic diversity. worlds, and the great majority of the The investigation found that most cultures these very selective schools of these low-income high achievers belong to are those of the rich. When opt for local community colleges or underprivileged students see portrayless selective four-year universities als of life at Ivy-league-type schools closer to home and hardly even apply on TV or in movies, they rarely find to top colleges. Despite the fact that themselves looking at situations or their scores are high enough for people that are familiar in any way. admission into the nation’s best They cannot picture themselves schools, these students either haven’t attending the institutions simply had enough exposure to these institu- because of this portrayal. There is no tions, are unaware that they can actu- immediacy or relevancy to them. ally be admitted or believe that High-achieving students from tuition will be too expensive. low-income homes are often the first Our country needs to do away in their families to attend college, so with the semi-mythical aura we place the emphasis for them is on being around these institutions, and let admitted to a university and not so every student, everywhere, know much the type of university they they can attend such a school. choose. According to Hoxby, these These prestigious colleges need to students “lack exposure to people work on the financial issues that who say there is a difference among deter low-income high school gradu- colleges.” Those prominent instituates. Exorbitant application fees are a tions must take it upon themselves to barrier placed right at the beginning let achieving poor students know a of this process that discourages difference does exist, and that these lower-income applicants. Most of top-tier schools want students like these schools provide sufficient them. financial aid packages that make their The Yales, Bowdoins and Stanschools at least as affordable as local fords of the world deserve to be options. However, they must do a placed on a pedestal, but only better job advertising this and letting because they serve as a cradle of our low-income students know that price nation’s intellectual elite, and not does not have to be a deal breaker. because they are a symbol of wealth This issue can easily be lumped in and prestige.
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Democrats fall short in assault weapons fight Staying true to its Committee, including an nature, The Onion, a expansion of federal satirical news outlet, background checks for took a jab at Democrats gun buyers, increased for not standing up on penalties for gun traffickthe assault weapons ban ing and an increase in in their gun control finances for school safepackage. The Onion ty. The committee also refers to the political voted in favor of the party as “Cowering assault weapons ban. sacks of sh*t.” Calling the DemocratJONI FLETCHER As much as this may ic Party “Cowering sacks Guest Columnist be comic relief for some, of sh*t” may have been does it have a bit of truth over the top, but, with all to it? the recent gun violence, The Onion Last month, Sen. Dianne Feinmay have a point. stein, D-Calif., confirmed to the Feinstein initially introduced public that a new assault weapons legislation to reinstate the assault ban will not be included as part of weapons ban following the Dec. 14 an impending comprehensive gun mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elecontrol bill. mentary School in Newtown, Conn. Although the ban was dropped, This was during a time when emothis doesn’t mean it’s off the table tions were running high and people entirely. The assault weapons ban were eager to see a change. Now will still receive a vote. The measthat time has passed, it appears the ure won’t be included in the major initial burst of energy behind the reform package, but it will be voted reduction of gun violence is beginon as a separate amendment to the ning to wane. base gun control bill. Lawmakers have the true power However, many fear that remov- to bring about change. Lives all ing the ban from the initial bill across the country are continuously leaves it susceptible and reduces being lost because weapons meant the chance of the bill passing. Due for war are in the hands of regular to the GOP-controlled House of members of the public. The people Representatives, the bill more than of the United States are relying on likely will not receive the same politicians to protect our safety. backing that it could have if it were I think it’s time for the House of included with less controversial Representatives to come together measures. and begin making decisions for the In an effort not to get the entire greater good of the public. bill dropped, Democrats felt it was President Barack Obama recentbest to exclude the assault weapons ly shared his views on assault language used in the bill. weapons by saying, “these weapons “I’m not going to try to put of war, when combined with highsomething on the floor that won’t capacity magazines, have one pursucceed,” Senate Majority Leader pose: to inflict maximum damage Harry Reid said. “I want something as quickly as possible. They are that will succeed. The worst thing designed for the battlefield, and in the world would be to bring they have no place on our streets, something to the floor and it dies in our schools or threatening our there. I am working to put somelaw enforcement officers." thing together [that] can get 60 I could not agree with Obama votes on the floor.” more. Gun access needs to be highDespite the dropped ban, three ly regulated. We can’t continue to other gun control measures were allow innocent lives to be stolen as approved by the Senate Judiciary a result of firearm possession.
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