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UCF’s natural gas ambitions Engine to power one-third of campus EMRE KELLY Editor-in-Chief
A four-inch natural gas pipeline is all it’s going to take to fuel UCF’s ambitions to save money while producing one-third of the campus’s energy requirements. The engine, which is being built by Mitsubishi Power systems in Japan, and its housing structure
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SON OF EX-SOVIET PREMIER TO SPEAK AT UCF The son of former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, Sergei Khrushchev will be visiting UCF and speaking at an event,“Russia in the 21st Century.”
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Huge schools of sharks are being spotted off of South Florida as they migrate north.The blacktip and spinner sharks have been most visible off Palm Beach County as they migrate from the Caribbean.
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ures 30 feet by 10 feet wide and will be mostly autonomous. Other than maintenance work, the engine will require very little human interaction. For UCF, the cheap cost of natural gas, coupled with low price volatility and transportation costs, prompted the move.
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The Mitsubishi electricity production engine,which is currently being assembled in Japan,will provide one-third of UCF’s energy requirements.
FOUR-LEGGED COMPETITION Adventure Race conquered in just two hours ANDY CEBALLOS Staff Writer
Two hours, ten minutes and 57 seconds was all it took for a professor and his teammates to climb, canoe and decipher their way to victory. On Feb. 19, 34 teams participated in the Recreation and Wellness Center’s Outdoor Adventure Race. The race, which began on the turf fields behind Academic Village, was composed of four components: the challenge course, the canoe section, the orienteering section and a trekking section. The sections could be completed in any order, and winners were decided based on a 100-point scale. First place went to Team Pangea, second to Oscar Mayer Winners and third to Team DPT. The teams were given four hours to complete the race. Assistant dean and professor of engineering Ron Eaglin, a member of Team Pangea who placed first, said that the team trained for this race through biking, running, sit-ups and just working out in general. “The strategy of racing is to go out and do the best you can possibly do,” Eaglin said. “In adventure racing, you really don’t know if you’ve won or not until
Authorities say a Central Florida man killed his ex-girlfriend then himself while his mother babysat his young son.St.Cloud police found the pair dead inside a car late Saturday.
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will cost $9.2 million. The structure is being built by UCF. The plant is expected to be ready in December after the engine’s delivery. David Norvell, the director of Sustainability & Energy Management at UCF, said that the project will provide the main campus with one-third of its energy needs. The engine itself meas-
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Team “The Three Students” finishes the paddling portion of the Outdoor Adventure Race.
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State annuls marriage Abortion decision looms for gay-rights couple H.B. 415 proposes Roe v. Wade reversal
TIM MCGOWAN Contributing Writer
Hannah Miller didn’t have much time to think of what she was about to do as she ran toward the Orange County Courthouse in the rain. Donning an altered dress, a rainbow rhinestone, pearl bouquet and a giant veil, this was Miller’s wedding day. It was no regular wedding day either: She was marrying a total stranger. Miller, who will be transferring to UCF in the fall into the fine studio arts pro-
To comment on the annulment: www.UCFNews.com gram, was randomly chosen out of three girls to be part of a wedding that served as a performance piece protesting the lack of marriage rights for samesex couples. “I was hoping that by doing something as drastic as marrying a stranger we could bring attention back onto a human rights issue that gets underplayed,” Miller said.
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KENDALL BIERER Contributing Writer
Almost 40 years ago, Roe v. Wade made abortion in the United States legal, starting a fiery debate that has been burning ever since. In less than three weeks, the controversial decision will be tested The abortion rights versus anti-abortion debate continues in the regular sessions of the Florida Legislature with the proposal of House Bill 415, the Florida Life Act. If passed, this bill would
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Planned Parenthood may be cut off from government funding with the proposed House Bill 415,the Florida Life Act.
overturn the decision from Roe v. Wade for women to have a right to their privacy and liberty
as interpreted from Amendment Nine in the
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Khrushchev to speak about modern-day Russia The event featuring Sergei Khrushchev will take place in the Pegasus Ballroom and will be a part of the broader theme, “Global Peace and Security.” Khrushchev is also well known as a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies. All students are welcome to attend the event, which will take place on Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be no charge for event.
Career Services to host ‘Seal the Deal’ event UCF Career Services will host an event designed to help students who will face interviews in the future about their behaviors. Students will receive coaching on questions that employers will ask, as well as how to answer them while telling employers what they’d like to hear. The event will take place on Tuesday in the Career and Experiential Learning Building on Memory Mall, Room 115. Open to all students, it will take place from 11 a.m. until noon. For more information, students can call Career Services at 407-823-2361 or career@mail.ucf.edu.
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Woman reported missing killed by ex-boyfriend ST. CLOUD — Police identified them as 23-yearold Jessica Lynn Muller and 25-year-old Theodore Johnson. The woman was reported missing by a coworker earlier in the day. Authorities have not disclosed how Muller and Johnson died. Their son, who was born in 2007, was in Orlando with Johnson's mother at the time.
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February 21, 2011 Vol 43, Issue 13 • 12 Pages
Engineers Week kicks off with parties, Rube Goldberg challenge BRANDON HAMILTON Contributing Writer
In a week that’s nationally celebrated, UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science kicked off their EWeek 2011 on Feb. 20 at Memory Mall. A CECS club showcase, an ice cream social, movie night and a code debugging challenge hosted by Women in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are just a few of the events taking place during UCF’s EWeek through Feb. 26. The Student Panel for Engineering and Computer Science, which is in its 60th year nationally, hopes this year will attract more students to celebrate the contributions of engineers and computer scientists in the world. Melissa Dagley, advisor for the College of Engineering and Computer Science, said she has participated in E-Week at UCF since 2003. “Students will be able to become a part of the engineering and computer science community and be able to create a stronger connection with their academics,” Dagley said. Engineering corporations, such as Lockheed Martin, will also be participating in the annual E-Week. The advanced technology corporation will be hosting an informational session on Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. in the Engineering II building. Students will receive information on how to gain professional work experi-
after UCF. He credits the amount of planning, delegation and leadership roles he has acquired from E-Week for his future career aspirations. Adding more thrill to the nationally recognized week, President Obama sent a message to the National Engineers Week Foundation encouraging the continuation of education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “Initiatives like National Engineers Week can spark a sense of wonder and excitement in these fields for our country’s young people,” Obama said. Organizations participating in the annual week include SPECS, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Florida Engineering Society, WEECS, Engineers without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Experiential Learning, NSBE, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Theta Tau. Engineers Week is open to any UCF student, no matter their major or current college. For more information on events, visit www.specs.cecs.ucf.edu.
ence, training and ways of exploring career opportunities. Matthew Harrison, a senior Aerospace Engineering major and vice president of SPECS, said he’s looking forward to the Theta Tau “Rube Goldberg Competition,” which will involve students working in groups to complete a simple project with complicated instructions. Harrison, who is hosting this year’s E-Week, also said he’s looking forward to the informational session with Lockheed Martin. “By networking, it opens up job opportunities and allows you to create new friendships,” Harrison said. Engineer’s Week Chair Laura Clemens, a junior civil engineering major, hopes the week will bring a lot more student involvement than previous years. Clemens, who will be participating in the week for the first time this year, said she’s looking forward to Feb. 24’s “Open Mic Night” event hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers at Brooklyn Pizza. “I hope students [during week] can form a greater community and we can let people know they have chosen an exciting field,” Clemens said. Harrison said planning the hectic week has helped him to prepare for the workforce
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Planned Parenthood values ‘misrepresented’ FROM A1 U.S. Constitution. It would put a complete ban on abortions, including incidents of rape, human trafficking and incest victims. The only exception allowed would be when the pregnant woman’s life is compromised. State Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-21, crafted this bill last year, but it died in the Health and Human Services Committee during session. Now redrafted, the bill has not yet been referred to a committee and Van Zant is waiting for Senate sponsorship. “We have currently destroyed over 53 million lives through induced abortion,” Van Zant said. “We are destroying minds and allowing good lives to be sacrificed. Our parents recognized the right to provide a chance for us to live, but we are taking that away from the unborn. It is a guarantee from the founding fathers; we have the God-given right to life.” State Sen. Thad Altman, R-24, said that the decision in Roe v. Wade was one of the worst the Supreme Court has ever made. “In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson used the word ‘created’ rather than ‘born’ when naming the undeniable rights to citizens,” Altman said. “This concept of the sanctity of life is the premise on which our country was founded.” Altman is one of the senators reviewing the bill before offering sponsorship. “I support the general policy of pro-life and the importance of the sanctity of human life. The truth is that abortion is murder,” Altman said. “However, this bill may go a little further than I want it to go.” For Sue Idtensohn, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, ‘a little’ is an understatement. “To think a woman would be forced to carry a rapist's child, a child conceived through incest or trafficking to term is horrifying,” Idtensohn said. “Even the most rabid in the anti-choice
movement include these exceptions.” Chair of UCF College Republicans Jonathon Little had similar sentiments. “To ask a woman to conceive a child from such a traumatic incident is something which I cannot do,” Little said. “I cannot even imagine being in their shoes. It is not my place to make a judgment.” Little said that should this bill pass, a system would have to be put in place for women to have their hands wiped clean. H.B. 415 includes that a statewide list of attorneys providing pro bono adoption services for women with unwanted pregnancies who would have had a selected abortion must be instilled. The implications of this bill also require that all clinics providing this service would be closed upon its approval. This includes clinics concerned primarily with health and prevention methods like Planned Parenthood.
How do you feel about abortion?: www.UCFNews.com “Planned Parenthood is being demonized and misrepresented,” Idtensohn said. “Planned Parenthood does more to prevent unintended pregnancies than any other organization. Ninety-seven percent of our services are around prevention and health.” College Democrats at UCF’s Women’s Caucus Rep. Anna Eskamani said the proposed bill is drastic and that the government’s want to cut the federal funding of Planned Parenthood shows a misunderstanding of the Planned Parenthood’s mission. “Yes, Planned Parenthood provides abortions, but that is a small fraction of what they do, and they definitely do not promote the surgery as an alternative to safe sex,” Eskamani said. Junior sociology and political science major Dominique Gelinis the Florida College Democrats Women’s Caucus Chair. She said she’s concerned with the social
issues currently being pushed through since the Republican sweep of the House. “If you say you are going to tackle the economic issues, then tackle the economic issues,” Gelin said. As Florida College Democrats Women’s Caucus Chair, she admits that her opinions and approach may differ. “They need to prioritize and stop bringing up the issues of women’s ovaries.” H.B. 415 isn’t the only bill making its way to the session this March. H.B. 321, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, has already made its way to the Health and Human Services Committee. Similar to H.B. 415, it excludes incidents of trauma. This bill, filed by State Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-116, prohibits any abortion procedures after 20 weeks based on the theory that a fetus at that stage of development can feel pain. This excludes the attending physician’s decision of if it would be safe for the woman involved. Along with H.B. 321 is State
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s H.B. 97, which was filed in 2010 and is also in the Health and Human Services Committee. Gaetz’s bill would bar private insurance companies from covering the procedure as well as make it a felony for doctors to perform the surgery after 20 weeks, except in extreme cases of the mother’s life being compromised. These bills, as well as others making their way to session, would become effective July 1, 2011. First it must pass in the Legislature and become finalized with Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. “We are currently at war with the unborn,” Van Zant said. Gelin disagreed. “He may say that we are at a war with the unborn, but we are at war just to defend ourselves,” Gelin said. “Every inch we get, they try to push us in the other direction. They can try to reword and reframe, but when it comes down to it, they are attacking us. This would be inconsequential if it wasn’t so dangerously close to being passed.”
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‘Spin the bottle’ game determines man’s wife FROM A1 Miller said her ex-husband Brian Feldman was the mastermind behind the idea. “In a conversation one night with a friend, I expressed my frustration about the inequality of rights for same-sex couples who care just as much about each other as heterosexual couples,” Feldman said. “It occurred to me that complete strangers could marry, as long as they were heterosexual, but a samesex couple could not. I decided to do something about that through the ultimate performance art project — marrying a stranger.” It was one year ago when Feldman put out a call for any woman to show up at the courthouse and he would marry them. “To be honest, after I put out the call stating I would marry anybody that shows up at the courthouse, I didn’t think anyone actually would show up,” Feldman said. To his surprise, three women showed up. “This was a predicament,” Feldman said, “So I did what any normal person would do — obtained an Aquafina bottle from the vending machine and with a traditional spin-the-bottle game, it landed on Hannah Miller, a local artist and puppeteer who I did not personally know.” When not busy performing as a puppeteer or finishing up her studies at Valencia Community College, Miller volunteers at Equality Florida and several other non-profit groups throughout Orlando. However, this marriage meant more to her since many of her friends and coworkers identify as gay, lesbian or transgender. “It’s ridiculous and
offensive to me that they have to live their lives denied basic rights,” Miller said. Unsure of the reaction the performance would garner, Miller was surprised by how much support she received when she walked into the courthouse waiting room. There, a group of 50 people gathered to watch as Miller and Feldman became a legal union. “A lot of them I knew, some of them I didn’t, but everyone — whether they knew me or not — felt they had the right to get in my face and talk to me and it was right then it was hitting me how serious this was,” Miller said. The new couple received nothing but praise from the GLBT community with an underwhelming amount of negative reaction. “Some people were stunned, others thought it was courageous and there were the few who were disinterested,” Feldman said. “Overwhelmingly, the feedback for the marriage project has been positive.” Michael Freeman of the UCF Office of Diversity Initiatives works alongside GLBT groups on campus and has seen marriages similar to Miller and Feldman’s. “I am aware of other heterosexual couples creating such a peaceful protest to illustrate a point of inconsistency between the notion of marriage being ‘a sacred bond between a man and a woman’ and it being a privilege and civil opportunity to share in nearly 1,050 benefits and entitlements that accompany marital status at the federal levels,” Freeman said. Freeman finds these “peaceful protests” not as effective on the macro level. He thinks they are effective in pointing out that mar-
‘I strongly believe in marriage and always have. I believe in a person’s right and choice to marry the person they love.‘ — BRIAN FELDMAN
riage is defined by many in terms of “sanctity” or “sacred bond” before God and it has much more to do with the entitlements provided because a license has been given to you by a municipality and ceremony performed by some official, clergy or non-clergy. “The fight for same-sex marriage is about two issues,” Freeman said. “Validation of the relationships two people have built and entitlement to the nearly 1,050 benefits. Those opposed to granting such opportunities see this issue as one of ‘destroying the traditional family.’ ” According to Miller, the only negative aspect of the entire ordeal was the recent annulment of the marriage. On Jan. 19, 2011, their marriage was terminated by the state of Florida after being married for less than a year. “It’s a sad thing for me because I do believe that marriage should be for life,” Miller said. “It is something that is very personal to me and it does make me sad to think about it and it does feel like a negative action instead of a positive action like the marriage was, but it
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Hannah Miller and Brian Feldman wait in the courthouse for their turn with the officiant to be married on Feb.17.
was something that needed to be done.” Feldman had similar things to say. “I strongly believe in marriage and always have. I believe in a person’s right and choice to marry the person they love. It is absurd to me that anyone be denied that right,” Feldman said. “This project was a personal sacrifice on both mine and Hannah’s parts, but it is the people who are waiting their turn for the right to marry, who are the true heroes.” With that sacrifice, both Feldman and Miller vow to continue the fight for equality. Miller is currently working on a lesbian love-story puppet show. “I accept that I will continue to fight for equal rights for everyone regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race or any kind of arbitrary defining factor like that,” Miller said. “I will continue to speak out on behalf of equality for all.”
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Team “JAWesome’make their way through the high ropes section of the challenge course during Saturday’s Outdoor Adventure Race.
Team Pangea races to gold FROM A1 you get to the end anyway.” Shortly after their victory, the team won a free Pangea race, which they’d provided, in a raffle and chose to return it and make it available to raffle off to another team. Greg Owens, team member and president of Pangea Adventure Racing, said that he felt that returning the prize was the right thing to do. “Us winning a prize that we provided, I think, doesn’t seem right,” Owens said. The canoe portion of the race took place in Lake Claire and involved participants playing a game of “guess the lyrics.” Participants would listen to a particular song and have to guess a remaining portion of the lyrics after the song was stopped. If the team guessed correctly, they were allowed to take the green course, which was shorter. An incorrect answer meant taking the red course, which was longer. They would then need to paddle out to two buoys that contained scrambled letters in them. Figuring out the next letter in the pattern would allow them to continue on to the next course. Senior mechanical engineering major and team captain of Modules of Speed, Lee Smith, said it was his team’s first time participating and that they’d been invited to the event by one of the Outdoor Adventure Race staff members. He said he enjoyed the race,
For more photos of the challenge: www.UCFNews.com but experienced problems with different sections of the race. “At the start, we almost flipped the canoe,” Smith said. Also in the race was a high ropes section where teams would climb on high ropes and traverse a variety of elements and levels. Several staff members for the event were posted along the course to ensure the safety of competitors. Smith said that only one of his team members had done the challenge course before, so the team, who didn’t formally train for the event, moved through it cautiously. Another part of the race was Blind Maze, which was a part of the Challenge course. One team member would be required to navigate their way through an obstacle course of cones and various items that were placed on the ground while the other team members at the end of the maze guided them through it. Tonya Diehl, captain of Team America, whose members were participating for the first time, said that she has worked as a staff member for the Outdoor Adventure Race for the past three years. But it was her first time participating in the race. “It was all really fun,” said Diehl, who thought each section provided its own unique challenge. “I don’t think any one was too easy or too hard, it was just really fun.”
Norvell said that the wellhead for the natural gas is located in Louisiana and is transported along an interstate transport system to Central Florida. The pipe feeding into UCF is four inches in diameter, which will transport the highly pressurized natural gas. “The natural gas pipelines are a very efficient way to move energy,” Norvell said. “Things like gasoline are the least efficient, where we haul our gasoline with trucks.” Currently, UCF purchases all of its power from Progress Energy. “There’s a couple of problems with that,” Norvell said. The first issue is that a traditional power plant based on any fossil fuel source is about 30 percent efficient. The excess energy is wasted as heat, usually to the environment. The second is that the plants have to transmit that power over long distances and as they do so, 10 percent of that power is lost in transmission. “Immediately because it’s located on campus, we can forget about the trans-
mission losses,” Norvell said. “The bigger benefit is that we’re taking that waste heat and recapturing it and using it for something useful.” A press release by Mitsubishi Power Systems describes UCF’s new engine as a “combined heat and power system.” Norvell said that heat can’t be moved far, making it difficult for large power plants to reuse it. By using the excess heat produced by the new engine, Norvell expects about 1,000 tons of refrigeration to be produced, which is about a tenth of what UCF uses on a summer day. Mitsubishi expects the reduced CO2 emissions, cheaper operational costs and advantage of recaptured heat will further U.S. interest in its power plants. While the total cost of the project is $9.2 million, UCF hopes to save $2.4 million per year in comparison to the current power deal with Progress Energy. UCF will spend $2.8 million per year on natural gas. Dustin Jackson, the assistant director of Sus-
tainability & Energy Management, said that the expected savings that the project will produce are substantial for UCF. “The distribution costs are all fixed, so the only thing that changes is the price of natural gas,” Jackson said. “However, natural gas is not a regulated commodity and can be bought on the open market.” When asked about the risks associated with a possible rise in natural gas prices, both Norvell and Jackson said that UCF could buy natural gas in the futures market in order to protect its investment, if necessary. UCF pays Progress Energy through a metering system. Progress Energy has been informed that the new engine will reduce UCF’s need for external electricity. Progress Energy will provide backup power in the event that the new engine needs to undergo maintenance. Usage is monitored in real-time, so Progress Energy can automatically fill in, even in unforeseen circumstances. Alexandra Kennedy, of the Department of Sus-
tainability & Energy Management, said that natural gas, in comparison to other fossil fuels, is the cleanest burning fossil fuel. “The contribution to UCF in having this power plant would be reducing our environmental impact,” Kennedy said. “It’s the cleaner and go-to energy source.” Kennedy also said that UCF is aiming to reduce 30 percent of its environmental impact by using natural gas. “I think UCF is really aggressive as far as being a sustainable campus,” Kennedy said. The new power engine, which will be located at the corner of Libra Drive and Gemini Boulevard, will have a relatively small footprint in comparison to the other, larger industrial structures there. Norvell said that some of the costs associated with building the structure surrounding the engine have been dedicated to sound isolation because of the noise from the engine. This industrial region of campus is located directly next to the Libra Community dorms.
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Overcoming 34 percent shooting from the field was too much of a task to handle for the Knights, who lost to the UAB Blazers for the second time this season, 63-58. The Knights (16-9, 3-9), battling back from being down by as many as 13 points on Feb. 19 in Birmingham, Ala., cut the Blazers’ lead to three, thanks to an A.J. Rompza three pointer with seven seconds left in the game. UCF was forced to foul, however, and a pair of Jamarr Sanders free throws effectively ended the rally attempt, making it a two possession game and out of reach. A tough second-half effort was not enough for the Knights who dug themselves too deep of a hole in the first half, scoring only 20 points. “We just didn’t make shots,” said head coach Donnie Jones through a release. The Knights did lead in the first half, but a 13-0 UAB run midway through the half put the Blazers (197, 9-4) ahead for what ended up being the rest of the game. UCF’s poor shooting from the field was almost negated by great free throw shooting — an area the Knights have struggled with in the past. Saturday night, however, UCF went 17 of 18 from the free-throw
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Marcus Jordan was the Knights’top performer,scoring 18 points.Jordan and the Knights couldn’t overcome poor shooting,connecting on 34 percent of attempts from the field.
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Season opens with Siena sweep JESSICA GILLESPIE & ALEX PERNA Contributing Writers
The new NCAA bats that don’t have as much “pop” as the old bats proved not an issue for UCF’s hitters. The Knights swept Siena in their opening series of the season, outscoring the Saints 37-6 over three games. NCAA foamed aluminum bats this year in an attempt to emulate the wood bats of professional baseball. “Overall, obviously it’s hard to win college baseball games and it’s hard to win three in a weekend, so I’m very pleased
overall with how we played," coach Terry Rooney said. Ray Hanson got the start on Sunday and pitched four and two thirds innings, striking out three and giving up four runs on five hits. Chase Bradford, who earned the 16-4 win, came in for relief and pitched two and a third innings, striking out three. Bryan Brown hit the hill in the eighth inning to strike out one while closer Joe Rogers took the mound to pitch the ninth inning and struck out two. Catcher Beau Taylor extended his hitting streak to 24 games in Game Three on
Sunday, claiming sole possession of the second-longest streak in school history. Mike Myers holds the longest streak with 26 games in 2001. Taylor finished the weekend with five hits, four runs and three RBIs. Matt Collins started Saturday and pitched four and one third innings with six strikeouts en route to a 10-1 win. Designated hitter D.J. Hicks came in to relieve Collins, and hit a three-run shot in the fourth inning. “I get the best of both worlds,” Hicks said. “I get to
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Shreve’s swagger, scrappy play uplifts team ALEX PERNA Contributing Writer
Whether it’s diving for an out-of-reach grounder, running hard to first-base every time he makes contact, or fearlessly sacrificing his body to make a play, a ‘scrappy’ player makes the most out of his time on the field. Travis Shreve is the definition scrappy. A junior transfer out of Skagit Valley Community College, Shreve is in his first year with the Knights. Last season, he was selected to the NWAACC Northern Division First Team and the All-Academic Team as a sophomore. At 5 feet, 9 inches and 165 pounds, the second baseman is one of the smaller players on the baseball team. Before the season, he was nicknamed ‘rat’ for his style of play. “The nickname works. It’s a little ugly, but I just try to get the job done,” Shreve said. “I have always played with swagger. A lot of coaches and players didn’t like me growing up but I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t play the way I do.”
Shreve is the Knights starting second-baseman and leadoff hitter in his first season with the Knights. UCF head coach Terry Rooney has confidence in Shreve. Shreve’s quickness adds more to speed to an already fast Knights lineup. “Shreve is a spark for us and does a great job,” Rooney said. “He is ‘that guy,’ and what makes him a great player is the way he plays the game. I think he’s going to have a great season for this team.” In his first Division 1 game, Shreve had a memorable night. In four at-bats against Siena on Feb. 18, Shreve had two doubles, two RBIs and scored two runs. In his first at-bat, he was hit by a pitch and then went on to steal two consecutive bases. Shreve had a lot of emotion in his first game as a Knight. “I was a little nervous at first,” Shreve said. “Then the jitters calmed down and we ended up getting a win, so it was a good night. It’s all the same; take pitches, get on and cause havoc on the bases.”
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Through his first series playing with the Knights,junior college transfer Travis Shreve has two doubles,five runs,five RBIs and four stolen bases.
The baseball team has only played one series of games but Shreve is already catching the attention of his teammates, coaches and fans. His
New bats are non-issue for Knights FROM A7 pitch on the mound and I still get to hit at the same time.” Lefty Johnny Sedlock pitched the final four innings of Game Two and struck out four batters. The Knights’ pitching staff did not walk a batter until Sunday in Game Three against Siena. Junior-college transfer Travis Shreve started at second base led off. He got hit by a pitch during his first at-bat and stole second and third consecutively.
“[Assistant coach Cliff Godwin] gets on us and he really just wants us to take as many bases as we can so if you get it, you got it,” Shreve said. “If you’re thrown out, oh well.” Shreve finished the weekend with six hits, including two doubles, five runs, five RBIs and four stolen bases. He also was part of several double plays for the Knights infield. To get the Knights started off on Friday, first baseman Jonathan Griffin hit a two-
run shot on his first swing in the first inning. Griffin, who hit 13 home runs last season, got into the new bats that supposedly won’t have as much “pop,” as did Siena’s Dan Paolini, whose solo shot in the fourth inning was the only other home run of game one. “There’s going to be less home runs, there’s no question about it,” Rooney said. “But I think if you were to look on both teams and say, ‘OK, who are the guys with the most power?’ It’s Paolini
“He is the scrappiest kid I’ve ever played with,” Winkler said. “He plays with so much energy, and brings so much to this team.”
your team,” said starting pitcher Danny Winkler. Winkler thinks Shreve brings a fire to the lineup, and invigorates his teammates.
swagger makes him one of the most exciting players to watch on the field. “I love Travis. He is a guy you hate to play against but love to have on
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and it’s Griffin.” Paolini hit 26 homers last year, an Eastern College Athletic Conference record. Friday-starter Danny Winkler pitched six innings and got the win in his first outing at UCF. Winkler had six strikeouts and gave up only one run on five hits. Lefty reliever Nick Cicio got the save in the Knights’ 11-1 win over Siena in the home opener. “Obviously, to open tonight to not walk a batter and not make an error says a lot about the way we
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Keith Clanton contributed eight points for the Knights. Clanton,Marcus Jordan and A.J.Rompza combined for 41 points.
Poor shooting still a problem FROM A7 line, keeping them in the game. Marcus Jordan led the Knights with 18 points, and Rompza performed well coming off the bench and adding 15 points. Unfortunately for UCF, the two Chicago-natives did not receive much help scoring help, with no other Knight scoring more than five points. “We had a lot of chances around the rim, but we didn’t finish,” Jones said. “We played well in spurts, but we need to be more consistent.” Aaron Johnson led UAB with 19 points, and four other Blazers finished with double figures.
Looking ahead to UTEP The Knights will not have long to regroup. The team is right back on the road Monday facing another of Conference USA’s best, taking on the UTEP Miners (206, 8-3) at 1 p.m. The game
is a make up for a game that was supposed to have taken place Feb. 2, but a winter storm postponed the match. Despite a delay with the rescheduling, the Knights will still have to find a way to deal with Randy Culpepper. It’s an unenviable task. Culpepper is averaging 19.3 points per game, and shooting 44 percent from the field, making him a player who opposing coaches lose sleep over. UCF players and fans should remember Culpepper. The stand-out player torched the Knights last season at the Arena, lighting up the UCF Arena for 39 points on 13 of 20 shooting, including nine three pointers. UCF is 3-4 all time against the Miners, who sit atop the conference standings. UTEP is coming off a victory on Saturday over Houston, 76-64. Culpepper led the Miners with 33 points.
The softball team finished the Courtyard Marriott Invitational 2-2 overall, defeating Illinois of Chicago 4-3 and Delaware 4-1. The Knights fell short to Notre Dame 5-3 and Miami (Oh.) 6-5. Junior pitcher Lacey Dinney came away with the win for UCF against UIC on Friday afternoon. Dinney allowed six hits and three runs. Dinney had a slow first inning, coming back strong through the sixth. “It was good to be able to finish out our home tournament with a win tonight,” said head coach Renee Luers-Gillispie. “This weekend showed us what we need to work on to get better and win games, but closing out with the victory will really help our confidence going into Wednesday’s game at Florida A&M.” Even though UIC struck first scoring two runs in the first inning, UCF came back scoring three runs in the fourth. Sophomore first baseman Marissa Menendez scored the first run for UCF after junior Kellie Todd singled up the middle. Sophomore Patrice Fee hit a two-run homer, to give the Knights a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth. In the bottom of the fifth, junior third baseman Allie Jest reached on a throwing error and collided with the second baseman. She was taken out of the game and did not return. Jest was replaced by Ashley Schmitt for the remainder of the tournament, who scored the next at-bat; a double, hit by senior outfielder Tawny Swan.
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Senior shortstop Tiffany Lane had a solid performance on Sunday with three hits,two runs and an RBI.
UCF continued the tournament going up against Notre Dame. The Knights took the lead but fell short in the end closing the day out 1-1. Fee had two RBIs against Notre Dame, but it wasn’t enough to ensure a win for the Knights. Fee hit a double in the bottom of the fourth putting UCF on top 3-1. “It’s exciting because you know [Fee] has such a solid swing,” LuersGillispie said. “She was struggling out in California and not seeing the pitches very well and we had to make a decision on who was going to have the best opportunity to make a change in that game, she has such a hard swing and soft swing that we felt that she would have to be the one we put in that situation.” In the top of the fifth,
Notre Dame fought back scoring four and the Knight’s offense struggled to get anymore runs, leaving the Fighting Irish with a win. Fielding errors cost the Knights their third game against Miami (OH). Menendez went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, one run scored and a walk. Fee had another strong game with a triple and two RBIs for the Knights. Star shortstop Tiffany Lane had a pair of hits and scored a run, as well. Dinney came away with the loss for UCF falling 1-3 on the year. She allowed six runs, three earned, on four hits with two walks and a strikeout in 3.2 innings pitched. Senior pitcher Diana Rojas held the Red Hawks, striking out two and only giving up four hits.
In game two on Saturday, the Knights came up on top beating Delaware to close out the tournament. Swan came out on top going 3 for 3 at the plate with a double, triple, a sacrifice fly and an RBI. “Tawny has just looked so confident at the plate all weekend,” Luers-Gillispie said. “She is so good at reading the defense and has the arsenal to do almost anything and she is showing that right now.” Rojas started for the Knights and earned the win; she allowed one run on six hits with a strikeout in 5.0 innings. Freshman reliever Haley Douglas picked up her first save in two innings, allowing one hit and striking out two. The Knights travel to Tallahassee on Wednesday to take on the FAMU at 6 p.m.
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n nearly all the stories lately about political unrest and protests in several Africa and Asia countries, one seldom-told story is that of the journalists who risk their lives every day to deliver the facts to their audience. The most notable examples are Anderson Cooper from CNN and Lara Logan from CBS, both injured by supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak targeting American journalists during one of the many recent protests in Egypt. Cooper was hit several times in the head and Logan was beaten and sexually assaulted. We respect these journalists and many others like them who never falter in the face of danger while on the quest for truth. With the recent political turmoil, we can only expect more tragic incidents like the ones involving Cooper and Logan. However, this is the price that must be paid to spread the word of the plight of thousands of oppressed people. This is what must happen to inspire change. Not to toot our on horn, but it does take a truly brave person to enter into a
profession where they may someday have to enter into an angry mob or even war, often unarmed. We may not extinguish burning buildings or remove criminals from the street, but we do pride ourselves on our ability to find the truth and disseminate it to the public at whatever cost is necessary. As dangerous as these situations may be, the media cannot ignore such pressing issues in favor of a safer route. The public needs to see what is happening while it’s happening. In cases like these, reporting from a safe distance or a newsroom doesn’t have the same impact. Looking to the past, we recall the Vietnam War, in which CBS anchor Walter Cronkite provided in-depth coverage and gave Americans information they wouldn’t have known otherwise. Through his reporting, Cronkite declared the war to be unwinnable and was named “the most trusted man in America” along the way. This is exactly the kind of reporting journalists need to exhibit in order to regain the trust that was
lost through subpar coverage of incidents like 9/11. We want our readers to know that journalists are not bad people and although we do make mistakes, the majority of us strive to make the truth known and would never slant a story to make it seem sensational or add extravagant details. We here at The Future have not yet had the opportunity to face any serious dangers or cover stories of national importance, but for some of us this fate is inevitable. Hilda Perez worked as an embedded photographer in a military unit before becoming a photojournalism professor at UCF. She never embellished her photos to portray anything other than what was actually happening. We say this to shed some light onto our profession, which some people think is riddled with sensationalism and desperation. We hope that every time you read an article or watch a broadcast that you think of the courage and dedication shown by these journalists who risk their lives to deliver you the information in your morning paper or evening newscast.
Artificial intelligence has limitless potential the question is asking about I’ll take Technology for George Washington, the $500. person, not the bridge This is the best way for named after the president. IBM to show the world it’s The more algorithms that on the cutting edge of techlead to an answer, the more nology. certain he is that the answer What is: spending a specis correct and the more ulated $2 billion and showmoney he would wager. casing its technological marHe may be intelligent, vel on a game show viewed but as his Homo sapiens by the only demographic LACY PAPADEAS Guest Columnist rival on Jeopardy! quickly that remembers when IBM pointed out in an interview, was actually considered to Watson is able to make mistakes that a be on the cutting edge of technology? small child would be able to avoid, like Correct! when he confused Jamie Foxx with This isn’t just any technological Ludwig van Beethoven (what an marvel, this marvel has a name: Watidiot!). son. It was created by IBM, competed Game show aside, this is a major on Jeopardy! last week and won against accomplishment in the area of artificial the best human players in show histointelligence, with endless applications ry. — from the mundane, such as a comWhen IBM started five years ago, it pany searching through its database for stuck their newest researcher, James Fan, a young Chinese-American with a the best product to use, to a life changing diagnostic tool for doctors. hot-off-the-press doctorate degree If the system knows all of the sympfrom the University of Texas, on the toms of a patient it can compare it to project. every disease and determine the best He was asked to build a Jeopardy! treatment. And then, ironically, aid in computer with no help. He was given another field to assist as a legal 500 Jeopardy! clues and one month to resource when lawyers attempt to sue produce. While Fan initially used the Internet doctors for malpractice. It also has possible consequences to fuel his answers, this was only as a some consider to be bad, like robots precaution; IBM didn’t want to create murdering everyone on earth. Watson only to have some kid in his The debate on Watson and the parent’s basement beat them to it using future of A.I. is in full swing, with one the Internet and a personal computer. of the most common questions being, Watson has come quite a way since “Can a machine have the emotions of a its inception, now storing tens of milhuman?” lions of documents. His brain is a little This was addressed in the Bollylarger than the human brain. It’s actualwood film Robot and trust me, we do ly about 10 refrigerator-sized boxes not want robots to be able to do things filled with brains. Or, in more useful like get angry and fall in love. He didn't terms, it’s a system of 90 IBM Power get the girl and a lot of people were 750 servers, each containing 32 killed along the way. POWER7 processor cores running at If, however, the question is being 3.55 GHz and each of the servers is posed because women are wondering equipped with 256 GB of RAM. if they will ever be able to have a robot This type of technology should boyfriend, then it is a very pertinent have happened sooner, said Marvin question. I think that it would be pretMinsky of MIT, but decades were wasted on attempting to come up with ty simple to program him just like a human man: to behave in such a way one single mathematical model of the so that a female doesn’t destroy him. human brain, when in reality the brain The lack of emotions may not be all works in separate segments, similar to bad. Watson's intelligence may outa network of computers. weigh the pleasure of things, such as This is the approach that worked getting in a fight with your human for Watson. boyfriend. He then asks a collection of algoIt certainly wouldn't be the first rithms a question which is designed to time that a woman’s happiness was analyze natural language in order to know. For instance, Watson knows that fueled by batteries and imagination.
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Israel: Indispensible ally in a rough region er, it would be an examThe seeds of rebelple of the benefits of a lion and protest have strong U.S.-Israel relaspread across the Midtionship, having delivdle East over the past ered a significant blow to few weeks, along with Iran’s nuclear program several other major without firing a single developments. weapon. The people of It is these kinds of Tunisia, Egypt and many activities that set apart other countries have our relationship with risen against, and topDAVID MARIUTTO Israel from other Middle pled, their governments. Guest Columnist Eastern countries. Hezbollah, recogAside from Democranized as a terrorist cy, the Israelis have also been Midorganization by the State Departdle East pioneers in the fields of ment, has backed the government environmental protection, transof Lebanon. The reliability of these countries portation security, and the science as United States partners in region- and technology sectors. As Egypt begins the transition to al peace is always in a state of flux democracy, it is comforting to and depends on who is in power. know that its Israeli neighbors will The Iranian Revolution of 1979 be there to serve as a role model is a historic example, when a once and help aid movement toward a U.S.-friendly Iran morphed into an similar government — one that oppressive and hostile regime. permits participation regardless of These examples demonstrate religion or race, offers freedom of the continued importance of a speech and the press, holds frestrong relationship between the quent and fair elections, and of United States and Israel, the only course, holds the choice of the peogovernment in the Middle East or North Africa to be ranked as “free” ple as sacrosanct. Israel has proven to be an indisby the nonpartisan organization Freedom House. All others, includ- pensable and dependable ally in an otherwise unpredictable region. ing Egypt, are ranked as “not free.” While we may not know for Through this relationship, we some time what exactly will result conduct joint military exercises, from the removal of Hosni develop new defensive technoloMubarak in Egypt and other Arab gies and exchange knowledge leaders, we can always have cerregarding best practices when tainty that Israel is there as a perresponding to emergencies, ranging from natural disasters to acts of manent force of Democracy, actively collaborating with the United terrorism. To that end, the Obama adminis- States, Canada, and leading Western nations while brokering peace. tration has taken this alliance to Israel relies on us for advice, new heights. input, and assistance regarding her Last year, a sophisticated comquest for peace, and in turn, she puter virus called Stuxnet struck provides us with invaluable miliand damaged Iran’s nuclear facilitary assets and regional intellities, essentially pushing back the gence. clock on their quest for a nuclear Leaders on both sides of the weapon at least a few years. An aisle agree that this relationship is investigative piece last month by an indispensable part of the peace The New York Times reported that process. the virus was developed as part of As Egypt selects a new leader an American-Israeli joint project. and the politics of the region Officials of both countries conchange, the continued strength of tinue to refuse comment on the this relationship is evermore matter or claim responsibility. important. If the report holds true, howev-
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