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A safe ride for late nights KnightLynx to launch at end of month KATIE KUSTURA News Editor
For the past few years, the development of a safe ride program at UCF has been sputtering along like a car running on empty. However, a new year brings the program the farthest it has ever been in its development. By the end of January or early February, KnightLynx
will launch, offering free rides on Friday and Saturday nights from around 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. “I literally think that this might change our university for the better,” said program director, Adam Brock. “Not only will it help people look for alternate solutions to going out and drinking, I think it will also help people make a much more responsible choice when they’re
For comments on KnightLynx, see: www.UCFNews.com out at night, regardless of whatever they do.” In older blueprints, the program was referred to as KnightDrive, but it never got off the ground because of too many liability issues. This time around,
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Student Government Association President Michael Kilbride will push the senate to approve a $10,000 raise in the budget for SGA’s lobbying firm GrayRobinson. This means that out of the $17 million Activity and Service Fee budget, $56,000 would go toward GrayRobinson’s services in the next fiscal year, as opposed to the $46,000 it has been allotted for the past five years. Kilbride got the votes he needed from the ASF Committee at the meeting over the break and has plans to keep approval of the raise in action. The increase passed in a 10-2 vote, with senators Jereme Pozin and Alan Hardman saying the increase was irresponsible and did not directly affect individual students. Kilbride said the $10,000 increase was requested from GrayRobsinson because of additional responsibilities brought on by changes made by the state legislature where, as of this year, the board of governors has more power to handle student’s tuition. To handle the cost, the money will come from the President’s Ini-
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A new look for Winter break cools local sales didn’t bring Lake Claire area Santa customers this year LEEANN ROBERTS
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The Lake Claire Recreation Area will be getting a new look by the end of April. The park, located at the end of Greek Park Drive, was closed at the end of the fall semester. “In order to improve the quality of utilities on campus and to increase the perception of what UCF really is, … $1.7 million will be spent on reconstructing the entire Lake Claire Recreation Area,” said Chad Morgan, associate program director. “Our hope is to have a kick off celebration in line with Earth Day. If the renovations are complete
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During winter break, businesses in the UCF area go without the steady influx of students that they depend on for much of their financial security. Among these businesses, some absorb the economical blow better than others. According to Chau Phai, the owner of Yogurtopia, his business has fared poorly during the break. Phai said that once the semester ended, his sales dropped an estimated 70 percent. “We have to accept this slow time for about a month and a half, and we
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Kristyn Simmons (right),store manager of Natura Coffee and Tea,rings up UCF student Emma Gely for a hookah over winter break.
just have to wait for students to come back,” Phai said. “Also, people don’t eat yogurt much when it’s cold outside.” Yogurtopia closed for the holidays on Dec. 24 and will reopen Jan. 4.
Mike Cuccarese, the owner of Silver Mine Subs on the corner of Alafaya and University, said his business has suffered similarly during
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Assisted-living home resident charged with murder Bronson, who resides in an assisted-living home, was charged with firstdegree murder on Wednesday. Authorities credit DNA with cracking the cold case. Investigators found blood from an unidentified male who had been standing by Page when she died. When authorities entered the DNA into a national database, Bronson's name popped up. Her husband, the Rev. Jim Page, said Wednesday he thanked God for the closure brought by the arrest. Authorities said Bronson also mentioned several other unsolved killings in Osceola County. Detectives plan to question him about those crimes when his health permits. It's unclear if Bronson has an attorney.
Pet python had been kept in violation of wildlife rules An Orlando Sentinel review of investigative documents showed that the 8-foot-6-inch albino Burmese python named Gypsy was kept in violation of wildlife rules, and that the child’s mother and mother's boyfriend could not afford to feed it. The python escaped its terrarium July 1, 2009, and attacked 2-year-old Shaianna Hare in her crib in Oxford, about 60 miles northwest of Orlando. Jaren Hare, 21, and her 33-year-old boyfriend, Jason Darnell, face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter or third-degree murder. They are also charged with child abuse. The emaciated snake weighed less than 13 pounds, at least half what healthy pythons that size should weigh, Andrew Wyatt, president of the United States Association of Reptile Keepers, told the newspaper. According to a death investigation by the Department of Children and Families, Hare's mother, Sheryl, was concerned about her daughter’s ability to care for the python and a smaller snake. Sheryl Hare told a DCF investigator that a week before the attack, she offered to buy rats for the snakes because the couple had neither jobs nor money. She said she also offered to get sealed containers for the snakes and to keep the snakes at her home. The couple told sheriff's detectives that Gypsy was tame and never coiled around the children as they carried it draped around their necks. “She was coming up due (for a feeding),” Darnell told sheriff's detectives. "But I don't think hunger would have been the motive. ... There's no way that she could possibly in her mind think that she could eat that baby." Darnell told detectives that the snake was in its tank when he went to bed around 11:30 p.m. An hour later, he found the python in the hallway.
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Many UCF students were sleeping at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 2, but 30 of them piled onto a bus for a nine-hour drive to Biloxi, Miss. to change lives and test new technology. The 30 students are members of Habitat for Humanity at UCF and they will be in Biloxi till Jan. 9 building houses for those in need as a part of Habitat for Humanity International’s Collegiate Challenge, an alternative break program offered across the country. They will also be the first group to test a smart phone application being developed by the Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab at UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training. “This will be our fifth trip out of state as the UCF Habitat for Humanity chapter,” said sophomore environmental engineering major and the chapter’s incoming president Kaitlyn Jeanis. “[In 2009] I learned everything from how to shingle a roof to how to put drywall up. It’s an incredible experience.” Making this experience that much more incredible is the Android application being developed by METIL. The application, dubbed Allogy, will allow students to work on their online courses and pursue other educational interests via smart phone. The goal in testing the application on this trip is to see what feedback its first users provide and to use their time on the bus trip to Biloxi to take care of things that would usually have to wait until their arrival. “We’re going to have people listen to a lecture, watch a video on Habitat — a safety speech — and then they have a quiz afterward to take that’s only a few questions long,” said senior molecular biology and microbiolo-
gy major Galal Elsayed. “Instead of having to deal with the safety speech being said on site or taking up time that we could be using to build houses, this new Android application is going to give people the opportunity to learn everything they need to learn on the bus ride there.” There will be four smart phones, obtained specially for conducting research on the application during this trip, for the 30 students to use. “This new application we hope will revolutionize the way not only people learn in the United States, but the way people learn in developing countries, as well,” said Elsayed, who will be serving as the research coordinator for the application during the trip. Elsayed, who was one of the co-founders of the chapter in the fall of 2008, has been on three Collegiate Challenges before this one. “Collegiate Challenge has constantly been dominated by people that really want to do good things for other communities,” said Elsayed, who lives with four other students who have all been on Collegiate Challenge trips. Since its founding in the fall of 2008, the chapter has been named UCF’s New Organization of the Year, built houses all across Orlando and participated in Collegiate Challenges in Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina and this year, Mississippi. Jeanis, whose first Collegiate Challenge was in Lafayette, La., said the experiences students have on these trips usually turn them into very committed club members. “What was great about the Lafayette trip is we were working next to the people we were actually building the house for,” Jeanis said. “We got to hear their stories and what they went through and how much Habitat has helped them and they were just so appreciative.” Elsayed also attended the Lafayette trip. “We had one homeown-
er who had survived cancer and had lost her husband and lost her house in Katrina and we were building a house for her in Lafayette, La., and she was helping us sand walls,” Elsayed said. He said that in addition to learning about the people whom he was helping build homes for, he learned new skills he might not have picked up otherwise. “I got to go down into a crawlspace of the house and I had to winterize it and place installation board into concrete blocks … it was quite the experience because I would never have even considered learning how to winterize a house,” Elsayed said. Graduate student and treasurer of the chapter Lauren Cantrell, who has been on three other Collegiate Challenges, said she was looking forward to another trip that would allow her to spend time with friends who share her same passions in helping the community. “Even though each experience is so different, you all leave the trip as best friends,” Cantrell said. “We all have this overwhelming feeling you can’t describe unless you’re there.” Though waking up early and putting in hours of physical labor is exhausting, Cantrell said there was something that made it worth everything. “At the end, if you get to meet a homeowner, then you can see what you’re working for and you feel like you’ve really accomplished something.”
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GrayRobinson’s connections a plus for UCF FROM A1 tiative Account, a set amount within the budget that the SGA president can put toward a specific initiative or program that will remain earmarked for any incoming administration. “Now that the board of governors has a more hands-on approval process when it comes to fees in our tuition, GrayRobinson now has additional responsibilities in representing us,” he said. “GrayRobinson will now be representing us with the board of governors, the state legislature in Tallahassee and in the Central Florida community. We’re paying them the increase to help us monitor what’s going on with the BOG and to continue the agreement.” Kilbride said GrayRobinson has not seen a financial increase in five years and that usually there’s an increase in the cost of living with these types of agreements. “It just happened to come this year with the additional jurisdiction the BOG has over tuition,” he said. Kilbride said that compared to other Florida universities, UCF’s SGA charges a low fee for its lobbying firm. Records show that the University of Florida currently charges their lobbyist, Capitol City Consulting, about $64,000 per year. Fred Leonhardt, a P.A.
Approve the $10,000 increase? www.UCFNews.com from GrayRobinson who is in charge of the lobbying for SGA, said GrayRobinson hasn’t asked for an increase in years and that they need the extra money for these new responsibilities. “The number one thing we do for UCF SGA is assist them in dealing with the Florida Senate, the governor’s office and then, if it’s necessary, any of the other state agencies like the Board of Governors,” he said. Leonhardt described GrayRobinson’s role with SGA as an intermediary between SGA’s initiatives and Central Florida. “If issues arise like code enforcement, or if students are living in private apartments and issues come [up] with their landlord, or if there are concerns over street lighting, traffic or crime we can go to the district county commissioner who can get the department heads of the county to assist with that specific issue,” he said. GrayRobinson helps SGA get their initiatives underway by getting them in touch with politicians in at the state and local level. “We helped student body Vice President Taylor Lochrane with his campaign to get students not to text and drive,” he said.
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“We got him access to the secretary of the BOG, congressman Micah and others. We try and be responsive and help with anything SGA needs to have done.” Leonhardt said GrayRobinson tries to bring in people that it thinks student leaders would enjoy meeting, like the president of the Florida Senate and Governor Rick Scott. These are the typical activities that the usual
$45,000 in the budget goes toward, but according to Leonhardt, the additional $10,000 will be necessary in helping lobby for SGA with the BOG. “We aren’t in a relationship with any other university in the state,” he said. “The increase will help with breadth and depth of our activity with SGA and our new responsibility with the board of governors.”
Leisure and safety major goals FROM A1 date set for April 22, 2011.” Renovations will include additional pavilions, sand volleyball courts and updated infrastructure such as outdoor lighting and sidewalk realignment. The expansion will enable students to have a sufficient amount of space to relax and enjoy their various leisure activities with their friends and family in the UCF community. “Right now the Lake Claire Recreation Area is located at one of UCF’s main entrances on Greek Park Drive and is an eye sore for students [and] visitors passing by,” said Morgan. “The area has dead grass and rusty pavil-
ions that seat a maximum of 50 people.” Morgan said the new pavilions will seat up to one hundred people, maybe more. “Hopefully this expansion will encourage more students to come out and use the additional space for parties or to host special events,” he said. Lake Claire’s renovations will be done in two phases. The second phase will center on creating safe areas. “Right now there are no lightning safe areas,” Morgan said. “If a storm was coming ... all the boat occupants will be forced to run to their cars or go home. With the next phase focusing on the boat
renovation, a boat house will be provided for them so they don’t have to leave.” Joshua Shafer, a senior religious studies major, said he supported the coming renovations. “I believe that any money spent to improve the Lake Claire Recreation Area is worth it no matter what the cost,” Shafer said. Sara Robinson, mother to graduate student Sharinita Hester, also supports the renovations and is excited for future visits to her daughter’s campus. “I’m thrilled to know that UCF is putting our money to good use,” Robinson said. “The investment on the Lake Claire Recreation Area will be beneficial for
everyone, including me. I now have another place to show off to my friends and family when I come to visit my daughter’s campus.”
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UCF has an app for that Deko survives Alumnus hopes to connect first winter break alumni with smart phone app FROM A1
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James Friedman was one of almost 800 daily downloaders of the new UCF alumni app. Friedman, a UCF alumnus, is one of many Knight graduates to download the free iPod, iPhone and iPad app. According to Jeff Garner, UCF Alumni Association’s director of communications, the number of people installing the application is rapidly increasing since its debut on Nov. 17. “The idea behind the application and the website is to put all of the activities, events and information right at the fingertips of alumni,” Garner said. There is a ‘news and updates’ section, a campus map and a place to request transcripts. Users of the app can see their current GPS location on the map, as well as parking garages, academic buildings and detailed street names. It uses a customized and more detailed version of Google Maps and restricts the view strictly to the UCF main campus. The accuracy of the GPS in the iPhone can allow new students or visitors to campus to find their way around without having to consult the map stands. Creators designed the network tab to create a social aspect as well, where individuals can connect with old friends or make new ones. The calendar feature lists upcoming events and has a place to share photos and stories. Current students may also find the app useful. The app has a miniature version of myUCF while for on-the-go use. They can check their grades, class schedule and school e-mail. “The app is still fairly new, but already there is talk of adding additional features by next year. It is designed to be flexible and can easily add content,” Garner said. Its easy accessibility even allows parents to get involved. They can look at the calendar for important events, such as parent’s weekend or homecoming week. The app’s homepage has a “network” and a “get involved” tab. “It holds a lot of value to UCF students because there is a lot of networking involved,” Garner said. “The people hiring, owning and managing these companies are UCF alumni. Students are getting involved with the right people.” Opinions are still forming about the nearly two-month old app. Friedman said he was really impressed with it and plans on using it now that he knows it exists. He wants to plan an alumni trip and thinks the app
can help him do so. “I think it’s really awesome,” Friedman said. “I appreciate someone taking initiative to connect alumni, but they need to connect other devices because not everyone at UCF has an iPhone.” This suggestion has already been heard and is in progress, according to Garner. Android and Blackberry users can expect the UCF alumni app soon enough. The app will have a similar design and the same features found on the iPhone. The UCF Alumni Association created the website and application because they want UCF alumni to stay involved and connected with UCF in their own, individual way. Garner urges users to give feedback on the app. “If anyone installs the app and sees anything they think should be added or that they do not like, we welcome that feedback,” he said. Download or read more about the app at www.ucfalumni.com.
break. Cuccarese has seen a 60 percent drop in sales during these weeks, compared to 20 percent last year. “The main thing is the downturn in the economy,” Cuccarese said. “The kids still don’t have jobs, and most of them go home because they have no reason to stay.” Cuccarese also said that Siemens employees, whom Silver Mine relies on for much of their lunch business, are off work for the week making it even more difficult for the business to bring in customers during break. “Companies close down right now because it’s more cost-effective for them,” Cuccarese said. According to Cuccarese, Silver Mine sees most of its winter break business between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. “Most restaurants are closing down early now, so by us staying open late we end up trapping that business,” Cuccarese said. Paula Phipps, the owner of Natura Tea and Coffee, said that the majority of her customers also come in during night hours. “I don’t charge a cover, because it’s such a popular place to come and listen to music at nights,” Phipps said. Phipps said that despite the regular appearance of night-time clientele, Natura is still suffering a 30 percent decrease in sales while students are away. To bring in new customers, Phipps is currently offering deals such as buy-one, get-one free Boba teas and half-price hookah until 7 p.m. “Since May of this year, we’re down significantly every month from 2009, and the only thing that I can put it down to is that students don’t have as much money this year,” Phipps said. “My challenge for 2011 is to have students to start spending again, or else we aren’t going to survive.”
The general manager of Deko Lounge, Mike Perez, was not sure what to expect this winter when students went home for the holidays. Deko opened last January, and the club had yet to experience the lag in sales that comes with winter break. According to Perez, however, the business has fared well during these past few weeks. “During the holidays, everybody goes out — even people that don’t normally,” Perez said. “We’re seeing new faces.” Perez said he has been finding ways to bring these new customers in to compensate for the lack of student business. “It’s our first winter break open, so we’re seeing what works,” Perez said. “Depending on the night, we lower the cover charge, or waive cover completely.” Broadway Pizza co-owner Richard Koller also said he was pleased by the winter break turnout. “Initially, there’s a couple of weeks where the business slows, but we have so many young people that come back to visit families from other universities that it doesn’t seem to drop off as much as you would think,” Koller said. “We’re busy from 2 p.m. through 5 p.m. even during the holiday season. Maybe everyone’s sick of turkey.” According to Koller, this afternoon rush can be attributed to their “dollar-a-slice” deal. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. patrons can come in and order a slice of cheese pizza for a dollar. Dollar beers are also available all day, every day. “2009 was terrible, the whole year-but it’s picked up this year. Everybody seems to have a positive outlook,” Koller said. “Frankly, I think the economy is getting better. If you have good food, you cheapen it up and give people a good deal, you become a little more competitive.”
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UCF to partner with Lynx FROM A1 instead of trying to develop a program like one at Texas A&M where student volunteers drive cars like a taxi service in vehicles rented by the program, UCF has partnered with Lynx, the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority. “Once we started looking at all the details and how it
would be implemented here … it didn’t transfer over well from Texas A&M to here in order for us to provide a service that would be efficient, effective and reliable,” said SGA President Michael Kilbride. Kilbride said the difference this time is that UCF is partnering with the area’s leading expert on mass transportation.
“Their engineers have worked to help craft these ride schedules with the stops so we do it in a timely manner as well as an efficient manner,” Kilbride said. “We’re lucky to be able to partner with them to provide this service to students.” During December 2010’s Activity and Service Fee budget meetings, the committee requested that
$105,000 of the $17 million budget be allocated to the KnightLynx program. However, Kilbride requested to delay voting on that budget line until the next fiscal year when the contract should be finalized and the program tested. “If we show that it’s come to fruition … then we can talk about funding it for the next year rather than talking about it now while we still have got any comments back and an executed contract for this fiscal year,” Kilbride said. “This is something we consistently hear about, so I’m hoping it’s going to be successful.” Similar programs that have been successful at other universities in the state include the University of Florida’s Later Gator and Florida State University’s Night Nole. “[FSU and UF students] trust those programs,” said Brock. “They depend on them for any type of evening activity they partake in and I hope to bring that to UCF with this new addition of the KnightLynx program.” Alumna Patricia Pena, who lived in Pegasus Landing all four years, didn’t have a car and disliked asking friends for rides. “I always felt really bad asking people to go out of their way,” Pena said. “It would’ve been really helpful to have a bus that would
PROPOSED LIST OF STOPS KnightLynx will run on Fridays and Saturdays to and from the following locations: - Tivoli - Creekwood Shopping Center (corner of McCulloch and Alafaya:iKiwi,Publix,The Moat) - Pegasus Landing - University Commons Shopping Center (corner of Corporate and Alafaya) - Shopping Center (University and Alafaya:Jeremiah’s, Bangkok Square) - Sterling Central - UCF RWC - Knights Plaza - The Edge - Walgreens (Alafaya & Lokanotosa) - Pegasus Pointe - Shopping Center (corner of Colonial and Alafaya Metro 24,Mix,Hungry Howies) - Waterford Lakes Shopping Center Shopping Center (Colonial and Alafaya:Publix,Chilis,Congo River Golf) - Boardwalk apartment complex go to the grocery store or Waterford and things like that.” Though there was speculation during KnightDrive’s development that such a program would encourage drinking, Brock and Kilbride said there’s much more to it than that. “This program isn’t necessarily just for people who go out to bars. These are people who want to go to movies. This program is for people who want to go get groceries,” Brock said. “It’s a multi-functioning bus service for really any student that goes to UCF.” Kilbride said the program will be a connection to the community for UCF
students, as well as a safe ride alternative late at night. For now, SGA is awaiting approval from UCF’s General Counsel on the contract with Lynx. Until the budget for the fiscal year is approved in late March or early April, Brock plans to do whatever he can to get feedback from students who use the program. “I’m going to be out there virtually every weekend trying to get feedback on this,” said Brock. “This project is my heart and soul. I haven’t stopped working on it and I’ll never stop working on it until it’s perfect.”
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The KnightLynx program is due to launch by the end of this month or the beginning of next.There will be several stops to accommodate for students living in nearby apartments and will run from 7 or 8 p.m.to 3 a.m.Fridays and Saturdays.
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MARSHALL WEDNESDAY 7 P.M.(HOME) Donnie Jones’ Knights enter conference play against Jones’old team. The No.21 Knights are riding high,coming off a Holiday Classic tournament victory and landing an elite recruit in Michael Chandler.
HOUSTON SATURDAY 5 P.M.(AWAY) The Knights hope to continue their flawless season as they travel to Houston for their first away C-USA matchup.
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Lyle Dankenbring,Nick Pieschel,Jah Reid and Adam Nissley celebrate their 10-6 Liberty Bowl win against the Georgia Bulldogs in Memphis,Tenn.
Knights win over Dawgs earns first bowl win ERIKA ESOLA Sports Editor
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RICE THURSDAY 7 P.M.(AWAY) The Knights hope to repeat their C-USA success from last season as they travel to Houston to open up conference play against the Owls.
SOUTHERN MISS SUNDAY 2 P.M.(HOME) In their first home C-USA game,the Knights take on the Golden Eagles. It will be Southern Miss’ first away conference matchup.
As rare it is to see a 300-pound defensive linemen crying, it wasn’t too rare of a sight in Memphis last Friday. “I was crying and smiling all at the same time, saying thank you to all of the coaches,” said senior defensive tackle Wes Tunuufi Sauvao after the Knights’ 10-6 win over Georgia in the Liberty Bowl. “They said, ‘No, thank you.’ And that made me cry even more. It was my last time on the field, it was a bittersweet moment for me.” The No. 25 Knights took home their first bowl victory in school history over the Bulldogs in front of a crowd of more than 51,000. Georgia started the game off strong, driving 95 yards and scoring first. Despite the Bulldogs gaining positive yards on every play that drive, the Knights held them to a field goal.
Freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey struggled early on, completing only 2 of 7 passes and throwing an interception in the first quarter. He was drilled by Georgia defenders early in the first half and hobbled off the field. The Knights’ offensive struggles continued in the second quarter when Godfrey threw another interception, this time in the red zone. “It was a freshman mistake,” Godfrey said. Godfrey, who had a rough first half after being banged up by the Georgia defense, kept playing. The Conference USA Freshman of the Year appeared to injure his ankle badly on an option play early in the first quarter. “Jeff messed his ankle up, but kept
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Home tourney a success for UCF STEVEN RYZEWSKI Men’s basketball beat writer
Whether or not an undefeated run through the Knights’ out-of-conference schedule was written into this season’s To-Do list is irrelevant: It happened. The No. 19 Knights (130) are still unbeaten, and have added some hardware along the way of their impressive hot start to the 2010-2011 campaign. The Knights won their home tournament, the UCF Holiday Classic, after a 68-62 victory over the Princeton Tigers (10-4) on Thursday at the UCF Arena. The Knights defeated the Tigers in the championship round of the fourteam event after defeating the Furman Paladins the previous night 71-53 in the opening round.
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Keith Clanton slams a dunk en route to 21 points in the win against Furman.
The pair of games represented the first back-toback matchups for the Knights this season and gave them a taste of tournament-style scheduling and the challenge of preparing
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Running back Latavius Murray rushed for 104 yards and scored the Liberty Bowl’s only touchdown,a 10-yard run in the fourth quarter.
St. Jude children inspire seniors Knights gain new perspective after visit ERIKA ESOLA & AMY FOIST Sports Editor, Contributing Writer
Even though the Knights came away with a huge Liberty Bowl victory Friday in Memphis, the seniors have more than just trophy for a souvenir. The seniors traveled to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis to spend time with the patients and families that were staying there. The players went on an emotional roller coaster ride while at the hospital, learning about the disease and themselves. “Our everyday lives consist of waking up, going to practice and going to class; we have no worries,” said defensive tackle Wes Tunuufi Sauvao. “We can’t complain about the little aches and pains. It’s a different thing when you’re fighting a deadly disease like cancer. You’re fighting
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The Knights’senior class stands with head coach George O’Leary in front of St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
something that you can’t beat and that isn’t self inflicted.” According to the hospital’s research, St. Jude has improved patients’ survival rate of leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer, from 4 percent to
94 percent. The Liberty Bowl has helped in many ways, especially with increasing awareness. The halftime show, which is nationally televised on ESPN, honors
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A bowl victory is nice, but basketball’s future is brighter I know that we’re all still in a BBQ coma and hungover from partying on Beale Street after the biggest win for the football program in school history, but it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Sure, the Liberty Bowl was a huge upset. Sure, it was the first time a Conference USA team defeated an SEC team in the bowl. Sure, it was UCF’s first bowl victory ever. But don’t get too excited about winning a mediocre bowl game against a sub-.500
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Georgia Bulldog team. What you should really be excited about is your basketball team. Head coach Donnie Jones has completely transformed the basketball program from a joke with-
in the conference to one of the best teams in the nation. Yeah, I said it. The Knights are one of the best teams in the nation. I’m not trying to take anything away from what the football team has done, but the truth is that the basketball team actually has a chance to play for a national title. The football team doesn’t. Jones truly is an elite coach who has enough talent on the court to bring
the Knights into the March Madness tournament. Jones’ Knights are one of just seven undefeated teams in the nation and keep climbing in the national Top-25 polls. Like the football team, they earned their first Top-25 ranking in school history. Except the basketball team, unlike the football team, kept winning after they obtained their first ranking. Jones has done a superb job of keeping the Knights level-headed despite all of the hype sur-
rounding the team. We’ll really see what the basketball team is made of as they enter conference play this week versus Marshall (Jones’ old team). Until then, be excited about the future of this basketball program. It seems like the UCF administration has been searching forever for some type of athletic identity through the football program, but they have been looking in all of the wrong places. We’re sick of ESPN still
calling us the Golden Knights and Central Florida, but the only reason why ESPN does that is because UCF is still virtually unknown. The basketball program will be the program that puts the Knights in the national spotlight, not football. Soon, the disrespect will stop. UCF is going to be considered more of a basketball school than a football school. Let’s just hope the Big East notices.
Liberty victory caps off UCF’s best season FROM A7 playing,” said senior wide receiver Brian Watters. “He wanted to win so bad, though.” UCF had a momentum shift right before halftime thanks to a Josh Linam interception, putting the Knights into Georgia territory. “I was just thinking: just catch it and not fumble it so coach wouldn't get mad,” said the junior linebacker in reference to his first career interception. Nick Cattoi finished the drive with a field goal to tie the game going into the half at 3-3. Sophomore running back Latavius Murray seemed to be UCF’s only offensive bright spot in the first half, averaging 5.8 yards per carry on 10 attempts. Godfrey, despite playing on virtually one leg, finally seemed to have found his rhythm in the 4th quarter. The Knights put together an impressive 65-yard drive capped by a 10-yard Murray touchdown run to take a 10-6 lead with 9 minutes left in the game. Murray finished the game averaging 5.8 yards per carry with 104 rushing yards, the game’s lone touchdown, and the 2010 Liberty Bowl MVP award.
“It was a big relief because we had been running the ball early in the game and wanted to punch one in,” Murray said. “I was running with a 40-yard attitude, and that's what we were coached to do.” Senior defense end Bruce Miller recorded 1.5 sacks in the game, and finished with 36 in his career. Miller and the rest of the defense held the Bulldogs to just six points and 280 total yards. “There’s not a better way to leave this field and program as a senior,” Miller said. “I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Cornerback Josh Robinson and the Knights’ secondary held Georgia star wide receiver A.J. Green scoreless with 8 catches and 77 yards. Green, who is ranked by Mel Kiper as a top-5 NFL draft prospect, entered the bowl averaging nearly 100 yards per game with 9 touchdowns throughout eight games. “It wasn’t just me trying to contain [Green],” Robinson said. “I had help with my safeties and everyone else. It was a challenge.” This is the second time ever that UCF has defeated an SEC opponent, and the first time in Liberty Bowl history where a CUSA opponent has defeated an
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Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year Bruce Miller tackles Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 10-6 Liberty Bowl victory.
SEC team. O’Leary is now 1-3 in bowl games at UCF, and has a 4-5 career record in bowl games dating back to his time at Georgia Tech. “It was a great win for Conference USA, and a great win for our program,” O’Leary said. “We
played a great BCS program and I’m just happy for the players and for the seniors.” UCF capped off their greatest football season in school history with a season-high 11 wins. The Knights finished the year with the most wins out of any school
in Florida. “This first season has gone better than I pictured it," Godfrey said. “It's great to win the conference championship and the bowl game for the program, the players, the coaches and the fans. It feels great to be a part of that.”
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Jordan Earns Holiday Classic MVP FROM A7 for a team in less than a day. “When you have one day to prep and you don’t have a chance to really study your opponent, you have to learn on the fly, and [Princeton] a very tough team to do that against,” said head coach Donnie Jones. “That’s what you get when you play in the NCAA tournament. You have a short period of time; you play different styles. That’s why it so important to play teams like this in your non-conference schedule.” The experience was proven to be especially valuable when the Knights, after handling Furman behind Keith Clanton’s 21 points on Wednesday night, struggled with Princeton early on. The Tigers went on an 8-0 run to start the game, and led by eight going into the half. Princeton, anchored in the first half by sharp-shooting guard Dan Mavraides and his 18 points before the break, looked poised to spoil UCF’s streak. That’s when UCF Holiday Classic MVP Marcus Jordan took over. “I don’t really ever want to see somebody killing us like he did in the first half,” Jordan said. “I just wanted to come out on him and change what he saw in the first half.” And he did. Mavraides was limited to two second half points, and appeared visually frustrated while Jordan, who’d had only four points the half, went off for 22 the rest of the game and helped will his team to victory. “[Jordan] makes plays, you keep going to him if
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The Knights celebrate with the Holiday Classic Trophy after defeating Furman and Princeton at the UCF Arena.
he’s making it,” said forward Keith Clanton when asked about how often the ball was in Jordan’s hands down the stretch of the victory. In a back-and-forth game that saw seven second-half lead changes, the Knights were finally able to pull away late in the game, sealing the deal with some free throws and a thunderous dunk by forward A.J. Tyler, one that came courtesy of a successful break of the Princeton press. The team’s ability to withstand the early adversity against the Tigers, down by as many as 10, and implement the necessary adjustments, impressed Jones. “That’s who these guys are, they’re a unique group,” Jones said. “They don’t panic. They just really stay focused in trying to find a way to win.” The inside-outside threat of Jordan and Clanton was utilized by UCF in the short tournament, with Clanton stepping up
…AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Just after midnight on New Years Day,the No.4 high school center in the nation,four-star recruit Michael Chandler, committed to UCF. Chandler decided to be a Knight after being courted by several teams, including Kentucky,Ohio State,Purdue,Indiana and West Virginia,among others,after decommitting from Xavier. Chandler watched UCF take down Princeton before deciding. big in the first game, and Jordan in the next. “Coach just tells us both to be aggressive,” Clanton said. “We’re clicking well and we have a lot of plays (where) we’re allowed to work off each other.”
Hustle points The Knights have a chance at revenge against Marshall. UCF is 4-6 all time against the Herd, with Marshall having won the last three contests. Win and they will come. The success of the Knights and it’s correlation to attendance was apparent against Furman. An announced crowd of 7,111 came to watch the Knights in the Holiday
Classic on Wednesday. Among those in Wednesday’s record crowd were Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu and Magic reserve-point guard Jason Williams. The number of unbeatens keeps getting smaller, and UCF remains among them. The Knights are now one of seven unbeaten teams left. UCF continues to play through the pain. Marcus Jordan has been playing through an ankle injury and has yet to practice since sustaining it. Tom Herzog just removed the cast from his left hand, and the recently returned Tyler is still not at 100 percent.
St. Jude patients each year. The players, who not only had a chance to sign autographs and take photos with the kids, also had the opportunity to spend time and speak with the families, as well. What stood out to the seniors the most was the St. Jude “ABCs of Cancer” written on the wall, according to head coach George O’Leary. The wall, which helps the children find a way to share their emotions by writing how they are feeling, covers many different cancerrelated topics. Some of the letters represented positive things, but others described the sad reality of the deadly disease. “For me, the letter on the alphabet that stood out the most was K, which stood for Kemo [Chemo],” Sauvao said. “The kids wrote about how chemo makes you lose your hair and makes your food taste bad. Reading that alphabet wall made me feel their pain. Me and the rest of the guys started tearing up.” Reading the “ABCs of Cancer” made the seniors realize how grateful they were for their own health. “No matter how bad things are or how bad things get for us, we have to remember that these kids have it worse,” said linebacker Derrick Hallman. In a pregame press conference, O’Leary commented on the trip to St. Jude. He spoke about the players, and how the trip made a huge impact on
“Coming over, there was a lot of noise on the bus. Coming back, you didn’t hear a lot of noise.” — GEORGE O’LEARY UCF HEAD COACH
them. O’Leary, who emphasizes to his players on giving back to the community, had seniors visit the hospital before the 2007 Liberty Bowl as well. “Coming over, there was a lot of noise on the bus,” O’Leary said. “Coming back, you didn’t hear a lot of noise.” The players had a chance to reflect on what they had experienced while at the hospital. They also came away with a new found respect for everyone that is battling the deadly disease. The seniors will remember a lot about their trip to Memphis, which included their first bowl victory in school history, but will always have the memory of the trip they made to the St. Jude Children’s Research hospital. Hallman, who recorded a sack in the victory against Georgia, was so inspired by the visit that he dedicated the win to the children of St. Jude. “We played this game not only for our school and fans,” he said, “but for those kids.”
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ince the Internet’s creation, it has been deemed the “Wild Wild West” due to the unlimited amount of content available and lack of regulation. On Dec. 21 the Federal Communications Commission gave the so-called “Wild Wild West” a run for its money when it passed a net neutrality ruling by a 3-2 vote. Unless you’re a heavy Internet user or avid news reader, chances are you’re slightly confused on the issue of net neutrality and what the new ruling means. Let us break it down for you. While surfing the Web, you may have noticed at one point or another that certain sites load faster than others. In some cases, it may be a glitch or cache. But in others, it could be your Internet service provider making a blatant attempt to curb traffic to certain sites— like their competitor’s, for instance. The new ruling will provide equal access to all content and prohibit ISPs from blocking legal content for wired networks. Illegal or unsavory content, such as spam or child pornography, may be blocked. Cellular data plans, such as 3G and 4G, is not includ-
ed in the ruling. This ruling holds true even if users accessing certain legal content slows the entire network down. For example, even if a large influx of users on a peer-to-peer client, such as BitTorrent, were to slow the network down, the ISP would still be prohibited from blocking the data or slowing access. Another measure to prevent any unwanted business is the transparency aspect of the ruling. All ISPs will be required to be completely upfront and honest about their operations, including the quality of their network’s performance, how their network is managed and details of the pricing of their service plans. Although this all may sound harmless, one major stipulation to the ruling is that the rules apply to wired broadband services whereas wireless services are free to do whatever they want — for the most part. This means mobile internet providers are permitted to slow access to sites like YouTube or Skype that directly interfere with their business. They may even begin to selectively charge for certain Internet pages or applications on a device such as an iPhone. Yes, this would mean
saying goodbye to constantly updating your Facebook or Twitter via mobile phone unless you’re willing to pay. With the new ruling, too, ISPs are able to create “fast lanes” on the Internet at a hefty price. Content providers could exchange money for faster access to their pages and in return users would have to pay larger fees for faster internet. Chances are, only larger internet companies such as Amazon would be able to afford the fees, leaving mom-and-pop businesses and the like behind, stifling innovation and suppressing the marketplace of ideas. Essentially, the ruling will provide speedy Internet for the rich and slow access for the poor, creating an economic segregation among Internet users. This ruling does not represent what we believe to be true net neutrality, in which all content on the Internet entertainment-centric or otherwise, is open and equal not only in the eyes of ISPs, but also the government. The FCC could have ruled in favor of worse measures that would have more people in an uproar. It seems that this could be the start of something bigger may create a fractured Internet. So far, we’ve all taken the openness for granted.
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n extra five votes is all it would have taken to fulfill a dream for the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants living in the United States. On Dec. 18 Senate voted on a piece of legislation introduced a decade ago: the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The bill — designed to give illegal immigrant youth a path to citizenship—fell five votes short of the necessary 60 to push it into chamber for a final debate. Had the DREAM Act passed it would have allowed children of illegal immigrants to gain citizenship through either serving in the military or completing two years of college. Eligibility would only be granted to people who moved to the U.S. before he or she turned 16, have been living here for more than five years and pass a criminal background check. We were extremely disappointed when the bill failed to gain the necessary twothird majority, especially when we think of how lucky we are to have the opportunity to further our education and how illegal citizens are barred from that same privilege.
We think, too, of all our friends and family currently serving overseas and how they could benefit from the extra manpower. Not only would the passing of this bill help all the illegal immigrants gain the citizenship they’ve so desperately dreamed of, but it would also help strengthen our nation as a whole by creating educated and patriotic citizens. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who voted against the bill, believes that the DREAM Act would have promoted illegal immigration — a problem he thinks should be addressed. “The American people are pleading with Congress to enforce our laws, but this bill at its core is a reward for illegal activity,” Sessions said. Clearly, we do not wish to promote illegal activity and we don’t believe the DREAM Act would have done so either. The bill has been designed for those who had no choice but to move here illegally with their parents; people who we believe deserve a shot at success rather than being barred by their illegal status. These young men and women have grown up in this country and many of
them consider it their home, it is only fair that they be given a path to citizenship that will open the door for many other opportunities in the future. “It is not only the right thing to do for talented young people who seek to serve a country they know as their own, it is the right thing for the United States of America,” President Obama said of the DREAM Act. “Our nation is enriched by their talents and would benefit from the success of their efforts.” As this semester begins and you’re introduced to new students in every class, think of all the illegal immigrant youth who came to America with their parents hoping for a chance to fulfill the American dream and receive an education. Although you won’t be seeing any of those eager young faces in your classes this semester, we encourage supporters of the bill to not lose hope. Obama said after the disappointing vote that his administration will not give up until the DREAM Act passes and all illegal immigrant youth are given the tools they need to prosper in the Land of Liberty, which means we all must stay strong until the bill reaches the Senate next year.
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This is an absolute tragedy and she will be sorely missed. Her smile and bubbly personality was infectious and made her a joy to My prediction is we will lose be around. We will miss her and this game. Mainly, because GOL her family is in our thoughts and won’t allow us to win. He’ll do the prayers. same thing he does in all bowl — JEREME POZIN games. He should allow Godfrey the opportunity to open up the offense, but he won’t. We have nothing to lose by playing all out, but the O’Dreary style will win out. I hope I’m wrong but I know Amazing. So she doesn’t want I’m not. Until, we have the sense to get rid of O’Leary and hire a to answer calls from Dr. Hitt or from the investigators in the case younger more aggressive coach, we will continue to be mired in to give her story. Why was this mediocrity. We finally woke up in even investigated further if she basketball, I wish we would do the wasn’t even willing to cooperate with the investigation. I think he same in football. failure to participate and speak — ANONYMOUS
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