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Salary seminar to teach students about their worth Career Services will host a workshop titled “Know Your Worth: Salary Negotiation” today from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 115 of the department’s building at Memory Mall. Students will be able to better anticipate their starting salary before beginning negotiations through means of research and realistic expectations.
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UCFAA guilty of negligence No plans to change student-athlete testing KATIE KUSTURA Editor-in-Chief
Despite being found guilty of negligence in the Ereck Plancher wrongful death trial, the UCF Athletics Association (UCFAA) currently has no plans to change its policies in the testing of student athletes. Plancher was a 19-yearold wide receiver on the football team who collapsed
during an offseason conditioning drill on March 18, 2008 and died shortly thereafter. The medical examiner in the case determined his cause of death to be dysrhythmia due to acute exertional rhabdomyolysis with sickle cell trait. UCFAA’s team of attorneys claimed that Plancher was notified of his trait and that his death was related to an undiagnosed heart condi-
To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com tion. As a result of the jury’s verdict, the Plancher’s will be awarded $10 million. UCF plans to appeal the decision. “We believe Ereck was notified, so I’m not sure if
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Gisele and Enock Plancher leave the courtroom during a recess in the trial of their lawsuit over the death of their son,Ereck Plancher.
Theatre students to perform ‘Love,Sex and the I.R.S.’ The theatre department will perform Love, Sex and the I.R.S. from Thursday, July 7, until Sunday July 17, at the Black Box Theatre. The story revolves around two out-of-work musicians who file as a married couple in order to save money. When the I.R.S. finds out, the story turns into one of mistaken identities. See Monday’s issue for a story about the production.
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A lack of volunteers in the Road to Recovery program has caused the American Cancer Society to turn away nearly 70 percent of the requests from cancer patients for rides to their lifesaving appointments. “It’s something so simple, if you have a car and you have the availability to go. It’s so important and could actually save somebody’s life,” said Debbie Coover, who began volunteering for the Road to Recovery program in 1990, shortly after a close friend died of cancer. Road to Recovery is a program through the American Cancer Society that matches volunteers to cancer patients in need of a ride to weekly appointments. Some appointments may just be regular checkups, while others are for radiation therapy. “Most of the time, when we take patients for radiation it’s
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Dozens of parrots found neglected at Florida home SEBRING — Dozens of parrots have been found dead or dehydrated and starving at a central Florida home. Jeff McLain of Orlando-based Parrots As Pets Rescue says he was contacted about the birds Monday by caretakers of a rental property in Sebring. McLain says about two dozen parrots were found alive and about 50 were found dead.
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Beached pygmy sperm whale on central Fla.coast FORT PIERCE — A necropsy is underway to determine why a pygmy sperm whale beached itself on central Florida's Atlantic coast. Beachgoers tried to keep the 10-foot-long male whale alive Tuesday, but the sea mammal died shortly after a rescue attempt. The whale had beached itself near the Wabasso Beach Park in Indian River County. Steve McCulloch of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce says pygmy sperm whales often suffer from a heart condition. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Do you know what the UCF Student Government Association does and can do for you? A few of the recently appointed executive cabinet members of the current administration doesn’t think the student population knows, but they would like to change that. “I really hope to be able to increase the number of people knowing about student government and what we do,” said Michelle Venezia, who was confirmed as the external marketing coordinator at the June 30 senate meeting. “That’s definitely going to be my main goal for the year.”
To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com Public Relations Coordinator Ashley Tinstman, who was confirmed at the June 16 senate meeting, shared similar thoughts. “A lot of students don’t know what SGA does and what we can do for them,” Tinstman said. “I really hope we’re able to communicate that better, and hopefully I can be an integral part of that.” As members of the executive branch’s Division of Communications, both Venezia and Tinstman have ideas on how to improve communication between SGA and the student body.
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Tucked away on a back road in Winter Springs, Fla., Power Grid Engineering could easily go unnoticed. But, for five UCF students, the company is providing the opportunity they’ve been looking for. “I love interning at Power Grid Engineering. It’s a small company with a family-like atmosphere and an eye for quality. I couldn’t ask for anything more,” Esme Doucette said. Power Grid Engineering was started in 2007 as a private firm and now works with companies all around the country providing electrical engineering services. Doucette, 21, majoring
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From left,UCF students Rafael Irastorza,Caitlin Liggett and Esme Doucette have all been hired as Power Grid Engineering interns.
in advertising and public relations, works in marketing. She does her best to get the company’s name out through awards, blogging and improving visibility at conferences. While doing this, Doucette gains experience in busi-
ness writing, researching and working with different kinds of people. She works alongside UCF alumni and vice president of business development, Andre Uribe, to develop a pub-
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NATA supports screening, education of athletes FROM A1 changes are going to be made,” said UCF spokesman Grant Heston regarding UCF’s testing policies. Plancher’s death is one of about a dozen sickle cell trait-related deaths in athletes that the National Association of Athletic Trainers (NATA) has observed since 2000; most of them were college football players. Almost a year before Plancher’s death, NATA released a “Sickle Cell Trait and the Athlete” consensus statement.
Points made in the statement include: ● Athletes with sickle cell trait can participate in all sports ● Red blood cells can sickle during intense exertion, blocking blood vessels and posing a grave risk for athletes with sickle cell trait ● Screening and simple precautions may prevent deaths and help the athlete with sickle cell trait thrive in his or her chosen sport ● Irrespective of screening, institutions should educate staff, coaches and athletes on the potentially lethal nature of this condition.”
The consensus also stated that “the case for screening is strong.” The University of Oklahoma makes testing of athletes a regular part of its procedures, and Scott Anderson, the head athletic trainer at Oklahoma, agrees that screening is important. “If we’re going to test and we’re going to have that information, we have to have a plan to act upon that, so it becomes more than just testing, more than a piece of information,” Anderson said. “There has to be, then, some communication that
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Despite a contentious day in court with opposing attorneys,Circuit Judge Robert M.Evans breaks into a smile during a recess in the Plancher vs.UCFAA.
comes with that.” Anderson said that, as the results become known, the athlete has a meeting with the athletic trainer and then a subsequent meeting with the physician to discuss the facts, risks and complications associated with conditions like sickle cell trait. The decision to tell family members of the results is left to the athlete. Though Anderson could not comment specifically about the conditions of the drill that took place the day Plancher died, he said he understands how difficult it can be to manage more than 80 athletes. “I’m only one person out there and I only have one set of eyes, so even under the best of circumstances, it can become a little bit difficult for me to know and recognize immediately what’s going on with each individual,” Anderson said. “Coaches are going to see things that I’m not going to see from an athletic trainer’s perspective, players are going to see things in their teammates that I’m going to miss that potentially from an athletic training perspective … so the better educated everyone can be relative to [concussion, heat stroke and sickling] the better opportunity I have as an athletic trainer [to identify the problems].”
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PGE gives back to community, hires UCF students FROM A1 lic relations department. Doucette says she is currently looking into designing a new display and brochure for conferences. After graduation, Doucette is hoping to move to Atlanta with her best friend and find a job with a small or mid-sized public relations firm. Rafael Irastorza, 26, is another senior intern looking to expand PGE’s presence. Irastorza works with both Uribe and the director of marketing. Irastorza is currently analyzing the competition’s business strategies using methods he learned while at UCF. “I strongly believe that I’m reinforcing the knowledge I have gained in the College of Business Administration courses because I’m applying to my job several techniques I’ve learned in school projects,” Irastorza said. After graduating, Irastorza hopes to work for a multinational corporation in the strategy and business development department as a competitive intelligence analyst. Unlike Irastorza and Doucette, Caitlin Liggett, 22, has nothing set in stone for her future, but she is hoping to work as an industrial engineer at an amusement park or in manufacturing. Liggett, a junior, is studying industrial engineering at both UCF and Valencia and has been with PGE for three years. “I’ve had the pleasure to be with the company as we have grown from a handful of employees, working out of the officers homes, to having an office as well as relay technicians throughout the country working out in the field, and we keep growing” Liggett said. During her time at PGE, Liggett has picked up a pair of different roles, mainly as a computeraided design (CAD) drafter and an industrial engineering intern. Liggett assists the engi-
neers and technicians with anything involving AUTOCAD. Some of her duties include drafting a markedup drawing, checking both her own and other drafters’ work and matching standards for a client’s project through each drawing. Since every client has different standards, matching the requirements of each client can be difficult, Liggett says. As an industrial engineering intern, Liggett is working on a procedure manual that details a standard of processes used throughout the company. This has been a learning process for her and the officers at the company. Liggett feels that experience in two different fields will help her later on in her career, and she is grateful for the opportuni-
ties PGE has given her. Not only is PGE giving these students a great place to work and learn; it is also providing flexible hours for students who are going to school full time and working. “While I’m attending school and working two jobs, PGE allows my schedule to be flexible and change throughout the different semesters at school,” Liggett said. According to Doucette, PGE also gives back to the community by hiring students from UCF. Irastorza cites his education at UCF, as well as UCF’s focus on teamwork, as two of the main reasons he was hired as an intern. “Power Grid Engineering acknowledges the value of teamwork. This is an important principle that UCF believes in,” Irastorza said.
Above:Rafael Irastorza,left,is a market research intern; Caitlin Liggett,center,is an industrial engineering intern and Esme Doucette is a public relations intern.Left: Power Grid Engineering began in 2007 as a private firm in Winter Springs. PHOTOS BY ANDREA KEATING / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Members hope to offer more FROM A1 Venezia hopes to take the informative event SGA Days, a program developed by the previous administration’s director of communications, Kristin Harris, to the next level. SGA Days inform students about what SGA does and the different ways students can get involved, such as SGA Street Team, which Venezia and Tinstman have both served on. “I thought that was a really great program last year that really helped students realize the different programs that student government offers and the things that we actually do with the budget that we have,” Venezia said. Another way for students, particularly freshmen, to learn more about SGA and involvement is the Student Body President’s Advisory Council (SBPAC). Students who become a part of SBPAC have the responsibility of offering their unique perspectives to the student body president when it comes to decision making. Each SBPAC member is paired up with an executive branch cabinet member as a mentor and also attends weekly meetings and workshops to learn about the inner workings of
SGA. Araima CaballeroContini, who was confirmed as the deputy chief of staff on June 16, and Trevor Persaud, who was confirmed as the diversity initiatives coordinator on June 30, both served on SBPAC during their freshman year. Caballero-Contini, whose main responsibility will be advising SBPAC, is looking forward to working with the future SBPAC members. “I think that you can really do so much with a group of freshman students because they’re all so eager and willing to get involved,” Caballero-Contini said. Persaud was inspired to apply for the diversity initiatives coordinator position because his SBPAC mentor held that position. “I’m hoping to work with all the different offices, such as the Office of Diversity Initiatives, the Multi Cultural Student Center and the Multicultural Academic Support Services (MASS), as well as the diversified Greek council,” Persaud said. Persaud said he also hopes to host Diversiknight, an event similar to Late Knights, which will “show the cultural competency that UCF really has.” Former senator Arielle Bardzell, who was confirmed as the athletics and training coordinator on June 16, is planning an event to show how much school spirit UCF has. “We’re really excited about Friday Night Lights,” Bardzell said. “It’s going to be the biggest pep rally of the year.” Bardzell is also organizing a tailgating committee and a student traditions council to create, conserve and promote UCF traditions. Former diversity initiatives coordinator Dominic Spence, who was confirmed as the academic affairs coordinator on June 30, will be able to give Persaud advice since they will
be in the same cabinet. Regarding his new position, Spence said he hopes to increase the amount of tutors available during midterms and finals, so students can receive all the specialized help they need. He also wants students to learn about how much SGA can do and does for students academically. One of the people who will have a hand in promoting that idea is April Brown, who was confirmed as the internal marketing coordinator on June 30. One of Brown’s main goals is to incorporate Quick Response codes into SGA’s marketing materials so that students can scan the matrix barcode, using an application available on most smart phones, and learn more about various programs and events put together by SGA. Steve Della-Valentina, who was confirmed as the web coordinator on June 16, also wants to distribute information in a way that will be easily accessible to students. He is currently working on a content management system that would allow SGA officials to make updates to the website without going through him first. Della-Valentina said this would allow for a greater flow of information and give him the chance to expand on the SGA website’s features. Kyle Simpson, who was confirmed as the chief of staff on June 16, hopes that by next year’s passing of the gavel he’ll be able to post an update announcing the completion of the goals the administration built their platform around. “It’s a very lofty goal, but I think it’s one that’s definitely attainable and I think we’re already laying the foundation and the groundwork to make a pretty good run at completing all of the things that we’d promised,” Simpson said.
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Cancer society wants UCF students to drive FROM A1 because they live alone, they have no family within several hundred miles and/or they have someone they live with but that person has to work full time to cover the medical bills,” Coover said. The lack of drivers in the Road to Recovery program has been causing the program to turn many cancer patients away. For patients going through radiation treatments, a missed appointment can be life-altering. According to Coover, if a patient misses just one day of treatment, it can add nearly a week to the process. Volunteers are sent weekly emails that list requests for rides. If volunteers have availability and interest in providing transportation for patients, they are given the patients’ contact information so they can arrange pick-up times. Because a great number of patients in the Road to Recovery program are undergoing radiation therapy, many volunteers must commit six weeks to taking on a new patient. “Our biggest need right now is for drivers,” Gina Becker, manager of the Road to Recovery program, said. “It’s a very simple process to get trained for, it takes about two to three hours at the most.” Alix Horner, cancer survivor and volunteer driver for the Road to Recovery program, said the most rewarding part of volunteering has been the connection that she makes with the patients. The conversations that she has with patients leave her feeling peace and validation for being able to lend an ear to a person struggling with an illness
that she has been through herself. “Sometimes you have to work around their issues about not feeling well, and sometimes you have to drive them around and drop them off without making a connection,” Horner said. “I’m always sad when that connection doesn’t happen.” Coover thinks that the greatest thing a volunteer can gain from the Road to Recovery program is a deep appreciation for life and health. “The number one thing is the understanding and the appreciation for what you have and what you don’t have, and what you don’t have is cancer,” Coover said. According to Coover, those who wish to volunteer with the program must go through a screening process. The driver must be 21 or older, cannot have a DUI within the last five years, cannot have more than nine points on his or her license and must provide proof of insurance. With gas prices reaching record highs, many potential volunteers may hesitate to sign up for a program that requires so much driving. However, Road to Recovery has that issue covered. “If someone were hesitant to participate in this just because of gas, we just need the body,” Becker said. “If you can’t afford the gas, we have gas cards that we can hand out, just so the patient gets where they need to be.” Other potential volunteers may be worried that they would have to drive long distances to pick up patients, or that they wouldn’t have time to make such a commitment. However, volunteers can set the distance that they are willing to drive
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Road to Recovery is a program through the American Cancer Society that matches volunteers to cancer-stricken patients in need of a ride to their appointments.
and are only required to provide transportation for a patient once per year. “Some of our best drivers, when I was a coordinator, I found, were UCF stu-
dents because they had flexible availability during the daytime,” Horner said. While UCF students may not have the funding to donate to the American
Cancer Society, Horner believes that they can give something far more valuable – time. Those who wish to volunteer for the Orlando
area Road to Recovery program may contact Cindy Harris at (407) 8438680 or go to www.cancer.org for more information.
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PYEONGCHANG GETS 2018 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES DURBAN, South Africa — Persistence paid off for the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. After a decade of trying and two defeats, it won the right to host an Olympics — the 2018 Winter Games — beating two European rivals Wednesday in a landslide vote. “Koreans have been waiting for 10 years to host the Winter Games,” bid leader Cho Yang-ho said. “Now we have finally achieved our dream.” Pyeongchang routed Munich and Annecy, France, in the first round of a secret ballot of the International Olympic Committee. Needing 48 votes for victory, Pyeongchang received 63 of the 95 votes cast. Munich received 25 and Annecy seven. The Koreans narrowly lost in previous bids — the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. Pyeongchang will be the first city in Asia outside Japan to host the Winter Games. Japan held the games in Sapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998. “I was surprised by the one round victory,” IOC President Jacques Rogge told The Associated Press. “I was surprised by the margin. Definitely the patience and perseverance of the Koreans has been rewarded. “The fact they showed the vision that they wanted to introduce winter sports in Asia has also played a role.” Korean delegates erupted in cheers in the conference hall after Rogge opened a sealed envelope and read the words: “The International Olympic Committee has the honor of announcing that the 23rd Olympic Winter Games in 2018 are awarded to the city of Pyeongchang.” Waving Korean flags and wearing bid scarves, the Pyeongchang delegates broke into chants. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak shook hands with reigning Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na, who was in tears. “I am lost for words about now,” Kim told the AP. “I can’t say anything right now. I’m really excited. It will be very good to compete in my own country. It was the first time an Olympic bid race with more than two finalists was decided in the first round since 1995, when Salt Lake City defeated three others to win the 2002 Winter Games. Had no majority been reached in the opening round, the city with the fewest votes would have been eliminated and the two remaining cities gone to a second and final ballot. Pyeongchang had been determined to win in the first round after its previous two defeats. The Koreans had led in each of the first rounds in the votes for the 2010 and 2014 Games but then lost in the final ballots to Vancouver and Sochi. Munich had tried to cut into Pyeongchang’s geographical and sentimental pull by arguing it was time to take the Winter Games back to their traditional roots in Europe. “Today the decision was about a third bid,” Munich bid CEO Bernhard Schwank said. “Pyeongchang, a new market, the new horizons. It was a clear decision about the direction where they want to take the games to.” Pyeongchang, whose slogan is “New Horizons,” campaigned on the theme that it deserved to win on a third try and will spread the Olympics to a lucrative new market in Asia and become a hub for winter sports in the region. The Korean victory followed the IOC’s trend in recent votes, having taken the Winter Games to Russia (Sochi) for the first time in 2014 and giving South America its first Olympics with the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. In their presentation to the IOC before the vote, Pyeongchang delegates asked the IOC to reward the country’s persistence after 10 years of bidding. “We never gave up, and tried again and listened to your advice and improved our plans,” said Kim Jin-Sun, the former governor of Gangwon Province, where Pyeongchang is located. “I believe it is my destiny to stand in front of you for the third time,” he said, his voice choking and eyes welling with tears. “Our people have waited for over 10 years for the Winter Olympics. Today I humbly ask for your support for the chance of hosting the Winter Games for the first time in our country.” Going last in the presentations, Pyeongchang hammered home the message that South Korea has shown its determination time and again. “We have kept our commitment to the Olympic family for over 10 years,” said Cho, the bid chairman. “We have been preparing for quite a while. We are ready.” — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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UCF baseball head coach Terry Rooney has named Joe Mercadante the Knights’hitting coach and recruiting coordinator,replacing Cliff Godwin.Mercadante was with the Miami Hurricanes previously.
Mercadante named hitting coach and recruiting coord. JESSICA GILLESPIE Baseball beat writer
There are a lot of similarities between former UCF baseball assistant coach Cliff Godwin and his replacement, Joe Mercadante. Not only is Mercadante a former catcher and the new hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, but he’s just as competitive, if not more so, than Godwin. A former catcher at the University of Florida, Mercadante left the coaching staff of in-state rival Miami in June. Both are teams that the Knights face every season, but the change will not be difficult for Mercadante. “Whatever uniform I have on, I’m going to be all for it,” Mercadante said. “Whoever is across the diamond, it really doesn’t matter. I want to win each game equally as much as the next one.” In seven years at Miami, Mercadante helped lead the Hurricanes to the NCAA Tournament seven consecutive times. In that span, Miami won four regional championships and made two College World Series appearances. “The big thing is it’s really coming together and getting hot at the right time,” Mercadante said. “I went twice with Miami, and one time it was the whole year we were playing our best baseball, and one time it was we just got hot at the end of the season.” The Knights now have two coaches with Omaha experience, to go along with a roster full of players who qualified for regionals this season. “There’s lots of big things ahead of this program, and, really, the opportunity to get there at this time was just something I really look forward to,” Mercadante said. Mercadante resigned from Miami in June because it was time to take the next step in his coaching career – to be a recruiting coordinator. “When you want to be a head coach it’s always good to have that foundation of having every aspect of the coaching,” Mercadante said. “I was really just looking for the opportunity to take the next step and have some more responsibility and that was what I was looking for and things just worked out perfectly to catch on to a place like UCF with Coach Rooney.” Mercadante arrived at UCF on July 1; the same day he was announced as the team’s new assistant coach. He
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‘There’s lots of big things ahead of this program, and, really, the opportunity to get there at this time was just something I really look forward to.’ — JOE MERCADANTE
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Summer is crucial for new players and stars like Clanton The month of July may not seem like one of the most important times of the year for college basketball players. For starters, it’s offseason, and no games are being played. If a player is looking to make a step to the next level by participating in offseason workouts, focusing on getting bigger, faster, stronger and more skilled, well, the case could certainly be made that summer is important for the players. UCF head coach Donnie Jones says he sees the summer as a valuable time for the team. "The summer is a good chance for our guys to get stronger. Hopefully our leadership knows what is expected. They can workout together and also play pick-up [games]," Jones said in a release. While the entire roster will benefit from a productive summer, the Knight whose offseason could have the biggest impact is Conference USA Third Team selection Keith Clanton. The Knights' success could largely depend on how hard the Orlando native pushes himself in the offseason.
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The junior said in a recent interview, discussing his trip to play in an all-star tour in China, that one of his focuses this summer was going to be hitting the weights. “I think the biggest thing is strength...I've been working on a lot of strength and just being able to guard more than one position,” Clanton said. Between his freshman and sophomore year, Clanton improved his numbers across the board and helped guard Marcus Jordan shoulder much of the load for a team that often lacked offensive firepower. Clanton averaged 14.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots as a sophomore. But for Clanton, a player often acknowledged by teammates as having the most pro potential, it has always been clear that he could be even better. There has always been a
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Junior forward Keith Clanton was one of the players who broke out last season for UCF.The Knights are depending on Clanton to improve over the summer.
lingering expectation for more from Clanton. Should the 6-foot-8 forward make those strides, it could make all the difference for the Knights, coming off a season where they cracked the national spot-
light for the first time. For starters, the better Clanton plays, the less often teams will be able to key on Jordan. After the Knights started 14-0 largely behind Jordan’s breakout start to the season, teams
started to key on the nowjunior guard, creating all sorts of problems for UCF’s offensive productivity. Clanton can be the player who creates the most headaches for opposing coaches with his versatility. He can shoot the three, drive and make smooth moves around the post. Depending on what he adds to his skill set or improves on, he could become the type of matchup problem that frees up teammates for easy looks. This year, the Knights have plenty of help on the way. Three players who sat out last season due to transfer rules, wingman Tristan Spurlock, forward Josh Crittle and guard Jeff Jordan are all eligible and eager to play. The best recruiting class in the school’s history, featuring ESPNU Top 100 center Michael Chandler, will provide some depth. Still, all of these players are going to take time to get acclimated, especially the freshmen. Clanton, a veteran of the program, is going to have to come up big early on in the season when perhaps these players won’t be ready to help contribute.
What the versatile power forward needs to work on specifically is what he mentioned: strength. Already this summer, Clanton looks slimmer. Now, it’s just a matter of adding strength and explosive power. Clanton has often been criticized as lacking intensity. Coming into the season physically prepared to be a more forceful player could go a long way to improving his ability. In addition to getting stronger, and, in turn, more aggressive, Clanton needs to improve upon the things he already does well. Some of his strengths last season were his ability to shoot from three, his footwork in the post and his tenacious shot blocking. Along with now-graduated center Tom Herzog, Clanton helped the Knights become one of the top shot-blocking teams in the country last season. Still, there’s a whole roster of players who have similar improvements to make over the summer. It may only be the beginning of July, but what’s going on in the UCF practice facility in the weeks to come could make all the difference next season.
Mercadante brings competitive edge FROM A6
COURTESY DENNIS ADAIR
Mercadante has already started recruiting for the Knights and will travel to Georgia for two weeks to continue recruiting for UCF.
immediately jumped into the position and spent the weekend recruiting at a tournament held at UCF. On Friday, he will head to Georgia for two weeks to continue recruiting. As the new hitting coach, Mercadante hopes for a smooth transition. “You don’t want to come in and shock the system and change a lot of guys, and that’s not what I’m into doing,” Mercadante, who said he had a good relationship with Godwin, said. “I think Cliff’s done a great job and I’m just going to try to pick up where he left off and keep priming up.” He will also work defensively with the catchers. With Beau Taylor joining the Oakland Athletics organization, the catching position needs to
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introduced himself to them over the phone. He is excited to meet each of them in the fall and get to work. And just like the rest of the team, he’s looking forward to the 2012 season, where the Knights hope to make a longer postseason run. Even if UCF plays Miami, Mercadante is ready. “It’s going to be fun,” Mercadante said. “The bit-
tersweet part is that, yeah, a lot of those guys that are there, I was a big part in recruiting them to Miami. But you know, at this level it’s all about competition. And that’s one of the things I love about coaching, is that I like competition. So when we get out there I’m going to want to win that game just as much as the next one.”
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Med student rocks hard with local band Gorillafight JAMES BENNETT Contributing Writer
At around 6 a.m. on Friday, UCF nursing student Michael Lombardo helped senior citizens eat and provided personal care and comfort to patients at a long-term care center. No less than 15 hours later, he was on stage at the Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios playing his guitar with reckless abandon and banging his head in unison with his band and the hundreds of fans in attendance. And it’s just another day for him. When he’s not studying for tests in UCF’s accelerated nursing program, Lombardo plays lead guitar for the local band, Gorillafight. The band consists of rhythm guitarist Brian Kizer, vocalist Dave Fernandez, bassist Chuck Molnar and drummer “Heavie” Kevin Sanchez. Lombardo’s current goal is to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, and he says he’s starting to feel the pressure of the program. “I’ve been in the program for about a month or two, and it’s ridiculously busy,” Lombardo said. “I bounce all around the city and I barely have any free time. I think it really has to do with the fact that I love music. I love being in this band, but I don’t want to risk having a future that doesn’t give
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Fans wait six hours to hear Songz DARCIE VANCE Contributing Writer
Saturday’s crowd at Universal Studios overwhelmed both employees and the artist who preformed that night. Fans gathered as early as 3 p.m. to see Trey Songz, winner of the 2010 BET Award for “Best Male R&B Artist.” For the first time in the series, Universal decided to give out free paper tickets for those wanting to get close to the stage. The line for tickets lasted more than an hour, and employees started letting fans into the concert area after 5 p.m. to claim a spot for the show. Once in the concert area, fans found it difficult to get food and water, enjoy the theme park rides, or use the restroom without losing their spots. Angelica Ellis and Natalia Figueroa did not care that they were missing the rides and attractions in the park. “We had [an] over-an-hour drive to get here. We have not ridden any rides, seen any shows or eaten any food. We came to Orlando only to see Trey,” Ellis, an Ocala native, said. After the show concluded, the girls’ only regret was that they were not closer to the stage. “The last part of the show was
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Fans crowd around the stage to wait for Trey Songz,the winner of the 2010 BET Award for “Best Male R&B Artist,”to perform at Universal Studios.
the best because he took off his shirt,” Figueroa said. “I wish we had been closer so we could see his muscles.” Songz has toured both as a headliner and as a special guest on JayZ’s massive BP3 Tour 2010. His show at Universal appealed to the mainly female audience, giving them exactly what they wanted. During the show, Songz reminded the audience that he was a very single man looking for that perfect girl. Songz started the show off with “I Invented Sex” from his 2009
album, Ready. He kept the crowd screaming during his hour-long performance with other hits like “Neighbors Know My Name,” “Can’t Be Friends” and “Say Aah.” Toward the middle of the show, Songz took a moment to thank the diehard fans who waited hours in the heat to see him.
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Fishbowls, food keeps High Tide on the rise BAILEIGH JOHNSON Contributing Writer
Though it may seem unwise to be located right next to the nationwide seafood chain Joe’s Crab Shack, manager Frank Taromina says the corporate brand is no competition to his 16year old restaurant, High Tide Harry’s. “We’re the local seafood guy, and they’re a chain. There’s no competition,” Taromina said. “If you look at our parking lot at night and then look at theirs, ours is always more filled.” The key to such success, that a private business might surpass a neighboring national franchise, could be attributed to several things. For one, Harry’s offers beer and margaritas served in 32-ounce fish bowls, with daily happy hour specials that extend all day from Sunday to Tuesday. Perhaps the menu, daunting its onlookers with “All You Can Eat” and “Daily Specials,” deserves the credit for Harry’s long-standing eminence. However, founder and owner, Mike
Heretick, attributes the success to their “priced to portion” deals. “I often have people say to me, ‘How can you serve this much food for only this much,’” Heretick said. “We’re even cheaper than the market at times. It’s good food for a good price. And it’s a fun atmosphere.” Upon walking into High Tide Harry’s, customers are greeted by waiters sporting the restaurant’s logo t-shirts, which are available for purchase should a souvenir seem appealing after dinner. There is hardly a blank space of décor in the entire restaurant. Everything takes on a nautical, fishy appearance. Sailor ropes and crab nets hang from high-beamed ceilings, as posts featuring directional beach-signs lead the way towards seating tables and booths. Heretick, who started in the restaurant industry when he was nine years old while helping his mother in a deli, always wanted to own his own place. The Virginia native worked and
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Above left:Fish tacos are a weekly Tuesday special at High Tide Harry’s,a seafood restaurant.Above right:Seafood-themed decorations keep customers’minds on food.
traveled with Hooters, opening franchises across the nation for 10 years before finally opening High Tide Harry’s. “Why did I start it? Because I don’t have better sense!” Heretick said. “I’ve always been a seafood fanatic, but we also offer other things for the non-seafood eater as well. Just because we specialize in seafood doesn’t mean our ribs, wings and chicken aren’t good, because they are. Everything here is good.” “People should come here because we have good prices for high quality food,” said Shan-
Job change inspired rocker FROM A8 my family whatever I want.” Lombardo earned his first college degree in business at the University of Florida in 2003. He worked as an account executive at the Bank of Arizona for three years. After the economic downturn of 2007, he went into orthopedic medical sales in the Orlando area. He said that it was there that he began to aspire to be in the operating room as a nurse, not a salesman. “Everything I did in the past was benefitting me,” Lombardo said. “When I was in banking and orthopedics, I was working so I could make more money. I did well, but I got burnt out on getting up every day to benefit myself and from the hospital I could see the benefits that nurse’s made in people’s lives. Spending a day helping someone in the hospital for an accident makes you come home tired for a much better reason than money alone.” Lombardo brings only one-fifth of Gorillafight’s diversity. The band mixes elements of metal, soul, hip-hop and classic rock to create an individual sound. “We all have completely different influences when it comes to personal music tastes,” Kizer said. “Chucky comes from the school of the soul,
nan Karuga, a recent college graduate and 4-month employee of High Tide Harry’s. “And college kids love it because we have great drink specials and a fun environment.” When asked what he wants people take from
their experience at Harry’s, Heretick said he hopes others will tell people about it. Considering it has been 10 months since Heretick participated in any kind of promoting, it’s safe to say his hopes are fulfilled.
“We do little advertising, it’s all word getting around. And that’s how we want it: simply drawing people in by word of mouth,” Heretick said. For more information and for menu listings, visit hightideharrys.com.
CAMPUS STYLE Name: Ashlee Blair Year: Senior Major: Marketing & professional selling What are you wearing and where is it from? Shirt- H&M Sweater- Lauren Conrad Necklace- Forever 21 Jeans- Guess Sandals- Rack Room Shoes Where do you like to shop? Forever 21, Kohl’s, TJ Maxx, H&M Who is your style icon? Lauren Conrad, Carrie Underwood How do you describe your style? Comfortable but well- put together How would you describe UCF’s style? Too many pajamas; students should take more time getting ready. What is your favorite item to wear? A sweater; it is too cold in the UCF classrooms.
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Shirtless Songz heats up Orlando FROM A8
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Local band Gorillafight vocalist David Fernandez performs at Hard Rock Live on Friday,July 1.Fernandez is a fellow band member with Lombardo.
Michael’s a metalhead through and through, I don’t like anything past 1988, Dave comes from a death metal background and Kevin pretty much listens to only one band.” “The one strength that we have as a band is that we tend to reach out to a wide variety of fans,” Lombardo said. “We aren’t for one genre specifically. The music that we write is a culmination of a lot of different mindsets and musical tastes. Whether you’re old, young, black, white, metal or soul, we’re a
band for anyone who wants to come out and enjoy a good show for a night.” Though Lombardo has taken a number of paths to get where he is right now, he sees nothing wrong with doing something different, a mentality Gorillafight takes to heart when they make music. “I think there’s no reason that you can’t chase more than one dream at a time. Personally, I want to be a jack of all trades and excel at everything I can do.”
“I know I saw these girls over here at sound check hours ago. Thank you for waiting hours to see me! Trey’s Angels are in the house tonight,” he said. He took off his shirt and gave it to a fan in the front row who made a poster asking for his shirt. Songz was not the only one who was throwing garments Saturday night. During his song “Love Faces” from his latest album Passion, Pain & Pleasure, a few bras from the audience made it on the stage. Danei Stephenson, who will be majoring in computer engineering at UCF next month, was amazed by the number of people in the audience. “I thought I had enough time by getting here at 6 p.m.,” Stephenson said. “I came to see Ne-Yo during Mardi Gras and was able to be close to the stage. I have been a fan of Trey Songz since before he cut his hair and I wish I could be closer to the stage for this show.” Out-of-town annual pass holder Ali Landron decided to make a weekend out of the show. “I am a big fan of Trey Songz so we decided to drive to Orlando to see the show and get a hotel room tonight,” Landron said. “I was here a few hours early but
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Trey Songz opened his hour-long performance with “I Invented Sex”from his 2009 album Ready.
wish I had not been so far away from the stage.” For fans who were not able to get front and center, Universal provided large screens to project the show. No one missed out on seeing Trey Songz, with or without his shirt on.
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Symbolic bills impede progress T
he U.S. House of Representatives has decided to make an important change that will bring it one step closer to focusing on the real problems this country faces. In the past, the House has been famous for passing what are known as symbolic bills. These are bills that honor or commemorate something, such as declaring that the bald eagle is an “inspiring symbol” or that American mothers have made “immeasurable contributions,” according to an article in the Washington Post. Resolutions such as these often give the members of this chamber the opportunity to show that they can all come together and agree on something in a significant, bipartisan fashion. The problem, however, is that these bills are the equivalent of hot air; they don’t do anything. One member of Congress, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) proposed five such resolutions this year, including ones honoring National HIV Testing Day, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week and Professional Social Work Month, according to the Post. Lee complained that Republicans would prevent her from bringing these measures to a vote and claimed that it is “outright wrong” for them to do so.
She also said that these pieces of legislation allow communities to be heard by Congress that would not be heard otherwise. It is the primary responsibility of local governments to respond to the needs of local communities, and the first priority of or national government should be our national needs. Other resolutions proposed last year included one honoring Sam Houston, a Texas icon who died in 1863, and one honoring Andrea Palladio, an architect who died in 1580. One resolution honored birds, bees and butterflies by honoring National Pollinator Week, according to the Post. Our country faces challenges on a series of fronts. We have negotiations on raising the federal debt ceiling that are still ongoing, an immigration system that is badly in need of reform and many entitlement programs that need fixing, to name a few. The last thing that the House needs to be spending its precious time on are these symbolic resolutions that only express the chamber’s support of a specific issue or cause. In 2010, there were roughly 260 commemorative resolutions passed, which accounted for 36 percent of the bills that got through this chamber, according to the Post. This is far too
much time to be spending on this type of bill, time that this chamber simply cannot afford to waste. It is easy for members of Congress to divert themselves from taking on politically divisive issues such as reforming Medicare or Social Security and jump on board with these resolutions that easily garner widespread support. However, we elected these people to address our nation’s challenges. We need them to focus on the real work of Congress, despite how hard it might be. Now is not the time to be dodging America’s problems; it is the time to be tackling them head-on. Congress needs to ban these resolutions and stick to the ban; no exceptions. The moment the House starts making exemptions for one cause or another, this type of ban can fall apart very quickly. Republicans have taken an important first step in getting back to the real work of Congress. Republicans, however, now must stick to this commitment and not abandon ship when things aren’t going the way they would like, as Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) did during the debt negotiations. Now that the House has taken this step, the Senate should consider doing the same. Let us get Congress back to doing the work of the American people.
Nice girls finish last; ‘queen bees’ get paid According to the U.S. women feel as though Department of Educathey have to work twice tion, despite having as hard as the men do in earned higher college order to get the same GPAs in every subject, recognition. Researcher young women will take Belle Derks of Leiden home, on average across University states if you all professions, just 80 simply put women in percent of what their higher positions without male colleagues do. doing anything about the What’s worse is that a gender bias, women will AIJANA JOHNSON Harvard study found that be forced to distance Guest Columnist women who demand themselves from the higher starting salaries group. This suggests that are perceived as “less nice,” and if women have to choose between thus are less likely to be hired. I can- advancing their careers, helping to not believe that, in 2011, women are advance the careers of others, or still judged on how well they can maintaining friendships with others, play the nice girl role in order to be some women will choose themhired. selves. The problem is that once you While I think this is true of both have the job, the nice girl role will genders, for women it may be seen not necessarily get you promoted. It as more beneficial to separate themis because of this that some women selves from the group so they can are forced to be more aggressive in be more readily accepted by the the workplace, leaving some to be male-dominated organization. Being seen as engaging in “queen bee” a woman does not make one any behavior. less capable or less competent. So According to a study in an why is it taking so long for women upcoming issue of Psychological Sci- to be viewed as equals? ence, “queen bee” behavior amongst Nearly 40 percent of American women is said to be a response to mothers are the primary breadwindifficult, sexist work environments. ners in their households, yet An article in the Epoch Times women’s wages, according to Time, defines women as queen bees if have increased just half a penny on they are in upper management and the dollar for the past four decades. are thought to discriminate against Are women not worth more than other women; for example, refusing that? to help another woman get a proAll of these factors combine to motion. make some workplaces difficult to I agree that the “queen bee” handle and competitive in nature, behavior may be a result of sexism fostering the “queen bee” behavior and gender bias in the workplace. in that a woman may feel as though However, I do not believe this there is only room for a few females behavior is entirely a conscious at the top. The queen bee does not decision. I do not think women in want to help others get the position upper management positions wake she’s vying for. up in the morning and say to themPerhaps if upper management selves, ‘I think I’m going to try to positions were given to more prevent another woman from women more often, the scarcity advancing in the ranks this week.’ I principle would have less of an believe the stress of trying to gain effect and there would be no need equal footing with men in the work- for the “queen bee” mentality. place will make one do whatever it However, with the slow speed in takes to be noticed. To some, if that which equality is becoming a reality means snubbing the other ladies in in the workplace, it may be a while the office, so be it. before there is enough honey for Gender bias in the workplace the whole colony to enjoy; not just creates an atmosphere where the queen.
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Good tips can result from bad service Three years ago, I was fessor of consumer behavworking the morning ior in Cornell University’s shift at a restaurant in my School of Hotel Adminishometown when a couple tration, also says that tips called me over to their are loosely based on custable. tomer satisfaction with “Where’s our server? the waiter. However, nonWe’ve been sitting here verbal communication for 15 minutes,” the such as lightly touching woman said. the customer or crouchThe couple was not ing next to the table subEMON REISER sitting in my section, and stantially increases tips. Guest Columnist it was not right for me to Lynn says the study of tiptake another waitress’ ping in restaurants is table. I apologized and told her that interesting because it is not usually the server was rolling silverware. required. Some restaurants force cusThe server was actually smoking a tomers to pay a gratuity, regardless of cigarette in the back and chatting how good or bad the service was. with the cook, but rolling silverware In 2009, two students in Bethlesounded better. hem, Pa. were arrested for refusing Another five minutes passed, and to pay a $16.35 gratuity. They refused the couple still had no server. With to pay because they felt they another apology, I went ahead and received sub-par service. According took their order. The woman barked to the students, they waited for over each detail of the order and asked if an hour for the wings and salad they she could have hot chocolate. With ordered. yet another apology, I had to tell her The students should not have we did not serve hot chocolate. With gone the way of Mr. Pink in the film that, the woman stood, said some“Reservoir Dogs” and not tipped. If thing under her breath that I was food takes too long to get to the table, glad I did not hear and left the it is usually the cook’s fault. If it is restaurant. Her husband, who had cold when it gets there, it is usually been reading the paper the whole the waiter’s fault. A lousy tip for poor time, did not leave. Apparently used service is better than no tip. I do not to this sort of behavior, he ate his think people leave tips out of guilt. meal and left me a $7 tip for a meal They do so because they do not that was only about $14. I didn’t want bad service when returning to expect to get a tip, much less one for the restaurant. 50 percent of the bill. Was it good I always tip because I feel like the service or just guilt? Seeing as how waiter knows I am a college student they were waiting 20 minutes to be and gives me mediocre service served, I am sure it was not the forbecause he thinks college students mer. According to an article from do not tip. With my 20 percent tips, I National Public Radio’s Money Talk feel like I am changing waiters’ and blog, I could be right. waitresses’ perception of college stuAccording to the blog, a leading dents. But, of course, that is not going theory on tipping suggests that it is a to happen. social pressure. It says that how big a I will not ever be sure why I got tip is rarely has to do with good serv- such a large tip from that couple. ice, but rather on extraneous factors They might have felt guilty giving it, like the weather or the restaurant’s but I certainly did not feel guilty lighting. Michael Lynn, associate pro- receiving it.
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‘Should states regulate marijuana use?’ ALEX BETANCOURT
BRITTANY OLSON
DAVID ENFINGER
Psychology, freshman
Psychology, freshman
Health Sciences, freshman
“I guess it would depend on the use of it.For medicine and health issues,I guess,sure.If it gets out of hand,then no.”
“Yes,I think it should be legalized and left up to the states because marijuana is not as bad as anything else.”
“I think they should be able to regulate it and tax the crap out of it if they want to,to bring in extra income.”
JOHN HAUSSERMANN
CEPHAS TALBOT
ADAM HARLOW
Real estate and Marketing, junior
Health services admin., freshman
“I think the U.S.should have a unified front towards it.”
“Yes.I think they should be allowed to regulate it on their own.I don’t think marijuana’s any worse than alcohol.”
Math, grad student
“I think yes,marijuana should be regulated at the state level because I think it will lower organized crime.”
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