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Meeting of the Future Technical Communicators The Future Technical Communicators at UCF will host their first meeting of the semester from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in Colbourn Hall, Room 203 (Tech Writing Lab). FTC is a great opportunity for writers, editors and illustrators to learn more about post-graduation opportunities. FTC will be discussing its plans for the upcoming year and scheduling workshops as well. Light refreshments will be provided. To locate the Tech Writing Lab, enter the hallwaylabeled 207, and Room 203 will be located inside. For more information, contact Bethany Bowles at 321-213-2752 or bethanybowles@knights. ucf.edu.
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UCF mourns freshman’s death MICHAEL CLINTON News Editor
The UCF community was shocked Thursday, Aug. 25 by the death of student Ann Marie Hefferin. The cause of death is still undetermined. Family and friends of Hefferin have taken to social media to mourn and admire the 18-year-old. Shortly after her death, a
For photos of the vigil visit: www.UCFNews.com Facebook fan page and group were created to memorialize the freshman, collecting more than 3,800 “likes” and 330 members respectively. Hefferin’s Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters held a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the Reflecting
Pond and UCF family and friends are preparing a viewing Monday, Aug. 29, Hefferin from 6:308:30 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Winter Park. There is also a mass at the same location Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 10 a.m.
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Orange/Seminole County Fire Station 65 arrives at Lake Claire dorms, takes Hefferin to Florida Hospital East. ■ Thursday Aug. 25, about 4:30
a.m. — Hefferin transported to Florida Hospital East, where she was pronounced dead.
Incoming freshmen set the bar UCF admits 74 Merit Scholars LAURA NEWBERRY Senior Staff Writer
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CREMAINS OF 5 STOLEN FROM PINELLAS CEMETERY The cremated remains of five people have been stolen from a Pinellas County cemetery.
SC MAN DROWNED IN FLA.PARASAILING ACCIDENT An autopsy shows that drowning caused the death of South Carolina tourist in a parasailing accident earlier this summer off Florida’s gulf coast.
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Zipcar is a car-sharing service that allows any of its members to reserve a car for an hourly or daily rate.
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Students without vehicles of their own now have another option of transit to add to the large variety offered at UCF. UCF Parking and Transportation Services will be launching the Zipcar service Aug. 30 and 31. Zipcar is a car-sharing service that allows any of its members to reserve a car for an hourly or daily rate. That rate includes gas, insurance, roadside assistance and 180 miles of transportation
for the day. Zipcars can be reserved for as little as an hour or for multiple days. For UCF students, faculty and staff, the hourly rate is $8 and the daily rate is $66. There is also a $35 annual membership fee to use the Zipcar service. There are a total of four Zipcars, two Honda Insight Hybrids and two Mazda 3s, that will be available in two locations on campus: in the B9 parking lot next to Housing Administration across Gemini Boulevard from the Academic Village and in the H4 parking lot
Would you use the zipcar service? www.UCFNews.com next to the Visual Arts Building across Aquarius Agora Drive from the Lake Claire Apartments. Kris Singh, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said they are catering to the students who live on campus who don’t have cars. “We’re trying to attract the 30 percent who need to jump in the car, go get groceries,
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UCF has attracted a more scholastically strong and talented population of freshmen this year, creating opportunity for the student body’s quality to grow with its quantity. This year’s freshman class consists of approximately 3,750 students, according to Gordon Chavis, executive director for undergraduate admissions. This number has increased from 3,656 freshmen last fall. The class’ average SAT score was 1249, and a UCF record-breaking 74 first-year students are National Merit Scholars. Chavis said that this number should place UCF as one of the top-30 colleges and universities who enroll National Merit Scholars. Shreyas Srinivasan, a freshman National Merit Scholar, said UCF was a clear choice for him. “UCF has more research opportunities that will help me for med school, and as big as UCF
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UCF marches in suffrage celebration KATIE DEES Photo Editor
Nearly a century after a woman’s right to vote was secured by the 19th amendment of the United States Constitution, UCF students and faculty marched through campus to celebrate the 91st anniversary of women’s suffrage and Women’s Equality Day Friday, Aug. 26. The College Democrats at UCF Women’s Caucus, along with VOX at UCF and NOW at UCF, organized the second annual Women’s Suffrage March, which began outside the Student Union at noon. Guest speakers included former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, League of Women Voters of Orange County President Ann Hellmuth, Florida Action Watch Director Susannah
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Cremains of 5 stolen from Pinellas cemetery SEMINOLE — The cremated remains of five people have been stolen from a Pinellas County cemetery. Sheriff’s deputies say the cremains were stolen from two mausoleums at the Garden Sanctuary Funeral Home and Cemetery. It is unknown why the remains were stolen. It could be for the valuable urns or the mementos inside, kids on a dare or for some darker, cultlike purpose. The thefts were discovered Thursday. Officials have not released the names of the deceased whose cremains were taken.
SC man drowned in Fla.parasailing accident ST. PETERSBURG — An autopsy shows that drowning caused the death of South Carolina tourist in a parasailing accident earlier this summer off Florida’s gulf coast. David Richard Sieradzki (see-RAD-skee) died June 27 when his parasail drifted down into the water after the boat pulling him lost speed near Longboat Key. The 31-year-old resident of Fountain Inn, S.C., fell from 800 feet but witnesses said he appeared fine, even waving his hands. He was wearing a life jacket and was a good swimmer, but when the boat reached him, he was dead. Officials said there was no indication he suffered a concussion. But they said he did have a mildly enlarged heart, which may have caused him to lose consciousness because of the stress.
Tropical storm warning issued for Bermuda MIAMI — Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has been issued for Bermuda as Jose moves over the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Jose was about 115 miles (185 kilometers) southsouthwest of Bermuda on Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph (64 kph). The storm was moving north at about 16 mph (26 kph). Jose is not expected to change much in strength Sunday and should weaken today. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Smooth transitions College Board report recognizes UCF’s transfer program KAITLYN TEABO Senior Staff Writer
To prepare for President Barack Obama’s initiative to successfully integrate $8 million new college graduates in the United States by 2020, the transfer process has taken on an increasingly vital role, and UCF’s several transfer programs have been stepping up. The College Board, a missiondriven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity, recently came out with an Improving Student Transfer from Community Colleges to Four-Year Institutions Report, which cited UCF for its expertise and commitment to transfer students. With a staggering 10,000 new transfer students each academic year and more than 30 percent of the state’s associate’s degree-earning students who plan on transferring to a state university choosing UCF, UCF’s Transfer and Transition Services strives to make the transferring process as smooth as possible. “This institution has a history of commitment to access for transfer students. We have made the commitment to provide services to students even before they come here, so that they are successful when they get here,” said Charlene A. Stinard, director of transfer and transition services. Transfer and Transition Services operates with three stages of the transferring process in mind: preparation, transition and progression. Within these three stages, Transfer and Transition Services helps transfer students with everything from pre-admission advising at community colleges; transition and transfer advising on campus; coordination of articulation agreements with community colleges, universities and school partners; and transferring of all credits. “Our mission at Transfer and Transition Services is to try to ensure that every transfer student’s experiences with us is seamless and smooth,” Stinard said. Andrea Rodriguez, a health science major on the pre-clinical track, transferred to UCF this fall from Seminole State College and was impressed with her experience with Transfer and Transition Services. “At first I was not sure what to expect, but so far transfer services has been really helpful. Everyone takes care of what needs to get done, and my transition here really has been smooth,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez always had the intention of transferring to a fouryear university after she earned her associate degree at SSC, but was not sure of which university to choose from until she found out about UCF’s medical program. “I like the curriculum my major offers, and it is a brand new facility,” Rodriguez said. In addition to Transfer and
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Transition Services, UCF offers two programs that guarantee students admission from select Florida public community colleges to a four-year institution, which are DirectConnect to UCF and the 2+2 Pathways to Success program. The DirectConnect to UCF program guarantees students who complete an associate degree from Brevard Community College, Lake-Sumter Community College, Valencia Community College or Seminole State College admission to UCF. When a student DirectConnects to UCF, UCF and the student’s community college work together to start preparing the student to complete a bachelor’s degree at UCF. Academic advisers reach out to students before they transfer to UCF and help them plan for their majors, complete general education requirements and strengthen their writing and math skills. Many UCF advisers have offices on area community and state college campuses and spend most of their time there. Claudia Balarin, a public relations and advertising major who transferred to UCF from Valencia Community College last fall through DirectConnect, found the program exceedingly helpful. “The transfer process was really easy through DirectConnect,” Balarin said. “They handled all of the work. If it wasn’t for that program, I would not have continued my education at a four-year college right away.” Balarin is extremely happy she transferred to UCF because she has grown as a student and also as a person. Balarin hopes to graduate from UCF this spring with a degree in public relations and advertising and, through an internship, dive into a public relations firm. The 2+2 Pathways to Success program is a legislative passed law guarantying a student who earned an associate degree from any Florida public community college admission to one of Florida’s 11
state universities, but not necessarily the one of their choice. “Florida makes it possible with the 2+2 structure. When you have a state structure that creates the pathway for two years in a community college and two years in the university and articulates all of the programs so that everything matches, like common course numbering, the foundation for success is already laid out,” Stinard said. These two programs may make transferring from select community colleges to UCF easy, but transferring from another college or university to UCF may be more difficult. The process of transferring credits from a private university or out-of-state university tends to more difficult because the courses are not set to match up with UCF’s courses, as is the case of Florida public community college classes are, but Transfer and Transition Services does have a method the transfer as easy as possible. “We make several appointments, telephone advising, email advising, talk to them about meeting [general] education requirements, what the process is for getting their courses evaluated, which is all online now, so it is really simple and straightforward,” Stinard said. However, Stinard does say that transferring through DirectConnect or the 2+2 program is a smoother route. Even with two seemingly great programs available for transfer students from state community colleges, Stinard believes there is always room to make the experience even better. “We are a tiny staff compared to the population of students we serve, but we are successful because we have broad and deep support at this university, and without the support from the president to our department’s vice president, we could not do what we do for transfer students,” she said.
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KnightLynx still offers link to UCF night life ANDY CEBALLOS Opinions Editor
As the fall semester begins, one mode of latenight transportation appears to be firing on all cylinders. KnightLynx, a bus service paid for by the Student Government Association, is now in its third semester. The service, which runs Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m., is separated into two lines known as the Green Line and the Blue Line. The Green Line begins at campus and provides transportation to locations such as Knights Plaza and Tivoli Apartments. The Blue Line travels farther down Alafaya Trail, heading all the way down to the Waterford Lakes Town Center and coming back around to campus with many stops along the way. Adam Brock, SGA vice president and former KnightLynx director, said his original ridership goal for the spring 2011 semester was 2,500 students. The bus service ended up reaching nearly 7,000 students in its inaugural semester, which was a welcome surprise, Brock said. “It exceeded our goal tremendously, especially with the amount of time we had to market the service,” Brock said. After its successful run, SGA chose not to run KnightLynx during the Summer A term and the service stopped for the first portion of the summer. “In its first year, we want to be a little more cost-effective,” Brock said. “We really didn’t see that much of a demand for it.” KnightLynx cost $52,000 to operate during its first semester, according to the SGA budget, and
‘It exceeded our goal tremendously, especially with the amount of time we had to market the service.’ — ADAM BROCK VICE PRESIDENT OF SGA AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF KNIGHTLYNX
a new, one-year contract was signed by SGA in July. The funds allocated for Knightlynx for the 20112012 fiscal year total up to $110,000. Brock said these funds will go toward funding the full operation of the service, as well as any marketing and promotional materials that would be needed for KnightLynx. He said the response he has received for the service has been positive and that many students have found the transportation useful. “People are thankful for this service,” Brock said. “I remember, as KnightLynx director, people went ahead and they came up to me and they asked me, ‘Why didn’t this happen sooner? It’s my senior year of college, and I’m just getting this now.’ They seem very thankful.” Kyle Reynolds, a sophomore computer science major, has been using the service since it first began in the spring. He said he uses KnightLynx primarily to get over to the Waterford Lakes Town Center to go shopping, take in a movie and buy groceries. “It’s been pretty good,” Reynolds said. “I think it
comes to the off-campus apartments a little bit later than on-campus places.” Reynolds also said that he would like to see the KnightLynx schedule expanded. “I think KnightLynx should be more than just a weekend kind of thing,” he said. Reynolds said he would like to see the service run throughout the week, rather than just on Friday and Saturday nights. Brock, however, said that this is not a step the administration is prepared to take at the moment. “I personally don’t think right now we are ready for such a measure because we are still introducing the service to a lot of people,” Brock said. “Once it gets that brand here at UCF, I think we’d be ready for that, but it’s definitely possible looking into the future.”
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Top:A student rides KnightLynx’s Blue Line Bus on Friday night.The Blue Line travels all the way to Waterford Lakes. Above:The Knightlynx Blue line bus departs from the UCF Arena on Friday.KnightLynx runs on Friday and Saturday nights.
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UCF named a ‘Best Value’ university by Kiplinger FROM A1 is, the honors program gave me that small-school feel,” Srinivasan said. Srinivasan also cited financial aid as a major push for why he chose UCF, as the university offered him more funding than other state schools. UCF was named as one of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance 50 “Best Value” universities, which Chavis said has attracted many bright students to the university. Katie Arango, a freshman early childhood education major who is a National Merit Scholar under the National Hispanic Recognition Program, was also accepted to the University of Alabama, Florida State University and Florida International University, but she felt that UCF had the most to offer. “When I came to visit the UCF campus, I noticed the great atmosphere. There are a lot of people on the campus, but it doesn’t feel like everyone is packed in; and the school has good programs,” Arango said. Both Srinivasan and Arango are students in the Burnett Honors College, which admitted more freshmen into its program this year due to the strong pool of applicants. For the past five years, Burnett has consistently admitted 500 students, and that number jumped to 520 for the 20112012 school year. The program had more than 1,400 applicants. “We didn’t want to turn away so many good, strong students,” honors admissions specialist Brandy Christman said. Burnett admitted freshmen with an average weighted GPA of 4.2 and nine college-level courses
To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com already under their belts. Christman said that the new students coming into the honors college represent 22 different states and collectively know 24 different languages and dialects. “I hope this means good things and more exciting news for UCF, more scholarships to win, more research to complete,” Christman said in reference to the honors college freshman class. “Who knows what they might do.” “I’m hoping that with the Honors program, I can do things with people that want to continue to learn, not just because they have to, but because it’s what interests them,” Arango said. The LEAD Scholars program, a two-year leadership development program at UCF, also saw an increase in applicants and highly motivated freshmen this fall. According to Stacey Malaret, director of student leadership development, a total of 350 firstyear students were admitted into the LEAD Scholars program this year, opposed to 315 last year. “We’re seeing that our new scholars want to get involved in the community really early on, and a lot more focused and drive in terms of knowing what their majors are,” said Germayne Graham, associate director for the LEAD Scholars program. Graham said she has high hopes for how the new class of scholars will be able to give back to the community. “I think these students are more aware of world events, and they’re more
aware of their privilege and things that they have,” Graham said. “From our perspective, these students are really engaged in social change and getting involved in the community a lot more than previous years.” Graham attributed this increase in community interest to the number of catastrophic events that have occurred in the world over the past couple of years. New programs, such as the Learning Environment and Academic Research Network, are being coordinated to accommodate the academic excellence of the fresh class of first-year students. LEARN is a National Science Foundation initiative that is funded to help incoming freshmen retain interest disciplines related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, said Dr. Kimberly Schneider, director of undergraduate research. The 28 freshmen participating in the LEARN program live together in a Hercules residence hall and take two classes together in the Hercules Community Center: SLS strategies for success in college and introduction to research. A graduate assistant who works with the program has office hours in the residence hall common area every week where LEARN participants can go to discuss their classes or the program. Each of the participants is also paired with an upperclassman peer mentor in their majors. “Research shows that living-learning communities really increase the success of first-year students on campus. They’re more involved, their grades are
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This year’s freshman class consists of approximately 3,750 students,according to Gordon Chavis,executive director for undergraduate admissions.This number has increased from 3,656 freshmen last fall.
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Students sport sashes to commemorate suffrage FROM A1 Randolph and Director of the UCF Women’s Studies Program Dr. Maria Santana. Students were asked to wear white shirts to commemorate women’s suffrage and were given yellow sashes to replicate the “suffragette” marches of the 20th century. “Vote” logos were spray painted in purple and pink onto the white shirts and students were able to personalize their sashes with messages of equality and women’s rights. Hellmuth urged students to make sure their votes count when election time arrives and that the first step in doing so is by registering to vote. “For all of your grandmothers and great grandmothers and for the memories of those who came before, register to vote," Hellmuth said. "Make sure you register in the county in which you will vote. If you’re going to be here in college when it’s time to vote, make sure your vote counts here. Because without voters, what has this battle been for?” Schroeder spoke to attendees about meeting some of the women who fought in the 1920s as “suffragettes” and said “how wonderful this day is” and that “some of us still don’t know how hard it was to get this vote.” Schroeder commented on remembering reading in her history book in school when she was younger that “they gave women the right to vote,
like it was a little present wrapped up in a box.” Anna Eskamani, vice president for College Democrats at UCF and women’s caucus chair for Florida College Democrats, echoed the same in her speech that the 19th amendment was no easy victory. “The suffragettes of the 1920s organized hundreds of petition drives and rallies, held numerous legislative and lobbying days and even served prison time to fight for their right to vote,” Eskamani said. Eskamani was pleased with the turnout, despite the event being in danger of rescheduling because of weather. She said she hopes for an even bigger turnout next year. “Honestly, the weather was one thing that was making us wary about it, but we figured that the suffragettes marched in snow, heat and rain…they didn’t care about what the weather was so we didn’t care either,” Eskamani said. “Obviously hurricane Irene was good to us; she must be a feminist herself because she didn’t come to ruin our march.” Senior political science major Bryan Eastman participated in the event to show the campus why everyone should remember the past and that men should care about women’s rights too. “I’m not a woman, but I do think it’s important to come out here and remind people that it wasn’t that long ago that women didn’t even have
For more march photos visit: www.UCFNews.com the right to vote and remember these important times in history that can show us how far we’ve come,” Eastman said. “Whether you’re a woman or not, I think it’s a move forward for all of us. We’re a campus that looks to the past but at the same time makes sure that we keep looking to the future.” Schroeder summed up the cause with one sentence when encouraging students to use their right to vote. “Here’s the torch, come get it,” she said. “Grab it and run.”
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Top:The second annual Women’s Suffrage March began outside the Student Union Friday,Aug.26.Above:Students were able to personalize their yellow sashes with messages of equality and women’s rights.
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After Irene: flooding is feared ROBERT RAY TOM FOREMAN JR Associated Press
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene’s winds and storm surge fell short of the doomsday predictions. But the danger is far from over: With rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the East Coast over the next few days. More than 4.5 million homes and businesses along the coast lost power, and at least 15 deaths were blamed on the storm. With roads impassable because of high water and fallen trees, it could be days before the full extent of the damage is known. But as day broke Sunday, many places reported only light damage consisting of little more than downed trees and power lines. “I think it’s a little strong to say we dodged a bullet. However, it certainly could have turned out worse for the Hampton Roads area” in Virginia, said National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Montefusco. At the same time, officials warned of the possibility of extreme flooding as runoff from the storm makes its way into creeks and rivers.
Irene brought six inches to a foot of rain to many places along the East Coast. In one eastern North Carolina neighborhood, two-dozen homes were destroyed by flooding and officials feared more damage could be uncovered there. Some areas of the Northeast had soggy ground even before the storm because of an extremely rainy August. “We are going to look at a record flooding situation here, both at the shore and inland,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.” The storm was still pummeling the New York City area and New England on Sunday morning, dropping below hurricane strength but still dangerous with 65 mph winds and heavy downpours. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell had initially warned that Irene could be a “catastrophic” monster with record storm surges of up to 8 feet. But in Virginia Beach, the city posted on Twitter late Saturday that initial reports were promising, with the resort area suffering minimal damage. And in Ocean City, Md., Mayor Rick Meehan reported: “Scattered power outages. No reports of major damage!”
In Lusby, Md., Constellation Energy Nuclear Group said one of two nuclear reactors at Calvert Cliffs went offline automatically because of Irene’s winds. Constellation said the plant was safe. Floodwaters were rising across New Jersey, and more than 2,000 National Guardsmen were helping with search and rescue work as officials assessed the damage. The Raritan River, which caused disastrous flooding after it was swelled by rain from Hurricane Floyd 12 years ago, was not expected to crest until Sunday evening. Still, with skies clearing Sunday morning, some of those living on the coast were cautiously optimistic. After spending the night hunkered down in his Pleasantville, N.J., home overnight without electricity, Harry Webber went outside in a fruitless search for place to buy a cup of coffee. “I was pleasantly surprised to see that most of my town is still in one piece,” he said. Late last week, Irene was a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of around 115 mph as it barreled across open water toward the East Coast. Forecasters predicted it could grow to
a scarier Category 4 before blowing ashore. By Friday, though, the storm began losing steam. It came ashore the next day in North Carolina a mere Category 1 with winds of about 85 mph, and had weakened into a tropical storm by the time its eye hit New York City on Sunday. While the National Hurricane Center accurately predicted Irene’s track, the agency’s director acknowledged that forecasting the strength of the winds days in advance can be difficult because of the myriad factors involved. “We’re not completely sure how the interplay of various features is causing the strength of a storm to change,” said Bill Read, director of the National Hurricane Center. North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue said that Irene inflicted significant damage along her state’s coast, but that the full extent was unclear because some areas were unreachable because of high water or downed power lines. Perdue planned an aerial tour Sunday of the hardest-hit counties after TV coverage showed downed trees, toppled utility poles and power lines and mangled awnings.
Zipcar service gets mixed reactions FROM A1 come back,” Singh said. “Maybe go catch a movie or go to the beach and come back.” Some students are optimistic about the new mode of transportation while others think it is a waste of time. Mary Smith, a sophomore pre-law student who lives off campus and takes a shuttle, is among those opposed to the idea. “It’s a good concept, but I don’t think it’s gonna work here,” Smith said, citing the majority of students who own cars. “I’ll be surprised if I hear people are actually using them.” Laci Dyer, a freshman undecided major who lives on campus without a car, said it is a welcome addition to the modes of transportation available to students already. “If it’s kind of like a teamwork thing to go grocery shopping or to the movies,” Dyer said. “I would definitely use it.” Another concern among students is how much the service is costing UCF.
“[The Zipcar service] doesn’t cost a penny,” Singh said. The kickoff event will be held Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Recreation and Wellness Center. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days. The event will be offering giveaways for signing up for the service. Included in the giveaways is a waiving of the $35 annual membership fee for the first year. Singh is excited about the launch and anticipates the Zipcars will be used. “Students who actually own a vehicle will probably never use it,” Singh said. “But if you own a vehicle, if you tabulate four hours at eight bucks an hour...and you calculate gas, time, wear and tear, you come out much better than using your own car.” Singh said the service would be much more valuable to a student who owns a car with a V8 engine, as the rate for the Zipcar includes gas. In addition to signing up for the service at the kickoff event, students, faculty and staff can also register at
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There are a total of four Zipcars,two Honda Insight Hybrids and two Mazda 3s, that will be available in two locations on campus.
www.zipcar.com/ucf. If the program is successful, Singh said they would expand their Zipcar
fleet to include up to 10 cars and possibly open another location close to the UCF Arena.
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Men’s basketball
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USC FRIDAY 11:30 A.M. (AWAY) FURMAN FRIDAY 5 P.M.(AWAY) FGCU SATURDAY 1:30 P.M.(AWAY)
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CHARLESTON SOUTHERN SATURDAY 7 P.M.(HOME)
While sitting out, Josh Crittle hyped team and shed pounds STEVEN RYZEWSKI Men’s basketball beat writer
He used to be the hype man. Before men’s basketball home games, he could be seen pumping up the crowd before the team came out. NCAA transfer regulations said he had to sit out a season following his transfer from Oregon to UCF, but they didn’t say center Josh Crittle couldn’t contribute in his own way. “When I came in I knew I wasn’t going to be able to do
much, so I tried to figure out the best way possible to support my team and help them out,” Crittle said. “It just took off.” Now, the redshirt junior is a transfer no more. This coming season he will be charging out with the rest of the team, not ahead of them, and he’ll do so looking like a brand-new man. The 6-foot-9 center has gone from weighing in at 305
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Josh Crittle,shown training with graduate assistant Ben O’Donnell,has dedicated himself to the Knights while sitting out by losing weight and motivating the team.
pounds last December to 262 pounds at the time of press. The impressive transformation Crittle has experienced is the most tangible result of the Knights’ off-sea-
son training and conditioning regimen. As Crittle tells it, the transformation was necessary.
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Amidst expectations, team must prepare to weather storm This past Saturday went by just as most Saturdays have the past few months on campus. Quietly. There were not thousands of people strewn about campus. There were not students, alumni and families alike tailgating all day. There was no game at Bright House Networks Stadium this past Saturday. No, that all happens this Saturday. This past weekend, though, and the next few days leading up to kickoff, represent the quiet before the storm. And, if nothing else,
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this season promises to be some storm. Think about it: whatever happens for UCF football this season, it’s going to be a big deal. Win a bunch – it’s a big deal. Lose a bunch — it’s a big deal. The reason is simple enough; there have never
been expectations or anticipation for the Knights’ program like there are for this season. Therefore, win or lose, this season promises to be a wild ride, because more people than ever before expect the Knights to be winning this year. And judging by the quiet confidence of the team’s leader, sophomore quarterback Jeff Godfrey, the same quiet confidence that seems to pervade the locker room, they wouldn’t have the expectations any other way. The big home game for UCF this season is Boston College. The matchup,
against a BCS program, is an important game for the Knights to win. But it’s not the kind of matchup that will excite the community the way playing Miami or South Florida has in the past. But, given the context of what this season could be, that’s sort of the point, isn’t it? For the first time, the Knights would like to sell out the stadium just because they’re playing there, regardless of opponent. Assuming UCF wins its first few games and climbs higher from their preseason ranking of No. 33, the sales pitch for the
athletics department should get gradually easier: “Hey, folks, come out and see the top-25 program in your backyard!” There are all sorts of possibilities for coach George O’Leary and his program this season, ranging from disappointment and failure to BCSbusters. And for five more days, they’re going to remain just that – possibilities. It was quiet this weekend. The Knights took the day off Saturday. On Sunday, they did not practice but focused on the game plan. This week, installa-
tion and preparation for Charleston Southern will continue. The coaching staff, which probably doesn’t sleep much to begin with, will probably sleep even less. It’s the kind of tedious preparation, crossing the “t’s” and dotting the “i’s" that theoretically could make all the difference on Saturday. But for right now, it’s all just part of the quiet before the storm. Starting Saturday, things get real. Starting Saturday, the storm that is the 2011 college football season, begins. About time.
Crittle can’t wait to play FROM A9 “I had a talk with coach and a talk with my parents and just decided it’s time,” Crittle said. “Some nights were harder than others, but I just tried to focus on the main goal. I know what I wanted to accomplish, and I know I had to do it.” Besides the intense strength and conditioning sessions, Crittle says his improved diet has played a major role in his weight loss. “[I got] focused on eating right, cutting out snacking so much and trying not to eat so late,” Crittle said. He also credits having to sit out last season as motivation. As a transfer, Crittle got an opportunity to sit
and watch and soak in a lot. He watched from the sidelines as the Knights had a roller-coaster ride of a season last year, with highs and lows accentuated by winning streaks and losing streaks. “It was hard sitting out, personally, but I learned a lot,” Crittle said. “Man, I really wanted to be out there.” Crittle says he would have loved to have been able to play during either the winning streak or the losing streak. If he had a choice, though, there’s no doubt which situation he would have liked to have been out there for more. “I hate losing," Crittle said. "I hate losing with a passion. I’d rather be in
there playing when we’re down.” Thanks to UCF’s foreign tour of Canada, Crittle has already gotten to suit up and play in a game as a Knight. The team played three games in four days, a bonding experience for the players and a chance to get some practice in much earlier than usual. Despite actually suiting up as a Knight, though, Crittle says it still hasn’t hit him that his time as a transfer is over. “It started to hit me towards the end of (the Canada trip) but it still hasn’t soaked in yet,” Crittle said. He has some time for everything to soak in as the season is still a ways off. Until then, Crittle says he will continue to bring a team-first, business-like state of mind. With minutes up for grabs at the center and power forward positions, it’s in his best interest to do so. “I just come to practice every day to compete and try to get better,” Crittle said. “I’m big on team and doing whatever it takes to win.”
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“I know what I wanted to accomplish,and I know I had to do it,” said Crittle of his offseason weightloss and conditioning program.Crittle is confident that he will contribute to the Knights’starting lineup at either power forward or center.
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Season starts with 2nd place tourney finish AMY FOIST Volleyball beat writer
UNF’s defense was a tough test for the Knights in their final day of the Marriot Classic tournament over the weekend. “They played tenacious, fierce defense,” head coach Todd Dagenais said. “It might be some of the best defense we’re going to see the entire year.” The volleyball team took second place in the Marriot Classic. The Knights (2-1) defeated North Florida (1-2) Saturday night, 3-1, after losing the first set to the Ospreys. “I give a lot of credit to [UNF head coach] Kevin [Maureen Campbell] and her team,” Dagenais said. “I’m really lucky we got to see something like that in non-conference, and I’m really happy that our players had to be tested early like this. That’s going to be a lesson we’re going to take for the rest of the year.” UCF senior Rachel Vukson posted a doubledouble and had 41 assists and 10 digs, while sophomore Angelica Crump concluded the Classic with 16 kills for the Knights. “I didn’t even realize I got 10 digs," Vukson said. “Our defense is set up around that so it made easier to get those tips.” Meredith Murphy was another key player in UCF’s rally to win the game. The junior ended with 22 digs. Crump was the top player overall from the classic and a key component for the Knights. “I looked at the stat sheet and she [Crump] was hitting almost .500,
which is crazy,” Vukson said. “With one error, and it’s just awesome because I know that if I need to set her in a desperation play or anything, she’s not going to get an error and she’s more than likely, or close to more than likely to get a kill. So it’s just a great person to rely on.” Dagenais also spoke about the “roller-coaster ride” that his team endured during Saturday’s match. “It was exactly what we were expecting from them," Dagenais said. “They came out with a bunch of energy and swung for the fences. They gave us a lesson in having to be composed when we start the match.” Dagenais said he noticed a sign of maturity for the Knights when they were able to settle down halfway through the second set and start executing. Crump and Vukson were awarded all-tournament accolades for their strong efforts during the Classic. UCF will look ahead to the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament, which will be an immense test going up against top-ranked USC. “It’s the best kind of competition we can get to prepare for our season,” Murphy said. “Those games are just fun, fun competition and fun to play against people who know how to play volleyball and know what their doing.” The Knights will travel to Ft. Myers over Labor Day weekend to play USC and Furman on Friday and Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday.
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Angelica Crump (No.14) celebrates with her teammates after Saturday’s victory against North Florida.Crump received all-tournament accolades.
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As we all get our fall semester started, there’s one website looking to prey on students that are having a hard time affording their textbooks. A new website, LibraryPirate, has sent letters to several news outlets calling on students to make digital scans of their printed textbooks and post them for free online, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. This site is a copycat version of another site, Textbook Torrents, which was shut down nearly three years ago by publishers for illegally selling e-textbooks, according to the Chronicle. The online trading that LibraryPirate is asking students to engage in violates copyright law, but that has not stopped people from contributing pirated versions of e-textbooks to the site’s directory. The site now has 1,700 textbooks which are organized and searchable, according to the Chronicle. The founder of the website has chosen to remain anonymous for fear of legal action against him, but he hopes that his efforts have an impact on the cost of e-textbooks, which he finds to be unfairly high, according to the Chronicle. “I want to bring about permanent changes to the
textbook industry,” he said. “The exorbitant price of a textbook shouldn’t hinder students’ ability to do well in a class,” he added. “I believe there is a moral objective at play here.” Sites such as these get attention and notoriety specifically because textbook costs are spiraling out of control. According to one survey, released Tuesday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, seven in 10 college students said they had not purchased a textbook at least once because they found the price to be too high. Not buying the textbook often leaves the student with the less desirable option of borrowing a book or sharing one with another student. According to the survey, 78 percent of those students who reported not buying a textbook said they expected to perform worse in that class, even though some borrowed or shared the textbook. Students should not find themselves having to borrow textbooks for a class or having to share them with another student. Sharing a textbook creates an inconvenience for the students sharing it, because now they have to coordinate their schedules and work around each others’ time to complete
homework and study for assignments. Another practice, known as “bundling,” or packaging a textbook with CDs and passcodes that get lost or expire, also makes textbooks more expensive to obtain. This leaves students often having to pay for a CD that they may not need to use for their class. This increases textbook expenses for students. The Public Interest Research Group has found textbook costs to typically be comparable to 26 percent of tuition at state universities and 72 percent of tuition at community colleges, according to the Chronicle. These types of expenditures create a situation that is unsustainable for the average student. The end result is that many students find themselves having to share a book with a classmate and split the cost, or not get the book at all. Some professors will allow students to continue to use older editions of textbooks, but that is not always the case. Students should not have to go without a textbook due to lack of affordability. Our public universities, in concert with the government entities that provide funding for them, must look for ways to make textbooks more affordable for students.
Tragic news needs to be reported delicately On Aug. 25, the UCF ity to turn away from community lost 18-yearwhat most would deem old Ann Marie Hefferin, too visually graphic. Arisa nursing-pending major totle even said in his from Maitland who gradwork Poetics that we “enjoy contemplating the uated from Bishop most precise images of Moore Catholic High things whose sight is School. painful to us.” While investigators In our coverage of have confirmed that the Hefferin’s death, our goal new Delta Delta Delta KATIE KUSTURA is not to simply report sorority member attendEditor-in-Chief her cause of death and be ed a party at the Sigma done with it. We, like Chi fraternity house for a other media outlets and readers, little more than an hour, how much hope to get those quotes, memories alcohol she consumed, her cause of and photos. We also have elected to death and whether alcohol played a not publish the recording of the 911 part in her death have not been call Hefferin’s roommate made to determined. Orange County Fire Rescue. A The death of a person as young guideline one of our professors has as Hefferin is something that many given us is, “Could I look this perof us will encounter or have to deal son’s parents in the eyes after I pubwith at some point, journalist or lish this?” not. While it’s not the most graphic However, dealing with this sort call to have ever been made in the of thing as a journalist offers a difevent of an emergency, it’s not easy ferent perspective and forces us as journalists to handle the situation in to listen to knowing the outcome, which is why we have decided ways that might make us and those against publishing it. Also, consider involved uncomfortable. that this could have been any one of Whether you’ve reported on the us, our friends or our classmates. death of a young person before or For those who are terribly curious not, it’s never an easy subject to broach with those who were closest about the details of the call, other media outlets have made it accessito that person. Just because someone posts pictures and other memo- ble. Some of you are going to agree ries online doesn’t mean they’ll with this move, some of you are want to share their most treasured going to disagree, and others, I’m times with a reporter. This is a situation the reader isn’t sure, will remain indifferent. Say what you will about our decision in always aware of. Readers expect every intimate detail of the person’s regard to the 911 call, but it is my life, as well as his or her death. They hope that the campus community can be respectful toward the want the quotes, the memories, the photos and the cause of death down woman who died too young and consider the feelings of her family to the very last detail. It’s that morand friends, Greek or not, for this bid curiosity that’s been referred to as “car crash syndrome,” that inabil- could easily have been one of us.
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Add sincerity to your shopping cart, Scott On a sunny Friday To begin with, tying a afternoon, I, along with professor’s salary to class some of my colleagues, size endangers the future waited at a local Walof programs like the Burmart to meet Gov. Rick nett Honors College and Scott. His purpose in visother similar programs iting the super store was that cater to higher-pertwofold: first, to comforming students. These memorate the back-tocolleges offer small class school tax exempt holisizes to their students, day, and second to find but if a professor’s pay is ANNA ESKAMANI himself some good synced to their class size, Guest Columnist media coverage. This is what incentive does a something that he desprofessor have to teach a perately needs, as seen by his 35 small honors class? If such propercent approval rating. grams are lost due to a lack of proAnd so, the governor entered fessors wanting to teach them, then Walmart with shopping cart in tow; high performing students will leave and as he began to toss school Florida in search of better programs items into his blue cart, it suddenly — and at this point, who could dawned on me how much of a chablame them? rade this entire event was. Our govLet’s just say if these reforms ernor, who was casually shopping were to go into action, then we for school supplies, is the same gov- would see the creation of larger and ernor who made severe cuts to pub- larger class sizes, which would save lic education. In fact, his preference the state money in the sense that is to cut funding to $5,500 per stufewer professors will need to be dent, which would put Florida last hired. Saving money is always a in per-pupil funding. There’s also good thing, but what about the the issue of vouchers, titled “Educa- quality of education we as students tion Savings Accounts;” Scott’s would be receiving? With tuition voucher program will directly give prices as high as they are right now, $5,000 to parents so they can I expect a high-quality education choose which schools — public or that fits the price tag. What I don’t private — to send their children to. want is a university that treats its It should be noted that the Florida students like numbers. This is a Supreme Court already ruled this university, not a diploma mill. type of voucher system to be Even State Sen. Thad Altman (Runconstitutional in Bush v. Holmes, Melbourne) agrees. In a recent which means our tax dollars are interview, the senator said, “We’re being wasted pursuing an unconsti- not manufacturing widgets here – tutional cause. we’re trying to give our students a As if the cuts to K-12 schools world-class education.” weren’t bad enough, Scott is now And if you’re modeling a univertargeting higher education with sity after a business, world-class dramatic reform policies modeled education does not become the top after those championed by another priority – money does. Rick: Republican presidential hopeI find it incredibly ironic how ful Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. These our governor preaches for small reforms are extreme, to say the government yet encourages big least. They change the way profesgovernment policies within our sors are paid, going as far to consid- schools. This is why at Walmart, as er tying professor pay to how many he held school supplies in his hand, students they teach and how much I held a pink slip — one that I research money they bring in. The flashed in his face as I told him I plan also moves a professor’s pay was a college student who could toward a merit-paid system with barely afford her education. Soon limits on tenure. thereafter, I was kicked out of the The main goal behind Scott’s store, along with many others. higher education reforms is to save Our governor does not want to the state money and bolster profes- fix public education, he wants to sor productivity; and yet, the notion destroy it. And as students who that this will actually improve a vote, it is our job in the next elecprofessor’s performance has yet to tion to decide which direction we be seen as true. However, the detri- want this state to move in. And if mental consequences of impleyou’re like me, I would prefer to menting these policies are very real. keep moving forward.
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Sad to see the plaza go, but I understand. UCF is growing and the surrounding area is best used for apartments. I really hope something amazing opens up This will be a good thing for UCF. The plaza is old and dilapi- close by though. With this plaza dated, something that looks nice gone, there really isnt a prime spot for kids to go on the weekends. I would be better, instead of just another ugly concrete shopping think it'd be great if a little ‘downcenter. And UCF would be better town UCF’ area were built. A off without so many trashy bars shopping center with 3-4 bars, pita pit, lazy moon, jeremiahs, and and discotheques nearby; their more college oriented businesses. removal or relocation to someIt could even be a couple of shopwhere further away might reduce the types of students that ping centers right next to each frequent those places from com- other. ing to UCF and encourage a — ANONYMOUS higher quality of student to come here. Demolition is a terrible idea.
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66 Online business review site 67 Cut with acid 68 Medvedev’s “no” DOWN 1 Come together 2 Astrological Ram 3 Opponent 4 “Get it?” 5 Spat 6 Quarterback Manning 7 __, amas, amat ... 8 Ways to get under the street 9 Army meal 10 *Ineffective executive 11 Look happy 12 Can’t stand 14 Rascal 17 Nile dam 22 Italian “a” 24 Brunch staple 25 Neckwear pin 26 Santa Clara chip maker 30 Central Washington city 31 Uncertainties 32 Actress Arthur
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33 *Hunk or babe’s attribute 34 ’90s Russian president Yeltsin 36 Numbered hwy. 37 Barnyard brayer 39 Old buffalohunting tribe 43 Like a he-man 45 Kimono accessory 46 One of 50
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47 Unable to sit still 48 City of Light, in a Porter song 50 Mars neighbor 51 Goofy 52 Wipe off the board 54 Brown seaweed 57 Whack 60 Cheerios grain 61 Trojans’ sch. 62 Quagmire
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