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Financial facts from SunTrust Need financial advice? The Money Matters workshop will be presented by Sherry Graziano and Sue Pierce from Sun Trust. Graziano and Pierce will show students how to manage their money by preparing a personal spending plan and identifying ways to decrease spending while increasing income. The workshop will be held Thursday, Sept. 29, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union, Room 223. To RSVP or for more information, contact Tara Johnson at tara.johnson@ucf.edu or 407-8234373.
Greeks to host alcohol seminar Chapters hope to encourage responsibility EMILY BLACKWOOD Contributing Writer
College comes with more then just an academic education. For most students, college deals with living independently for the first time in their lives. This comes with a responsibility to not only wake up on time for
class or learn how to make a meal other then ramen noodles, but to have an understanding of alcohol awareness. Pi Delta Psi fraternity and Delta Phi Lambda sorority are teaming up to give students an opportunity to learn more about the effects of alcohol. The organizations will
Will you attend the program?: www.UCFNews.com be hosting an Alcohol Awareness Workshop in the Student Union in the third-floor ballroom (316AB) on Friday, Sept. 30, at 9 p.m.
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Uncover Central Florida Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Dralion’ brings gymnasts, jumpers and jugglers to UCF Arena.
Get a taste of the Caribbean The Caribbean Student Association will host CSA Week 2011’s biggest event Friday, Sept. 30, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event will be held in the Barbara Ying Center CSA will have food from nine different Caribbean countries available for attendees to try. For more information, contact Danielle Matthew at csaucfeventscoordinator@gmail.com.
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The number of women and minorities in the career fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics is disproportionately low, and an online mentorship program is working to turn that statistic around. MentorNet, a website that has matched 3,000 STEM students with mentors from companies such as AT&T and Intel, has now opened its services to anyone with a university email address. In the past, universities had to purchase a $5,000 annual subscription for students to participate. While all — OLA NNADI demographics are CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR welcome to sign up on the site, the company’s main goal is to aid females and minorities in succeeding in STEM fields. “To have a mentor who is in the industry who has gotten to the other side and is saying, ‘Hey, let me show you the ropes,’ that’s a true encouragement beyond getting good grades and doing homework,” David Porush, president of MentorNet, said. The mentor/mentee interaction is conducted completely online. Porush said this form of men-
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TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Dean Cannon says Florida likely will hold its presidential primary on Jan. 31. The Republican said that should secure Florida’s place as the fifth state to hold presidential primaries or caucuses. Cannon said Florida officials do not want to go ahead of the four states that traditionally go first — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
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The UCF chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars has been the most active and engaged chapter for three straight years -- it even has the gold stars to prove it. The Gold STAR Award is only given to the most active and engaged NSCS chapters, and UCF received it for the third straight year. According to the national group’s webpage, NSCS exists to recognize and elevate high achievers. They are students dedicated to the ideals of scholarship, leadership and service ideals that are evident in every benefit and scholarship offered. For more than 17 years,
For students interested in continuing their education after they earn a fouryear degree from UCF, the pressure starts to build up when it comes time to study for the various standardized tests. It’s those multi-hourlong tests that are a major variable in determining students’ eligibility to move on with their education. With these types of tests evident in many students’ lives across the country, 14-year-old Charis Freiman-Mendel and her mother, Jennie Ann Freiman, co-wrote the self-published standardized test preparation
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The UCF chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars was given the Gold STAR Award.
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College grads struggle with loan repayment VANESSA HORNEDO Contributing Writer
The U.S. Department of Education released an official report this month showing a significant increase in loan defaults of recent college graduates. The amount of students who default within the first two years of repayment has increased from 4.5 percent in 2003 to 8.8 percent in 2009. Isaly Morgan, a recent UCF graduate with a master’s in social work, is not surprised by this increase. Morgan believes the reason is because it is taking longer for graduates to find jobs. “When they do secure a job, they are less likely to have a job in their field and are paid less than expected,” Morgan said. “Sadly, they do not earn the salary they hoped their degree would supply.” Many would agree with the speculation that these numbers parallel the increasing amount of people affected by the recession, but Mary McKinney, executive director of UCF’s Office of Financial Aid Assistance, has a different understanding. McKinney said that the increase is reflected in the way these percentages are being calculated. “The calculations are based on a snapshot in time based on population through one year,” McKinney said. “This would be different if the time span were changed to three years.” These numbers do not include those students who may or may not have defaulted after the twoyear period considered in the data set used by the U.S. Department of Education’s cohort rate calculations.
This is not to discount those who are truly suffering from the alarming increase of unemployment, McKinney said, but she believes this is not part of the bigger picture. Students should be more aware of what they are doing when they take out a loan. “When we see students borrowing in excess, we try to help,” McKinney said. Inez Ford, associate director of the Office of Financial Aid Assistance also believes educating students from the beginning is of great importance. “Freshmen seminars are one way we try to reach our students from the beginning,” Ford said. UCF also enforces counseling during every stage of the loan process to ensure students are aware of their options and ways to stay on track. When students take out a Stafford loan, they are required to take an entrance counseling session online; when they graduate, they are required to take an exit counseling session. Throughout the time students are receiving funds, they are also able to track their payments, interest rates and total balances by visiting the UCF financial aid website and clicking the link to the National Student Loan Data Systems. Ford suggests students pay attention to the important links on the financial aid website for help with calculating loan totals. Students begin receiving bills for their loans six to nine months after they graduate. If they do not make payments on time, the loan then goes into
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The U.S.Department of Education released an official report this month showing a significant increase in loan defaults of recent college graduates.
default. The consequences are high for students who end up defaulting on their loans. Depending on the amount of time that has passed, the government is allowed to add late fees, garnish wages, retract dues from tax refunds or even sue the student for the total loan amount. Graduates who are truly unable to make their monthly payments can request a deferment of their loan or a forbearance, which allows an extension, or decrease, of payments. These options are temporary and will not dissolve the loans. Sometimes taking out a loan is unavoidable, but McKinney said caution should be taken when deciding how much a student needs to accept. “The most important thing to realize is that every penny you take now will cost more when you repay it,” she said. Morgan, whose total undergrad and graduate program loans total $55,000, now pays $385 per month.
“My advice is take out only what you absolutely need,” Morgan said. The UCF financial aid website provides advice on credit management, budgeting and consolidation among other topics.
“There are many programs to assist those [students] who actually pay attention,” Ford said. Borrowers who are unable to make payments or need assistance should visit studentloans.gov or
contact their lender at the earliest sign of economic instability. Students who need more information on student loans and options may visit UCF’s financial aid website or studentaid.ed.gov.
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Recipes supply vocabulary for standardized tests FROM A1 junior high and high schools, Freiman-Mendel created a new and innovative way for others to prepare for the verbal sections of standardized tests. “The book combines recipes and fun-fact blurbs about an ingredient in or the history about a recipe,” Freiman-Mendel said. “The fun-fact blurbs contain 10 vocabulary words. It is truly a great way to memorize words for numerous standardized tests.” Although the book lists the SAT in the title, the test Freiman-Mendel had in mind when writing it, she believes all standardized tests use the same vocabulary and could be used to study for any number of them, including the SAT,
ACT, PSAT, GRE and others. “If a student learns all 1,000 words that are in my book, they can improve their scores on any of the standardized tests,” Freiman-Mendel said. This unique test-preparation book incorporates various strategies for building vocabulary, including contextual reference, making associations and connections and engaging in word play, rather than just using note cards. “Most of the time, learning vocabulary consists of memorizing long lists of words,” Freiman-Mendel said. “This can become mundane quickly. Our aim for this book is to encourage people to learn vocabulary, but do so by discovering the meaning of words
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Charis Freiman-Mendel,above,and her mother,Jennie Ann Freiman,co-wrote the self-published standardized test preparation cookbook.
through context and by having fun.” Freiman-Mendel had a goal of helping test takers realize that studying doesn’t have to be an annoyance by encouraging gourmet cooking and healthy eating among younger people.
Russell Schaffer, Kaplan Testing Center senior communications manager, thinks this cookbook could be a great way for students to study, but he warns that of all other studying material. “At Kaplan, we know from experience that learn-
ing is most effective when it’s reinforced through multiple methods of study, so supplemental options that help increase a student’s vocabulary can definitely be a good idea,” Schaffer said. “It’s important to note that an offering like this isn’t a substitute for a comprehensive prep program — rather, it’s another resource to serve students who are looking to supplement their learning in fun, non-traditional ways.” With recent changes to the GRE, including a longer test and more focused essay prompts with only half an hour to complete each one, perhaps the most prominent change is the fact that the quantitative and verbal sections, which deal with math and language skills respectively, now make up
the bulk of the four-hour test. These changes means there is a bigger emphasis on vocabulary knowledge and a better chance for students studying for the GRE to try this new and different approach to learning vocabulary, like Ryan Grail, who will be taking the GRE next year. Grail, a junior public administration student, thinks the Cook Your Way Through the S.A.T. preparation cookbook may be a good way to get some studying in for the major test. “It seems like a fun and interesting way to learn definitions of many complex words that will be on the test, and I think it is possible to learn a lot from it,” Grail said.
Honor society aims to help community FROM A1 training ground and resource,” said Sanessa Griffiths, president of the NSCS chapter at UCF. “Students who join meet people on campus and at other schools they might not have otherwise – people who become friends, long-term supporters and future colleagues.” NSCS is an honor society welcoming high-achieving freshmen and sophomores. Members of the society must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and be among the top 20 percent of their class. NSCS chapters can attain one of four STAR status levels: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Each level is determined based on the quantity and quality of events a chapter held the previous year. In order to attain a gold award, chapters are required
to hold an induction ceremony for new members, create a student mentoring program, hold campus–wide events to support NSCS’ integrity initiative, create an on-campus membership recruitment campaign and engage a campus office in a chapter event. Sophomore history major Rachel Pastor joined the group this past summer and has enjoyed the benefits of membership so far. “NSCS is a great organization because not only are there opportunities for scholarships, but by participating in the summer challenge, I was able to identify some areas in which I could excel more,” Pastor said. “I learned a lot about the educational opportunities that were before me.” Griffith hopes the chapter continues to stand out on
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NSCS is an honor society welcoming high-achieving freshmen and sophomores who must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and be among the top 20 percent of their class.
campus, especially to new students who wish to achieve academic excellence. “We are different from many honor societies, first in that we reach out to freshmen,” Griffith said. The group believes that if they get a student going into
their sophomore year, they are more likely to keep up their GPA, Griffith said. Part of their obligations to the community is participating in volunteer opportunities. NSCS actively volunteers for organizations including Ronald McDonald House Charities and OutReach Love (a mentoring program). The UCF chapter also does social events within the organization at least once a semester. Sophomore political science major LaShaunda Hayes became a member of NSCS last spring. Hayes really enjoys the service the club offered to the local community, particularly when working with the Ronald McDonald charity. “It was a wonderful experience. We all worked together and made four pans of baked ziti for the residents of the Ronald McDonald House,” Hayes
said. “Afterwards, we received a tour of the facility and gained more insight as to how it operates and why it was created. We’ve already begun discussing what future meals we can make for the residents.” Hayes is looking forward to more service opportunities with the club in the future and said she believes that service is an important aspect of any organization. “We are a group of blessed scholars trying to give back to the Orlando community,” she said. In order to at least maintain the Gold STAR status, NSCS plans on making sure it meets every requirement in the chapter checklist. The club hopes to advance to Platinum STAR status this year. The group has already submitted the budget for fall, begun their community service projects and is
planning to achieve collegiate excellence programs that will run monthly throughout the year. “Students need to be aware of each and every opportunity to help diversify themselves while at UCF,” Griffith said. “NSCS provides an avenue through which you can network, earn scholarships and develop leadership skills.” Members are invited to join NSCS at the end of their freshmen year by the national headquarters. All freshmen with a 3.4 GPA or above are automatically sent an invitation. Once students receive this invitation, they can choose to accept and pay the onetime lifetime registration fee. If you would like to join after the initial invitation, students can nominate themselves at atnscs.org/doiqualify.
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Fraternity sees workshop as a teaching tool FROM A1 The workshop, which is open to all students, will consist of playing games, listening to guest speakers and attending a presentation on the effects that alcohol has on the body. According to the Century Council, an organization that prevents drunk driving and underage drinking, 73 percent of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in Florida were cause by driver with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .15 or higher. This results from the kind of partying that most people relate to college: taking multiple shots, not eating before drinking and mixing liquors. Brittany Tai, president of Delta Phi Lambda, said the group is aware that alcohol is a recurring issue among UCF and the Greek community. The reason behind hosting this event is not to sway students away from drinking but rather to show them how to do so responsibly. “We’re doing it because we don’t want to take the risk that something unfortunate could possibly happen to someone because of alcohol,” Tai said in an email. The growing presence of alcohol on college campuses also adds to the cause. “The issue of alcohol has been circulating UCF, and undoubtedly other campuses across the nation through time, so we just want this event to remind students that there is a way to party and drink responsibly. By no means is this event preaching that we must-
n’t drink. It’s college,” Tai said. In April, UCF was ranked as No. 9 on Playboy’s list of party schools. Tai, however, believes that the majority of students come here for an education and the fact that UCF is one of the largest-populated schools could have something do with that ranking. Pi Delta Psi fraternity leader John Nguyen said that hosting this alcohol awareness workshop is a good tool in teaching students how to drink responsibly, especially since most students are likely to experience it. “We know drinking is a big issue on campus, and we’re all college students. However, it wouldn’t hurt to know what you’re putting into your body and the effects it will have,” Nguyen said. Currently, UCF’s alcohol policy is like that of any other university. It prohibits the sale, service, possession and consumption of alcohol except in designated areas or at preapproved events. For this reason, UCF also has the Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention Program that is open to all students Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program provides education on alcohol through many different means such as seminars, screenings and educational presentations. Also, AOD provides interventions for those who feel that they need help. These interventions can be done in person by a trained graduate student or even online through e-CHUG. Tai was at first unaware of UCF’s alcohol program until she came
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The Pi Delta Psi fraternity and Delta Phi Lambda sorority will be hosting an Alcohol Awareness Workshop in the Student Union on Friday at 9 p.m.
across AOD and found it to be a helpful service for all students. “This shows that our campus cares about the health and wellness of its students,” Tai said. Though Delta Phi Lambda has risk-management events every year, they are not always on the same subject as the year before. However, if the Alcohol Awareness Workshop is a success, it could be open to UCF students every year. Nguyen encourages students to join them on Friday and said that it would be good to teach students to drink more responsibly. “Come out to the workshop,” Nguyen said. “Hopefully you can learn more about alcohol awareness.”
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Judge to mull an extension of Loughner’s treatment AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. — The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage is scheduled Wednesday to make his first court appearance since an angry outburst got him kicked out of a May competency hearing. Jared Lee Loughner’s mental status is again the order of business, as a judge decides whether it’s likely the 23-year-old can be made competent to stand trial. But this time around, Loughner will be under the effects of psychotropic drugs, which he has been forced to take the past 60 days.
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns will decide whether to grant prosecutors’ request to extend Loughner’s stay at a Missouri prison facility by another eight months. A psychologist told the court that Loughner remains mentally unfit to stand trial, but that the extended stay would give him time to improve and become competent. Burns may also discuss whether to hold another hearing on Loughner’s forcible medication. Loughner has been at the Springfield, Mo., facility the past four months after Burns found him mentally unfit for trial. The judge’s decision followed a May 25 hearing in Tucson in which Loughner
interrupted the proceedings with a loud rant. “Thank you for the free kill. She died Loughner in front of me. Your cheesiness,” he said, according to court transcripts. Federal marshals whisked Loughner from the courtroom, and he watched the rest of the hearing on closed-circuit TV from a separate room. Experts have concluded Loughner suffers from schizophrenia. The judge required Loughner’s presence at Wednesday’s hearing, even though Loughner’s lawyers
objected and argued traveling would be disruptive for their mentally ill client. Loughner wanted to attend the hearing so he could see his parents, who live in Tucson. Dr. Christina Pietz, a psychologist treating Loughner, is expected to testify that she believes Loughner can be made mentally fit for trial during an extended stay at the Missouri facility. Loughner’s attorneys argue prosecutors have failed to prove such an outcome is probable. Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six and injured 13, including Giffords.
If Burns decides to extend Loughner’s stay in Missouri, the judge likely will discuss whether to hold another hearing to determine if Loughner should continue to be forcibly medicated in a bid to make him mentally fit for trial. Prison officials have forcibly medicated Loughner with psychotropic drugs after concluding at an administrative hearing that he posed a danger at the prison. Loughner’s lawyers have been seeking to have the judge, rather than the prison, decide whether Loughner should be medicated. Loughner was first forcibly medicated between June 21 and July 1,
but an appeals court temporarily halted the medications after defense lawyers objected. The forced medication resumed July 19 after prison officials concluded Loughner’s psychological condition was deteriorating, noting he had been pacing in circles near his cell door, screaming and crying for hours at a time. Defense lawyers have repeatedly asked Burns and a federal appeals court to halt the forced medications. Loughner’s medications include the sedative lorazepam, the antidepressant Wellbutrin and Risperidone, a drug used for people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe behavior problems.
STEM leaders share advice FROM A1 torship provides a convenient form of interaction for students that could benefit from communicating with successful STEM professionals. To match a mentor with a student, an algorithm is used that takes into consideration the students’ years in school, majors and what they consider to be their greatest hurdles in the STEM field. Although many of the mentees are females and minorities, Porush said that the mentors are demographically representative of those that are in the profession, which, by and large are white males. “We think that with proper discussion and resources that a white man can be sympathetic and help coach an African woman,” Porush said. “The statistics from our relation-
ships show that.” About 95 percent of students that have gone through the program have graduated from college with STEM degrees, Porush said. The web-based program requires the mentor to facilitate conversation via email, much of which revolves around topics that are given to the mentors by the company. Porush said that the topics are formulated to help students with obstacles that aren’t necessarily lectured on in the classroom. For example, a mentor might spend a week chatting with a student on the importance of professional networking or the importance of what collaborative effort means in the workplace. Mentors also help students with power struggles and discrimination issues that may arise in their career fields.
STEM majors from more than 100 schools have participated in program, but UCF students have yet to sign up, according to MentorNet records. Civil engineering professor Ola Nnadi said that the program has potential for female and minority UCF students. “Some might benefit from it; some might not. People perceive things and receive things differently,” Nnadi said. “The online program sounds great, but there’s no face to the names. I don’t know what the outcome would be because there’s no emotional connection.” Porush said that although in-person contact may be lacking, the facilitated discussion among mentor and mentee often blossoms into a friendship of sorts where the STEM professional makes themselves available to the students by
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MentorNet,which matches students with mentors,has now opened its services to anyone with a university email address.
phone or text. Nnadi said that women and minorities often need an extra push, which MentorNet strives to provide, to make it in the field. “For every woman who goes into STEM, there’s always that glass ceiling which is very difficult to crack,” Nnadi said. “You just have to compete with the boys to be able to get there.” Porush said that only 14 percent of women hold
positions in STEM careers, and the National Science Foundation reports that 8 percent are African American. A similarly low number of employees are Hispanic. In contrast, 68 percent of MentorNet participants are female, and 14 percent are African American or Hispanic. “It’s something I might look into later on when I’m looking for internships,” said freshman computer engineering major Christi-
na Leichtenschlag, who one day hopes to work for IBM. “If this program helps us get ahead, that’s just another thing we can use as an advantage to prove to everyone that we’re equal with men when it comes to what we can do.” “When you bring in people of diverse background, you bring in diverse perspective,” Nnadi said. “That is why there is that need to mentor women in the STEM program.”
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OZZIE GUILLEN ANNOUNCED AS MARLINS’NEW SKIPPER MIAMI — The Ozzie era has begun for the Florida Marlins. Hours before the final game in the stadium they’re leaving, the Marlins formally introduced Ozzie Guillen as their manager for 2012. “We’re very excited,” Guillen said at a stadium news conference Wednesday. “It’s a big, big step in my career, a new chapter. Hopefully I can bring energy, flavor and enthusiasm, but the most important thing is a winning team.” The announcement carried little suspense. Guillen’s website leaked the news late Monday that he had agreed to become the Marlins’manager, and he tweeted Tuesday that he was in Miami and “ready to go.” The Marlins are staggering to a lastplace finish in the NL East. With the team moving to a new ballpark and making a push to become a contender, owner Jeffrey Loria wanted an experienced manager. “I’m very excited about the new park,” Guillen said. “It’s pretty nice — wow. I hope the fans will be excited about the new era for the Marlins. They should be excited. I want the fans to go there and say, ‘This is a beautiful ballpark, but let’s watch the guys play.’” The Marlins are leaving the stadium where they’ve played since their first game in 1993, and will move into the new ballpark near downtown next spring as the Miami Marlins. Guillen’s news conference preceded a big ceremony in conjunction with the final game of the season Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. “All the pieces are coming together,” slugger Mike Stanton said. “We got the stadium, and we got the manager.” Guillen’s news conference drew a crowd to rival some Marlins games, with about 75 reporters, photographers and cameramen cramming into a room near the Marlins’clubhouse. He’ll be Loria’s fourth skipper since early 2010. Jack McKeon said Monday he planned to retire at the end of the season. Hours later, Guillen announced he was leaving the Chicago White Sox after eight seasons, including a run to the World Series title in 2005. There had been speculation for more than a year that Guillen would be coming to Miami, which gets him closer to his native Venezuela. He worked for Loria as McKeon’s third base coach with the Marlins’2003 World Series championship team. Guillen became the White Sox manager that November, and in eight seasons he had a record of 678-617. Only Jimmy Dykes and Al Lopez won more games with the franchise. The White Sox were expected to contend for the AL Central title this year but struggled to their third sub-.500 finish under Guillen. It was a sometimes stormy tenure, and the outspoken Guillen’s relationship with Marlins management could create some off-the-field excitement. Strong-willed Joe Girardi lasted only one season with Florida in 2006, clashed with Loria and others in the organization, and was fired shortly before being chosen NL Manager of the Year. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLLEGE UCF VIES TO HAVE NO.1 FANS TALLAHASSEE – Does the University of Central Florida have the state’s No. 1 fans? The Florida Fan Game, which started Sept. 2, will decide by putting UCF against five other Florida universities in a contest highlighting football and tourism. Head football coach George O’Leary is leading the Knights charge, starting with a wave of TV spots and videos. The contest, hosted by VISIT FLORIDA, aims to tap the energy of football fans, students, alumni and other university supporters and convert it into support for tourism, the Sunshine State’s No. 1 industry and top employer. Fans will play by inviting thousands of friends, relatives and colleagues to visit Florida. The competing schools are UCF, Florida A&M University, Florida State University, the University of Florida, the University of Miami and the University of South Florida. The school whose fan base sends the most invitations by Dec. 5 wins. For more information, visit Facebook.com/ShareaLittleSunshine.
‘They said that if they had come in an hour and a half later,they probably would have had to amputate my left leg from the knee down.’ — BRAD SCHNEIDER UCF MEN’S GOLFER
After nearly losing his leg to a battle with compartment syndrome, UCF’s Brad Schneider had to learn how to walk again before becoming the Knights’ top golfer JESSICA GILLESPIE Copy Editor
Knights golfer Brad Schneider stepped onto the collegiate green for the first time four years ago extremely lucky. He had the same feeling as any other student athlete would have when competing in his or her sport for the first time in college, except his was stronger. It was the best feeling ever. Schneider walked up to the tee sporting a leg brace on his left leg. His biggest stroke of luck was just that: He walked up to the tee, and he had a brace on his left leg. Five years ago, Schneider had a plan. A decorated high school and amateur golfer, he expected to come to UCF and be an instant impact on the golf team. A nightmare before Thanksgiving during his senior year of high school, however, ruined everything. Just a few weeks after he had signed a National Letter of Intent to play for UCF, Schnei-
der played a pick-up football game with some friends. Suddenly, he was pulled back from behind. His right leg got caught behind him, and he suffered a femur fracture. Instead of spending Thanksgiving at home, he spent the holiday in surgery. “Right when it happened, right when that day before Thanksgiving when I knew something bad had happened, everything was rushing through my mind, because I think I had signed with UCF two or three weeks before,” Schneider said. “I was looking forward to playing for them and everything, and then I do that and knew I was going to be out for awhile but I didn’t really know what was to come.” What did come was another problem. A complication stemmed from his surgery – in his other leg. Schneider thinks that the length of the surgery on his right leg spurred the complication in his left leg, which suffered compartment syndrome,
a buildup of air and fluids in muscle compartments. “When they were doing the tests, they do a little pressure test with a needle or something, and they said that if they had come in an hour and a half later, they probably would have had to amputate my left leg from the knee down,” Schneider said. He went on to have five more surgeries on his left leg in a span of eight days for a total of nine surgeries. He still had both of his legs, but he didn’t golf for more than a year. “It was crazy because it was just like a freak accident when it happened but the left leg was what took me out for the whole year, pretty much,” he said. When Schneider talked to then-head coach Nick Clinard three weeks after the fiasco, it was decided that the golfer would redshirt his freshman year and focus on recovering. “I was going to come back,” Schneider said. “Everyone was telling me that I was going to come back, and he [Clinard] was just another support sys-
tem that, you know, ‘As long as you come in and try your hardest, that’s all we want and that’s all we wanted to see.’” Despite being surrounded by optimism, the golfer wasn’t so sure. Schneider had doubts from the day his injury until months later when he was just getting back on his feet, and the bone in his right leg was still growing. “I was just learning how to walk again,” Schneider said. “I was like, how was I going to swing a golf club?” Schneider worked hard to recover. He went through a handful of braces before he found one that was comfortable. When he got to UCF, he saw a physical therapist several times a week for a year to regain his strength. Finally, Schneider’s collegiate golf dreams weren’t so farfetched. Finally, he believed in everybody’s optimism. “[I] knew after I came to school and started rehabbing
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STEVEN RYZEWSKI Football beat writer
It turns out UCF (2-2) isn’t the only program in Conference USA looking forward to conference play. After a quick glance at how CUSA teams have performed
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play is now in full swing so far in their respective out-of-conference slates, it becomes quite clear that there are a lot of league teams eager to start beating up on each other to make up for disappointments elsewhere. With UCF having wrapped up its out-of-conference slate this past week and turning its attention to league play, the Central Florida Future checked up on the rest of the league and see how C-USA has fared.
How they’ve done The
Houston Cougars (4-0) are the lone undefeated team in the league and are unofficially ranked No. 26 in the Coaches’
Poll and No. 27 in the AP Poll. To their credit, they had a big win in Week One over the UCLA Bruins that helped themselves and the league. Since then, though, they’ve beaten up on the likes of North Texas, Louisiana Tech and Georgia State. Still, an undefeated record and a win over a BCS program has Houston sitting pretty as the Cougars prepare to open up league play against UTEP on Thursday. Not every team has been so fortunate, though. East Carolina (1-2) gets credit for having scheduled two tough BCS opponents so far, but the Pirates were only competitive in one of the contests. The Pirates lost 56-37 to South Carolina but played Virginia Tech closely, losing 17-10. They’ll have one more shot for an important out-of-conference win when they take on North Carolina team on Saturday Marshall (1-3) scheduled a similar set of BCS foes but wasn’t really competitive losing to West Virginia and Virginia Tech. To
compound things, the Herd was dominated by Ohio of the mighty MAC, 44-7. Memphis (1-3) continues to solidify its role as one of the worst teams in the FBS with the Tigers’ sole win coming over FCS-opponent Austin Peay. Memphis was destroyed in two other outof-conference games against Mississippi State and Arkansas State. Rice (1-2) scheduled and has come up short in a couple of tough in-state games, falling to Texas and Baylor. The Owls did provide a bright spot for the league when they took down Purdue of the Big Ten, 24-22, on Sept. 10. SMU (3-1), thought to be one of the league’s stronger teams, didn’t exactly show it in its opener when it was destroyed 46-14 by Texas A&M. The Mustangs redeemed themselves, sort of, when they beat up on Northwestern State. They will have a real shot at redemption Saturday when they take on No. 20 TCU. Southern Miss (3-1) beat an ACC opponent when it took down Virginia last week, 30-24. The Golden Eagles would be a perfect 40, having won all three of their out-ofconference games, but a head-scratching loss
to Marshall is the sole blemish so far. Tulane (2-2) didn’t look good against Duke last week, falling 48-27, but at least the Green Wave were able to beat up on Southeastern Louisiana in their home opener. Tulsa (1-3) absolutely gets credit for having the toughest out-of-conference slate, having taken on three top-10 teams. Of course, the Golden Hurricane haven’t come close in any of those games, losing to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Boise State, but the aggressive scheduling at least gave them the opportunity for a program-building win. The Golden Hurricane should rebound, though, when they face North Texas on Saturday. A bye week and two early in-conference games means UAB (0-3) has only had one-out-of conference match-up to this point, a laughable 39-0 beating at the hands of the Florida Gators. The Knights started off well, outscoring Charleston Southern and ACC-foe Boston College 92-3 combined. But some well-documented botched plays have cost the Knights from being right up there with Houston and instead have UCF sitting at 2-2 after losses to
FIU and BYU. To wrap things up, UTEP (2-2) had to go to overtime to beat Stony Brook and squeezed by New Mexico State before getting wrecked by South Florida, 52-24.
What it means Honestly, it’s not good. So far, the conference has no wins over ranked opponents and is a combined 4-13 against BCS schools. To compound matters, there have been some embarrassing losses against lower-tier FBS schools and also unimpressive wins over FCS schools (see UTEP needing overtime against Stony Brook). With that in mind, the final word is this, C-USA’s general “defense as an afterthought” mentality may make for some exciting league games and parody within the conference, but it doesn’t translate well outside the league. There are still some opportunities for redemption but with all the realignment and uncertainty on the college landscape, it certainly feels like there have been some opportunities squandered and a theme of “coulda, woulda, shoulda” is plaguing CUSA.
UCF’s Schneider uses near-loss of leg as motivation FROM A8 and everything, getting through that process where I started hitting balls again, I felt like I was going to come back, and I was telling [Clinard] that, finally, after so many people telling me that,” Schneider said. Current head coach Bryce Wallor met Schneider when he was still a coach at University of Tennessee and views the senior as a role model for the Knights and for other teams. “He hit the absolute rock-bottom low that he could physically and took his time to build himself back up, and that’s just not easy to do,” Wallor said. When Schneider finally stepped onto the green as a redshirt freshman in 2008, it was “the best feeling ever.” Schneider has quickly reached the successes that he had long since hoped for. He’s helped UCF claim three-straight Conference
USA titles and played in the NCAA Championship as a freshman after he placed second and UCF placed first in the regional. When Wallor, who came to UCF in 2009, first met Schneider and saw his leg brace, he asked Clinard what had happened. Clinard explained the scenario. “Not being his coach, I just kind of looked at it and said wow, that’s a pretty tough guy right there,” Wallor said. Schneider’s toughness has more than paid off. After placing second in several tournaments, Schneider won his first individual title in the first tournament of this season when he tied for first at the Northern Intercollegiate in Sugar Grove, Ill. His win led to a C-USA Golfer of the Week accolade on Sept. 14. He also went on to take third place at the Adams Cup of Newport in Middletown, R.I., in his second tournament of the season. After learning how to
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Brad Schneider battled compartment syndrome and sat out his freshman season to become the Knights’senior leader.
walk again and being unable to play for more than a year, Schneider also re-worked his swing. Since last fall, Schneider and his new swing coach have taken the time to perfect it.
“I think physically now his injury is better and his golf swing is better, and I think he’s just peaking right now from both of those things,” Wallor said. For Schneider, hard
work has paid off. “Thankfully, I’ve had just as much success as I planned before the injury … I knew I was going to have success and finally believing in myself got me that
first win,” Schneider said. Schneider has even more of a reason to believe in himself, though. He hopes to keep up his success in the pros next year. Wallor, on the other hand, has a large-scale dream for the only senior on the team. It’s something he’s talked about with Schneider. They’ve made some jokes about what’s always a goal but would be much more special if accomplished this year, particularly. “I’d really like to see him walk out of here as a student-athlete at UCF [who] won four consecutive conference championships,” Wallor said. After almost losing his leg, nothing else could seem difficult. And nothing would send him out on a better note. For more sports: www.UCFNews.com Twitter: @CFFsports Facebook: /sports.cff
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Four elements fuse to create Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Dralion’ CHRISTY PHILLIPS Contributing Writer
From aerial performers and balancing acts to contortionists and gymnasts, there was rarely a pause in action and drama in the UCF Arena Sept. 21. Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion proved an exciting and entertaining show. The full audience was quickly captivated as performers masterfully soared, jumped, tumbled, juggled and danced across the stage. The performers, from clowns to stunt people, proved to be not only highly skilled in their area of expertise, but also actors who were able to draw emotion and tell a story. Dralion is built around four elements: earth, air, fire and water, with stories that intertwine throughout. Clowns continually kept the mood light and the audience laughing with pleasant surprises and hilarious interactions. The vivid colors used in the lights, props, stage and most of all, costumes, were a treat to the eyes. Earth is represented in costumes reminiscent of traditional African style in shades of brown, yellow, orange and white. Air is elegant in vibrant blue and is quite feminine in style and movement. Water is clothed in silky flowing shades of green and aqua while fire is bright, brilliant and masculine in deep oranges and reds. Original music is performed live in the bowels of the stage and made it more than a show for the eyes, but a thrilling concert for the ears, as well. A perfect balance was achieved by the musicians for setting the tones of each scene. Though usually quite loud, the heart-pounding rhythms and unusual tunes were not distracting but rather enhancing
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Group bikes 18 miles to get groovy ALEXIS SENIOR Contributing Writer
It was impossible to hear the spokes of their bikes turn in unison on Orlando’s busy Colonial Drive, but their statement was loud and clear. On Saturday, 20 UCF students and alumni took an 18-mile bike ride from the UCF Visitor Center to the Earthdance Global Festival for Peace in hopes of promoting gas-free, clean forms of transportation. This bike rally, known as Moving Orlando, was part of a much bigger movement called Moving Planet, an event that brought on the creation of 2,000 similar rallies in 175 countries to support lessening the use of fossil fuels on the same day. Worldwide, more than a million people signed up to ride their bikes, skate, surf, walk, run and dance their way toward a cleaner environment and away from
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Earthdance is a yearly international event dedicated to growing an international network of event producers and communities to implement real solutions for peace,sustainability and social justice.
the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas that, according to scientists, have contributed hugely to the current climate crisis. The UCF chapter of Intellectual Decisions on
Environmental Awareness Solutions teamed up with 350.org, the international organization that is responsible for Moving Planet, to put on the Moving Orlando bike rally and raise awareness about the effects of
fossil fuels. 350.org is dedicated to lowering the level of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere to 350 parts per million. It is currently at about 390 ppm – the highest it has ever been.
“Our bike ride was definitely a call to action and a step towards raising awareness,” said Sebastian Church, co-president of the UCF chapter of I.D.E.A.S. “It was also a great coincidence that we could combine two events [Moving Orlando and Earthdance] so unified in theme.” The UCF bike rally first took riders up Colonial, a street not known for being friendly to pedestrians or the like, to Chipotle, which sponsored the event and gave each rider a free burrito. The last seven miles took them to the Central Florida Fairgrounds, the site of the Earthdance festival. According to its website, Earthdance is a yearly international event “dedicated to growing an international network of event producers and communities that connect globally and act locally to imple-
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Circus roots combined with traditional acts FROM A10 to the overall show. While keeping to the circus roots with traditional acts such as juggling, Cirque du Soleil added twists to each part of the show to keep it interesting. The imaginative reinvention of children’s games, such as their jumping rope act during which men stack on top of each other like human pyramids and jump in and out of the turning ropes in perfect time and rhythm, was mesmerizing. Every part of the stage was used. The forward-most part of the stage had compartments which opened allowing performers to pop in and out and suddenly onto the stage. The ceiling above was used for stunning aerial performances. And the wide expanse of the back wall and floor was equipped for an exciting trampoline act, during which people jumped from near the arena ceiling down to trampolines below and were launched up again to cling momentarily to the wall before plum-
meting and twisting back onto the trampoline below. “I enjoyed the trampolines. They were going up and falling, not looking into where they were going. It kind of looked like they were defying gravity in a way,” said Dwayne McFarlane, who has seen La Nouba version in Downtown Disney and now Dralion. Dralion can be experienced for the entertainment value alone. But to those who care for a little more, there is much symbolism throughout. The four main elements represent various aspects of life. Fire and water dance to show struggle and conflict of opposites until Little Buddha comes to make peace. A beautiful and provocative love unfolds as air soars high above the stage. The lively acts earth brings suggests life. There is even a sobering scene in which Little Buddha helps usher an unsuspecting character, a clown, into death. The fact that only half the arena was used brought the stunts and action closer to the audience. There were
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Dralion is built around four elements:earth,air,fire and water.Earth is represented in traditional African style costumes.Air is elegant in vibrant blue.Water is clothed in silky flowing shades of green and aqua.Fire is bright in deep oranges and reds.
moments of intense silence as a performer did a particularly tricky or dangerous maneuver and moments of loud applause and cheering as artists achieved a challenging act. “I really liked the show a lot. It seemed very dangerous,” said Blaine Lawson, an
audience member seeing Cirque du Soleil for the first time. Cirque du Soleil has artfully created each scene of Dralion with perfect timing and flow; there are moments of optical illusion down to even the smallest details from one scene to the next.
As your attention is swept to one particular stunt, suddenly another is taking its place. Dralion is a memorable experience from start to finish and enjoyable for all ages. With no real dialogue, anyone can enjoy the sights, sounds, drama and comedy
of this unique and highly creative Cirque du Soleil experience. “I’ve seen stuff like this at Busch Gardens, but nothing compares to Cirque du Soleil,” said Jonathan Bandeira, another spectator seeing Cirque du Soleil for the first time.
In-progress ride draws more bikers FROM A10 ment real solutions for peace, sustainability and social justice.” The event has grown rapidly since its 1997 inception and now takes place in more than 500 locations in 80 different countries annually. “The journey to Earth-
dance was amazing. We wanted to become part of this fight against fossil fuels and educate others while we were doing it, and I believe we did exactly that,” said Chris Castro, president of the UCF chapter of I.D.E.A.S. Castro waved a flag with the words “United against fossil fuels” for the majori-
ty of the ride to the fairgrounds. Seeing this, many other riders joined the enthusiastic group out of curiosity and soon, the initial 20 riders reached 30. “That was the coolest part,” said Will Chorvat, the I.D.E.A.S. Safe Consequences Coordinator, who followed the group in an electric truck. “We had
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people that we didn’t know join us on the way. I think that was a success in itself.” Once riders reached the Earthdance festival, they were greeted by the heavy thump of house music that was played throughout the night by multiple Florida DJs, an oxygen booth, free samples of health-friendly shakes and snack bars and multiple art installations featuring local artists. Half of the proceeds also went to a local charity, and many attendees brought nonperishable items that were given to local homeless shelters. Before they danced the night away, the festival came to a pause at 4 p.m. Everyone in attendance took part in a prayer for peace in synchronized time with thousands of people at Earthdances all over the world. “I think that events like Moving Orlando and Earthdance are a catalyst to educating others on how to become less reliant on fossil fuels,” Castro said. “If we continue to show people solutions and to show them that they need to rally behind this cause, it will happen. We’ll be OK.”
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‘Obamacare’ a boon for college students According to the most and our UCF community. It recent Gallup poll, more and represents costs prevented more of our friends have and lives saved, and it’s benefits — health-care benethanks to the Affordable Care fits. And it’s a trend that I Act. believe should continue and Some conservatives think expand. that those younger than 26 Gallup reports that there shouldn’t receive coverage has been a 4 percent from their parents’ plan. decrease in those between Quoted on Fox Nation and the ages of 18-25 that have Town Hall.com, conservative IDA ESKAMANI reported to be uninsured. columnist and commentator Guest Columnist This number has consistently Ann Coulter actually stated dropped since September that according to Obamacare, 2010, when the Patient Protection and “...young people are not considered Affordable Care Act began implementadults until age 26, at which point they ing its “under-26 provision.” are finally forced to get off their parents’ You might know the Affordable Care health care plans.” Act. It’s the law Republicans refer to as Because of this, she believes we “Obamacare,” and it’s the law Republishould actually repeal the 26th Amendcans vehemently oppose. One of the ment, guaranteeing those 18 and older first pieces of legislation considered by the right to vote. House Republicans earlier this year According to Coulter, young people called for its repeal. It was cleverly titled don’t know what it’s like to live in the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care real world. We don’t have property, Law Act.” spouses, children or tax bills. We don’t But you know what, I’m glad Presineed jobs because apparently, we get dent Barack Obama cares. everything for free from Obama. Her According to HealthCare.gov, the slogan? “Not old enough to buy your ACA establishes a Patient’s Bill of Rights own health insurance, not old enough to and increases competition among health vote.” insurance providers to ensure great Well I’ve got newsflash for Coulter quality care for lower prices. Perhaps and other like-minded conservatives: most important to students, the AffordYoung people do work. able Care Act provides the opportunity In fact, according to UCF’s Office of for those younger than 26 to stay covInstitutional Research, there are more ered under their parent’s health insurthan 56,000 young people enrolled at ance plan. It’s commonly known as the UCF as of Fall 2010, and many of them “under-26 provision,” and according to have full-time jobs. It’s called being a Gallup, it is the reason why the number student. of uninsured young people has steadily But rather then get paid, we’re paying decreased. the university to work. A lot of us have Another survey, conducted by the also taken on second jobs to actually pay Centers for Disease Control and Preven- for our first job, as well as rent, food and tion and reported in the New York loans. We have expenses, we know what Times, also found a decrease in the it is to live in the “real world” and we’ll amount of uninsured young people. It remind you of that fact at the ballot box. concluded that in the first quarter of I believe healthcare is a human right, 2011 there were 900,000 fewer uninand I will support any means to make sured adults in the 19-25 age brackets that right more accessible to all Amerithan in 2010 despite a weak economy, cans, regardless of their demographic. high youth unemployment and sliding The under-26 provision is just one of incomes. many steps to ensure that we keep movTo me, this figure is more than just a ing forward and that more and more statistic. It represents me, you, our sibAmericans have access to affordable and lings, our roommates, our classmates effective health care.
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DHS campaign is creating paranoia “If you see something, George Orwell’s 1984. Her say something.” talking head is seen chantThat is the tradeing the “see something, marked message the say something” mantra on Department of Homeland television screens in WalSecurity seems hell-bent mart stores across the on drilling into the mind country. of the American public. Homeland Security has The campaign is partnered with the NFL described as “a simple and other sports leagues and effective program to to help educate the public AUSTIN CASTLE raise public awareness of on how fearful they Guest Columnist indicators of terrorism should be of terrorism. and violent crime,” The campaign slogan is according to the DHS website. displayed on stadium jumbotrons But the ever-present “see somewhile fans must wait in longer lines thing, say something” campaign is thanks to the new “enhanced” pat beginning to look like Stasi-styled downs the NFL recently announced. propaganda, designed to exploit our Coffee-cup sleeves are also startfears and create a culture of paranoia. ing to carry the slogan, along with an In shopping malls, transit stations image of Big Brother’s watchful eye, and sports stadiums across the coun- according to the Daily Caller. There is try, the DHS is rolling out a taxpayer- an iPhone app called PatriotApp, funded ad campaign that encourages making it easy for users to report Americans to harbor distrust and threats to authorities. Although I am snitch at the slightest suspicion. The all for public safety and vigilance, campaign is a bid to convince Ameri- there is no benefit in bombarding the cans that terrorism remains a persist- public with this message of fear. We ent, deadly threat. However, statistics are close to altogether abandoning tell a different story. hope for a peaceful society, and now “Even with the September 11 the grim future of state security is attacks included in the count, the upon us. number of Americans killed by interIt seems this administration is national terrorism since the late 1960s trying to steer attention away from … is about the same as the number of actual threats and onto a faceless Americans killed over the same peribogeyman. Meanwhile, financial terod by lightning, accident-causing rorists on Wall Street are rigging the deer or severe allergic reaction to controlled demolition of the global peanuts,” said John Mueller, an Ohio economy with weapons of mass State University professor, in a report destruction called derivatives and titled “A False Sense of Insecurity?” naked credit default swaps. Instead published in Regulation Magazine. of spying on their neighbors, AmeriThe department is quick to point cans should stay abreast of the comout that upholding civil rights and ing economic collapse and dollar liberties is a critical part of its miscrisis, much more dire threats to sion. But policies like the USA health and safety than international PATRIOT Act or the use of Transterrorism. portation and Security AdministraLife spent under the confines of a tion body scanners and grope-downs police state is far from the life of libcall these assurances into question. erty envisioned by our founding Secretary of Homeland Security fathers. Janet Napolitano is already being To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, compared to the pervasive, authori“Those who would sacrifice liberty tarian character of Big Brother from for security deserve neither.”
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“Do children watch too many cartoons?” NEAL SURRENA
RACHEL PETERS
Journalism, Freshman
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“Yes,because they only care about watching them and their communication skill will worsen.”
“Yes,because they need more social interaction.”
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“Educational ones are good every once in a while.Some like Nick Jr.can be helpful.”
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“If they watch too many then they won't want to do anything else.”
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 *Rock conqueror? 6 Ilk 10 *Soy milk brand 14 Diminish, as trust 15 Court target 16 Singer with the platinum 1992 album “The Celts” 17 *Dental checkup freebie 19 Hungarian spa city 20 “30 Rock” is loosely based on it, briefly 21 Georgia campus 22 Transparent personality? 23 Webber’s partner 24 Stink ending 25 Are proper for 28 *Wile E. Coyote buy 32 Napoleon, before seeing Elba? 33 Its symbol is “$” 34 West Bank initials 35 *Gets creative 39 *Extent 41 “Alice” spinoff 42 Gives goose bumps, maybe 44 Pennsylvania port 45 *Flashy display 48 Umbrella brand 49 Idiot 50 Finalize, as a comic strip 52 Pub drinks 54 Sudden outpouring 55 Sch. with a Phoenix campus 58 Comic book buyer of old? 59 *Beginner’s piano piece 61 Analogous 62 Forceful takeover 63 John who played Gomez Addams 64 *Forged check 65 Maker of Kate Moss fragrances 66 It celebrates National Day on October 1 (and it’s where the answers to starred clues were invented)
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