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‘America’s classical’ plays on UCF tenors, trumpeters play Jazz Fest TIM FREED
Communication, offered the Orlando area two nights of jazz from aspiring In an auditorium students, seasoned profespacked nearly to the point sors and renowned profesof overflow, people of all sionals. ages and backgrounds “I think events like this came to hear one of Amer- are good for the communiica’s most treasured arts: ty,” said Jeff Rupert, profesJazz. sor and director of Jazz The fourth annual UCF- Studies at the UCF music Orlando Jazz Festival, department. “It’s really up which took place on March to schools to bring artistic 25 and 26 in the auditorium events like this to the peoof the Nicholson School of ple.”
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The first night of the festival featured Grammynominated trumpeter Terrell Stafford, who was joined by the UCF jazz professors, a jazz outfit made up of Rupert on tenor saxophone, assistant
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Professional jazz trumpeter Terell Stafford performs at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival on March 25.
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UCF LIBRARY BRINGS PANEL DISCUSSION ON EXHIBITION A traveling exhibition, Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings, will be the topic of a panel discussion in the UCF Library on Wednesday.
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Pythons appear to be prospering in the Everglades despite winter freezes and a dearth of rain.Burmese pythons are top predators known to prey on more than 20 Florida species.
STUNT PLANE CRASHES AT AIRSHOW,KILLING PILOT Authorities say a single-engine stunt plane broke formation during an airshow in Florida and crashed, killing the pilot. The crash happened Saturday afternoon.
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“Whether it’s fair or not, you’re judged on how well you handle yourself in business and social situations. Your mastery of etiquette is constantly being evaluated, consciously or subconsciously, and your knowledge of proper etiquette is just another tool for success.” Throughout the entire course of dinner, Marshall told students exactly what to do and what not to do. This included everything from which fork is the salad fork to how to avoid catapulting food
Police are taking recent claims made by members of UCF’s sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma against members of UCF’s fraternity Delta Upsilon very seriously. Three unnamed sisters in KKG have accused DU of attempting to drug their drinks at a pirate-themed social on Feb. 10, according to their statements. “One of the members of Delta Upsilon was sitting next to me on the bus on the way there and had offered me a drink out of a 2 liter coca cola bottle with alcohol mixed in it that one of his buddies handed him.” The statement also reported that the DU mem— SUSAN PILE ber took a KKG REGIONAL CHAPTER drink DIRECTOR from the bottle and said that it was “totally roofied.” Roofies are a term for rohypnol, also known as the date-rape drug. In a letter from the regional director of KKG chapters Susan L. Pile to UCF’s KKG chapter, she writes that she was “embarrassed to hear of excessive drinking, possible drug use and inappropriate behavior by your members and dates that occurred at your recent function.” Pile’s “Focus Letter” asks the chapter to begin addressing issues within communication, standards, risk management and other areas of focus until March of 2012 when their progress will be reviewed. The UCF Office of Student Conduct and UCF Police will both be carrying out reviews of the incident.
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The Key West Ballroom’s tables were set, napkins placed on laps and dinner was ready to be served. As men and women in business-casual attire chatted with each other, it looked like a typical gathering of business professionals, but all who attended this dinner were UCF students. And it wasn’t just dinner. The gathering that took place on March 25 was the second-annual Business Etiquette Dinner hosted by Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity. Jason Willis, a senior finance major and the vice president of professional activities in AKPsi, was in charge of running the event. “Alpha Kappa Psi decided to host an etiquette dinner because it is an aspect that most students do not consider before graduation,” Willis said. “An interview conducted over lunch or dinner can be ruined by improper etiquette and most students are unfamiliar with the finer aspects.” The dinner’s keynote speaker, Nancy Marshall, has been conducting etiquette workshops for years, as the keynote speaker for the evening. Marshall was also the keynote speaker for the fraternity’s first etiquette dinner.
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Nancy Marshall informs members of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity about where to place their elbows while eating at an etiquette dinner.
For more photos of the event: www.UCFNews.com “AKPsi is one of the premier academic fraternities on campus,” Marshall said. “They’re a good, engaging audience, and I enjoy speaking to them.” Marshall said students who are business majors often want to be able to use etiquette as a tool. “Pizza and finger foods are fine for now, but students are only on college campuses for a few short years, then it’s on to the career world,” Marshall said.
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UCF Library to host traveling exhibition panel The UCF Library will host a traveling exhibition panel, which will discuss ‘Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings.’ The panel discussion will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday in the main library. The traveling exhibition itself is featured in the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland. It’s currently on loan from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It will be on display through April 12. The panel discussion in the UCF Library is open to all students.
Student Research Week starts on Monday Student Research Week kicks off on Monday, bringing in various speakers and seminars to the event. Held in the Student Union, it will also include topics such as grant writing and a speaker series on Alzheimer’s. Students wishing to obtain a full schedule can visit www.events.ucf.edu for more information. The event is open to all students and is free of charge.
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Pythons removed from Everglades on a regular basis Twenty-six pythons have been captured so far this year and the South Florida Water Management District says it removed six pythons from the Everglades in the last week alone. The snakes were recovered in areas where they were not previously found. The discovery of dead pythons after cold snaps last year had scientists speculating they pythons couldn’t survive such extreme weather. But their persistence despite freezes and a drought this year has them reconsidering.
Cause of stunt plane’s crash remains unknown Carl Laundrie, a spokesman for Flagler County, told The Florida Times-Union that the crash happened Saturday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the pilot as 58-year-old William Walker of Cookeville, Tenn. Walker was flying a Yak-52, which was originally designed as a Soviet warplane and now is popular at airshows. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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March 28, 2011 Vol 43, Issue 21 • 16 Pages The Central Florida Future is the independent, studentwritten newspaper at the University of Central Florida. Opinions in the Future are those of the individual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff or the University administration. All content is property of the Central Florida Future and may not be reprinted in part or in whole without permission from the publisher.
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When John Malala looks at his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s not the same country he remembers. The fertile, resourceful land, is now impoverished and war torn. But he has hope since starting the John Malala Dignity Foundation in 2007. The foundation attempts to help the Congolese become educated and self-reliant. Malala, 50, is a radio and television professor at UCF. Malala teaches courses on the Production of Interactive Multimedia and Computer-Mediated Communication. He is also the principal investigator of the R/TV Convergence Initiative. About 20 years ago, Malala moved to the U.S. on a student visa when the Democratic Republic of Congo was called Zaire and was considered one of Africa’s developing nations. According to the book, The Crisis in Zaire; Myths and Realities by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, the currency of Congo in 1980 was 2.94 to 1 U.S. dollar. In 1993, the exchange rate fell to 2.529 million Zaire dollars to U.S. $1. Today, the Congolese Franc is 1,000 to U.S.$1. Malala studied in the U.S. for ten years, where he received a Ph.D. in informatics, an education specialist degree in computer science education and several other degrees. After that, he became a college professor. “I attained the highest level education that I could receive,” he said. But as Malala and his family found prosperity in the U.S., he watched his country spiral downward from afar. After the fall of leader Mobutu Sese Seko, the country was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1996 the country was stricken by war and remains that way to this day. In 2006 Malala finally listened to his calling to return for the first time in almost 20 years. “Fear of death was nonexistent when I lived in Congo,” Malala said. “But when I returned in December 2006, I was a little bit scared.” He said his visit to Congo was “eye-opening.” He immediately noticed that the capital city, Kinshasa, had grown immensely in population. People were everywhere and nearly all of them were begging. Malala recalls the story of when a man came to his hotel room asking for money. Malala asked the man if he had an education. The man responded that he obtained a degree in meteorology and agriculture but no nongovernment organizations would hire him. The man said that he couldn’t start his own production because there were no resources to do so. According to Malala, 97 percent of the land in Congo had never been used and was extremely fertile — yet this man was saying that there were no resources. “I began to see that the situation in Congo has created a culture of begging and that the Congolese had lost their dignity — they’d become beggars,” Malala said. The following year, Malala returned to Congo with an idea in mind. He contacted all of the local TV stations and began broadcasting seminars about empowerment on national television. He taught practical concepts and princi-
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ples about work and ethics that affected much of the country. This was the birth of the John N. Malala Dignity Foundation. After Malala’s visit to Congo in 2006, he focused his energy on empowering the Congolese to create opportunities for themselves. Malala began doing seminars in rural villages of Congo about cultivating the land during more than one season. He said that in one village, Bulumbo, the people were able to cultivate more rice than ever before after the seminars. The foundation has since created a center for leadership and development in the village where it will begin training Congolese to use what they have instead depending on foreigners. Several partners have come alongside in the past few years including Heart of Africa, a faith-based western organization that helps native Africans achieve their vision to help their own people. “He has the ability to stir people’s own visions and instill self-confidence and an entrepreneurial spirit,” said Mike Henderson, the executive director of Heart of Africa. Andrea Thompson, a senior radio-television production major, has been directly involved in producing a video series for Malala’s cause to help doctors among developing communities. “This was probably the biggest thing I have ever been involved with in my career in productions,” Thompson said. “It was a huge eye opener.” Malala is currently developing a curriculum called “What Do You Have in Your Hands?” to teach in Congo on his next trip in May. “When you find yourself doing so many things, you also find that you have few choices,” Malala said. “I’m just doing what I can and now I see that many people want to be a part of it too.”
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Tiny radiation from Japan reaches Nevada MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press
RENO, Nev. — Nevada has joined several western states in reporting that minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear plant are showing up. But as with the other states, scientists say there is no health risk. Extremely small amounts of the radioactive isotopes iodine-131 and xenon-133 reached a monitoring station by Las Vegas’ Atomic Testing Museum this week, said Ted Hartwell, manager of the Desert Research Institute’s Community Environmental Monitoring Program. Hartwell said he’s cer-
tain the isotopes came from Japan because they’re not usually detected in Nevada. But he said the readings were far below levels that could pose any health risks. “Unless you have an accident like this (in Japan) you wouldn’t expect to see this. No doubt it’s from Japan,” Hartwell told The Associated Press. California, Colorado, Hawaii and Washington have also reported tiny amounts of radiation from the Japan accident. Officials have said those levels also are not harmful. Nevada health officials have said they do not expect any risk to the state from Japanese radiation releases because of the
distance the materials would have to travel. “Any material released must travel 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, during which time it will be dispersed and diluted in the atmosphere to levels that might eventually be detectable, but which will not present a health hazard nor require any protective actions,” said Eric Matus, radiation physicist for the Nevada State Health Division. Scientists say they weren’t surprised that radioactive isotopes from Japan were detected in the Western states. “They get caught up in the right wind pattern and they’ll move across the ocean,” said Jeff Daniels, an environmental scien-
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Women are screened at an evacuation center for radiation exposure leaked from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.Radiation has seeped into the food supply,with spinach and milk from as far as 75 miles (120 kilometers) showing levels of iodine in excess of safety limits. Minuscule amounts are being found in tap water in Tokyo.
tist with Reno-based DRI. Tiny amounts of the radioactive isotope cesium137 were detected at a University of Nevada, Las Vegas laboratory between March 17 and 21, but haven’t been reported since then, Hartwell said. The Desert Research Institute operates 29 stations that monitor the air for radioactivity around the Nevada National Security Site, formerly the Nevada Test Site, about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The institute plans to release the results of testing at the other stations and post them online at http://cemp.dri.edu/ by late in the week, Hartwell said. The vast majority of the monitoring stations are in Nevada, with four in Utah and one in California.
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SNL saxophonist Lenny Pickett headlines FROM A1 professor Per Danielsson on piano, adjunct professor Richard Drexler on upright bass, and adjunct professor Marty Morell on drums. The group played through a wide range of compositions, from slow, mellow tunes that rocked you back and forth to sporadic, upbeat jams that made you tap your foot and nod you head. Opening up the show that night was the young and talented UCF All Star High School Jazztet, who paid tribute to legendary artists such as Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. “It’s great to see teamwork and people coming together to make it happen,” said Stafford, who is also the director of Jazz Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia. “It’s a great family atmosphere.” The following evening, the event featured Saturday Night Live musical director Lenny Pickett, who played with the UCF Jazz Ensemble I in front of an overflowing crowd of spectators. Pickett took the crowd on a wild ride of different funk arrangements, cruising through songs while being backed up by a large horn section of UCF jazz students. Demonstrating his skill with the saxophone, Pickett soloed with great emotion and agility, hitting notes so high that the crowd stood on its feet when he finished. Also performing that night was adjunct professor Bobby Koelble’s band the Absinthe Trio, who creates a unique blend of jazz and atmospheric electronic music.
‘This is America’s classical music.‘ — JEFF RUPERT DIRECTOR OF JAZZ STUDIES AT UCF
Jeff Brzycki, a freshman business major, had a lot more motivation to go to the jazz festival besides extra credit for his popular American music class. “I definitely felt like this was the most interesting event happening on campus,” said Brzycki, waiting for the show to start during the first night of the festival. “Jazz is one of the genres where it’s a lot easier to appreciate because you can see the skill. I’m looking forward to this.” From Stafford’s skillful song arranging to Pickett’s extravagant solos, each night of the festival brought the audience a display of masterful jazz musicianship. Other high points of the festival were the Absinthe Trio’s ambient compositions, as well as the overall tightness of the UCF Jazz Ensemble I and UCF All Star High School Jazztet. “The festival is terrific. The kids are incredible musicians and they’re full of energy,” said Jerry Brignola, an audience member from Fort Lauderdale whose daughter is a freshman majoring in environmental engineering. Brignola said he prefers attending festivals such as this instead of professional concerts because of the students’ intense passion for the music. “Professionals play shows and will constantly
check their watches, waiting for their paycheck. These kids are here because they love the music,” said Brignola, who plays saxophone himself. “When you come to this festival, it’s only about the music.” One aspect of jazz that has always been crucial is passing the music from one generation to the next. Rupert hopes that holding events such as this will keep jazz alive and encourage young people to learn this beloved style of music. “This is America’s classical music,” said Rupert, packing up his saxophone after the first night of the festival. “With jazz, we not only try to cultivate the music, we cultivate the audience. We embrace the youth.” Throughout both nights of the event, the crowd gave standing ovations to all of the performers and applauded whenever any player finished a solo. As the event came to an end, it was obvious that the audience, as well as the performers, had enjoyed the festival. “I had a good time. I’m just happy to play my saxophone to tell you the truth,” Pickett said. “These guys played great so it was fun.” Rupert told the audience that they can expect another festival next year and that everyone should look forward to the fifth annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival. “I think if music can bleed into life and more people could see the democracy of what jazz music is about, I think we could all get along much better,” Stafford said. “It’s a beautiful thing. I wouldn’t rather be doing anything else.”
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Senior Jose Rojas from Osceola High School plays the saxophone with the UCF All Star High School Jazztet at the Jazz Festival.
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Delta Upsilon’s ‘roofie game’ serious matter FROM A1 “Our No. 1 priority is to provide a safe environment for the entire university community, including our Greek organizations. We support the efforts of our fraternities’ and sororities’ national offices to hold their members accountable to the values that the vast majority of our students uphold,” said a statement from UCF officials. According to a letter addressed to UCF’s DU chapter from Delta Upsilon International Fraternity’s executive director Justin Kirk, the redevelopment phase for UCF’s chapter of DU ends March 28. DU was placed on reorganization status on Jan. 25 by DUIF.
Separate groups of bar goers robbed, accosted Sat. morning KATIE KUSTURA News Editor
At 2:30 a.m. on March 26, police say three to four Hispanic males about 19-25 years old accosted two groups of students who were returning home from the Knight Library. The incidents happened within ten minutes of each other. Both of the groups were accosted at knifepoint — one at
Appeals to the Board of Directors are also due that day. Also in Kirk’s letter are the results of membership reviews. According to the letter, 48 brothers can
Gemini Boulevard and Aquarius Agora Drive, and the other near Academic Village off of Libra Drive — and a male student’s T-shirt was slashed. No one was seriously injured. One group was robbed but the other was not. “These people are very brazen,” said Sgt. Troy Williamson, community relations supervisor. “We’re definitely going to be on guard.” Williamson said that there’s
maintain undergraduate status, 17 are on financial and/or academic probation, 16 are alumni and 32 have been recommended for expulsion. A DU Redevelopment
no telling if the suspects are students, but that they’re most likely not affiliated with UCF. Police are recommending that students not walk on campus roadways late at night or early in the morning, especially after leaving a bar. “Our advice is simply, if you’re approached by [the suspects] … give them what they want, don’t take anything for granted, don’t take your life for granted, be calm and collected,”
Retreat with all undergraduate members will
Williamson said. “Whatever information you have to give us is very important.” UCF police do not believe that the shooting that happened less than 20 hours later at Arbour Apartments located off of Alafaya Trail is connected to the knifepoint robberies. UCF police are expecting an increased use in the Safe Escort Patrol Service following Saturday morning’s robbery and attempted robbery.
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With the recent robberies,Sgt.Troy Williamson advises students to be cautious walking home from bars at night.
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Conversation, not food, is crucial in etiquette FROM A1 in a dinner guest’s face. Although the event was a dinner, Marshall emphasized the importance of conversation, not the food. “The No. 1 thing to remember is that if you make a big mistake, it is not the end of the world,” Marshall said. “Your main goal here is to make contacts.” AKPsi member Graham Austin, a senior economics major, felt he benefitted greatly from the business etiquette dinner. “I definitely learned a lot and I will be able to conduct myself better in the future,” Austin said. “Good etiquette shows that you are worth doing
business with and knowing on a professional level.” Amanda Rodriguez, a junior accounting major not involved with AKPsi, decided to come out to simply brush up on her etiquette. By hosting this event, AKPsi seeks to further its exposure on campus and to the general student population while providing an event to the students that will further the knowledge and preparation of students preparing for graduation. The fraternity would like to include other organizations in the planning stages and expand the event to include more students for the next etiquette dinner next spring.
ETIQUETTE MISTAKES YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE MAKING 1.The mistake:Skipping an introduction.You don’t introduce your friend Jen to acquaintance Ann because you’ve forgotten Ann’s name. Why it’s wrong:You’re being rude to both parties by not acquainting them with each other. 2.The mistake:Being a vague guest.For example,you’re invited to a party but never respond.Or,you’re going for an overnight visit but fail to tell your hosts when you’ll arrive and leave. Why it’s wrong:When you don’t say yes or no to a party,the host may wonder if you’re hoping a more exciting invitation will come along.You may be thinking no such thing,but the host can’t know that. 3.The mistake:Arriving at a party with a present in hand,even though the invitation says “no gifts,please.” Why it’s wrong:You’ll likely embarrass all the empty-handed guests, who obeyed the instructions. 4.The mistake:Asking someone you barely know the ethnic origin of her name. Why it’s wrong:You may come off as more interested in her pedigree than in her personality.Worse,you could be suspected of prejudice or racism. 5.The mistake:Asking the host of the party for a tour of her house. Why it’s wrong:Unless it’s a housewarming,the host has no obligation to show people around.And she may have any number of good reasons for not doing so. — WWW.GOODHOUSEKEEPING.COM
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Nancy Marshall inspects,educates,and critiques the dinner etiquette of members of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity at dinner on March 25.
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GOP appears poised to take on entitlements CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press
CORAL SPRINGS — If there’s any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the federal debt, Florida’s retirement havens should top the list. Even here, however, Republican lawmakers are racing toward a spending showdown with Democrats exhibiting little nervousness about deep cuts, including those that eventually would hit benefit programs long left alone by politicians. In fact, many GOP freshmen seem bolder than ever. It’s Democrats, especially in the Senate, who are trying to figure out how to handle the popular but costly retirement programs. Congress, meanwhile, is rapidly nearing critical decisions on the budget and the nation’s debt ceiling. In southeast Florida last week, first-term GOP Rep. Allen West, a tea party favorite, called for changes that some might consider radical: abolish the Internal Revenue Service and federal income tax; retain tax cuts for billionaires so they won’t shut down their charities; stop extending unemployment benefits that “reward bad behavior” by discouraging people from seeking new jobs. As for entitlements, West told a friendly town hall gathering in Coral Springs, if Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid “are left on autopilot, if we don’t institute some type of reform, they’ll subsume our entire GDP” by 2040 or 2050. GDP, or gross domestic product, meas-
ures the value of all goods and services produced in the United States. Social Security, the largest federal program, mainly benefits retirees. Medicare provides health coverage for older people. Medicaid helps those with low incomes. Combined, the three consume about 40 percent of the budget. Their costs are growing rapidly. Social Security and Medicare benefits now exceed the payroll taxes that fund them. West, who’s likely to draw serious Democratic opposition next year, showed scant interest in edging toward the center on anything. He didn’t take issue with the man who said congressional Democrats “have joined with the radical Islamists,” or with the woman who said President Barack Obama “certainly doesn’t support Israel.” In Greenville, S.C., a different Republican freshman with tea party ties, Rep. Trey Gowdy, also suggested during last week’s congressional break a paring back of social programs. According to a Greenville News account posted on his website, Gowdy “described a recent school classroom where most children indicated they think it’s the government’s job to provide health care, Social Security and education. ‘We’ve got to do something about the sense of entitlement,’ Gowdy said.” Gowdy’s office later said he thinks Social Security “is a key aspect of a broad effort to fundamentally reform our entitlement system, but any solution must honor our commitment to current
retirees.” Indeed, West and many other Republicans say current and soon-tobe retirees should see no benefit cuts. Their calls for changing Medicare and Social Security often lack specifics, and it’s unclear whether the divided Congress will tackle the programs’ longterm problems or postpone action, as has happened many times before on Capitol Hill. West’s desire to slash spending seems to stop at his district’s doorstep. The Coral Springs audience cheered loudly when he said he helped secure a $21 million grant for a new runway at the nearby Fort Lauderdale airport. “Grant money is not pork,” West said. He issued a press release saying the runway project “will generate at least 11,000 jobs” by 2014 and cost $791 million. While West spoke in Coral Springs, several dozen Republicans had wine and hors d’oeuvres in Palm Beach as they awaited a speech by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. There was ample sympathy in the room for raising the eligibility age for Social Security benefits. Obama’s debt commission recommended gradually increasing the full retirement age, from 67 to 69, over the next 65 years. “No one is going to be hurt by it,” said Steve Stevens, 80, a retired real estate developer. If people, rich or poor, count on Social Security to fund their retirement, he said, “it’s very poor planning.” Obama’s debt commission has recommended gradually increasing the full retirement age, from 67 to 69, over the next 65
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Rep.Allen West,a tea party favorite,has called for changes that some might consider radical:abolish the Internal Revenue Service and federal income tax; retain tax cuts for billionaires so they won’t shut down their charities.
years. Cynthia Steele, 51, said anyone making more than $100,000 a year should not receive Social Security benefits, even if it affected her and her friends. In Washington, Democrats are conflicted. Thirtytwo Senate Democrats joined 32 Republicans in urging Obama to negotiate a broad-based spending plan that includes changes to Social Security and Medicare. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says he
opposes cuts in Social Security benefits. The centrist Democratic group Third Way says the
public is ready to embrace gradual changes to entitlement programs and that Republicans are winning the issue so far. “We don’t believe Republicans ‘going too far’ will be their Waterloo,” the group said in a memo. “The party seen as most serious on the issue will win the day.” If Republicans and Democrats cannot agree soon on spending plans for this year and next, the government could face its first partial shutdown since 1996. That prospect worries leaders of both parties, and they are watching to see if last week’s recess hardened of softened lawmakers’ positions. West suggested there is room for compromise, but not much. “I’m not for shutting down the government,” he told the Coral Springs crowd. But he said Obama must lead the budget negotiations, or else. If there is a shutdown, West said, “it’s going to be because the president is not engaged.”
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STETSON TUESDAY 6:30 P.M.(HOME) STETSON WEDNESDAY 6:30 P.M.(AWAY) SOUTHERN MISS FRIDAY 6:30 P.M.(HOME) SOUTHERN MISS SATURDAY 4 P.M.(HOME) SOUTHERN MISS SUNDAY NOON (HOME) JOSH GIVEN / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Brian Adkins will look to rebound after receiving his first loss of the season against Miami last Tuesday night. Adkins has a 2.27 ERA and has struck out 23 batters in six appearances this season.
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UNF WEDNESDAY 2 P.M.(AWAY) SMU SATURDAY 11 A.M.(HOME) MEMPHIS SUNDAY 11 A.M.(HOME)
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BETHUNE COOKMAN THURSDAY 4 P.M.(AWAY)
Knights to take on new-and-improved Hatters in home-and-home series
all schools that UCF beat.
JESSICA GILLESPIE Baseball beat writer
Last week, the Stetson Hatters shocked the Florida college baseball circuit when they defeated No. 4 Florida State in 11 innings. The Knights will take on Stetson on Tuesday and Wednesday, facing the Hatters (20-4) in a home-andhome two-game series. The Hatters, who had a 27-31 record last season, have been somewhat of a surprise team this season, opening this season with a threegame sweep of Georgia. The
Hatters were riding high on an eight-game win streak into Sunday and are currently ranked No. 28 in the Top 30 Collegiate Baseball Divison I polls, where UCF is unranked. Last season, the Knights beat Stetson twice, 11-7 and 10-6. Joe Rogers earned the first win in DeLand as the closer. It took a five-run eighth inning for the Knights to take the Hatters in a very back-and-forth game. Jonathan Griffin, Ryan Breen
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Starting pitcher and Darnell Sweeney were all 3-for-5 at the plate. Sweeney, the Knights’ No. 3 hitter, leads the team with a Stetson’s Will Dorsey started both games against the Knights last season and started against FSU last week. Dorsey is 3-2 on the season and has a 4.00 ERA in six appearances. The Hatters also have wins over East Tennessee State and Columbia. The Hatters lost to BethuneCookman, Maine and Siena,
Although Brian Adkins pitched three innings of relief in Game 3 against Rice Sunday, Adkins will most likely start on the mound for the Knights in one of the games. Miami handed Adkins his first loss of the season last week in Coral Gables, putting him at 3-1 for the season. All season, head coach Terry Rooney has stressed to Adkins that he needs to not just pitch against the bigname teams but he needs to
PROJECTED LINEUP 1.Travis Shreve 2B 2.Ronnie Richardson CF 3.Darnell Sweeney SS 4.Chris Taladay LF 5.Jonathan Griffin 1B 6.D.J.Hicks DH 7.Beau Taylor C 8.Erik Hempe RF 9.Derek Luciano 3B TOP PERFORMERS (AS OF MARCH 26) Home runs:Hicks - 5 Hits:Shreve - 34 RBIs:Taylor - 22 Batting avg.:Hicks - .377 On-base percent:Richardson - .467 Slugging percent:Hicks - .636 Wins: Lively - 5 Strikeouts: Winkler - 36
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Defensive backs shine at spring practice ERIKA ESOLA Sports Editor
Bright House Networks Stadium was filled with spring football action on Saturday, as the Knights hosted Junior Day and held their first-ever practice open to the public at the stadium. “We had a good junior day with a bunch of kids [here] and we got to showcase everything,” said head coach George O’Leary. UCF spring football practices are always open to the public, however, the team usually practices either on the outdoor practice fields or inside the Nicholson Fieldhouse. This was the second time practice was ever held in the
stadium. The only other time the Knights practiced inside the stadium was in 2007, before the stadium’s opening day, but it was not open to the public. “I thought that [getting to practice at the stadium] was a nice situation,” O’Leary said. The Knights also held their first scrimmage of the spring football season. “Well, it was the first real scrimmage, and I thought there were way too many mistakes and penalties,” O’Leary said. “I thought that the things I look at on defense — DDF (deliver, disengage and finish), weren’t there on defense. And I thought that KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
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Defensive backs take part in drills at practice. Josh Robinson and Kemal Ishamel are expected to lead the secondary this season.
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Adkins, Despite Rojas’ shutout, UCF falls to UAB Collins likely to start series AMY FOIST
Softball beat writer
Despite handing UAB its first Conference USA loss of the season Saturday, the Knights couldn’t take the weekend series against the Blazers, dropping Saturday’s contest 5-3. Center fielder Vanessa Perez had two hits and scored a run, while Natalie Land and Marissa Menendez generated UCF’s other two runs. Diana Rojas (4-7) pitched 2.1 innings in Game Three on March 26, giving up three runs off three hits with three errors and one strikeout. Lacey Dinney came in for 0.1 innings giving up two runs off two hits with one strikeout and Ashley Schmitt closed for UCF in 4.1 innings giving up no runs off five hits and no strikeouts. Friday was a better day for the Knights, when they split a double-header against the Blazers. In Game One against UAB, Rojas gave up nine hits and no runs, shutting out the Blazers 60 in 7.0 innings. “It felt awesome to be able to throw my first complete game, get the shutout and pick up the win against UAB all in the same game,” Rojas said in a release. "I have been feeling pretty confident on the mound in my last few appearances and it feels great to be able to go out there and pitch like I know how to pitch."
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Diana Rojas pitched her first complete game in the 6-0 shutout of the UAB Blazers on March 26.It was the Blazers’first C-USA loss of the season.
Third baseman Allie Jest had three RBIs off two hits, second baseman Land had an RBI off one hit and Vanessa Perez had one run off one hit. Patrice Fee scored another run for the Knights off two hits and shortstop Tiffany Lane posted 2 runs off two hits. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Abby McClain started the inning when she hit her seventh home run of the season to
center field. Fee singled to shortstop, Jest singled down the right field line scoring Fee and Schmitt. During the night cap of Day One, McClain was the only Knight able to score a run, as the Knights fell to the Blazers 5-1. Menendez and Land each posted hits for UCF in game two. Lacey Dinney (8-7) received the loss for UCF, giving up five runs on five hits with three
walks and two strikeouts. Schmitt closed out the game on the mound, allowing one hit and one walk in 2.1 innings.
Notes — Throughout the series against UAB, UCF totaled 10 runs off 21 hits. — Diana Rojas gave UAB its first C-USA loss of the season in the 6-0 shutout game.
First public practice at stadium a success FROM A11 LCS (landmarks, contacts and sustain), weren’t there on offense. But the kids came on towards the end of the scrimmage, defensively.” While O’Leary was pleased with how the first scrimmage ended, he expressed his desire for his players to be more engaged into the action. “Overall, I think we need more effort and enthusiasm,” O’Leary said. “I thought that
was lacking.” The defensive unit seemed to have looked more polished than the offensive unit in the scrimmage, winning battles on the line of scrimmage and also in the secondary. But missed tackles by the linebacker corps concerned O’Leary. “Linebacking is a game of contact and speed,” O’Leary said. “And right now I’m very disappointed in my linebackers as far as what I saw out there. Way too many missed tackles.”
The secondary stood out the most to O’Leary. “With Josh Robinson and Kemal [Ishmael] I think we are set back there at secondary,” O’Leary said. “I’m now looking for the second-team guys, where they’re coming from, and to pencil in some of the younger guys.” Junior defensive back Kemal Ishmael made multiple pass breakups and laid out a few big hits on unsuspecting wide receivers. Most notably, Ish-
mael laid the lumber on wide receiver A.J. Guyton on a neartouchdown grab, knocking Guyton so hard that he dropped the pass. “Oh, Kemal is a player,” O’Leary said. “He does good things.” The Knights will take the field Tuesday at 9 a.m. for their next spring practice at the outdoor practice fields. The Knights’ Spring Game is April 16 at 2 p.m. at Bright House Networks Stadium.
beat them as well. “Brian is a ‘pitchability lefty,’” Rooney said after UCF’s rout of Boston College on March 9. “When he’s down in the zone and can change his off-speed pitches he’s very successful.” Adkins has a 2.27 ERA in six appearances and has struck out 23 batters this season. “I want to be that guy to face the big teams and get the big wins when we need them,” Adkins said after his win over Boston College on March 9. Matt Collins, who was originally part of the pitching rotation but hasn’t seen much time this season due to a slight forearm strain, could likely be UCF’s second starter this week. Collins saw time as a reliever on Saturday against Rice and threw 1-1/3 hitless, scoreless innings. Collins owns a 1.17 ERA in three appearances.
Who to watch for — Nick Cicio. The lefty out of the pen owns a 0.53 ERA and is 10 in eight appearances. — D.J. Hicks. The designated hitter has the highest batting average of the starters at .377 and he leads the team in home runs with five. — Stetson second baseman Robert Crews. Crews owns the highest Stetson average at .379 and he batted 2-for-3 with a double against FSU last week.
“I want to be that guy to face the big teams and get the big wins when we need them.” — BRIAN ADKINS UCF PITCHER
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If not for race card, Cam Newton would be No. 1 OK, I’ll say it: A black quarterback can’t be the best quarterback in the NFL Draft because the NFL doesn’t want one to be. That is the only reason that former Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert is even in the discussion as the No. 1 signal caller. It’s obvious that Auburn’s Cam Newton is by far the best quarterback in the draft, and that Gabbert is a novelty and future bust. Where was Gabbert when Stanford’s Andrew Luck was still presumed draft eligible? Nowhere, also known as ‘Missouri.’ Before January, Gabbert was not even on ESPN’s draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.’s ‘Big Board’. Luck was the consensus No. 1 quarterback. The prototypical passer with size, a good arm, accuracy, intelligence, and most importantly, whiteness. There is no doubt, though, that he was the most polished passer in the draft and deserved to be the No. 1 overall pick. Flash forward to Jan. 6. Luck announced he will
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return to Stanford to finish his degree and almost in chorus, scouts began prepping the rise of Gabbert. That same day, Gabbert made his debut on Kiper’s chart at number nine. The plan had begun. He was an apt replacement. He had the size (6foot-5-inches, 240 pounds), a big arm, good looks, handled the media well, and most importantly, he’s white. He began to rise up the talking heads’ draft boards. Kiper and fellow ESPN draft expert Todd McShay babbled about how he was rising fast and could be the most talented passer in the draft. During the East-West Shrine Game, McShay mentioned he could be the No. 1 overall pick to the
Carolina Panthers. Then, he landed the No. 1 quarterback spot on all the draft boards and the plan was almost complete. But, just to make things better, Newton decided to throw at the Combine and so the talking heads criticized his decision and intelligence. Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett and Washington’s Jake Locker participated in passing drills as well. Both are also viewed as potential first-round quarterbacks, but neither were criticized. Gabbert was in the right place at the right time. Yeah, he has enough talent to be a first-round pick. But it is no coincidence that when Luck announced he was staying, the scouts also seemed to notice Gabbert. They were looking for him. They had to replace the prototypical-passer Luck with another white guy, a face of the franchise. What scouts love about Gabbert (size, arm strength and athleticism) is also what sets Newton apart. The scouts say Gabbert has better accuracy, but Newton has a slightly higher
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Despite top-flight passing numbers,winning the Heisman and leading Auburn to a national championship,Cam Newton isn’t considered the top NFL draft pick.
completion percentage (66.1) than Gabbert (63.4). Newton is by far the best quarterback in the draft but has “character issues.” Why? Because he stole a laptop and threw it out of a window. Newton also won the Heisman, and singlehandedly took an undefeated Auburn through the South Eastern Conference to the
National Championship. Character issues? Sounds like a hard worker to me. Look how Newton handled himself with all the pay-for-play allegations. He did have one bad throw, however, in the end zone during the championship game against Oregon. Newton comes from a spread offense (as does Gabbert), has character
issues and he’s dumb. Why is it that black quarterbacks are never smart enough for the NFL? The media won’t say he’s dumb, they just say that they question his decision making, his discipline or that he has character issues. When Vince Young came out of Texas, many criticized his low Wonderlic test score. But last year Tim Tebow bombed the test yet everyone stood by him, calling him a football player ... blah, blah, blah. There are some bright spots, however: former Titans head coach Jeff Fisher invested heavily into two black quarterbacks (Young and Steve McNair), Donovan McNabb is one the most respected players in the league, and the media embraced Michael Vick in his return. Many believe that the Vicks and McNabbs are changing the way the NFL views its quarterbacks. But, Gabbert’s forged rise to the top shows that the NFL is still looking for the safe, traditional passer — the white passer.
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True experience necessary same for the other side. This is a In my time serving in student pivotal trait in looking for the government I have seen a lot of most qualified student body student leaders. Many of these president. leaders have been successful in Another essential characterisacademics, other organizations, tic is true experience. Each year and in the community. Each and around this time, candidates all every one of these leaders had an claim to have experience. And impact on my ability to be a they’re right. No one goes into leader within student governthis process without any experiment. Some taught me integrity and NICHOLAS GURNEY ence. That being said, it’s important hard work, while others showed Special to the Future to remember what true experime less than admirable traits. ence actually means. The experiThrough it all, I’ve been able ence necessary to be student body presito separate the good from the bad. I have made it a point, over the past three years, to dent or vice president amounts to more only associate with those I respect for their than just holding positions elsewhere. It strong leadership and upstanding character. requires a history of taking tough stances on important issues. I have done that. I This is the difference. have stood strong for individual student This is what makes me the best candirights on campus and increases in funding date for President. My ability to focus only on what is best for students has allowed me opportunities for students and organizations. the fortune of being where I am today. I I urge students to consider all of these truly believe that this strength is also my qualifications and to watch the debates that opponent’s weakness. I also believe that if have taken place over the past couple of students look at past accomplishments and weeks. Once done, I am confident that studecisions, they will agree. I have always sided with the best interest dents will cast their vote for the absolute best candidates: Nicholas S. Gurney and of the student body, even if it conflicted Fernando Gonzales. with my own interests. I cannot say the
Approachable, accessible sentation, and we acknowledge When dealing with Student that while not every student is Government, I feel one of the engaged, every student has an most important things to considopinion. er is the accessibility and After meeting with so many approachability of student leadstudents during the campaign, ers. SGA’s number one mission is Adam and I are very excited to advocate on behalf of every about how our image of accessiUCF Knight; but if even a single bility has already taken shape. student feels they can’t approach We heard student concerns, SGA with a concern, then Student Government has failed in its MATTHEW MCCANN placed them on our official platform, and those we met with mission. Special to the Future acknowledged we were genuinely During the campaigning seeking their input. Our opposiprocess, one thing I have heard tion has attacked some of our platform time and time again from the students I’ve points saying these student concerns are had the privilege of meeting with is that simply impossible to fix. To that we ask stuAdam and I are more approachable individudents to redefine what is and is not possible. als. If a student doubts even for a moment if We have the experience, we’ve been in Adam and I can take action on an issue, they these organizations, we’ve seen what these students have seen and been where they’ve need only visit our website (www.possibilibeen. That type of experience has drastical- tyredefined.com), view our plan, and see exactly how possible some things really are. ly altered how we approach student repre-
Info, not ego, fuels campaign that information is the The main area that single greatest resource differentiates me from available to students. my competition is the This is because informaknowledge of what is tion empowers all stutruly important. While a dents to be more effeclot of issues raised durtive than individual ing this election cycle leaders could ever be. are very important, there Our administration are a few that qualify as vows not to focus on ourmost important. selves or our egos. During the first town NICHOLAS GURNEY AND FERNANDO GONZALES Rather, we want to focus hall hosted by the MultiSpecial to the Future on spreading the word on cultural Student Center, important resources, a student asked both services, and funding opportunities that stucandidates what they thought the most important resource provided by SGA is. My dents truly care about. SGA is not a selfservice organization and should not be used opposition answered that student leaders to better leadership or improve self-image. are most important. This is simply not the If elected, we pledge to keep to these case. and other promises made during the course Most students would agree that it is not of our campaign. This is because trusting the leadership put in place, but rather the your leaders is almost as important as what results of that leadership. When asked the your candidates think is most important. same question, Fernando and I answered
Student input paramount Adam and I have A very integral part of developed many points Adam and my campaign centering on involving has been the want and students in the process. desire for student input. We’ve discussed little With a diverse comthings like having open munity of 56,000 stuoffice hours around camdents, it would be impospus and wider reaching sible to do right in our things, such as requiring decisions while ignoring every SGA Executive what the students have to MATTHEW MCCANN AND ADAM BROCK Branch member to attend say. I truthfully feel that Special to the Future student organization Nick and I have very difmeetings. fering opinions on just Hosting town halls how important the need and going to student events are great ways to involve students is. to make ourselves accessible to students. During the election debates and town halls, the question was asked multiple times Adam and I have even discussed our desire to incorporate direct-feedback polls on SGA of how to involve more students with Stuexpenditures into places like our website dent Government. Many of the responses and an SGA smartphone application. Nick gave signaled that his priorities lied Student services and students’ rights inimore with restructuring the Student Govtiatives are without a doubt extremely ernment office, and not as much on going important, and a huge emphasis of our camout and actively engaging students. paign; however, without getting enough stuIt’s certainly no secret that the SGA office can be intimidating at times, but forc- dents input, the decisions we made would represent only our small corner of UCF, and ing students to come to us to get answers that would not make us very effective doesn’t seem like the right approach in my speakers of the student voice. eyes.
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Endorsement not in the ‘Future’s’ future the mindset of partisanThe goal of this colship. umn is to announce that As a staff, we were the Central Florida Future impressed with how open will not be endorsing a and willing to talk this candidate for the 2011 year’s candidates were. I Student Government appreciated late-night Association Presidential phone calls, deep discuselections. sions about articles and I ask you, then, to not candidates’ availability take these next words whenever I needed to talk lightly: We did not reach EMRE KELLY to them. this conclusion because Editor-in-Chief We think both platof a dislike of the candiforms present interesting, dates. We chose not to endorse a candi- new ideas that help propel UCF into date because the tickets are too simi- the 21st century and bring interconnectivity to parts of campus that lar in their respective goals and neihave been ignored. We also enjoyed ther ticket stood out enough to the talks about transparency and warrant a shining endorsement. All bringing new faces to student govcandidates involved have sufficient experience and clear platform prom- ernment, as these have been challenges for SGA in the past year. ises, none of which we objected to. We’ve decided to allow each Endorsements are challenges that presidential candidate 300 words to don’t just involve a senior editor describe how they differ from their making a decision on behalf of an opposition. entire staff. It takes several senior We’ve also offered them another editors and reporters to come to a 300 words to speak as a combined conclusion about which ticket will ticket on the one topic that clearly be preferable. separates them from their opposing The aim is to take an educated, ticket. They will run unedited and experienced group of individuals exactly as they were sent to us. and formulate a well-researched Registered student organizations, opinion on which ticket is best for members of student government, or the community. other individuals who would like to Walking into the conference submit their personal endorsements room, a few editors were convinced may do so. We’ll publish them that endorsing was the answer. online, unedited and just as they When presented with the argument that endorsing could be seen as bias, were written. We hope that, after reading these, they made the legitimate point that you can reach a stronger conclusion not endorsing could look just as about who you’d like to see working biased — in this case, toward pleasin the SGA office for the next year. ing SGA instead of taking a stand. The most important thing we can We clearly separate the Opinions ask for from students regarding section of our newspaper from the these elections is that voter turnout News, Variety and Sports sections. increases from previous years. We hope you, the reader, can differWe wish the best of luck to both entiate between the facts and the tickets both in these elections and in editorials. As someone who has been heavi- the future. I have a feeling that it won’t be the last time we work ly involved with the military since together. birth, I have an attachment to the For a full review of the staff’s idea of endorsing a candidate. Key military endorsements are an impor- thought process on endorsement, see the pros and cons list below this coltant boon for national candidates umn. and, in this case, I had to set aside
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Gurney & Gonzales
Gurney & Gonzales
Their campaign platform is generally strong and attacks many top-tier issues, such as how SGA can affect academics and safety around campus. They also advocate establishing new health initiatives for students, which is a topic rarely touched on by SGA. The duo also pushes for medical amnesty, which would legally protect students who seek medical help as a result of illegal actions. Gurney is intelligent, well spoken and has applicable experience in legal studies.
Gonzales is the head of the Conference Registration and Travel Committee, which is the organization that allocates funds to registered student organizations. The CRT committee has been running low on funds and there has been discussion of borrowing money from other SGA organizations. It’s important to know that our school’s SGA vice president is fiscally responsible and capable of handling SGA’s $17-million budget. While Gurney is a good speaker, Gonzales lacks some public speaking ability, which is extremely important in a vice presidential role.
McCann & Brock
McCann & Brock
The candidates have ideas that push forward technology at UCF, such as fingerprint scanners in the Recreation & Wellness Center that can help speed up entry. Brock’s dedication to new UCF initiatives, such KnightLynx, is impressive and shows his potential to effectively execute large-scale projects. The candidates are good ‘people persons’ and are friendly, personable and approachable in an SGA environment that values transparency.
Brock’s strong reputation on campus overshadows his runningmate and begs the question, ‘Why isn’t Brock the one running for president?’ This also raises concerns about who will be the main force behind decision making if the ticket wins. Will Brock play a prominent role in making decisions, or will he only assume the role of vice president? Also, McCann had little public exposure before the elections. While he’s a good public speaker, is he prepared to take on a high-profile role?
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