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Interested in graduate or professional school? Students can learn how to plan for the graduate or professional school application process Thursday, June 30. Career Services will present information on applications, interviews and personal statements. The event will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 115 of the Career Services Experiential Learning building located at Memory Mall. For more information, contact Career Services at 407-823-2361 or career @mail.ucf.edu
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Testimony spurs water debate Plancher jury listens to conflicting statements KATIE KUSTURA Editor-in-Chief
Witness testimonies in the Ereck Plancher wrongful death trial against the UCF Athletics Association (UCFAA) continues to conflict with each other this week, especially in relation to water and athletic trainers. Head coach George O’Leary, wide receivers
coach David Kelly, running back Ronnie Weaver, former wide receiver Jamar Newsome and former wide receiver and team captain Rocky Ross have all testified that water and athletic trainers were present during the March 18, 2008 team conditioning drill. Plancher, who was a wide receiver on the team, died following that day’s drill. The cause of death, as
To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com determined by the medical examiner, was dysrhythmia due to acute exertional rhabdomyolysis with sickle cell trait, a trait his parents testified they didn’t know he had. When O’Leary testified
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Circuit Judge Robert M.Evans places defense attorney Anne Sullivan in contempt during proceedings in Plancher vs.UCFAA at the Orange County Courthouse.
Greek GPA hits all-time high
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As a result of a rise in both standards and incentives, the cumulative Greek grade point average is at its highest in history this semester. Last semester, the sorority cumulative GPA was 3.114 and the fraternity cumulative GPA was 2.797. This semester, however, saw an increase in both GPAs with the sorority cumulative GPA rising to 3.185, and the fraternity GPA rising to 2.903. “Every fraternity and sorority is different for their exact GPA, but when you’re in Greek life in general you really are held up in a high standard,” said Kathleen Rosensweig, vice president of member development at Pi Beta Phi. According to Rosensweig, not only has the GPA improved, but there has been a drastic change in the number of members on academic probation. Last semester 18
Lawyers arguing Scott’s Fla. rulemaking suspension TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a challenge to Gov. Rick Scott’s suspension of state rulemaking. The case was filed on behalf of Rosalie Whiley, who is blind. She says the freeze delayed a rule that would have made it easier for her to re-apply for food stamps. Former Florida State University President Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte is representing Whiley. D’Alemberte also a former American Bar Association president.
FBI investigating powders sent to senators in Fla. JACKSONVILLE — Authorities are trying to determine whether there’s a link between powdery substances sent to the Jacksonville offices of Florida’s senators. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office bomb squad was called to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s office on Tuesday after two Rubio staff members discovered a powdery substance in a letter. The building was evacuated and two people were evaluated before the substance was deemed safe. Rubio was in Washington. On Monday, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson’s office was evacuated after staff found a powdery substance inside a threatening letter. The powder turned out to be corn starch. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The world has been cursed and stripped of all its light, encompassed by total darkness. Evil creatures lurk around every corner and behind every tree, stalking the one woman who carries humanity’s last hope for light. Welcome to Scarfell, the brainchild of the students of the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, UCF’s graduate video game development school. On Monday, FIEA students invited the UCF community into the world of three video games, including Scarfell, as it hosted a playtesting session in the Student Union. While games like
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Students playtest new video games,such as Scarfell,that were designed by FIEA students at a playtest in the Student Union on Monday,June 27.
For more photos of the playtest: www.UCFNews.com Scarfell allow its players to be immersed in an alternative world, their developers also became one with their project. “These students have
been living, dying, eating and breathing these games for six months. They have put so much into them and it really shows,” Todd Deery, communication and admission director of
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Andrea Gillman, a hospitality management major, and Jessica Rivers, an event management major, ran into an inhospitable job market after graduation, despite their qualifications. Unemployed and growing more and more impatient with each passing day, Gillman decided to call Rivers in hopes of coming up with a solution. Just one phone call changed both of their fortunes. “One day on my way to work … Jessica and I were on the phone talking about our failed attempts at starting a career and I said to
her, ‘there has to be something we can do on our own,’” Gillman said. “I looked over at the convention center and it was like a light bulb going off in my head.”
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Higher standards lead to good Greek grades FROM A1 members of Pi Beta Phi were on academic probation. This semester, they’ve cut that number in half. “I really feel that people just wanted to try hard,” Rosensweig said. “I deal with all of the people on academic probation, they have to report to me, they have to tell me their progress. I noticed that everyone who was on academic probation was really striving to get off it, and those are the people that brought our grades up.” Members of Pi Beta Phi are required to maintain a GPA that is higher than 2.5, or they are put on academic probation. Compared to the school’s requirement of 2.0, she believes holding members to a higher standard yields positive results in their overall GPA. “For us personally, if you’re below a 2.5 you have no voice and no vote in anything,” Rosensweig said. “You can participate in events, but it’s not just a stern talking to. You have to report to the library every week.” In addition to logging a certain number of hours per week at the library, members of Pi Beta Phi must also attend workshops and show that they are dedicated to raising their grades. But, Pi Beta Phi is not the only Greek organization who has seen an improvement. Yani Concha, senior business major and president of Alpha Tau Omega, also credits high standards for the rise in fraternity GPA. “Nationally our fraternity requires a 2.5 GPA to enter and be maintained,”
Concha said. “However, at UCF our standards are higher, we require a 2.75.” In addition to a higher standard, Daniel Porter, senior finance major and member of Alpha Tau Omega, thinks having his brothers to study with helps keep his grades up. “If someone has a problem with something, we can help each other out; it’s all about the buddy system,” Porter said. At times, a room full of fellow college students can become a room full of potential tutors. “What makes us different is accountability,” Concha said. “We are all there to help our brothers, with classes and just about everything. Sometimes it just takes somebody else to take the time to explain something." For the past three semesters, Pi Beta Phi has been using some more creative methods to encourage members to maintain a high GPA. The sorority hosts a raffle at the end of each semester; to enter members must have received A’s in their classes. As incentive, the prizes in the raffle are not mere $5 gift cards, but designer purses. “We have incentives for people, so rather than getting them up to a C we get them up to an A,” Rosensweig said. But above all, Rosensweig feels that members of the Greek community, and specifically at Pi Beta Phi, honestly want to do well in school, regardless of whether or not they get a designer bag for doing so. “We all want to succeed; we all want to be the best. We’re very competi-
Above:From left,Daniel Porter,Jonathan Cisueros,Adalberto Garcia,Erick Hedrick and Chris George are brothers in Alpha Tau Omega,which requires all members to obtain a 2.75 GPA. Left:Hedrick,left,is a civil engineering major and Garcia is a finance major.Both find time to participate in Greek life while still maintaining a good GPA. PHOTOS BY ANDREA KEATING/ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
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Hematologist describes Plancher’s sickle cell trait FROM A1 June 23, he said he did not ask for water or trainers to be removed. Former student athletic trainer Jenna Earles, who was the first person called to the witness stand Wednesday, June 29, also testified that O’Leary did not ask for water and trainers to be removed. “There was both water and trainers in the [Nicholson Fieldhouse] the entire time we were in there,” said Newsome when he testified on Tuesday, June 28. Newsome also said players had to wait until they ran through the drill twice before they could get water. Kelly, who also testified on Tuesday, June 28, said coaches never conduct any physical activity with student-athletes without medical personnel or water present. Ross and Newsome both testified that water, though positioned far away from where they were running drills, was present at all times that day. “I don’t remember which one [I drank from] because there were so many water bottles available,” said Ross, who now works as a graduate assistant in the recruiting of athletes.
Whether it was available or not, Newsome said “you don’t get water during a drill.” Davis testified water and trainers were not readily available to players during the conditioning drill. Watters, who testified on June 24, said that it was not unusual for O’Leary to remove water and trainers from the Nicholson Fieldhouse in an effort to “increase mental toughness.” Something the players who testifed on Tuesday all brought up was the difference in Plancher’s abilities as seen on March 18 compared to other workouts. Former defensive back Darin Baldwin, whose testimony was read by UCFAA attorneys Tuesday, June, 28, said every player did the same workout that day. “It was a regular day, regular workout … there wasn’t nothing spectacular about it,” Baldwin said. “Ereck was running slow that day.” In addition to the testimony of Earles, the jury also saw video testimony of Robert Jackson; hematologist Dr. Martin Steinberg was also called to the stand. Jackson, who was the only certified athletic trainer present on March 18, testified that even if he had known of the trait on that
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University of Central Florida Athletics Association attorneys Dan Shapiro,left,and Kevin Taylor confer during the trial Monday,June 20,in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Ereck Plancher,a UCF football player who collapsed and died in March 2008 at the end of a preseason workout.
day, he would not have treated Plancher any differently. Steinberg, who has been
studying sickle cell disease for more than 40 years, said people with sickle cell trait do not have the same com-
plications as people with sickle cell disease. “Sickle cell trait is a benign condition,” Stein-
berg said. “It is not a disease.” Veronica Figueroa contributed to this story.
Playtesting crucial to creating game FROM A1 FIEA said. Many students agree with Deery, saying they work at least 60 hours a week on their games, but not one student is given all the credit for a game. It takes a team of about 15 students working together to create about 20 minutes of game play. Each team is composed of students specializing in one of the three tracks offered by FIEA — production, programming and art. Carmela DeNero is one of the producers of Scarfell. As a producer, DeNero develops video game ideas, manages teams of game developers, designs levels and deals with issues like marketing and distribution, as well as recording feedback at playtesting sessions. DeNero has been interested in gaming ever since she was a little girl. From playing Super Mario Brothers to producing a game of her own, she is fulfilling her life-long passion. “I love producing, because it is like being a jack of all trades, overseeing everything about the game, as opposed to just one aspect of a it,” DeNero said. Having her hands in just about every aspect of the game keeps DeNero busy. “Producing games feels like a full-time job, but a fun full-time job. I’m very excited to be doing
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Sean Berry,a freshman computer engineering major,playtests Scarfell during FIEA’s playtesting session.
it,” DeNero said. According to freshman Dominic Marzouca, the Scarfell team’s work has paid off. “Besides a few bugs and glitches which are to be expected at this stage of the game, it was interesting, simple and adventurous. I could see this game going somewhere,” Marzouca said. Students interested in gaming met with the developers of the games and shared their feedback, a crucial aspect needed to improve the games to use them as portfolio pieces for internships or career opportunities after graduation. “[A playtesting session] gives the students a chance to look through a fresh perspective and feedback from the people playtesting the games,” Deery said. Aside from Deery’s administrative position, he is involved in the students’ creative journey and provides support throughout the entire process of creating video games, from generating the idea to completion. From observing many different groups of graduates enrolled in the FIEA program, Deery says this group of students has done the best job of taking advantage of playtesting sessions and has worked long and hard to perfect their games. Another game that was playtested Monday was Dead West, a survival-action role playing game set in the Old West
as Jack Dixon sets to kill carnival workers he once knew from the past. Dead West’s lead artist, Mary Denman, said she is very happy with the way the game has come along so far. She has been interested in world building since she was 16 years old and she is excited to finally apply her passion to video games. “I love being able to create a story and depth through world building and being able to make virtual worlds come to life,” Denman said. Denman has worked on 3-D modeling, texturing and animating for Dead West, as well as the technical side of the game. Her goal is to make the game visually pleasing and fun to play. For all of her accomplishments, Denman said the best part of being apart of FIEA is the family it has created for her. “We are all a very crazy, but very close-knit family. We all work well together and all came together because of our passion about games,” Denman said. According to senior Nicholas Levin, Dead West was visually successful and entertaining. “I was absolutely impressed. Anyone who can design a game and make it fun with the resources and time they had is talented,” Levin said. The third game that was playtested Monday was Nexus, a game set in a mysterious underground city where the player
obtains an alien power that allows them to manipulate the mass of objects to solve puzzles and kill enemies. Jonathan April, a producer of Nexus, has been a gamer for as long as he can remember. He owned every game system his parents would buy him. To him, it was only natural that he would turn his love for gaming into a career possibility. To make his dream of becoming a video game producer a reality, April traveled from Maryland to be apart of FIEA. From designing levels to overseeing every aspect of creating Nexus, April is most appreciative of the environment he is surrounded by each day. “Working with the other students has been great and it has created an environment like a real game industry and providing hands-on experience,” April said. With new feedback to take into consideration, FIEA students are closer to completing their games. After a long day of observing gamers playtest their games, FIEA students were content with the outcome and are able to improve their games before the summer ends. “The playtesting session was extremely successful. There was a fantastic turnout and on behalf of FIEA students and faculty, I would like to thank all of the playtesters for their help in making our games better,” DeNero said.
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Orlando team has knack for polished presentation FROM A1 The two friends, along with a third partner, Brian Avery, decided to provide trade show and hospitality expertise to address the demand generated by Central Florida’s massive convention centers and resorts with their start-up venture, 10x10 Solutions. Gillman and Rivers met Avery — who holds a master’s degree in hospitality and tourism management and is pursuing his doctorate in hospitality education — while attending Rosen College. The three bring together more than 40 years of combined experience in the hospitality and events industry to provide clients with a unique strategy to bring energy to their trade show booths. “We’ve grown up here; we’ve pursued our educations here; and most importantly, we have each spent a great deal of time making ourselves experts in our field, in this area, specifically,” Rivers said about the company working for clients exhibiting in the Orlando area. “All three of us have networked in very different ways and built lasting relationships with valued area partners.” Gillman said the team stands out because they “can fulfill a variety of needs.” The firm handles pre-show promotion, booth design, marketing and social media management, among many other services. “Anyone can hire the model with great legs,” Gillman explained, “but once the client approaches her, can she tell you anything about the company or hold an intelligent conversation with you?” 10x10 Solutions uses a core group of on-call promotional representatives
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From left,UCF alumni Andrea Gillman,Brian Avery and Jessica Rivers formed 10x10 Solutions to bring trade show and hospitality expertise to their clients’trade show booths.
and is also able to pool from the Rosen College when needed. Teamwork is the firm’s key to success in providing exciting experts to work with a client’s customers. “Our industry is the working vision of people,” Rivers said. “It’s all about people from the inside out, and it’s up to us to keep our teammates happy for our guests or clients to be happy in return.” Matt Hartford, vice president of Phoenix-based piston ring manufacturer Total Seal, was impressed with
10x10 Solutions’ job representing them at the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, held at the Orange County Convention Center in December 2010. “They had some of their models perform at one of our cocktail hours, at one of our trade shows,” Hartford said. “If people had questions, they made sure they got directed over to our sales staff to answer them.” “We’d certainly recommend them,” he added. “They did a great job for us and we’re really happy with them.”
‘Our industry is the working vision of people. It’s all about people from the inside out, and it’s up to us to keep our teammates happy for our guests or clients to be happy in return.’ — JESSICA RIVERS EVENT MANAGEMENT MAJOR
The firm’s website, www.10x10solutions.com, is the “ultimate example” of
how the partners operate, according to Gillman. The site showcases the team’s
knack for a polished presentation. More importantly it showcases the personality of the firm’s founding members.“Everything you see has a little bit of Brian, Jessica and myself,” Gillman said. “From the name of the company, to the color scheme, to the look and feel of the site and photos, everything just seemed to fall into place. The whole process has been a challenge, but at the same time – I can’t reiterate it enough – the three of us have this chemistry. We just work.”
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TSONGA BEATS FEDERER Wimbledon, England — Six-time champion Roger Federer was upset in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second straight year Wednesday, squandering a two-set lead for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament and losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Federer barely looked challenged while winning the first two sets against the 12th-seeded Frenchman. But the Swiss star, who had been 178-0 in matches in which he had won the opening two sets at a major tournament, was broken one time in each of the last three sets. “I was two sets down and I break. I did a good game of return and after that it was just amazing,”Tsonga said. “I just played unbelievable, served unbelievable and now I’m here, I’m in semifinal and I can’t believe it.” In the semifinals, Tsonga will face second-seeded Novak Djokovic, who defeated 18-year-old Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 75.
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GOODELL,SMITH MEET WITH NFL ROOKIES AT SYMPOSIUM SARASOTA — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players’union chief DeMaurice Smith took questions Wednesday at a symposium for NFL rookies, who wanted to know the same thing as everyone else unhappy about the league’s labor dispute. When is it going to end? Goodell and Smith didn’t say. But the union took their joint appearance as a positive sign. “That’s really the significance of this,” NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah said. “There’s a lockout happening now, but we’ve got to look forward and consider the necessity to have a positive working relationship with the league.” The commissioner and his counterpart in negotiations met in Minneapolis before flying together to Sarasota on Tuesday night. After a joint breakfast Wednesday, they talked for an hour with 155 rookies. “We were taking a break (from negotiations) because we felt it was important to be down here with the players,” Goodell said. “This is an important few days. We’re going to get back to work.” He then climbed into the back seat of an SUV alongside Smith, and they headed for the airport to return to Minnesota. Talks there are scheduled there through Friday, raising hopes a new collective bargaining agreement can be worked out so the season can proceed as planned, with training camps scheduled to open in about three weeks. The fifth set of “secret”negotiations involve Goodell, Smith and their staffs, but no owners or players. Such highlevel meetings have been key to previous labor agreements, particularly when the late Gene Upshaw ran the players’association and Paul Tagliabue was commissioner. Goodell and Smith did not seem to have the same kind of rapport, but have been spending more time together in recent weeks. Smith said both sides are “continuing to work hard”to end the four-month-old lockout, which has put the 2011 season in jeopardy. Smith called the question-andanswer session with rookies “important to ensure our young men appreciated how important we think these few days are. ... I’m thrilled Roger could come down with us and talk to the rookies in a very good, direct way.” Atallah said a lot of the questions from players were related to the lockout. He said Goodell and Smith answered as best they could given a court order to maintain confidentiality about the negotiations. “It was important that the players see this is not personal,” Atallah said.
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Jamar ‘Konfess’ Newsome talks about prepping for the NFL as a rookie free agent ERIKA ESOLA Sports Editor
Jamar Newsome is used to waiting. After advisers and NFL scouts told him that he had potential to be a late round selection in last April’s NFL draft, the wide receiver waited through three days worth of draft selections — none of which were him. Newsome went undrafted and is now a rookie free agent. Due to the league-sanctioned NFL lockout because of a labor dispute between players and the owners, Newsome, along with every other free agent, is unable to sign with any NFL team until the lockout is over. “I’m just being patient, I’m patiently waiting,” Newsome said. “I’m just working and working out.” Newsome now spends his days working inventory at Macy’s and training vigorously at UCF’s football training facility. “It’s an even balance just like when I was in school with the balance of school and working out,” Newsome said. Because of his hectic training schedule, Newsome is unable to work a full-time schedule while he waits to sign a contract with an NFL team. Instead of 40 hours, Newsome works 25 hours a week. “I could (work full-time), but I choose not to simply because I know I won’t have enough time to dedicate to working out,” Newsome said. The wait for an NFL contract shouldn’t be much longer for Newsome, however. Various Associated Press reports have surfaced that an end to
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Jamar Newsome,shown at the 2010 Autozone Liberty Bowl,is waiting for the NFL lockout to end so he can sign a contract. CFF ARCHIVE
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Florida’s CWS loss shows that UCF is not far from Omaha It was hard to choose a team to root for in the College World Series. For one, both South Carolina and Florida are members of the Southeastern Conference, the league that tends to dominate many sports. For another, one team is a former champion. The other is a school that always seems to win in every sport. And for UCF fans, Florida’s not just any school. But somehow, the Gators didn’t seem to win. In fact, the Gators were swept by the Gamecocks in two games just as they were swept by the Knights in two games during the regular season. Florida’s loss means more Knights breathing sighs of relief – they don’t have to hear from friends who go to UF about how Florida was the first SEC school to win a national title in football, basketball and baseball. But what if Florida had
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won? What would that have meant for the Knights? Well, first of all, it would give everybody bragging rights. Not only could UCF fans say they swept a top 5 team – they could say they swept the eventual national champion. They didn’t, but they still swept the national runner-up. But how did the Knights do it? And why didn’t they get to the finals? The Knights and the Gamecocks were the only teams to sweep Florida in a series, albeit two games, this season. The Knights won by pitching by committee. In each game, seven Knights
saw time on the mound in Game One, both teams finished with practically identical line scores — seven hits and an error each. The only difference was that UCF pulled ahead in the ninth when Darnell Sweeney made up for a costly error by driving in two to win in Gainesville. The Gators were stunned. Had they really just been beaten at home by the University of Central Florida? They stormed to Orlando a few weeks later with a vengeance. Unfortunately for them, UCF’s committee was just as strong and the offense was even stronger. Seven innings and five UCF pitchers later, the Knights were ahead 8-0. Every member in the starting lineup came away with at least one hit off what was said to be the best pitching staff in the nation. Nothing could go wrong. Even when D.J. Hicks, who won Game
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The Knights,shown after defeating the Florida Gators in Gainesville,aren’t too far off from a College World Series win.
Lockout tests patience of Newsome, free agents FROM A6 the lockout is in sight. While the negations between the union and the NFL owners continue, Newsome is staying in shape and staying motivated. “My agent says it’s an uncertain process,” Newsome said. “He tells me to stay in shape and to keep myself moving but not to
do anything too difficult that risks injuring myself, but to be ready.” Newsome trains regularly at UCF’s football training complex with director of strength and conditioning, Ed Ellis. His training regimen, which mainly consists of wide receiver workouts, drills and routes, takes up 12 hours a week. “I go train usually five
times a week,” Newsome said. “I’m doing the same type of workouts that have been successful for me over these years. Coach Ed Ellis has helped me know exactly what to do when I’m in the weight room.” Newsome hopes that the NFL lockout comes to an end soon, but until then, the waiting game continues.
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In his career at UCF,wide receiver Jamar Newsome amassed 65 receptions,987 yards and 7 touchdowns.
One, fell apart and closer Joe Rogers’ third pitch sailed over the right-field wall for a grand slam, the Knights still walked away victorious. How were the Knights able to take advantage of Florida’s pitchers? The Gators didn’t throw their weekend rotation. Not to downplay the quality of the pitchers UCF saw, but had Hudson Randall (11-3) and Karsten Whitson (8-1) pitched, the end results might have been different. And why didn’t the Knights make it to the College World Series? Simple: They aren’t there yet. Florida has been there, and they knew what it took to get back – the Knights hadn’t played in the NCAA tournament since 2004. They’re capable of earning big wins, but they need to conquer their conference to go the distance. Would the Knights have had a shot had UCF gone to the Gainesville regional instead of the Tallahassee regional? It’s hard to say. Possibly, but probably not. Did those two victories against Florida and the one against BethuneCookman in regionals help them through their season and put the program at a higher level? Absolutely. Will UCF get there? As long as Terry Rooney is the head coach, then definitely. He preaches the acronym “ORTO,” or On the Road To Omaha. And every member of the baseball team will tell you that now that they’ve made it to the postseason, they’re more driven than ever and they’re only going to go further — just like the Gators did after they lost their first two games in the College World Series double-elimination round
last year. Even though Florida lost, the Knights still look good. They had seven players drafted and one who signed a free-agent contract. They
beat a handful of ranked teams. They had a top-25 ranking. They made it to the postseason. And they beat Florida. Twice.
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‘Veronica’s Room’ shocks and awes its audience EMON REISER Staff Writer
THEATER REVIEW
The UCF Conservatory Theatre performers gave their audience an entirely new reason never to speak to strangers in their chilling production of Veronica’s Room. The mystery-thriller, originally written by Ira Levin, tells the story of a young couple who ask a strange favor from an older couple. The story demands not one, but many dynamic characters from each actor as the plot shifts from scene to scene. Director Julia Listengarten wants her audience to think while being thrilled.
“We hope that our production will inspire audiences to question the intricate nature of truth as well as the complicated relationship between the ‘real’ and the ‘imagined,’” Listengarten said. The set is brilliantly rendered with every pain-staking detail of an old and forgotten room in 1973. According to Joseph Rusnock, the UCF Conservatory’s resident scene designer, the biggest challenge was fitting all the requirements of the play onto the main stage. “It takes an entire team
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In Veronica’s Room,an old couple and a young couple have interactions that are both humorous and eerie. Performances will be held on the Main Stage July 1-3.
working together,” Rusnock said. “This is a very unique play.” The characters are nothing simple either and required the actors to do research. Will Browning, a secondyear student and bachelor of fine arts acting major, plays
Larry, the eager young man dating Susan, portrayed by senior BFA acting major Chloe Miranda. Larry is ready to take Susan “down to the lake” after dinner when they meet an old couple at a restaurant who is
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Local band departs for Caribbean tour AUSTIN CASTLE Contributing Writer
With the fresh addition of new talent on bass and drums, The Savi Fernandez Band is prepared to take their good vibes beyond the local music scene, closer to where reggae music first grew its roots in the Caribbean. On Tuesday, the reggae funk group departed for a 12-day tour in the Virgin Islands. “It’s probably going to be the best time of my life,” lead singer Savi Fernandez said when asked about the tour. “I’ve played acoustically internationally, but this is the first time I’m playing with the whole band.” “I’ll be able to spread positive music to more
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The Savi Fernandez Band lead singer Savi Fernandez,left,and bassist Chris McMullen play a fnal local show at The Social.
people,” he said. “That’s what I want to do, is sing internationally. Plus, I sing in other languages.”
The band played a final show for hometown fans inside The Social on Saturday night. Their perform-
ance had most of the crowd on their feet dancing, keeping everyone’s spirits lifted into the early
hours of the morning. The show opened with the band Fifty Foot Ordinance of Orlando and DJ Aaron of Whole Wheat Bread, a band from Jacksonville. At just past midnight, Fernandez, who also plays guitar, took the stage along with bassist Chris McMullen and drummer Joey Lanna. The ensemble also included Angelica Moorman on backing vocals, a man known simply as Jason “Fancy Pants” on mandolin and Christian Ryan, whose saxophone belted out several applauded solos. McMullen said the band’s sound has changed now that he and Lanna are onboard with their back-
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Keep your pride intact; there’s no shame in being a virgin I watch shows like Sex and The City and Two and a Half Men as much as anybody. I enjoy and am actually amused by the sexual escapades of the characters on these shows. Some, however, may be left with a burning question: Am I missing out? With everyone else taking frequent trips to the candy shop, some abstinent folks may feel left in the lurch. Most religions clearly state that premarital sex is a no-no and go to great lengths to ensure that there is no sexual congress between people. This could ultimately lead some to feel conflicted or suffer punish-
It seems to me, however, that being abstinent is nothing to be ashamed of. No one is losing anything by waiting, despite what the pressures of society may be. The value of sex goes down with every subsequent mate, until one can get to the point where sex becomes of little to no importance. By waiting, one will undoubtedly value the experience that much more when it actually happens. It will also be memorable and special, carrying sentimental value. Those who do not wait, however, may not have the same experience. Their first time might have been in an
elevator or in the backseat of a car with some person who they only knew for a few hours and never saw again. They might remember the time and smile about it, or even find it hilarious. It will, however, probably never be as special as it was for the person that was abstinent until marriage. This is not a judgment on anyone’s sexual decisions. We live in a free society, and everyone can make their own choices as long as they don’t break any laws. There’s nothing wrong, however, with believing in that old-fashioned fairy tale. Saving yourself for the woman or man with whom you have
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ment in seeing everyone else around them being promiscuous while they stick to their vow of celibacy. Some might even fear ending up like the character in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, making clumsy mistakes and even getting makeovers and such to finally achieve their longsought-after mission.
a house, dog and whitepicket fence is perfectly acceptable. No one should feel as if they are missing out on something by saving themselves for marriage. You also shouldn’t feel that once you are in a committed relationship in today’s day and age, sex must inevitably follow. I once had a friend who told me that if he dated a woman and didn’t make it to the promised land within two weeks, that he would break it off with her. I find this point of view to be very shallow and narrow-minded. If you are saving yourself for marriage, and the person you’re dating is not
cool with that fact, then you shouldn’t be with them. Wait for the special someone that is willing to wait right along with you, and don’t let your friends think that you’re somehow less cool because you’re not having the same sex that they’re having. Abstinence is a perfectly acceptable choice, and one that nobody should be ashamed of. Although society may change through the years, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to change right along with it. If you happen to bear the title of “virgin,” wear it as a badge of honor rather than the scarlet letter that some make it out to be. You will be just fine.
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Year: Junior taken aback by the resemblance Susan bears to a girl they once knew so they ask the pair to follow them to their place. “Susan is a lot of fun,” Miranda said. “She’s a free spirit and a student in college, and I could really relate to her.” The play is dark and eerie, yet it maintains a sinister humor that gets the audience in on the joke. Susan’s feminist ways mingle hysterically with the young man’s blunt mannerisms in the first act as though nothing is amiss. The two worked closely with professionals Kate Ingram and Earl Weaver of the Actors Equity Association, who played the old couple. Ingram is the program coordinator of UCF’s graduate acting program and teaches Shakespeare and drama literature, and Weaver is the coordinator of musical theater and dance and played Herr Schultz in Cabaret on the UCF stage. “It was amazing working with Kate and Earl,” Browning said. “They welcomed us with open arms and we learned a
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Senior bachelor of fine arts acting major Chloe Miranda portrays Susan,a freespiritied and fun-loving college student,a role Miranda says she could relate to.
lot.” Ingram and Weaver turn the tides on the entire production as their characters suddenly reveal their truly disturbing personalities on stage. In Veronica’s Room, as in all good mysteries, the questions aren’t answered until the very end, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats. It’s a play
worth seeing once and then once more. Veronica’s Room will be on the Main Stage from July 1-3. The encore will be August 25-28. This play is included in the 2011-2012 Complete Season, Full Season, and Main Stage I passes. For more information call the box office at 407-823-1500, or visit http://theatre.ucf.edu.
Band travels in search of fans FROM A8 ground in jazz. “We have put a new spin on the Savi Fernandez Band,” McMullen said. “It is totally different than before we joined in.” The band’s new roster is attracting attention. They have played at venues such as The Plaza Theatre and World of Beer, and at music festivals like the AURA Music & Arts Festival and the Purple Hatter’s Ball. “We’ve opened for
Pato Banton,” Lanna said. “We’ve opened for The Supervillains a couple times.” McMullen said they are working on building a bigger fan base. The band plans to tour more in the fall and will travel to Barbados in November, according to Lanna. “It’s hard being on the road so much,” McMullen said, “but at the end of the day, we’re doing something we love and getting paid to do it.” The Savi Fernandez
Band is working on a studio EP that should be released in July. They spend their time recording with producer Jay Franklin at the solar-powered Porch Records in Orlando. McMullen said the band is influenced by Bob Marley, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, and Parliament. Live videos of the band, their music and other information can be found online at www.myspace.com/savifernandez.
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E-books a great plan for Florida A
movement is afoot in Florida to revolutionize our textbooks, and it’s time that we all got on board with it. A recent article on the blog GOOD.is reported that Florida passed a new law requiring all public schools in the state to make the switch to e-textbooks by the 2015-16 school year. This move will require an investment of a few hundred dollars in a Kindle, Nook or iPad. As the article points out, the digital textbooks are only about $10 cheaper than their hardback counterparts. An article on the website of News Channel 5 states that Palm Beach County School District officials could not put a total cost on switching all of their students to digital devices, but that the cost would top $30 million. Gary Weidenhamer, a school district educational technology director cited in the same article, said the district would need to expand its Internet infrastructure to provide hundreds of thousands of students Internet access at the same time in classrooms. Adding that bandwidth would cost at least $9.8 million, according to Information Technology Director Deepak Agarwal. Despite an initial investment, there are several long-term benefits to making
this transition. E-readers can be used to obtain many books, which include classics, such as Romeo and Juliet. Because the copyrights of many of these classic textbooks are expired, they are part of the public domain. Students with e-readers can download these books for free, saving schools the cost of ordering hardback copies and paying high shipping costs. Changing to this new technology will require that students be educated on the upkeep of these products. Schools can adapt to this not only by teaching students basics on how to care for these devices, but they also have the option of paying for insurance to cover damages. The article points out that a pilot program of this sort has already taken place at Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Fla., where parents had to pay a $20 insurance fee. This fee is a small price to pay in light of the potential savings for schools. It also gives parents another safety net in case a student damages a device. This change will, of course, come with some drawbacks. Students who are used to being able to highlight sections of their hardback books will have to adapt to new technology in order to do so.
This may be one of the reasons that these textbooks have not yet been a hit with students. In 2010, digital books made up only 3 percent of textbook sales, according to the National Association of College Stores. According to a column in USA Today, analysts say this is because digital textbooks really aren’t anything more than PDF copies of normal books. Students that are used to color-coding their textbooks and simply happen to enjoy the aesthetic quality of hardback books are less inclined to enjoy the new digital books. Ultimately, however, the benefits of switching to ereaders greatly outweigh the cost — no pun intended. A recent study in USA Today found that second graders carry 5.3 pounds of books and supplies in their backpacks on an average day. Once these students get to sixth grade, the weight they carry increases to 18.4 pounds. A switch to digital books can save these students a good deal of back pain. Digital textbooks will greatly benefit students and save schools money. Hardback books will always be with us, as well they should be. Making this change in our schools, however, is an important step toward providing a good education at a lesser cost.
Welfare recipients aren’t drug abusers Starting Friday, welbetween $100 and $200 fare recipients will be per person a month in a subjected to a drug test family that must claim before they can receive less than $2,000 in total their money from the assets. These are people government. The welfare living in extreme poverty. recipient would pay to To take away the last safetake the test and if they ty net of this fragile popupass they get a refund lation will inevitably from the state, but if they cause crime to soar. fail they pay the charge These are people that, if BRYAN EASTMAN and are ineligible for weloff welfare, will have to Guest Columnist fare. decide between living on On the surface, this the street or hustling to seems reasonable enough. If poor survive, and I think we all know people want a part of my hardwhat they’re going to choose. earned tax money, they need to On top of this, these drug tests prove it’s not going to buy drugs, are terrible at catching the real epiright? Although this seems logical, demic drugs: crack, heroin and one only needs to dig a little deeper methamphetamine. According to to see the holes in this flawed and drugdetection.net, cocaine shows up irrational idea. in urine up to 12 hours after use, For one, the law is clearly unconheroin shows up for two days after stitutional. In 2000, a district court in use and methamphetamine leaves Michigan found that “suspicionless the system within one day. Marijuadrug testing” of welfare recipients na, on the other hand, can stay in ran squarely against the Fourth your system for up to one month Amendment’s unreasonable search after use. These drug tests don’t and seizure clause, according to The catch hard-drug users. They simply Economist. They found that there is catch people who smoke marijuana, no good reason to do blanket drug a drug that is currently in legislation testing on people simply because to be legalized on a national level. they are eligible for welfare. For this Furthermore, the drug tests do nothreason, the American Civil Liberties ing to catch people with alcohol Union has filed a lawsuit against problems, which costs more and is Gov. Rick Scott, for implementing a significantly more harmful to the law which has clearly been deemed population than many of the drugs unconstitutional by other district listed above. If this legislation was courts. meant to curb drug abuse, it fails. Then there’s the issue of causaIn fact, if the legislators behind tion. Scott said in an interview with this proposal did their homework, CNN that, “Studies show that people they’d find this idea was already that are on welfare are higher users attempted back in 1998, and failed of drugs than people not on welfare.” miserably. According to the Orlando This is great, except the numbers Sentinel, it was tried in Jacksonville don’t back him up. Research done by and cost taxpayers $2.7 million, and the National Institute on Alcohol a mere 3.8 percent failed the drug Abuse and Alcoholism found that tests. The plan was scrapped within there was no correlation between 18 months. receiving welfare and drug abuse. In Like most of these “small governfact, according to a study done by ment” plans, the idea seems great on researchers at Florida State Univerthe surface but evaporates like the sity, only about 5 percent of welfare mirage it is upon closer look. If the recipients in Florida tested positively governor and his congressional for drugs in a urine test. cronies really want to cut costs, this These are all semantics though; a isn’t the way to do it. This legislation quick look at the effects of this legis- is good for one thing — pandering to lation shows where the real flaws lie. the conservative base, all the while You see, according to the Florida leaving the poor, the tax payers and Department of Children and Famithe Constitution in its wake. This bill lies, welfare recipients receive is bad for everyone.
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It’s time to legalize, not criminalize pot In my opinion, our prior to being surveyed, federal government’s an increase over the policy on marijuana is rates reported between absurd and a waste of 2002 and 2008. Accordresources – and I don’t ing to USA Today, as a even smoke the stuff. nation we have spent $1 Thankfully, a few of our trillion on the “War on representatives in ConDrugs.” gress agree. On June 23, The Los Angeles Rep. Barney Frank (DTimes states that mariMass.) and Rep. Ron juana legalization is a IDA ESKAMANI Paul (R-Texas), along nonstarter with the Guest Columnist with four other DemocObama administration rats, introduced a bill because “research shows that would essentially end the fed- that marijuana use is associated eral war on marijuana. with voluntary treatment admisAccording to the Huffington sions, fatal drugged driving acciPost, the bill, titled the “Ending dents and emergency room admisFederal Marijuana Prohibition Act sions.” That all may be true in of 2011,” would treat marijuana like regards to marijuana, but it is also alcohol on the federal level, allow- true in regards to alcohol. We as a ing states to regulate the drug as society glamorize alcohol and its they see fit. consumption, while we criminalI feel this bill would end ize those who use marijuana. decades of hypocrisy in drug reguI am an individual that typically lation in the United States. Most promotes government regulation – people don’t know that alcohol, the government is a body we elect, tobacco and caffeine are all medand I think it is important they ically classified as drugs. Yet, we serve the people and regulate ceras a society consume those subtain areas of our economy and stances every day. society. However, the current marIt's true, marijuana can harm ijuana laws do not make sense. It your body. According to the criminalizes a drug that does no National Institute of Drug Abuse, more harm than its legal countermarijuana intoxication can cause parts. And I cringe to think of the impaired coordination, difficulty money wasted on enforcing these with thinking and problem-solvlaws; money that could be invested ing, as well as difficulty with in our community, rather than our learning and memory. These side prisons. effects can last weeks after the iniI have nothing to gain from this tial usage, and those that use mari- legislation. I choose not to smoke juana every day may face these marijuana. But the billions of dolside effects consistently. lars wasted and the hypocrisy of Although the dangers of marimarijuana laws in this country juana are no more than those of should be put to an end — and I tobacco and alcohol, we have thank these six Representatives for defined its use as deviant and illestarting that dialogue. This bill gal. Despite this, the same report will not pass the House; it won’t states that according to the even pass committee; yet nonetheNational Survey on Drug Use and less, it represents a fundamental Health in 2009, 16.7 million Ameri- shift in thinking in regard to the cans aged 12 or older used mari“War on Drugs,” a war that was juana at least once in the month lost the day it began.
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‘Are the new FDA graphic cigarette labels necessary?’ BIBI ALBARRACIN
BROOKE ROGERS
HEATHER BRADY
Psychology, junior
Micro & molecular bio., sophomore
Language pathology, senior
“Yes,every time I see the commercials it makes me less likely to smoke.It enforces the message in a graphic way.Some people especially young ones don’t think about all the bad consequences.”
“Even though I smoke I think it is necessary because they do make you want to quit.Consistent smokers will still probably smoke because they already know the cons to smoking.”
“Yes I think for the younger kids who take them from their parents and friends it is very important so that they know the side effects and will be less likely to do it.”
JENA VECCHIO
JOSH ECONOMICO
JOE WILSON
Business, freshman
Computer science, senior
Business management, senior
“Yes,you should know what it does to you.It better illustrates what the consequences are for smoking.”
“Some people might think its funny especially the social smokers.I don’t think it is completely necessary.”
“I think if people want to smoke they should know the consequences.“
SHAWN MORRISON
SHIVU PATEL
WILL MEYERS
Biology, senior
Marketing, senior
Hospitality, senior
“No,not really I don’t think so because the money spent can be spent on other things that are more productive.”
“Yes,I don’t think telling people to stop will make a difference unless they see it.Something visual will always stick with you.”
“No,there are plenty of other ways to inform people especially the ones who won’t quit anyway.Some smokers might look at it as a joke.”
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Nile reptile 5 Dance in Rio 10 Net info sources 14 Make over 15 Dwindling Alaskan tribe 16 It runs in Juárez 17 Copycat 18 Horn without keys 19 Place to brood 20 *13th in a literary series of 26 23 Glucose regulator 24 Winter phenomenon, commercially 25 Diary of a sort 28 Cultural org. since 1965 29 *Me.-to-Fla. route 32 Actress Gardner 33 Party invite inits. 34 “So be it!” 35 *Benjamin 38 “__ to him who believes in nothing”: Hugo 39 *Blue Light Specials store 40 Bats 41 “Platoon” setting, briefly 42 Author Grafton who wrote 20Across 43 *The Boss’s backup 46 Basic resting spot 49 “So that’s it!” 50 Where kronor are spent: Abbr. 51 Cooks quantity? 53 *All men have them 55 Bunker smoother 58 Give __: inspire 59 Capable of 60 Cell impulse transmitter 61 Blakley of “Nashville” 62 Put in stitches 63 “I Love Lucy” producer/writer Oppenheimer 64 Tipped at the casino 65 Winged archer
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DOWN 1 Fill snugly with 2 Complain 3 Potemkin mutiny city 4 Argonauts’ island refuge 5 Kate’s “Charlie’s Angels” role 6 Some booster club members 7 Byte beginning 8 Dartboard area 9 Diminished slowly 10 Watch part 11 Back in time 12 Status __ 13 Deplete 21 Martini garnish 22 Demure 25 Andean bean 26 Done 27 Mannerly fellow 30 Nuclear radiation weapon, for short 31 Popularity 32 Comment end? 35 Mark’s love 36 Chips and dip, say 37 Twice quadri38 Decisive downfall
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