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Artistic Healing Healing through the Arts, an exhibition by Paul A. Houzell will be on display through Aug. 31 in the UCF Library on the main floor. Houzell’s art, which is inspired by the human figure striving to bring forth humanitarianism, spiritualism, education and healing. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Guests can meet Houzell at a reception on Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library, Room 223.
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Students scoot to save loot Scooter and motorcycle sales increase LAURA NEWBERRY Senior Staff Writer
As gas prices skyrocket and environmental concerns arise, riding scooters has become more popular among UCF students. UCF scooter and motorcycle decal sales have jumped from 269 in 2006 to 353 in 2011, according to UCF Parking Services.
Although much of that increase can be attributed to a higher student population, local dealerships, as well as environmental advocacy groups, claim they have seen a growing interest in alternative means of transportation. Sophomore economics major Nick Simons said that he bought a scooter two months ago and is happy with his decision.
UCF scooter and motorcycle decal sales have jumped from 269 in 2006 to 353 in 2011,according to UCF Parking Services.
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“I moved off campus between my freshman and sophomore year, and I needed a form of transportation between off campus and on campus,” Simons said. “I couldn’t afford a car, so a scooter
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Orientation for Vets Veterans enrolled at UCF are invited to the Regional Campuses Student Services sponsored Veteran Orientation event. It will be held at the UCF Cocoa campus in Building 3, Room 310 on Aug. 17 and 24 at 1 p.m. Veteran’s can get help with their paperwork for Fall 2011. For more information, please call 321-433-7950.
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POLICE:KEY LARGO MOTEL CLERK ROBBED KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a Key Largo motel clerk was robbed at gunpoint,and the suspect got away.
ELDERLY FLA.MAN MAULED BY DOGS ZEPHYRHILLS — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says an 84year-old man has been seriously injured after being mauled by two dogs that had gotten loose from their owner’s yard.
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Freshman legal studies major Elizabeth Irazabal,center,carries her things into Libra with her family during early move-in on Sunday,Aug.14.
Freshmen flock to campus for freedom Early move-in draws a large crowd CHELSEA ST. JOHN Contributing Writer
About 6,000 new students will flock to the communities near UCF this weekend with parents and trailers in tow, lugging suitcases up stairs with hopeful and frazzled expressions on their faces. However, some students chose to avoid the chaos and move in during the fall early move-in hours on Sunday, Aug. 14.
Early move-in, while open to all students, is geared for residents attending the Aug. 17 and 18 orientation, and students participating in marching band, theatre, sorority recruitment and the LEAD Scholars retreat. “We really only advertise it as available to the students that are
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In the field of education, positions that offer security are few and far between, and the number is shrinking. According to the Department of Education, there was been a 26 percent decrease in university faculty members who were tenured or are on the tenure track, from 1975 to 2007. UCF currently has 650 teachers who are tenured universitywide. In a story for the Chronicle of Higher Education by Daniel J. Ennis, a professor of English at Coastal Carolina University, Ennis described tenure-track professors as a “vanishing breed.” “Today some institution somewhere has, unaware, hired its last tenured professor,” Ennis said. “To be sure, there will be tenuretrack hires next year, and the year after, and perhaps for a decade or more, but today somebody accepted a tenure-track job, and that person will outlive tenure at his or her institution.” Professors on the tenure track are evaluated each year by separate committees who gauge whether they meet the standards of the departmental college they
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Less vacation, more vocation KATIE REYES Contributing Writer
Each year when the summer semester rolls around, some students go home or take a few classes, but for some UCF students, the semester that is supposed to be the easiest winds up being the busiest. Many students are now trading their free time in exchange for valuable experiences in the form of summer internships. Senior Aerospace Engineering major Jonathan Martinez dedicated his time to a cooperative education program with NASA since 2009. With the childhood dream of becoming an astronaut, Martinez finds himself in a good place, especially during the
‘As soon as I found out that NASA had a co-op program, I knew this is where I wanted to be.’ — JONATHAN MARTINEZ SENIOR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING MAJOR
summer months. “As soon as I found out that NASA had a co-op program, I knew this is where I wanted to be,” Martinez said. “I’m thankful that I was given the opportunity to be part of the shuttle program at Kennedy Space Center and experienced seven incredible launches.” As a student trainee at the Kennedy Space Center, Martinez works with the
Main Propulsion Branch where he is part of a team responsible for processing a system that determines the proper velocity, momentum and impulse it takes for a spacecraft to function correctly. He has also worked closely with space shuttle main engines, ensuring that the hardware is ready for flight. Martinez hopes that with three years
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Senior Aerospace Engineering major Jonathan Martinez has dedicated his time to a cooperative education program with NASA since 2009.
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Police:Key Largo motel clerk robbed
KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a Key Largo motel clerk was robbed at gunpoint, and the suspect got away. Investigators say the victim reported that he was in a back office of the Key West Inn on Ocean Drive doing paperwork at 3 a.m. Sunday when he heard a noise near the front desk. When he walked up front, he saw a man with a gun. The man said “give me all your money.” The sheriff’s office says the clerk handed the suspect the cash drawer. Investigators say the suspect then tore the phone from the wall and fled on foot, after stuffing the money into a black bag.
Elderly Fla.man mauled by dogs
ZEPHYRHILLS — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office says an 84year-old man has been seriously injured after being mauled by two dogs that had gotten loose from their owner’s yard. The sheriff’s office says that John Ashmore was taking a morning walk in Zephyrhills when he was attacked Sunday. A sheriff’s statement says a responding deputy shot and killed the two dogs after the pit bull mix and boxer mix turned on him. The man, meanwhile, was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. His condition was not immediately known. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORRECTION In an article published Nov. 29, 2009, it was reported that former UCF student Malcolm Barnes, 23, was found guilty and convicted of manslaughter, and that he pleaded no contest to DUI Manslaughter charges. In fact, Barnes pleaded no contest to Vehicular Homicide in relation to a 2006 head-on collision that killed motorcyclist Andrew Brannon, according to Orange County court documents. At the time of the incident, Florida Highway Patrol Cpl. Diane Riberdy reported that Barnes did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol. Upon searching Barnes’ vehicle, Riberdy found two cans of aerosol duster spray and a rag. Following a blood test, Barnes was charged with DUI Manslaughter and Vehicular Homicide. The DUI Manslaughter charge was dismissed as part of a plea deal with state prosecutors, court documents show. Barnes recently was released from prison after serving his 18-month sentence and is looking to reenroll at UCF, according to documents sent to the Central Florida Future.
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Parents, this one’s for the kids Alumnus gives advice on how to be successful post-graduation REBEKAH KUBIK Contributing Writer
Independence. It’s why we move out. It’s why we get tattoos and piercings that make mom hysterical. It’s why UCF alumnus Jeff Lehman wrote First Job ~ First Paycheck – how to get the most out of both…without help from your parents. Lehman wrote First Job ~ First Paycheck to save students from the often repeated myths about money, jobs and life that often lead to living in the paycheck-to-paycheck trap. “The potential for students who make smart choices about careers and money is as unlimited as they want to make it,” Lehman said. “When you have financial freedom, all kinds of burdens and restrictions are eliminated on what you can do in life, and that affects how you can succeed in your career, grow net worth and give back to others.” Lehman dives into First Job ~ First Paycheck by presenting the reader with tips on finding and nailing that first job. These tips cover everything from finding a stable market, creating a resume, networking and preparing for an interview. Lehman then prepares you to be the best employee you can be. He explains how to get the most out of your job, find mentors, set goals and promote your ideas. Finally, Lehman outlines what to do with that first tempting heap of dough. This is really the heart of Lehman’s dialogue. Lehman stresses budgeting, saving and investing. “If you don’t start saving money and doing smart things with your money now, you will have nothing in the future,” Lehman said. “It’s all about the individual choices that each student makes that will control their future.” Lehman, who earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from UCF in 1978 and graduated with his Master’s in Business Administration in 1980, knows a thing or two about how to make your job and your money work for you. Despite graduating in a recession, Lehman built a very successful career He sold some of the first advertisements for Internet dynamos like Yahoo, Netscape and Mapquest and was the CEO of two Internet companies. He also founded the publishing company Mentor Press LLC, which published First Job ~ First Paycheck. “Here’s someone who has the background and training and has applied it to himself,” Karl Sooder, a professor in the College of Business’ Marketing department, said. Sooder uses one of Lehman’s two award-winning books, The Sales Manager’s MENTOR, in his sales force management class. Lehman was also inducted in the College of Business’ Hall of Fame last year for his continued involvement with UCF, specifically his passion to mentor students.
“The two most important things to a graduating student are getting a job and getting their finances in order,” Lehman said. “This book is a how-to manual on not only how to get that first job and get the most out of it, but it’s also about money and what to do with that first paycheck.” Andrew Gaffka is a real-world example of a former student using these ideas to build a successful career. Gaffka and Lehman first met in 2009 when Lehman was a guest speaker in Sooder’s class. After training with Lehman for the National Collegiate Sales Competition in 2009, where UCF placed 7th in the nation, Gaffka continued to pursue Lehman as a mentor. “He’s always been able to provide me with good career advice,” Gaffka said. “He’s been somebody else I could look to, to spin something off of. He always offers a really good viewpoint.” After graduating UCF in 2009 as a marketing major in the professional selling program, Gaffka quickly found a job in Volusia County as an account executive for IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a Ricoh company. “I’ve incorporated things that I’ve learned from him…and I definitely think it’s resulted in extra sales,” Gaffka said. Lehman, Sooder and Gaffka all stress the importance of using those first paychecks to save and build a strong financial foundation. “This new money can feel powerful and…there’s the tendency, the urge…to stock up on the materialistic things,” Gaffka said. Sooder said that students may be tempted to fall into an expensive bucket-list line of thinking “Man, when I get those first few paychecks I’m going to do this, this and this.” With his book, Lehman shows readers how to put every dollar to good use and avoid falling into this trap.
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Bachmann, Perry flocking to same event in Iowa THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
AMES, Iowa — It might be a preview of the months ahead in the GOP presidential race. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who just got into the race, and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, fresh off an Iowa straw poll victory, were competing for attention Sunday as their campaign schedules put them at the same event. Both have the backing of tea partyers and evangelical conservatives. Both already are making big plays for those two important constituencies in Iowa. Perry was making his first campaign visit to Iowa since announcing his candidacy Saturday in South Carolina in a speech that emphasized his economic credentials and Texas’ job growth, as well as his conservative stances on social issues and his faith. The chairman of the Republican Governors Association, he’s an establishment candidate who could be an attractive candidate for economic conservatives in this lead-off caucus state who are looking for a candidate to rally around. Enthusiasm for the GOP national front-runner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and his strong economic message has been muted. Bachmann, who has risen in Iowa polls since entering the race this summer, was reveling in her first-place finish in the test vote Saturday that proved her campaign has the organizational skills and volunteer network needed to compete strongly in the state’s caucuses next winter. “We see this as just the very first step in a very long race,” Bachmann said on NBC’s “Meet the Press. “There’s a lot of work to be done.” A candidate backed largely by the grass-roots, she appeared on all the Sunday morning news programs as she worked to broaden her appeal and challenge rivals more linked to the establishment. In the straw poll, Bachmann edged past Texas Rep. Ron Paul to win the vote — getting 4,823
votes, or 29 percent, to 4,671, or 28 percent, for Paul out of nearly 17,000 cast. But she trounced home-state rival Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor who had cast himself as an electable establishment choice but ended up drawing 2,293 votes, or 14 percent. On Sunday, Pawlenty quit the race. His exit means there’s now an available contingent of top GOP staff and consultants, including former state party chairman, former advisers to President George W. Bush and senior advisers to Mike Huckabee’s winning 2008 caucus campaign, including Sarah Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor’s daughter. Top legislators who had signed on to Pawlenty’s camp also now are free to rally behind other candidates. It’s not yet clear the size of the electorate Pawlenty frees up. But it’s certain both Bachmann and Perry will try to go after his voters. “I wish him well,” Bachmann said, quick to praise Pawlenty, perhaps mindful of the need to broaden her appeal and reach his backers. “He brought a really important voice into the race and I am grateful that he was in. He was really a very good competitor.” Both Bachmann and Perry were scheduled to speak in a late-afternoon GOP fundraiser, the Black Hawk County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Waterloo. It’s Bachmann’s birthplace, a point she has stressed everywhere while campaigning for the leadoff caucuses, and she wasn’t willing to cede the spotlight to Perry. She changed her plans and decided to attend after Perry announced that he would make his Iowa debut at the event. “I welcome anyone who’s coming into the race, and I think it will be good competition for everyone,” Bachmann said. “He’ll run his campaign, we’ll run ours, but we really look forward to that.” She said she was confident that voters would choose her over him “because I have a
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Republican presidential candidate Rep.Michele Bachmann,R-Minn.,speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll,Saturday,in Ames,Iowa. Bachmann won the straw poll with 4823 votes.
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Texas Gov.Rick Perry speaks at the Red State Gathering,Saturday,in Charleston,S.C.where he announced his run for president in 2012.
demonstrated, proven record that I will fight for what people care about.” Her straw poll victory is expected to give her a boost nationally, especially with fundraising. But it also makes
her a target and comes with warnings. Only twice in the five straw polls since they were first held in 1980 has the winner gone on to capture the caucuses. Romney won the straw poll four years ago, finished second
in the caucuses and stumbled during the early primaries before quitting the 2008 race. Just once did the straw poll winner take the GOP nomination. That was George W. Bush in 2000.
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Migrant educational workers may harm learning FROM A1 are teaching under. Whether it’s for mathematics, psychology or any other subject, each department has its own specific guidelines. By following those guidelines, professors are able to enjoy the many perks of becoming tenured, such as an increase in health-related benefits, as well as the freedom to choose the curriculum that will be offered to students. Tony Waldrop, UCF Provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs said that, because of the additional leeway given to tenured professors in the past, they’ve been able to dive deeper into their field of study and dig out results that those without the
esteemed title would not be able to achieve. “They may find more conclusive research that turns out to be more rewarding,” Waldrop said. Anna Newman’s book Professing to Learn describes the nature of the work of tenured professors as being more complex and diversified than that of non-tenured professors, but Waldrop doesn’t completely agree with the statement. “I don’t know that there’s a more diverse workload, but once they’ve attained that level, they’ve probably become quite active in their research and being at that level, they will encourage the campus to pursue areas they have not been able to research,” Waldrop said. The Miami Student,
‘The abolition of tenure has been largely the result of economic forces.’ — DR. SHELLEY PARK UCF PROFESSOR
the paper of Ohio's Miami University, reported in April that the average percentage of tenured faculty in universities nationwide is 27 percent. While it might seem like a low number, the figure doesn’t represent the entire nation in terms of individual universities. Miami University, as of April this year, boasts a number of
almost 60 percent. MU is increasing its standards as far as its process for evaluating professors on the tenure track is concerned, which has led to a decrease in the amount of tenured faculty overall. While more than half of MU's professors are either tenured or on the tenure track, facts such as those from the Department of Education paint a gloomy picture. However, not all universities will be experiencing the shift. According to Newman's book, one-fourth of professors have tenure, while another 10 percent are on the tenure track, which leaves the other 45 percent with the potential to do whatever they please with their curriculum, as long as they make
their intentions clear to higher authorities. Teachers, instructors and professors all have different roles to play, though their titles have a similar ring to them. Those on the tenure track, however, follow the path of being first an assistant to the associate professor, then becoming an associate professor and finally attaining the title of professor, or “full” professor, as some call it. Other faculty members who teach regularly may prefer to keep to their part-time schedule, or they may have an entirely different goal in mind and forgo the entire issue of tenure. Some teachers are focused on developing clinical labs or pursuing research-oriented study or they may only give lectures instead of the full
course load that other full-time instructors may divvy out. Dr. Shelley Park, a tenured professor at UCF, believes there may be more of a struggle for professors pursuing the tenure track, as there may be a decrease in tenured positions from this point forward. “The abolition of tenure has been largely the result of economic forces,” Park said. “Just as in the private sector, hiring part-time and temporary workers enables the exploitation of workers for minimal pay and benefits. This hardly improves the quality of the education a student receives, as migrant educational workers must teach hundreds of students at a time in order to eke out a living.”
Waive fee by volunteering FROM A1 coming for special events so the programs know when we are available to check their students in,” Meredith Lively Varner, assistant director in Housing and Residence Life, said. Varner said during the week before the regular move-in dates, theatre majors have auditions and the Panhellenic community has recruitment, so it is mandatory for students participating in activities like these to move in early. Legal studies freshman Riley Clark moved into the Hercules Community during early move-in to participate in the LEAD Scholars retreat and beat the crowds. “It seems like 55,555 billion people are moving in on the nineteenth and twentieth, so it will definitely be more relaxed,” Clark said. “Plus I can find my way around and adjust.” Since there is not a registration process for early move-in, students reported directly to their campus community on Sunday morning to signup. All of the communities on the main campus
including Apollo, Libra, Hercules, Nike, Lake Claire and the Towers, as well as the apartments at the Rosen campus, are available for early movein. “Approximately 800 to 900 students come to the early move-in hours each year,” Sarah Oleksy, assistant director in Housing and Residence Life, said. “Which includes all of the communities throughout the whole campus.” Housing and Residence Life has tried several different systems over the years, but has decided that a less complicated process works best. “We’ve done different permutations of it, like having people sign-up beforehand or having lists and all of that,” Varner said. “We find that, generally, since we are able to have those rooms ready, we can accommodate for special programs early.” An early move-in fee of $125 is billed to the student’s university account after they arrive, but can be dropped if the student helps other residents move in. To waive the early move-in charge, students can volunteer for two four-hour shifts during the regular move-in
dates on Aug. 19 and 20. “A decent amount of students sign up for the volunteer shifts to waive the fee, even though it is a fairly new program,” Oleksy said. “Usually about 100 volunteers sign up, but we are always trying to make the program grow each year.” For Clark’s family, it was worth the fee to have the time to settle in and adjust. “We were going to wait till the next day to save some money, but when we thought about it, my parents would be missing work on Monday, which would probably lose more money than $125,” Clark said. “And a less hectic move in day is definitely worth it.” Like most freshmen students, Clark anticipated a mix of emotions during the move-in process. “I’m expecting a feeling of freedom, yet anxiety to be constantly present while moving in everything, and definitely a few tears from my parents,” she said. “Well, my mom, at least.” For more information on fall early move-in or housing and residence life, call 407-823-4663 or visit http://www.housing.ucf.e du
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UCF’s traffic-friendly layout is ideal for scooters FROM A1 seemed like a cheap alternative.“ According to Simons, he pays an average of $1.50 a week for gas and doesn’t have to pay insurance for the scooter. Imagine Cars Motorcycles & Scooters, a local dealership on East Colonial Drive, has started offering deals for UCF and Full Sail students as scooter sales rise. With a UCF I.D., students can receive 10 percent off of their scooter purchase, as well as a 10 percent discount on repair and maintenance. “I’ve always gotten a pretty good base of college customers, but within a year I’ve seen an increase,” Kaan Orer, owner of Imagine Cars Motorcycles & Scooters, said. “Gas prices are too high, so they’re trying to find alternative transportation.” Orer said that an average scooter receives 90 miles per gallon, versus most cars, which receive about 20. Repair prices are also cheaper in general, as the dealership charges $55 per hour for scooters and motorcycles compared to $100 for cars. Used scooter prices at Imagine start at around $600, while new, higher-end models can cost as much as $1,500. Although some see the scooter sale boom as a sign of growing environmental awareness, the Environmental Protection Agency warns that scooters emit an alarming amount of toxins into the atmosphere. In 2005, the EPA reported motorcycles and scooters emit as much hydrocarbon in 10 miles as a car does in 850 miles. This is due to the small engine size of scooters and their lack of catalytic converters that normally decrease the amount of hydrocarbon emissions. Hydrocarbon lends to the creation of ozone, which eventually turns into smog. However, the EPA said that while hydrocarbon emissions are a problem, the main environmental initiative nowadays is to
decrease fossil fuels, such as gasoline, which scooters use very little of, and carbon dioxide emissions. “It’s good for the environment. The CO2 is at 393 parts a million in our atmosphere, and the safe level is 350 parts a million,” Samantha Ruiz, co-president of I.D.E.A.S., a UCF environmental advocacy group, said. “To see that students are using their bikes or scooters to reduce this number is great, because we’re way past our limit.” Concern for the environment and rising gas prices aren’t the only reasons students are buying scooters. According to Jose Vernaza, a product specialist at Orlando Yamaha Kawasaki, many students come into the dealership claiming that scooter-riders get better parking spaces on campus. “They say the spots are right up front,” Vernaza said. Kris Singh, director of UCF Parking and Transportation Services, said there are currently 201 parking spaces available on campus for motorcycles and scooters. Although scooter riding is on the rise, Singh said Parking and Transportation Services could easily create new spots if needed. “You can make between four and six spaces in one car space for scooters or motorcycles,” Singh said. Bruce Albertson, owner of Vespa of Orlando located in Winter Park, said UCF’s campus is ideal for scooter riding due to the traffic-friendly layout. “The bikes do great for getting around Gemini and Central Florida Parkway, stuff like that. But Alafaya and University Boulevard still pose some issues because a lot of times students don’t buy bikes that can maintain higher speeds.” Vespa’s bikes are a more expensive option for those in the scooter market, starting at $1,600. The higher-end models can go as fast as 80 mph. Albertson said that overall, though, scooters are a good buy for environmentally-conscious
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Sophomore economics major Nick Simons bought a scooter two months ago and pays an average of $1.50 a week for gas.
students who are trying to save a buck. “If all you need is something
to get from place to place, and you don’t have a need to travel home, a scooter is a great
option,” Simons said. “It’s so cost effective and it gets you where you need to go.”
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Internship experience is invaluable to students FROM A1 of working with the agency under his belt, he will be hired on as a fulltime employee in May 2012 after he graduates. “What I like most is the
fact that I can relate everything that I’ve learned in school to real life situations,” Martinez said. “In engineering, students are taught a lot of theoretical concepts…this allows me to see how
these concepts are applied in day-to-day situations.” While Martinez considers his program a parttime job, not all students can be so lucky. Senior advertising/public rela-
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Junior finance major and Italian minor Marian Davila spent the summer in Florence,Italy.
tions major Matthew Malerba had to balance an unpaid internship, a parttime job and courses this summer. As a public relations intern for the Office of the Mayor in Orlando, Malerba spent the summer researching information for media alerts and press releases and handling media relations at events that Mayor Buddy Dyer attended. Malerba’s teacher was the one who told him about the opportunity. “The Office of the Mayor was seeking a PR intern for the semester, and she felt I would be a good fit; she was right,” Malerba said. Malerba said he enjoyed dealing directly with the media at major events and seeing firsthand interactions between reporters and public relations professionals, but there was still a lot to learn. “I learned to go after people when you are in need of information, a phone call will not suffice and if you are not a go-getter…then you will fall behind,” Malerba said. “No
one cares about making you look good except yourself.” For Chris Erhart, his event and social media internship still taught him new things even after his recent graduation. Erhart spent his summer with entertainment company Firestone Live. “I made connections, gained real-world experience and even had a little bit of fun,” Erhart said. “I’m passionate about music and this was a good way to get my foot in the door in the industry that I love.” Erhart said experiential learning helped fine-tune his resume and land the job. “I would say that’s a must for anyone who is looking to get started with an internship,” Erhart said. While some students took the opportunity to gain experience in their field, others jumped at the chance to continue education overseas. For junior Marian Davila, a finance major and Italian minor, the summer was filled with wine tours, ancient artwork and views of the Mediterranean Sea.
“As soon as I heard that there was a summer program in Italy, I immediately jumped in,” Davila said. “The way I see it, I was going to spend my summer in school anyway, might as well be in Italy.” As part of the Italian Language and Culture program at UCF, Davila spent the summer in an apartment with eight other students in Florence, Italy, taking a course called “Dante’s Inferno.” “Just being in a country that I have fantasized about for years, and actually living in it, made all the downfalls seem minuscule,” Davila said. “At the end of the trip, I felt like a Florentine.” Going to a new country or stepping foot into an office that is completely out of one’s element can prove to be difficult, but the experience is invaluable. “Even though at times it could be stressful, I know that in the long-run it will be beneficial to my career and the time I put in now will help me land that dream job and make the big money,” Malerba said.
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Despite expectations, Godfrey is confident
The men’s team gets to break in the expanded soccer stadium.
STEVEN RYZEWSKI
ST.LEO SATURDAY 7 P.M.(HOME)
Football beat writer
When sophomore quarterback Jeff Godfrey talks, it’s best to listen carefully. Godfrey, despite being capable of shouting out cadences and audibles on the playing field, is fairly soft-spoken. The rising sophomore admits he prefers to lead his teammates by example as opposed to being a vocal leader. But if you listen to him, there’s no mistaking the confidence he possesses. It is a quiet, collected confidence, such that Godfrey doesn’t hesitate when asked the big questions. What’s the goal for the Knights this season? “Undefeated,” Godfrey responded at the team’s media day. Godfrey also didn’t hesitate in a recent interview to tell the Orlando Sentinel that, “Yes, I am the best quarterback in the state of Florida.” He’s on the watch list for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award, given to the nation’s best quarterback. Does Godfrey think he could be the best in the nation? Is that even a question? “Yes I think I have the potential,” Godfrey said. “I’m surrounded by a good team, and I think I have the potential to be the best quarterback.” When’s the last time the Knights had a man behind center that was so openly confident and embraced his potential as such? How can UCF fans doing anything but be excited for Godfrey’s sophomore season? Before the season starts, everyone’s undefeated, optimistic and confident replies are standard from nearly every player on every team in the country. They’re part of the expected rhetoric. But typically the confidence is often combined with a qualifying statement, the rehearsed lines you expect to hear about taking it one game at a time, just being focused on playing foot-
The Knights take on St. Leo in their final exhibition match of the season.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
USF FRIDAY 7 P.M.(HOME)
Coming off an exhibition loss to Texas A&M,the Knights look to bounce back against their rivals.
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The Knights take on the Demon Decons in their final August home game.
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Knights quarterback Jeff Godfrey talks to reporters at UCF’s media day. KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Position battles pose a challenge for O’Leary ERIKA ESOLA Sports Editor
As the season approaches, Knights head coach George O’Leary must make important decisions. Decisions on offense, defense and special teams as to who will be named the starter at their respective positions. The Central Florida Future analyzed the Knights’ key position battles entering the season and looked at the Knights’ options on the field.
Running back
O’Leary is not in a bad predicament. UCF is stacked at running back with Brynn Harvey, Latavius Murray and Ronnie Weaver. All three backs have NFL potential and bring something different to the table. O’Leary has not named a clear-cut starter, however, and has mentioned that he will play the hot hand throughout the season.
Prediction: Murray gained a lot of momentum towards the end of last season and will likely carry into this season as the starter. Harvey looks to be 100 percent back from last year’s knee injury and should be ready to go, but it may take him a few games to get up to speed.
Robinson have already gotten the starting nod from O’Leary, but Buck, Cottman and Davis will be brought in for different packages. Davis, who played safety in high school, could be a good option to drop back in coverage.
Kicker
Defensive end
There’s another threeheaded monster on the Knights and it’s at defensive end. The Knights are looking for a new standout defensive lineman with the absence of Bruce Miller. Darius Nall, who O’Leary calls the Knights’ most underrated player, can provide senior leadership that the Knights need. Troy Davis has had a very impressive offseason. The Knights also landed impressive an impressive recruit in Toby Jackson, who dominated at the JUCO level. Prediction: O’Leary will
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Latavius Murray,the Liberty Bowl’s Most Valuable Offensive Player,may carry the load for the Knights this season.
likely start Davis and Jackson and bring Nall in on specialty blitz packages. Nall, despite not starting, had 8.5 sacks last season.
Outside linebacker
UCF is a little thin at outside linebacker, but there’s hope for two position-change
players: Jonathan Davis and Ray Shipman. Shipman is a former UF basketball player and Davis received several snaps at running back the last two seasons. Options at outside linebacker also include Terran Buck, Ray Cottman and Loren Robinson. Prediction: Shipman and
Kicker was probably the weakest position on last years Knights football team. O’Leary has continually mentioned that Nick Cattoi, last year’s starting kicker, will be benched in favor for Jamie Boyle if he doesn’t see progress in him. Cattoi connected on 57.9 percent of field goal attempts and missed three extra points last season. Prediction: Although Cattoi was listed as the starter in the spring, Boyle may get a shot. The Knights may even use two kickers throughout the season, playing the hot hand, or in this case, foot.
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Canada exhibition series is no problem STEVEN RYZEWSKI Basketball beat writer
They came. They saw. And for the most part, they dominated. The UCF Knights men’s basketball team completed their three game tour of Canada Saturday night with a 100-58 thrashing of the McGill University Redmen. The game took place in Montreal, Quebec, and with the win the Knights remained undefeated on their foreign trip. UCF beat Carleton University, Canada’s top collegiate program, 93-84 on Thursday in Ottawa, Ontario, and the Champlain College-Saint Lambert All-Stars on Wednesday, 88-66, from Saint-Lambert, Quebec. The foreign tour, allowed by NCAA rules every four years for a program, gave the Knights a chance to get some extra practices and games in before the team reconvenes for preseason camp later in the fall semester. With quite a few new faces having been added to the roster, including three newly-eligible transfers who sat out last season and three freshmen, the timing for the trip, and its results, worked out quite well for UCF. “Our guys played hard the whole trip and hopefully this will give us an edge once the season starts in October,” coach Donnie Jones said in a release following the trip’s conclusion.
The Knights opened up their tour against a team of professional players who’d formerly played for Champlain College-Saint Lambert. UCF led from start to finish, anchored by junior guard Marcus Jordan’s 24 points. Junior forward Keith Clanton made his presence felt as well, recording a double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds and as a team the Knights forced 25 turnovers. “The press was key,” Jordan said to UCFAthletics.com. “I think we really wore them down with the press and caused a lot of turnovers and led to a lot of easy buckets for us.” The game that night concluded a long day for the team, whose day started with a 5 a.m. flight, and ended with the contest, played in a gym that seated 500 and did not have air conditioning. The Knights followed up their opening win by taking on Carleton University the next night. Carleton is the defending collegiate national champion in Canada, and has won seven of the past nine titles. UCF found a way to pick up the 93-84 victory in what was a physical game. Clanton had 25 points for the Knights, and senior forward P.J. Gaynor added 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting. “Just spot up and make shots,” Gaynor said of his mindset entering the contest. “I made shots when I was open.” Jones, who’d been telling
his team to expect an intense effort from Carleton, was impressed with his team’s effort. “Our guys handled adversity very well,” he said. “[They] played with great determination for the entire game.” UCF had Friday off, and finished up the tour with their third game in four days against McGill on Saturday. Once again, the Knights led from start to finish in the 100-58 victory. Five UCF players scored in double figures, one of whom was freshman Rod Days who had 13 points. Sophomore guard Isaiah Sykes added 14 points, and more impressively snagged a game-high 10 rebounds. Sykes has made a reputation for himself in his short time so far with the program as being a hustle player with a nose for the ball, even being referred to at one point last season by Jones as the “glue guy.” Overall, the tour gave Jones a chance to evaluate his players at a much earlier date than usual, and also a chance for the team to bond before the season. “It was fun, it was good to get out there again,” Jordan said. “The fan turnout in Canada was amazing and I think everyone just enjoyed playing together and playing against another opponent.”
Hustle Points
— MEAC Player of the Year and former Bethune-
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Junior guard Marcus Jordan was a huge factor for the Knights in their Canada exhibition tour.
Cookman star C.J. Reed has told the Orlando Sentinel he is committed to the Knights after leaving the Wildcats program in the spring. Reed, son of former BCU coach Cliff Reed, left the program following his father’s firing. The elder
Reed was fired for not cooperating with an investigation into a sexual assault claim where his son, among others, was named. Reed was never formally charged with a crime or arrested. Reed average 19.1 points per game last season, but
will be transferring to the Knights to play point guard, hoping to fill void that will be left after this coming season, which will be point guards A.J. Rompza and Jeff Jordan’s last. Transfer regulations require Reed to sit out this season.
Confidence is key in Godfrey’s growth FROM A10
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Jeff Godfrey,a freshman All-American,has goals to win a Heisman trophy and a BCS Championship while with the Knights.
ball, whether the team can play to potential, so on and so forth. Godfrey, however, makes no secret of his desires and his goals. He wants to go undefeated. He wants to play for a BCS National Title, and he wants to win the Heisman Trophy during his career. It’s a refreshing confidence, the kind that can become contagious in the locker room as preseason camp progresses. Make no mistake; this is a team that is aware that they have some people’s attention going into the season. And as Sept. 3 approaches, this appears to be a very confident team, much like it’s young leader. What’s more, Godfrey
has the ability to sound confident while still sounding humble, making him all the more likeable and marketable as the face of the program. And the confidence isn’t unwarranted, coming from a player who, as a freshmen, threw for 13 touchdowns and run for nine. As a freshmen, Godfrey led the Knights to a Conference USA Championship and a bowl victory over Georgia. Still, Godfrey was far from perfect last season, he’ll be the first to say so and identify exactly what he needs to improve on. Now, the coaching staff is pushing him to take the next step. Godfrey often left the pocket early and ran last season; he’s working on poise in the pocket
now. He’s also working on consistently making the right decision. As head coach George O’Leary has told the media, Godfrey just has “it.” “Some kids have to see it, he feels it,” O’Leary said at Conference USA’s media day. He’s got the motivation, too. Godfrey says he has a chip on his shoulder, he remembers being told by the BCS programs he wasn’t big enough to play quarterback. There’s no lacking for people to prove wrong. “A lot of coaches say I couldn’t do, and a lot of coaches didn’t give me a shot,” Godfrey said. “Thanks to coach George O’Leary, he gave me a shot at quarterback, and I proved to him I can do it.”
‘A lot of coaches say I couldn’t do, and a lot of coaches didn’t give me a shot. Thanks to Coach George O’Leary, he gave me a shot at quarterback, and I proved to him I can do it.’ — JEFF GODFREY SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK
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n order to ensure fair grading, some professors are being taken out of the grading process altogether and instead being replaced by independent assessors, and computers in some cases, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle notes one example of this by describing the approach taken by Western Governors University, which operates solely online. Under the system of this institution, students are provided with mentors rather than actual professors. The job of these mentors is to prepare the students for “high-stakes homework assignments,” according to the Chronicle. These assignments are prepared by a team of professional testmakers to prove competence in different subject areas. The assessors step in once the homework has been filed, logging on to a website called TaskStream and pull the first assignment they see. The idea, essentially, is that these assessors will be able to evaluate the work of the student objectively and not do things like give students extra points for effort. According to the Chronicle, Western Governors University also argues that this will save professors from worrying about being punished for bad grades by poor reviews from students. Professors need to retain
control of the grading process. They need to be trusted to act fairly and objectively and exhibit the same academic integrity expected of students. The professor is the best person to properly assess a student’s performance, given that this professor will have gotten to know the student and his or her habits and tendencies throughout the course of a semester. To attempt to split the educational role the way Western Governors University does deprives students of the ability to tap into the wealth of experience that a college professor would have, considering that many of them tend to have significant field experience in the subject they teach. At UCF, some steps are also being taken to outsource grading. According to the Chronicle, UCF outsources the scoring of some essay tests to a computer. Pam Thomas, a biology professor at UCF, decided to try this method of grading due to her large class sizes, according to the Chronicle. Thomas established what constituted a correct response, which allowed the machine to know what to look for. Students expressed concerns to Thomas regarding this form of grading, according to the Chronicle. “The students said, I’m being graded by a robot?” Thomas said. “I said, Anybody who doesn’t get a 100, I will look at a machine, and I
will see if the machine made a mistake.” Thomas conducted her own analysis of the machine’s performance, having some teaching assistants help her grade the tests by hand and comparing it to the machine’s grade. She found the machine to be more effective. Steps such as these signal a dangerous trend toward having professors ultimately removed from the grading process, altogether. This could have potentially disastrous effects for the student because such a move could have the potential of creating conflicting standards. It is entirely possible, for example, for independent assessors to use stricter or more lenient standards in their grading, depending on what content is being evaluated. The student could express something based upon how a professor taught a course throughout a semester, and an assessor would not be able to factor this into his or her grading process. Having professors retain full control over grading is not simply a matter of tradition. It is a matter of ensuring fairness in grading and trusting our professors to act appropriately when evaluating the performance of students. To remove them from the grading process would fundamentally alter the educational experience of students.
Gender isn’t a valid reason to discriminate About a month ago, a man against in the health care from South Carolina named arena. Raymond Johnson was diagIn 2008, under Blue Cross nosed with breast cancer. Blue Shield of California, Unable to afford the cost of women were being charged chemotherapy, Johnson twice as much as men for the applied for a type of Medicaid same health insurance coverthat specifically provides age. Los Angeles Times columfinancial assistance to breast nist David Lazarus said this cancer patients. However, his practice of making women’s coverage for the several health insurance premiums AUBREY MARKS chemotherapy treatments, more expensive was “purely a Guest Columnist which each cost about $10,000, matter of Blue Shield deciding was denied because he is a that women, as a general rule, male. are more expensive to insure than men.” The policy of denying Medicaid covHe goes on to ask that if gender is to be erage to male breast cancer patients has considered a risk factor, why aren’t other been called “discriminatory” by the South genetic factors included as risks? For Carolina Department of Health and example, “If women are more expensive Human Services. I agree. than men to insure, and middle-aged In order to receive Medicaid, there are women are significantly more expensive certain eligibility requirements that must than middle-aged men, what about, say, be met, such as United States citizenship, older women with red hair? After all, they proof of state residency and having limit- have fairer skin and thus are more sused assets and/or income. Along with ceptible to skin cancer.” these mandatory requirements, someone The list of “risk factors” used in buildapplying for Medicaid must also fall into ing insurance coverage policies could go another Medicaid Eligibility Category on forever, but at some point that list of that specifically targets their reason of risk factors would turn into a discriminaneed for Medicaid coverage. The two tory list of whom insurance companies breast cancer policies that were available believe will live the longest based on for Johnson to apply for, Best Chance genetic and lifestyle choices that could be Network or Non-Best Chance Network, considered as “risk factors.” So, if factors completely exclude men from the picture. other than gender, such as race, were to The eligibility requirements are written be included on that list, the insurance polin reference to a “she.” For example, “she icy would be deemed as racially discrimiis under the age of 65” or “she has been natory; but then again, why don’t insurscreened for breast or cervical cancer ance companies consider gender to be a under the Best Chance Network prodiscriminating risk factor at all? gram.” It seems that the policy does not A person’s gender is not a pre-existing even recognize the fact that men can and condition, nor is it a reason to be denied do develop breast cancer. from receiving Medicaid. Insurance and Cancer does not yield to gender, so Medicaid policies should match this outwhy do Medicaid policies and requirelook, and treat their applicants with the ments not reflect this view? Even though gender equality that they deserve, and the women are more likely to be diagnosed coverage that they need. with breast cancer, 2,000 men are diagThere is some good news, however. nosed with the deadly disease every year, One major insurance policy does recogand that number only represents 1 pernize the need for gender equality in cent of cases, according to the American health care. The Affordable Care Act, Cancer Society. signed into law last year by President Johnson knows he will be financially Barack Obama, ensures that women will devastated after the completion of his not pay more than men for the same chemotherapy treatments. insurance policies. It also turns out the His gender should not have been the policy that prevents Johnson from receivdeciding factor in the denial of his covering Medicaid coverage for his breast canage for breast cancer treatments. cer treatments is in direct violation of the Women are also being discriminated Affordable Care Act.
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Carbon emissions destroying planet Al Gore, the Nobel grossly inaccurate; the true Peace Prize-winning forsocial cost of one ton of mer vice president who CO2 in the atmosphere fell a few hundred Florida can equal up to $893 in votes shy of becoming economic damage, which America’s 43rd president is more than 12 times the has evolved into becomgovernment’s highest estiing one of the world’s mate. By 2050, these costs leading advocates of clicould rise up to $1,550 per mate change awareness. ton of CO2 emitted. To say that Gore is This means that the ANNA ESKAMANI passionate about his cost that the current govGuest Columnist beliefs would be an ernment estimates for understatement. In fact, CO2 emissions are smaller while attending the Aspen Institute than the dollars required to avert Forum on Communications and those damages by reducing emisSociety seminar in Colorado, Gore sions. Consequently, from the governproved just how deeply held his con- ment’s standpoint, preventative victions are through a public tirade measures to reduce emissions appear on the politics of climate change. It uneconomical when compared to the was at this point where Gore blasted latter option of simply allowing emisthe theories of climate change skep- sions to continue rising. tics as “bull----.” His outburst continThe current political dialogue ued with, “When you go and talk to overlooks inaccurate emissions costs, any audience about climate, you hear which, if addressed, would set a price them washing back at you. The same sticker on CO2, providing policy crap over and over and over again. makers with an accurate sense of There’s no longer a shared reality on direction when mulling over regulaan issue like climate even though the tions that could affect emissions, very existence of our civilization is including energy legislation. threatened.” Instead of addressing environWhether you consider Gore’s fermental issues head on, our lawmakvent statements to be fact or fiction ers are finding ways to antagonize does not really matter at this point. them. Take U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns (RThe inconvenient truth at hand is the Ocala) for example, who during the lack of attention that the environsame week as Gore’s loud criticism, ment is receiving among our major held a hearing of the House Energy news outlets. Indeed, it seems that as and Commerce Subcommittee on long as no oil rigs are exploding or Oversight and Investigations here at nuclear power plants are melting, it UCF. The hearing was titled “EPA’s remains all quiet on the environmen- Takeover of Florida’s Nutrient Water tal front, and subjects like sustainabil- Quality Standard Setting: Impact on ity are lost among the debt negotiaCommunity and Job Creation.” tions and fluctuating markets. Many characterized the hearings What I find to be most frustrating as being one-sided and showcased about this lack of media attention is only two pro-EPA testimonials out of that the environment holds huge eco- eight. At one point, U.S. Rep. Dennis nomic implications, which means it’s Ross (R-Lakeland) asked the Regional a topic we should not be ignoring or Administrator of the EPA, "What avoiding. Take into consideration the have we done wrong to receive the issue of CO2 emissions. Often correwrath of the EPA?” according to the lated with changes in climate, CO2 Orlando Business Journal. emissions contribute not only to Because of its absurdity, the quesincreasing global temperatures but tion was met with laughter from the also to numerous other factors audience. Nonetheless, the words of including rising sea levels. Ergo, cliRoss and the actions of Stearns mate change will, in the long run, reflect a lack of focus when it comes incur future damages, and by weighto the environment. This is not an ing what economists call the "social issue of state’s rights versus federal cost of carbon,” you can assess how regulations. This is an issue of clean much money you’d save by avoiding water versus dirty water, carbon said damages in the first place. emissions versus carbon damages. One ton of CO2 equals about what Later in his speech, Gore said, “We you release into the atmosphere by became the greatest county on Earth driving a car for two-and-a-half because we made better decisions months. Currently, the United States than any other nation.” government estimates that one ton of If we are to keep moving forward carbon emission equals a social cost and remain the greatest nation in the of $21. However, according to a new world, then we must stop solving report from a network of economists long term problems with short term known as Economics for Equity and solutions. Environment, that approximation is If we won’t, then who will?
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Shish __ 6 2008 “Yes We Can” sloganeer 11 ACLU concerns 14 Prefix with -clast 15 Group of secret schemers 16 Neighbor of Wash. 17 1956 #1 hit for Elvis Presley 19 Cartoon collectible 20 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” 21 Fat-based bird feed 22 ’80s-’90s “Did I do that?” TV nerd 24 Having one’s day in court? 26 “Revenge is __ best served cold” 27 Mr. T catch phrase 31 Choir section 34 Cold War country, briefly 35 Chimney passage 36 Scratch or scuff 37 Ostracized one 41 Prefix with metric 42 Recipient of a princess’s kiss 44 Suffix for no-good 45 Like days gone by 47 Cornerstone principle of democracy 51 Henry __ Lodge: WWI senator 52 Final stage of a chess match 56 “Sesame Street” resident 57 “Get lost, kitty!” 59 Adorn, as a birthday gift 60 Below-the-belt 61 Eight-time Best Actor nominee who never won 64 Musician’s deg. 65 Dodge, as the press 66 Address the crowd 67 Cellos’ sect. 68 Flew off the handle 69 Gumbo vegetables
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DOWN 1 Friendly term of address 2 Oak tree-to-be 3 Lisa of “The Cosby Show” 4 Easternmost Great Lake 5 Reggae’s Marley 6 Supernatural 7 Au naturel 8 Stand next to 9 West of the silver screen 10 Refer (to) 11 Dependable beyond doubt 12 Kids’ secret club meeting place 13 Dispose of via eBay 18 Morales of “La Bamba” 23 Jazz motif 25 __ facto 26 Cries of triumph 28 Totally gross 29 Luggagescreening org. 30 “Exodus” author Uris 31 Car radio button 32 “Tomb Raider” role for Angelina Jolie
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33 Conflict involving a fake horse 38 Workbook chapter 39 __ for tat 40 Sang like a canary, so to speak 43 Mongolian desert 46 Out-of-the-office detective duty 48 Ebert’s partner after Siskel
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49 Parented 50 “Do __ others ...” 53 Bustling with noise 54 Island nation near Sicily 55 Fencing swords 56 Shade trees 57 Just for guys 58 Formally relinquish 62 Perón of Argentina 63 As well
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