CFF, 9.19.11

DON’T TICKET THOSE WHO WARN OF TRAPS — SEE A10

FREE • Published Mondays and Thursdays

The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968

Heartbreak

Solar energy UCF institute gives free power systems to Florida schools— SEE SCHOOLS,A2

Knights suffer ugly 17-10 loss at Florida International — SEE SPORTS, A7

AROUND CAMPUS News and notices for the UCF community

SGA Senate info session

UCF to host drug take back Health Services to collect prescription drugs KAITLYN TEABO

Interested in getting involved with the Student Government Association?

SGA will host an info session for students interested in a senate position Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. in the Student Union, Room 218A. Current members of SGA will be available to answer any questions about your candidate and voter rights and about the process.

All students are encouraged to attend; freshmen can earn 500 LINK Loot points.

For more information, call 407-823-2191.

www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Monday, September 19, 2011

over-the-counter medication with no questions asked.

With an increasing preThe event is a partnerscription drug epidemic ship between UCF Health nationwide, UCF is taking a Services and UCF Police stand and hosting the first- and will take place in the ever UCF Drug Take Back John T. Washington Center event.

Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 Students, staff, faculty p.m. and members of the gener“The goal of the event is al community are invited to to increase awareness of drop off their expired or the proper way to dispose unwanted prescription or of these medications and

To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com

Senior Staff Writer

educate people that by doing so it protects the environment as well as the people who may be susceptible to getting ahold of these drugs for the wrong reasons,” Megan Pabian, UCF Health Services mar-

REBECCA STRANG / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE

PLEASE SEE ORGANIZERS ON A4

UCF is hosting the first-ever UCF Drug Take Back event to drop off expired or unwanted prescription or over-the-counter medication with no questions asked.

Senior at UCF sues the DCF, Gov. Scott

On the airwaves

The basics of Study Abroad The UCF Study Abroad program is hosting an information session regarding study abroad opportunities Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Teaching Academy, Room 117.

For more information, call Dede Wilson-Mosley at 407-882-2300 or email studyabroad@ucf.edu.

ACLU helps student fight state drug testing LAURA NEWBERRY

Veterans Transition Forum

Senior Staff Writer

Veterans bring your lunch, talk with other student veterans and learn tips for navigating the transition to university life. Monday, September 19, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm. in Room: 111, UCF Arena.

For more information contact Tammie Nadea at 407-823-5874, tammie.nadeau@ucf.edu PHOTOS COURTESY HTTP://WUCFTV.ORG

Sociological Insights on the Formation of the Self This cultural orientation session will emphasize the challenges traveling abroad might bring to our identities, particularly the messages and symbols we often take for granted.

Monday, September 19, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm in Room 117, Teaching Academy 117.

For more information contact Dede WilsonMosley at 407-882-2300, studyabroad@ucf.edu

Breaking news on your cell Get UCF news sent to your cell phone. Just text the keyword UCFNEWS to 44636.

WUCF TV brings on some new programming DEBRA SCHULZ Contributing Writer

On Sept.

15, WUCF TV started a new tradition.

At 8 p.m. it aired Peter, Paul and Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy, kicking of its first-ever pledge drive as the new WUCF TV and provider of PBS broadcasting to the Central Florida community.

“We’re doing a pledge week for the next 10 days; it’s a little different then what

you would normally see,” said Grant Heston, vice president of UCF News & Information.

“What we’ve heard from viewers already is that the traditional formats can get a little tiring, so we’re giving it a lighter touch, but the need is still great.”

Back in June, WMFE sold

its license back to PBS and was no longer going to be providing local PBS broadcasting to the local Central Florida community. The choices for local programming were either not to have any or bring it in from Tampa.

This is where WUCF TV came in. Taking over the PBS station enabled Central Florida to keep its favorite PBS shows as well as local programming that is relevant to the community.

The proceeds from this year’s pledge drive will be going toward WUCF TV’s

PLEASE SEE STREISAND ON A5

LOCAL & STATE,A2

HISTORIC FORT LAUDERDALE HOUSE FACES DEMOLITION A historic Fort Lauderdale house that often served as a wedding chapel for couples eloping from Miami could be demolished unless city commissioners approve a plan to save it.

INDEX Around Campus Weather Local & State Sports Opinion Classifieds Sudoku Crossword

1 2 2 7 10 11 11 11

TODAY’S WEATHER

EVENING T-STORMS

87º 73º HIGH LOW

A UCF student is the first to challenge legislation passed by the Rick Scott administration that requires welfare beneficiaries to be drug tested before they can qualify for monetary aid.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Chil- Scott dren and Families on behalf of UCF senior accounting major Luis Lebron. The ACLU hopes the case will stop the law from being enforced on the grounds that it violates the Fourth Amendment.

Lebron, a Navy veteran who has sole custody of his 4-year-old son and cares for his disabled mother, was seeking welfare benefits when the legislation was passed.

Lebron said he became motivated to challenge the law during a visit to the DCF office, where he was told that as part of the welfare application he must take a drug test.

“I asked myself, why am I doing all this? I served my country for four years, and I’m three months from getting my bachelor’s degree,” Lebron said. “This is not normal.”

After the office visit, Lebron began seeking legal counsel. He

PLEASE SEE RANDOLPH ON A6 Is the drug test law constitutional?: www.UCFNews.com

Rosen toasts to new partnership JAZELLE HANDOUSH

hosts training seminars to provide customers with knowledge concerning Hospitality students will product brands, selling tips get a taste of exceptional and the art of food and wine drinks with the Rosen Col- pairing. lege of Hospitality Manage“[The partnership] ment’s new partnership began with bringing in with the Premier Beverage guest lectures and sample Company of Florida. wines for the classes,” said The affiliation will fur- Dr. Joe Hutchinson, chair of ther provide students with Rosen’s Department of a quality approach to learn- Foodservice & Lodging ing about the art of fine din- Management. “The idea ing. was to build a partnership Premier Beverage Com- through education by letpany is one of the largest ting students sample the distributors of fine wines wines Premier represents.” and spirits in Florida. It also Dr. Frank Juge and Contributing Writer

Robert Ashley are two of Rosen’s professors who use Premier’s wine in their courses.

“This gives students a chance to learn about wines that, in a fine restaurant, they would be responsible for buying, selling and serving,” Juge said. “Many of our students conduct events such as conventions, wedding parties or charity events where having knowledge of the fine wines that are out there is a real asset.”

PLEASE SEE STUDENTS ON A5

CFF ARCHIVE

Hospitality students will get a taste of exceptional drinks with Rosen’s new partnership with the Premier Beverage Company of Florida.

A2

www.CentralFloridaFuture.com

LOCAL & STATE Keep local with headlines you may have missed

Sept. 19, 2011 •

Schools score solar systems Florida Solar Energy to install new structures

Historic Fort Lauderdale house faces demolition FORT LAUDERDALE — A historic Fort Lauderdale house that often served as a wedding chapel for couples eloping from Miami could be demolished unless city commissioners approve a plan to save it.

The early 20th-century house was built for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first judges, Fred Shippey. Over the years, he presided over many weddings there, including that of “Tarzan” star and swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller.

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel a salvage effort failed three years ago and a debt company seized ownership.

An appellate court has cleared the way for demolition.

Historic preservationists have been trying to raise $200,000 to move and renovate the house.

They are asking the city to use a parking lot in an entertainment district. A decision must be made by the end of September.

Man shoots himself at Walmart parking lot TAMPA — Authorities say a man shot himself in the parking lot of a Tampa Walmart after being approached by deputies.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says deputies believed the man was involved in a homicide they responded to earlier Saturday. When they confronted him, he reportedly pulled out a gun and shot himself.

The man, who has not been identified, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital.

His condition was not known.

According to the Tampa Tribune, deputies were called to a Tampa home Saturday morning.

They found a man dead inside and a short time later went to the Walmart, where the individual was located.

J.C. SMITH Contributing Writer

Schools across Florida will bring a little sunshine into their classrooms with the help of the Florida Solar Energy Center.

FSEC, a UCF research institute, picked 90 schools from across Florida, including East River High School and Memorial Middle School in Orlando, to receive 10-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic systems valued at more than $80,000 each.

As part of the SunSmart Schools E-Shelter program, the systems can power critical items during emergencies in schools that also serve as shelters. Additionally, the systems can reduce energy costs by up to $1,500 per year by supplementing the schools’ electricity, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and educate students about solar energy.

“It helps raise the awareness of renewable energy technologies for students and teachers,” said Susan Schleith, FSEC education coordinator and SunSmart program manager. “It’s a way of getting more focus on clean technologies. It helps to stimulate the economy by creating more jobs...It also, of course, makes the environment a better place, and it helps with disaster preparedness.”

The schools, including elementary school, middle school, high schools and one college, applied and were selected based on location, emergency shelter status, partnership opportunities and renewable energy education and outreach plans.

Schleith said the original program initially began 10 years ago as a demonstration project to get students to pay attention to solar power. But with the help of a $10 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus grant, FSEC saw an opportunity to provide practical benefits combined with education.

“We wanted to advance it to be more than just some demonstration project,” said Bill Young, SunSmart techni-

Coast High School in Cape Coral runs the Academy of Natural Resources, a science program that teaches sustainability and environmental stewardship through aquaculture, aquaponics and alternative energies.

“Our whole goal is to show that we can run a business totally off grid,” science teacher Joe Mallon said. “That solar array is going to produce more than enough energy than it takes to run our aquaculture and aquaponics program here.”

Mallon said the grant hels them in other ways as well.

“They provide us with other resources for teaching our classes,” Mallon said.

“They also provide training on how to use those resources.”

But students aren’t the only ones the SunSmart program targets.

“Part of the idea is not only educating the students, but also to educate the parents,” Young said. “We’re trying to set a new way of thinking. If solar can power an emergency shelter, certainly it can power your house.”

Florida utility companies have noticed, too. Progress Energy agreed to fund nine additional schools, and TECO (Tampa Electric) may add one to bring the total number of to 100. Schleith hopes to add 40 or more schools over the next five years.

“This is a very successful ARRA program because it’s seen as being so effective the utilities are willing to start funding it,” Schleith said.

Despite the program’s success, Young said the primary objective remains the same.

“The most important thing is education. That they understand that solar works,” Young said. “It’s viable, it’s reliable and there’s no reason for them not to use it.”

The solar systems are being installed by Vergona-Bowersox Electric, Inc. of Boca Raton and should be completed by March.

To comment on this story: www.UCFNews.com cal program manager. “So we integrated it into the school program with the idea that it should be powering shelters.”

Each school met with FSEC officials to determine which critical items would run off the system, which includes backup batteries that can provide up to 25 kW hours, or three days of power. Most chose to power lights and receptacles in the emergency shelters.

However, education remains a key component of the program. FSEC developed a curriculum in conjunction with teachers and tailored it to students from kindergarten through college.

“It’s a very hands-on curriculum where students are out doing science labs,” Schleith said. “And what we found is that students are better prepared because they’re getting up and out and actually applying this knowledge in a realworld setting.”

A data acquisition system records the performance and operation of the solar system, and students can look at how much energy is created, with voltage, current, temperatures and other factors displayed on the internet. They can use the real-time data to calculate energy flow and consumption, turning lights on or off to see changes in the performance.

After placing earlier, lowercapacity solar systems on school roofs, Schleith said FSEC decided to install these 1,000-square-foot PV systems on the ground to make them more visible and provide better access.

“Students can see them.

They can walk around them.

They can open up the battery enclosures and look and see the inverter and all those different components,” Schleith said. “So it’s definitely a learning experience for them.”

One school plans to use the system in a unique way. Island

September 19, 2011 Vol 43, Issue 61 • 12 Pages The Central Florida Future is the independent, studentwritten newspaper at the University of Central Florida.

Opinions in the Future are those of the individual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff or the University administration. All content is property of the Central Florida Future and may not be reprinted in part or in whole without permission from the publisher.

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Photo Editor Katie Dees Photo.CFF@gmail.com

Senior Staff Writers Laura Newberry, Kaitlyn Teabo

Staff Writers Austin Castle, Camille Thomas, Jessie Kristof, Jordan Swanson, Steven Ryzewski

Senior Staff Photographer Rebecca Strang

Staff Photographers Alex Schierholtz, Amy Simpson, Andrea Keating, Chelsea St. John, Jonathan Virgilio, Josh Given, Mandy Georgi, Michelle Davis, Nicole Blackall, Nicole Schoen

Copy Editors Abigail Donaldson & Jessica Gillespie

Production Joseph Mangabat Mark Thorstenson

BUSINESS 407-447-4555

Apartment fire sends 6 adults to hospital MIAMI — Six adults have been hospitalized after an explosion and fire at a Miami apartment building.

The Miami Herald reports that the fire occurred early Saturday morning in the Wynwood neighborhood.

Miami Lt. Ignatius Carroll Jr. says there was thick black smoke covering half the block when fire crews arrived. The force of the explosion sent CDs, pictures and other personal items out onto the street.

It was not immediately known what caused the fire.

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Heartbreak

Solar energy UCF institute gives free power systems to Florida schools— SEE SCHOOLS,A2

Knights suffer ugly 17-10 loss at Florida International — SEE SPORTS, A7

AROUND CAMPUS News and notices for the UCF community

SGA Senate info session

UCF to host drug take back Health Services to collect prescription drugs KAITLYN TEABO

Interested in getting involved with the Student Government Association?

SGA will host an info session for students interested in a senate position Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 10 a.m. in the Student Union, Room 218A. Current members of SGA will be available to answer any questions about your candidate and voter rights and about the process.

All students are encouraged to attend; freshmen can earn 500 LINK Loot points.

For more information, call 407-823-2191.

www.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Monday, September 19, 2011

over-the-counter medication with no questions asked.

With an increasing preThe event is a partnerscription drug epidemic ship between UCF Health nationwide, UCF is taking a Services and UCF Police stand and hosting the first- and will take place in the ever UCF Drug Take Back John T. Washington Center event.

Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 Students, staff, faculty p.m. and members of the gener“The goal of the event is al community are invited to to increase awareness of drop off their expired or the proper way to dispose unwanted prescription or of these medications and

To comment on this story visit: www.UCFNews.com

Senior Staff Writer

educate people that by doing so it protects the environment as well as the people who may be susceptible to getting ahold of these drugs for the wrong reasons,” Megan Pabian, UCF Health Services mar-

REBECCA STRANG / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE

PLEASE SEE ORGANIZERS ON A4

UCF is hosting the first-ever UCF Drug Take Back event to drop off expired or unwanted prescription or over-the-counter medication with no questions asked.

Senior at UCF sues the DCF, Gov. Scott

On the airwaves

The basics of Study Abroad The UCF Study Abroad program is hosting an information session regarding study abroad opportunities Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Teaching Academy, Room 117.

For more information, call Dede Wilson-Mosley at 407-882-2300 or email studyabroad@ucf.edu.

ACLU helps student fight state drug testing LAURA NEWBERRY

Veterans Transition Forum

Senior Staff Writer

Veterans bring your lunch, talk with other student veterans and learn tips for navigating the transition to university life. Monday, September 19, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm. in Room: 111, UCF Arena.

For more information contact Tammie Nadea at 407-823-5874, tammie.nadeau@ucf.edu PHOTOS COURTESY HTTP://WUCFTV.ORG

Sociological Insights on the Formation of the Self This cultural orientation session will emphasize the challenges traveling abroad might bring to our identities, particularly the messages and symbols we often take for granted.

Monday, September 19, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm in Room 117, Teaching Academy 117.

For more information contact Dede WilsonMosley at 407-882-2300, studyabroad@ucf.edu

Breaking news on your cell Get UCF news sent to your cell phone. Just text the keyword UCFNEWS to 44636.

WUCF TV brings on some new programming DEBRA SCHULZ Contributing Writer

On Sept.

15, WUCF TV started a new tradition.

At 8 p.m. it aired Peter, Paul and Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy, kicking of its first-ever pledge drive as the new WUCF TV and provider of PBS broadcasting to the Central Florida community.

“We’re doing a pledge week for the next 10 days; it’s a little different then what

you would normally see,” said Grant Heston, vice president of UCF News & Information.

“What we’ve heard from viewers already is that the traditional formats can get a little tiring, so we’re giving it a lighter touch, but the need is still great.”

Back in June, WMFE sold

its license back to PBS and was no longer going to be providing local PBS broadcasting to the local Central Florida community. The choices for local programming were either not to have any or bring it in from Tampa.

This is where WUCF TV came in. Taking over the PBS station enabled Central Florida to keep its favorite PBS shows as well as local programming that is relevant to the community.

The proceeds from this year’s pledge drive will be going toward WUCF TV’s

PLEASE SEE STREISAND ON A5

LOCAL & STATE,A2

HISTORIC FORT LAUDERDALE HOUSE FACES DEMOLITION A historic Fort Lauderdale house that often served as a wedding chapel for couples eloping from Miami could be demolished unless city commissioners approve a plan to save it.

INDEX Around Campus Weather Local & State Sports Opinion Classifieds Sudoku Crossword

1 2 2 7 10 11 11 11

TODAY’S WEATHER

EVENING T-STORMS

87º 73º HIGH LOW

A UCF student is the first to challenge legislation passed by the Rick Scott administration that requires welfare beneficiaries to be drug tested before they can qualify for monetary aid.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Department of Chil- Scott dren and Families on behalf of UCF senior accounting major Luis Lebron. The ACLU hopes the case will stop the law from being enforced on the grounds that it violates the Fourth Amendment.

Lebron, a Navy veteran who has sole custody of his 4-year-old son and cares for his disabled mother, was seeking welfare benefits when the legislation was passed.

Lebron said he became motivated to challenge the law during a visit to the DCF office, where he was told that as part of the welfare application he must take a drug test.

“I asked myself, why am I doing all this? I served my country for four years, and I’m three months from getting my bachelor’s degree,” Lebron said. “This is not normal.”

After the office visit, Lebron began seeking legal counsel. He

PLEASE SEE RANDOLPH ON A6 Is the drug test law constitutional?: www.UCFNews.com

Rosen toasts to new partnership JAZELLE HANDOUSH

hosts training seminars to provide customers with knowledge concerning Hospitality students will product brands, selling tips get a taste of exceptional and the art of food and wine drinks with the Rosen Col- pairing. lege of Hospitality Manage“[The partnership] ment’s new partnership began with bringing in with the Premier Beverage guest lectures and sample Company of Florida. wines for the classes,” said The affiliation will fur- Dr. Joe Hutchinson, chair of ther provide students with Rosen’s Department of a quality approach to learn- Foodservice & Lodging ing about the art of fine din- Management. “The idea ing. was to build a partnership Premier Beverage Com- through education by letpany is one of the largest ting students sample the distributors of fine wines wines Premier represents.” and spirits in Florida. It also Dr. Frank Juge and Contributing Writer

Robert Ashley are two of Rosen’s professors who use Premier’s wine in their courses.

“This gives students a chance to learn about wines that, in a fine restaurant, they would be responsible for buying, selling and serving,” Juge said. “Many of our students conduct events such as conventions, wedding parties or charity events where having knowledge of the fine wines that are out there is a real asset.”

PLEASE SEE STUDENTS ON A5

CFF ARCHIVE

Hospitality students will get a taste of exceptional drinks with Rosen’s new partnership with the Premier Beverage Company of Florida.

A2

www.CentralFloridaFuture.com

LOCAL & STATE Keep local with headlines you may have missed

Sept. 19, 2011 •

Schools score solar systems Florida Solar Energy to install new structures

Historic Fort Lauderdale house faces demolition FORT LAUDERDALE — A historic Fort Lauderdale house that often served as a wedding chapel for couples eloping from Miami could be demolished unless city commissioners approve a plan to save it.

The early 20th-century house was built for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first judges, Fred Shippey. Over the years, he presided over many weddings there, including that of “Tarzan” star and swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller.

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel a salvage effort failed three years ago and a debt company seized ownership.

An appellate court has cleared the way for demolition.

Historic preservationists have been trying to raise $200,000 to move and renovate the house.

They are asking the city to use a parking lot in an entertainment district. A decision must be made by the end of September.

Man shoots himself at Walmart parking lot TAMPA — Authorities say a man shot himself in the parking lot of a Tampa Walmart after being approached by deputies.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says deputies believed the man was involved in a homicide they responded to earlier Saturday. When they confronted him, he reportedly pulled out a gun and shot himself.

The man, who has not been identified, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital.

His condition was not known.

According to the Tampa Tribune, deputies were called to a Tampa home Saturday morning.

They found a man dead inside and a short time later went to the Walmart, where the individual was located.

J.C. SMITH Contributing Writer

Schools across Florida will bring a little sunshine into their classrooms with the help of the Florida Solar Energy Center.

FSEC, a UCF research institute, picked 90 schools from across Florida, including East River High School and Memorial Middle School in Orlando, to receive 10-kilowatt, solar photovoltaic systems valued at more than $80,000 each.

As part of the SunSmart Schools E-Shelter program, the systems can power critical items during emergencies in schools that also serve as shelters. Additionally, the systems can reduce energy costs by up to $1,500 per year by supplementing the schools’ electricity, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and educate students about solar energy.

“It helps raise the awareness of renewable energy technologies for students and teachers,” said Susan Schleith, FSEC education coordinator and SunSmart program manager. “It’s a way of getting more focus on clean technologies. It helps to stimulate the economy by creating more jobs...It also, of course, makes the environment a better place, and it helps with disaster preparedness.”

The schools, including elementary school, middle school, high schools and one college, applied and were selected based on location, emergency shelter status, partnership opportunities and renewable energy education and outreach plans.

Schleith said the original program initially began 10 years ago as a demonstration project to get students to pay attention to solar power. But with the help of a $10 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus grant, FSEC saw an opportunity to provide practical benefits combined with education.

“We wanted to advance it to be more than just some demonstration project,” said Bill Young, SunSmart techni-

Coast High School in Cape Coral runs the Academy of Natural Resources, a science program that teaches sustainability and environmental stewardship through aquaculture, aquaponics and alternative energies.

“Our whole goal is to show that we can run a business totally off grid,” science teacher Joe Mallon said. “That solar array is going to produce more than enough energy than it takes to run our aquaculture and aquaponics program here.”

Mallon said the grant hels them in other ways as well.

“They provide us with other resources for teaching our classes,” Mallon said.

“They also provide training on how to use those resources.”

But students aren’t the only ones the SunSmart program targets.

“Part of the idea is not only educating the students, but also to educate the parents,” Young said. “We’re trying to set a new way of thinking. If solar can power an emergency shelter, certainly it can power your house.”

Florida utility companies have noticed, too. Progress Energy agreed to fund nine additional schools, and TECO (Tampa Electric) may add one to bring the total number of to 100. Schleith hopes to add 40 or more schools over the next five years.

“This is a very successful ARRA program because it’s seen as being so effective the utilities are willing to start funding it,” Schleith said.

Despite the program’s success, Young said the primary objective remains the same.

“The most important thing is education. That they understand that solar works,” Young said. “It’s viable, it’s reliable and there’s no reason for them not to use it.”

The solar systems are being installed by Vergona-Bowersox Electric, Inc. of Boca Raton and should be completed by March.

To comment on this story: www.UCFNews.com cal program manager. “So we integrated it into the school program with the idea that it should be powering shelters.”

Each school met with FSEC officials to determine which critical items would run off the system, which includes backup batteries that can provide up to 25 kW hours, or three days of power. Most chose to power lights and receptacles in the emergency shelters.

However, education remains a key component of the program. FSEC developed a curriculum in conjunction with teachers and tailored it to students from kindergarten through college.

“It’s a very hands-on curriculum where students are out doing science labs,” Schleith said. “And what we found is that students are better prepared because they’re getting up and out and actually applying this knowledge in a realworld setting.”

A data acquisition system records the performance and operation of the solar system, and students can look at how much energy is created, with voltage, current, temperatures and other factors displayed on the internet. They can use the real-time data to calculate energy flow and consumption, turning lights on or off to see changes in the performance.

After placing earlier, lowercapacity solar systems on school roofs, Schleith said FSEC decided to install these 1,000-square-foot PV systems on the ground to make them more visible and provide better access.

“Students can see them.

They can walk around them.

They can open up the battery enclosures and look and see the inverter and all those different components,” Schleith said. “So it’s definitely a learning experience for them.”

One school plans to use the system in a unique way. Island

September 19, 2011 Vol 43, Issue 61 • 12 Pages The Central Florida Future is the independent, studentwritten newspaper at the University of Central Florida.

Opinions in the Future are those of the individual columnist and not necessarily those of the editorial staff or the University administration. All content is property of the Central Florida Future and may not be reprinted in part or in whole without permission from the publisher.

NEWSROOM 407-447-4558

Editor-in-Chief Katie Kustura CFF.editor@gmail.com

News Editors Michael Clinton & Lindsay Holmes News.CFF@gmail.com

Online News Editor Adrienne Cutway Online.CFF@gmail.com

Opinions Editor Andy Ceballos Opinions.CFF@gmail.com

Sports Editor Erika Esola Sports.CFF@gmail.com

Variety Editor Tim Freed Variety.CFF@gmail.com

Photo Editor Katie Dees Photo.CFF@gmail.com

Senior Staff Writers Laura Newberry, Kaitlyn Teabo

Staff Writers Austin Castle, Camille Thomas, Jessie Kristof, Jordan Swanson, Steven Ryzewski

Senior Staff Photographer Rebecca Strang

Staff Photographers Alex Schierholtz, Amy Simpson, Andrea Keating, Chelsea St. John, Jonathan Virgilio, Josh Given, Mandy Georgi, Michelle Davis, Nicole Blackall, Nicole Schoen

Copy Editors Abigail Donaldson & Jessica Gillespie

Production Joseph Mangabat Mark Thorstenson

BUSINESS 407-447-4555

Apartment fire sends 6 adults to hospital MIAMI — Six adults have been hospitalized after an explosion and fire at a Miami apartment building.

The Miami Herald reports that the fire occurred early Saturday morning in the Wynwood neighborhood.

Miami Lt. Ignatius Carroll Jr. says there was thick black smoke covering half the block when fire crews arrived. The force of the explosion sent CDs, pictures and other personal items out onto the street.

It was not immediately known what caused the fire.

General Manager Raymond G. Bush x220 RayB@KnightNewspapers.com

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Organizers hope to encourage safe drug disposal FROM A1 keting coordinator, said.

As an increasing number of people have asked Pabian what to do with their unwanted medication, she knew it was a growing concern and that she had to do something about it.

“We saw a need for the event and a way to meet that need,” Pabian said. “We made a move to make it happen and partnered with UCF PD to secure the

drugs at the event to make it a safe environment to dispose of medications.”

Although the UCF community has been wondering what to do with unwanted medications, there is also an overwhelming increase of Americans abusing prescription and OTC drugs.

According to National Family Partnerships’ Lock Your Meds campaign, seven million Americans abuse prescription drugs,

which is more than the number of people abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy and inhalants combined; the campaign also found that 70 percent of people 12 and older who use prescription drugs get them from family or friends.

“Prescription drug abuse has two contributing parts: teens who want to experiment and people who are really addicted and who will doctor-hop just to

get high,” Pabian said. “We are mostly dealing with the experimental aspect, but we also know there are a lot of people out there who actively seek out these drugs, especially by dumpster diving or through pill mills.”

For the first time in Florida’s war on prescription drug abuse, investigators are pursuing pill mills as organized crime enterprises and corrupt doctors as murderers.

After a three-year investigation, federal authorities announced the detail of Operation Oxy Alley, a sweeping indictment charging 32 people for their involvement in South Florida-based pill mills that doled out 20 million oxycodone pills and profited more than $40 million from illegal sales of controlled substances.

Pill mill cases are less common in Orange County, which currently only deals with a small handful of cases.

According to the state’s annual Medical Examiners Commission, deaths caused by prescription drugs in 2010 increased by 8 percent from the previous

year. Oxycodone alone was the cause of 2,710 deaths in 2010, a 28-percent increase since 2009, and about 85 percent of all oxycodone sold comes from Florida.

Prescription drug use is hard to document, but Dr. Michael Deichen, director and physician of UCF Health Services, said it is less of a problem on campus as it is in Central Florida in general.

“At UCF Health Services, we generally do not prescribe the medications that people typically look for, for those kind of purposes, but I do feel this event is important because many people do not know how to properly dispose of these kinds of medications and can often hurt the environment or hurt someone who uses them experimentally, especially if the medications happened to be expired,” Deichen said.

“This event will be good for the environment and good for people.”

Senior elementary education major Bianca Velazquez, who works in the Health Services Pharmacy department, believes this event is extremely important to the UCF com-

munity.

“It is important to know how to properly dispose of medications so they do not get into our water, and it is also important to keep an eye on your medicine cabinet and dispose of all of your medications properly so they do not get in the hands of someone who could harm themselves,” Velazquez said.

In the typical American medicine cabinet, there can be a surplus amount of expired or unwanted medications. By properly getting rid of these medications, you can protect yourself and others from mistakenly taking expired medication or from abusing prescription drugs.

There is an article on the Health Services website, National Family Partnerships’ website and the FDA website on how to properly dispose of OTC and prescription drugs that are expired or not in use.

If you know of someone in danger of prescription drug abuse, you can visit Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services website for listing of treatment centers in your area or call 1800-662-HELP.

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The Drug Take Back event will be in the John T.Washington Center on Oct.27 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.

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Streisand, Sullivan among new shows featured FROM A1 membership dues to PBS, the fees for transmitting its signal and also producing local programming which, by the end of January 2012, will consist of four regular spots dedicated to Central Florida.

Among the differences from other pledge drives, WUCF TV is doing things specifically geared to the community. The channel is asking viewers to contact them via phone or email and tell them what they want out of their local programming.

“We want to get to

know Central Florida,” Heston said. “We’re new on the block, and it’s really the community’s station.”

These spots will be airing local and special programs throughout the next six to eight weeks.

“I’m from Brevard County and definitely think the local programming stations should get to know their community,” said Somilez Francis, a junior micro & molecular biology major. “I think this is a great idea for all of us to see some great specials and get acquainted with the newest members of our community. I’m especially

looking forward to seeing the Barbra Streisand show.”

WUCF TV is also going to be featuring local experts alongside national specials. On Sept. 16, before the airing of Nikolai Baskov: Romantic Journey, two UCF faculty members from the music department talked about why opera is important, adding a little bit of a local connection to the national spots.

“I’ve always been interested in the local aspects of television and film, and I think that this is a great way to learn more about the community and see

what it has to offer,” freshman film major Mark Castro said.

WUCF TV is looking for more than money for its efforts. The channel is looking for community involvement. If you can’t donate, “like” it on Facebook, send an email or just visit the website every now and then to see what’s hap-

pening around town.

There will also be specials aired featuring Jackie Evancho, the pre-teen singing prodigy, and a special about the making of the popular documentary Freedom Riders. For more information and schedules, check out wucftv.org/pledge.

It’s programs like these

that make PBS such a commodity to the community, Heston said.

“It’s the kind of thoughtful storytelling that PBS brings to the community,” Heston said. “I think we all get enough of the car crashes and bank robberies on the local news. This is the kind of stuff that makes us better citizens.”

Students sample fine wine FROM A1 Allyssa Anderson, a senior event management major who is enrolled in Juge’s history and culture of wine class, is grateful for the partnership.

“I think the gifts that Premier brought us lets us taste the best wines that are out there,” Anderson said. “We get the chance to taste the best of each individual kind.”

Each semester, 142 bottles of the 71 varying wines that Premier provides is needed for the 200 students who are taking wine courses at the Rosen College.

“Mr. Pheil, who is the senior vice president with Premier, offered to provide most, if not all of the wines we use in our wine courses,” Juge said. “The quality of wine is much better then what we had before. We can’t afford premium wines, but their wines are all premium or premium plus.”

Figures show that wine sales are essential to any high-class restaurant. Students learn which drinks are best paired with which dishes in order to better the dining experience.

“Roughly [a] third of a profit for a restaurant that offers wine is based off of wine sales. For one that sells premium wines,

that’s 50 percent of the profit,” Juge said.

Premier’s partnership with Rosen not only allows the company to provide fine wines for the students, but it allows for an education concerning the specific brands the company brings as well.

Guest lecturers will visit the classes to discuss the regional differences between wines, as well as the cultivation and winemaking processes of various brands.

Juge said that Al Beck, Premier’s director of education, is responsible for the company’s educational programs. Premier Beverage trains its wine sellers and other companies that buy its wines. Juge said that no one knows the wines better than Beck.

“One of the most interesting things I’ve learned through the wines they’ve sent us is how much the area where the wine has come from effects the flavor,” Anderson said.

“Wines from different parts of the world all taste completely different from each other.”

“They have a commitment to wine education,” Hutchinson said. “It’s a great experience for students to taste a greater variety of wines they otherwise wouldn’t be able to experience. Our students’

fees are able to provide only so much wine for each semester, so this allowed us to expand the opportunities they have in the class.”

The class provides students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge based off of the wines Premier has provided for tasting.

“If they’re in the wine business, it broadens their knowledge of high quality wines. It’s hard to buy for customers if they had no experience with these wines,” Juge said. “The students were amazed with how many different origins of wine there are out there. There are so many different styles; they were blown away by it.”

Brianne Chrisenberry, a junior event management major, is another student who has been affected by Rosen’s association with Premier.

“The partnership has allowed me to try many new wines that I’ve never been able to try before.

We’ve learned the process of how the wines are made, where they originated and how they are stored over the years,” Chrisenberry said. “I think it’s amazing that Premier has given us this opportunity; I’ve been able to apply it to my personal life and career.”

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Randolph: statistics don’t support drug testing FROM A1 contacted the ACLU and from there, everything “fell into place.”

“We were very public from the beginning that if this bill was passed, we would challenge it,” said Maria Kayanan, ACLU associate legal director and Lebron’s court representative. “Then, out of the blue, Mr. Lebron contacted us.”

Kayanan said that the complaint against DCF has been filed and that the next step is filing a motion that requests the judge to order the state and DCF to halt enforcement of the statute while the lawsuit is pending.

The initial hearing will take place on Sept. 26.

Lebron is suing not only on the behalf of himself but on behalf of all individuals who are subject to suspicion-less drug testing, Kayanan said.

The case files state that the ACLU opposes the drug testing of welfare

recipients because without any reason to believe that there is prevalent drug abuse among them, it is a violation of Fourth-Amendment rights that prevents the unreasonable search and seizure of individuals.

As publicly stated, one of Scott’s main platforms for passing the law was the belief that there is a higher instance of drug use among welfare beneficiaries than the general population.

Lebron said that statistics tell a different story.

According to an analysis conducted by DCF, 2 percent of welfare beneficiaries have tested positive for drugs since the legislation was instated on July 1.

A 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, performed by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, showed that 6.3 percent of the national population for those ages 26 and up use illicit drugs.

“The results so far have proven exactly what we’ve

all said: that this isn’t a rampant problem, and now you’re just wasting state resources that could go toward helping people rather than attacking them,” said Rep. Scott Randolph (D-Orange County), who voted against the legislation.

Roger Handberg, UCF professor of political science, said that drug testing individuals in this manner is causing them to give up their constitutional rights without probable cause.

“Scott has an agenda that people on welfare are prone to this behavior; I think that’s a mythology,” Handberg said. “There are a lot of people on welfare right now that are not who you would call the usual suspects. They’re there because the economy collapsed, they don’t have a job and they don’t know how to find one.”

Scott Plakon, Republican Representative for Orange and Seminole counties and supporter of

the legislation, said that it is likely that welfare recipients who would normally test positive for drugs are opting out of the application process.

“They are deciding their drug problem is more important to them than the money,” Plakon said. “I believe that there is a significantly larger percentage of those that would test positive.”

Plakon believes that the law is a way to ensure that welfare funds are going to the constituents that they are intended for.

“We’re saying that we’re willing, because you’re struggling, to help you and pay you a certain amount of money per month,” Plakon said. “But what we ask you to do is to allow us to make sure that you aren’t using this money for a drug habit.”

Kayanan said that welfare applicants who test positive once cannot receive benefits for a year and if results are positive a

second time, they cannot receive benefits for three years.

A third time and they are reported to DCF. Kayanan said that the process doesn’t work because the testing is singling out welfare beneficiaries rather than everyone who receives state aid.

“We get financial aid, and we aren’t required to take any tests. I was receiving unemployment benefits, and I didn’t take any tests,” Lebron said. “This is stereotyping a population of Florida citizens that need help. To require them to go to that extent is degrading.”

Harold Hedrick, UCF student and state chairman of the Florida Federation of College Republicans, said that the grounds that the ACLU is suing on don’t hold water.

“It’s a common-sense thing. It protects taxpayers money; it’s not meant to target anyone,” Hedrick said. “If you test positive, no one is going to find out.”

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UCF senior Luis Lebron walks his 4year-old son to school.Lebron is suing DCF over drug testing for welfare.

Kayanan said that she hopes the ruling will deem the current practice of drug testing welfare applicants unconstitutional, as it was ruled by the Supreme Court in a similar 2003 Michigan case.

“Florida has the dubious distinction of being the only state in the country to impose this unique requirement for people applying for government assistance,” Kayanan said. “Right now, states across the country are watching Florida to see what happens.”

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MIAMI — All week leading up to Saturday’s game at FIU, all the talk was about T.Y. Hilton.

Before Saturday, Hilton was the nation’s leading receiver, and the bulk of the Panthers’ offense revolved around him. But Hilton suffered an injury to his right hamstring late in the first half and played only two more snaps the rest of the way before heading to the FIU locker room. The star receiver finished with only three catches for 30 yards.

No, Hilton was not the reason the Panthers (3-0) beat the Knights (2-1) 17-10 in Miami on Saturday.

FIU improved to 3-0 for the first time in school history because the Panthers capitalized on UCF’s mistakes and didn’t make many of their own, winning an ugly game that no doubt led to a long and quiet drive home to Orlando for the Knights.

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Program-building win for FIU sparks new rivalry The chants of “overrated” rained down from the FIU student section.

Then a chant of, “Look who we beat!”

After last week’s victory over Louisville and now the Panthers’ ugly 17-10 win over the Knights Saturday night, FIU Athletics would do well to adopt the chant as a season motto.

As the reality of the dejecting loss set in and the UCF players, 27 of whom thought the game was going to be a glorious homecoming to their native South Florida area, walked off the field and something happened: A rivalry was born.

Earlier this season, most fans would have scoffed at the idea of a rivalry with FIU. Now, though, why not?

FIU’s stock is rising meteorically. The Panthers won their conference and their first bowl game last season. They beat a Big East opponent last week and thanks to some fumbles and questionable play-

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calling, they beat a team on the cusp of the top-25 when they took down the Knights Saturday night.

Now, the Panthers are 30 for the first time in school history, and guess what? Barring a collapse in conference play, they likely will win 10 games this season.

What’s more is UCF and FIU go head-to-head for more recruits than most fans care to realize.

Wide receivers coach David Kelly recruits in South Florida brilliantly.

Well, so does FIU’s aggressive, young coach Mario Cristobal.

You want to talk about the importance of Saturday night’s game? How about

recruiting? Don’t fool yourself – high school players around the talent-rich stomping grounds of Miami were watching this game. All the talk before the game was about Jeff Godfrey and T.Y. Hilton, each team’s star from the Miami area.

Want elements of a rivalry? How about familiarity? Not of the programs, which met for the first time on Saturday, but of the players. As mentioned, 27 UCF players are from the area. Many of them played against or with current FIU players when they were in high school.

These guys know one another, and that was obvious in the chippy nature of the game. There was some pushing and some shoving, and maybe that’s what rattled the usually well-mannered Knights.

The familiarity extends beyond the players, too.

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Panthers hand Knights first loss of the season FROM A7 sending the game into the half tied at 7-7.

After the game, head coach George O’Leary and several UCF players commented on the lack of replay on that particular play. God-

frey insisted afterward that his arm was going forward and it should have been an incomplete pass. No plays were reviewed during the contest.

“I thought it was [going forward],” tight end Adam Nissley said. “I was scream-

ing right there alongside O’Leary telling them it was going forward...I’d like to have seen a replay on that one.”

UCF’s other fumble came on a muffed punt return by Josh Robinson in the third quarter. That fumble led to

FIU having the ball on the UCF 8-yard line. After an offside call on the Knights, moving the ball up to the UCF 4-yard line, the Panthers’ Darriet Perry found the end zone on a rush, giving FIU the lead and all of the momentum.

“That’s the second time he’s done that [lost a punt] this year, so we’re going to have to sit down and see what we got to do there,” O’Leary said.

Offense UCF never seemed to develop a rhythm offensively.

FIU consistently pressured Godfrey, overwhelming UCF’s offensive line and getting into the backfield all night. That pressure led to the Panthers sacking Godfrey six times for a total of 42 lost yards.

“I thought the line was soft at times,” O’Leary said.

“I think Jeff [also] held the ball a little too long at times.”

The Knights amassed only 300 yards on offense, 181 of which came through the air. UCF’s rushing attack never really got going, compiling only 119

yards on the night.

Defense UCF’s defense gave up a touchdown for the first time this year on the run by Perry. The Knights did, however, hold FIU to only 238 yards of offense and limit the Panthers to four third-down conversions on 13 attempts.

Overall, the defense was not why UCF lost. FIU’s second touchdown, the only touchdown the defense has allowed this season, came on an 8-yard scoring drive. Other than that, the Knights allowed a field goal.

Unfortunately, with the lackluster offensive output, UCF’s defense was essentially burdened with the task of trying to create turnovers, something the Knights were unable to do.

Final word An FIU Stadium record-breaking 20,205 fans witnessed the first meeting between the two programs. Nearly half of that number was UCF fans.

The over-capacity crowd (FIU Stadium’s capacity is 18,000) and heavy UCF presence paired with a

boisterous FIU student section all made for a rowdy atmosphere despite the sloppily played game.

Along with the turnovers, the Knights’ play calling was also questionable at times. With 12 minutes left in the game and down 10 points, UCF elected to attempt a 51-yard field goal on fourth and two. The kick would have been a career-long for kicker Nick Cattoi, who, despite going a perfect three-for-three against Boston College last week, was a 57.9 percent kicker last season.

With fewer than six minutes remaining and still down 10 points, the Knights also elected to punt on fourth and nine instead of going for it. That decision put the ball in FIU’s hands with 5:25 remaining; UCF was in need of two scoring drives.

The Knights will now have a short week to prepare for their next test and second road game of the season. UCF will travel to Provo, Utah, this week to take on the BYU Cougars (1-2) Friday night. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

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Knights players Loren Robinson,top,and Jeff Godfrey,above,leave FIU Stadium after a 17-10 loss on Saturday.

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Crump, Vukson earn accolades over weekend AMY FOIST Volleyball beat writer

Sophomore Angelica Crump and senior Rachel Vukson were named to the all-tournament team after their efforts in the UCF Challenge, but the Knights (9-3) still split when they concluded the weekend by falling to FIU (8-3).

After taking the first two sets, UCF was unable to finish, and the Panthers took the final three for the win.

FIU battled back from being down 2-0, and Knights head coach Todd Dagenais said that the Panthers made fantastic plays when they needed to.

UCF swept UTEP, 3-0, in its first Conference USA matchup on Friday night.

The sweep against UTEP was the Knights’ eighth of the year.

“Anytime you can start out 1-0 in conference play, that’s always a positive thing,” Dagenais said.

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“We’ve considered UTEP to be the most improved team in the league this year, and we said earlier this week we have a lot of respect for them because Ken Murphy has done a great job to get his team where they are right now.”

Crump and freshman Kayla Keller reached double-digit kills in the win.

Dagenais said that when UTEP shut down Evija Vilde, it opened up the two middles and made them have career nights. Dagenais has been challenging them all week and said that they were a key reason why the match ended when it did.

Tory McCutcheon and Nichole Riedel combined for 15 kills, hitting over .530 in the middle.

UCF will continue CUSA play at The Venue this weekend when it takes on SMU at 7 p.m. on Friday and Tulsa on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sophomore outside hitter Angelica Crump earned all-tournament accolades over the weekend.

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FIU is UCF’s new rival team FROM A7 UCF student from the South Florida area. Much like the UCF-USF rivalry was great because half of the students had went to high school together, many UCF students who went to high school in South Florida have friends at FIU. Yes, FIU has a small fan base, but don’t be surprised if that base doubles by season’s end. The fan base that was present on Saturday, though, was a rowdy bunch anchored by a lively student section. They were excited

for this game.

Saturday night was the first in a four-game series the two schools signed on to play. Next season, FIU will travel to Orlando.

Had UCF won Saturday night, next year’s game might be overlooked by fans. Now, though, UCF fans should do two things in regard to FIU. First, they should root for the Panthers the rest of the way. Second, they should recognize next year’s game as an opportunity for revenge.

The kind of revenge you seek in a rivalry.

UCF traveled well Sat-

urday. Thousands of fans made the trip, and while there were things to cheer about, they made their presence known.

Still, I’m sure many Knights fans viewed it more as an excuse to go to Miami than as a trip for a big game.

When the Knights return to Miami two years from now, I doubt that will be the case.

There’s a good chance that this budding rivalry will, in the future, be a matchup of two top-25 programs.

Now all it needs is a name.

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Don’t ticket those who warn of traps I

f you’re seeking to warn a fellow driver of an upcoming speed trap, you may have just caught a lucky break.

The Florida Highway Patrol has temporarily stopped writing tickets to motorists who flash their headlights to warn drivers of speed traps, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has also put a stop to this practice, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has deemed it illegal.

Members of our law enforcement community should not be handing out tickets for this particular type of infraction. They have a difficult and dangerous job as it is, and handing out tickets for this violation unnecessarily adds to their workload.

There are several other types of simple violations that police officers can focus on to improve public safety.

According to the 2009 Uniform Traffic Citation report from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the total seatbelt and child-restraint citations in the state rose from 312,366 in 2008 to 374,641 in 2009.

This amounted to an increase of 19.94 percent, according to the report. This

is a simple infraction, but it is one that is important to the safety of drivers and children being transported in vehicles. For unbelted drivers, citations in the state rose from 249,667 in 2008 to 302,898 in 2009, which represents an increase of 21.32 percent, according to the report.

These are both simple violations that law enforcement can focus its energy on rather than a driver flashing his headlights to warn of a speed trap. Law enforcement also has other serious violations it can focus on, such as driving under the influence of alcohol.

As of the 2009 report, the state showed a small measure of success in reducing the frequency of these violations, lowering the total number of violations from 64,654 in 2008 to 63,019 in 2009, which is a decrease of 2.53 percent, according to the report.

The other issue at hand is that many legal experts agree that law enforcement simply does not have the authority to be issuing these types of citations. Campbell & Jones, a law firm in Winter Springs, has filed a pair of lawsuits contending that any Florida cop who writes these tickets is violating a driver’s constitutional right to free

speech.

These lawsuits also allege that cops who write these tickets are misapplying a statute designed to keep drivers from adding aftermarket emergency lights to their vehicles, according to the Sentinel. They also reported that Bernie Rice, legal director at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, came to the same conclusion.

“Does Florida Statute 316.2397(7) or another state law authorize law enforcement officers to ticket drivers who flash their headlights to warn other motorists of nearby traffic enforcement operations?

No,” Rice said.

Members of law enforcement have a very difficult and serious job to perform.

We need to provide clarity to them so that they know how to enforce this particular statute. To ask police officers to be citing drivers simply for using their headlights to warn other drivers of speed traps increases their workload and takes away from the ability to focus on enforcing more serious violations.

There are also serious legal questions at hand with this policy. Police officers should not be required to ticket drivers for this type of violation.

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New proposal: forfeit dollars to visit felons Can somebody call our dissect this one before governor and let him know responding. about this? Here is a plan According to the Florida suffering from such “reaDOC, there are 144 prison sonableness and “practicalifacilities that are divided ty,” I can hardly contain into major institutions: myself. In the state of Ariannexes, work camps, work zona, Gov. Jan Brewer has release centers and road proposed a fabulous idea: prisons throughout the have everyone forfeit their state. The major institutions cash to visit felons in jail. incarcerate 85.2 percent of ANDREA KEATING Brewer, along with a few the state prison inmates.

Guest Columnist men in suits, recommended These facilities incarcerate to fellow lawmakers to pass only those inmates convicta bill that would help balance their ed and sentenced to more than a year. state’s budget. Each person would The Florida Department of Correchave to “cough up” $25 to visit their tions is the third-largest state prison incarcerated offspring, significant oth- system in the country with a budget of ers, sister’s cousin’s friend’s uncle’s $2.4 billion, just over 102,000 inmates brother — you get the idea. incarcerated and another 115,000 So, here’s my query: could this offenders on active community superwork in Florida and is it ethical? vision.

Without sounding patronizing, I And yes, those numbers are prodithink it’s necessary to differentiate gious. That’s far too many offenders between jails and prisons. I thought for our sunny state of Florida. they were both the same, including So who really does pay for our conthe interior decorating, but apparently victed outlaws? Why, you do. You, the they’re not. honest tax paying and law-abiding citThe most prominent dissimilarity izen. Marvelous, pat yourself on the between types of confinement would back. Oh wait! Here’s the fun part: the fall under who controls what. Jails are invoice. How much is how much? usually handled by the county; prisons The DOC listed the expense to the are managed by the state. Florida does state of Florida per inmate as “$19,469 have six privately run prisons, but we a year, or $53.34 a day.” won’t go into that — they’re just little Yes — that’s where your tax dollars ones with shinier bars. are going. If only we could pump that First revealed in an article by kind of currency into our education AZFamily, certain lawmakers in system instead.

Phoenix are pushing so a fee will be Truly, I think Brewer has drawn up required by law for anyone going to an ingenious blueprint. Charge the visit an inmate in prison. The fee will visitors to visit. Why not? I can’t find be reasonable and would be about $25. anything morally wrong with it. After Everybody, including next of kin will all, is it not only fair to pass the conbe subject to paying the tariff in victed felons tab to the convicted exchange for visitation. There is also a felons? proposal to start charging a 1-percent Personally, I don’t care if the felon’s fee on any and all monies put into “bill” becomes a burden to them or inmate bank accounts. their family members. They didn’t “The prison system costs the Ariseem too concerned when they “floutzona taxpayer about $1 billion a year, ed” the rules and went “gallivanting” and visitation is a privilege,” Arizona on their crime spree, now did they?

Department of Corrections Director Truthfully, the only money I don’t Charles L. Ryan said. mind tendering is for death row. My Now, before all the “goody twotax-paying dollars are put to good use shoes” types get bent out of shape here; $40 is the maximum cost of that with legalities and civil liberties, let’s final meal.

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What’s war been good for? Absolutely nothin’ The 10-year anniverTo make the situation sary of the Sept. 11 attacks seem even more dire, the largely focused, as it majority of Americans should have, on the lives polled remain convinced of those lost. that terrorists can always In showing the capacimanage to launch attacks ty of ordinary people to on the U.S. if they want to, exhibit extraordinary regardless of what the U.S. courage, the victims of government may do. This this tragedy exemplified means that the $1 trillion the best of our country we have spent on homeANNA ESKAMANI and the best of the land security and counGuest Columnist human spirit. We are terterrorism since 2001 indeed indebted to these has had no real effect on individuals, and they will always be public opinion. With victory inconremembered for it. ceivable, the fear still lingers.

It goes without saying that this Now you may argue that the $1 day changed us as a people and as a trillion spent on homeland security nation. We’ve sacrificed a lot for and counterterrorism has at least security, including $1 trillion and protected our nation from terrorist some of our own freedoms. Yet, attacks. This statement definitely has according to a recent Gallup poll, the merit, but let’s put it in perspective: American people’s views of the war Since the moment that President on terrorism are in an almost identiTheodore Roosevelt declared a crucal position to where they were in sade to exterminate terrorism in October 2001.

1901, and until the attacks of Sept. 11 Indeed, there is an almost even 46 100 years later, there had only been percent to 42 percent split between four successful, mass-casualty terror the view that the United States and attacks on U.S. soil; only two of those its allies are winning the war on terfour incidents involved international rorism and the views that neither the terror groups.

U.S. nor the terrorists are winning.

Homeland terrorism is so rare in I find these statistics to be both occurrence that the conservative discouraging and disappointing but American Council on Science and certainly not surprising. We are not Health puts the risk of dying in a terwinning the war on terror because rorist attack at zero. With that said, wars are not won in the traditional terrorist acts have always been the sense anymore. The traditional exception, not the rule. notion of winning a war is fairly Ten years after Sept. 11, with two clear: defeat an enemy on the battlewars under our belt and numerous field and force them to accept politi- lives lost, I would argue that we are cal terms. But what does victory an economically, politically and mean in a war on terror? Would we socially weaker nation than we were even recognize it when it came?

10 years ago. There are many reasons Today, with Osama bin Laden for this, and some of them may have dead, al-Qaida a shadow of its forlittle to do with the war on terror. mer self and the U.S. homeland Nonetheless, if we intend to keep absent of any major terrorist attacks moving forward as a people and as a in the last decade, Americans contin- nation, we will have to force ourue to find themselves undecided on selves to reevaluate what it means to the concept of winning this war on win a war, if such a concept even terror. exists anymore.

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group leaders in a class all the way up to multiple CEO’s, these traits become evident almost immediately. I will say that without confidence, drive, and other qualities, The crazy thing is that most leaders in organizations are nar- you will never make it to the top. cissistic. As a child, narcissism is It is important to realize where important but if they do not get you came from though. The leaders goals would not be possible their needs met early they go without the aid of their foot solinto adulthood seeking fulfillment of those voids. That is why diers and keeping that thought in the world is so corrupt; we have your mind once you finally attain that level is important. egocentric children running If you gradually morph into a things! sociopolitical leader content with — ANONYMOUS going after your own goals, you will not be able to manage your I completely agree with the company effectively and will article and the study contained eventually tear it down from the therein. In my interactions with inside out. with people in leadership posi— WENGA tions, which runs the spectrum of

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