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UCF workshop to enhance married relationships The Marriage and Family Research Institute will host a two-day group workshop for married couples with children in Building 28 on Gemini Boulevard. The workshop will take place on Friday, June 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Created in 2003, the MFRI uses research and clinical initiatives to better support couples, marriages and families. The MFRI will offer tips and tools to improve communication for couples using the PREP curriculum. Meals and child care will be provided during the event free of charge on both days.
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Freshmen to live and LEARN Grant funds new research program KATIE KUSTURA
graduates have been accepted to the Learning Environment and AcademTwo years ago, Kimber- ic Research Network proly Schneider, director of gram that will start this fall. the Office of Undergradu“National Science Founate Research, applied for a dation grants are really National Science Founda- competitive, so we’re tion grant in the hopes of thrilled to get the funds to developing a program to start the program,” said retain science, technology, Schneider, who received engineering and math the $170,000 grant last majors. December. Now, 28 high school Schneider was inspired
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For the first time in more than a year, UCF’s Student Government Association Senate won’t see Drew Pope take the seat at the head of the Key West Ballroom. Pope, who has served as the speaker since April 2010, will not be present when the SGA reconvenes on Thursday, June 2, after announcing his resignation at the first Pope senate meeting of the summer on Thursday, May 19. “While I love being involved and I love that high-paced, active environment, I think I need a little more time for myself and to reprioritize everything,” said the junior mechanical engineering major. For the longest time, Pope’s responsibilities have revolved around SGA, the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and school. “I’ve been involved in SGA since day one of being here at UCF,” Pope said. His first experience in SGA was as a member of the Student Body President Advisory Council. In the spring of 2009, Pope applied to be one of the justices.
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Fla.doctor gets four-year sentence in corruption case A prominent Florida eye doctor has been sentenced to four years for a conspiracy conviction in a high-profile political corruption case. U.S. District Judge William Zloch imposed the sentence Wednesday on Dr. Alan Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn's lawyer had asked for only house arrest and community service. The 53-year-old Mendelsohn pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to commit fraud, evade taxes and deceive the FBI. An accomplished political fundraiser, Mendelsohn admitted diverting for his own use about $700,000 from contributors and from political action committees he controlled.
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Bio professor studies effects of BP oil spill TIM MCGOWAN Contributing Writer
Last April, the world watched in horror as one of the longest and biggest oil spills unfolded in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, one year later, scientists are beginning to observe the long-term effects on the ecosystem, thanks to a $10 million grant from BP. One of these scientists will be UCF biology professor Graham Worthy. A member of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, Worthy joins 26 other Florida scientists to study the damage done. However, Worthy believes the lack of prior research in the area will make comparison difficult, to say the least. “The investment of research dollars and research effort into the Gulf of Mexico has been horrendous over the years,” Worthy said. “More money has been spent in Chesapeake Bay than the entire Gulf of Mexico, so
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UCF professor Graham Worthy and his team have focused their research on bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf.
our ability to interpret the effects of the oil spill is really hampered because we had no idea what was there before.” Worthy presented his initial findings on Thursday, May 26,
at UCF’s Fairwinds Alumni Center. Worthy and his team focused their research on the recent beachings of
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Professor nominated for prestigious award ANDY CEBALLOS Opinions Editor
Dr. Lei Zhai, associate professor of UCF’s Nanoscience Technology Center and the Department of Chemistry, along with postdoctoral associate Jianhua Zou, has been nominated for a Katerva Award for his Frozen Smoke project. These awards are given for the very best sustainability initiatives on the planet. Also nominated is the team of UCF researchers who he worked with on this project: Dr. Saiful Khondaker, Dr. Sudipta Seal and Dr. Quanfang Chen. They are being recognized for the creation of multi-walled carbon nanotubes aerogel which may potentially be used in improving robotic surgery, storing energy more efficiently and detecting pollutants and toxic substances. These nanotubes are so small that thousands can fit on a single strand of human hair. The Central Florida Future spoke with Zhai to see how his life has changed since his nomination and his passion for
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chemistry and educating students.
CFF: Was the Scialog process very competitive? Zhai: Right now, there are so many proposals … they have to cut the submission window, because so many proposals come in. It is very competitive, and the expert panel reviews all of the proposals, and their standards have to be transformative.
Central Florida Future: Why did you choose to study chemistry? Lei Zhai: I am good at imagining things. I can work on things that I can think of. I always have been fascinated by new technology, new materials. That’s why I chose chemistry. CFF: Why did you choose to focus on nanotube research? Zhai: Right now, we know that carbon nanotubes have all kinds of unique properties; high conductivity, good mechanical properties and all kinds of interesting properties. It has been around for almost 20 years, and it’s still a very interesting area.
UCF can get publicity through this and inspire students.
CFF: Has the Katerva Award evaluation process been difficult for you? Zhai: It just takes a small amount of my time. It’s an award, but it’s not everything. I’m still focused on research and education. Also, through this award, I want to promote the research at UCF.
CFF: Have you been contacted by any other universities regarding your nomination/project? Zhai: There are some industries and companies that have contacted me and asked about the research and future collaborations. I guess right now we are at a stage to really
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Dr. Lei Zhai works on the synthesis of carbon nanotube gels in the lab at the NanoScience Technology Center at UCF on May 27.
Brother takes stand in Casey Anthony trial KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press
ORLANDO — The brother of a Florida woman charged with killing her 2year-old daughter recounted to jurors Wednesday his unsuccessful efforts to track down his sister during the month when the toddler was missing, before the child’s disappearance was first reported to authorities. Lee Anthony testified on the seventh day of Casey Anthony’s murder trial that he tried to track down his sister at a nightclub, by text messaging and by telephone calls in early July 2008 but was repeatedly unsuccessful. Anthony is on trial for first-degree murder for the death of her toddler, Caylee. If convicted, she could be sentenced to death. She has pleaded not guilty and her defense attorney says Caylee died in an accidental drowning in the family’s swimming pool. Caylee was last seen by her grandparents in midJune 2008. Casey Anthony waited a month before telling her family the toddler was missing. Her mother then called authorities. Anthony has said she was conducting her own efforts to find her missing daughter, but prosecutors contend Anthony was going to nightclubs, shopping and hanging out with
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Lee Anthony listens in the courtroom during testimony in the case against his sister Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.
friends during that month. Anthony wiped tears from her eyes as her brother testified that on the night of July 15, 2008 he had questioned his sister about why Caylee hadn’t been seen by her family in weeks and wasn’t home in the house she shared with her mother and grandparents. Anthony told her brother that Caylee was with a baby sitter and that she didn’t interrupt her sleep schedule by getting her, Lee Anthony said. “Nothing was making sense to me,” Lee Anthony said. “Why couldn’t anybody get Caylee and bring her home?” After a few minutes more of questioning, Anthony told her brother that she hadn’t seen her daughter in 31 days and that the baby sitter had kidnapped her, Anthony also said she had received a phone call from Caylee that
very day, Lee Anthony said. Earlier in the morning, Anthony’s former best friend was cross-examined by Anthony’s defense attorney about their friendship. Brother Lee Anthony was the latest family member to testify in Anthony’s trial. Her mother, Cindy Anthony, broke down in tears on the witness stand Tuesday when prosecutors played a 911 call in which Cindy Anthony reported her granddaughter missing. Cindy Anthony testified about a car that Casey Anthony had been driving. The car was abandoned and then towed to a lot where her father, George Anthony, picked it up in mid-July 2008. In the 911 call, Cindy Anthony described the odor in the car as that of a dead body. Lee Anthony also described the car’s odor as potent.
push the nanoscience technology into the industry. It’s been about 10 years since George W. Bush signed the initiative of nanotechnology, so it’s about time to kind of push this technology into the industry application. CFF: Have you been asked to speak anywhere as a result of your nomination? Zhai: Thursday, I’ll give a virtual talk at Materials Today. It’s one of the top journals in the materials science field. I was invited to give a virtual seminar over there. I was told that there would be 3,000 in the audience of that seminar. CFF: The Scialog Award is intended for the person to serve as a national expert to help advance their field. Will you be traveling for this? Zhai: For Scialog, we have to go to Arizona. There’s a meeting for all the awardees, so we talk to each other and develop new ideas. That meeting is required.
CFF: Why did you choose to come teach at UCF? Zhai: UCF is one of the fastest growing universities. Right now, it’s No. 2. Five or six years ago, we started picking up. Forty years ago, we were nobody. Although right now, compared with MIT or Harvard, we still have a lot to catch. I’m sure that we can catch up very fast because all of the faculty and the students are devoted to make the best of the university. Although we are a state university, some of our students are so good that they can go to Harvard, they can go to MIT, but for some reason they stay at UCF. I think teaching such a large student population is an advantage for me to really inspire my students, to guide them in their future careers. When I saw this opportunity here, I said, “Hey, this is a very good place to stay. We can excel in research, and at the same time, have so many students, have so many opportunities to interact with students and
CFF: How do you balance being a professor with doing the research work that you do? Zhai: I love teaching. Actually, my parents are teachers, so I guess I have this kind of teaching gene. We not only teach graduate students, but we also have undergraduate students and high school students in our lab. I actually focus a lot on education. Research is important, but again, I think that education, in some aspect, is more important than research because our future depends on what we make, but also what we train — the next generation workforce. That’s why I think education is very, very important. CFF: What would winning the Katerva Award mean to you? Zhai: First of all, to me, it’s a very, very good sign for the impact of our research, the recognition of our research and also provides a platform for us to commercialize our technology. As I mentioned, we are at a stage to push our technology into commercialization. CFF: Will you be looking to patent your invention? Zhai: Yes, we are currently under the process of the patent application.
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Unique program creates research opportunities FROM A1 program with more than 100 students in it. “University of Michigan is definitely the template, the inspiration and … where some of the ideas came from,” Schneider said. “I thought, ‘If they’re doing over 100, we at least start something smaller and hopefully grow it in the future.’” She submitted a 15-page grant proposal that detailed her plans for the program, along with letters of support from various entities on campus, like the Office of Student Affairs. “There’s multiple goals, but the long-term goal is to increase retention in the STEM disciplines,” Schneider said. “I wanted to get more students involved in research earlier in their careers because that’s been shown to increase retention in all disciplines.” What sets the LEARN program apart from other specialized academic programs is that it’s specially designed for first-year students who don’t often have the opportunity to start research so early in their academic careers. Twentyeight first-year students will live and learn together in one wing of the Hercules Community. They
will take three courses together: freshman seminar, introduction to research and English, if they have not already earned credit for it. The introduction to research course has never been taught before because it was developed specifically for this program and will be taught by Schneider. Schneider said the course will help students understand exactly what research is and how they can get involved in it. “Each student will have the opportunity to be a research apprentice in a laboratory,” said Schneider, who anticipates the apprenticeship will run about 12 weeks. She said the experiences the students will have in this program will be unique because many freshman do not get involved in research during their first year, and they’ll get to see the variety of things they can do with their discipline that they might not have learned about otherwise. One such student who will get to have the unique experience afforded to her by the LEARN program is Marissa Goldberg, whose parents are UCF alumni. Goldberg, who graduat-
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ed from high school two weeks ago, was accepted into the program and will begin attending UCF this fall as a computer engineering major. “I heard about it through an email they had sent me and also some things they had sent in the mail,” Goldberg said. “I liked how it was the only research program for freshmen.”
She said she’s also looking forward to working with a graduate student who shares similar interests and living in a community that will seem more like a family. “I think it will be nice to have that kind of atmosphere,” Goldberg said. The community element is one of Schneider’s main goals with the program.
“We’re trying to build a sense of community, not only within their floor, but that UCF is a community,” Schneider said. Schneider said she hopes the students in the program with also take an interest in leadership positions and upper-level research programs because it will better prepare them for jobs and/or graduate school.
Since this program is brand new, Schneider said they’ll be making assessments through the next year and the two years after that will also be funded by the grant to figure out what works best. “We’ll make adjustments even as the first year goes by, if we’re noticing problems,” Schneider said. “We want to do what’s best for the student group.”
Pope will miss helping students FROM A1 However, the interviewer and the SGA president at that time, Logan Berkowitz, told Pope he might be a better fit in senate. “I went to a meeting or two, got appointed and from there it’s kind of just been on the up and up,” said Pope, who served as a senator for a year before he was elected the speaker. However, in his first few months as a senator, Pope didn’t really speak. “I was one of those quiet people that didn’t really say much in the meetings,” Pope said. He never expected that the speaker of the senate was a position he would eventually take on. To prepare, he read through an abundance of senate rules and regulations, attended various committee meetings and sought advice from some of the people he trusted the most in SGA, including former President
Mike Kilbride and the current Senate President Pro Tem Josh Miller. Miller and Pope actually ran against each other for the position. “I knew Drew was going to become something very big, which he did, and I’m very happy for him,” said Miller, who thought Pope could have served as the president if he wanted. “I knew he was going somewhere.” Whether Pope realized how far he’d go or not, he remembers his first day as the speaker being a bit of a challenge. “It was nerve-racking,” Pope said. “Just figuring out my vision of where I wanted senate to go and leading it in that direction was the most difficult for the first few months.” The beginning might have been tough, but Pope enjoyed being so involved. “I think the most fun I have is really just getting to know everyone on an indi-
vidual basis, not just senate, but the people I come in contact with on a daily basis,” Pope said. “The most rewarding thing is being able to help out students and reach out as much as possible…as cliché as that sounds. I’m going to miss being able to do that on a regular basis because that’s what I signed up for in the first place.” Miller said Pope told him he was leaving before he made the announcement at the senate meeting. “When Drew told me he was leaving, it was a little upsetting because he’s one of my last good friends here [in SGA],” Miller said. SGA adviser Christa Coffey was also saddened when Pope announced his resignation. “He’s been great to work with. He’s always willing to come in and consult with me about different issues,” said Coffey, who appreciated the fact that Pope didn’t make snap decisions. “I was
surprised and sad, but he’s got things he needs to take care of and obviously, above anything, I understand that.” Although Pope will be able to devote more time to his studies, family and friends, he said he’ll miss not being in the office everyday and knowing what’s going on in the different branches. “I’ve gained so much every single time I’m in that office,” Pope said. Pope said that he learned more about himself as a leader and as a person through being a part of senate and other various SGA committees. “I’ll take those leadership skills that I’ve learned and bring them wherever I go, into whatever I do,” Pope said. Prior to being in SGA, Pope saw himself behind a desk after graduation designing boats and yachts for an engineering company. Though he still describes himself as “an engineer to
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Junior mechanical engineering major Drew Pope decided to resign from his position as speaker of the senate to devote more time to his studies.
the core,” his plans have slightly changed. “I wouldn’t mind working with a lot of people,” Pope said. “I can see myself
now going into a management role, and I’d like to maybe oversee the aspect of design of the engineering or of an engineering firm.”
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Dolphin researchers wait to estimate losses FROM A1 several bottlenose dolphins in the Choctawhatchee Bay area near Pensacola. Since January, 153 bottlenose dolphin carcasses have washed up along Gulf shores. Of those, 65 were newborn, infants, stillborn or born prematurely. Unlike the other research teams though, Worthy’s findings include pre-spill data. His team began researching dolphins in that area in 2006 after a red-tide related incident left 50 dolphins dead in 2005. “What that has allowed us to do is to have pre-spill and post-spill data and that has been critical,” Worthy said. Worthy claims that the initial idea came from Steve Shippee, a Ph.D. student who has been working in Worthy’s lab for some time now. Shippee began studying the bottlenose communities in the Choctawhatchee Bay estuary in 2006 as a component of his dissertation project. “I originally grew up in this area and have had a lifelong desire to conduct a research study on the dolphins in this bay,” Shippee said. After the spill, Shippee felt it made perfect sense to also include the impact of the oil spill on the dolphins in the area to his dissertation, since he already had previous data. At first, Shippee was working alone up in the Panhandle, but once the funding that was needed came into the picture, he began scrambling for assistants and other required help. “We already had the mechanisms in place to conduct the study, but we needed to bring in other collaborators to help with tissue sampling and processing, and that required
preparing a research proposal, juggling schedules and acquiring materials,” Shippee said. Once everything was organized though, Shippee and his team began using a method called mark-recapture estimation, which involves approaching groups of dolphins in a small boat and taking highresolution photographs of their fins and flanks to be used for identification of individuals. “Dolphins develop scars and scrapes as they mature that serve as permanent ‘marks.’ By analyzing the
photos, I am able to recognize individuals and observe frequency of resighting over time, which I then use to establish residency and movement patterns around the connected parts of the estuaries,” Shippee said. Worthy found this most useful, since it would be impossible to go out and count every dolphin in the area. This method also allowed them to see which dolphins were giving birth at the time. Since the oil spill occurred during the breeding season, Worthy is interested in seeing how
Were you affected by the spill?: www.UCFNews.com this will effect the mortality rate of infants. Over the winter, Shippee witnessed several infant corpses washing up to shore so the concern has grown. Worthy began looking at the diet of the dolphins in the area to see whether or not their diet could possibly contribute to these infant deaths. “The idea is you are what you eat,” Worthy said. “Using this approach, I can use a sample of a fish, a
sample of the dolphin and figure out what their diet consists of.” Despite all their research though, Worthy still finds it hard to truly estimate just how many dolphins have died in the Bay Area, since dolphins who live closer to shore are more likely wash up on land. For now, Worthy and Shippee will have to simply wait and see. “It’s not possible to determine the ‘long-term’ impacts in this short of a time period,” Shippee said. “[It] will require another several seasons to fully
appreciate all the possible things that might have occurred in the ecosystem that affects the food-web and upper level predators like dolphins.” They are also hoping that interest will continue in their studies and funding will continue as well. “My initial reaction to the spill was that it was going to be an ecological disaster,” Worthy said. “I think that will still ultimately prove to be true, but the effects are going to be more subtle than oiled animals washing up on a beach.”
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GAME ONE OF NBA FINALS’ RATINGS BEST SINCE 2004 MIAMI — Game 1 of the MiamiDallas matchup in the NBA finals generated a 10.7 overnight rating on ABC, the most for an opening game in the league’s title series since 2004. The network said that’s up 3 percent over the numbers generated by Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Boston Celtics meeting in the finals last year, and up 15 percent over the opener of the HeatMavericks series in 2006. Miami was the highest-rated metered market with a 31.9 rating, up 28 percent over Game 1 of the 2006 finals. Dallas (29.9) was the market watching second-most, followed by West Palm Beach, San Antonio, Memphis, New Orleans and Cleveland — the city where LeBron James spent his first seven seasons.
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UCF earned a No.2 seed in the Tallahassee regional round of the NCAA Division I baseball championship.This will be the Knights’first appearance in the regionals since 2004.
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TRESSEL GONE FROM OSU; ARE GEE AND SMITH NEXT? COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the wake of football coach Jim Tressel’s stunning resignation, attention is now focusing on the job security of Ohio State President Gordon Gee and athletic director Gene Smith. Both Gee and Smith offered unwavering, and in the case of Gee, gushing-to-the-point-of-embarrassing support for Tressel at a March 8 news conference. Since then, it’s become clearer that the NCAA may take a hard line on the university’s transgressions, and Tressel’s resignation under pressure was likely the first attempt to minimize damage to the university. Ohio State faces an Aug. 12 date with the NCAA’s committee on infractions, which could lead to vacated games and seasons, a bowl ban and recruiting limitations. The setbacks couldn’t come at a worse time, as Gee leads a $2.5 billion fundraising campaign, OSU’s biggest ever, and the university prepares for a tuition increase in light of decreased state aid. Even if the NCAA — which continues to investigate Ohio State’s athletic department — were to find nothing else wrong with the program, there has been a rising tide of dissatisfaction with both Smith and Gee by alumni, fans and donors. Gee, in his second stint as president of Ohio State in addition to being in charge at West Virginia, Colorado, Vanderbilt and Brown, has been a rainmaker for the university, bringing in large donors and large contributions. It’s the biggest reason why the energetic man in the trademark bow tie is the highest-paid Division I university president in the country at around $1.2 million. Gee didn’t help his cause with a joke he made at a March 8 news conference when asked by a reporter if he had considered firing Tressel. “No, are you kidding?”Gee said. “Let me just be very clear: I’m just hopeful the coach doesn’t dismiss me.” That could not have played well with administrators and academicians fighting the lingering image of Ohio State as a football factory. Smith also heaped praise on Tressel during the March news conference, saying, “He is our coach and we trust him implicitly.” In a subsequent interview with The Associated Press, Smith conceded that the news conference had been “a nightmare.” Now with Tressel out of the picture, both Gee and Smith are the easiest targets left. With the NCAA still probing the athletic department and with headline-grabbing reports almost every day that athletes were coddled and received cash and cars, they are taking the heat from fans and media. Their fate will rest in the hands of the board of trustees and the movers and shakers behind the scenes of one of the nation’s largest universities. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Brian Adkins is expected to be the starter for one of the games this weekend in Tallahassee either against Alabama,Bethune-Cookman or FSU.
There’s a sign in the Knights’ baseball dugout that reads “1430” — the amount of miles from Orlando to Omaha, Neb., the home of the College World Series. The Knights are now a few miles closer. On Monday, UCF reached its first of many season-long goals: to get to the NCAA Regionals. The Knights, whose last trip to the dance was in 2004, will travel to the Tallahassee Regional to join Florida State, Alabama and BethuneCookman in the field of 64 for the NCAA Championship. “This means a lot to us,” center fielder Ronnie Richardson said in a release. “We’ve worked so hard for this day. To know that we are only five wins away from Omaha means that this is just the beginning. Now we’ve got to go out and take care of business.” Head coach Terry Rooney, who helped guide LSU to the College World Series in 2008 as an associate coach, has been preaching the acronym “ORTO,” or “On the Road to Omaha,” to the team since he arrived on UCF’s campus in 2008. Rooney has recruited back-to-back top-20 classes, with the 2010 class ranked No. 4 and the 2011 class ranked No. 20. He has encouraged his team to aim for the NCAA Tournament all season.
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Friday, Noon | Dick Howser Stadium “We’re excited to go to Tallahassee; there’s no question about it,” Rooney said in a release. “What a regional. What an unbelievable group of teams.” UCF is the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3 Alabama in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament on Friday at 12 p.m. “When I scheduled that series with Florida State last year for our bye weekend, it was our hopes that we would go up there and put ourselves in position to get to a regional and provide an atmosphere that our kids would get used to,” Rooney said. “And obviously when we played up there, it was a regional-type atmosphere.” The Knights have played all three
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NBA’s anti-homophobia PSA is just damage control “I can do this all day. Your moves are just gay.” ERRRRRRN! If you’re a basketball fan, then you’ve probably seen this commercial. The 30-second public service announcement, sponsored by the NBA and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network through the ‘Think B4 You Speak’ campaign, features Phoenix Suns teammates Grant Hill and Jared Dudley speaking out against using gay slurs and is popping up during every NBA Playoffs game. I counted. The PSA aired eight times during Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals alone. In the spot, Hill and Dudley mention “using gay to mean ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ is not cool anywhere,” that “it’s not creative” and it’s “offensive to gay people.” The commercial is a step in the right direction for the NBA, a league that
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To comment on this story: www.UCFNews.com has been riddled with homophobia among its star players. But is a PSA telling kids that using the word gay to mean ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ is not cool really going to get the message across? Not really. The NBA began airing the commercial throughout the playoffs shortly after Los Angeles Lakers player Kobe Bryant was spotted maliciously using a gay slur toward a referee. The PSA didn’t stop Chicago Bulls player Joakim Noah from doing
the same to a fan. Maybe the NBA needs to focus its anti-homophobia message more toward its own players and not just to children. NBA commissioner David Stern issued a $100,000 fine against Bryant after using the slur. Noah was fined as well, but only half as much as Bryant — $50,000 for essentially the same offense. Why was Bryant fined twice as much? Is it because he, unlike Noah, is a superstar and required to set a greater example? Stern and the NBA need to make the message more clear to players: if the NBA is serious about not tolerating homophobia, then issue equal fines and punishments across the board. After all, it’s not just Bryant who sets an example to young chil-
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Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noam was fined $50,000 for using a gay slur towards a fan.The NBA is taking measures against homophobia in the league.
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Sale of Thrashers brings hockey back to deprived Winnipeg Last time I checked, hockey is a game created by Canadians for Canadians, which thankfully caught on here in the States. Yet the NHL demographics would have you believe something else entirely. Only six of the 30 teams resided north of the border at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. But now, I am pleased to see hockey return to a market that has craved the sport since the league stripped them of their franchise back in 1996: Winnipeg. According to The Sports Network, the Canadian equivalent of ESPN, Manitoba-based True North Sports and Entertainment group purchased the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday. The purchase included a $60 million relocation fee to move the team to Winnipeg for next season. It’s something that Winnipeg has been waiting for and what the small group of Atlanta fans has feared. When I reflect on the
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Winnipeg Jets, I remember future Hall-of-Famer Teemu Selanne scoring 76 goals as a rookie and Bob Essensa in the net during the playoffs. And just as easily, I recall the team’s tearful swan song: a playoff defeat at the hands of the mighty Detroit Red Wings. The team moved to Phoenix due to financial concerns and a belief that hockey needed expansion in primarily southernAmerican markets. It came at a time where the Canadian dollar was worth just 73 percent of its American counterpart. In today’s market, the Canadian dollar exceeds the value of the American dollar — sad, but indeed true. Winnipeg could set
precedent as other Canadian markets, most notably Quebec City, could try to get themselves a franchise of their own. As for Atlanta, it’s really hard to take pity on a city that has now lost two teams dating back to when the Atlanta Flames bolted for Calgary in 1980. In fact, they’re the only city in the modern era to do so. Last season, the Thrashers missed the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 seasons, and ranked 28th out of the 30 NHL teams in attendance. On average, the Thrashers only filled 72.6
percent of their arena per game. By contrast, five of the six Canadian franchises finished in the top 11 in attendance, including the lowly Ottawa Senators who had the fifth-worst record in the league. Hockey in Canada works, plain and simple. As hockey legend Wayne Gretzky said Tuesday, “Because you know in Winnipeg they’ll draw 15,000 people a game and that wasn’t the case in Atlanta. Winnipeg can count on that." Atlanta never showed
any interest in their team, fans and ownership alike. The owners never put a winning product on the ice and failed to keep a number of star players — namely Ilya Kovalchuk, Dany Heatley and Marian Hossa — for the long haul. To put it lightly, hockey in Atlanta has officially been nothing short of an epic failure. Twice. But hope springs eternal in Winnipeg this week. They have their team back and will certainly sell out all of next season. Here’s hoping that True North
Sports completes the final chapter of this 15-year long struggle the right way: by buying the naming rights to the name “Jets” from the NHL-run Coyotes. Otherwise, it cheapens the victory. The city identifies itself with that team name, much more so than AHL’s Manitoba Moose, the team that currently occupies the MTS Centre. Can you really take a team called the Moose seriously? Didn’t think so. Get it right, boys. You’ve worked this hard to put the Jets back in Winnipeg. Finish the job.
Regionals appearance first since ‘04 FROM A6 teams this season, going 4-2. UCF took one of three from the Seminoles in Tallahassee. The Knights also swept Bethune-Cookman and beat the Crimson Tide 124 on February 27 in the South Alabama Classic. “Although we’ve played the teams, you’ve got to go up there and take care of business, and we hopefully have the opportunity to play three outstanding teams,” Rooney said.
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Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts revealed he was gay shortly after Kobe Byrant used a gay slur towards a referee during a game in the playoffs.
NBA’s gay support is too late, transparent FROM A6 dren who follow the sport. It’s everyone. While the ‘Think B4 You Speak’ campaign is a good start for the NBA and the GLSEN, the partnership seems to be too little too late and a little too convenient. Why is the NBA just now coming out in support of the gay community? Is it because Rick Welts, the president of the Phoenix Suns, recently revealed that he is gay? Is it because two players were caught on camera using gay slurs during nationally-
televised playoff games? Why didn’t the NBA ever support the gay community before? There have been plenty of homophobic issues in the past, like when now-retired NBA player Tim Hardaway claimed that he “hates gay people.” The NBA’s sudden support for the gay community seems synthetic, transparent and almost insincere. Until more superstars and players who don’t play for the Suns show their support for the gay community, I’m not convinced that the “NBA Cares”.
Adkins has been UCF’s No. 1 starter all season, but lately the lefty hasn’t had his stuff. He didn’t get a decision in last Wednesday’s win against Memphis and he got the loss the week prior against Marshall. His last win was April 29 when the Knights beat Houston 6-4. Junior transfer Winkler has bounced in, out and around the rotation since the beginning of the season, and while his 3-4 record may not suggest it, he’s been one of the stronger starters in the weekend rotation. The righty has a team-high 86 strikeouts in 76-2/3 innings pitched, and on May 1, Winkler struck out a career-high 11 batters in a 5-0 loss to Houston. He struck out nine against Marshall on May 20 and didn’t get a decision. If the Knights and the Seminoles both win their respective games on Friday, Winkler would be a good choice on the hill against top-seeded Florida State. If the Knights aren’t eliminated in their first
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PROJECTED LINEUP 1. Ronnie Richardson,CF 2.Beau Taylor,C 3.D.J.Hicks,DH 4.Jonathan Griffin,1B 5.Derek Luciano,3B 6.Erik Hempe,RF 7.Ryan Breen,LF 8.Travis Shreve,2B 9.Darnell Sweeney,SS two games and play a third, Bradford is the likely starter. The senior has a team-best 6-2 record, getting only his second loss last weekend against Rice in the Conference USA tournament.
What to Watch For — Florida State should have no problem defeating Bethune-Cookman on Friday and the Knights have a good chance at taking Game 1 from Alabama, who is 33-26
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Jonathan Griffin is expected to continue to be a power source batting from the cleanup spot in the lineup throughout the NCAA tournament.
this season so far (including three losses against Florida, a team UCF swept in two games). — Should the Knights advance to the Super Regionals, they will play the winner of the College
Station Regional (Texas A&M, Arizona, Seton Hall and Wright State) in a best-of-three series. The winners of the eight Super Regionals will reach the College World Series.
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The Electric Daisy Carnival brought more than just music ERIKA ESOLA Sports Editor
Carnival rides and techno and drugs, oh my! Last weekend, the surrounding areas of Tinker Field and the Citrus Bowl were filled with these things, thanks to the arrival of the Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando. Also known as the EDC, it was the first time the controversial event made its way to Central Florida. EDC’s website refers to the event as an “electronic music festival like no other Orlando has ever seen.” That it was. The event was a huge success music-wise. Thousands upon thousands — many of who were UCF students clad in different fraternity, sorority and Knights attire — packed the surrounding fields in downtown Orlando to bounce to the beats of some of the world’s most famous DJs.
There were four stages set up: Kinetic Field, Circuit Grounds, Neon Garden and Bass Pod; most of the headline acts performed in Kinetic Field and Circuit Grounds. Couple that with the carnival rides scattered throughout the park and you’ve got yourself one hell-of-a time. Tiesto, Afrojack and Skrillex headlined Friday’s event. All three were great, but none of the B-list DJs managed to get the crowd going. Saturday was a bigger success than Friday, partly due to the fact that there were nearly twice the amount of people in attendance. Saturday’s headliners, and even non-headliners, stole the show. Morgan Page and Markus Schulz, who performed one after the other on Kinetic Field, attracted a huge
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Above,Electric Daisy Carnival fans adorn themselves in neon clothes and glowsticks and enjoy one of the carnival rides.Below,Afrojack pumps up the crowd on Friday.
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Coffee shop serves up hot talent ASHLEY SIKAND Variety Editor
Austin’s Coffee in Winter Park offers non-stop nightly entertainment, which is why owner Sean Moore believes the store’s name, in honor of the city of Austin, TX, one of the biggest entertainment capitals per square mile in the United States, is a perfect fit. “Austin’s Coffee is the entertainment capital of Orlando. We are 24 hours. We never stop or shut down,” Moore said. “Every night of the week, we have some type of entertainment.” Moore said he and his wife, Jackie, used to be customers of the previously owned Austin’s Coffee. When they heard it was going out of business, the couple, with the help of Moore’s brother, Steven, decided to take it under their wing.
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Austin’s Coffee serves organic,fair trade coffee and tea.The Irish cream flavor is most popular (above).
“I love coming into work everyday because I can be myself and I meet all different types of amazing people,” Moore said. “The same people have been coming in since the very beginning and I am very fortunate to
have such a supportive community.” He said Austin’s uses organic fair trade beans, roasted in the store daily. Like most coffee houses you can find your typical latte here and other chilled
and hot beverages, but Austin’s also serves food and has a selection of beer and wine for its customers. Appetizers range from hummus and pita chips to garlic cheese bread. All gourmet sandwiches are
under $9 and include pasta salad and chips. Those who crave dessert can help themselves to a wide selection of treats. “There is something on the menu for everyone,” employee Brandon Godwin said. “We even have a vegetarian sandwich that is like the ultimate Big Mac for vegans.” In addition to coffee and food, the shop hosts different types of entertainment every night, featuring live bands, art shows, independent films, live comedy and poetry. Godwin, a former Starbucks employee, has been working at Austin’s for more than a year. He enjoys the interaction with the community’s artists. “We really support the local community,” Godwin said. “Artists can exhibit their art here and musicians
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House music dominating the American pop airwaves As the American Top 40 shifts and fluctuates from week to week, an undeniable trend can be seen in recent years: house music, a style of electronic dance music developed in the early 1980s, is slowly but surely taking over American radio waves. And you know what? That’s fine by me. Using elements of house music, such as a bass drum on every beat, samples and applying audio effects to vocals, pop artists such as Brit-
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ney Spears and Jennifer Lopez have started blending this style with their own material. When listening to the soaring choruses of both Spears’ “Till the World Ends” and Lopez’s “On the Floor,”
the house music influence is undeniable. Straight-up house artists, such as Edward Maya and Tiesto, are also becoming increasingly popular in America, building strong followings and spreading this unique genre to the masses. I feel that house music moving in on the mainstream is something very positive. Just one style in the massive scheme of electronic music, house music is extremely diverse within itself.
Drugs prevalent at EDC FROM A8 crowd that kept growing and bouncing in unison. Beardyman’s live mix, which he exclusively performs at shows, was impressive. Benny Benassi headlined Saturday night, and as expected, had the most impressive performance. Benassi’s remixes to James Blake’s “Limit to your Love” and Swedish House Mafia’s “Save the World” had the crowd mesmorized. Paul Van Dyk followed Benassi on the main stage, but many opted to see UCF alum Diplo on the Circuit Grounds instead. While the music itself at the EDC was fantastic, the drug scene, however, was a bit of a turnoff. It’s hard to enjoy your favorite DJs when strangers all around you are rolling on Ecstasy and touching you when you don’t really want to be touched. Having an easily-accessible bottle of hand sanitizer is entirely necessary. Despite the fact that Orlando Police Officers were scattered throughout the fields for the EDC, their presence did not stop the thousands of ravegoers from using a multitude of illegal drugs; ecstasy, MDMA and marijuana use were the most popular drugs of choice of the attendees. Members of the crowd blew menthol from lip balm containers, similar to that of ChapStick,
can come in and play, it really shows off the potential this town has.” Junior business major Ruf Petit-Homme said the first time he went was for open-mic freestyle rap, which is every Monday night. “The minute you sit down, it is like you are transported into another world,” Petit-Homme said. “It’s a cool place to hang out and meet interesting people. Everyone is very friendly.”
long-time heavy metal enthusiast, I have always believed that the best concerts are the ones that leave you partially deaf, barely standing and looking to your friend next to you, screaming, “That was sick!” After being exposed to Tiesto’s massage chair bass lines last year at the UCF Arena, I’ve realized that house music shows tend to deliver in this sense. Just swap the mosh pit for a dance floor. Tiesto’s performance at the arena also brings me to another important point about house music’s growing popularity: the loyal fan base. As Tiesto conducted an electronic assault on
the senses from his hightech turntable bunker, I turned my attention away from the stage and stared at the sea of glow-stickwielding fans. I saw complete strangers coming together with no greater ambition than to dance until two in the morning. I saw a young fan jump on stage, hug Tiesto and then backflip his way off the stage to avoid a security guard. What I saw most of all though was just a glimpse of a following of people so loyal and swept up in the music that they seemed more than capable of fueling this house music movement for a very long time. To them, house music isn’t a genre; it’s a lifestyle.
CAMPUS STYLE Name: Kaitlyn Jeanis Year: Junior Major: Environmental Engineering What are you wearing and where is it from? Dress- Hand-me-down from sister Shoes- Target Earrings- Target Wallet- Ross Where do you like to shop?: Thrift stores and Target ALEX SCHIERHOLTZ / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
An EDC fan sports his love for house music during the two-day event that featured headlining artists such as Afrojack and Tiesto.
into each others’ eyes and noses about every five minutes. The plus side to all of this? The beer lines weren’t long at all. The lack of police presence was surprising, due to the fact that a 15-year-old girl died of a drug overdose at last year’s event in Los Angeles. Despite this, after reaching out to the Orlando Police Department, OPD made it clear that the event was appropriately staffed and that public safety is paramount. “We did not have any crowd problems or make any arrests inside the event,” Sgt. Barbara Jones, Orlando Police Public Information Officer, said
in a statement via email. “As with all events held in the city…public safety is paramount and therefore the event was staffed appropriately to meet that need.” There were three security checkpoints upon entry, but only in one of the checkpoints did security personnel actually search belongings. The other two checkpoints were utilized for swiping IDs and ticket scans. Sneaking in drugs seemed too easy — and apparently it was. Despite the substance abuse and unwelcome groping, the EDC was an impressively-headlined event that did not disappoint.
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Some subgenres of house music include ambient house, which takes a more atmospheric approach; tribal house, offering ethnic percussion in the mix; and fidget house, which has a gritty, glitchy accent to it. With such a diverse range of styles, I believe that house music has the potential to bring more variety and creativity to mainstream radio. Whether standing on its own or being blended with pop and hip-hop, house music offers young people a new fresh style of music to dance to that has been slowly moving out of obscurity. Also, the intensity of the live shows won me over from the start. As a
Since then, PetitHomme has gone back and encourages all UCF students to check it out. “It is only 20 minutes down the road, and it is definitely worth it,” he said. According to Moore, the most unique people manage to find their way into the shop — and that’s just the way he wants it to be. “We are judgment-free. Anyone is welcome, and you can come in here and REBECCA STRANG / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE be anyone that you want to Austin’s sells used books as well as local artwork and coffee mugs. be.”
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recent column on the website of National Public Radio said that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reconsidering his position on the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The current agreement between the United States and Iraq calls for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces by the end of this year. In a recent news conference, however, Maliki said he is willing to reconsider this position and consider the possibility of having American troops stay beyond December. Although Maliki might be having second thoughts, we need to stick to our guns and leave at the end of the year as agreed. We have had a military presence in that country for eight years now, and it is time for the Iraqi people to stand on their own two feet. The Iraqis are making it clear that they want us to hit the road. Last Thursday, antiAmerican cleric Muqtada alSadr led a march in Iraq of tens of thousands of followers who were demanding that the U.S. leave by the end of the year. Even so, Thar Fayli, an influential member of Maliki’s party, insists that any troops that stay beyond December would merely be present as technical experts.
However, maintaining troops in Iraq only leaves the door open to send in more troops or to continue to extend the presence of these forces year after year. By no means can we afford to stay. A report by the Congressional Research Service released on March 29 found the total war funding for operations in Iraq to be $806 billion. A 2010 estimate by the Washington Post put the true cost of the Iraq war at $3 trillion, which was meant to account for both government expenses and the war’s broader impact on the U.S. economy. Even the Post thought they were lowballing it. That is a staggering figure, in light of the massive financial needs of this country at the moment. The money spent on this war could have gone toward financing the infrastructure needs of this country, which could have possibly prevented disasters like the collapse of the Interstate 35-West Bridge in Minnesota in 2007. We could have also spent these funds on improving our health care system, or even to pay for more school teachers. It is time to bring our military presence over there to a close, because we have
already sacrificed dearly in terms of soldiers who have died in Iraq. The Post found that the total amount of fatalities from the Iraq war stands at 6,013 as of May 29. The best way to honor the sacrifice of these brave Americans is to bring our military presence in Iraq to a responsible end. If recent events have taught us anything, it is that we need a military that is flexible and able to respond to the various international crises that arise from time to time. We need these forces to respond to situations like the one in Libya and to maintain our commitment to international organizations, like NATO. Being stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a limited military role in Libya, is starting to stretch us pretty thin; sticking to the current agreement will allow us to have a more flexible military. The war in Iraq has been a long and costly one. It has led to the loss of many of our brothers and sisters, along with innocent civilians. After eight years in this country, it is time for us to leave, regardless of whether Maliki would like us to stay. It is in our best interest, and in theirs as well.
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Cutting bargaining rights is a raw deal Let’s rewind back to sure that they actually February, when thouhad a say in resisting sands of people camped harmful policies that out in front of Wisconaffect their everyday sin’s state capitol, shoutwork environment? How ing at Gov. Scott Walker would we know that that it was unacceptable they were protected by to strip away collective their workplace so that bargaining rights for they would not be finanunions. These were the cially responsible for words of Wisconsin’s accidents on the job? AUBREY MARKS people, telling the GovAccording to the Guest Columnist ernor that taking workGuardian, this legislaers’ rights away was not tion affects the colleca way to thank the hard working tive bargaining rights of an estiemployees in the state. mated 300,000 workers in Last week, the Wisconsin law Wisconsin, which includes thouthat struck down collective barsands of teachers that taught us gaining rights in unions was the skills we needed to better ourdeclared void by County Circuit selves. These employees need Judge Maryann Sumi. It was not these rights as much as they need the subject matter of the law made their jobs—if workers are operatit void, but the way in which it was ing in hazardous conditions, or if passed. The Wisconsin Open they are not making enough Meetings Law (WOML) states that money to provide for their famiall meetings that are held in order lies, going to work each day might to conduct official business must be more harmful than not working be held in an accessible public at all. These employees are hard place, and that lawmakers must workers who deserve to have the give public notice of the meeting. right to control the conditions of The way in which the collective their safety and well-being through bargaining law was passed had vio- the act of collective bargaining. lated these mandatory policies, This law was created in according to Sumi. response to Wisconsin’s budget However, this means that crisis; however, taking away union Republicans in the Wisconsin state workers’ rights is not the way to legislature could easily strike trim down a state budget. Our own down collective bargaining rights president said that this law looks by passing the law a second time like “an assault on unions,” instead in accordance to the WOML. of a reasonable way to cut costs. I don’t believe that they should. Additionally, if the Wisconsin state Collective bargaining gives legislature is successful in striking union workers the right to protect down collective bargaining rights themselves and fellow employees for Unions, then it would set a in the workplace, and it ensures precedent for other states with that employees have basic working budget crises to do the same. rights such as safe working enviThese states could include Ohio, ronments, fair pay, and compensaNew Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michition for injuries on the job. Collec- gan, Indiana and even Florida. tive bargaining also gives these I sincerely hope that the Wisworkers the right to use any barconsin state legislature thinks gaining tactics that are necessary twice before attempting to strike in order to demonstrate their need down collective bargaining rights for better working conditions, again. These rights protect Wissuch as picketing, striking and consin’s hard-working employees, lock-outs. and taking those rights away will If these workers did not have cause them to step right in front of these rights, how would we be danger’s way.
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Our right to choose, no longer an option? expensive lifestyle to susThis may come as a tain; one that I doubt shock to many of you, many of us could afford. but here in the United In addition, according to States, receiving an aborthe National Abortion tion is legal. In fact, aborFederation, more than tions have been legal for half of the women who more than three decades receive abortions due to now, and if you don’t unintended pregnancies believe me, check in were using some form of your history books for contraception the month the 1973 U.S. Supreme ANNA ESKAMANI that they became pregCourt case of Roe v. Guest Columnist nant; ergo, receiving an Wade. The Court’s 7-2 abortion was their one ruling should make it and only option. very clear to you that a woman has This legislation is unique in a a constitutional right to privacy — sense because it does not directly and that includes terminating her attack women. Rather, it’s cleverly pregnancy. designed to keep doctors uneducatAnd yet, every day, Republicans across the country are finding ways ed about the female body, which to attack a woman’s right to choose. will, in turn, hurt both the medical These attacks come in many forms: field and the women they operate on. To give you some perspective, in Indiana, public funding for genMedical Students for Choice, an eral health services at Planned Parinternationally recognized nonenthood is now obsolete, and the profit organization dedicated to fosTexas legislature is now attempting tering pro-choice physicians, stated: to do the same. Here in the Sun“Despite the fact that abortion is shine State, State Rep. Scott Ranone of the most common surgical dolph (D-Orlando) was chastised procedures in the U.S., almost half by Republican Speaker of the of all graduating Ob/Gyn residents House Dean Cannon for daring to have never performed a first use the word “uterus” on the Floritrimester abortion.” da House floor. Now, the U.S. This statistic should scare all of House of Representatives has just you, especially since complications passed a measure to ban federal prior to giving birth are always a funds from being used to teach possibility, and sometimes the only medical students abortion techoption to saving a pregnant niques. woman’s life is to abort the fetus. It This ban took shape as an amendment that Rep. Virginia Foxx should also be noted that the field of surgery is extremely male-domi(R-N.C.) sponsored. The amendment itself was attached to HR 1216, nated. Wouldn’t we want male surgeons to be more familiar with a bill that would restrict federal female-focused procedures? As a funding for a graduate-level medical training program created under woman who may give birth one day, I know I would prefer having a docthe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148). With that tor who knows what my options are said, it is obvious that Foxx is trying and exactly how to provide them to me. to attack healthcare reform and Overall, HR 1216 is a feeble women’s rights at the same time; an attempt to stop abortions. What it impressive feat, I know. actually does is put women’s lives at I understand the discontent of risk. I would hope that in the future, forcing people to pay for programs Republicans — who constantly that they do not want. That is, after preach for a freedom of choice — all, the main point of many Libertarians. What I do not understand is will eventually give women their own freedom to choose. the reasoning behind stripping our Until then, let’s just hope that the future doctors of the knowledge doctors of America find some they need to save lives. Contrary to common belief, abortions are rarely means of obtaining the knowledge they need to save lives, because used as a form of birth control. In Congress won’t be finding ways to fact, using abortions as a form of birth control would be an extremely pay for it.
MAN ON THE STREET T H E
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‘What’s the most effective method of sex education?’ KELVIN ELLIS
QUOC DOAN
DIANA PAJAUJIS
Molecular & Micro Bio, junior
Biology, senior
Biology, senior
“I would say it’s more about safe sex,how to properly use a condom.”
“I wouldn’t say abstinence is, because,obviously,you can’t stop people from having sex.”
“I’ll go with safe sex,because abstinence is too idealistic.”
JENNIFER VAN DORN
MICHAEL TUTHILL
SHEREEN LORIA
Health sciences, senior
Political science, junior
Molecular & Micro Bio, senior
“I don’t think kids are going to listen if you tell them that they have to be abstinent.”
“I definitely think the most effective method is teaching everything.”
“Instead of teaching abstinence,teach ways to prevent pregnancy and STDs.”
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Elbows and bow ties 7 Floppy-eared “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” demon 11 RMN’s first veep 14 Pre-deal demand 15 Roll call response 16 Gist 17 City on the Rio Grande 18 Plane folks? 20 Words of regret 22 Lair 23 Vodka brand that sounds like a toast 24 Martial arts schools 26 TV’s Mrs. Peel 28 Oil holder, perhaps 31 Hawaiian coffee region 32 Samaritan’s assurance 36 Freq. performer at Tanglewood 37 Lauderdale neighbor 38 Bleachers sound 40 Non-Rx 43 Classic kids’ wagons 48 Good time 50 Memo starter 51 Physical, e.g. 52 Responded to a bailiff’s request 54 Brittle cookie 57 Actress Zadora 58 Paddy Chayefsky novel, and literally, what the beginnings of 20, 32-, and 43Across all are 62 Piker’s nickname 63 Nailed the test 65 Earl or Lady Grey 66 Rodent control brand 67 Like pine pitch 68 N.C. summer hrs. 69 Africa’s Mobutu __ Seko 70 Things on strings DOWN 1 Sidekick 2 Angels’ home 3 Off-the-wall
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4 Fit to be tied, with “off” 5 Wiesbaden wheels 6 Scare 7 Traditional Jewish bread 8 Assess 9 The Phantom of the Opera 10 “__ My Shadow”: 1927 song 11 Flattering trickery 12 Excitement generators 13 Six-pack __ 19 Had the desired effect 21 Some mutual funds 22 Soft & __: deodorant 25 __ Paulo 27 Jabber 29 Abandons at sea 30 Plum’s title, briefly 33 Postal motto word 34 Sweet Sixteen gp. 35 __ de mer 39 Catcher’s place? 40 Dictionary cousin of arch. 41 Unsalvageable after an accident
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