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PYTHONS SURVIVEEVERGLADES COLDSNAPS,DROUGHTPythons appear to beprospering in the Evergladesdespite winter freezes and adearth of rain. Burmese pythonsare top predators known to preyon more than 20 Florida species.

UCF LIBRARY BRINGSPANEL DISCUSSIONON EXHIBITIONA traveling exhibition, Fightingthe Fires of Hate: America andthe Nazi Book Burnings, will bethe topic of a panel discussionin the UCF Library onWednesday.

STUNT PLANECRASHES AT AIR-SHOW,KILLING PILOTAuthorities say a single-enginestunt plane broke formationduring an airshow in Floridaand crashed, killing the pilot.The crash happened Saturdayafternoon.

In an auditoriumpacked nearly to the pointof overflow, people of allages and backgroundscame to hear one of Amer-ica’s most treasured arts:Jazz.

The fourth annual UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival,which took place on March25 and 26 in the auditoriumof the Nicholson School of

Communication, offeredthe Orlando area twonights of jazz from aspiringstudents, seasoned profes-sors and renowned profes-sionals.

“I think events like thisare good for the communi-ty,” said Jeff Rupert, profes-sor and director of JazzStudies at the UCF musicdepartment. “It’s really upto schools to bring artisticevents like this to the peo-ple.”

The first night of thefestival featured Grammy-nominated trumpeter Ter-rell Stafford, who wasjoined by the UCF jazzprofessors, a jazz outfitmade up of Rupert ontenor saxophone, assistant

The Key West Ballroom’stables were set, napkins placed onlaps and dinner was ready to beserved. As men and women inbusiness-casual attire chattedwith each other, it looked like atypical gathering of business pro-fessionals, but all who attendedthis dinner were UCF students.

And it wasn’t just dinner. Thegathering that took place onMarch 25 was the second-annualBusiness Etiquette Dinner hostedby Alpha Kappa Psi, a profession-al business fraternity.

Jason Willis, a senior financemajor and the vice president ofprofessional activities in AKPsi,was in charge of running theevent.

“Alpha Kappa Psi decided tohost an etiquette dinner becauseit is an aspect that most studentsdo not consider before gradua-tion,” Willis said. “An interviewconducted over lunch or dinnercan be ruined by improper eti-quette and most students areunfamiliar with the finer aspects.”

The dinner’s keynote speaker,Nancy Marshall, has been con-ducting etiquette workshops foryears, as the keynote speaker forthe evening. Marshall was alsothe keynote speaker for the fra-ternity’s first etiquette dinner.

“AKPsi is one of the premieracademic fraternities on cam-pus,” Marshall said. “They’re agood, engaging audience, and Ienjoy speaking to them.”

Marshall said students whoare business majors often want tobe able to use etiquette as a tool.

“Pizza and finger foods arefine for now, but students are onlyon college campuses for a fewshort years, then it’s on to thecareer world,” Marshall said.

“Whether it’s fair or not, you’rejudged on how well you handleyourself in business and socialsituations. Your mastery of eti-quette is constantly being evalu-ated, consciously or subcon-sciously, and your knowledge ofproper etiquette is just anothertool for success.”

Throughout the entire courseof dinner, Marshall told studentsexactly what to do and what notto do. This included everythingfrom which fork is the salad forkto how to avoid catapulting food

Breaking bread with AKPsi

UCF tenors, trumpeters play Jazz Fest

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TIM FREEDContributing Writer

Police are taking recent claimsmade by members of UCF’ssorority Kappa Kappa Gammaagainst members of UCF’s frater-nity Delta Upsilon very seriously.

Three unnamed sisters inKKG have accused DU ofattempting to drug their drinks ata pirate-themed social on Feb. 10,according to their statements.

“One of the members of DeltaUpsilon was sitting next to me onthe buson theway thereand hadofferedme adrink outof a 2 litercoca colabottlewith alco-hol mixedin it thatone of hisbuddieshandedhim.”

Thestatementalsoreportedthat theDU mem-ber took adrinkfrom thebottle andsaid thatit was “totally roofied.”

Roofies are a term for rohyp-nol, also known as the date-rapedrug.

In a letter from the regionaldirector of KKG chapters SusanL. Pile to UCF’s KKG chapter, shewrites that she was “embarrassedto hear of excessive drinking,possible drug use and inappro-priate behavior by your membersand dates that occurred at yourrecent function.”

Pile’s “Focus Letter” asks thechapter to begin addressingissues within communication,standards, risk management andother areas of focus until Marchof 2012 when their progress willbe reviewed.

The UCF Office of StudentConduct and UCF Police willboth be carrying out reviews ofthe incident.

DU frataccusedof roofieattemptsKKG says fraternityplayed ‘roofie game’

KATIE KUSTURANews Editor

KEVIN HERNANDEZ / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE

Nancy Marshall informs members of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity about where to place theirelbows while eating at an etiquette dinner.

BRITTANY BLACKSHEARContributing Writer

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tion Presidential election begins on

Monday, bringing with it a busy

week for UCF. Candidates submit-

ted columns to the Future about

their platforms and ideas, and the

editorial staff released a final deci-

sion on its endorsement.

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Professional jazz trumpeter Terell Stafford performs at the UCF-Orlando JazzFestival on March 25.

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Pythons removed fromEverglades on a regular basis

Twenty-six pythonshave been captured so farthis year and the SouthFlorida Water Manage-ment District says itremoved six pythons fromthe Everglades in the lastweek alone. The snakeswere recovered in areaswhere they were not pre-viously found.

The discovery of deadpythons after cold snapslast year had scientistsspeculating they pythonscouldn’t survive suchextreme weather. But theirpersistence despitefreezes and a drought thisyear has them reconsider-ing.

Cause of stunt plane’s crashremains unknown

Carl Laundrie, aspokesman for FlaglerCounty, told The FloridaTimes-Union that thecrash happened Saturdayafternoon. The FloridaHighway Patrol identifiedthe pilot as 58-year-oldWilliam Walker ofCookeville, Tenn.

Walker was flying aYak-52, which was origi-nally designed as a Sovietwarplane and now is pop-ular at airshows.

It wasn’t immediatelyclear what caused thecrash. The Federal Avia-tion Administration andNational TransportationSafety Board are investi-gating.

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When John Malala looks at his home coun-try, the Democratic Republic of Congo, it’s notthe same country he remembers. The fertile,resourceful land, is now impoverished and wartorn.

But he has hope since starting the JohnMalala Dignity Foundation in 2007. The foun-dation attempts to help the Congolese becomeeducated and self-reliant.

Malala, 50, is a radio and television profes-sor at UCF. Malala teaches courses on the Pro-duction of Interactive Multimedia and Com-puter-Mediated Communication. He is also theprincipal investigator of the R/TV Conver-gence Initiative.

About 20 years ago, Malala moved to theU.S. on a student visa when the DemocraticRepublic of Congo was called Zaire and wasconsidered one of Africa’s developing nations.

According to the book, The Crisis in Zaire;Myths and Realities by Georges Nzongola-Nta-laja, the currency of Congo in 1980 was 2.94 to1 U.S. dollar. In 1993, the exchange rate fell to2.529 million Zaire dollars to U.S. $1.

Today, the Congolese Franc is 1,000 toU.S.$1.

Malala studied in the U.S. for ten years,where he received a Ph.D. in informatics, aneducation specialist degree in computer sci-ence education and several other degrees.After that, he became a college professor.

“I attained the highest level education that Icould receive,” he said.

But as Malala and his family found prosper-ity in the U.S., he watched his country spiraldownward from afar. After the fall of leaderMobutu Sese Seko, the country was renamedthe Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1996 thecountry was stricken by war and remains thatway to this day.

In 2006 Malala finally listened to his callingto return for the first time in almost 20 years.

“Fear of death was nonexistent when I livedin Congo,” Malala said. “But when I returned inDecember 2006, I was a little bit scared.”

He said his visit to Congo was “eye-open-ing.”

He immediately noticed that the capital city,Kinshasa, had grown immensely in population.People were everywhere and nearly all of themwere begging.

Malala recalls the story of when a man cameto his hotel room asking for money. Malalaasked the man if he had an education. The manresponded that he obtained a degree in mete-orology and agriculture but no nongovern-ment organizations would hire him. The mansaid that he couldn’t start his own productionbecause there were no resources to do so.

According to Malala, 97 percent of the landin Congo had never been used and wasextremely fertile — yet this man was sayingthat there were no resources.

“I began to see that the situation inCongo has created a culture of beggingand that the Congolese had lost their dig-nity — they’d become beggars,” Malalasaid.

The following year, Malala returned toCongo with an idea in mind. He contactedall of the local TV stations and began broad-casting seminars about empowerment onnational television.

He taught practical concepts and princi-

ples about work and ethics that affected muchof the country. This was the birth of the John N.Malala Dignity Foundation.

After Malala’s visit to Congo in 2006, hefocused his energy on empowering the Con-golese to create opportunities for themselves.

Malala began doing seminars in rural vil-lages of Congo about cultivating the land dur-ing more than one season. He said that in onevillage, Bulumbo, the people were able to culti-vate more rice than ever before after the semi-nars.

The foundation has since created a centerfor leadership and development in the villagewhere it will begin training Congolese to usewhat they have instead depending on foreign-ers.

Several partners have come alongside in thepast few years including Heart of Africa, afaith-based western organization that helpsnative Africans achieve their vision to helptheir own people.

“He has the ability to stir people’s ownvisions and instill self-confidence and an entre-preneurial spirit,” said Mike Henderson, theexecutive director of Heart of Africa.

Andrea Thompson, a senior radio-televi-sion production major, has been directlyinvolved in producing a video series forMalala’s cause to help doctors among develop-ing communities.

“This was probably the biggest thing I haveever been involved with in my career in pro-ductions,” Thompson said. “It was a huge eyeopener.”

Malala is currently developing a curriculumcalled “What Do You Have in Your Hands?” toteach in Congo on his next trip in May.

“When you find yourself doing so manythings, you also find that you have few choic-es,” Malala said. “I’m just doing what I can andnow I see that many people want to be a part ofit too.”

UCF Library to host travelingexhibition panel

The UCF Library willhost a traveling exhibitionpanel, which will discuss‘Fighting the Fires of Hate:America and the NaziBook Burnings.’

The panel discussionwill take place from 7 to 8p.m. on Wednesday in themain library.

The traveling exhibi-tion itself is featured in theHolocaust MemorialResource and EducationCenter of Florida in Mait-land. It’s currently on loanfrom the U.S. HolocaustMemorial Museum. It willbe on display throughApril 12.

The panel discussion inthe UCF Library is open toall students.

Student Research Weekstarts on Monday

Student ResearchWeek kicks off on Monday,bringing in various speak-ers and seminars to theevent.

Held in the StudentUnion, it will also includetopics such as grant writ-ing and a speaker series onAlzheimer’s.

Students wishing toobtain a full schedule canvisit www.events.ucf.edufor more information.

The event is open to allstudents and is free ofcharge.

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News and notices forthe UCF community GIVING HOPE

Professor helps his nativecountry with work ethic

AMETHYST ROTHContributing Writer

COURTESY JOHN MALALAJohn Malala started the John Malala Dignity Foundation in 2007,which teaches the Congolese to utilize their resources.

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RENO, Nev. — Nevadahas joined several westernstates in reporting thatminuscule amounts ofradiation from Japan’sdamaged nuclear plantare showing up. But aswith the other states, sci-entists say there is nohealth risk.

Extremely smallamounts of the radioac-tive isotopes iodine-131and xenon-133 reached amonitoring station by LasVegas’ Atomic TestingMuseum this week, saidTed Hartwell, manager ofthe Desert Research Insti-tute’s Community Envi-ronmental MonitoringProgram.

Hartwell said he’s cer-

tain the isotopes camefrom Japan becausethey’re not usually detect-ed in Nevada. But he saidthe readings were farbelow levels that couldpose any health risks.

“Unless you have anaccident like this (inJapan) you wouldn’texpect to see this. Nodoubt it’s from Japan,”Hartwell told The Associ-ated Press.

California, Colorado,Hawaii and Washingtonhave also reported tinyamounts of radiation fromthe Japan accident. Offi-cials have said those levelsalso are not harmful.

Nevada health officialshave said they do notexpect any risk to the statefrom Japanese radiationreleases because of the

distance the materialswould have to travel.

“Any material releasedmust travel 10,000 milesacross the Pacific Ocean,during which time it willbe dispersed and dilutedin the atmosphere to lev-els that might eventuallybe detectable, but whichwill not present a healthhazard nor require anyprotective actions,” saidEric Matus, radiationphysicist for the NevadaState Health Division.

Scientists say theyweren’t surprised thatradioactive isotopes fromJapan were detected in theWestern states.

“They get caught up inthe right wind pattern andthey’ll move across theocean,” said Jeff Daniels,an environmental scien-

tist with Reno-based DRI.Tiny amounts of the

radioactive isotope cesium-137 were detected at a Uni-versity of Nevada, Las Vegaslaboratory between March17 and 21, but haven’t beenreported since then,Hartwell said.

The Desert ResearchInstitute operates 29 sta-tions that monitor the air forradioactivity around theNevada National SecuritySite, formerly the NevadaTest Site, about 65 milesnorthwest of Las Vegas. Theinstitute plans to release theresults of testing at theother stations and postthem online athttp://cemp.dri.edu/ by latein the week, Hartwell said.

The vast majority of themonitoring stations are inNevada, with four in Utahand one in California.

Tiny radiation from Japan reaches NevadaMARTIN GRIFFITH

Associated Press

WALLY SANTANA / ASSOCIATED PRESSWomen are screened at an evacuation center for radiation exposure leaked from the damaged Fukushima nuclearpower plant. Radiation has seeped into the food supply, with spinach and milk from as far as 75 miles (120 kilometers)showing levels of iodine in excess of safety limits. Minuscule amounts are being found in tap water in Tokyo.


professor Per Danielssonon piano, adjunct profes-sor Richard Drexler onupright bass, and adjunctprofessor Marty Morellon drums.

The group playedthrough a wide range ofcompositions, from slow,mellow tunes that rockedyou back and forth to spo-radic, upbeat jams thatmade you tap your footand nod you head.

Opening up the showthat night was the youngand talented UCF All StarHigh School Jazztet, whopaid tribute to legendaryartists such as WayneShorter and JohnColtrane.

“It’s great to see team-work and people comingtogether to make it hap-pen,” said Stafford, who isalso the director of JazzStudies at Temple Uni-versity in Philadelphia.“It’s a great family atmos-phere.”

The followingevening, the event fea-tured Saturday Night Livemusical director LennyPickett, who played withthe UCF Jazz Ensemble Iin front of an overflowingcrowd of spectators.

Pickett took the crowdon a wild ride of differentfunk arrangements, cruis-ing through songs whilebeing backed up by alarge horn section of UCFjazz students. Demon-strating his skill with thesaxophone, Pickett soloedwith great emotion andagility, hitting notes sohigh that the crowd stoodon its feet when he fin-ished.

Also performing thatnight was adjunct profes-sor Bobby Koelble’s bandthe Absinthe Trio, whocreates a unique blend ofjazz and atmosphericelectronic music.

Jeff Brzycki, a fresh-man business major, had alot more motivation to goto the jazz festival besidesextra credit for his popu-lar American music class.

“I definitely felt likethis was the most inter-esting event happeningon campus,” said Brzycki,waiting for the show tostart during the first nightof the festival. “Jazz is oneof the genres where it’s alot easier to appreciatebecause you can see theskill. I’m looking forwardto this.”

From Stafford’s skillfulsong arranging to Pick-ett’s extravagant solos,each night of the festivalbrought the audience adisplay of masterful jazzmusicianship. Other highpoints of the festival werethe Absinthe Trio’s ambi-ent compositions, as wellas the overall tightness ofthe UCF Jazz Ensemble Iand UCF All Star HighSchool Jazztet.

“The festival is terrific.The kids are incrediblemusicians and they’re fullof energy,” said Jerry Brig-nola, an audience mem-ber from Fort Lauderdalewhose daughter is afreshman majoring inenvironmental engineer-ing.

Brignola said heprefers attending festivalssuch as this instead ofprofessional concertsbecause of the students’intense passion for themusic.

“Professionals playshows and will constantly

check their watches, wait-ing for their paycheck.These kids are herebecause they love themusic,” said Brignola,who plays saxophonehimself. “When you cometo this festival, it’s onlyabout the music.”

One aspect of jazz thathas always been crucial ispassing the music fromone generation to thenext. Rupert hopes thatholding events such asthis will keep jazz aliveand encourage youngpeople to learn thisbeloved style of music.

“This is America’sclassical music,” saidRupert, packing up hissaxophone after the firstnight of the festival.“With jazz, we not onlytry to cultivate the music,we cultivate the audience.We embrace the youth.”

Throughout bothnights of the event, thecrowd gave standing ova-tions to all of the perform-ers and applauded when-ever any player finished asolo. As the event came toan end, it was obviousthat the audience, as wellas the performers, hadenjoyed the festival.

“I had a good time. I’mjust happy to play my sax-ophone to tell you thetruth,” Pickett said.“These guys played greatso it was fun.”

Rupert told the audi-ence that they can expectanother festival next yearand that everyone shouldlook forward to the fifthannual UCF-Orlando JazzFestival.

“I think if music canbleed into life and morepeople could see thedemocracy of what jazzmusic is about, I think wecould all get along muchbetter,” Stafford said. “It’sa beautiful thing. I would-n’t rather be doing any-thing else.”

FROM A1


Senior Jose Rojas from Osceola High School plays the saxophone with the UCF All Star High School Jazztet at the Jazz Festival.

‘This isAmerica’sclassical music. ‘— JEFF RUPERT

DIRECTOR OF JAZZ STUDIES AT UCF

SNL saxophonist Lenny Pickett headlines


“Our No. 1 priority is toprovide a safe environ-ment for the entire univer-sity community, includingour Greek organizations.We support the efforts ofour fraternities’ and soror-ities’ national offices tohold their membersaccountable to the valuesthat the vast majority ofour students uphold,” saida statement from UCFofficials.

According to a letteraddressed to UCF’s DUchapter from DeltaUpsilon International Fra-ternity’s executive direc-tor Justin Kirk, the rede-velopment phase forUCF’s chapter of DU endsMarch 28. DU was placedon reorganization statuson Jan. 25 by DUIF.

Appeals to the Board ofDirectors are also due thatday.

Also in Kirk’s letter arethe results of membershipreviews. According to theletter, 48 brothers can

maintain undergraduatestatus, 17 are on financialand/or academic proba-tion, 16 are alumni and 32have been recommendedfor expulsion.

A DU Redevelopment

Retreat with all under-graduate members will

take place April 1-3 andappeals will be reviewed

by the Board of Direc-tors April 29-30.

Delta Upsilon’s ‘roofie game’ serious matterFROM A1

KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTUREWith the recent robberies, Sgt.Troy Williamson advises students to be cautious walking home from bars at night.

At 2:30 a.m. on March 26,police say three to four Hispan-ic males about 19-25 years oldaccosted two groups of studentswho were returning home fromthe Knight Library.

The incidents happenedwithin ten minutes of eachother.

Both of the groups wereaccosted at knifepoint — one at

Gemini Boulevard and Aquar-ius Agora Drive, and the othernear Academic Village off ofLibra Drive — and a male stu-dent’s T-shirt was slashed. Noone was seriously injured.

One group was robbed butthe other was not.

“These people are verybrazen,” said Sgt. TroyWilliamson, community rela-tions supervisor. “We’re defi-nitely going to be on guard.”

Williamson said that there’s

no telling if the suspects are stu-dents, but that they’re most like-ly not affiliated with UCF.

Police are recommendingthat students not walk on cam-pus roadways late at night orearly in the morning, especiallyafter leaving a bar.

“Our advice is simply, ifyou’re approached by [the sus-pects] … give them what theywant, don’t take anything forgranted, don’t take your life forgranted, be calm and collected,”

Williamson said. “Whateverinformation you have to give usis very important.”

UCF police do not believethat the shooting that happenedless than 20 hours later atArbour Apartments located offof Alafaya Trail is connected tothe knifepoint robberies.

UCF police are expecting anincreased use in the Safe EscortPatrol Service following Satur-day morning’s robbery andattempted robbery.

Separate groups of bar goers robbed, accosted Sat. morning KATIE KUSTURA

News Editor


in a dinner guest’s face.Although the event

was a dinner, Marshallemphasized the impor-tance of conversation, notthe food.

“The No. 1 thing toremember is that if youmake a big mistake, it isnot the end of the world,”Marshall said. “Yourmain goal here is to makecontacts.”

AKPsi member Gra-ham Austin, a senior eco-nomics major, felt hebenefitted greatly fromthe business etiquettedinner.

“I definitely learned alot and I will be able toconduct myself better inthe future,” Austin said.“Good etiquette showsthat you are worth doing

business with and know-ing on a professionallevel.”

Amanda Rodriguez, ajunior accounting majornot involved with AKPsi,decided to come out tosimply brush up on heretiquette.

By hosting this event,AKPsi seeks to further itsexposure on campus andto the general studentpopulation while provid-ing an event to the stu-dents that will further theknowledge and prepara-tion of students prepar-ing for graduation.

The fraternity wouldlike to include otherorganizations in the plan-ning stages and expandthe event to include morestudents for the next eti-quette dinner nextspring.

Conversation, not food, is crucial in etiquetteFROM A1

KEVIN HERNANDEZ / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE

Nancy Marshall inspects, educates, and critiques the dinner etiquette of members of the Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity at dinner on March 25.

1.The mistake: Skipping an introduction.You don’t introduce yourfriend Jen to acquaintance Ann because you’ve forgotten Ann’s name.Why it’s wrong: You’re being rude to both parties by not acquaintingthem with each other.

2.The mistake: Being a vague guest.For example,you’re invited to aparty but never respond.Or,you’re going for an overnight visit but failto tell your hosts when you’ll arrive and leave.Why it’s wrong: When you don’t say yes or no to a party,the hostmay wonder if you’re hoping a more exciting invitation will comealong.You may be thinking no such thing,but the host can’t know that.

3.The mistake: Arriving at a party with a present in hand,eventhough the invitation says “no gifts,please.”Why it’s wrong: You’ll likely embarrass all the empty-handed guests,who obeyed the instructions.

4.The mistake: Asking someone you barely know the ethnic origin ofher name.Why it’s wrong: You may come off as more interested in her pedigreethan in her personality.Worse,you could be suspected of prejudice orracism.

5.The mistake: Asking the host of the party for a tour of her house.Why it’s wrong: Unless it’s a housewarming,the host has noobligation to show people around.And she may have any number ofgood reasons for not doing so.

ETIQUETTE MISTAKES YOU DIDN’TKNOW YOU WERE MAKING

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CORAL SPRINGS —If there’s any place wheretea partiers in Congressmight hesitate to call forcuts in Social Security andMedicare to shrink thefederal debt, Florida’sretirement havens shouldtop the list.

Even here, however,Republican lawmakersare racing toward aspending showdown withDemocrats exhibiting lit-tle nervousness aboutdeep cuts, including thosethat eventually would hitbenefit programs long leftalone by politicians.

In fact, many GOPfreshmen seem bolderthan ever. It’s Democrats,especially in the Senate,who are trying to figureout how to handle thepopular but costly retire-ment programs. Con-gress, meanwhile, is rapid-ly nearing criticaldecisions on the budgetand the nation’s debt ceil-ing.

In southeast Floridalast week, first-term GOPRep. Allen West, a teaparty favorite, called forchanges that some mightconsider radical: abolishthe Internal Revenue Ser-vice and federal incometax; retain tax cuts for bil-lionaires so they won’tshut down their charities;stop extending unem-ployment benefits that“reward bad behavior” bydiscouraging people fromseeking new jobs.

As for entitlements,West told a friendly townhall gathering in CoralSprings, if Social Security,Medicare and Medicaid“are left on autopilot, if wedon’t institute some typeof reform, they’ll subsumeour entire GDP” by 2040or 2050. GDP, or grossdomestic product, meas-

ures the value of all goodsand services produced inthe United States.

Social Security, thelargest federal program,mainly benefits retirees.Medicare provides healthcoverage for older people.Medicaid helps thosewith low incomes. Com-bined, the three consumeabout 40 percent of thebudget. Their costs aregrowing rapidly. SocialSecurity and Medicarebenefits now exceed thepayroll taxes that fundthem.

West, who’s likely todraw serious Democraticopposition next year,showed scant interest inedging toward the centeron anything. He didn’ttake issue with the manwho said congressionalDemocrats “have joinedwith the radicalIslamists,” or with thewoman who said Presi-dent Barack Obama “cer-tainly doesn’t supportIsrael.”

In Greenville, S.C., adifferent Republicanfreshman with tea partyties, Rep. Trey Gowdy,also suggested during lastweek’s congressionalbreak a paring back ofsocial programs.

According to aGreenville News accountposted on his website,Gowdy “described arecent school classroomwhere most children indi-cated they think it’s thegovernment’s job to pro-vide health care, SocialSecurity and education.‘We’ve got to do some-thing about the sense ofentitlement,’ Gowdy said.”

Gowdy’s office latersaid he thinks Social Secu-rity “is a key aspect of abroad effort to fundamen-tally reform our entitle-ment system, but anysolution must honor ourcommitment to current

retirees.”Indeed, West and

many other Republicanssay current and soon-to-be retirees should see nobenefit cuts. Their callsfor changing Medicareand Social Security oftenlack specifics, and it’sunclear whether thedivided Congress willtackle the programs’ long-term problems or post-pone action, as has hap-pened many times beforeon Capitol Hill.

West’s desire to slashspending seems to stop athis district’s doorstep.The Coral Springs audi-ence cheered loudly whenhe said he helped secure a$21 million grant for a newrunway at the nearby FortLauderdale airport.

“Grant money is notpork,” West said. Heissued a press release say-ing the runway project“will generate at least11,000 jobs” by 2014 andcost $791 million.

While West spoke inCoral Springs, severaldozen Republicans hadwine and hors d’oeuvresin Palm Beach as theyawaited a speech by for-mer New York CityMayor Rudy Giuliani.There was ample sympa-thy in the room for raisingthe eligibility age forSocial Security benefits.

Obama’s debt commis-sion recommended grad-ually increasing the fullretirement age, from 67 to69, over the next 65 years.

“No one is going to behurt by it,” said SteveStevens, 80, a retired realestate developer. If peo-ple, rich or poor, count onSocial Security to fundtheir retirement, he said,“it’s very poor planning.”

Obama’s debt commis-sion has recommendedgradually increasing thefull retirement age, from67 to 69, over the next 65

years.Cynthia Steele, 51, said

anyone making more than$100,000 a year should notreceive Social Securitybenefits, even if it affectedher and her friends.

In Washington, Democ-rats are conflicted. Thirty-two Senate Democratsjoined 32 Republicans inurging Obama to negotiatea broad-based spendingplan that includes changesto Social Security andMedicare.

Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid, D-Nev., says he

opposes cuts in Social Secu-rity benefits.

The centrist Democraticgroup Third Way says the

public is ready to embracegradual changes to entitle-ment programs and thatRepublicans are winning theissue so far.

“We don’t believe Repub-licans ‘going too far’ will betheir Waterloo,” the groupsaid in a memo. “The partyseen as most serious on theissue will win the day.”

If Republicans andDemocrats cannot agreesoon on spending plans forthis year and next, the gov-ernment could face its firstpartial shutdown since 1996.That prospect worries lead-ers of both parties, and theyare watching to see if lastweek’s recess hardened ofsoftened lawmakers’ posi-tions.

West suggested there isroom for compromise, butnot much.

“I’m not for shuttingdown the government,” hetold the Coral Springscrowd. But he said Obamamust lead the budget negoti-ations, or else.

If there is a shutdown,West said, “it’s going to bebecause the president is notengaged.”

GOP appears poised to take on entitlementsCHARLES BABINGTON

Associated Press

CLIFF OWEN / ASSOCIATED PRESSRep. Allen West, a tea party favorite, has called for changes that some mightconsider radical: abolish the Internal Revenue Service and federal income tax;retain tax cuts for billionaires so they won’t shut down their charities.

Sportswww.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Monday, March 28, 2011


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Bright House NetworksStadium was filled withspring football action onSaturday, as the Knightshosted Junior Day and heldtheir first-ever practiceopen to the public at thestadium.

“We had a good juniorday with a bunch of kids[here] and we got to show-case everything,” said headcoach George O’Leary.

UCF spring footballpractices are always opento the public, however, theteam usually practiceseither on the outdoor prac-tice fields or inside theNicholson Fieldhouse. Thiswas the second time prac-tice was ever held in the

stadium. The only othertime the Knights practicedinside the stadium was in2007, before the stadium’sopening day, but it was notopen to the public.

“I thought that [gettingto practice at the stadium]was a nice situation,”O’Leary said.

The Knights also heldtheir first scrimmage of thespring football season.

“Well, it was the firstreal scrimmage, and Ithought there were way toomany mistakes and penal-ties,” O’Leary said. “Ithought that the things Ilook at on defense — DDF(deliver, disengage and fin-ish), weren’t there ondefense. And I thought that

Football

Defensive backs shine at spring practiceERIKA ESOLA

Sports Editor

KATIE DEES / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTUREDefensive backs take part in drills at practice. Josh Robinson and Kemal Ishamel are expected to lead the secondary this season.PLEASE SEE FIRST ON A12

Last week, the StetsonHatters shocked the Floridacollege baseball circuit whenthey defeated No. 4 FloridaState in 11 innings.

The Knights will take onStetson on Tuesday andWednesday, facing the Hat-ters (20-4) in a home-and-home two-game series.

The Hatters, who had a27-31 record last season, havebeen somewhat of a surpriseteam this season, openingthis season with a three-game sweep of Georgia. The

Hatters were riding high onan eight-game win streak intoSunday and are currentlyranked No. 28 in the Top 30Collegiate Baseball Divison Ipolls, where UCF isunranked.

Last season, the Knightsbeat Stetson twice, 11-7 and10-6. Joe Rogers earned thefirst win in DeLand as thecloser. It took a five-runeighth inning for the Knightsto take the Hatters in a veryback-and-forth game.Jonathan Griffin, Ryan Breen

and Darnell Sweeney wereall 3-for-5 at the plate.

Sweeney, the Knights’ No.3 hitter, leads the team with a

Stetson’s Will Dorseystarted both games againstthe Knights last season andstarted against FSU lastweek. Dorsey is 3-2 on theseason and has a 4.00 ERA insix appearances.

The Hatters also havewins over East TennesseeState and Columbia. TheHatters lost to Bethune-Cookman, Maine and Siena,

all schools that UCF beat.

Starting pitcherAlthough Brian Adkins

pitched three innings of reliefin Game 3 against Rice Sun-day, Adkins will most likelystart on the mound for theKnights in one of the games.Miami handed Adkins hisfirst loss of the season lastweek in Coral Gables, puttinghim at 3-1 for the season.

All season, head coachTerry Rooney has stressed toAdkins that he needs to notjust pitch against the big-name teams but he needs to

PLEASE SEE ADKINS ON A12

JESSICA GILLESPIEBaseball beat writer

Baseball

Hatter up!

JOSH GIVEN / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE

Brian Adkins will look to rebound after receiving his first loss of the season against Miami last Tuesday night. Adkins has a 2.27 ERA and has struck out 23 batters in six appearances this season.

Knights to take on new-and-improvedHatters in home-and-home series

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1.Travis Shreve 2B2.Ronnie Richardson CF3.Darnell Sweeney SS4.Chris Taladay LF5.Jonathan Griffin 1B6.D.J.Hicks DH7.Beau Taylor C8.Erik Hempe RF9.Derek Luciano 3B

TOP PERFORMERS

(AS OF MARCH 26)

Home runs:Hicks - 5Hits:Shreve - 34RBIs:Taylor - 22Batting avg.:Hicks - .377On-base percent:Richardson - .467Slugging percent:Hicks - .636Wins: Lively - 5Strikeouts: Winkler - 36

PROJECTED LINEUP


Despite handing UAB its firstConference USA loss of the sea-son Saturday, the Knights could-n’t take the weekend seriesagainst the Blazers, droppingSaturday’s contest 5-3.

Center fielder Vanessa Perezhad two hits and scored a run,while Natalie Land and MarissaMenendez generated UCF’sother two runs.

Diana Rojas (4-7) pitched 2.1innings in Game Three onMarch 26, giving up three runsoff three hits with three errorsand one strikeout.

Lacey Dinney came in for 0.1innings giving up two runs offtwo hits with one strikeout andAshley Schmitt closed for UCFin 4.1 innings giving up no runsoff five hits and no strikeouts.

Friday was a better day forthe Knights, when they split adouble-header against the Blaz-ers.

In Game One against UAB,Rojas gave up nine hits and noruns, shutting out the Blazers 6-0 in 7.0 innings.

“It felt awesome to be able tothrow my first complete game,get the shutout and pick up thewin against UAB all in the samegame,” Rojas said in a release. "Ihave been feeling pretty confi-dent on the mound in my lastfew appearances and it feelsgreat to be able to go out thereand pitch like I know how topitch."

Third baseman Allie Jest hadthree RBIs off two hits, secondbaseman Land had an RBI offone hit and Vanessa Perez hadone run off one hit.

Patrice Fee scored anotherrun for the Knights off two hitsand shortstop Tiffany Lane post-ed 2 runs off two hits.

In the bottom of the sixthinning, Abby McClain startedthe inning when she hit her sev-enth home run of the season to

center field.Fee singled to shortstop, Jest

singled down the right field linescoring Fee and Schmitt.

During the night cap of DayOne, McClain was the onlyKnight able to score a run, as theKnights fell to the Blazers 5-1.

Menendez and Land eachposted hits for UCF in game two.

Lacey Dinney (8-7) receivedthe loss for UCF, giving up fiveruns on five hits with three

walks and two strikeouts.Schmitt closed out the game

on the mound, allowing one hitand one walk in 2.1 innings.

Notes— Throughout the series

against UAB, UCF totaled 10runs off 21 hits.

— Diana Rojas gave UAB itsfirst C-USA loss of the season inthe 6-0 shutout game.

Softball

Despite Rojas’ shutout, UCF falls to UAB

beat them as well.“Brian is a ‘pitchability lefty,’”

Rooney said after UCF’s rout ofBoston College on March 9.“When he’s down in the zone andcan change his off-speed pitcheshe’s very successful.”

Adkins has a 2.27 ERA in sixappearances and has struck out 23batters this season.

“I want to be that guy to facethe big teams and get the big winswhen we need them,” Adkins saidafter his win over Boston Collegeon March 9.

Matt Collins, who was origi-nally part of the pitching rotationbut hasn’t seen much time thisseason due to a slight forearmstrain, could likely be UCF’s sec-ond starter this week. Collins sawtime as a reliever on Saturdayagainst Rice and threw 1-1/3 hit-less, scoreless innings. Collinsowns a 1.17 ERA in three appear-ances.

Who to watch for— Nick Cicio. The lefty out of

the pen owns a 0.53 ERA and is 1-0 in eight appearances.

— D.J. Hicks. The designatedhitter has the highest batting aver-age of the starters at .377 and heleads the team in home runs withfive.

— Stetson second basemanRobert Crews. Crews owns thehighest Stetson average at .379and he batted 2-for-3 with a dou-ble against FSU last week.

Adkins,Collinslikely tostart seriesFROM A11

AMY FOISTSoftball beat writer

LCS (landmarks, contacts andsustain), weren’t there onoffense. But the kids came ontowards the end of the scrim-mage, defensively.”

While O’Leary was pleasedwith how the first scrimmageended, he expressed his desirefor his players to be moreengaged into the action.

“Overall, I think we needmore effort and enthusiasm,”O’Leary said. “I thought that

was lacking.”The defensive unit seemed

to have looked more polishedthan the offensive unit in thescrimmage, winning battles onthe line of scrimmage and alsoin the secondary. But missedtackles by the linebacker corpsconcerned O’Leary.

“Linebacking is a game ofcontact and speed,” O’Learysaid. “And right now I’m verydisappointed in my linebackersas far as what I saw out there.Way too many missed tackles.”

The secondary stood out themost to O’Leary.

“With Josh Robinson andKemal [Ishmael] I think we areset back there at secondary,”O’Leary said. “I’m now lookingfor the second-team guys,where they’re coming from,and to pencil in some of theyounger guys.”

Junior defensive back KemalIshmael made multiple passbreakups and laid out a few bighits on unsuspecting widereceivers. Most notably, Ish-

mael laid the lumber on widereceiver A.J. Guyton on a near-touchdown grab, knockingGuyton so hard that hedropped the pass.

“Oh, Kemal is a player,”O’Leary said. “He does goodthings.”

The Knights will take thefield Tuesday at 9 a.m. for theirnext spring practice at the out-door practice fields. TheKnights’ Spring Game is April16 at 2 p.m. at Bright HouseNetworks Stadium.

First public practice at stadium a successFROM A11


Diana Rojas pitched her first complete game in the 6-0 shutout of the UAB Blazers on March 26. It was the Blazers’ first C-USA loss of the season.

“I want to be thatguy to face the bigteams and get thebig wins when weneed them.”

— BRIAN ADKINSUCF PITCHER


OK, I’ll say it: A blackquarterback can’t be thebest quarterback in theNFLDraft because the NFLdoesn’t want one to be.

That is the only reasonthat former Missouri quar-terback Blaine Gabbert iseven in the discussion asthe No. 1 signal caller.

It’s obvious thatAuburn’s Cam Newton isby far the best quarterbackin the draft, and that Gab-bert is a novelty and futurebust.

Where was Gabbertwhen Stanford’s AndrewLuck was still presumeddraft eligible? Nowhere,also known as ‘Missouri.’

Before January, Gabbertwas not even on ESPN’sdraft expert Mel Kiper Jr.’s‘BigBoard’.

Luck was the consensusNo. 1 quarterback. The pro-totypical passer with size, agood arm, accuracy, intelli-gence, and most important-ly, whiteness. There is nodoubt, though, that he wasthe most polished passer inthe draft and deserved tobe the No. 1 overall pick.

Flash forward to Jan. 6.Luck announced he will

return to Stanford to finishhis degree and almost inchorus, scouts began prep-ping the rise of Gabbert.That same day, Gabbertmade his debut on Kiper’schart at number nine.

The plan had begun.He was an apt replace-

ment. He had the size (6-foot-5-inches, 240 pounds),a big arm, good looks, han-dled the media well, andmost importantly, he’swhite.

He began to rise up thetalking heads’ draft boards.Kiper and fellow ESPNdraft expert Todd McShaybabbled about how he wasrising fast and could be themost talented passer in thedraft. During the East-WestShrine Game, McShaymentioned he could be theNo. 1 overall pick to the

Carolina Panthers.Then, he landed the No.

1 quarterback spot on allthe draft boards and theplan was almost complete.

But, just to make thingsbetter, Newton decided tothrow at the Combine andso the talking heads criti-cized his decision and intel-ligence. Arkansas’ RyanMallett and Washington’sJake Locker participated inpassing drills as well. Bothare also viewed as potentialfirst-round quarterbacks,but neither were criticized.

Gabbert was in the rightplace at the right time.Yeah, he has enough talentto be a first-round pick. Butit is no coincidence thatwhen Luck announced hewas staying, the scouts alsoseemed to notice Gabbert.

They were looking forhim. They had to replacethe prototypical-passerLuck with another whiteguy, a face of the franchise.

What scouts love aboutGabbert (size, arm strengthand athleticism) is alsowhat sets Newton apart.The scouts say Gabbert hasbetter accuracy, but New-ton has a slightly higher

completion percentage(66.1) than Gabbert (63.4).

Newton is by far thebest quarterback in thedraft but has “characterissues.” Why? Because hestole a laptop and threw itout of a window.

Newton also won theHeisman, and singlehand-edly took an undefeatedAuburn through the SouthEastern Conference to the

National Championship.Character issues?

Sounds like a hard workerto me. Look how Newtonhandled himself with all thepay-for-play allegations.

He did have one badthrow, however, in the endzone during the champi-onship game against Ore-gon. Newton comes from aspread offense (as doesGabbert), has character

issues and he’s dumb.Why is it that black

quarterbacks are neversmart enough for the NFL?The media won’t say he’sdumb, they just say thatthey question his decisionmaking, his discipline orthat he has character issues.

When Vince Youngcame out of Texas, manycriticized his low Wonder-lic test score. But last yearTim Tebow bombed thetest yet everyone stood byhim, calling him a footballplayer ... blah, blah, blah.

There are some brightspots, however: formerTitans head coach Jeff Fish-er invested heavily into twoblack quarterbacks (Youngand Steve McNair), Dono-van McNabb is one themost respected players inthe league, and the mediaembraced Michael Vick inhis return.

Many believe that theVicks and McNabbs arechanging the way the NFLviews its quarterbacks.

But, Gabbert’s forgedrise to the top shows thatthe NFL is still looking forthe safe, traditional passer— the white passer.

WES GOLDBERGStaff Writer

DAVE MARTIN / ASSOCIATED PRESSDespite top-flight passing numbers, winning the Heisman and leading Auburn toa national championship, Cam Newton isn’t considered the top NFL draft pick.

If not for race card, Cam Newton would be No. 1

Opinionswww.CentralFloridaFuture.com • Monday, March 28, 2011


The goal of this col-umn is to announce thatthe Central Florida Futurewill not be endorsing acandidate for the 2011Student GovernmentAssociation Presidentialelections.

I ask you, then, to nottake these next wordslightly: We did not reachthis conclusion becauseof a dislike of the candi-dates.

We chose not to endorse a candi-date because the tickets are too simi-lar in their respective goals and nei-ther ticket stood out enough towarrant a shining endorsement. Allcandidates involved have sufficientexperience and clear platform prom-ises, none of which we objected to.

Endorsements are challenges thatdon’t just involve a senior editormaking a decision on behalf of anentire staff. It takes several senioreditors and reporters to come to aconclusion about which ticket willbe preferable.

The aim is to take an educated,experienced group of individualsand formulate a well-researchedopinion on which ticket is best forthe community.

Walking into the conferenceroom, a few editors were convincedthat endorsing was the answer.When presented with the argumentthat endorsing could be seen as bias,they made the legitimate point thatnot endorsing could look just asbiased — in this case, toward pleas-ing SGA instead of taking a stand.

We clearly separate the Opinionssection of our newspaper from theNews, Variety and Sports sections.We hope you, the reader, can differ-entiate between the facts and theeditorials.

As someone who has been heavi-ly involved with the military sincebirth, I have an attachment to theidea of endorsing a candidate. Keymilitary endorsements are an impor-tant boon for national candidatesand, in this case, I had to set aside

the mindset of partisan-ship.

As a staff, we wereimpressed with how openand willing to talk thisyear’s candidates were. Iappreciated late-nightphone calls, deep discus-sions about articles andcandidates’ availabilitywhenever I needed to talkto them.

We think both plat-forms present interesting,

new ideas that help propel UCF intothe 21st century and bring intercon-nectivity to parts of campus thathave been ignored. We also enjoyedthe talks about transparency andbringing new faces to student gov-ernment, as these have been chal-lenges for SGA in the past year.

We’ve decided to allow eachpresidential candidate 300 words todescribe how they differ from theiropposition.

We’ve also offered them another300 words to speak as a combinedticket on the one topic that clearlyseparates them from their opposingticket. They will run unedited andexactly as they were sent to us.

Registered student organizations,members of student government, orother individuals who would like tosubmit their personal endorsementsmay do so. We’ll publish themonline, unedited and just as theywere written.

We hope that, after reading these,you can reach a stronger conclusionabout who you’d like to see workingin the SGA office for the next year.

The most important thing we canask for from students regardingthese elections is that voter turnoutincreases from previous years.

We wish the best of luck to bothtickets both in these elections and inthe future. I have a feeling that itwon’t be the last time we worktogether.

For a full review of the staff’sthought process on endorsement, seethe pros and cons list below this col-umn.

Endorsement not inthe ‘Future’s’ future

NATE BEELER / THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

EMRE KELLYEditor-in-Chief

In my time serving in studentgovernment I have seen a lot ofstudent leaders. Many of theseleaders have been successful inacademics, other organizations,and in the community. Each andevery one of these leaders had animpact on my ability to be aleader within student govern-ment.

Some taught me integrity andhard work, while others showedme less than admirable traits.

Through it all, I’ve been ableto separate the good from the bad. I havemade it a point, over the past three years, toonly associate with those I respect for theirstrong leadership and upstanding character.

This is the difference.This is what makes me the best candi-

date for President. My ability to focus onlyon what is best for students has allowed methe fortune of being where I am today. Itruly believe that this strength is also myopponent’s weakness. I also believe that ifstudents look at past accomplishments anddecisions, they will agree.

I have always sided with the best interestof the student body, even if it conflictedwith my own interests. I cannot say the

same for the other side. This is apivotal trait in looking for themost qualified student bodypresident.

Another essential characteris-tic is true experience. Each yeararound this time, candidates allclaim to have experience. Andthey’re right. No one goes intothis process without any experi-ence.

That being said, it’s importantto remember what true experi-ence actually means. The experi-

ence necessary to be student body presi-dent or vice president amounts to morethan just holding positions elsewhere. Itrequires a history of taking tough stanceson important issues. I have done that. Ihave stood strong for individual studentrights on campus and increases in fundingopportunities for students and organiza-tions.

I urge students to consider all of thesequalifications and to watch the debates thathave taken place over the past couple ofweeks. Once done, I am confident that stu-dents will cast their vote for the absolutebest candidates: Nicholas S. Gurney andFernando Gonzales.

True experience necessary

NICHOLAS GURNEYSpecial to the Future

When dealing with StudentGovernment, I feel one of themost important things to consid-er is the accessibility andapproachability of student lead-ers. SGA’s number one mission isto advocate on behalf of everyUCF Knight; but if even a singlestudent feels they can’t approachSGA with a concern, then Stu-dent Government has failed in itsmission.

During the campaigningprocess, one thing I have heardtime and time again from the students I’vehad the privilege of meeting with is thatAdam and I are more approachable individu-als.

We have the experience, we’ve been inthese organizations, we’ve seen what thesestudents have seen and been where they’vebeen. That type of experience has drastical-ly altered how we approach student repre-

sentation, and we acknowledgethat while not every student isengaged, every student has anopinion.

After meeting with so manystudents during the campaign,Adam and I are very excitedabout how our image of accessi-bility has already taken shape.

We heard student concerns,placed them on our official plat-form, and those we met withacknowledged we were genuinelyseeking their input. Our opposi-

tion has attacked some of our platformpoints saying these student concerns aresimply impossible to fix. To that we ask stu-dents to redefine what is and is not possible.

If a student doubts even for a moment ifAdam and I can take action on an issue, theyneed only visit our website (www.possibili-tyredefined.com), view our plan, and seeexactly how possible some things really are.

Approachable, accessible

MATTHEW MCCANNSpecial to the Future

The main area thatdifferentiates me frommy competition is theknowledge of what istruly important. While alot of issues raised dur-ing this election cycleare very important, thereare a few that qualify asmost important.

During the first townhall hosted by the Multi-cultural Student Center,a student asked bothcandidates what they thought the mostimportant resource provided by SGA is. Myopposition answered that student leadersare most important. This is simply not thecase.

Most students would agree that it is notthe leadership put in place, but rather theresults of that leadership. When asked thesame question, Fernando and I answered

that information is thesingle greatest resourceavailable to students.This is because informa-tion empowers all stu-dents to be more effec-tive than individualleaders could ever be.

Our administrationvows not to focus on our-selves or our egos.Rather, we want to focuson spreading the word onimportant resources,

services, and funding opportunities that stu-dents truly care about. SGA is not a self-service organization and should not be usedto better leadership or improve self-image.

If elected, we pledge to keep to theseand other promises made during the courseof our campaign. This is because trustingyour leaders is almost as important as whatyour candidates think is most important.

Info, not ego, fuels campaign

NICHOLAS GURNEY AND FERNANDO GONZALES

Special to the Future

A very integral part ofAdam and my campaignhas been the want anddesire for student input.

With a diverse com-munity of 56,000 stu-dents, it would be impos-sible to do right in ourdecisions while ignoringwhat the students have tosay. I truthfully feel thatNick and I have very dif-fering opinions on justhow important the needto involve students is.

During the election debates and townhalls, the question was asked multiple timesof how to involve more students with Stu-dent Government. Many of the responsesNick gave signaled that his priorities liedmore with restructuring the Student Gov-ernment office, and not as much on goingout and actively engaging students.

It’s certainly no secret that the SGAoffice can be intimidating at times, but forc-ing students to come to us to get answersdoesn’t seem like the right approach in myeyes.

Adam and I havedeveloped many pointscentering on involvingstudents in the process.We’ve discussed littlethings like having openoffice hours around cam-pus and wider reachingthings, such as requiringevery SGA ExecutiveBranch member to attendstudent organizationmeetings.

Hosting town hallsand going to student events are great waysto make ourselves accessible to students.Adam and I have even discussed our desireto incorporate direct-feedback polls on SGAexpenditures into places like our websiteand an SGA smartphone application.

Student services and students’ rights ini-tiatives are without a doubt extremelyimportant, and a huge emphasis of our cam-paign; however, without getting enough stu-dents input, the decisions we made wouldrepresent only our small corner of UCF, andthat would not make us very effectivespeakers of the student voice.

Student input paramount

MATTHEW MCCANN AND ADAM BROCKSpecial to the Future

PROS AND CONS OF CANDIDATES

Gurney & GonzalesTheir campaign platform is gener-

ally strong and attacks many top-tierissues, such as how SGA can affectacademics and safety around cam-pus.

They also advocate establishingnew health initiatives for students,which is a topic rarely touched on bySGA. The duo also pushes for med-ical amnesty, which would legallyprotect students who seek medicalhelp as a result of illegal actions.

Gurney is intelligent, well spokenand has applicable experience inlegal studies.

McCann & BrockThe candidates have ideas that

push forward technology at UCF,such as fingerprint scanners in theRecreation & Wellness Center thatcan help speed up entry.

Brock’s dedication to new UCFinitiatives, such KnightLynx, isimpressive and shows his potential toeffectively execute large-scale proj-ects.

The candidates are good ‘peoplepersons’ and are friendly, personableand approachable in an SGA envi-ronment that values transparency.

Gurney & GonzalesGonzales is the head of the Con-

ference Registration and TravelCommittee, which is the organiza-tion that allocates funds to registeredstudent organizations. The CRTcommittee has been running low onfunds and there has been discussionof borrowing money from other SGAorganizations. It’s important to knowthat our school’s SGA vice presidentis fiscally responsible and capable ofhandling SGA’s $17-million budget.

While Gurney is a good speaker,Gonzales lacks some public speakingability, which is extremely importantin a vice presidential role.

McCann & BrockBrock’s strong reputation on cam-

pus overshadows his runningmateand begs the question, ‘Why isn’tBrock the one running for president?’

This also raises concerns aboutwho will be the main force behinddecision making if the ticket wins.Will Brock play a prominent role inmaking decisions, or will he onlyassume the role of vice president?

Also, McCann had little publicexposure before the elections. Whilehe’s a good public speaker, is he pre-pared to take on a high-profile role?

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Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke 3/28/11

(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 3/28/11

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Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt of WinterPark, FLis looking for an hourlyshift leader with morning avail.

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