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Knights golfer Brad Schneider hasovercome obstacles — SEE SPORTS, A8
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TODAY’SWEATHER
College comes withmore then just an academ-ic education.
For most students, col-lege deals with living inde-pendently for the first timein their lives. This comeswith a responsibility to notonly wake up on time for
class or learn how to makea meal other then ramennoodles, but to have anunderstanding of alcoholawareness.
Pi Delta Psi fraternityand Delta Phi Lambdasorority are teaming up togive students an opportu-nity to learn more aboutthe effects of alcohol.
The organizations will
be hosting an AlcoholAwareness Workshop inthe Student Union in thethird-floor ballroom(316AB) on Friday, Sept. 30,at 9 p.m.
Online mentorprogram tohelp womenand minorities
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EMILY BLACKWOODContributing Writer
Will you attend theprogram?:www.UCFNews.com
Chapters hope to encourage responsibility
MentorNet now open to colleges
CHRISTIAN GOODEN / ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH / MCT
Phi Delta Psi fraternity and Delta Phi Lambda sorority are teaming up to givestudents an opportunity to learn more about the effects of alcohol.
Greeks to host alcohol seminar
The number of women and minorities in thecareer fields of science, technology, engineeringand mathematics is disproportionately low, andan online mentorship program is working toturn that statistic around.
MentorNet, a website that has matched 3,000STEM studentswith mentorsfrom companiessuch as AT&T andIntel, has nowopened its servic-es to anyone witha university emailaddress.
In the past, uni-versities had topurchase a $5,000annual subscrip-tion for studentsto participate.
While alldemographics arewelcome to signup on the site, thecompany’s main goal is to aid females andminorities in succeeding in STEM fields.
“To have a mentor who is in the industry whohas gotten to the other side and is saying, ‘Hey, letme show you the ropes,’ that’s a true encourage-ment beyond getting good grades and doinghomework,” David Porush, president of Mentor-Net, said.
The mentor/mentee interaction is conductedcompletely online. Porush said this form of men-
LAURA NEWBERRYSenior Staff Writer
PLEASE SEE STEM ON A6
Uncover Central Florida
The UCF chapter of theNational Society of Colle-giate Scholars has been themost active and engagedchapter for three straightyears -- it even has the goldstars to prove it.
The Gold STAR Award isonly given to the most activeand engaged NSCS chap-ters, and UCF received it forthe third straight year.
According to the nation-al group’s webpage, NSCSexists to recognize and ele-vate high achievers. Theyare students dedicated tothe ideals of scholarship,leadership and service -ideals that are evident inevery benefit and scholar-ship offered.
For more than 17 years,
members of NSCS havebeen united by scholarshipand endowed to succeed.
“NSCS is a growthopportunity, leadership
For students interestedin continuing their educa-tion after they earn a four-year degree from UCF, thepressure starts to build upwhen it comes time tostudy for the various stan-dardized tests.
It’s those multi-hour-long tests that are a majorvariable in determiningstudents’ eligibility tomove on with their educa-tion.
With these types oftests evident in many stu-dents’ lives across thecountry, 14-year-oldCharis Freiman-Mendeland her mother, JennieAnn Freiman, co-wrotethe self-published stan-dardized test preparation
cookbook titled, CookYour Way Through theS.A.T.
By combining her pas-sion for cooking and whatstarted out as fulfilling ahome-school classrequirement to prepare forthe Secondary School
Admission Test, whichresembles the SAT andhelps determine place-ment into independent
STEPHANIE REYESContributing Writer
KAITLYN TEABOSenior Staff Writer
Book makes SAT studying a piece of cake
Cooking up good test scoresGold stars not just forgrade-school students Will the book help
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Dralion’brings gymnasts, jumpers andjugglers to UCF Arena.
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Financial facts from SunTrustNeed financial advice?The Money Matters
workshop will be present-ed by Sherry Grazianoand Sue Pierce from SunTrust.
Graziano and Piercewill show students how tomanage their money bypreparing a personalspending plan and identi-fying ways to decreasespending while increas-ing income.
The workshop will beheld Thursday, Sept. 29,from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in theStudent Union, Room 223.
To RSVP or for moreinformation, contact TaraJohnson at [email protected] or 407-823-4373.
Get a taste of the CaribbeanThe Caribbean Student
Association will host CSAWeek 2011’s biggest eventFriday, Sept. 30, from 7p.m. to 10 p.m. The eventwill be held in the BarbaraYing Center
CSA will have foodfrom nine differentCaribbean countries avail-able for attendees to try.
For more information,contact Danielle Matthewat [email protected].
AROUND CAMPUS
News and notices forthe UCF community
House speaker says Fla.primary likely Jan.31
TALLAHASSEE —House Speaker Dean Can-non says Florida likely willhold its presidential pri-mary on Jan. 31.
The Republican saidthat should secure Flori-da’s place as the fifth stateto hold presidential pri-maries or caucuses.
Cannon said Floridaofficials do not want to goahead of the four states thattraditionally go first —Iowa, New Hampshire,Nevada and South Carolina.
Broward to consider opening own charter schools
FORT LAUDERDALE— The Broward Countyschool board is consider-ing opening its own char-ter schools.
The board on Tuesdaydirected district staff toresearch the possibility inlight of declining enroll-ment at traditional publicschools.
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The UCF chapter of the NationalSociety of Collegiate Scholars wasgiven the Gold STAR Award.
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This week’s photos feature members of Cirque du Soleil during the opening night of theDralion performance in the UCF Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 21.
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The U.S. Department ofEducation released anofficial report this monthshowing a significantincrease in loan defaults ofrecent college graduates.
The amount of stu-dents who default withinthe first two years ofrepayment has increasedfrom 4.5 percent in 2003 to8.8 percent in 2009.
Isaly Morgan, a recentUCF graduate with a mas-ter’s in social work, is notsurprised by this increase.Morgan believes the rea-son is because it is takinglonger for graduates tofind jobs.
“When they do secure ajob, they are less likely tohave a job in their fieldand are paid less thanexpected,” Morgan said.“Sadly, they do not earnthe salary they hoped theirdegree would supply.”
Many would agree withthe speculation that thesenumbers parallel theincreasing amount of peo-ple affected by the reces-sion, but Mary McKinney,executive director ofUCF’s Office of FinancialAid Assistance, has a dif-ferent understanding.
McKinney said that theincrease is reflected in theway these percentages arebeing calculated.
“The calculations arebased on a snapshot intime based on populationthrough one year,” McKin-ney said. “This would bedifferent if the time spanwere changed to threeyears.”
These numbers do notinclude those studentswho may or may not havedefaulted after the two-year period considered inthe data set used by theU.S. Department of Educa-tion’s cohort rate calcula-tions.
This is not to discountthose who are truly suffer-ing from the alarmingincrease of unemploy-ment, McKinney said, butshe believes this is not partof the bigger picture. Stu-dents should be moreaware of what they aredoing when they take out aloan.
“When we see studentsborrowing in excess, wetry to help,” McKinneysaid.
Inez Ford, associatedirector of the Office ofFinancial Aid Assistancealso believes educatingstudents from the begin-ning is of great impor-tance.
“Freshmen seminarsare one way we try toreach our students fromthe beginning,” Ford said.
UCF also enforcescounseling during everystage of the loan processto ensure students areaware of their options andways to stay on track.When students take out aStafford loan, they arerequired to take anentrance counseling ses-sion online; when theygraduate, they arerequired to take an exitcounseling session.
Throughout the timestudents are receivingfunds, they are also able totrack their payments,interest rates and total bal-ances by visiting the UCFfinancial aid website andclicking the link to theNational Student LoanData Systems.
Ford suggests studentspay attention to theimportant links on thefinancial aid website forhelp with calculating loantotals.
Students begin receiv-ing bills for their loans sixto nine months after theygraduate. If they do notmake payments on time,the loan then goes into
default. The consequencesare high for students whoend up defaulting on theirloans. Depending on theamount of time that haspassed, the government isallowed to add late fees,garnish wages, retractdues from tax refunds oreven sue the student forthe total loan amount.
Graduates who aretruly unable to make theirmonthly payments canrequest a deferment oftheir loan or a forbear-ance, which allows anextension, or decrease, ofpayments. These optionsare temporary and will notdissolve the loans. Some-times taking out a loan isunavoidable, but McKin-ney said caution should betaken when deciding howmuch a student needs toaccept.
“The most importantthing to realize is thatevery penny you take nowwill cost more when yourepay it,” she said.
Morgan, whose totalundergrad and graduateprogram loans total$55,000, now pays $385 permonth.
“My advice is take outonly what you absolutelyneed,” Morgan said.
The UCF financial aidwebsite provides adviceon credit management,budgeting and consolida-tion among other topics.
“There are many pro-grams to assist those [stu-dents] who actually payattention,” Ford said.
Borrowers who areunable to make paymentsor need assistance shouldvisit studentloans.gov or
contact their lender at theearliest sign of economicinstability. Students whoneed more information onstudent loans and optionsmay visit UCF’s financialaid website or studen-taid.ed.gov.
College grads struggle with loan repaymentVANESSA HORNEDO
Contributing Writer
CFF ARCHIVE
The U.S. Department of Education released an official report this month showing a significant increase in loan defaults of recent college graduates.
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junior high and highschools, Freiman-Mendelcreated a new and innova-tive way for others to pre-pare for the verbal sectionsof standardized tests.
“The book combinesrecipes and fun-fact blurbsabout an ingredient in orthe history about a recipe,”Freiman-Mendel said. “Thefun-fact blurbs contain 10vocabulary words. It is trulya great way to memorizewords for numerous stan-dardized tests.”
Although the book liststhe SAT in the title, the testFreiman-Mendel had inmind when writing it, shebelieves all standardizedtests use the same vocabu-lary and could be used tostudy for any number ofthem, including the SAT,
ACT, PSAT, GRE and oth-ers.
“If a student learns all1,000 words that are in mybook, they can improvetheir scores on any of thestandardized tests,”Freiman-Mendel said.
This unique test-prepa-ration book incorporatesvarious strategies for build-ing vocabulary, includingcontextual reference, mak-ing associations and con-nections and engaging inword play, rather than justusing note cards.
“Most of the time, learn-ing vocabulary consists ofmemorizing long lists ofwords,” Freiman-Mendelsaid. “This can becomemundane quickly. Our aimfor this book is to encour-age people to learn vocabu-lary, but do so by discover-ing the meaning of words
through context and byhaving fun.”
Freiman-Mendel had agoal of helping test takersrealize that studying doesn’thave to be an annoyance byencouraging gourmet cook-ing and healthy eatingamong younger people.
Russell Schaffer, KaplanTesting Center senior com-munications manager,thinks this cookbook couldbe a great way for studentsto study, but he warns that ofall other studying material.
“At Kaplan, we knowfrom experience that learn-
ing is most effective whenit’s reinforced through mul-tiple methods of study, sosupplemental options thathelp increase a student’svocabulary can definitelybe a good idea,” Schaffersaid. “It’s important to notethat an offering like this isn’ta substitute for a compre-hensive prep program —rather, it’s another resourceto serve students who arelooking to supplement theirlearning in fun, non-tradi-tional ways.”
With recent changes tothe GRE, including a longertest and more focused essayprompts with only half anhour to complete each one,perhaps the most promi-nent change is the fact thatthe quantitative and verbalsections, which deal withmath and language skillsrespectively, now make up
the bulk of the four-hourtest.
These changes meansthere is a bigger emphasison vocabulary knowledgeand a better chance for stu-dents studying for the GREto try this new and differentapproach to learning vocab-ulary, like Ryan Grail, whowill be taking the GRE nextyear.
Grail, a junior publicadministration student,thinks the Cook Your WayThrough the S.A.T. prepa-ration cookbook may be agood way to get somestudying in for the majortest.
“It seems like a fun andinteresting way to learn def-initions of many complexwords that will be on thetest, and I think it is possibleto learn a lot from it,” Grailsaid.
their sophomore year, theyare more likely to keep uptheir GPA, Griffith said.
Part of their obligationsto the community is partic-ipating in volunteer oppor-tunities. NSCS actively vol-unteers for organizationsincluding Ronald McDon-ald House Charities andOutReach Love (a mentor-ing program). The UCFchapter also does socialevents within the organiza-tion at least once a semes-ter.
Sophomore politicalscience major LaShaundaHayes became a memberof NSCS last spring. Hayesreally enjoys the servicethe club offered to the localcommunity, particularlywhen working with theRonald McDonald charity.
“It was a wonderfulexperience. We all workedtogether and made fourpans of baked ziti for theresidents of the RonaldMcDonald House,” Hayes
said. “Afterwards, wereceived a tour of the facil-ity and gained more insightas to how it operates andwhy it was created. We’vealready begun discussingwhat future meals we canmake for the residents.”
Hayes is looking for-ward to more serviceopportunities with the clubin the future and said shebelieves that service is animportant aspect of anyorganization.
“We are a group ofblessed scholars trying togive back to the Orlandocommunity,” she said.
In order to at leastmaintain the Gold STARstatus, NSCS plans onmaking sure it meets everyrequirement in the chapterchecklist. The club hopesto advance to PlatinumSTAR status this year.
The group has alreadysubmitted the budget forfall, begun their communi-ty service projects and is
planning to achieve colle-giate excellence programsthat will run monthlythroughout the year.
“Students need to beaware of each and everyopportunity to help diver-sify themselves while atUCF,” Griffith said. “NSCSprovides an avenuethrough which you cannetwork, earn scholarshipsand develop leadershipskills.”
Members are invited tojoin NSCS at the end oftheir freshmen year by thenational headquarters. Allfreshmen with a 3.4 GPA orabove are automaticallysent an invitation. Oncestudents receive this invita-tion, they can choose toaccept and pay the one-time lifetime registrationfee.
If you would like to joinafter the initial invitation,students can nominatethemselves atatnscs.org/doiqualify.
Recipes supply vocabulary for standardized testsFROM A1
training ground andresource,” said Sanessa Grif-fiths, president of the NSCSchapter at UCF. “Studentswho join meet people oncampus and at other schoolsthey might not have other-wise – people who becomefriends, long-term support-ers and future colleagues.”
NSCS is an honor societywelcoming high-achievingfreshmen and sophomores.Members of the society musthave a GPA of 3.4 or aboveand be among the top 20 per-cent of their class.
NSCS chapters can attainone of four STAR status lev-els: bronze, silver, gold andplatinum. Each level is deter-mined based on the quantityand quality of events a chap-ter held the previous year.
In order to attain a goldaward, chapters are required
to hold an induction ceremo-ny for new members, create astudent mentoring program,hold campus–wide events tosupport NSCS’ integrity ini-tiative, create an on-campusmembership recruitmentcampaign and engage a cam-pus office in a chapter event.
Sophomore history majorRachel Pastor joined thegroup this past summer andhas enjoyed the benefits ofmembership so far.
“NSCS is a great organiza-tion because not only arethere opportunities for schol-arships, but by participatingin the summer challenge, Iwas able to identify someareas in which I could excelmore,” Pastor said. “I learneda lot about the educationalopportunities that werebefore me.”
Griffith hopes the chaptercontinues to stand out on
campus, especially to newstudents who wish to achieveacademic excellence.
“We are different frommany honor societies, first inthat we reach out to fresh-men,” Griffith said.
The group believes that ifthey get a student going into
Honor society aimsto help communityFROM A1
COURTESY JENNIE ANN FREIMAN
Charis Freiman-Mendel, above, and her mother, Jennie Ann Freiman, co-wrotethe self-published standardized test preparation cookbook.
REBECCA STRANG / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
NSCS is an honor society welcoming high-achieving freshmen and sophomores who must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and be among the top 20 percent of their class.
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The workshop, whichis open to all students,will consist of playinggames, listening to guestspeakers and attending apresentation on theeffects that alcohol hason the body.
According to the Cen-tury Council, an organi-zation that preventsdrunk driving and under-age drinking, 73 percentof alcohol-impaired driv-ing fatalities in Floridawere cause by driver witha Blood Alcohol Concen-tration (BAC) of .15 orhigher.
This results from thekind of partying thatmost people relate to col-lege: taking multipleshots, not eating beforedrinking and mixingliquors.
Brittany Tai, presidentof Delta Phi Lambda, saidthe group is aware thatalcohol is a recurringissue among UCF and theGreek community.
The reason behindhosting this event is notto sway students awayfrom drinking but ratherto show them how to doso responsibly.
“We’re doing itbecause we don’t want totake the risk that some-thing unfortunate couldpossibly happen to some-one because of alcohol,”Tai said in an email.
The growing presenceof alcohol on collegecampuses also adds tothe cause.
“The issue of alcoholhas been circulating UCF,and undoubtedly othercampuses across thenation through time, sowe just want this event toremind students thatthere is a way to partyand drink responsibly. Byno means is this eventpreaching that we must-
n’t drink. It’s college,” Taisaid.
In April, UCF wasranked as No. 9 on Play-boy’s list of party schools.Tai, however, believesthat the majority of stu-dents come here for aneducation and the factthat UCF is one of thelargest-populated schoolscould have something dowith that ranking.
Pi Delta Psi fraternityleader John Nguyen saidthat hosting this alcoholawareness workshop is agood tool in teaching stu-dents how to drinkresponsibly, especiallysince most students arelikely to experience it.
“We know drinking isa big issue on campus,and we’re all college stu-dents. However, it would-n’t hurt to know whatyou’re putting into yourbody and the effects itwill have,” Nguyen said.
Currently, UCF’s alco-hol policy is like that ofany other university. Itprohibits the sale, service,possession and consump-tion of alcohol except indesignated areas or atpreapproved events.
For this reason, UCFalso has the Alcohol andOther Drugs PreventionProgram that is open toall students Mondaythrough Friday from 8a.m. to 5 p.m.
The program provideseducation on alcoholthrough many differentmeans such as seminars,screenings and educa-tional presentations.
Also, AOD providesinterventions for thosewho feel that they needhelp. These interventionscan be done in person bya trained graduate stu-dent or even onlinethrough e-CHUG.
Tai was at firstunaware of UCF’s alcoholprogram until she came
across AOD and found itto be a helpful service forall students.
“This shows that ourcampus cares about thehealth and wellness of itsstudents,” Tai said.
Though Delta PhiLambda has risk-manage-ment events every year,they are not always onthe same subject as theyear before. However, ifthe Alcohol AwarenessWorkshop is a success, itcould be open to UCFstudents every year.
Nguyen encouragesstudents to join them onFriday and said that itwould be good to teachstudents to drink moreresponsibly.
“Come out to theworkshop,” Nguyen said.“Hopefully you can learnmore about alcoholawareness.”
Fraternity sees workshop as a teaching toolFROM A1
JARRAD HENDERSON / DETROIT FREE PRESS / MCT
The Pi Delta Psi fraternity and Delta Phi Lambda sorority will be hosting an Alcohol Awareness Workshop in the Student Union on Friday at 9 p.m.
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torship provides a conven-ient form of interaction forstudents that could benefitfrom communicating withsuccessful STEM profes-sionals.
To match a mentor witha student, an algorithm isused that takes into consid-eration the students’ yearsin school, majors and whatthey consider to be theirgreatest hurdles in theSTEM field.
Although many of thementees are females andminorities, Porush said thatthe mentors are demo-graphically representativeof those that are in the pro-fession, which, by and largeare white males.
“We think that withproper discussion andresources that a white mancan be sympathetic andhelp coach an Africanwoman,” Porush said. “Thestatistics from our relation-
ships show that.”About 95 percent of stu-
dents that have gonethrough the program havegraduated from collegewith STEM degrees, Porushsaid.
The web-based programrequires the mentor to facil-itate conversation via email,much of which revolvesaround topics that are givento the mentors by the com-pany.
Porush said that the top-ics are formulated to helpstudents with obstacles thataren’t necessarily lecturedon in the classroom. Forexample, a mentor mightspend a week chatting witha student on the importanceof professional networkingor the importance of whatcollaborative effort meansin the workplace.
Mentors also help stu-dents with power strugglesand discrimination issuesthat may arise in theircareer fields.
STEM majors frommore than 100 schools haveparticipated in program, butUCF students have yet tosign up, according to Men-torNet records.
Civil engineering profes-sor Ola Nnadi said that theprogram has potential forfemale and minority UCFstudents.
“Some might benefitfrom it; some might not.People perceive things andreceive things differently,”Nnadi said. “The onlineprogram sounds great, butthere’s no face to the names.I don’t know what the out-come would be becausethere’s no emotional con-nection.”
Porush said thatalthough in-person contactmay be lacking, the facilitat-ed discussion among men-tor and mentee often blos-soms into a friendship ofsorts where the STEM pro-fessional makes themselvesavailable to the students by
phone or text.Nnadi said that women
and minorities often needan extra push, which Men-torNet strives to provide, tomake it in the field.
“For every woman whogoes into STEM, there’salways that glass ceilingwhich is very difficult tocrack,” Nnadi said. “Youjust have to compete withthe boys to be able to getthere.”
Porush said that only 14percent of women hold
positions in STEM careers,and the National ScienceFoundation reports that 8percent are African Ameri-can. A similarly low numberof employees are Hispanic.
In contrast, 68 percent ofMentorNet participants arefemale, and 14 percent areAfrican American or His-panic.
“It’s something I mightlook into later on when I’mlooking for internships,”said freshman computerengineering major Christi-
na Leichtenschlag, who oneday hopes to work for IBM.“If this program helps us getahead, that’s just anotherthing we can use as anadvantage to prove toeveryone that we’re equalwith men when it comes towhat we can do.”
“When you bring in peo-ple of diverse background,you bring in diverse per-spective,” Nnadi said. “Thatis why there is that need tomentor women in theSTEM program.”
FROM A1
UCF TODAY
MentorNet, which matches students with mentors, has now opened its services to anyone with a university email address.
STEM leaders share advice
TUCSON, Ariz. — Theman accused of woundingRep. Gabrielle Giffords in adeadly shooting rampage isscheduled Wednesday tomake his first court appear-ance since an angry out-burst got him kicked out ofa May competency hearing.
Jared Lee Loughner’smental status is again theorder of business, as a judgedecides whether it’s likelythe 23-year-old can bemade competent to standtrial.
But this time around,Loughner will be under theeffects of psychotropicdrugs, which he has beenforced to take the past 60days.
U.S. District Judge LarryBurns will decide whetherto grant prosecutors’request to extend Loughn-er’s stay at a Missouriprison facility by anothereight months. A psycholo-gist told the court thatLoughner remains mentallyunfit to stand trial, but thatthe extended stay wouldgive him time to improveand become competent.
Burns may also discusswhether to hold anotherhearing on Loughner’sforcible medication.
Loughner has been atthe Springfield, Mo., facilitythe past four months afterBurns found him mentallyunfit for trial.
The judge’s decision fol-lowed a May 25 hearing inTucson in which Loughner
interruptedthe proceed-ings with aloud rant.“Thank youfor the freekill. She diedin front ofme. Your
cheesiness,” he said,according to court tran-scripts.
Federal marshalswhisked Loughner from thecourtroom, and he watchedthe rest of the hearing onclosed-circuit TV from aseparate room.
Experts have concludedLoughner suffers fromschizophrenia.
The judge requiredLoughner’s presence atWednesday’s hearing, eventhough Loughner’s lawyers
objected and argued travel-ing would be disruptive fortheir mentally ill client.
Loughner wanted toattend the hearing so hecould see his parents, wholive in Tucson.
Dr. Christina Pietz, apsychologist treatingLoughner, is expected totestify that she believesLoughner can be madementally fit for trial duringan extended stay at the Mis-souri facility.
Loughner’s attorneysargue prosecutors havefailed to prove such an out-come is probable.
Loughner has pleadednot guilty to 49 chargesstemming from the Jan. 8shooting that killed six andinjured 13, including Gif-fords.
If Burns decides toextend Loughner’s stay inMissouri, the judge likelywill discuss whether to holdanother hearing to deter-mine if Loughner shouldcontinue to be forciblymedicated in a bid to makehim mentally fit for trial.
Prison officials haveforcibly medicated Loughn-er with psychotropic drugsafter concluding at anadministrative hearing thathe posed a danger at theprison.
Loughner’s lawyers havebeen seeking to have thejudge, rather than theprison, decide whetherLoughner should be med-icated.
Loughner was firstforcibly medicatedbetween June 21 and July 1,
but an appeals court tem-porarily halted the medica-tions after defense lawyersobjected.
The forced medicationresumed July 19 after prisonofficials concluded Lough-ner’s psychological condi-tion was deteriorating, not-ing he had been pacing incircles near his cell door,screaming and crying forhours at a time.
Defense lawyers haverepeatedly asked Burns anda federal appeals court tohalt the forced medications.
Loughner’s medicationsinclude the sedativelorazepam, the antidepres-sant Wellbutrin andRisperidone, a drug usedfor people with schizophre-nia, bipolar disorder andsevere behavior problems.
AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press
Loughner
Judge to mull an extension of Loughner’s treatment
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OZZIE GUILLEN ANNOUNCEDAS MARLINS’NEW SKIPPER
MIAMI — The Ozzie era has begunfor the Florida Marlins.
Hours before the final game in thestadium they’re leaving, the Marlinsformally introduced Ozzie Guillen astheir manager for 2012.
“We’re very excited,”Guillen said at astadium news conference Wednesday.“It’s a big, big step in my career, a newchapter. Hopefully I can bring energy,flavor and enthusiasm, but the mostimportant thing is a winning team.”
The announcement carried littlesuspense. Guillen’s website leaked thenews late Monday that he had agreedto become the Marlins’manager, andhe tweeted Tuesday that he was inMiami and “ready to go.”
The Marlins are staggering to a last-place finish in the NL East. With theteam moving to a new ballpark andmaking a push to become a contender,owner Jeffrey Loria wanted anexperienced manager.
“I’m very excited about the newpark,”Guillen said. “It’s pretty nice —wow. I hope the fans will be excitedabout the new era for the Marlins. Theyshould be excited. I want the fans to gothere and say, ‘This is a beautifulballpark, but let’s watch the guys play.’”
The Marlins are leaving the stadiumwhere they’ve played since their firstgame in 1993, and will move into thenew ballpark near downtown nextspring as the Miami Marlins. Guillen’snews conference preceded a bigceremony in conjunction with the finalgame of the season Wednesday againstthe Washington Nationals.
“All the pieces are coming together,”slugger Mike Stanton said. “We got thestadium, and we got the manager.”
Guillen’s news conference drew acrowd to rival some Marlins games,with about 75 reporters, photographersand cameramen cramming into a roomnear the Marlins’clubhouse. He’ll beLoria’s fourth skipper since early 2010.
Jack McKeon said Monday heplanned to retire at the end of theseason. Hours later, Guillen announcedhe was leaving the Chicago White Soxafter eight seasons, including a run tothe World Series title in 2005.
There had been speculation for morethan a year that Guillen would becoming to Miami, which gets himcloser to his native Venezuela. Heworked for Loria as McKeon’s third basecoach with the Marlins’2003 WorldSeries championship team.
Guillen became the White Soxmanager that November, and in eightseasons he had a record of 678-617.Only Jimmy Dykes and Al Lopez wonmore games with the franchise.
The White Sox were expected tocontend for the AL Central title this yearbut struggled to their third sub-.500finish under Guillen. It was asometimes stormy tenure, and theoutspoken Guillen’s relationship withMarlins management could createsome off-the-field excitement.
Strong-willed Joe Girardi lasted onlyone season with Florida in 2006,clashed with Loria and others in theorganization, and was fired shortlybefore being chosen NL Manager of theYear.
UCF VIES TO HAVE NO.1 FANSTALLAHASSEE – Does the University
of Central Florida have the state’s No. 1fans? The Florida Fan Game, whichstarted Sept. 2, will decide by puttingUCF against five other Floridauniversities in a contest highlightingfootball and tourism.
Head football coach George O’Leary isleading the Knights charge, startingwith a wave of TV spots and videos.
The contest, hosted by VISIT FLORIDA,aims to tap the energy of football fans,students, alumni and other universitysupporters and convert it into supportfor tourism, the Sunshine State’s No. 1industry and top employer. Fans willplay by inviting thousands of friends,relatives and colleagues to visit Florida.
The competing schools are UCF,Florida A&M University, Florida StateUniversity, the University of Florida, theUniversity of Miami and the Universityof South Florida. The school whose fanbase sends the most invitations by Dec.5 wins.
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After nearly losing his leg to a battle with compartment syndrome, UCF’s BradSchneider had to learn how to walk again before becoming the Knights’ top golfer
Knights golfer Brad Schnei-der stepped onto the collegiategreen for the first time fouryears ago extremely lucky.
He had the same feeling asany other student athlete wouldhave when competing in his orher sport for the first time incollege, except his was stronger.
It was the best feeling ever.Schneider walked up to the
tee sporting a leg brace on hisleft leg. His biggest stroke ofluck was just that: He walked upto the tee, and he had a brace onhis left leg.
Five years ago, Schneiderhad a plan.
A decorated high school andamateur golfer, he expected tocome to UCF and be an instantimpact on the golf team.
A nightmare before Thanks-giving during his senior year ofhigh school, however, ruinedeverything.
Just a few weeks after he hadsigned a National Letter ofIntent to play for UCF, Schnei-
der played a pick-up footballgame with some friends. Sud-denly, he was pulled back frombehind. His right leg got caughtbehind him, and he suffered afemur fracture.
Instead of spending Thanks-giving at home, he spent theholiday in surgery.
“Right when it happened,right when that day beforeThanksgiving when I knewsomething bad had happened,everything was rushing throughmy mind, because I think I hadsigned with UCF two or threeweeks before,” Schneider said.“I was looking forward to play-ing for them and everything,and then I do that and knew Iwas going to be out for awhilebut I didn’t really know whatwas to come.”
What did come was anotherproblem. A complicationstemmed from his surgery – inhis other leg.
Schneider thinks that thelength of the surgery on hisright leg spurred the complica-tion in his left leg, which suf-fered compartment syndrome,
a buildup of air and fluids inmuscle compartments.
“When they were doing thetests, they do a little pressuretest with a needle or something,and they said that if they hadcome in an hour and a half later,they probably would have hadto amputate my left leg from theknee down,” Schneider said.
He went on to have fivemore surgeries on his left leg ina span of eight days for a total ofnine surgeries. He still had bothof his legs, but he didn’t golf formore than a year.
“It was crazy because it wasjust like a freak accident when ithappened but the left leg waswhat took me out for the wholeyear, pretty much,” he said.
When Schneider talked tothen-head coach Nick Clinardthree weeks after the fiasco, itwas decided that the golferwould redshirt his freshmanyear and focus on recovering.
“I was going to come back,”Schneider said. “Everyone wastelling me that I was going tocome back, and he [Clinard]was just another support sys-
tem that, you know, ‘As long asyou come in and try your hard-est, that’s all we want and that’sall we wanted to see.’”
Despite being surroundedby optimism, the golfer wasn’tso sure. Schneider had doubtsfrom the day his injury untilmonths later when he was justgetting back on his feet, and thebone in his right leg was stillgrowing.
“I was just learning how towalk again,” Schneider said. “Iwas like, how was I going toswing a golf club?”
Schneider worked hard torecover. He went through ahandful of braces before hefound one that was comfort-able. When he got to UCF, hesaw a physical therapist severaltimes a week for a year to regainhis strength.
Finally, Schneider’s colle-giate golf dreams weren’t so far-fetched. Finally, he believed ineverybody’s optimism.
“[I] knew after I came toschool and started rehabbing
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and everything, gettingthrough that process whereI started hitting balls again, Ifelt like I was going to comeback, and I was telling [Cli-nard] that, finally, after somany people telling methat,” Schneider said.
Current head coachBryce Wallor met Schnei-der when he was still acoach at University of Ten-nessee and views the senioras a role model for theKnights and for otherteams.
“He hit the absoluterock-bottom low that hecould physically and tookhis time to build himselfback up, and that’s just noteasy to do,” Wallor said.
When Schneider finallystepped onto the green as aredshirt freshman in 2008,it was “the best feelingever.”
Schneider has quicklyreached the successes thathe had long since hoped for.He’s helped UCF claimthree-straight Conference
USA titles and played in theNCAA Championship as afreshman after he placedsecond and UCF placedfirst in the regional.
When Wallor, who cameto UCF in 2009, first metSchneider and saw his legbrace, he asked Clinardwhat had happened. Cli-nard explained the scenario.
“Not being his coach, Ijust kind of looked at it andsaid wow, that’s a prettytough guy right there,” Wal-lor said.
Schneider’s toughnesshas more than paid off.After placing second in sev-eral tournaments, Schnei-der won his first individualtitle in the first tournamentof this season when he tiedfor first at the NorthernIntercollegiate in SugarGrove, Ill. His win led to aC-USA Golfer of the Weekaccolade on Sept. 14. He alsowent on to take third placeat the Adams Cup of New-port in Middletown, R.I., inhis second tournament ofthe season.
After learning how to
walk again and beingunable to play for morethan a year, Schneider alsore-worked his swing. Sincelast fall, Schneider and hisnew swing coach havetaken the time to perfect it.
“I think physically nowhis injury is better and hisgolf swing is better, and Ithink he’s just peaking rightnow from both of thosethings,” Wallor said.
For Schneider, hard
work has paid off.“Thankfully, I’ve had just
as much success as Iplanned before the injury …I knew I was going to havesuccess and finally believ-ing in myself got me that
first win,” Schneider said.Schneider has even
more of a reason to believein himself, though. Hehopes to keep up his suc-cess in the pros next year.
Wallor, on the otherhand, has a large-scaledream for the only senioron the team. It’s somethinghe’s talked about withSchneider. They’ve madesome jokes about what’salways a goal but would bemuch more special ifaccomplished this year, par-ticularly.
“I’d really like to see himwalk out of here as a stu-dent-athlete at UCF [who]won four consecutive con-ference championships,”Wallor said.
After almost losing hisleg, nothing else could seemdifficult.
And nothing would sendhim out on a better note.
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Brad Schneider battled compartment syndrome and sat out his freshman season to become the Knights’ senior leader.
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It turns out UCF (2-2)isn’t the only program in
Conference USAlooking forward
to conferenceplay.
After aquick glanceat how C-
USAteamshave per-
formed
so far in their respectiveout-of-conference slates, itbecomes quite clear thatthere are a lot of leagueteams eager to start beatingup on each other to makeup for disappointmentselsewhere.
With UCF havingwrapped up its out-of-con-ference slate this past weekand turning its attention toleague play, the CentralFlorida Future checked upon the rest of the leagueand see how C-USA hasfared.
How they’ve doneThe Houston
Cougars(4-0) are
the loneundefeat-
ed teamin theleague
and areunofficially
ranked No. 26in the Coaches’
Poll and No. 27 in the APPoll. To their credit, theyhad a big win in Week Oneover the UCLA Bruins thathelped themselves and theleague. Since then, though,they’ve beaten up on thelikes of North Texas,Louisiana Tech and Geor-gia State. Still, an undefeat-ed record and a win over aBCS program has Houstonsitting pretty as theCougars prepare to open upleague play against UTEPon Thursday.
Not every team has beenso fortunate, though.
East Carolina (1-2) getscredit for having scheduledtwo tough BCS opponentsso far, but the Pirates wereonly competitive in one ofthe contests. The Pirateslost 56-37 to South Carolinabut played Virginia Techclosely, losing 17-10. They’llhave one more shot for animportant out-of-confer-ence win when they take onNorth Carolina team onSaturday
Marshall (1-3) sched-uled a similar set of BCSfoes but wasn’t really com-
petitive losing to West Vir-ginia and Virginia Tech. To
compound things, the Herdwas dominated by Ohio ofthe mighty MAC, 44-7.
Memphis (1-3) continuesto solidify its role as one ofthe worst teams in the FBSwith the Tigers’ sole wincoming over FCS-opponentAustin Peay. Memphis wasdestroyed in two other out-of-conference gamesagainst Mississippi Stateand Arkansas State.
Rice (1-2) scheduled andhas come up short in a cou-ple of tough in-state games,falling to Texas and Baylor.The Owls did provide abright spot for the leaguewhen they took down Pur-due of the Big Ten, 24-22, onSept. 10.
SMU (3-1), thought to beone of the league’s strongerteams, didn’t exactly showit in its opener when it wasdestroyed 46-14 by TexasA&M. The Mustangsredeemed themselves, sortof, when they beat up onNorthwestern State. Theywill have a real shot atredemption Saturday whenthey take on No. 20 TCU.
Southern Miss (3-1) beatan ACC opponent when ittook down Virginia lastweek, 30-24. The GoldenEagles would be a perfect 4-0, having won all three of
their out-of-conferencegames, but a
head-scratching loss
to Marshall is the soleblemish so far.
Tulane (2-2) didn’t lookgood against Duke lastweek, falling 48-27, but atleast the Green Wave wereable to beat up on South-eastern Louisiana in theirhome opener.
Tulsa (1-3) absolutelygets credit for having thetoughest out-of-conferenceslate, having taken on threetop-10 teams. Of course, theGolden Hurricane haven’tcome close in any of thosegames, losing to Oklahoma,Oklahoma State and BoiseState, but the aggressivescheduling at least gavethem the opportunity for aprogram-building win. TheGolden Hurricane shouldrebound, though, whenthey face North Texas onSaturday.
A bye week and twoearly in-conference gamesmeans UAB (0-3) has onlyhad one-out-of conferencematch-up to this point, alaughable 39-0 beating atthe hands of the FloridaGators.
The Knights started offwell, outscoring CharlestonSouthern and ACC-foeBoston College 92-3 com-bined. But some well-docu-mented botched plays havecost the Knights from beingright up there with Hous-ton and instead have UCFsitting at 2-2 after losses to
FIU and BYU.To wrap things up,
UTEP (2-2) had to go toovertime to beat StonyBrook and squeezed byNew Mexico State beforegetting wrecked by SouthFlorida, 52-24.
What it meansHonestly, it’s not good.So far, the conference
has no wins over rankedopponents and is a com-bined 4-13 against BCSschools.
To compound matters,there have been someembarrassing losses againstlower-tier FBS schools andalso unimpressive winsover FCS schools (seeUTEP needing overtimeagainst Stony Brook).
With that in mind, thefinal word is this, C-USA’sgeneral “defense as anafterthought” mentalitymay make for some excit-ing league games and paro-dy within the conference,but it doesn’t translate welloutside the league.
There are still someopportunities for redemp-tion but with all the realign-ment and uncertainty onthe college landscape, itcertainly feels like therehave been some opportuni-ties squandered and atheme of “coulda, woulda,shoulda” is plaguing C-USA.
play is now in full swingSTEVEN RYZEWSKI
Football beat writer
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this weekend
It was impossible tohear the spokes of theirbikes turn in unison onOrlando’s busy ColonialDrive, but their statementwas loud and clear.
On Saturday, 20 UCFstudents and alumni tookan 18-mile bike ride fromthe UCF Visitor Center tothe Earthdance Global Fes-tival for Peace in hopes ofpromoting gas-free, cleanforms of transportation.
This bike rally, known asMoving Orlando, was partof a much bigger move-ment called Moving Planet,an event that brought onthe creation of 2,000 simi-lar rallies in 175 countries tosupport lessening the useof fossil fuels on the sameday.
Worldwide, more than amillion people signed up toride their bikes, skate, surf,walk, run and dance theirway toward a cleaner envi-ronment and away from
the use of fossil fuels likecoal, oil and natural gasthat, according to scien-tists, have contributedhugely to the current cli-mate crisis.
The UCF chapter ofIntellectual Decisions on
Environmental AwarenessSolutions teamed up with350.org, the internationalorganization that is respon-sible for Moving Planet, toput on the Moving Orlandobike rally and raise aware-ness about the effects of
fossil fuels.350.org is dedicated to
lowering the level of car-bon dioxide in our atmos-phere to 350 parts per mil-lion. It is currently at about390 ppm – the highest it hasever been.
“Our bike ride was defi-nitely a call to action and astep towards raising aware-ness,” said SebastianChurch, co-president of theUCF chapter of I.D.E.A.S.“It was also a great coinci-dence that we could com-bine two events [MovingOrlando and Earthdance]so unified in theme.”
The UCF bike rally firsttook riders up Colonial, astreet not known for beingfriendly to pedestrians orthe like, to Chipotle, whichsponsored the event andgave each rider a free burri-to. The last seven milestook them to the CentralFlorida Fairgrounds, thesite of the Earthdance festi-val.
According to its web-site, Earthdance is a yearlyinternational event “dedi-cated to growing an inter-national network of eventproducers and communi-ties that connect globallyand act locally to imple-
Group bikes 18 miles to get groovy
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Earthdance is a yearly international event dedicated to growing an international network of event producers andcommunities to implement real solutions for peace, sustainability and social justice.
ALEXIS SENIORContributing Writer
From aerial performers andbalancing acts to contortion-ists and gymnasts, there wasrarely a pause in action anddrama in the UCF Arena Sept.21.
Cirque du Soleil’s Dralionproved an exciting and enter-taining show. The full audi-ence was quickly captivated
as performers masterfullysoared, jumped, tumbled,juggled and danced acrossthe stage.
The performers, fromclowns to stunt people,
proved to be not only highlyskilled in their area of expert-ise, but also actors who wereable to draw emotion and tell astory.
Dralion is built around fourelements: earth, air, fire andwater, with stories that inter-twine throughout. Clownscontinually kept the moodlight and the audience laugh-ing with pleasant surprises andhilarious interactions.
The vivid colors used in thelights, props, stage and most ofall, costumes, were a treat tothe eyes. Earth is representedin costumes reminiscent of tra-ditional African style in shadesof brown, yellow, orange andwhite. Air is elegant in vibrantblue and is quite feminine instyle and movement. Water isclothed in silky flowing shadesof green and aqua while fire isbright, brilliant and masculinein deep oranges and reds.
Original music is per-formed live in the bowels ofthe stage and made it morethan a show for the eyes, but athrilling concert for the ears, aswell. A perfect balance wasachieved by the musicians forsetting the tones of each scene.Though usually quite loud, theheart-pounding rhythms andunusual tunes were not dis-tracting but rather enhancing
Four elementsfuse to create
Cirque du Soleil’s‘Dralion’
Performers soar, jump, juggle and danceacross the stage during Cirque du Soleil’sDralion at the UCF Arena.
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to the overall show.While keeping to the cir-
cus roots with traditionalacts such as juggling, Cirquedu Soleil added twists toeach part of the show tokeep it interesting. Theimaginative reinvention ofchildren’s games, such astheir jumping rope act dur-ing which men stack on topof each other like humanpyramids and jump in andout of the turning ropes inperfect time and rhythm,was mesmerizing.
Every part of the stagewas used. The forward-mostpart of the stage had com-partments which openedallowing performers to popin and out and suddenlyonto the stage. The ceilingabove was used for stunningaerial performances. Andthe wide expanse of the backwall and floor was equippedfor an exciting trampolineact, during which peoplejumped from near the arenaceiling down to trampolinesbelow and were launchedup again to cling momentar-ily to the wall before plum-
meting and twisting backonto the trampoline below.
“I enjoyed the trampo-lines. They were going upand falling, not looking intowhere they were going. Itkind of looked like they weredefying gravity in a way,”said Dwayne McFarlane,who has seen La Nouba ver-sion in Downtown Disneyand now Dralion.
Dralion can be experi-enced for the entertainmentvalue alone. But to thosewho care for a little more,there is much symbolismthroughout. The four mainelements represent variousaspects of life. Fire and waterdance to show struggle andconflict of opposites untilLittle Buddha comes tomake peace. A beautiful andprovocative love unfolds asair soars high above thestage. The lively acts earthbrings suggests life. There iseven a sobering scene inwhich Little Buddha helpsusher an unsuspecting char-acter, a clown, into death.
The fact that only half thearena was used brought thestunts and action closer tothe audience. There were
moments of intense silenceas a performer did a particu-larly tricky or dangerousmaneuver and moments ofloud applause and cheeringas artists achieved a chal-lenging act.
“I really liked the show alot. It seemed very danger-ous,” said Blaine Lawson, an
audience member seeingCirque du Soleil for the firsttime.
Cirque du Soleil has art-fully created each scene ofDralion with perfect timingand flow; there are momentsof optical illusion down toeven the smallest detailsfrom one scene to the next.
As your attention is swept toone particular stunt, sud-denly another is taking itsplace.
Dralion is a memorableexperience from start to fin-ish and enjoyable for all ages.With no real dialogue, any-one can enjoy the sights,sounds, drama and comedy
of this unique and highlycreative Cirque du Soleilexperience.
“I’ve seen stuff like this atBusch Gardens, but nothingcompares to Cirque duSoleil,” said Jonathan Ban-deira, another spectator see-ing Cirque du Soleil for thefirst time.
Circus roots combined with traditional actsFROM A10
ment real solutions forpeace, sustainability andsocial justice.”
The event has grownrapidly since its 1997 incep-tion and now takes place inmore than 500 locations in80 different countriesannually.
“The journey to Earth-
dance was amazing. Wewanted to become part ofthis fight against fossil fuelsand educate others whilewe were doing it, and Ibelieve we did exactlythat,” said Chris Castro,president of the UCF chap-ter of I.D.E.A.S.
Castro waved a flag withthe words “United againstfossil fuels” for the majori-
ty of the ride to the fair-grounds. Seeing this, manyother riders joined theenthusiastic group out ofcuriosity and soon, the ini-tial 20 riders reached 30.
“That was the coolestpart,” said Will Chorvat,the I.D.E.A.S. Safe Conse-quences Coordinator, whofollowed the group in anelectric truck. “We had
people that we didn’tknow join us on theway. I think that was asuccess in itself.”
Once riders reachedthe Earthdance festival,they were greeted bythe heavy thump ofhouse music that wasplayed throughout thenight by multiple Flori-da DJs, an oxygenbooth, free samples ofhealth-friendly shakesand snack bars andmultiple art installa-tions featuring localartists.
Half of the proceedsalso went to a localcharity, and manyattendees brought non-perishable items thatwere given to localhomeless shelters.
Before they dancedthe night away, the festi-val came to a pause at 4p.m. Everyone in atten-dance took part in aprayer for peace in syn-chronized time withthousands of people atEarthdances all overthe world.
“I think that eventslike Moving Orlandoand Earthdance are acatalyst to educatingothers on how tobecome less reliant onfossil fuels,” Castrosaid. “If we continue toshow people solutionsand to show them thatthey need to rallybehind this cause, itwill happen. We’ll beOK.”
In-progress ride draws more bikersFROM A10
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Dralion is built around four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Earth is represented in traditional African style costumes. Air is elegant in vibrant blue.Water is clothedin silky flowing shades of green and aqua. Fire is bright in deep oranges and reds.
COURTESY OZZY PEREZ / SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE DIGITAL MEDIA CLUB
Twenty UCF students and alumni took an 18-mile bike ride from the UCF VisitorCenter to the Earthdance Global Festival for Peace promoting clean transportation.
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acebook is undergoingsome serious changes,and this has raised
some concerns among priva-cy advocates.
Facebook’s plannedredesign will change the waythird-party applicationswork by integrating themdirectly into a person’s pro-file page. This means thatFacebook will now shareupdates from applicationsautomatically, as opposed tohaving to actively click toshare updates.
Users are now going tohave to be more carefulregarding which applicationsthey are using and how theyare using them. Everythingfrom exercise routines, pri-vate media consumption andother habits could end upbeing posted directly to one’sprofile, according to a reportfrom the Washington Post.
Facebook is an importantsocial network that is nowused for a variety of things.People are no longer usingthe network simply to reachout to friends. Facebook isoften used to join clubs, findapps and even possibly lookfor work. Some employersmake it their practice tocheck an applicant’s Face-book profile to get a sense oftheir habits and tendencies.
A 2008 survey fromCareerbuilder.com found
that 20 percent of companiescheck the profiles of people’ssocial networking sites suchas Facebook and MySpace.In 2009, that number jumpedto 45 percent, according to astudy conducted by HarrisInteractive for Careerbuilder.
After reviewing the con-tent of a profile, 33 percent ofemployers decided not tomake a job offer, accordingto the 2008 survey.
With all of the new pur-poses that Facebook nowserves, it is critically impor-tant to stay abreast of howFacebook’s new privacy set-tings work. Not understand-ing these settings could leadto not having a tidy Face-book profile, which moreand more employers are nowreviewing as part of their hir-ing process. Users could alsounknowingly be giving awayinformation that they wouldrather not have people knowabout.
One new feature of Face-book has raised particularconcern among privacyadvocates. Timeline acts as asort of digital scrapbook,showing all the informationthat a user has put on Face-book in chronological order.
Mark Rotenberg, execu-tive director of the Electron-ic Privacy Information Cen-ter, is opposed to Facebook’snew changes. Rotenberg said
the primary problem withTimeline is that this newchange has been put in placeafter the company hasalready acquired user data.
Given these new changesand others that could poten-tially come in the future, it isimportant to know exactlywhat your privacy settingsare and how to use them.Pam Dixon, executive direc-tor at the World PrivacyForum, has said that herorganization has heardnumerous complaints fromconsumers who are unfamil-iar with these new settings.Facebook has new options inplace that allow for privacylimitations on every post, aswell as likes and comments.
Facebook is a social net-work with many advantagesto it. It gives people the abili-ty to reach out to long lostfriends and to network withpotential employers. Keepingan eye on your privacy set-ting is important, as notknowing them could affectyour social or professionallife. Even if you know yourown privacy settings like theback of your hand, you couldvery easily have a friend whodoesn’t know his settingsand tags you in less than flat-tering photos. Keep a closeeye on your privacy settingsas you continue to use Face-book.
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“If you see something,say something.”
That is the trade-marked message theDepartment of HomelandSecurity seems hell-benton drilling into the mindof the American public.
The campaign isdescribed as “a simpleand effective program toraise public awareness ofindicators of terrorismand violent crime,”according to the DHS website.
But the ever-present “see some-thing, say something” campaign isbeginning to look like Stasi-styledpropaganda, designed to exploit ourfears and create a culture of paranoia.
In shopping malls, transit stationsand sports stadiums across the coun-try, the DHS is rolling out a taxpayer-funded ad campaign that encouragesAmericans to harbor distrust andsnitch at the slightest suspicion. Thecampaign is a bid to convince Ameri-cans that terrorism remains a persist-ent, deadly threat. However, statisticstell a different story.
“Even with the September 11attacks included in the count, thenumber of Americans killed by inter-national terrorism since the late 1960s… is about the same as the number ofAmericans killed over the same peri-od by lightning, accident-causingdeer or severe allergic reaction topeanuts,” said John Mueller, an OhioState University professor, in a reporttitled “A False Sense of Insecurity?”published in Regulation Magazine.
The department is quick to pointout that upholding civil rights andliberties is a critical part of its mis-sion. But policies like the USAPATRIOT Act or the use of Trans-portation and Security Administra-tion body scanners and grope-downscall these assurances into question.
Secretary of Homeland SecurityJanet Napolitano is already beingcompared to the pervasive, authori-tarian character of Big Brother from
George Orwell’s 1984. Hertalking head is seen chant-ing the “see something,say something” mantra ontelevision screens in Wal-mart stores across thecountry.
Homeland Security haspartnered with the NFLand other sports leaguesto help educate the publicon how fearful theyshould be of terrorism.The campaign slogan is
displayed on stadium jumbotronswhile fans must wait in longer linesthanks to the new “enhanced” patdowns the NFL recently announced.
Coffee-cup sleeves are also start-ing to carry the slogan, along with animage of Big Brother’s watchful eye,according to the Daily Caller. There isan iPhone app called PatriotApp,making it easy for users to reportthreats to authorities. Although I amall for public safety and vigilance,there is no benefit in bombarding thepublic with this message of fear. Weare close to altogether abandoninghope for a peaceful society, and nowthe grim future of state security isupon us.
It seems this administration istrying to steer attention away fromactual threats and onto a facelessbogeyman. Meanwhile, financial ter-rorists on Wall Street are rigging thecontrolled demolition of the globaleconomy with weapons of massdestruction called derivatives andnaked credit default swaps. Insteadof spying on their neighbors, Ameri-cans should stay abreast of the com-ing economic collapse and dollarcrisis, much more dire threats tohealth and safety than internationalterrorism.
Life spent under the confines of apolice state is far from the life of lib-erty envisioned by our foundingfathers.
To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin,“Those who would sacrifice libertyfor security deserve neither.”
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DHS campaign is creating paranoia
RACHEL PETERSBiology, Sophomore
“Yes, because they need moresocial interaction.”
NEAL SURRENAJournalism, Freshman
“Yes, because they only careabout watching them andtheir communication skill willworsen.”
HE JIANGIndustrial Engineering, Junior
“Not at all, I watched a lot ofcartoons and I made it to col-lege.”
JASMINE WARRISHealth Sciences Pre-Clinical, Junior
“Educational ones are goodevery once in a while. Somelike Nick Jr. can be helpful.”
MAN ON THE STREET
“Do children watch toomany cartoons?”
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THU TRANAD/PR, Junior
“If they watch too many thenthey won't want to do any-thing else.”
KELVIN ELLISM&M, Junior
“No, cartoons sometimes serveas metaphors for today's situa-tions and can serve as inspira-tion for them.”
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AUSTIN CASTLEGuest Columnist
According to the mostrecent Gallup poll, more andmore of our friends havebenefits — health-care bene-fits. And it’s a trend that Ibelieve should continue andexpand.
Gallup reports that therehas been a 4 percentdecrease in those betweenthe ages of 18-25 that havereported to be uninsured.This number has consistentlydropped since September2010, when the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act began implement-ing its “under-26 provision.”
You might know the Affordable CareAct. It’s the law Republicans refer to as“Obamacare,” and it’s the law Republi-cans vehemently oppose. One of thefirst pieces of legislation considered byHouse Republicans earlier this yearcalled for its repeal. It was cleverly titled“Repealing the Job-Killing Health CareLaw Act.”
But you know what, I’m glad Presi-dent Barack Obama cares.
According to HealthCare.gov, theACA establishes a Patient’s Bill of Rightsand increases competition among healthinsurance providers to ensure greatquality care for lower prices. Perhapsmost important to students, the Afford-able Care Act provides the opportunityfor those younger than 26 to stay cov-ered under their parent’s health insur-ance plan. It’s commonly known as the“under-26 provision,” and according toGallup, it is the reason why the numberof uninsured young people has steadilydecreased.
Another survey, conducted by theCenters for Disease Control and Preven-tion and reported in the New YorkTimes, also found a decrease in theamount of uninsured young people. Itconcluded that in the first quarter of2011 there were 900,000 fewer unin-sured adults in the 19-25 age bracketsthan in 2010 despite a weak economy,high youth unemployment and slidingincomes.
To me, this figure is more than just astatistic. It represents me, you, our sib-lings, our roommates, our classmates
and our UCF community. Itrepresents costs preventedand lives saved, and it’sthanks to the Affordable CareAct.
Some conservatives thinkthat those younger than 26shouldn’t receive coveragefrom their parents’ plan.Quoted on Fox Nation andTown Hall.com, conservativecolumnist and commentatorAnn Coulter actually statedthat according to Obamacare,
“...young people are not consideredadults until age 26, at which point theyare finally forced to get off their parents’health care plans.”
Because of this, she believes weshould actually repeal the 26th Amend-ment, guaranteeing those 18 and olderthe right to vote.
According to Coulter, young peopledon’t know what it’s like to live in thereal world. We don’t have property,spouses, children or tax bills. We don’tneed jobs because apparently, we geteverything for free from Obama. Herslogan? “Not old enough to buy yourown health insurance, not old enough tovote.”
Well I’ve got newsflash for Coulterand other like-minded conservatives:Young people do work.
In fact, according to UCF’s Office ofInstitutional Research, there are morethan 56,000 young people enrolled atUCF as of Fall 2010, and many of themhave full-time jobs. It’s called being astudent.
But rather then get paid, we’re payingthe university to work. A lot of us havealso taken on second jobs to actually payfor our first job, as well as rent, food andloans. We have expenses, we know whatit is to live in the “real world” and we’llremind you of that fact at the ballot box.
I believe healthcare is a human right,and I will support any means to makethat right more accessible to all Ameri-cans, regardless of their demographic.The under-26 provision is just one ofmany steps to ensure that we keep mov-ing forward and that more and moreAmericans have access to affordable andeffective health care.
‘Obamacare’ a boonfor college students
IDA ESKAMANIGuest Columnist
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