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Arson investigation seminarcan earn students certificateand college credit
The Department ofCriminal Justice at UCFand the Division of Con-tinuing Education willhost “The Basics of Arsonand Fire Investigations”Thursday, July 21, from 8a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students who attendthe seminar for the full daywill be awarded a certifi-cate of completion fromthe Division of ContinuingEducation. Students canalso earn one credit hour ifthey participate in on-linequizzes, tests and optionalwriting assignments.
The seminar will beheld in Room 126 of theHealth and Public Affairsbuilding.
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Last space shuttle aims forThursday landing
CAPE CANAVERAL —On the eve of NASA’s his-toric, wheel-stopping endto the shuttle program, thefour astronauts makingthe final journey and theflight controllers who willguide them home saidthey’re starting to feel arush of emotions.
“You know what? I real-ly do feel like it’s comingnear the end,” said thecommander of the home-ward-bound space shuttleAtlantis, Christopher Fer-guson.
Anthony computer expertbacks off previous claims
ORLANDO — A com-puter expert who testi-fied in the Casey Antho-ny trial is refusing tocomment on mediareports that evidenceoffered about extensivechloroform searches onthe family’s computerwas inaccurate.
In a statementreleased Wednesday, aMichigan attorney repre-senting computer soft-ware designer JohnBradley says his clientdisputes “erroneousmedia reports” that claimhe insinuated any wrong-doing on the part of pros-ecutors.
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Be careful what youtweet, it could result in avisit from the FBI.
That’s what happenedto one UCF student amonth after he sent a tweetto the FBI Press Office.
Computer engineeringmajor Scott Matthew
Arciszewski was arrestedby FBI special agents onTuesday for an “allegedcomputer intrusion” ofInfraGard, an FBI program“designed to establish analliance between acade-mia, private industry andthe FBI,” according to apress release from theFBI’s Tampa Division.
Arciszewski was
released from custody lateTuesday after making aninitial appearance inOrlando federal courtbefore United States Mag-istrate Judge Donald Diet-rich, according to SpecialAgent Dave Couvertier,
the publicaffairs offi-cer for theFBI’sTampaFieldOffice.
The FBItracked
Arciszewski for about amonth after he allegedlytried to hack into the web-site. He also sent a mes-sage to the Twitteraccount for the FBI Press
Office and created a poston his personal websitequestioning the security ofInfraGard’s Tampa chap-ter.
“The FBI cyber crimeunit’s intelligence-gather-ing efforts and counter-hacking techniques alertedus to potential plot,” Cou-vertier said in an email. “Inanticipation of the attack,we contacted the website
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KATIE KUSTURAEditor-in-Chief
Like many recent college gradu-ates in Florida and the rest of thecountry, JessicaHewkin continues tostruggle monthsafter graduation tofind a job in a badeconomy.
“I’m, of course,applying for job afterjob after job with lit-tle to no response,nevermind an interview,” saidHewkin, who graduated in May.
The English literature and politi-cal science major says the fewresponses she does receive to herinternet searches are either, “we’lllook over your application now,thanks for your interest” or “we’vehad a lot of qualified responses, andwe aren’t able to offer you an inter-view at this time.” In the interim, sheis using the time as an opportunityto gain more experience, serving asan intern for Ruth’s List Florida andFlorida Rep. Scott Randolph.
But Hewkin faces an additional
Post-gradstrugglewill soonimproveUnemployment ratesshould drop in 2012
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From their weekly bikerallies to raise awarenessabout carbon emissions,to their efforts to saveUCF’s arboretum, Intel-lectual Decisions on Envi-ronmental AwarenessSolutions has been makingefforts to get noticed.Recently, those effortspaid off when the Obamaadministration named thegroup Champions ofChange.
I.D.E.A.S. was foundedin June of 2008 by UCFstudents Hank Harding IIIand Chris Castro, andsince then the group hasbeen gaining recognitionaround the nation.
“People are becomingaware of what we’re doing,and that obviously has adirect connection to whatwe do,” said Sebastian
Church, co-president ofI.D.E.A.S. and senior Eng-lish literature major. “Ithink it’s more in the factthat we’re turning headsand people are starting to
pay more attention, whichis what I.D.E.A.S. is; it’sabout environmentalawareness solutions.”
I.D.E.A.S., along withsix other environmentalist
groups from around thecountry, was recognizedby the Obama administra-tion after posting theirwork with the Orlandocommunity on DoSome-
thing.org.“We’re walking the
walk and talking the talk,and it is really showing interms of all of this recogni-tion we are getting,” UCFalumnus Harding said.
Champions of Changeis a subsidiary group inthe White House that hon-ors students and youngadults in the local commu-nity for the efforts to notonly improve their areawith service projects, butalso to raise awarenessabout environmentalissues. According to Hard-ing, he and co-founderCastro had no clue thatI.D.E.A.S. had been namedChampions of Changeuntil they held a videoconference with Kal Penn,the director of the WhiteHouse’s Office of PublicEngagement.
JORDAN SNYDERSenior Staff Writer
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J.C. SMITHContributing Writer
I.D.E.A.S. recognized by Obama administration
Arciszewski
UCF student arrested by FBITweet, blog post lead to investigation
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I.D.E.A.S. was recognized as Champions of Change by the Obama administration after posting on DoSomething.org.
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host who supported ourefforts to protect their infoand system.”
Under the usernamevoodooKobra, Arciszews-
ki tweeted, “InfraGardTampa has one hell of anexploit,” to the FBI PressOffice account.
On his personal web-site, he posted, “Not onlyis [InfraGard’s] site not
safe, secure, or hacker-proof, but it took me lessthan 5 minutes to find avulnerability that couldpotentially allow anyoneto hack in and obtainemployee login informa-
tion, which could in turnbe used to gain access toother FBI-affiliate web-sites and compromisenational security. Imaginewhat damage could becaused if a sophisticated
hacker decided to look attheir website.”
He also tweeted fromvoodooKobra, on June 21,“No matter how intimidat-ing a website or a website’sowners might be, that
doesn’t mean it’s necessar-ily secure.”
His most recent tweetfollowing his arrest?
“I have had a very badday. I am stressed to themax.
InfraGard site ‘not safe, secure, or hacker-proof’FROM A1
“They were prettyvague in the email, butbasically they wanted agroup of students whowere involved in the proj-ect to be on a conferencecall with a White Houserepresentative,” Hardingsaid.
Penn, who is alsofamous for his actingroles in such films asHarold and Kumar Go toWhite Castle, asked thestudents who werenamed Champions ofChange a series of ques-tions about their beliefsand what they hope theirorganization can accom-plish.
Harding said the agerange of students whowere also recognizedimpressed him. So muchso, that he may havestepped on Penn’s toes bystealing his closingremarks.
“Kal Penn asked ifthere were any closingremarks, and I actuallytook Kal Penn’s thunder,”Harding said. “I was like,‘Yeah, I wanted to say thatI really admire the factthat all of you young kidsare getting involved. Ididn’t get involved in theenvironmental move-ment until I was a juniorin college. You’re middleschool level, high schoollevel, and you’re just asimpassioned as we are.’”
Harding added that
after he finished his clos-ing statements, Penn saidthat Harding had saidexactly what he wantedto say, they all had a goodlaugh, and then the videoconference ended.
It wasn’t just one proj-ect that got I.D.E.A.S. onthe White House radar,but a series of ongoingprojects submitted toDoSomething.org. Theseprojects included, amongother things, their beachand lake cleanups, build-ing a livable shack out ofrecycled materials forUCF’s Shack-a-Thon andtheir efforts to save UCF’sArboretum.
“We had a ‘Save theArboretum’ day,” Hardingsaid. “We just basicallyshowed our support ofthe local arboretum atUCF’s campus andbrought awareness abouthow they were trying tobuild upon this arbore-
tum land, which is basi-cally where the environ-mental movement atUCF started.”
According to Harding,2011 has been a year toremember for I.D.E.A.S.;the group was namedbest activist group byOrlando Weekly, wasnamed ConservationOrganization of the Yearby the Florida WildlifeFederation and has nowreceived the title Cham-pions of Change.
“We’ve been doingI.D.E.A.S. since June of2008,” Harding said. “Tobrand ourselves and to letthe White House see uswas like passing our far-thest line in terms of get-ting people to recognizeour efforts, and we are allvery proud of it.”
Still, despite all of therecognition, the mostimportant thing to mem-bers of I.D.E.A.S. is still to
raise awareness about envi-ronmental issues.
“Regardless of the issuesthat we are focusing on, weare getting people
involved,” said SamanthaRuiz, co-president ofI.D.E.A.S. and senior legalstudies major. “We are rais-ing awareness and we are
making people start to be alittle more conscious aboutthe efforts that they cantake to make the world abetter place.”
Students speak to Kal PennFROM A1
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I.D.E.A.S. was recognized by the Obama administration after posting their work in the Orlando community on DoSomething.org.
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Samantha Ruiz, left, co-president of I.D.E.A.S. and senior legal studies major,said raising awareness is important to members of the organization.
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Schools become hot spots for solar powerFlorida schools have the
Florida Solar Energy Cen-ter to thank for a newsource of power.
“The solar electric sys-tems, also known as photo-voltaic systems, will pro-vide power during outages,offset electricity costs tothe school during normaloperations and reducegreenhouse gases,” assis-tant director of communi-cations for the FloridaSolar Energy Center, SherriShields, said.
As a UCF research insti-tute, the Florida Solar Ener-gy Center has been work-ing with both small andlarge agencies, fundingthem through contractsand grants. One of them isthe SunSmart E-Shelterprogram, funded by the2009 American Recoveryand Reinvestment Act,which provided these pho-tovoltaic systems toschools with a $10 millionstimulus grant, Shieldssaid.
Schools are able toapply for the grant throughthe program. To be eligible,the school must be a publicschool or college in Floridaand a state-designatedEnhanced Hurricane Pro-tection Area shelter,according the Florida SolarEnergy Center website.
“Ninety public schoolsin Florida have been com-petitively selected to par-ticipate in the SunSmartSchools E-Shelter pro-gram,” Shields said. “Eachparticipating school willreceive a 10-kilowatt solarenergy system with a bat-tery back up, completewith installation.”
The schools picked forthis project were rankedbased on demographics,emergency shelter needs,partnerships and existingrenewable energy educa-
tion and outreach plans,Shields said.
“Geneva Elementaryadministration appliedthrough a grant to the Sun-Smart E-Shelter Schoolprogram in April 2010,”Tina Erwin, principal ofGeneva Elementary, said.“The contractor contactedus in June 2011 and a site forthe solar panels has beenidentified.”
Geneva Elementary isone of the schools that hasbeen provided with thisproject. Back in 2004 dur-ing the hurricanes, GenevaElementary hosted about150 people for several daysand their temporary gener-ator system kept malfunc-tioning, Erwin said. Withthe addition of new solarpanels provided by thisprogram, this will not hap-pen again.
In the event that theschool is being used for ashelter, similar to GenevaElementary, the back upbattery pack in each solarenergy system will provideenough power for criticalenergy needs such as light-ing, communications andessential medical equip-ment during a power out-age, Shields said.
“As an emergency shel-ter site, the SunSmart solarpanels will power the lightsand convenience plugs inthe cafeteria,” Erwin said.
Energy curriculumworkshops are available fornot only teachers and stu-dents, but the public, aswell. These workshopsallow those attending toanalyze the performancedata that will be uploadedto www.EnergyWhiz.com.The program also providesoperation and mainte-nance workshops for thefacility managers at theschools, Shields said.
“Two teachers attendedan informational session atUCF on March 8, 2011regarding the Solar Energyproject and are excited toshare future informationavailable to teachers andstudents,” Erwin said.
Each school’s photo-voltaic system includes adata monitoring devicethat reports information towww.EnergyWhiz.com.Anyone with access to theInternet can view eachschool’s electrical outputand students can use theircritical thinking skills toanalyze data and comparetheir information withother schools, Shields said.
SAVANNAH STEGALLContributing Writer
The photovoltaicsystem at OakHammock MiddleSchool in Ft. Myers isnear completion.
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challenge. Born in England,she moved to the UnitedStates with her family at theage of 10. Now, she faces thelikelihood of leaving thecountry if she cannot find ajob that supports her workvisa before her status as astudent expires.
The economy affectscurrent students, as well.Junior political sciencemajor Ali Kurnaz foundhimself looking for his firstjob after a combination ofcuts to the Florida BrightFutures Scholarship Pro-gram, an increase in tuitionand his parents’ own strug-gles with money. Kurnazwent to Waterford LakesTown Center to apply for ajob and went “from Targetto Best Buy and everywherein between” with no luck.After searching since theend of April, he recentlysecured a job with the WaltDisney World Resort start-ing in August, but worriesthat the seasonal job won’tlast. He’s also concerned thepay may do little more thancover his gas money for the40-minute ride to Disney,the largest employer in Cen-tral Florida.
The job market for manyUCF students and recentgraduates like Kurnaz andHewkin remains gloomy.While Florida’s jobless fig-ures seemed to offer a glim-mer of hope in May, withunemployment at its lowestlevels since August 2009, thenational numbers for Junepainted a different picture.
According to the Bureauof Labor Statistics, thenational unemploymentrate remained virtuallyunchanged at 9.2 percent,representing 14.1 millionpeople looking for work. Jobgrowth remained stagnant,with only 18,000 jobs beingcreated.
“The national numbers, Ithink, were a disappoint-
ment, and that may be anunderstatement,” said Dr.Sean Snaith, director ofUCF’s Institute for Econom-ic Competitiveness. “Only18,000 jobs in total wereadded to payrolls lastmonth. Given the millions ofpeople who are unem-ployed, the rate of job cre-ation is wholly insufficientto bring this economicrecovery to the labor mar-ket, which has been waitingfor a turnaround for manyyears now.”
At 10.6 percent, Florida’sjobless rate remains higherthan the national average,but has continued toimprove after peaking inDecember at 12 percent.
Snaith, a nationally rec-ognized economist, believesthe numbers are tied toweakness in the U.S. econo-my, surging oil prices andthe disasters in Japan thatdisrupted supply chains.
“I expect the second halfof the year to be markedlybetter,” Snaith said.
Despite the prolongedeconomic recovery, stu-dents and recent grads dohave a place to turn. UCF’sCareer Services offers anarray of options to help stu-dents prepare for and con-duct their job searches.
Some of these programsinclude career planning andexploration, career fairs,workshops, résumé assis-tance, skill building, practiceinterviews and KnightLink,a job board featuringemployers looking specifi-cally for UCF students andrecent graduates.
“The economy has beenbad; jobs have been down.That’s not news,” CareerServices Executive DirectorLynn Hansen said. “But stu-dents can prepare them-selves in a number of waysto overcome it.”
Hansen advised studentsto start the process ofpreparing for their careersearly. In addition to earning
good grades, she said stu-dents “need to have otherthings to make them com-petitive and marketable.”
“They need to have arelated job experience,”Hansen said. “That means, ifyou are working as a waiterin one of the hotels, that is anexcellent experience ifyou’re hospitality major. Butit is not necessarily thestrongest experience if youare a computer scientist.You need to have work thatis related to your major.”
According to Hansen,leadership experience isalso very attractive toemployers. She suggests stu-dents become involvedearly in student organiza-tions, student government,fraternities and sororities orathletics — anywhere theycan take on structured lead-ership roles. Additionally,job seekers should beequipped with polishedrésumé and be prepared.“They need to make a goodimpression when they meetwith employers, so they bet-ter have some communica-tion skills,” she said.
“There are a large num-ber of applicants for everyavailable job,” Snaith said.“Be patient, and do whatev-er you have to do to putyourself in the best possiblelight. Make sure that yourrésumé is in tip-top shape,and make sure every cover
letter is grammatically cor-rect. You don’t want to giveanybody any reason what-soever to throw yourrésumé out of the pile andnot consider it.”
Both Snaith and Hansenpoint to health care and hos-pitality as examples of Flori-da industries that continueto produce the most jobs,but Hansen says she hasseen improvement acrossthe board this year.
“I think the prospects forthe state’s economy are stillvery strong,” Snaith said.
“The downturn in Floridawas a cyclical one, thoughbe it a dramatic one. Butcycles reverse themselves;that’s their nature. We’re inthat process. I think in thesecond half of this year we’llstart to see a little better jobgrowth, but realistically 2012or 2013 will be when jobgrowth in Florida reallyaccelerates.”
With an average jobsearch taking six months,Snaith says job seekersshould “expect a long, frus-trating, difficult search.”
“It’s a difficult labor mar-ket, that’s for sure,” Snaithsaid. “It might be a goodtime to consider graduateschool.”
But Hansen cautionsagainst becoming discour-aged.
“Although the economyis bad and people are con-cerned that there aren’t anyjobs, that’s not the case,”Hansen said. “There arejobs. I don’t want people tobe paralyzed. Don’t be sodiscouraged that you don’tdo anything.”
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J.C. SMITH / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
UCF’s Career Services helps studentsprepare for and conduct job searches.
Career Services helps grads find available jobs
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NFL PLAYERS ON LOCKOUTENDING:NOT SO FAST
WASHINGTON — Cautioning not toassume the lockout will be over by theweekend, NFL Players Associationpresident Kevin Mawae said his group is“not tied”to a deadline for getting a dealdone in the next 24 hours.
“We want to go back to work,”Mawaesaid Wednesday outside NFLPAheadquarters, “but we will not agree to adeal unless it’s the best deal for theplayers.”
If the four-month lockout — the NFL’sfirst work stoppage since 1987 — isgoing to end in time to keep thepreseason completely intact, the playersand owners almost certainly must ratifythe deal by Thursday. The St. Louis Ramsand Chicago Bears are scheduled to openthe preseason Aug. 7 in the Hall of Famegame.
The NFLPA’s executive committee andrepresentatives of all 32 teams weremeeting in Washington, prepared toreview and vote on a full agreement —if they received it later Wednesday.Members of the NFL’s labor committeewere meeting in Atlanta on Wednesday,so they could decide whether torecommend a finalized proposal to allclub owners.
The owners then would vote Thursday;at least 24 would need to OK the deal. Ifit’s passed by both sides, team executiveswould be schooled Thursday and Fridayin Atlanta in the guidelines and how toapply them; topics would include the2011 NFL calendar, rookie salary systemand new free agency rules.
“Our goal today is to see what is onthe table and discuss outlying issues,”Mawae said. “The players are not tied toa July 21 timeline. Our timeline is thatwhich gives us the best deal for theplayers — today, tomorrow or whateverit might be.”
Two people familiar with thenegotiations told The Associated Pressthat players and owners were expectedto review a potential agreement bymidday Wednesday. Another person,however, said there still were issues to beresolved.
All three people spoke to the AP oncondition of anonymity because theprocess was supposed to remainconfidential.
The NFLPA’s executive committeereviewed only portions of a potentialagreement Tuesday, with not enoughinformation to warrant a vote yet.
There still were unresolved issuesTuesday, including what it would take toget the 10 plaintiffs — includingquarterbacks Tom Brady, PeytonManning and Drew Brees, Chargersreceiver Vincent Jackson and Patriotsguard Logan Mankins — to sign off ona settlement to their antitrust lawsuitagainst the NFL that is pending infederal court in Minnesota.
Late Tuesday, Jackson tweeted: “I havemade no demands, I wanna play balllike the rest of my peers!”
“Obviously, there’s the litigation withthe named plaintiffs, and I am notfamiliar with the whole legal part of it. ...But at the end of the day,”Mawae said,“the deal we are working on is the dealthat’s best for all the players in the NFL,and not just four guys.”
Another pending dispute has been theTV networks case, in which playersaccused owners of setting up $4 billionin “lockout insurance.”
The country’s most popularprofessional sports league has been inlimbo since the old collective bargainingagreement expired March 11. Thelockout began hours later. The regular-season opener is scheduled for Sept. 8,when the Super Bowl champion GreenBay Packers are to host the New OrleansSaints.
STUDY: NFL IN L.A.CREATES$41 MIL IN TAX REVENUE
LOS ANGELES — The company vyingto build an NFL stadium in downtownLos Angeles has released anindependent study saying its plan couldyield $41 million in new tax revenueeach year.
The study distributed in summary formWednesday says the revenue wouldcome from activity at the proposedvenue and from activity in other parts ofthe city connected to the site.
AEG funded the study as part of itsresearch into its plan for a 72,000-to76,000-seat stadium at the site of thecity’s convention center.
Another study released by AEGWednesday said the stadium and relatedconvention center improvements wouldboost the number of conventions in thecity each year and prompt theconstruction of some 2,400 new hotelrooms.
NATIONALSPORTSWRAPFOOTBALL
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Last season, theKnights’ men’s basketballscout team was headlinedby three transfers frommajor-conference schools:Tristan Spurlock from Vir-ginia, Josh Crittle fromOregon and Jeff Jordanfrom Illinois, all ineligiblefor one year due to trans-fer regulations.
They named them-selves “Team Buckets,”because as Spurlockexplained, they “felt likethey could score at anytime.”
Thanks to the efforts ofSpurlock and senior sportsand exercise sciencemajor Josh Johns, a simplenickname given to thescout team has taken on alife of its own.
Team Buckets is now inthe beginning stages as anon-profit organizationaiming to work with youthin the community, with thegoal of providing childrena positive influence. Theorganization is themedaround sports, with a largepart of the foundationbased around the usage ofathletes as role modelsand people who the youthwill listen to.
“We took that (thename) and we flipped itinto an organization thatwe wanted to reach out tothe community,” Spurlocksaid.
Spurlock met Johnsshortly after arriving oncampus last summer, andthe two quickly becamefriends. They now refer toone another as bestfriends, even brothers.When Johns kept hearingthe nickname beingthrown around by Spur-lock, he said he spotted anopportunity. It all startedwith the name.
“I told Tristan, ‘Howcan we turn this into
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Tristan Spurlock, shown during a scrimmage, is involved with Team Buckets, a non-profit organization aimed toward helping children in the community.
Men’s basketball
Getting bucketsSpurlockhelps kids onand off courtthroughTeam Buckets
STEVEN RYZEWSKIBasketball beat writer
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Don’t look now.Better yet, do not move
so much as a muscle – thePittsburgh Pirates are infirst place and threaten-ing to disrupt the cosmosas I write this piece.
After posting back-to-back shutouts against thedefending NationalLeague Central championCincinnati Reds the lasttwo nights, the Pirates,with a record of 51-45,have leapfrogged the Mil-waukee Brewers andascended into the nation-al spotlight.
It’s been 19 years sincethe Pirates stood aloneatop their division at thispoint of the season, backwhen a significantly less-monstrous Barry Bondsled the team to the play-offs.
Better said, “Baby GotBack” was the No. 1 songin the United States the
last time Pittsburgh wasin first.
The fact that this team,who the New York Yan-kees could most likelypurchase if they sodesired, is even above.500 can be attributed tonothing short of a mod-ern-day miracle.
The Pirates still rank inthe bottom third of themajors in every offensivecategory, despite a break-out season from formertop outfielder prospectAndrew McCutchen.
Three offensive
starters – catcher RyanDoumit, outfielder JoseTabata and shortstopRonny Cedeno – are all onthe disabled list, while the2008 No. 2 overall pick,third baseman PedroAlvarez, struggles in theminor leagues.
Not only are thesePirates hitters generallynot talented to begin with,they’re not even healthyright now.
So, how on Earth is thisteam contending rightnow?
The pitching staff.Pittsburgh’s staff has
improved as much as anyteam’s in the entire leaguethis season, bouncingback from posting theworst earned run averageamong the 30 MLB teamsin 2010.
Starters Jeff Karstens,
CHRIS BOYLECopy editor
Poorly paid Pirates are still finding ways to win
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Pittsburgh players Neil Walker and Jeff Kartens celebrate after a win. For the firsttime in 19 years, the Pirates are all alone in first place in the NL Central.PLEASE SEE PITCHING ON A7
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something different?’”Johns said. “So rightbefore I went home forMother’s Day, I sat downand wrote out a taglineand stuff like that. ‘Getbuckets every day in everyway’ is the theme I cameup with.”
Spurlock and Johns saythe message is to take theidea of “getting buckets,”commonly associatedwith scoring points in bas-ketball, and apply it toeveryday life for youth.
“You get an ‘A’ — thatcould be a bucket,” Spur-lock said.
Team Buckets has hadtwo events so far; a basket-ball tournament in Johns’hometown of Pensacolaand a community barbe-cue here in Orlando.
“We just got a localpark and gave away free t-shirts to kids in Pensacola,kids who may not knowwhat it takes to get to col-lege,” Spurlock said of thetournament, which had aturnout of 80 to 100 peo-ple, and in addition to bas-ketball, featured relayraces and other activities.
For the picnic in Orlan-do, Johns got in touch withDwight Howard of theOrlando Magic, and thecollaboration led to aturnout of hundreds onMemorial Day at TurkeyLake Park. Magic pointguard Gilbert Arenas alsocame out to the eventwhich was advertisedthrough Howard’s Twitteraccount.
Johns knows Howardafter playing against thenow-NBA All-Star whileHoward was in his senioryear of high school at atournament in Tallahas-see. At the tournament,their teams stayed in thesame hotel and becameacquainted. In addition,Johns has also worked
part-time for the Magicduring his sophomoreyear.
Using athletes such asHoward and Arenas, andeven Spurlock, is howJohns says he hopes tobest connect with theyouth.
“You’ll remember ifDwight Howard says,‘Hey, stay in school,’”Johns said. “I know thatthings like that will make alasting impression.”
Since the MemorialDay event with Howard,Johns says he has beenfocused on building awebsite and networkingfor the organization. Healso says they are pushingfor the next event to be inSeptember, possibly acelebrity softball game ora 5K race.
Spurlock, who hopes tovisit some local schoolsthis fall as part of his rolewith the organization, saysspecifically that he wantsto show kids that whilesports are important,there has to be more to aperson’s character.
“We want to showthem that you can’t just bean athlete and get by,”Spurlock said.
Johns admitted he hasbeen nervous over bothevents with regards toturnout and success, espe-cially the first event inPensacola. That’s when hesays he got some valuableadvice from his grandfa-ther and family.
“They were telling menot to stress it, that if wetouch just one kid andchange one kid’s day thenwe’d done our job,” Johnssaid. “The smallest thingscan make kids have a greatday and that’s fulfilling tome.”
Team Buckets’ websiteis up, although still underconstruction, and can befound online at Team-BucketsOrlando.com.
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Kevin Correia, PaulMaholm, James McDon-ald and Charlie Morton allhave ERAs of less thanfour runs per game thisyear. By contrast, the teamgave up five runs pergame last year.
They’ve also combinedto win 39 games this sea-son, more than all startersdid a year ago.
Perhaps most impor-tantly, the Pirates actuallyhave a legitimate optionas a closer. Joel Hanrahan,
an All-Star, has picked up28 saves and posted apaper-thin 1.24 ERA.Entering the season, the29-year-old had saved 20games.
The Pirates are theclassic small-market Cin-derella story, much likethe Tampa Bay Rays werein 2008. Divisional cellar-dwellers for the betterpart of the millennium,the Pirates rank 27th inthe majors in team pay-roll, according toESPN.com.
Maholm, making $6.25
million this season, is thehighest-paid player on theroster. To put his salaryinto perspective, fourplayers on the last-placeHouston Astros makemore.
More than half of theteam’s players are makingless than half a milliondollars this season.
Alex Rodriguez’s 2010salary of $32 millionequals approximately 70percent of the Pirates’payroll.
The Pirates have gut-ted their roster multiple
times to shed salary, aswell. They have tradedsolid players like AramisRamirez and Jason Bay forless-than-average talentmaking very little money.
It’s good to see baseballthriving again in one ofAmerica’s better, moreloyal sports markets, onethat has endured 18 con-secutive losing seasons.
Who knows? ThePirates may actually add aplayer or two before theJuly 31 trade deadline in anattempt to make a seriousrun for the postseason.
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Team Buckets sets positive example for kids
COURTESY JOSH JOHNS
Josh Johns, center (holding basketball), founded Team Buckets along with Knights basketball player Tristan Spurlock to help children in the community.
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this weekend
Kyle Israel experienced plenty of success during his four-year tenure as a quarterback for the UCF football team, lead-ing the team to its first conference championship.
Now, he looks to find similar success in the businessworld, along with partners Travis Barr and Carey Sobel, byopening the American bistro, Terrace 390, in the heart ofdowntown Orlando.
All three owners, former members of Sigma Chi fraterni-ty at UCF, have made it clear that they are not going any-where. Israel said he has high hopes regarding the growth ofdowntown Orlando.
“UCF has been fueling the economy of downtown Orlan-do, alumni have been making the move to downtown Orlan-do upon graduation,” he said.
Terrace 390 has a remarkable outdoor patio. The spa-cious, 10,000-square-foot terrace is perfect for enjoying thebeautiful Floridian climate both day and night. With a hugeoutdoor bar and plenty of seating, this place is ideal for spe-cial events.
Inside, well, it’s comfortable to say the least. The bar is thefocal point in the room surrounded by 10 flat-screen televi-sions, making this spot an ideal location for downtowners towatch UCF football games.
Weekly specials include “Get Over the HUMP” Wednes-
days, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. By paying a $17 cover charge, cus-tomers receive all-you-can-drink wine, bottles of Budweiserand Miller Lite, sliders and house-made chips and live music.
Sigma Chi alumni openspacious downtown bistro
ALEXANDRIA NICODEMIContributing Writer
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UCF Sigma Chi alumni Kyle Israel,Travis Barr and Carey Sobel opened the Americanbistro,Terrace 390, in the heart of downtown Orlando.
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The Orlando musicscene has missed folksinger and UCF alumnusJames Roquemore sincehe left town in 2010 tofind a music career inNashville, Tenn. Once alocal standout and openmic regular, Roquemoreis now faced with rebuild-ing a fan base and gainingrecognition in the musicalcity of Nashville.
“The Nashville musicscene is very interesting.It is definitely the mostcompetitive scene I’veever seen. Everybody is asongwriter, everybodyplays guitar,” Roquemoresaid. “In that sense, it’s alittle intimidating to knowthat feeling that you’renot special becauseyou’re a musician – you’re
actually part of the major-ity.”
During his years atUCF, Roquemore steadily
earned loyal fans, playinghouse parties and fre-quenting places like Natu-ra Café and Austin’s Cof-
fee. At a CD release partyheld at the Plaza ‘Live’Theatre in August 2009,Roquemore unveiled his
EP titled “The First,”which he recorded at Flat-Foot records at ValenciaCommunity College. Hisperformance that nightfeatured a full band andnine-piece string section.
Now Roquemorespends his days writingsongs for a new record inambitious style. Outsideof his own talent on gui-tar, piano, bass anddrums, he also plans onrecording with stringmusicians for roughly halfthe album. Roquemoresaid the record will con-sist of a wide range of“pop songs, to kind ofdarker blues songs, tosweet and slightlydepressing folk songs.”
“This record is goingto be a lot different fromthe first. I feel like it’s
Making music from Natura to Nashville
AUSTIN CASTLE / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
UCF alumnus and folk singer James Roquemore moved to Nashville,Tenn. in 2010 to pursue a music career.
AUSTIN CASTLEContributing Writer
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LAND OF THE FREE
While spending mysummer in D.C., I havelearned one valuable thingthat I can’t put a price on –learning how to network iskey. Whether you want toschmooze in the city’sinner business circle, meetand talk with futureemployers or share ideaswith policymakers, theword “networking” will getyou pretty far. Resourcesand relationships are key ifany young, upcoming pro-fessional wants to embarkon their career path andstrive for that dream job.
Business owners andentrepreneurs have told menumerous times that hav-ing the right connections
can make a huge differencein my success. The mostimportant way to make thatconnection is through youronline identity. Whetheranyone chooses to embraceit or not, social media hastaken this world by storm,and Washington, D.C. is nodifferent.
Facebook, LinkedIn,
Twitter, Digg, Friendsterand now Google Plus —the list goes on and on. Hey,Barack Obama was evendubbed the first tech presi-dent. With various govern-ment and news organiza-tions utilizing Twitter andFacebook on a daily basis,it’s no wonder the nation’scapital is ranked as one ofthe most “social savvy.”
Through my time spenthere in Washington, D.C., Ihave had the chance to cre-ate a branding campaignfor myself. My online plat-form showcases my skillsand what I want people toknow and take away fromme. With about every onein four employers
“Googling” potentialemployees nowadays,according to Epic PR Presi-dent Adele Cehrs, the ques-tion you should be askingyourself is how you want tobe perceived. Perfectingand enhancing my onlineidentity did not come easy,but I learned valuable les-sons and tips that showpotential employers that Iam ready for success.
While building yourprofessional brand onlineyou must find a way tostand out in a crowd withappropriate profiles: under-standing your employers’point of view, keeping con-sistent, knowing when todraw the line between per-
sonal and professional andgoing the extra mile insearch of what you want toportray.
Now trust me, beforeentering the professionalworld I thought I couldavoid social media and sim-ply use Facebook as a wayto keep in touch withfriends and share pictures. Iwas anti-Twitter, anti-LinkedIn and anti-anythingonline really. However,after attending an event onsocial media and how touse it properly, I learnedthat an online identity islike your credit score; if youwant to be relevant, nothaving one is a big disad-vantage.
JANELLE KUEHNERTColumnist
Social networking is the best way to network
CAMPUS STYLEName: Jason De La Rosa
Year: Sophomore
Major: Computer Engineering
What are you wearing and where is itfrom?Shirt- World of Warcraft shirtShoes- TOMSShorts- Cutoff jean shorts
Where do you like to shop? Threadless
Who is your style icon? Tom Cruise
How do you describe your style? I usually wear cutoffs or skinny jeans and aT-shirt all the time.
How would you describe UCF’s style?Anything and everything, pajamas to suits,whatever you feel like.
What is your favorite item to wear?My favorite pants; I love skinny jeans.
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There is also live musicon Thursdays, andlocal DJs perform Fri-day and Saturday night.
Happy hour is everyday from 4 p.m. until 7p.m. and includes $3wine and cocktails, $2drafts and half-off flat-breads.
Terrace’s menuaffords customers awide variety of options.The homemade potatochips, an absolutemust, will redefinewhat you consider apotato chip. Terrace390 also boasts a fewfamily traditions, likeBarr’s grandmother’straditional meatballsub.
Cost-wise, the menuis reasonable for a col-lege student’s budgetand has everythingfrom fresh fish, flat-breads, sliders, pastaand much more. Ifreading the menu isn’tenough for you, Ter-race 390 takes it to thenext level by allowingcustomers to see everyitem on the server’sApple iPad.
“People eat withtheir eyes,” Israel said.“We want every cus-tomer to know exactlywhat they can expectfrom our fresh prod-ucts.”
With 85 percent ofits staff coming fromUCF, Terrace 390 hasmade it a priority togive back to the com-munity since its open-ing on April 8.
On June 8, Terrace390 hosted the firstPatch Party, a fundrais-er that brought morethan 450 people to therestaurant to promotethe tradition of UCFathletics.
UCF senior hospi-tality major Molly Mat-tox, a hostess at Ter-race 390, worked theevent.
“It was a great eventthat really showed howmuch of an impact ouralumni has on our
school still,” Mattox said.Head coach George
O’Leary spoke at the event,and Israel noted how sup-portive O’Leary has been bycoming in four to five times aweek. In addition tofundraisers, the guys giveback to UCF by marketingspecifically to hospitalitystudents at the Rosen Col-lege, sending emails whennew positions are open.
Samantha Major, a seniorsociology major and waitressat Terrace 390, said she looksup to all three guys and all ofthe time and dedication theyhave put into making therestaurant a success.
“It is truly inspirationaland I really enjoy coming towork because there is such agreat group of people here,”Major said.
Interaction with staff is ofthe utmost importance toIsrael.
“We have a great team asfar as balancing each otherout; it takes time manage-ment and organization,”Israel said.
So go out and supportyour fellow UCF alumni andtake a trip to 390 N. OrangeAve. Whether it’s to grab afew drinks, enjoy dinner andlive music on the terrace, orjust to see a few familiarfaces, this place is exactlywhat downtown Orlandoneeds — a little UCF spirit.
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Happy hour at Terrace 390 is every day from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and includes $3wine and cocktails, $2 drafts and half-off flatbreads.
going to be a lot more accessible,”Roquemore said. “There are a lot moreupbeat songs and something hopefullyeveryone can sing along to.”
At night, Roquemore can usually bespotted in one of the many music ven-ues that line the streets of Nashville’sMusic Row. He said he plays out oftenin order to network with people whoknow how to promote artists like him.
“Country music is definitely [thecity’s] main focus,” Roquemore said,but he hopes his focus on “storytellingand simple, solid songwriting” will pro-vide something familiar to country,Americana and folk music fans alike. Headded that his fiction writing studies atUCF, along with an interest in narrativefilm, aid the storytelling aspect of hissongwriting.
Roquemore returned to a crowdmixed with longtime fans to play anacoustic performance at The Abbey inOrlando on Saturday night. The show,part of a 21st birthday celebration for afriend, was an opportunity for him torecord a live performance.
“We are hoping to get some videoout of this since it is a really nice venue,”his brother Peter Roquemore said at theshow. Roquemore’s family, who alsorelocated from Orlando to Nashville,enjoys supporting his music career.
“He has to re-promote himself allover again, which is always a challenge,”Peter said. “At home, we let him playmusic all the time.”
For the rest of the summer, the folksinger plans to continue his “couchtour,” playing house shows in exchangefor a couch to sleep on. After a short tripto Alabama, Roquemore will travel back
to Orlando for a show at fan Kelly Rior-dan’s house in August.
“His songs are easy to relate to,”Riordan, a senior communication sci-ences and disorders major, said. “Hismusic is really relaxed and so chill. Plus,James is just a really nice person. Sobecause of that, I want to support him.”
Fans can follow Roquemore on Twit-ter and Facebook, or visit his website atwww.jamesroquemore.com to find tourdates, music videos and his blog.
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AUSTIN CASTLE / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Once a local standout and open mic regular, Roquemoreis rebuilding a fan base in the musical city of Nashville.
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f you don’t think youhave a stake in this debtceiling debate, then you
had better start paying atten-tion.
At a recent White Housemeeting during the deficitreduction talks, Rep. EricCantor (R-Va.) proposedeliminating the in-schoolsubsidy on student loans asone step toward cutting thefederal deficit, according tothe Chronicle of Higher Edu-cation. The Chronicle report-ed that President Obamareacted strongly to that pro-posal and pushed back hardagainst Cantor.
“I’m not going to do that.I’m not going to take moneyfrom old people and screwstudents,” Obama said.
Having the governmentpay the subsidy on certainstudent loans provides asense of stability and calm tostudents. It allows studentsto pursue their educationalgoals, knowing that they willonly be responsible for theprincipal amount of theirloan, rather than the interest.This also provides a suitablealternative to the unsubsi-dized version of these loans,which provides studentswith more cash but keeps thetab running on the interestwhile the student is inschool. The interest subsidyprovides students with thealternative of coming out oftheir educational experienceowing less money than theywould otherwise.
This is not the first timethat Republicans have triedthis sort of thing. According
to the Chronicle, Republicanshave been proposing makingstudents pay the interest ontheir loans as far back as1994, as part of their “Con-tract with America.” Theybrought the idea back to lifein their blueprint for the 2012fiscal year, arguing that thereis “no evidence” that the sub-sidy increases college atten-dance, according to theChronicle.
Students who aspire toachieve a college educationare not motivated to do sobecause of an interest sub-sidy. Students pursue a col-lege education for a widevariety of reasons. In somecases, they may want a bettercareer. In others, they maysimply be after personalenrichment through theknowledge that they obtainwhile attending a university.
Paying for this subsidy,however, provides those stu-dents that rely on loans toeducate themselves a certainlevel of stability while theyare in college. The peace ofmind that this subsidy pro-vides allows students tofocus on their educationalgoals while not having towonder how much they willowe when accounting forinterest owed.
According to the Chroni-cle, eliminating this subsidywill save the federal govern-ment $43 billion over 10years. This is not likely to beenough to put a dent into thecurrent federal deficit, whichstands at nearly $1.5 trillion,according to the Congres-sional Budget Office.
Most experts agree thatthe long-term drivers ofdeficit and debt are entitle-ment programs such asMedicare and Medicaid. Ourleaders should be focusingon the solvency of those pro-grams first, before electing tocome after students. Obamahas acted judiciously instanding firm and not givingin to Cantor’s proposal inorder to secure a deal on thedebt ceiling. It should benoted, however, that Obamahas supported eliminatingthe subsidy for graduate stu-dents as a way to cover ashortfall in the Pell Grantprogram, according to theChronicle.
Many Republicans haveconsistently talked about notraising taxes on anyone in abad economy.
If Cantor’s proposal is anyindication, however, Republi-cans are perfectly happy toincrease expenses upon stu-dents in a bad economy. Theproposal to eliminate the in-school subsidy is a bad one,and Obama rightly rejectedthe proposal and stood upfor the students of this coun-try. Student loans are animportant tool that give all ofus an opportunity to achievethe American Dream.
Protecting the subsidyprovided by our federal gov-ernment is critically impor-tant.Let us hope that coolerheads can prevail and thatwe can find sensibleapproaches to bringing ourfederal budget into balanceand reducing our deficit anddebt.
OUR STANCE
Don’t burden students for debt
Everyone has heardthe old saying, “Moneydoesn’t buy you happi-ness,” but what does thateven mean? Money buysme a trip to Paris withmy family, doesn’t thatmake me happy? Moneyallows me to buy insur-ance for my house andhealth care for the peo-ple I love, doesn’t thatmake me happy? Moneyallows me better securi-ty, freedom and luxuries, all ofwhich make me happy.
Yet America is ranked 14th in theworld for happiness according toForbes Magazine, despite taking inmore money than any other coun-try in the world; more than twotimes as much as second-placeChina.
Statistics like these are hard tofathom in America. We live in a cul-ture that, at its core, believes in theAmerican dream of happiness:owning a business, making goodmoney for your family and getting ajob where you can afford that tripto Paris. These are all great ideals,but it’s also important to see whatwe’ve lost by becoming the greatsuperpower that we are today.
For instance, Americans take anaverage of 14 days off of work ayear, according to ABC News. Com-pare this to the English, who takeoff 24 days a year, and the French,who vacation an average of 39 daysa year. According to the FederalReserve of Minneapolis, we alsowork 50 percent more than Ger-mans, French and Italians. Thanksto issues like these, Americans are,on average, twice as stressed aswhat is considered safe for humanhealth, according to the AmericanPsychological Association. Further-more, our insistence on constantlycalling for lower taxes, yet refusingto cut any programs we like, has leftus more than $14 trillion in debt.
What’s interesting to note is thatthis hasn’t always been the case. Inthe 1970s, America was at a cross-roads: America’s dependence onforeign oil had come back to biteus, the economy was stagnant andinflation was soaring. The UnitedStates was in a state of loss, notsure where to head after Watergateand the hippie movement. Presi-
dent Jimmy Carter start-ed to notice that Ameri-can culture had begun to“worship self-indulgenceand consumption.” Heconfronted the issuehead-on in 1979, tellingthe American people thatthere are two paths tochoose, the path of greedor the path of helpingthose that need it themost.
The next year, thepeople made their choice and theyvoted out Carter and electedRonald Reagan, who ran promisingto cut taxes and take away regula-tions from industries.
Reagan took the gross federaldebt from $900 billion to $2.7 tril-lion, according to the Ludwig vonMises Institute. More importantthan that though, the culture ofAmerica changed. According to theAmerican Psychological Associa-tion, since 1982 personal savingshave gone from 11 percent to belowzero. Personal ConsumptionExpenditures leapt from $15,800 in1980 to $26,300 per person in 2005,according to independent invest-ment management firm Muh-lenkamp and Company, Inc. Yetdespite all of this spending, accord-ing to a study done at Harvard, ourhappiness has slightly declinedsince the 1980s.
So here we sit at another cross-roads: more than $14 trillion in debt,and talking about restructuring theU.S. government in ways unprece-dented in American history. Every-one keeps talking about this interms of numbers, but what weshould be asking is deeper, morecritical. Who are we, as a people,right now in this generation? Willwe continue running toward thepursuit of money, or will we slowdown and decide in creating a bet-ter quality of life? Do we continueto “worship self-indulgence,” likeCarter said in 1979, or do we decideto help our neediest of citizens?These are the decisions a genera-tion makes that defines them forev-er. We have to decide if we contin-ue to chase this myth of happinessby net worth, or if we want to makereal substantive changes to the waywe view the American dream. Thisis the choice our generation faces.
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Is money or charity thekey to our happiness?
ERIC OWENComputer engineering, sophomore
"My freshman year at Apollo, Iwas one of 4 in about a groupof 20 people who didn't smoke.I tried to avoid their smokebecause I know secondhandsmoke can be very dangerous."
TITO AQUINOBiology, junior
"I don't believe the laws ofsmoking in public are toostrict. I'm an asthmatic and itsreally bad when I'm aroundmy friends who smoke."
MEGAN MINTERBusiness, junior
“Yes, I am concerned with theeffects of secondhand smokebecause they can be haz-ardous to your health.”
SAMANTHA BOESCHEnglish education, junior
“Yes, I am concerned with theeffects of secondhand smokingbecause its not fair for you tohave health issues because ofit because you don’t have anycontrol over it.”
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‘Are you concerned withsecondhand smoke in
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T H E W O R D A R O U N D C A M P U S
JOSE VILLEGASCriminal justice, junior
"Since I personally don'tsmoke, I don't think they're toostrict. I'm fine as long as thesmoke isn't concentrated."
BRIAN SOLORZANOPsychology, senior
“I think they’re fine wherethey are. I am concerned withthe effects but I think there arebigger issues.”
BRYAN EASTMANGuest Columnist
Imagine that you are stand-ing in between two opposinggroups.
The first group, dressed inorange volunteer vests, standsquietly by the main entranceof a local health clinic. Thishealth clinic provides repro-ductive care for women, menand teens at an extremely dis-counted rate. They offer anarray of services to the com-munity, including the testingand treatment of sexuallytransmitted diseases, cancer screeningsand access to contraception—includingfree condoms.
Yes, this health clinic does provideabortion services, but it should be notedthat these services only make up 3 per-cent of what this clinic does. Indeed, itcan be said that this clinic works veryhard to prevent the need for abortionsthrough educating clients on all methodsof birth control, including abstinence.
On the opposing side, surrounding theclinic, are active protesters from acrossthe country, practicing their First Amend-ment right to speak freely. This groupholds obscene signs with images ofbloody, stillborn babies. They wear shirtsprinted with religious rhetoric andattempt to take photographs of those whowalk in, out and around the health clinic.They are well-equipped with a sound sys-tem and sing faith-based songs whilesimultaneously demanding those who uti-lize the clinic’s services repent immedi-ately. They are pro-lifers, more commonlyknown to many of us as anti-choicers.
As you might have assumed, the firstaforementioned group is Planned Parent-hood, one of the nation’s leadingproviders of reproductive health careservices. One in four women has visited aPlanned Parenthood health center in herlifetime. Here in Florida, Planned Parent-hood provides close to 53,000 patientswith birth control every year, along withnearly 14,000 emergency contraceptionkits. With two locations in Orlando,Planned Parenthood has evolved intobecoming a major community source forreproductive health and education.
The group protesting its existence isknown as Operation Save America. This
group is well known for theirlong history of opposing awoman’s right to choose, fight-ing against gay rights andspreading vicious anti-Muslimhatred. This group preachesnon-violence, and yet theyhave been accused of beinginvolved in many violentcrimes. Indeed, the NationalAbortion Federation has statedthat throughout the last 20years, anti-choice groups,including OSA, have been
responsible for six murders and 15attempted murders of abortion providers.They have also been behind some 200bombings and arsons, 72 attemptedarsons, 750 death and bomb threats andhundreds of acts of vandalism, intimida-tion, stalking and burglary.
I told you initially to imagine being inthe center of these two opposing groups,but you won’t need your imagination;believe it or not, OSA is protesting abor-tion centers, LGBT centers and mosquesright here in the city of Orlando. Theychose the City Beautiful as the locationfor their 2011 national conference becausethey thought they would find supporthere. With five anti-choice bills passed bythe Florida Legislature, that notion shouldnot be surprising. Though I cannot denythat this group has passion, I absolutelydespise their motivation and tactics. Howcan a group who practices their FirstAmendment right to free speech deny awoman’s right to choose? How can agroup who preaches love be filled with somuch hate?
By no means do I intend to downsizethe importance of faith in one’s life. How-ever, groups like OSA do not give religiona good name. In contrast, their use of reli-gion to manipulate followers and causechaos is both unnecessary and a trueexample of the problems that stem fromextremism.
With all of this taken into considera-tion, I leave the decision to you: who doyou stand with?
Personally, when I find myself placedon a line between rationality and extremesubjectivity, it’s easy to choose which sideI want to stand with. This is why I standwith Planned Parenthood.
I choose to stand withPlanned Parenthood
ANNA ESKAMANIGuest Columnist
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