2008 Woodie Awards
On Wednesday at the McDonald's restaurant at Alafya Trail and University Boulevard, UCF students joined more than 3,000 people across the globe to simultaneously play the board game Monopoly. The event, which lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., was an attempt to break the world record of the most amount of people to simultaneously play the popular property-trading board game.
The SGA Senate voted on Thursday evening to remove Webster Cook from his position as a Senator. Cook was found guilty of misfeasance, which is defined by SGA as a lawful act performed in a wrongful manner by a Student Government official in execution of his or her duties.
The Orlando Sentinel is discontinuing its participation in the UCF student readership program, after negotiations of pricing with the Student Government Association fell through. SGA president Logan Berkowitz said during a Senate meeting Thursday that all Orlando Sentinel boxes would be removed from campus.
The trial and vote to remove Cook from office took place on Thursday evening in the Student Union. Information on the trial, including the final vote count, are currently online at www.ucfnews.com, but happened after press deadlines and couldn't be in the paper.
Provost and Executive Vice President Terry Hickey announced Thursday evening that UCF will be spending $6 million on faculty and staff bonuses and raises. The money comes as a result of the additional tuition revenue generated by UCF's enrollment growth and increasing growth rates.
At the UCF Memory Mall on Tuesday, bystanders gathered to watch a sport in which players pummeled each other with dodgeballs, while other players run up and down a field with brooms or lacrosse sticks between their legs.? "It's like dodgeball combined with soccer combined with hide-and-go-seek" UCF student Garrett Ferrara said.
The UCF Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Student Union kicked off its first meeting Tuesday. Students poked fun at their own stereotypes with a group exclamation of "fabulous," led by the GLBSU President Jessica Osborn and her fellow officers. As people filed in, hugs and friendly greetings abounded as familiar and new faces were welcomed.
A store has opened near UCF that does not plan to offer new merchandise. Refresh Computers & Electronics on Collegiate Way, near CB&S Bookstore, sells recycled and refurbished goods. "We're probably the only tenant in that building that doesn't use the garbage can," store manager Neil Backman said.
Merely days from the start of this year's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., UCF's College Republicans are hard at work contributing to Sen. John McCain's campaign for president. This summer, more than 300 of the club's members were busy making signs and recruiting new members for the club.