2008 Woodie Awards
Rockets powered by laughing gas are no joking matter to UCF students who are less than a year away from the first launch. Nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas, will help the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space at UCF propel two rockets into the upper atmosphere.
The number of burglaries reported on UCF's main campus has more than tripled since 2005, according to new data released in October in the latest UCF Annual Report and Safety Guide. Reports of burglaries jumped from 12 in 2005 to 43 in 2007, a 258 percent increase.
Hunger and homelessness in Central Florida will be brought to light Thursday evening in an interactive simulation at the 15th Annual Hunger Banquet. The banquet "demonstrates in a very real way the inequalities we have in society," Volunteer UCF Director of Hunger and Homelessness Jessica Schwendeman, said.
Internships can be hard to come by, but for Lauren Berger, they became a career. Nicknamed the "Intern Queen," by local and national press, Berger completed 15 internships before graduating college. "The internships on my resume were the only reason I got an interview at my first job," Berger said.
Despite hiccups in the connection, the UCF Team Fortress 2 team won its first competition in the College Gaming League against Ball State University. The competition was held at the Knight4Gamers event at the Student Union Friday. Sponsored by the UCF Computer Store and combat-simulation center Hard Knocks, the competition and a Counter-Strike: Source tournament were side events during a Gears of War 2 launch party.
Steph Segler wakes up bright and early on a typical morning, takes a shower, grabs a filling breakfast and sits down to pray. Segler, a sophomore at UCF and a devout Christian, is one of a growing number of students who are practicing and strengthening their faith by attending Reformed University Fellowship, one of the ministries and religious groups around the UCF campus.
Washington University in St. Louis is taking a step in a green direction after deciding to cut the sales of plastic bottled water on campus. "It costs society a lot more in energy and expense to bottle water than to have students head for the nearest hallway drinking fountain," said Matt Malten, Washington university's assistant vice chancellor for sustainability, in an article last week from the St.
Diego Marin, 24, had only one goal when he was growing up: to come to the United States to receive a good college education. He came alone, leaving his family in Venezuela. He held whatever jobs were available, such as dishwashing, in order to save money for school.