2008 Woodie Awards
While the official presidential election is months away, many UCF students continue to have mixed feelings about who should be the next president. After the polls closed on Tuesday, it was revealed that Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. John McCain had won Florida.
Another UCF student was diagnosed Wednesday with bacterial meningitis. Christopher Taylor, who allowed the university to use his name in an e-mail sent to the UCF community Wednesday evening, was admitted to a hospital Monday with symptoms. Taylor is said to be recovering well and without any of the severe consequences associated with bacterial meningitis, said Dr.
The passion for speed that motivated one UCF student to kiss his car good-bye every night would be the same passion that took his life Sunday morning. Joshua Ammirato, an 18-year-old freshman health science major from Ocala, died after slamming his 2008 BMW M5 into a tree off of the Greystone Airport Runway, taking with him four passengers - Isaac Rubin, 20; Dustin Dawe, 19; James Hime, 19; and Jacob Casey, 19.
As 50 students filled the viewing area in the Pegasus Ballroom anticipating a live webcast Wednesday at 8 p.m., the screen went blank. The 2% Solution, a webcast discussion on solving global warming, was set to air live from the UCF Cocoa campus and on screens nationwide.
UCF contributes proficient leaders to the nonprofit world every year. UCF's American Humanics Program recently received an outstanding award for certifying a higher percentage of its students than any other university in the country to become leaders of non-profit organizations.
The Florida primary election not only brought an on-campus precinct but also a national television network. C-SPAN, a cable-provided and funded network that provides public access to the political process, visited UCF Wednesday. They brought one of two campaign buses traveling across the country to promote the channel and talk to students about the primary elections in each state.