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Several changes coming up for fall 2012 semester

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Published: Monday, August 13, 2012

Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012 14:08

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The above rendering illustrates a view from Memory Mall of the new Classroom II building. The new, three-story, 80,000 square-foot Classroom II building will be completed in July 2013 and will be equipped with larger class space.

UCF-1.01 is the first planet researchers at the university have discovered, but hopefully it won’t be the last.

More recently, UCF has appeared on sites like The Huffington Post and The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding a situation that has been developing all summer.

UCF marketing major Tim Arnold created an app called U Could Finish that would notify students when a class they were trying to get into opened up. Students would sign up for the service and pay based on how often they wanted U Could Finish to check the availability of the class.

If the class opened up, the student would receive a text so they could quickly enroll in it.

Arnold posted his idea to the UCF page on Reddit, a link-sharing community, on June 6 and then on June 8 he realized his service no longer had access to the myUCF servers. On June 15, he received a summons from the Office of Student Conduct.

A conduct hearing was held on July 24 and Arnold was told that his app violated policies outlined in the Golden Rule Handbook. Arnold has to cease operations for U Could Finish, write two five- to eight-page papers, take a $15 coaching session and step down from his leadership positions.

Arnold recently appealed the decision and received a reduced punishment. 

On June 10, 2013, UCF will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. Between now and then, the university will be hosting celebratory events, although the dates and times have not yet been announced.

As you come back to campus for the fall semester, make sure you’re aware of these upcoming changes and be sure to look forward to more in the future.

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1 comments

Ashley Gordon
Mon Aug 27 2012 12:57
I think it's ridiculous that UCF took Arnold to the OSC. That's the kind of action that embarrasses me and makes me not want to attend this school. I hate to say that yes, I'm ashamed to attend UCF. I'll be especially peeved if they decide to come out with the same app he made when the UCF tech dept wasn't creative enough to think of it first. It's literally blasphemy. Here, let's a take a brilliant and creative student and punish him when he actually uses that brilliance. Also, if UCF thinks going smoke free without putting any punishments in place is going to work they have another thing coming for them. If they want to go smoke free they need to do it right. I swear, nothing is done appropriately at this university. Oh, we don't have enough parking? Let's just build another classroom building in an excellent location for another parking garage. Let's just make it more inconvenient for students to find parking, even though they are forced to pay for it. I'll be happy when I graduate.




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