Central Florida Future Nov. 26 issue

Kristin Gizzio tossesand turns at night, hopingto get at least four hours ofsleep before a full day ofschool and work.

Gizzio has been plaguedwith a sleeping problem forthe past four years. Overthe years, she alwaysthought it was just a mildcase of insomnia, but shenever sought out anexpert’s opinion.

“I’ll go to bedand notbe

able to fall asleep for hoursand I’ll just lay there orwatch television,” Gizziosaid. “It’s not like I’m nottired, because it’s usuallyafter I’ve gotten only fourhours of sleep the nightbefore.”

Gizzio realized fallingasleep became a problemfor her once she startedcollege and started work-ing full time – once herschedule became a greatdeal busier.

Kristina Grab-nickas,

an advanced registerednurse practitioner at UCFHealth Services said thatfor college students, afterthe flu and cold symptoms,sleeping problems are thethird most highly regardedimpediment to doing wellin college.

Grabnickas wants toeliminate college students’sleep problems by havingstudents attend the sleepworkshop that UCF HealthServices hosts, so they canlearn the basic sleep habitsthat can improve theirquality of sleep and their

studies.

JENNIFER MITCHELLContributing Writer

Catch your breath UCFThe Recreation and

Wellness Center will behosting a presentation onUCF’s smoke-free initiativeat noon Monday in theRWC classroom. The pres-entation will teach partici-pants how to promote thepolicy to others and willdiscuss what resources areavailable to help students,faculty and staff quit smok-ing.

For information, contactStephanie Spies [email protected].

Networking Techniques Career Services will be

hosting a networking work-shop at 11 a.m. Tuesday inthe Career Services Experi-ential Learning building,room 115.

Participants will learn toovercome fears and anxietyrelated to networking byusing outcome based think-ing.

For information, callCareer Services at 407-823-2361.

Free HIV screeningsWellness and Health

Promotions has partneredwith Hope and Help tooffer free rapid HIV testingfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Wednesday in the Recre-ation and Wellness Center,room 111b.

For information, contactChristine Pugh at 407-823-5123.

Self-defense classThe Recreation and

Wellness Center will behosting a self-defense classat 6 p.m. Wednesday in themultipurpose room. Inter-ested participants must reg-ister by Monday.

For information, callAlyssa Updegrave at 407-823-2408 or by email [email protected].

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UCF clinched the C-USA East titlewith a win over UAB — SEE SPORTS, A8

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FLA.SURVEYING YOUNGWOMEN ABOUT THEIRSEX LIVESThe state of Florida is askingthousands of young womensome intimate questions theirsex lives and is giving them a$10 gift card in return.

WOMAN ARRESTEDAFTER DECOMPOSINGHUSBAND FOUND A woman has been charged withmanslaughter after thedecomposing body of herhusband was found in theirCentral Florida home.

Rapid growth hasbecome the norm at UCF.

With an enrollment ofmore than 60,000 studentsand a 1,415-acre main cam-pus, the school has earned areputation as a literal giantof a university.

But UCF’s bigger-is-bet-ter mentality has yet tomake its way to footballattendance, and that’s

something UCF’s market-ing department, studentsand alumni alike are hopingcan change.

UCF recorded an aver-age attendance of 34,608this season per home game,resulting in 10,000 emptyseats on average each timethe Knights took the field atBright House NetworksStadium.

That figure is enough torank UCF second in Con-ference USA in average

attendance and is anincrease of about 300 atten-dees from last year, butleaves fans and leaderswondering if the school isliving up to its potential.

“UCF isn’t drawing thekind of crowd that is fun tobe a part of,” UCF alumnusDarrell Garvey said. “Thepotential is definitely there;I have season tickets in theyoung alumni section and I

In response to students’ demand forfried chicken, restaurant owners are inthe process of opening a Huey Magoo’sin the Student Union.

The restaurant is scheduled to openon the first day of classes in January.According to its website, the restaurantspecializes in fried and grilled chickentender meals, sandwiches, salads anddipping sauces. The menu that will beavailable in the Student Union’s foodcourt will be an express menu built forthe smaller location.

This type of food will add new varietyto the options currently available at theStudent Union. UCF student Ana Saave-dra is looking forward to having friedchicken as an option.

“I think it’s really good. It’s more of avariety for students that don’t like what-ever is in the Student Union right now,”Saavedra said.

The Student Union currently offerscheeseburgers, pizzas, Asian food, Mexi-can food, crepes among other options.The new Huey Magoo’s location willoffer a menu of strictly chicken and var-ious side options.

Al Dhanani and his business partnerAmir Dhanji operate an entire corner ofthe Student Union, which will includethe Corner Café, Huey Magoo’s andAsian Chao. Dhanani said that they’reopening Huey Magoo’s because they

Union set todebut HueyMagoo’s inspring 2013

Sleep struggles

Fried chicken to be offered

Officials look to improve home-game attendance

EMILEE JACKSONContributing Writer

ANDY ZUNZSports Editor

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Saving money mayhave just gotten easier forcollege students lookingto cut costs. With a strokeof the finger, students canfind money-saving tips foritems ranging from insur-ance to the Internet at theblog Clueless in College.

Bradley Dubs, the co-founder of the Clueless inCollege blog and book,said the days of paying fullprice are over. Dubs,along with his friend JoeBatruny, compile cost-sav-ing techniques based ontheir own life experi-ences.

After graduating from

UCF and facing an ardu-ous routine as a financialanalyst, Dubs moved toAustralia. While there, hespent time brainstormingbusiness ideas. Hethought about his friendBatruny and decided tosee if he wanted to collab-orate on a project. Fromthere, the idea of creatinga blog for college studentssnowballed. Now, the twowrite weekly blogs to helpothers save.

Rather than the typical“buy one, get one” or $1 offa product coupon peopletend to see, the Clueless inCollege blog provides itsreaders with big saving

In 2010, Zavia Men-ning’s mother dog-eareda magazine article thattold of a student whopetitioned for the use ofcage-free eggs in the din-ing halls of her college inMichigan.

Beneath the article,her mother wrote, “Zavia,you could do this atUCF.”

This semester, Men-ning was assigned a proj-ect in her leadershipstudies class for whichshe had to devise a planto spur social changewithin the community.The junior interpersonal-organizational communi-cation major was strug-gling to come up with anidea when she discov-

ered the same articleunder which her motherpenciled in passivewords of encouragement.

Menning said she tookit as a sign, pitched theidea to her two grouppartners and by mid-October was petitioning

for cage-free eggs to beused at Marketplace andKnightro’s, UCF’s on-campus dining halls.

Menning and hergroup partners, MadelynSovern and Vanessa Gar-

Blog offers studentsclues for college life

Students hatch plan for cage-free cuisine

LAURA NEWBERRY / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTUREThree UCF students are currently petitioning for cage-free eggs to be used atKnightro’s and Marketplace as part of a social change project.

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UCF celebrates a touchdown in front of a crowd with an announced attendance of36,036 during this year’s Homecoming Game against SMU.The stadium had anaverage of 10,000 empty seats each time the Knights took the field this season.

Fans fret over unfilled seats

Students search for ways to get a good night’s sleep

HALEIGH HITZINGContributing Writer

LAURA NEWBERRYPhoto Editor

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Fla.surveying young womenabout their sex lives

FORT LAUDERDALE— The state of Florida isasking thousands of youngwomen some intimatequestions about their sexlives and is giving them a$10 gift card in return.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports theDepartment of Health issurveying 4,100 womenbetween 18 and 24, givingparticipants a CVS giftcard.

Officials say the surveywill help them understandwomen’s need for andapproach to family-plan-ning services.

The 46-question surveywas sent out in Septemberand October. Participantswere asked how many menthey had sex with over thelast year, whether a manever poked holes in a con-dom to get them pregnantand how they felt emotion-ally the last time they hadunprotected sex.

Children playing in field findgrenade

CHRISTMAS — TheOrange County sheriff’sbomb squad blew up twoold hand grenades found ina field.

Deputies say childrenplaying in a field in therural town of Christmasfound the first grenade Sat-urday afternoon. One ofthe children told a parent,who called deputies.

The grenade appearedto be at least 30 years old.The bomb squad blew it upand then found the second.They detonated it, too.

Deputies plan to informthe Army Corps of Engi-neers to find out whetherthe field was once used formilitary training and mighthave other grenades.Deputies said it is also pos-sible someone buried thegrenades there years ago todispose of them.

Woman arrested afterdecomposing husband found

HAINES CITY — Awoman has been chargedwith manslaughter afterthe decomposing body ofher husband was found intheir Central Florida home.

The Ledger of Lakelandreports that 56-year-oldSheree H. Peters wasarrested Saturday, threeweeks after her 62-year-oldhusband, James Peters, waslast seen alive.

Polk County sheriff’sdetectives say ShereePeters told others her hus-band was in the hospital orhunting. Detectives say rel-atives confronted her Fri-day. She told them sheneeded gas and left. Therelatives went into the cou-ple’s Haines City home andfound James Peters dead.

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think that could reallybecome something, butright now, it’s just not hap-pening.”

The university hiredRyan Eklund as director ofmarketing in February inhopes of improving atten-dance across the board.Eklund understands thatthe school cannot boostattendance in a matter ofdays.

“[Attendance] is certain-ly not perfect and not wherewe want to be, ultimately,”Eklund said. “But theadministration is taking theapproach that we’re goingto make the right decisions,not the first ones, andunderstand the place andmarket and campus culturebefore we make significantchanges, and that’s theapproach we’ve been [tak-ing] in the first year.”

The market and campusculture of UCF is derivedfrom its student body, andthat’s where Eklund hopesto focus his efforts.

“Obviously, 60,000enrolled students is a huge,exciting population toengage and work with,”Eklund said. “It’s really thelifeblood of our fan base.Today’s students are tomor-row’s ticket buyers, tomor-row’s donors. So, from anathletic perspective, it’s keyto have them involved andloyal and engaged with theprogram.”

Students like seniormolecular microbiologymajor Peter Ng are exactlywho Eklund wants to reachout to. Ng describes himselfas “hooked” when it comesto UCF athletics.

As a regular attendee offootball, basketball and soc-cer games, Ng has workedto create original, student-led tradition, something hesays will result in betterattendance.

“When any school forcesa tradition onto a fan base,it’s never viewed in a posi-tive manner. Most times,fans think it’s a little cornyand it just doesn’t sound toogood,” Ng said. “But when

you hear students or fanscome up with something ontheir own, then typically itgets into that hive mindsetwhere everyone thinks,‘Whoa, this is really cool. Iwant to do this.’”

Eklund and UCF mar-keting couldn’t agree more,and the strategy they wantto take is one that comeswith student perspective.

“I think traditions areorganic and they come bestfrom the students. So whenthey like something, whenthey believe in somethingand it celebrates UCF’sbrand, it’s going to be a lotmore effective than some-one in an office building try-ing to create an idea,”Eklund said.

One of the ways theschool is reaching out tostudents is through the Stu-dent Spirit Board, a group of25 to 30 student leadersfrom all areas of campus.Eklund said the partnershiphas helped UCF “build stu-dent community, schoolspirit, traditions and reallygive the opportunity and

ownership to the studentleaders to create that cul-ture we want.”

While student involve-ment helps promote astrong game-day atmos-phere, it has not been thesource of what some say isan attendance problem.

In fact, Eklund describedthe student turnout asstrong and Ng said that hewas surprised with it thisyear. According to a tweetfrom Zack Lassiter, seniorassociate athletic directorfor external operations, stu-dent ticket demand for the2012 matchup with FIU wasthe highest for the firsthome game since the 2007opener against Texas.

The source of manyempty seats has come inother sections of the stadi-um.

More than 12,000 stu-dents graduated in the fall2011 and spring 2012 semes-ters, and around 100,000alumni live in the CentralFlorida region, opening ahuge source of people toattend games who are sim-

ply not showing up.With student enrollment

surging in recent years,Eklund says it’s critical tokeep young alumniinvolved in UCF Athletics,something that Garvey, aspring 2010 graduate, says isnot being done wellenough.

“Straight out of school,UCF needs to do a betterjob of getting young alumnito games,” Garvey said.

The former studentcited ticket prices for theyoung alumni seating, sec-tion 231, as a key deterrentkeeping recent graduatesfrom attending games.

“It’s not easy. This cur-rent season, I think I paid$150 for season tickets,which, in the grand schemeof college football, isn’t bad.But, at the same time … it’s abig expense compared towhen you’re a student,”Garvey said. “It really is dis-appointing sitting in acrowd and looking aroundat that many empty seats.”

Eklund has some goodnews to offer Garvey and

fellow alumni.“I think you’ll see mov-

ing forward into next yearmore affordable pricing forthe young alums so they canattend games and not havethat financial stress or chal-lenge,” Eklund said.

With increased studentinvolvement and moreaffordable pricing for youngalumni, UCF is hoping thatattendance will rise as theKnights move to the BigEast conference.

“It’s extremely exciting.Obviously, it’s going to bringour brand to a national plat-form that we’ve never hadbefore,” Eklund said.

Ng hopes that the futureconference affiliation willhelp UCF with attendanceand recognition, but, mostof all, wants to see what’sbest for the school get done.

“If we really want tostand out, we need to shareideas because there are somany creative minds atUCF and a lot of diehardfans like myself, and we allwant to see the school suc-ceed,” Ng said.

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want to fill the space withsomething studentsexpressed an interest in.

“People wanted friedchicken for a long time,”Dhanani said.

Dhanani and Dhanjiworked with the StudentUnion operators to findwhat students would liketo eat. They continuouslyasked students what theywanted, and it came downto a fried chicken restau-rant.

Dhanani said that theystarted looking at the spacefor Huey Magoo’s about sixmonths ago. They startedrenovating the location andwill continue to make

changes to it after it opensin the spring.

While the restaurant isbeing put in due to populardemand, not everyone islooking forward to the newfood service. ChristopherHawk, a physics major, pre-ferred eating at the StirCrazy, the restaurant HueyMagoo’s will be replacing.

“I don’t eat meat,” Hawksaid. “I really liked theplace that was there beforebecause it was one of thefew places on campus thatI could get a tofu dish.”

Hawk eats in the Stu-dent Union about two orthree times a week.Though he said he hasnever heard of HueyMagoo’s, he doesn’t plan

on eating there when itopens. He said the oldrestaurant, the stir fryoption, was healthier thanwhat is being put in now.

“I used to eat there a lotbecause they had a lot ofreally great veggie dishes,and it seemed like kind ofcloser to a healthier optionon campus,” Hawk said.

Huey Magoo’s seems tobe an unfamiliar name tostudents in the StudentUnion. Carlette Sewell, anursing major, has neverheard of the restaurantbefore, but thinks that theStudent Union needschicken on the menu.

The franchise was start-ed in 2004 in Oviedo andhas been developing and

expanding throughoutCentral Florida since then.Not only is the restaurantcoming to UCF, but therewill also be locations open-ing throughout the south-eastern United States.

When Huey Magoo’sopens, Dhanani said thatthere will specials fromtime to time that the fran-chise offers in addition tothe regular express menu.He and his business part-ner aren’t personally incharge of giving out theoffers, but there may beopening-day offers andspecials available to UCFstudents. And as a part oftheir regular schedule,Huey Magoo’s offers freesweet tea on Tuesdays.

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Free sweet tea to be offered on Tuesdays

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The Huey Magoo’s location on Alafaya Trail across from campus, above, hasbecome a popular restaurant among UCF students.The franchise will open a newlocation in the Student Union in spring 2013.


cia, both interdisciplinarystudies seniors minoringin leadership studies,have spent the past fewweeks rallying supportfor the initiative byspeaking to studentsabout the importance ofbringing cage-free eggs toUCF.

More than 1,200 signa-tures have been collectedby the three students sofar.

“Happy chickens layhappy eggs, I believe,”Menning said. “Thesechickens are in tiny cagestheir whole lives wherethey can’t spread theirwings and they never seesunlight, and that breaksmy heart.”

Sovern said she seesthe project as an opportu-nity to educate studentsabout what they’re put-ting into their bodies.

“I really think it’simportant to inform froma compassionate place,”she said. “I’ve been tellingstudents, ‘When our foodis made in such dark anddismal places, that ener-gy goes into the food, andwe consume that.’ And alot of people have said,‘Wow, that is so true.’”

At most commercialfarms, hens are crowdedtogether in unsanitaryindoor units called bat-tery cages, where eachanimal has personalspace that’s smaller thana sheet of paper, accord-ing to the Humane Soci-ety. These conditionsmake it difficult for thehens to move their limbsand restrict naturalbehaviors such as nestingand perching.

A 2002 study pub-lished in the AmericanJournal of Epidemiologyreported that people who

recently ate eggs fromcaged hens had about a200 percent higherchance of contracting sal-monella.

Menning said thatthrough research, she’sfound that it would costAramark, UCF’s mainfood service supplier,about 4 cents per egg tomake the switch to cage-free eggs.

Aramark states on itswebsite, “Aramark hasoffered cage-free eggs toany client that wantsthem, and in fact, hashelped many of its clientsmake the switch to cage-free eggs at their loca-tions.” The company alsoexplains that it is theclient’s prerogative — inthis case, UCF DiningServices — to decidewhether switching tocage-free eggs is worth-while.

Eden Wetherell, sus-tainability coordinatorfor UCF Dining Services,said in an email that UCFDining leadership wouldpotentially be meetingthis week to discuss theprospect of cage-free egginclusion into the mealplan offerings.

Menning said she andher group partners willcontinue to collect signa-tures up until the meet-ing, and that they hope torally support from a high-er percentage of studentswho eat at a dining hallregularly. So far, only 120of the students who havesigned the petition aremeal plan holders.

“Ideally, I think theyshould be able to see thatit’s what students want,because they’re payingfor their meal plans,”Garcia said of Aramarkand UCF Dining Ser-vices. “If you’re servingthe students, those arethe people who youshould be making happy.”

The Humane Societyestimates that 64 percentof universities are alreadyusing cage-free eggs insome respect, includingthe University of Florida,Harvard University andBoston University.

“We believe it’s impor-tant for students to havethe best nourishmentthey can have access to,”Sovern said. “UCF is sucha big school, and for it tomake a change like this, itcould affect colleges

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Organic option could be offered

“Why is sleep impor-tant? Sleep rejuvenatesyour mind — all yourcells, all your neurotrans-mitters, everything thatkeeps you working duringthe day has to rest atnight,” Grabnickas said.

UCF alumna, AllieSnow, has the same sleep-ing problem as Gizzio. Shehas trouble falling asleepand staying soundlyasleep throughout thenight for more than threeyears now. Snow said sherealized it was more thanjust a phase after dealingwith the sleeping problemfor a year.

“People keep saying totry prescription sleepmedication, but I’ve heardfrom so many people thatprescription sleep med-ication is addictive,” Snowsaid. “That’s just notsomething I want to dealwith.”

There are several non-medicated actions stu-dents can take in order tochange a sleeping prob-lem. For starters, studentsshould establish a go-to-bed time and wake timefor every day. This is mostimportant in getting into acycle for your circadianrhythm. Grabnickas saidafter the body gets used toit, it won’t need an alarmclock to wake up. Studentsshould also stay awayfrom doing things that willkeep them awake, such aseating late at night, drink-ing alcohol or caffeine andwatching television orworking on the computer.

“The bed is only forsleep, and that’s it. Youdon’t read, you don’twatch TV, you don’t studyand you don’t eat in bed.The bed signifies sleep,”Grabnickas said. “If youcan’t fall asleep after 20minutes, you go to a roomand read until you fallasleep or until you’re nod-ding off, then go back tothe bed.”

Grabnickas mentioneda quote on a button sheadmires and recites to stu-dents; it reads: “Sleep is asimportant as diet andexercise, but it’s only easi-er.”

“Sleep is [a] basic driveof nature and if you sleep,you think more clearly,you complete complextasks better and you enjoyeveryday life more fully,”Grabnickas said.

Dropping in academicperformance, endangeringhealth and developing aweak memory are just afew of the long-termeffects of bad sleepinghabits.

“I’ll be in bad moods,and it affects relation-ships,” Gizzio said. “It’shard on my body whenI’m at work.”

Gizzio still manages tohandle school and herdancing job at Universalwhile dealing with herunpredictable sleepingproblem.

Grabnickas recom-mended some alternativesleep aids that can be test-ed by any individual:warm, hot tea with honeyand lemon, warm milk – ithas tryptophan, liketurkey, which makes yousleepy — unwindingbefore going to bed with anice bath and meditation,but not any strenuousworking out or exercising.

“At a workshop, weusually discuss howeverybody’s sleep patternsare, help each other withgetting through this andcome up with really coolways to help one another,”Grabnickas said.

Don’t oversleep, avoidcaffeine, set your bodyclock, manage daily stress,exercise, set a bedtimeschedule and don’t nap

are some the strategieslisted on the A GoodKnight’s Sleep flier. Infor-mation on the sleep work-shop can be found on UCFHealth Services’ websiteand appointments can bescheduled through theRecreation and WellnessCenter.

“I guess I have beendealing with it for so longthat I just deal with it,”Gizzio said.

Because Gizzio didn’treach out for professionaladvice, she adapted to thesleeping problem she has.She wasn’t informedabout the sleep workshopthat Grabnickas attendsand has yet to attend one,but remains enthusiasticabout the results thatcould change her sleepinghabits.

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Republican Lee Con-stantine won by a land-slide in this year’s runningfor Seminole County’sDistrict 3 city commis-sioner seat.

In the 2012 primaries,Constantine was able topull ahead with a stronglead as he eliminatedincumbent Dick Van DerWeide and other Republi-can candidates DonaldEpps and Kathleen Gal-lagher McIver. There wasno Democratic candidaterunning.

Constantine’s onlycompetition on ElectionDay was Kevin L. Gross, awrite-in candidate fromLongwood.

Constantine spentelection night having littleworries of being defeatedand had room for celebra-tion because it was his60th birthday.

“I have won on mybirthday in past,” Con-stantine said. “It’s some-thing else.”

Constantine received134,078 votes, earning

93.38 percent of the Dis-trict 3 votes for SeminoleCounty. There were 9,506write-in-votes, whichamounted to 6.62 percent,according to votesemi-nole.org.

Constantine said he isexcited to take office andserve the county he loves.

“Seminole County hasbeen my home for over 50years,” Constantine said.

Originally fromDelaware, Constantine’sfamily moved to CentralFlorida in 1958.

After graduating fromLyman High School, Con-stantine furthered hiseducation at Florida Tech-nological Universitywhere he majored in com-munications.

“I went to UCF when itwas still called FTU,”Constantine said.

FTU originally got itsname in 1966 and was laterrenamed in 1978 as theUniversity of CentralFlorida, according to the50 Years of UCF website.

Constantine’s wasamong the first graduat-ing classes of UCF in 1974.

During his years at

UCF, Constantine servedas Student GovernmentAssociation student body

vice president and presi-dent.

“Lee has built his

SAMANTHA VAREIKAContributing Writer

COURTESY LEE CONSTANTINERepublican Lee Constantine, above, who graduated from UCF in 1974, won thisyear’s running for Seminole County’s District 3 city commissioner seat with 93.38percent of the vote.

tricks. One tip from theblog is using websites towatch favorite shows,which Dubs said savedhim $600 in one year.

The blog became sosuccessful that the duoco-wrote a correspon-ding book. The main rea-son they chose to writethe book was to helpyoung adults learn howto handle personalfinance as they enter intoadulthood.

When picturing acoupon clipper, a collegestudent probably doesnot come to mind. How-ever, many college stu-dents take advantage ofcoupon deals. SeniorShamieka Seburn, whodouble majors in politicalscience and legal studies,uses coupons such asCollege Stack and down-loads apps for all of herfavorite places.

“I always thoughtabout being one of those

super coupon people yousee on TV. I look at mystack and check the appson my phone before I goout to eat,” Seburn said.

Another cost-savingtip came from junioradvertising & public rela-tions major BrittanyMoore. “I share Netflixwith my boyfriend andhis family.”

Moore works threejobs, which helps herappreciate the value of adollar.

“I’m super energy effi-cient I think. I use LEDlight bulbs, wash mylaundry on cold and usecloth napkins,” Mooresaid.

Dubs and Batrunyagree that most studentsmake an effort at cuttingcosts in some way, suchas buying cheap beerinstead of more expen-sive liquor. They alsoadvise readers to thinkoutside of the box and getcreative with how to cutcosts.

The duo’s book ismeant to teach collegestudents as well as youngadults how to becomewhat they call a personalfinance rock star. Theblog, on the other hand,gives how-to guides andupdates on the latestdeals.

“The majority of peo-ple we are surrounded byeach and every day aresimply clueless aboutanything and everythingpersonal finance related.However, it’s not theirfault,” Dubs said.

“Parents are too busymaking sure their kidsdon’t speed, get arrested,have underage sex or getinvolved with drugs toworry about teachingthem about personalfinance,” Batruny said.

People, especially col-lege students graspingfor free time, might thinkthat there is not enoughtime to look for cheapdeals. But, Dubs andBatruny argue that is not

FROM A1 the case. They say to lookat sites like their blog thatcompile the information,which saves time fromsearching for individualdeals.

Their tips aside fromsaving money are to staypositive, learn from mis-takes and keep an openmind. The book, Cluelessin College: The Roadmapto a Debt-Free Future, isstill being edited, butreaders can read the firsttwo chapters for free onthe Clueless in Collegeblog www.cluelessincol-lege.com.

career on politics andgovernment,” said RogerPynn, a friend and formerclassmate of Constantine.“… and on the solid basisof community involve-ment.”

Since graduating, Con-stantine has shown sup-port for UCF in manyways.

In 2010, Constantinewas inducted into theNicholson School ofCommunication Hall ofFame.

“Lee is a guy who hasdevoted his entire careerto the civic process; heloves his community,” saidPynn, who has also beeninducted into the Nichol-son School of Communi-cation Hall of Fame.

Constantine has sincetaken part in events suchas the Homecoming SpiritSplash and supports theStudent GovernmentAssociation’s Put DownUr Cell Fone campaign.Constantine has co-spon-sored distracted drivingbills in effort to ban tex-ting while driving, accord-ing to the Department ofTransportation website.

Constantine was also abrother in the KappaSigma fraternity.

“He has been a greatasset to our chapter as analumni brother,” KyleKnopik, president of theUCF Kappa Sigma chap-ter, said in an email. “Hesupported us through try-ing times and continues tosupport both our alumniassociation and chapter tothis day.”

“During his time atUCF he was one of thefounders of the KappaSigma fraternity,” JenniferWilson, an employee ofConstantine’s office, saidin an email.

Constantine’s politicalcareer started when hewas first elected as citycommissioner for Alta-

monte Springs. Sincethen, he has served asAltamonte Springs mayor,Florida state representa-tive and as one of thelongest-serving Floridastate senators, accordingto leeconstantine.com.

He has served for 32years and isn’t going any-where soon.

“He hasn’t everstopped thinking aboutUCF,” Altamonte SpringsMayor Patricia Bates said.

“He was instrumentalin getting the UCF Med-ical School legislationapproved, as well asprocuring funding formany other buildings andprograms at UCF,” Wilsonsaid.

Bates also said thatraising money throughCharity Challenge of Cen-tral Florida is another wayConstantine helps UCF.

“He supports the UCFFoundation through hiswork with Charity Chal-lenge,” Wilson said.

Charity Challenge wasfounded by Constantineas a way to get residents ofCentral Florida to jointogether in an effort toraise money for localcharities through volun-teerism. May 2013 marksCharity Challenge’s 28thyear.

“He has always been areally good consensusbuilder; he has workedwith both sides of theaisle, which I think weneed a whole lot more of,”Bates said.

Outside of politics,Constantine is a realestate broker and residesin Altamonte Springs.

He will be sworn intooffice on Tuesday.

“His grasp of govern-ment [and] his long-timeservice, both at municipaland state level, will bethere to help guide thefuture of Seminole Coun-ty,” Pynn said.

Cutting costs a major concern for students

Alum wins commission seat on his birthday

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WOMEN’SBASKETBALL CHARLOTTEWEDNESDAY 7 P.M.(HOME)The women’s basketballteam returns home toplay Charlotte afterposting a 1-2 record inthe HardwoodTournament of Hope inPuerto Vallarta,Mexico.

BETHUNE-COOKMANSUNDAY2 P.M.(HOME)The Knights arescheduled to continuetheir stretch of non-conference gamesagainst 2-3 in-stateopponent Bethune-Cookman.

MEN’S BASKETBALLFLORIDA TECHSATURDAY4 P.M.(HOME)UCF looks to bounce backfrom its loss to Florida inits first game in morethan a week againstFlorida Tech.

FOOTBALL TULSASATURDAYNOON (AWAY)The Knights arescheduled to face theGolden Hurricane withthe opportunity to wintheir third C-USAchampionship.

schedule

Volleyball

The UCF Knights hada clean sweep this weekendas they played their finalmatches of the season athome.

On Friday, the Knightsdefeated Central Michigan3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-21), thendid the same to FIU (25-12,25-15, 26-24). The Knightsended the season by win-ning 13 of their past 16matches, showing just howfar they’ve come after a 3-10start to the season.

After coming in secondplace in the ConferenceUSA championship, theKnights (18-15) returnedhome to play out two finalgames. The weekend start-ed off with them facing theCentral Michigan Chippe-was (16-14).

While the Knights areusually a strong offensiveteam, it was their defensethat shined in this match. Itwas the Knight’s tough frontat the net that allowed them

to make up for being out-killed. This match marked atie for a season-high in bothsolo blocks (six) and totalblocks (14).

“I thought the defensereally set up the offense,”head coach Todd Dagenaissaid. “We didn’t shut themdown, but we did keep themunder control. To hold ateam like that to .168 is areally good job [by] ourblock and by our defense.To be able to sweep themcontinues to show thatwe’re continuing to improvedespite it being the end ofthe season.”

Standout players of thegame were redshirt juniorAngelica Crump with 12kills and senior Evija Vildewith nine. Redshirt sopho-

more Marie Reiterova alsohad her fourth consecutivedouble-double with 30assists, 11 digs and four com-bined blocks.

The Knights concludedtheir 2012 season facing offagainst Florida rival FIU(10-19). This match provid-ed a personal vendetta forthe Knights, as they hadn’tbeaten the Panthers in fouryears.

The Knights began thematch with their usualstrength and power, easilybeating the Panthers in thefirst two sets.

However, the Panthersbegan to catch on to theKnights’ offense, which usu-ally struggles during thethird set. The Knights man-aged to hold on to their leadand after a close set, won 26-24, sealing the match victo-ry and a positive end to anoverall successful season.

“It’s bittersweet that ourcareers are coming to anend, but it’s also a proud

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Senior libero Meredith Murphy saves an opportunity for the Knights in a gameagainst Southern Miss. Murphy finished the regular season with 16 digs against FIU.

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Storied seniors

With the ConferenceUSA East division champi-onship on the line, theKnights delivered with awinning performance.

UCF (9-3, 7-1) defeatedUAB (3-9, 2-6) 49-24 on Sat-urday, which was alsoSenior Day. Red zone domi-nance was the difference inthe game. UAB had seventrips to the red zone andwas only able to come upwith three scores.

“It’s a win, it’s anotherdivision championship andit makes the senior class thewinningest senior class inschool history,” head coachGeorge O’Leary said.

In contrast, UCF visitedthe red zone six times, scor-ing on five of its trips there.

In the first quarter, sen-ior A.J. Bouye recovered afumble that was forced bysenior linebacker JonathanDavis.

“We always practiceturnovers in the red zone,”Davis said. “Coach say[s]we need to get four take-aways a game.”

Later in the half, seniordefensive back LyleDankenbring intercepted ascreen pass, returning it 78yards for a touchdown tospoil another Blazers trip tothe red zone.

“He said if he didn’t catchit would have been stuck inhis mask,” O’Leary said.“That one really hurt,because that one was thebackbreaker.”

Not only did it stop apotential scoring drive, butDankenbring’s returnbrought all the momentumto the UCF sideline headinginto halftime.

“We didn’t play wellenough,” UAB head coachGarrick McGee said. “It’sthe only reason you lose,because you don’t play well

UCF takesC-USA Easttitle on itssenior day

RYAN GILLESPIEFootball Beat Writer

Senior Day meant somuch more than pregameintroductions Saturday.

The 2012 senior classaccepted its recognitionbefore the game like playersdid across the country, but itdidn’t stop there — it earnedthat recognition on the field.

UCF’s 49-24 win overUAB not only clinched theConference USA East titlefor the Knights and guaran-teed the team a chance toexact revenge on Tulsa Sat-urday, but it helped makehistory.

That win was the 33rd forthe 2012 senior class, match-ing a UCF record for a four-year stretch.

Can you guess whichclass it tied?

It’s a class that led theKnights to one of their mostsuccessful seasons in schoolhistory and won UCF’s onlybowl game.

That’s right, the 2012 classworked its way to tying the2010 class, the group of sen-

iors the players are trying toemulate by winning a con-ference championship andpossibly a Liberty Bowl title.

But the class of 2012doesn’t want to end itscareer by tying a schoolrecord — it has much biggergoals in mind.

“Winning the divisionisn’t enough for us, becausewe have put a lot of effortand training into this seasonand we expect to win achampionship,” senior safetyKemal Ishmael said.

Those championshipexpectations reflect theteam’s mindset perfectly.

When the program wasthrown for a loss with apostseason ban, the seniorsdidn’t flinch.

When the team lost twoof its first four games inheartbreaking fashion, theseniors refused to let up.

When those same seniorssaw the chance for the con-

ference championship to betheir final home slip awayagainst Tulsa, they pressedon with the same goal inmind.

Now that group of lead-ers is one win away fromaccomplishing that goal.

Record-setting senior class focuses on unfinished business

ANDY ZUNZ Sports Editor

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Senior h-back Dontravius Floyd walks onto the field accompanied by familymembers during a pregame ceremony that honored UCF’s senior players.

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Redshirt sophomore quarterback Blake Bortles prepares to throw in UCF’s 49-24 win over UAB. Bortles connected with teammate J.J.Worton for two touchdowns in the game.


Men’s Basketball

Just five games into theseason and the whirlwindhas started to form aroundhead coach Donnie Jones’young, yet very talented,squad.

The desire to win hasoften been questioned byoutsiders assuming thatNCAA sanctions willdampen the Knights’effort and lull them into alack of competitive fire.

That is simply not thecase.

Following an inspiring3-0 start, UCF (3-2) hasbeen brought down toearth losing its past twogames against muchhealthier, more experi-enced and deeper lineups.

After being crushed byNo. 7 Florida 79-66 inareas that the Knights nor-mally flourish, Jones con-tinues to reiterate thatplaying the toughestschedule in UCF basket-ball history should be seenas a way to measureprogress and mentaltoughness.

“I was just proud of mykids and we’re just coach-ing to get better. We’vescheduled these games tohelp our program improveas we make this move [tothe Big East] next year,and everybody on thisteam will be back, otherthan [Keith] Clanton,”Jones said.

Senior forward Clantonwill move on as theanchor and voice of rea-son on the floor for histeammates, but his per-

sona and presence in thepaint has clearly made apositive impact on fellowbig man Kasey Wilson.

The sophomore for-ward is averaging justmore than 11 points a gameand leads the team inthree-point shooting at 57percent.

In his first year as aneveryday starter, Wilson’sversatility is a welcomesight and gives theKnights a defensive mis-match with his ability totake shot blockers out ofthe paint and to theperimeter.

“I have been workingon my shot, trying todevelop more of a knock-down shot. It has helpedbecause our team is sogood at getting into thepaint and kicking the ballout. We have a really goodpassing team so I feel thatthey find me when I’mopen,” Wilson said.

He finished the gamewith a team-high 20points, but still struggledagainst the big frontcourtof Florida which out-rebounded UCF 41-27.

Reinforcements are onthe way for UCF as juniorguard transfer CalvinNewell becomes eligibleafter Saturday’s gameagainst Florida Tech andfreshman guard Matt

Williams recovers fromsurgery after being diag-nosed with appendicitis.

With roster depth

arriving, Jones can play hisstarters in their usual posi-tions.

Junior forward Isaiah

Sykes has been playingpoint guard for the major-ity of his minutes. Againstteams with less experi-

ence and size, Sykes’ ballhandling was a matchupproblem teams did notplan for, but against Flori-da, the lane was closedand getting to the basketwas nearly impossible.

“[Sykes] was just tryingto do too much and attackand attack and attack. He’sa very competitive kid.Once we get him back tohis normal position here,when we get some help,he’s going to really helpour team,” Jones said.

The Gators took advan-tage of out-of-positionplayers and scored 21 sec-ond-chance points, forc-ing 19 UCF turnovers thatled to eight fast-breakpoints.

“They wore us downwith constant pressureand we turned the ballover 19 times — that’s waytoo much,” Jones said.

Being in a transition,Jones and the Knights canexpect to hit a few bumpson the road, especiallyagainst tougher oppo-nents.

But in a season inwhich the postseason isout of reach, Jones is morefocused on improving inthe process.

“This is a great transi-tion year for us to improveand get better, and this iswhere we want to be,where Florida is rightnow,” Jones said. “Weknow it’s a process to doso.”

The Knights are sched-uled to return to actionagainst Florida Tech aftera week-long break on Sat-urday at 4 p.m.

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Freshman guard Daiquan Walker drives to the basket in the Knights’ 53-50 win over Savannah State.Walker started the firstgame in his collegiate career against Florida, a game in which he scored nine points in 34 minutes of play.

Knights experience learning curve at Florida

moment for each of us,”senior middle blockerTory McCutcheon said.“It’s been night and dayfrom the day we got hereto where we are now.”

The four seniors ledthe Knights as expectedduring the final game oftheir careers.

Vilde was the leadingscorer in the match with15 kills, giving her acareer total of 1,203, thesixth highest in UCF his-tory.

Senior Meredith Mur-phy had 16 digs, movingher career record to1,999, and senior DaniHarrison had six digs,

moving her up to acareer total of 877.McCutcheon led theKnights with four com-bined blocks, 302 for hercareer, which was alsosixth best in school histo-ry.

The senior class sawimprovement for theprogram from its 12-18season in 2009 to an 18-15campaign and a trip tothe C-USA Champi-onship Game this year.

“The impact we asseniors have put on thisprogram has beentremendous,” Harrisonsaid. “It really justifiesthe amount of hard workwe’ve put in as a pro-gram.”

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And this team would-n’t have a chance withoutthem.

Whether it be Ishmael,the heart and soul of thedefensive unit, or JordanRae, the cornerstone ofthe offensive line, orLatavius Murray andQuincy McDuffie, theteam’s collective offensiveflash, there’s no doubtthat this is a senior-driventeam.

Head coach GeorgeO’Leary knows that. Heunderstands this is a spe-cial group. And he under-stands this is an incredi-bly talented group.

But, most of all,O’Leary knows that thisclass has done squat sofar.

“Of all the good you’vedone, people rememberwhat you do in Novem-ber, not in September,”O’Leary said, adding thatwithout a conferencechampionship, this classwill not have achieved itsgoals.

But now, following awin that places this groupwith the best in UCF his-tory in terms of wins, theKnights can take thataccomplishment as areminder.

Because, after all, theyonly tied the class of 2010,and the Knights’ next twogames will prove to be ofmuch more importance.

UCF will travel toTulsa for round two withthe Golden HurricaneSaturday, hoping to winits third C-USA champi-onship and earn a berth tothe Liberty Bowl.

But without that win,the season will feel a littlehollow.

Because, even if theclass of 2012 picks up abowl win and earns solepossession of the UCFrecord for victories, it willcome without a confer-ence championship.

And 0-2 at Tulsa justwon’t be good enough forthat group of winners.

As the members of theclass of 2012 left BrightHouse Networks Stadiumwith their families Satur-day, it must have beenwith mixed feelings.

Because as those play-ers closed one chapter oftheir lives, they left withjust as much to be writtenin the final chapter.

And for this group ofseniors, the comingweeks will be all aboutwriting, both a story ofredemption and comple-tion.

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enough to beat a team that’sreally hungry.”

The Knights will returnto Tulsa on Saturday withthe C-USA championshipon the line. The GoldenHurricane defeated UCFlast week 23-21.

OFFENSERedshirt sophomore

Blake Bortles completed 17of his 23 passes for 225 yardsand two touchdowns.

On the game’s openingpossession, Bortles and theKnights offense came outswinging. UCF marched 65yards in five plays, culminat-ing in an 18-yard touchdownpass to redshirt sophomorewide receiver J.J. Worton.

“It’s always nice to getout on a big lead,” Wortonsaid. “But coaches weretelling us all game not totake the foot off the pedal.”

At the end of the firsthalf, Worton struck again.This time Bortles connect-ed with him in the back cor-ner of the end zone as hewent over the back of a UABdefender.

Worton had three catch-es for 36 yards and twotouchdowns.

Redshirt senior widereceiver Quincy McDuffiehad his first career gamewith more than one rushing

touchdown, finishing withthree. McDuffie ran for 79yards on six carries.

“It was a great feeling,great playcalling and excel-lent blocking by my team-mates,” McDuffie said. “Wetook advantage of it and exe-cuted the play call, and theresult was a touchdown.”

Redshirt senior LataviusMurray ran for 94 yards on15 carries, and the offenseran for 229 yards as a team.

DEFENSEThe Knights’ defense

struggled for the majority ofthe game, giving up 599 totalyards to the Blazers, includ-ing 510 yards through the air.

“I wasn’t pleased withdefense at all. I thought wedidn’t tackle well,” O’Learysaid. “Someone is going tohear about it tomorrow. Infact, a number of them aregoing to here about ittomorrow.”

Senior cornerbackBouye left the game early onwith an injury and wasreplaced by freshman NiccoWhigham. Whigham strug-gled tackling for much ofthe game, missing a keytackle on a 76-yard touch-down just before the end ofthe first half.

“We were sloppy ondefense; we got to get thatcorrected if we are going to

have any chance of turningthe tables next week atTulsa,” O’Leary said.

UCF continued to bendbut not break, as it was ableto limit UAB to 24 pointsdespite its large number ofyards.

“We were surprised thatUAB came out with a fastoffense, because all weekwe’ve been seeing a little bitof a slow tempo,” seniorsafety Kemal Ishmael said.

Redshirt sophomoresafety Clayton Geathers ledthe team with 17 tackles, andsophomore cornerbackBrandon Alexander con-tributed 11 tackles and a passbreakup.

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Redshirt senior Latavius Murray is brought down by a pair of UAB defenders in the Knights’ 49-24 win Saturday.

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study published inthe journal Nature in2008 found that 75

percent of all emerginginfectious diseases arezoonotic, spreading fromanimal livestock such aspigs, sheep, chickens andcattle. The study also esti-mated that 13 of these drug-resistant diseases kill rough-ly 2.2 million peopleworldwide every year.

Reports of various dis-eases and foodborne illness-es such as bird and swine flucontinuously make a pres-ence in the news. Everyweek, a different crop orvegetable is plagued with an“outbreak” of some kind, butthe most prevalent andfastest spreading, such asH1N1, come from livestock.The standards in the UnitedStates for livestock care areabhorrent compared toother industrialized nationsin Europe. This resulted in aban by the EU, which haltedthe import of North Ameri-can beef that is riddled withgrowth hormones, specifi-cally estradiol.

The Chinese principle ofQi translates to mean life

force or energy flow and hasbeen implemented in tradi-tional Chinese medicine forthousands of years. The ideais applicable to the hobbieswe partake in, the companywe keep and especially thefood we eat. What wechoose to put into our bod-ies has a more direct effectthan just the nutritionalvalue that is lost or gainedby eating a specific meal. Itaffects our mental well-being, and today, more thanever, that choice is a com-plex one. Gone are the daysof parents chiding their chil-dren to eat their vegetables.Eating choices today are farmore intricate than the oneswe were presented withwhen we were kids. We arebecoming further and fur-ther removed from the foodthat is presented to us onour plates, and very few ofus even give a secondthought to where that headof lettuce was grown orwhether the corn that wasfed to our once cow, nowsirloin dinner, was com-posed of genetically modi-fied organisms.

A group of UCF students

started a petition advocatingthe use of cage-free eggs inUCF dining halls. More than1,200 students have signedthe petition, but only 120 ofthose students have currentmeal plans. Although eachsignature is important, stu-dents with meal plans oncampus should be the mostinvolved in this effort, ashealthy food options areslim among the UCF mealplan.

This initiative is a vitalstart to a healthier studentbody, but needs to beexpanded to other food suchas the meat and dairy prod-ucts sourced by UCF restau-rants and suppliers. Thepush for more sustainablefood by students has truepotential to alter eatinghabits and food availabilityon campus. This movement,reinforced by the 64 percentof universities in the UnitedStates that already use cage-free eggs, is something thata growing number of collegestudents care about. UCF isdoing a disservice to its stu-dents by not offering ethi-cally sound, healthy foodalternatives.

OUR STANCE

Sustainable foodbetter for students

It’s almost impossibleto have a sane conversa-tion in the United Statesabout the never-endingconflict between theIsraelis and the Palestini-ans. Inevitably, your audi-ence will decide that youare in either the Israeli orPalestinian camp andtreat you with unlimitedamounts of scorn. Withthis in mind, I will try todefy this convention, but Iwouldn’t be surprised if my attemptis completely dashed against whatappears to be an ironclad law ofnature. Let me set the stage with myinterpretation of the conflict in Israel:The conflict is an asymmetrical one,with actors on both sides who are toomultifaceted to effectively assignblame.

The Israelis are more than theIsrael Defense Forces and the Pales-tinians are more than Hamas. Evenwithin these organizations, there is awide spectrum of honorable to trulyinhuman actors, but ultimately, IDFhas more firepower and is quite will-ing to use it indiscriminately, whereasHamas is quite willing to make up forthis imbalance of power by targetingcivilians. Regardless of the powerimbalance, both IDF and Hamas areintentionally drawing innocent civil-ians into the conflict. Both sides sacri-fice innocent lives to blame the otherand to perpetuate a fantasy worldwhere it is the innocent victim andthe other is a monstrous army of evilunwilling to negotiate peacefully.

Like virtually all intractable ethnicconflicts, the killing in the occupiedterritories will not be brought to anend by either of the actors. It willrequire outside pressure from theinternational community on bothsides to force a peaceful resolution.Unfortunately, like Russia’s relation-ship to Syria, the United States standsas an impediment to peace by pro-tecting one side of the conflict forpersonal gain. In Syria, internationalopinion has run counter to theregime of Bashar Al-Assad, yet islargely distrustful of the loose coali-tion of rebels opposing him.

Russia, long having supportedSyria as a foothold for Russian powerprojection into the Middle East, hasstymied a peaceful solution byopposing any resolution that mightharm the position of the Al-Assadgovernment and, by extension, theinfluence Russia has historicallyleveraged over Syria.

The conflict between Israel andPalestine has proven to be analogous.The United States has shielded Israel

from the negative opinionof the international com-munity, providing militarytechnology, weapons and21 percent of the Israelimilitary budget with virtu-ally no conditions as tohow this aid is to be used.The United States sup-ports Israel for virtuallythe same reasons that Rus-sia has historically sup-ported Syria: Israel is apractical and ideological

foothold for American power projec-tion in the Middle East. The UnitedStates has made statements recogniz-ing the negative role Russia plays ininfluencing Syrian violence by pro-tecting Al-Assad, yet has been com-pletely blind to the negative role thatit plays in Israel by providing nearlyunconditional support to Israel. Thishypocritical and destructive influenceneeds to end.

Granted, this is a difficult proposi-tion. However, the first step is inenforcing restrictions in U.S. militaryaid to Israel. When Israeli militaryleaders engage in campaigns such asOperation Cast Lead and the currentattacks in Gaza, they ensure thatorganizations like Hamas respondwith violence. As long as this situa-tion persists, there is no way to begina dialogue with the Palestinian peo-ple, and militant factions will contin-ue to draw power from the manypeople associated with “collateraldamage” from IDF military cam-paigns. Unfortunately, such restric-tions on military aid can only restrainthe most egregious actions of Israeland will have little effect, if any, onthe criminal actions on the Palestin-ian side by itself. This crucial firststep would need to be followed up byintense pressure on Hamas and itsregional allies to stop their attacks onIsrael.

The only humane path willrequire sacrifice from all actors. TheUnited States needs to recognize thatit has to jeopardize its relationshipwith Israel by not treating it like aspoiled child. Israel needs to realizethat it will have to either secede someof its territory to a Palestinian state orend the Jewish state and accept Pales-tinians as full citizens. The Palestini-ans need to accept that not only isIsrael not going anywhere, but alsothat attacking Israel’s civilian popula-tion will only perpetuate the sufferingof the Palestinian people by ensuringmilitary backlashes from the Israelis.The balance of power may be asym-metrical, but even the weaker actionsin this tragedy have roles to play forpeace.

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THOMAS HELLINGERGuest Columnist

In a recent Salt LakeCity Weekly editorial,Jim Catano referencedresearch psychologistChris Ryan who assert-ed that when looking atthe history of Homosapiens, we aren’t themost monogamousspecies. From an anthro-pological standpoint,that has been true.When humans werescarce and had not pop-ulated the world as densely as wehave now, polygamy, having morethan one wife or husband at onetime, or just free, uninhibited sex,rather, was quite normal and notnecessarily discouraged. Our num-bers as a species were low, and inan attempt to change that, relation-ships were more open, and sexualfreedom was the norm. Non-monogamy served a legitimatepurpose. But the real question is:Does it now? The answer to that isno.

Yes, polygamy is still prevalent,as is polyamory — in which eachmarital/romantic partner has mul-tiple romantic partners, with fulldisclosure to all involved. Howev-er, the majority of people today,Americans at least, viewmonogamy as the only suitable orappropriate option for them. Thehit show Sister Wives on TheLearning Channel wouldn’t be assuccessful if it didn’t have theshock value it does. And why doesit have such shock value? Becauseit isn’t the norm. People look at itand think of how unusual orunique it is and want to observe it.Would this be the case if we weredoing the same? If we were non-monogamous? No, because thenit’d just be a show about a typicalfamily, as opposed to one that chal-lenges the societal constructs ofwhat relationships are and what afamily is.

Going back to the anthropologi-cal reason for non-monogamy, thatreason is rather moot now. It’s anonissue. The human populationnow stands at more than 7 billion,which is hardly scarce. We don’tneed to spread our seed, so tospeak, to keep the population alive

anymore. Non-monogamy is no longerneeded and therefore,not necessarily reason-able anymore. Monoga-mous relationships areproving successfulenough, so there is noreal innate, instinctual orbiological need for oneto take on more than onewife or husband, citingreproductive reasons.We’re normally monoga-

mous, and there’s nothing we real-ly need to do to change that.

A study reported recently in theLos Angeles Times revealed thatoxytocin, a brain chemical pro-duced naturally in the body that isknown to promote trust and bond-ing, caused men in monogamousrelationships to back away fromattractive women they’d just metafter being exposed to it.

Drugging men with oxytocin tomake them more faithful andmonogamous, as the findingsmight suggest, is nothing morethan an extreme and ethicallyobjectionable way to “fix” thisproblem. Since when has coercionbeen an acceptable practice inrelationships?

Seeing as marital or relationshippatterns are no longer biologicallydictated to the degree they wereback when the population was low,cultural norms are taking over interms of relationship or marriagestyle. As Pamela Druckerman, anAmerican living in Paris and theauthor of Lust in Translation,explained in a 2009 CNN article,Americans have a very black-and-white idea of what makes a rela-tionship. Cheating is seen as unfor-givable, while in France it’s seen assomething that can happen in along-term relationship. That’s whatis important in this issue: The ideaof relationship style and norms areno longer biological or based onspecies history as Ryan asserted.Culture is the determining factorin relationships now. No matterhow relationship styles are shifting— and there is evidence that theyare — biological necessity is notthe factor that influences a rela-tionship, it’s culture.

Monogamy dictatedby society, not biology

ADAM RHODESGuest Columnist

State secession wouldbenefit rest of nation

“The talking ghost right. Imag-ine a whole nation becoming Cal-ifornia! Bankrupt, segregated,overrun with foreign nationals.It’s a sociality utopia!”

— ANONYMOUS

UN ruling transformscontraception dialogue

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report, like you said, not legallybinding in any sense. Furthermoreyou should change the title ofyour piece, ruling makes it soundlike a formal judgement or thatsome sort of legality is attached toit. Just not true in this case.”

— ANONYMOUS

“I doubt you’ll find many peo-ple out there that will tell you thata woman shouldn’t have access tocontraception. The real questionis whether Big Brother should beallowed to force insurers to pro-vide contraception for free. That’seasily a slippery slope that couldlead the government to forcecompanies to provide all sorts ofthings for free, and that should bevery disconcerting to us all.”

— POLITICO

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