Articles By: Melissa Colon
Rock the Ocean’s Inaugural Tortuga Music Festival This Weekend
Nothing welcomes spring better than a cool breeze, sunshine, and live music on a Florida beach.
Rock the Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival aims to raise awareness about marine conservation and issues affecting the world’s oceans by bringing in 20 of the top country and rock artists to Fort Lauderdale...
April 9th, 2013 | Beyond UCF, Entertainment, Music, News | Read More
Silent Auction to Raise Money for BoysTown
Help Boys Town by donating to a silent auction from now until Dec.1.
You don’t have to travel far to make an impact in your community. Chelsea Gardner, junior in Creative Writing, and volunteer at Boys Town, has teamed up with her workplace GENICON to host a silent auction in which all money raised...
November 21st, 2012 | Beyond UCF, Economy, Health, News | Read More
Author, Human Rights Activist talks Modern Day Slavery
Modern day slavery is a hard issue to talk about, and seems like the sort of thing you want to turn away from, says Corban Addison, author, lawyer and human rights activist.
There are 22 to 32 million sex and labor slaves in the developing world, and developed world, including the United States.
Understanding...
November 7th, 2012 | News | Read More
Three Women Dare to Reinvent the World
You do not realize you’re a leader until you see the impact you have on your community, says Bahia Braktia, a Fulbright foreign language teacher assistant from Algeria.
There are more similarities than differences when we look at culture and language.
Understanding humanity and feeling compassion can...
November 6th, 2012 | Beyond UCF, Campus Beat, Campus Involvement, Culture, Economy, News | Read More
Student Union Experiences a Sound Cannon
On Tuesday, students experienced a sound cannon outside the Student Union.
Nicole Elinoff, president of NOW, projected her voice through a megaphone saying, “Protect privacy, protect women, vote no on Amendment 6”.
Group members of NOW UCF, VOX and SLAP broke off into separate groups forming a circle...
November 5th, 2012 | Beyond UCF, Business, Culture, Economy, News, Politics | Read More
Students Trade a Treat For a Vote
Students living on campus heard Trick or Vote this Halloween from the Student Vote Coalition aiming to get students out to the polls this election.
Trick or Vote is a non-partisan national event that happens every election year where volunteers dress in their costumes and knock on their neighbor’s...
November 4th, 2012 | News, Politics | Read More
Students Provide Students Transportation to the Polls
Students took advantage of early voting by catching a ride to the polls outside the Student Union offered by different student organizations.
On Thursday, from 10 am to 3 pm, Dream Defenders and SLAP helped provide transportation for students to get out and vote early at the Alafaya Branch Library off...
November 3rd, 2012 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics | Read More
UCF Health Services Offers Free Flu Shots
UCF Health Services will be offering free flu shots Thursday, Nov. 1.
Students with a student ID will be able to get their free of charge flu shot from 10 am to 2 pm in room 153 of the Student Union. Flu shots are available until supplies run out, and students receiving flu shots must not be currently...
October 31st, 2012 | Health, News | Read More
Sorority Hosts Event for Domestic Violence Awareness
Under the shadow of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is also Domestic Violence Awareness month, despite the lack of events Paint the Night Purple still came through to teach students about the issue of domestic violence that affects the community.
On Thursday, Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service...
October 30th, 2012 | Culture, Health, News | Read More
Kenyan Activist Talks About Education as a Right
When we think of human rights, we never think of education, says Chris Mburu, Kenyan human rights activist.
Two-thirds of the population around the world, the biggest challenge is education, Mburu said Thursday in a speech to 70 people in the Cape Florida Ballroom at the Student Union.
“There is a...
October 30th, 2012 | Beyond UCF, Culture, Economy, News | Read More
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UCF Board of Trustees Approve $1.4 Billion Dollar Budget With No Tuition Increase–For Now
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UCF Board of Trustees May Discuss Possible 1.7% Tuition Increase Thursday
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Class of 2017 Summer Orientations Begin at UCF | Video
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UCF Spared 3% Tuition Increase as Gov. Scott Blocks Hike; Video
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Tickets for Hank Williams Jr. Concert at the UCF Arena Now on Sale
May 19, 2013 22:05
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