Articles By: Staff

Key Knights Football Recruit Loses UCF Scholarship

UPDATE: UCF football Coach George O’Leary has released the Jose Jose from his scholarship, following reports by KnightNews.com and other media that he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon. “I have decided to release Jose Jose from his...

March 9th, 2010 | Crime, Football | Read More

Ready for Spring Break, UCF?

We asked UCF students where they’re going for Spring Break. Hot spots include Panama City Beach, Cancun and cruises. Check out our video interviews below. Share your Spring Break with KnightNews.com. Send any photos or videos you want us to post to news@knightnews.com. Have fun and be safe!

March 8th, 2010 | Comedy, News | Read More

SDS, SLAP Protest Future UCF Budget Cuts

UCF’s Student Labor Action Project was joined by members of Students for a Democratic Society and other student groups outside Millican Hall to protest possible budget cuts to UCF coming from the Legislature. The protest came on the same day students from across the country had enormous rallies...

March 6th, 2010 | Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration | Read More

Fletcher Wins Xi Man, Watch Performances

Alpha Xi Delta hosted its annual Xi Man competition on Thursday. Themed like the video game “Call of Duty,” different fraternity members competed to be Alpha Xi’s next man of the house, so to speak. Sean Fletcher from Theta Chi came in first place overall in the competition, which was sponsored...

March 5th, 2010 | Greek Life | Read More

UCF’s Pot Supply May Go Dry After Major Bust

If you’re one of the many UCF students who smokes marijuana, you might have a hard time finding any, as the local supply just took a major hit. Suspected drug dealers across five Central Florida counties were hit simultaneously by drug investigators this morning as a six-month investigation came...

March 4th, 2010 | Crime, News | Read More

Scandal Rocks Student Government at UF

If you thought IFC President and Homecoming King Kyle Schumacher’s decision to file an election violation and publish a letter on KnightNews.com calling for sweeping changes to UCF’s elections exposed a controversy — then you’ll probably think what is happening right now in heart...

March 4th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Politics, Student Government | Read More

Is UCF Breaking the Law by Blacking Out Records?

Could UCF’s Interpretation of FERPA Conceal Voting Record of Board of Trustees? ORLANDO, Fla. — If you walked into the SGA election violation hearing regarding Student Body President-Elect Michael Kilbride Tuesday morning, no one would have stopped you at the door. After all, the hearing...

March 3rd, 2010 | News | Read More

Would-Be Rapist Targets UCF Students with Flashlight

A female UCF student was targeted by a man deputies say is using a flashlight to apparently spook his victims and try and rape them, according to reports. The 18-year-old was victimized by the man on Saturday as she slept next to her boyfriend. She said the flashlight-toting intruder walked into the...

March 3rd, 2010 | Crime, Safety | Read More

US Energy Officials Pick UCF to Tour

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen the University of Central Florida as a national example of the best green initiatives happening at colleges and universities nationwide, according to a UCF news release. UCF is the only university in Florida DOE is visiting in its current national tour,...

March 2nd, 2010 | Politics, UCF Administration | Read More

Is it Legal for UCF to Fund Anti-Abortion Message and Block Opposition?

When giant graphic billboards of aborted fetuses — which displayed Planned Parenthood’s name next to images of the 9/11 terrorists attacks and compared abortion to the Holocaust — were erected recently on the Student Union stage, you may have been arrested for standing next to it, quietly...

March 1st, 2010 | News | Read More