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Protests Break Out at AIPAC During Obama’s Speech

UPDATE 5/25/2011: New video of AIPAC protests and a slideshow of pictures have been posted. See video of US President Barack Obama’s APAC speech: KnightNews.com has a crew in Washington D.C. where protests against Israeli and US foreign policy are breaking out outside the AIPAC convention. KnightNews.com...
May 22nd, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics, UCF SGA | Read More

AIPAC Policy Conference Live Coverage from Washington DC

UPDATE 5/25/2011: New video of AIPAC protests and a slideshow of pictures have been posted. UPDATE 3:59 p.m. AIPAC releases statement on Obama’s 2011 speech. UPDATE: See video of Obama’s AIPAC speech; Protests break out. UPDATE: 5/22 8:50 a.m: Live Stream of President Obama’s Speech...
May 22nd, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics, Videos | Read More

Rapture, Armageddon or Apocalypse Saturday? Christian Group says Get Ready

Harold Camping, the leader of Family Radio, an independent ministry, has predicted the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus to take place this Saturday. According to the Daily Mail, Camping bases his claims from numbers taken from the Bible which he has calculated for the Rapture to take place...
May 20th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News | Read More

“Macho Man” Randy Savage, 58, Dies in Car Crash

CBS, TMZ, and CNN are all reporting that the “Macho Man” Randy Savage, real name Randy Poffo, has died in a car accident in Tampa, Florida earlier today. According to reports, his brother, Lanny Poffo, claims he had a heart attack at the wheel while driving. He was 58.
May 20th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News | Read More

UCF SGA Speaker Drew Pope Resigns from his Position

SGA sources have confirmed to KnightNews.com that UCF SGA Speaker of the Senate Drew Pope announced his resignation Thursday night during the Senate meeting. KnightNews.com has learned school and personal reasons prompted his resignation. UCF student leaders are required to maintain a 2.5 GPA and also...
May 19th, 2011 | News, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Student Aaron Floyd Accused of Raping Girl he Met on Match.com

A University of Central Florida student named Aaron Floyd is accused of brutally raping a woman he met on the Match.com dating website — then forcing her to buy the “morning after pill” and swallow it in front of him. UPDATE: READ MATCH.COM RAPE ARREST REPORT Floyd, 22, is an industrial...
May 17th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, Crime, News | Read More

Aspiring UCF Student, Actor Excused from Casey Anthony Jury

A 21-year-old man hoping to get into UCF, who works at a makeup counter and spends his spare time watching WWE wrestling and reading Harry Potter, was excused from serving on Casey Anthony’s jury following a request to do so by the state — even as Anthony’s defense accused the prosecution...
May 14th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, Crime | Read More

Construction Borders Treasured UCF Arboretum

Update: UCF Spokesman Grant Heston said the construction relates to “the natural-gas energy facility UCF is building to save energy costs and reduce environmental impacts.” Days after the Orlando Sentinel released a major investigative report on UCF’s controversial plans to eventually...
May 13th, 2011 | News, Politics, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Dental School Could Come to ‘Medical City’ by 2014

Students at the University of Central Florida could soon study how to become dentists. The UCF Board of Trustees is expected to approve a proposal on May 26 which would establish a College of Dental Medicine. It would be located at the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona, according to a UCF news...
May 13th, 2011 | Academics, Business, Economy, News, UCF Administration | Read More

UCF Fraternities, Sororities 2011 Chapter Sizes Released

KnightNews.com has obtained the 2011 UCF fraternity and sorority grade and chapter size report. We have been working to analyze the data and compile it in an easy to read format, grouped by relative chapter size so the data is easily compared against the most similarly composed organizations. One of...
May 11th, 2011 | Academics, News, UCF Greek Life | Read More
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