Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Mike Kilbride Spending Spree Sparks Media Firestorm Over UCF SGA

KnightNews.com gave UCF Student Government Association President Mike Kilbride plenty of chances to explain his lavish spending on camera, but he refused. Now, he’s dodging the same questions from Central Florida’s major broadcast news operations. Media Firestorm over Kilbride’s Spending: WFTV...
October 8th, 2010 | News, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA, Videos | Read More

Alex Sink or Rick Scott? Register to Vote by Oct. 4 to Have Your Say

The November election is right around the corner and KnightNews.com wants to let you know of an important deadline coming up. October 4 is the last day to register to vote for the general election in November. Posted below is a link to voter registration from the Florida Division of Elections. http://election.dos.state.fl.us/pdf/webappform.pdf This...
September 28th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Economy, Politics | Read More

SGA Senate Elections: Attorney General Opinion on Early Campaigning

With UCF’s Student Government Association Senate Elections starting soon, KnightNews.com gathered information for students wanting to run and asked SGA Attorney General Nick Gurney for an opinion on when active campaigning is allowed to start. In the opinion, Gurney wrote that “all Active...
September 14th, 2010 | News, Politics, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

Gabrielle’s Outlook: Quran Burning

Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville’s Dove World Outreach Center has attained worldwide fame in recent weeks due to his plans to burn copies of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, on September 11 of this year. As of September 10th, Jones’ plan to hold the bonfire has since been suspended in favor of...
September 11th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Columns, Gabrielle's Outlook, Politics | Read More

Quran Burning, Ground Zero Mosque Collide During UF, USF Football Game

An international controversy involving the Quran is unfolding in Gainesville and may explode Saturday, Sept. 11 right as the University of South Florida Bulls travel to the small city to take on the University of Florida Gators. Even before Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville’s Dove World Outreach...
September 10th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Culture, Football, News, Politics, Safety | Read More

UCF vs. FSU: College Republicans Compete Head to Head

Florida State Seminoles and University of Central Florida Knights met for an intense competition Wednesday night — but it had nothing to do with football. Instead, the two schools’ chapters of College Republicans battled it on the campaign phone call trail. The goal: Beat the rival university...
September 9th, 2010 | News, Politics, Student Orgs | Read More

College Democrats Host Sink and Kosmas Event at UCF

Students and Orlando residents alike gathered this afternoon at UCF to hear Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who is currently running for Governor of the state of Florida, and Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas speak about early voting and commemorating the upcoming 90th anniversary of women suffrage. The...
August 16th, 2010 | News, Politics, Student Orgs | Read More

Obama Endorses Mosque Near Ground Zero, Sparks Firestorm of Controversy

Comments by President Barack Obama supporting the planned building of a mosque in the shadow of ground zero — where thousands of Americans died during the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the hands of Islamic extremists — have sparked a political firestorm of controversy across the nation ahead...
August 14th, 2010 | Hot Topics, News, Politics | Read More

SGA, UCF Administration Should Learn From Mistakes and Move On

Mistakes Were Made, It’s Time to Learn From Them When we reported an impeachment storm was brewing a few weeks ago, we never knew it would turn into a category five Katrina. But it did. And it went way beyond a little golf cart that the Student Government Association members play on every day....
August 9th, 2010 | Editorials, Politics, UCF SGA | Read More

Michael Kilbride Controversy: Former President Responds After SGA Blames Him for Their Problems

KnightNews.com and the Central Florida Future newspaper were copied on an e-mail former UCF SGA President Logan Berkowitz sent to current embattled President Michael Kilbride over Kilbride’s weekend luxury getaway spending scandal that led WFTV to report how students wanted him impeached. Here’s...
August 4th, 2010 | Letters to the Editor, News, Politics, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More
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