Archive for the ‘Housing’ Category

Sterling Fire Turns Out to Be Prank

The Sterling Central Apartment complex, located on Alafaya Trail across from UCF, had its fire alarms sound at approximately 2 a.m. this morning, due to a supposed fire. STUDENT WHO CALLED 9-1-1 Fire Rescue responded to a call claiming there was smoke coming out of the second floor’s hallway....
November 12th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Housing, News, Safety | Read More

Back 2 School Splash Coming to the UCF Arena

Are you looking for a chance to have some fun and cool off from the hot Florida sun? Well the United Resident Student Association (URSA) has you covered. On Friday, September 17th through Sunday, September 19th from 11AM-7PM each day URSA presents Back 2 School Splash! at the UCF Arena. Back 2 School...
September 16th, 2010 | Entertainment, Housing | Read More

New UCF Construction Project at UCF

Students who claim UCF stands for Under Construction Forever now have a little more support for their argument. It was recently announced that $50 million will be allocated to building new on-campus housing facilities that will add 750 new beds to UCF’s current approximate 6,550, according to the Orlando...
September 7th, 2010 | Editorials, Housing, News, UCF Administration | Read More

Fall Move-In Begins Today

As parents cry and help their children move into their new dorms, we caught up with some students and talked to them about the process. Like us to get news like this on your facebook feed, & possibly win an iPad!
August 20th, 2010 | Entertainment, Housing | Read More

Lightning Caused Fire at Pegasus Pointe near UCF

UPDATE: KnightNews.com has learned that lightning caused the fire at one of the Pegasus Pointe apartment buildings yesterday. Orange County Fire Rescue responded at about 3:15 p.m. Everyone was evacuated from the building safely, and there were no injuries, according to UCF. Most of the students who...
June 21st, 2010 | Housing, News, Safety | Read More

UCF Admits Mold Infestation After We Ask Questions

We’re Still Waiting to Hear Whether Lease Is Still Binding University of Central Florida freshman Albert Piedrahita may never have known the UCF-affiliated apartment he was living in was infested with mold, if he didn’t report how he was unexpectedly forced to move out to KnightNews.com’s...
February 28th, 2010 | Housing, News, Safety | Read More

Fire Rescue Responds to Pegasus Landing

KnightNews.com is getting reports of a possible fire that broke out in Pegasus Landing within the last hour. It doesn’t appear like there was any damage, and it’s possible this was just an alarm and the fire department responded as a precaution. We are working to get more information for...
February 23rd, 2010 | Housing, Safety | Read More

Boardwalk Apartments Ends Overnight Hookups, Late Night Studying With Guests

THURSDAY 12:45 PM UPDATE: KnightNews.com got a response from Boardwalk’s Kimberly Bittle just before noon apologizing for not responding to our original requests. She said she had overlooked our e-mail requesting information before posting the original story, because it was buried within many other...
February 10th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Housing | Read More

Living Beyond Green, While Living Beyond Luxury

Have you been driving down Alafaya lately and stared at what they’re building across from campus? Have you said, “Hmm, that looks a hell of a lot like an apartment complex”? Well…you’re right! It is a brand new apartment complex! But it isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill place to live....
December 15th, 2009 | Beyond UCF, Housing, News | Read More

Power Outage at Academic Village

Imagine waiting around for the newest episode of television’s new hit series, Flashforward, to come on, and all of the sudden the power goes out. Well, that’s what happened to me and many other residents of Academic Village. From the hours of 7:58 p.m until 8:57 p.m. the power unexpectedly went...
October 8th, 2009 | Housing, News | Read More
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