Archive for the ‘UCF SGA’ Category

Hardman Replaces Pope as Speaker, Newby Barely Squeaks by Senate

Major changes swept over UCF’s Student Government Association Thursday night, with Alan Hardman replacing Drew Pope as speaker following his mysterious resignation and Amanda Newby barely getting the votes she needed to be confirmed as SGA Director of Communications. Another major SGA Senate position...
June 3rd, 2011 | News, UCF SGA | Read More

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

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

McCann/Brock Interview about the Upcoming Year at UCF

Matthew McCann and Adam Brock were sworn in as the new UCF SGA President and Vice President last week. KnightNews.com interviewed the new SGA administration asking about its future goals, cabinet selection and the UCF arboretum. McCann and Brock talked about a new way of ushering in transparency by...
May 19th, 2011 | News, UCF SGA | 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

Marco Rubio Praises National Debt Protests By Young Americans for Liberty

With the national debt skyrocketing to more than $14 trillion, taxpayers across the country are getting fed up with the massive government spending. And at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, students are speaking out about the toll this debt could take on their future. “We’re out...
May 9th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics, Tuition, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Administration Owes Mike Kilbride an Apology for Failing Him, SGA

A KnightNews.com Editorial Mike Kilbride will likely go down as the most controversial Student Government Association president in UCF history. But as shocking as this may sound, we at KnightNews.com don’t believe that reputation is entirely Kilbride’s fault. And as history judges Kilbride’s...
May 9th, 2011 | Editorials, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

McCann Names UCF SGA Cabinet Directors

As the controversial Kilbride administration fades into UCF SGA history, KnightNews.com has already learned who Kilbride’s successor, Matthew McCann, has picked to lead his cabinet. CHIEF OF STAFF Kyle Simpson, a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity who has served as chairman of President Hitt’s...
May 7th, 2011 | News, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Business Testing Lab Hours Open Late During Final Exams

Are you waiting until the last minute at night to take your business exams? If so, you’re in luck because of some last minute work to expand the hours of the UCF business testing lab. SGA Deputy Pro Tempor Samantha Friefeld wrote a resolution encouraging the College of Business to extend the...
April 28th, 2011 | Business, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

Emma Watson Leaving Brown; No Evidence She’ll Come to UCF

According to the Associated Press, Emma Watson is leaving Brown University and attending another university in the fall — and so far, there’s no evidence she’ll transfer to UCF. The AP report says Watson has not announced where she’ll go to school next. Recent reports suggested...
April 26th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, Culture, News, UCF SGA | Read More
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