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UM’s Joe Mercadante named CliffGodwin’s replacement — SEE SPORTS, A6
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Salary seminar to teach stu-dents about their worth
Career Services willhost a workshop titled“Know Your Worth: SalaryNegotiation” today from 3p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 115 ofthe department’s buildingat Memory Mall.
Students will be able tobetter anticipate their start-ing salary before beginningnegotiations throughmeans of research and real-istic expectations.
Theatre students to perform‘Love,Sex and the I.R.S.’
The theatre departmentwill perform Love, Sex andthe I.R.S. from Thursday,July 7, until Sunday July 17, atthe Black Box Theatre.
The story revolvesaround two out-of-workmusicians who file as amarried couple in order tosave money. When theI.R.S. finds out, the storyturns into one of mistakenidentities.
See Monday’s issue for astory about the production.
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Dozens of parrots found neglected at Florida home
SEBRING — Dozens ofparrots have been founddead or dehydrated andstarving at a central Flori-da home.
Jeff McLain of Orlan-do-based Parrots As PetsRescue says he was con-tacted about the birdsMonday by caretakers of arental property in Sebring.
McLain says about twodozen parrots were foundalive and about 50 werefound dead.
Beached pygmy spermwhale on central Fla.coast
FORT PIERCE — Anecropsy is underway todetermine why a pygmysperm whale beacheditself on central Florida'sAtlantic coast.
Beachgoers tried tokeep the 10-foot-long malewhale alive Tuesday, butthe sea mammal diedshortly after a rescueattempt. The whale hadbeached itself near theWabasso Beach Park inIndian River County.
Steve McCulloch of theHarbor Branch Oceano-graphic Institute in FortPierce says pygmy spermwhales often suffer from aheart condition.
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Despite being foundguilty of negligence in theEreck Plancher wrongfuldeath trial, the UCF Athlet-ics Association (UCFAA)currently has no plans tochange its policies in thetesting of student athletes.
Plancher was a 19-year-old wide receiver on thefootball team who collapsed
during an offseason condi-tioning drill on March 18,2008 and died shortly there-after. The medical examinerin the case determined hiscause of death to be dys-rhythmia due to acute exer-tional rhabdomyolysis withsickle cell trait.
UCFAA’s team of attor-neys claimed that Plancherwas notified of his trait andthat his death was related toan undiagnosed heart condi-
tion.As a result of the jury’s
verdict, the Plancher’s willbe awarded $10 million.UCF plans to appeal thedecision.
“We believe Ereck wasnotified, so I’m not sure if
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KATIE KUSTURAEditor-in-Chief
A lack of volunteers in theRoad to Recovery program hascaused the American CancerSociety to turn away nearly 70percent of the requests from can-cer patients for rides to their life-saving appointments.
“It’s something so simple, ifyou have a car and you have theavailability to go. It’s so importantand could actually save some-body’s life,” said Debbie Coover,who began volunteering for theRoad to Recovery program in1990, shortly after a close frienddied of cancer.
Road to Recovery is a programthrough the American CancerSociety that matches volunteersto cancer patients in need of aride to weekly appointments.Some appointments may just beregular checkups, while othersare for radiation therapy.
“Most of the time, when wetake patients for radiation it’s
Road toRecoverylacksdriversCancer patientsmiss appointments
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Do you know what theUCF Student GovernmentAssociation does and can dofor you?
A few of the recentlyappointed executive cabinetmembers of the currentadministration doesn’t thinkthe student populationknows, but they would liketo change that.
“I really hope to be ableto increase the number ofpeople knowing about stu-dent government and whatwe do,” said MichelleVenezia, who was con-firmed as the external mar-keting coordinator at theJune 30 senate meeting.“That’s definitely going tobe my main goal for theyear.”
Public Relations Coordi-nator Ashley Tinstman,who was confirmed at theJune 16 senate meeting,shared similar thoughts.
“A lot of students don’tknow what SGA does andwhat we can do for them,”Tinstman said. “I reallyhope we’re able to commu-nicate that better, and hope-fully I can be an integral partof that.”
As members of the exec-utive branch’s Division ofCommunications, bothVenezia and Tinstman haveideas on how to improvecommunication betweenSGA and the student body.
KATIE KUSTURAEditor-in-Chief
Tucked away on aback road in WinterSprings, Fla., Power GridEngineering could easilygo unnoticed.
But, for five UCF stu-dents, the company isproviding the opportuni-ty they’ve been lookingfor.
“I love interning atPower Grid Engineering.It’s a small company witha family-like atmosphereand an eye for quality. Icouldn’t ask for anythingmore,” Esme Doucettesaid.
Power Grid Engineer-ing was started in 2007 asa private firm and nowworks with companiesall around the countryproviding electrical engi-neering services.
Doucette, 21, majoring
in advertising and publicrelations, works in mar-keting. She does her bestto get the company’sname out throughawards, blogging andimproving visibility atconferences. Whiledoing this, Doucettegains experience in busi-
ness writing, researchingand working with differ-ent kinds of people.
She works alongsideUCF alumni and vicepresident of businessdevelopment, AndreUribe, to develop a pub-
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From left, UCF students Rafael Irastorza, Caitlin Liggett and Esme Doucettehave all been hired as Power Grid Engineering interns.
TIM MCGOWANContributing Writer
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Engineering firm gives interns power
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SGA ExecutiveCabinet expanding
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Gisele and Enock Plancher leave the courtroom during a recess in the trial of theirlawsuit over the death of their son, Ereck Plancher.
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changes are going to bemade,” said UCFspokesman Grant Hestonregarding UCF’s testingpolicies.
Plancher’s death is one ofabout a dozen sickle celltrait-related deaths in ath-letes that the National Asso-ciation of Athletic Trainers(NATA) has observed since2000; most of them werecollege football players.
Almost a year beforePlancher’s death, NATAreleased a “Sickle Cell Traitand the Athlete” consensusstatement.
Points made in the statement include:
● Athletes with sickle celltrait can participate in allsports
● Red blood cells cansickle during intense exer-tion, blocking blood vesselsand posing a grave risk forathletes with sickle cell trait
● Screening and simpleprecautions may preventdeaths and help the athletewith sickle cell trait thrive inhis or her chosen sport
● Irrespective of screen-ing, institutions should edu-cate staff, coaches and ath-letes on the potentiallylethal nature of this condi-tion.”
The consensus also stat-ed that “the case for screen-ing is strong.”
The University of Okla-homa makes testing of ath-letes a regular part of its pro-cedures, and ScottAnderson, the head athletictrainer at Oklahoma, agreesthat screening is important.
“If we’re going to test andwe’re going to have thatinformation, we have tohave a plan to act upon that,so it becomes more than justtesting, more than a piece ofinformation,” Andersonsaid. “There has to be, then,some communication that
comes with that.”Anderson said that, as
the results become known,the athlete has a meetingwith the athletic trainer andthen a subsequent meetingwith the physician to dis-cuss the facts, risks andcomplications associatedwith conditions like sicklecell trait. The decision to tellfamily members of theresults is left to the athlete.
Though Anderson couldnot comment specificallyabout the conditions of thedrill that took place the dayPlancher died, he said heunderstands how difficult itcan be to manage more than80 athletes.
“I’m only one person outthere and I only have one setof eyes, so even under thebest of circumstances, it canbecome a little bit difficultfor me to know and recog-nize immediately what’sgoing on with each individ-ual,” Anderson said.
“Coaches are going tosee things that I’m not goingto see from an athletic train-er’s perspective, players aregoing to see things in theirteammates that I’m going tomiss that potentially froman athletic training perspec-tive … so the better educatedeveryone can be relative to[concussion, heat stroke andsickling] the better opportu-nity I have as an athletictrainer [to identify the prob-lems].”
NATA supports screening, education of athletesFROM A1
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Despite a contentious day in courtwith opposing attorneys, CircuitJudge Robert M. Evans breaks into asmile during a recess in the Planchervs. UCFAA.
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lic relations department.Doucette says she is cur-rently looking into design-ing a new display andbrochure for conferences.
After graduation,Doucette is hoping tomove to Atlanta with herbest friend and find a jobwith a small or mid-sizedpublic relations firm.
Rafael Irastorza, 26, isanother senior internlooking to expand PGE’spresence. Irastorza workswith both Uribe and thedirector of marketing.Irastorza is currently ana-lyzing the competition’sbusiness strategies usingmethods he learned whileat UCF.
“I strongly believe thatI’m reinforcing the knowl-edge I have gained in theCollege of BusinessAdministration coursesbecause I’m applying tomy job several techniquesI’ve learned in schoolprojects,” Irastorza said.
After graduating, Iras-torza hopes to work for amultinational corporationin the strategy and busi-ness development depart-ment as a competitiveintelligence analyst.
Unlike Irastorza andDoucette, Caitlin Liggett,22, has nothing set instone for her future, butshe is hoping to work as anindustrial engineer at anamusement park or inmanufacturing.
Liggett, a junior, isstudying industrial engi-neering at both UCF andValencia and has beenwith PGE for three years.
“I’ve had the pleasureto be with the company aswe have grown from ahandful of employees,working out of the officershomes, to having an officeas well as relay techni-cians throughout thecountry working out inthe field, and we keepgrowing” Liggett said.
During her time atPGE, Liggett has pickedup a pair of different roles,mainly as a computer-aided design (CAD)drafter and an industrialengineering intern.Liggett assists the engi-
neers and technicianswith anything involvingAUTOCAD.
Some of her dutiesinclude drafting a marked-up drawing, checking bothher own and otherdrafters’ work and match-ing standards for a client’sproject through eachdrawing. Since everyclient has different stan-dards, matching therequirements of eachclient can be difficult,Liggett says.
As an industrial engi-neering intern, Liggett isworking on a proceduremanual that details a stan-dard of processes usedthroughout the company.This has been a learningprocess for her and theofficers at the company.
Liggett feels that expe-rience in two differentfields will help her lateron in her career, and she isgrateful for the opportuni-
ties PGE has given her.Not only is PGE giving
these students a greatplace to work and learn; itis also providing flexiblehours for students whoare going to school fulltime and working.
“While I’m attendingschool and working twojobs, PGE allows myschedule to be flexible andchange throughout thedifferent semesters atschool,” Liggett said.
According to Doucette,PGE also gives back to thecommunity by hiring stu-dents from UCF.
Irastorza cites his edu-cation at UCF, as well asUCF’s focus on teamwork,as two of the main reasonshe was hired as an intern.
“Power Grid Engineer-ing acknowledges thevalue of teamwork. This isan important principlethat UCF believes in,”Irastorza said.
PGE gives back to community, hires UCF studentsFROM A1
Venezia hopes to takethe informative event SGADays, a program developedby the previous administra-tion’s director of communi-cations, Kristin Harris, tothe next level.
SGA Days inform stu-dents about what SGA doesand the different ways stu-dents can get involved, suchas SGA Street Team, whichVenezia and Tinstman haveboth served on.
“I thought that was areally great program lastyear that really helped stu-dents realize the differentprograms that student gov-ernment offers and thethings that we actually dowith the budget that wehave,” Venezia said.
Another way for stu-dents, particularly fresh-men, to learn more aboutSGA and involvement is theStudent Body President’sAdvisory Council (SBPAC).
Students who become apart of SBPAC have theresponsibility of offeringtheir unique perspectives tothe student body presidentwhen it comes to decisionmaking. Each SBPAC mem-ber is paired up with anexecutive branch cabinetmember as a mentor andalso attends weekly meet-ings and workshops to learnabout the inner workings of
SGA.Araima Caballero-
Contini, who was con-firmed as the deputy chiefof staff on June 16, andTrevor Persaud, who wasconfirmed as the diversityinitiatives coordinator onJune 30, both served onSBPAC during their fresh-man year.
Caballero-Contini,whose main responsibilitywill be advising SBPAC, islooking forward to work-ing with the future SBPACmembers.
“I think that you canreally do so much with agroup of freshman stu-dents because they’re allso eager and willing to getinvolved,” Caballero-Con-tini said.
Persaud was inspiredto apply for the diversityinitiatives coordinatorposition because hisSBPAC mentor held thatposition.
“I’m hoping to workwith all the differentoffices, such as the Officeof Diversity Initiatives, theMulti Cultural StudentCenter and the Multicul-tural Academic SupportServices (MASS), as wellas the diversified Greekcouncil,” Persaud said.
Persaud said he alsohopes to host Diver-siknight, an event similarto Late Knights, which will“show the cultural compe-tency that UCF really has.”
Former senator ArielleBardzell, who was con-firmed as the athletics andtraining coordinator onJune 16, is planning anevent to show how muchschool spirit UCFhas.
“We’re really excitedabout Friday NightLights,” Bardzell said. “It’sgoing to be the biggest peprally of the year.”
Bardzell is also organiz-ing a tailgating committeeand a student traditionscouncil to create, conserveand promote UCF tradi-tions.
Former diversity initia-tives coordinator DominicSpence, who was con-firmed as the academicaffairs coordinator on June30, will be able to give Per-saud advice since they will
be in the same cabinet.Regarding his new
position, Spence said hehopes to increase theamount of tutors availableduring midterms andfinals, so students canreceive all the specializedhelp they need. He alsowants students to learnabout how much SGA cando and does for studentsacademically.
One of the people whowill have a hand in pro-moting that idea is AprilBrown, who was con-firmed as the internal mar-keting coordinator on June30.
One of Brown’s maingoals is to incorporateQuick Response codesinto SGA’s marketingmaterials so that studentscan scan the matrix bar-code, using an applicationavailable on most smartphones, and learn moreabout various programsand events put together bySGA.
Steve Della-Valentina,who was confirmed as theweb coordinator on June16, also wants to distributeinformation in a way thatwill be easily accessible tostudents. He is currentlyworking on a contentmanagement system thatwould allow SGA officialsto make updates to thewebsite without goingthrough him first.
Della-Valentina saidthis would allow for agreater flow of informa-tion and give him thechance to expand on theSGA website’s features.
Kyle Simpson, who wasconfirmed as the chief ofstaff on June 16, hopes thatby next year’s passing ofthe gavel he’ll be able topost an update announc-ing the completion of thegoals the administrationbuilt their platformaround.
“It’s a very lofty goal,but I think it’s one that’sdefinitely attainable and Ithink we’re already layingthe foundation and thegroundwork to make apretty good run at com-pleting all of the thingsthat we’d promised,”Simpson said.
Members hope to offer moreFROM A1
Above: RafaelIrastorza, left, is amarket researchintern; CaitlinLiggett, center, isan industrialengineeringintern and EsmeDoucette is apublic relationsintern. Left:Power GridEngineeringbegan in 2007 asa private firm inWinter Springs.
PHOTOS BY ANDREA
KEATING / CENTRALFLORIDA FUTURE
www.CentralFloridaFuture.com• July 7, 2011 A5
because they live alone,they have no family withinseveral hundred milesand/or they have some-one they live with but thatperson has to work fulltime to cover the medicalbills,” Coover said.
The lack of drivers inthe Road to Recovery pro-gram has been causing theprogram to turn manycancer patients away. Forpatients going throughradiation treatments, amissed appointment canbe life-altering. Accordingto Coover, if a patientmisses just one day oftreatment, it can add near-ly a week to the process.
Volunteers are sentweekly emails that listrequests for rides. If vol-unteers have availabilityand interest in providingtransportation forpatients, they are giventhe patients’ contact infor-mation so they canarrange pick-up times.
Because a great num-ber of patients in the Roadto Recovery program areundergoing radiationtherapy, many volunteersmust commit six weeks totaking on a new patient.“Our biggest need rightnow is for drivers,” GinaBecker, manager of theRoad to Recovery pro-gram, said. “It’s a verysimple process to gettrained for, it takes abouttwo to three hours at themost.” Alix Horner, can-cer survivor and volun-teer driver for the Road toRecovery program, saidthe most rewarding part ofvolunteering has been theconnection that shemakes with the patients.
The conversations thatshe has with patients leaveher feeling peace and vali-dation for being able tolend an ear to a personstruggling with an illness
that she has been throughherself. “Sometimes youhave to work around theirissues about not feelingwell, and sometimes youhave to drive them aroundand drop them off withoutmaking a connection,”Horner said. “I’m alwayssad when that connectiondoesn’t happen.” Cooverthinks that the greatestthing a volunteer can gainfrom the Road to Recov-ery program is a deepappreciation for life andhealth.
“The number one thingis the understanding andthe appreciation for whatyou have and what youdon’t have, and what youdon’t have is cancer,”Coover said. According toCoover, those who wish tovolunteer with the pro-gram must go through ascreening process. Thedriver must be 21 or older,cannot have a DUI withinthe last five years, cannothave more than ninepoints on his or herlicense and must provideproof of insurance.
With gas prices reach-ing record highs, manypotential volunteers mayhesitate to sign up for aprogram that requires somuch driving. However,Road to Recovery has thatissue covered.
“If someone were hesi-tant to participate in thisjust because of gas, we justneed the body,” Beckersaid. “If you can’t affordthe gas, we have gas cardsthat we can hand out, justso the patient gets wherethey need to be.” Otherpotential volunteers maybe worried that theywould have to drive longdistances to pick uppatients, or that theywouldn’t have time tomake such a commitment.
However, volunteerscan set the distance thatthey are willing to drive
and are only required toprovide transportation fora patient once per year.“Some of our best drivers,when I was a coordinator,I found, were UCF stu-
dents because they hadflexible availability duringthe daytime,” Horner said.While UCF students maynot have the funding todonate to the American
Cancer Society, Hornerbelieves that they can givesomething far more valu-able – time.
Those who wish to vol-unteer for the Orlando
area Road to Recoveryprogram may contactCindy Harris at (407) 843-8680 or go to www.can-cer.org for more informa-tion.
Cancer society wants UCF students to driveFROM A1
COURTESY ROAD TO RECOVERY
Road to Recovery is a program through the American Cancer Society that matches volunteers to cancer-stricken patients in need of a ride to their appointments.
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PYEONGCHANG GETS 2018WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
DURBAN, South Africa — Persistencepaid off for the South Korean city ofPyeongchang.
After a decade of trying and twodefeats, it won the right to host anOlympics — the 2018 Winter Games— beating two European rivalsWednesday in a landslide vote.
“Koreans have been waiting for 10years to host the Winter Games,”bidleader Cho Yang-ho said. “Now we havefinally achieved our dream.”
Pyeongchang routed Munich andAnnecy, France, in the first round of asecret ballot of the InternationalOlympic Committee. Needing 48 votesfor victory, Pyeongchang received 63 ofthe 95 votes cast. Munich received 25and Annecy seven.
The Koreans narrowly lost in previousbids — the 2010 and 2014 Olympics.
Pyeongchang will be the first city inAsia outside Japan to host the WinterGames. Japan held the games inSapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998.
“I was surprised by the one roundvictory,”IOC President Jacques Roggetold The Associated Press. “I wassurprised by the margin. Definitely thepatience and perseverance of theKoreans has been rewarded.
“The fact they showed the vision thatthey wanted to introduce winter sportsin Asia has also played a role.”
Korean delegates erupted in cheers inthe conference hall after Rogge openeda sealed envelope and read the words:“The International Olympic Committeehas the honor of announcing that the23rd Olympic Winter Games in 2018 areawarded to the city of Pyeongchang.”
Waving Korean flags and wearing bidscarves, the Pyeongchang delegatesbroke into chants. South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bak shook handswith reigning Olympic figure skatingchampion Kim Yu-na, who was in tears.
“I am lost for words about now,”Kimtold the AP. “I can’t say anything rightnow. I’m really excited. It will be verygood to compete in my own country.
It was the first time an Olympic bidrace with more than two finalists wasdecided in the first round since 1995,when Salt Lake City defeated threeothers to win the 2002 Winter Games.
Had no majority been reached in theopening round, the city with the fewestvotes would have been eliminated andthe two remaining cities gone to asecond and final ballot.
Pyeongchang had been determinedto win in the first round after itsprevious two defeats. The Koreans hadled in each of the first rounds in thevotes for the 2010 and 2014 Games butthen lost in the final ballots toVancouver and Sochi.
Munich had tried to cut intoPyeongchang’s geographical andsentimental pull by arguing it was timeto take the Winter Games back to theirtraditional roots in Europe.
“Today the decision was about a thirdbid,”Munich bid CEO Bernhard Schwanksaid. “Pyeongchang, a new market, thenew horizons. It was a clear decisionabout the direction where they want totake the games to.”
Pyeongchang, whose slogan is “NewHorizons,”campaigned on the themethat it deserved to win on a third tryand will spread the Olympics to alucrative new market in Asia andbecome a hub for winter sports in theregion.
The Korean victory followed the IOC’strend in recent votes, having taken theWinter Games to Russia (Sochi) for thefirst time in 2014 and giving SouthAmerica its first Olympics with the 2016Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
In their presentation to the IOC beforethe vote, Pyeongchang delegates askedthe IOC to reward the country’spersistence after 10 years of bidding.
“We never gave up, and tried againand listened to your advice andimproved our plans,”said Kim Jin-Sun,the former governor of GangwonProvince, where Pyeongchang islocated.
“I believe it is my destiny to stand infront of you for the third time,”he said,his voice choking and eyes welling withtears. “Our people have waited for over10 years for the Winter Olympics. TodayI humbly ask for your support for thechance of hosting the Winter Games forthe first time in our country.”
Going last in the presentations,Pyeongchang hammered home themessage that South Korea has shownits determination time and again.
“We have kept our commitment tothe Olympic family for over 10 years,”said Cho, the bid chairman. “We havebeen preparing for quite a while. Weare ready.”
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Baseball
Big shoes to fill
COURTESY MIAMI ATHLETICS
UCF baseball head coach Terry Rooney has named Joe Mercadante the Knights’ hitting coach and recruiting coordinator, replacing Cliff Godwin. Mercadante was with the Miami Hurricanes previously.
There are a lot of similarities between former UCFbaseball assistant coach Cliff Godwin and his replace-ment, Joe Mercadante.
Not only is Mercadante a former catcher and the newhitting coach and recruiting coordinator, but he’s just ascompetitive, if not more so, than Godwin.
A former catcher at the University of Florida, Mer-cadante left the coaching staff of in-state rival Miami inJune. Both are teams that the Knights face every season,but the change will not be difficult for Mercadante.
“Whatever uniform I have on, I’m going to be all for it,”Mercadante said. “Whoever is across the diamond, it real-ly doesn’t matter. I want to win each game equally asmuch as the next one.”
In seven years at Miami, Mercadante helped lead theHurricanes to the NCAA Tournament seven consecutivetimes. In that span, Miami won four regional champi-onships and made two College World Series appearances.
“The big thing is it’s really coming together and gettinghot at the right time,” Mercadante said. “I went twice withMiami, and one time it was the whole year we were play-ing our best baseball, and one time it was we just got hotat the end of the season.”
The Knights now have two coaches with Omaha expe-rience, to go along with a roster full of players who qual-ified for regionals this season.
“There’s lots of big things ahead of this program, and,really, the opportunity to get there at this time was justsomething I really look forward to,” Mercadante said.
Mercadante resigned from Miami in June because itwas time to take the next step in his coaching career – tobe a recruiting coordinator.
“When you want to be a head coach it’s always good tohave that foundation of having every aspect of the coach-ing,” Mercadante said. “I was really just looking for theopportunity to take the next step and have some moreresponsibility and that was what I was looking for andthings just worked out perfectly to catch on to a place likeUCF with Coach Rooney.”
Mercadante arrived at UCF on July 1; the same day hewas announced as the team’s new assistant coach. He
Mercadante named hittingcoach and recruiting coord.
JESSICA GILLESPIEBaseball beat writer
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‘There’s lots of big things ahead ofthis program, and, really, theopportunity to get there at thistime was just something I reallylook forward to.’
— JOE MERCADANTE
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immediately jumped intothe position and spent theweekend recruiting at atournament held at UCF.On Friday, he will head toGeorgia for two weeks tocontinue recruiting.
As the new hittingcoach, Mercadante hopesfor a smooth transition.
“You don’t want tocome in and shock thesystem and change a lot ofguys, and that’s not whatI’m into doing,” Mer-cadante, who said he had agood relationship withGodwin, said. “I thinkCliff’s done a great joband I’m just going to try topick up where he left offand keep priming up.”
He will also workdefensively with thecatchers. With Beau Tay-lor joining the OaklandAthletics organization, thecatching position needs to
be filled in the fall. In recentyears, catchers Taylor, RyanBreen and Chris Taladayhave each earned FreshmanAll-American Honors, withTaylor being selected to theJohnny Bench Award WatchList twice. Mercadante’sexperience and coachingshould only improve UCF’scatchers’ accolades.
Mercadante has not metmany players yet, but he has
introduced himself to themover the phone. He is excit-ed to meet each of them inthe fall and get to work. Andjust like the rest of the team,he’s looking forward to the2012 season, where theKnights hope to make alonger postseason run. Evenif UCF plays Miami, Mer-cadante is ready.
“It’s going to be fun,”Mercadante said. “The bit-
tersweet part is that, yeah, alot of those guys that arethere, I was a big part inrecruiting them to Miami.But you know, at this levelit’s all about competition.And that’s one of the thingsI love about coaching, is thatI like competition. So whenwe get out there I’m goingto want to win that gamejust as much as the nextone.”
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The month of July maynot seem like one of themost important times ofthe year for college basket-ball players.
For starters, it’s offsea-son, and no games arebeing played.
If a player is looking tomake a step to the nextlevel by participating inoffseason workouts, focus-ing on getting bigger, faster,stronger and more skilled,well, the case could cer-tainly be made that sum-mer is important for theplayers.
UCF head coach Don-nie Jones says he sees thesummer as a valuable timefor the team.
"The summer is a goodchance for our guys to getstronger. Hopefully ourleadership knows what isexpected. They can work-out together and also playpick-up [games]," Jonessaid in a release.
While the entire rosterwill benefit from a produc-tive summer, the Knightwhose offseason couldhave the biggest impact isConference USA ThirdTeam selection Keith Clan-ton.
The Knights' successcould largely depend onhow hard the Orlandonative pushes himself inthe offseason.
The junior said in arecent interview, dis-cussing his trip to play inan all-star tour in China,that one of his focuses thissummer was going to behitting the weights.
“I think the biggestthing is strength...I've beenworking on a lot ofstrength and just beingable to guard more thanone position,” Clanton said.
Between his freshmanand sophomore year, Clan-ton improved his numbersacross the board andhelped guard Marcus Jor-dan shoulder much of theload for a team that oftenlacked offensive firepower.
Clanton averaged 14.2points, 7.7 rebounds and 1.8blocked shots as a sopho-more.
But for Clanton, a play-er often acknowledged byteammates as having themost pro potential, it hasalways been clear that hecould be even better.
There has always been a
lingering expectation formore from Clanton.
Should the 6-foot-8 for-ward make those strides, itcould make all the differ-ence for the Knights, com-ing off a season where theycracked the national spot-
light for the first time.For starters, the better
Clanton plays, the lessoften teams will be able tokey on Jordan. After theKnights started 14-0 largelybehind Jordan’s breakoutstart to the season, teams
started to key on the now-junior guard, creating allsorts of problems forUCF’s offensive productiv-ity.
Clanton can be the play-er who creates the mostheadaches for opposingcoaches with his versatility.He can shoot the three,drive and make smoothmoves around the post.Depending on what headds to his skill set orimproves on, he couldbecome the type of match-up problem that frees upteammates for easy looks.
This year, the Knightshave plenty of help on theway.
Three players who satout last season due totransfer rules, wingmanTristan Spurlock, forwardJosh Crittle and guard JeffJordan are all eligible andeager to play. The bestrecruiting class in theschool’s history, featuringESPNU Top 100 centerMichael Chandler, willprovide some depth.
Still, all of these playersare going to take time toget acclimated, especiallythe freshmen. Clanton, aveteran of the program, isgoing to have to come upbig early on in the seasonwhen perhaps these play-ers won’t be ready to helpcontribute.
What the versatilepower forward needs towork on specifically iswhat he mentioned:strength. Already this sum-mer, Clanton looks slim-mer. Now, it’s just a matterof adding strength andexplosive power. Clantonhas often been criticized aslacking intensity. Cominginto the season physicallyprepared to be a moreforceful player could go along way to improving hisability.
In addition to gettingstronger, and, in turn, moreaggressive, Clanton needsto improve upon the thingshe already does well. Someof his strengths last seasonwere his ability to shootfrom three, his footwork inthe post and his tenaciousshot blocking. Along withnow-graduated center TomHerzog, Clanton helpedthe Knights become one ofthe top shot-blockingteams in the country lastseason.
Still, there’s a whole ros-ter of players who havesimilar improvements tomake over the summer.
It may only be thebeginning of July, butwhat’s going on in the UCFpractice facility in theweeks to come could makeall the difference next sea-son.
STEVEN RYZEWSKIStaff columnist
COURTESY DENNIS ADAIR
Mercadante has already started recruiting for the Knights and will travel toGeorgia for two weeks to continue recruiting for UCF.
CFF ARCHIVE
Junior forward Keith Clanton was one of the players who broke out last seasonfor UCF.The Knights are depending on Clanton to improve over the summer.
Summer is crucial for new players and stars like Clanton
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At around 6 a.m. on Friday, UCF nursing studentMichael Lombardo helped senior citizens eat and provid-ed personal care and comfort to patients at a long-termcare center.
No less than 15 hours later, he was on stage at the HardRock Live at Universal Studios playing his guitar withreckless abandon and banging his head in unison with hisband and the hundreds of fans in attendance.
And it’s just another day for him.When he’s not studying for tests in UCF’s accelerated
nursing program, Lombardo plays lead guitar for the localband, Gorillafight. The band consists of rhythm guitaristBrian Kizer, vocalist Dave Fernandez, bassist Chuck Mol-nar and drummer “Heavie” Kevin Sanchez.
Lombardo’s current goal is to become a Certified Reg-istered Nurse Anesthetist, and he says he’s starting to feelthe pressure of the program.
“I’ve been in the program for about a month ortwo, and it’s ridiculously busy,” Lombardo said.
“I bounce all around the city and I barelyhave any free time. I think it really has to
do with the fact that I love music. I lovebeing in this band, but I don’t want torisk having a future that doesn’t give
Med student rocks hardwith local band Gorillafight
JAMES BENNETTContributing Writer
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UCF Nursing student MichaelLombardo is the lead guitarist forthe local band Gorillafight.
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Saturday’s crowd at UniversalStudios overwhelmed bothemployees and the artist who pre-formed that night.
Fans gathered as early as 3 p.m.to see Trey Songz, winner of the2010 BET Award for “Best MaleR&B Artist.”
For the first time in the series,Universal decided to give out freepaper tickets for those wanting toget close to the stage. The line fortickets lasted more than an hour,and employees started letting fansinto the concert area after 5 p.m. toclaim a spot for the show.
Once in the concert area, fansfound it difficult to get food andwater, enjoy the theme park rides,or use the restroom without losingtheir spots.
Angelica Ellis and NataliaFigueroa did not care that theywere missing the rides and attrac-tions in the park.
“We had [an] over-an-hourdrive to get here. We have not rid-den any rides, seen any shows oreaten any food. We came to Orlan-do only to see Trey,” Ellis, an Ocalanative, said.
After the show concluded, thegirls’ only regret was that they werenot closer to the stage.
“The last part of the show was
the best because he took off hisshirt,” Figueroa said. “I wish we hadbeen closer so we could see hismuscles.”
Songz has toured both as a head-liner and as a special guest on Jay-Z’s massive BP3 Tour 2010. Hisshow at Universal appealed to themainly female audience, givingthem exactly what they wanted.During the show, Songz remindedthe audience that he was a very sin-gle man looking for that perfect girl.
Songz started the show off with“I Invented Sex” from his 2009
album, Ready. Hekept the crowdscreaming during hishour-long performancewith other hits like “Neigh-bors Know My Name,”“Can’t Be Friends” and “SayAah.”
Toward the middle of theshow, Songz took a moment tothank the diehard fans whowaited hours in the heat to seehim.
Fans wait six hours to hear SongzDARCIE VANCE
Contributing Writer
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Fans crowd around the stage to wait for Trey Songz, the winner of the 2010 BETAward for “Best Male R&B Artist,” to perform at Universal Studios.
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Though it may seemunwise to be locatedright next to the nation-wide seafood chain Joe’sCrab Shack, managerFrank Taromina says thecorporate brand is nocompetition to his 16-year old restaurant, HighTide Harry’s.
“We’re the localseafood guy, and they’rea chain. There’s no com-petition,” Taromina said.“If you look at our park-ing lot at night and thenlook at theirs, ours isalways more filled.”
The key to such suc-cess, that a private busi-ness might surpass aneighboring nationalfranchise, could beattributed to severalthings. For one, Harry’soffers beer and margari-tas served in 32-ouncefish bowls, with dailyhappy hour specials thatextend all day from Sun-day to Tuesday. Perhapsthe menu, daunting itsonlookers with “All YouCan Eat” and “Daily Spe-cials,” deserves the cred-it for Harry’s long-stand-ing eminence. However,founder and owner, Mike
Heretick, attributes thesuccess to their “pricedto portion” deals.
“I often have peoplesay to me, ‘How can youserve this much food foronly this much,’”Heretick said. “We’reeven cheaper than themarket at times. It’s goodfood for a good price.And it’s a fun atmos-phere.”
Upon walking intoHigh Tide Harry’s, cus-tomers are greeted bywaiters sporting therestaurant’s logo t-shirts,which are available forpurchase should a sou-venir seem appealingafter dinner. There ishardly a blank space ofdécor in the entirerestaurant. Everythingtakes on a nautical, fishyappearance. Sailor ropesand crab nets hang fromhigh-beamed ceilings, asposts featuring direc-tional beach-signs leadthe way towards seatingtables and booths.
Heretick, who startedin the restaurant indus-try when he was nineyears old while helpinghis mother in a deli,always wanted to ownhis own place. The Vir-ginia native worked and
traveled with Hooters,opening franchisesacross the nation for 10years before finallyopening High TideHarry’s.
“Why did I start it?Because I don’t have bet-ter sense!” Heretick said.“I’ve always been aseafood fanatic, but wealso offer other things forthe non-seafood eater aswell. Just because wespecialize in seafooddoesn’t mean our ribs,wings and chicken aren’tgood, because they are.Everything here is good.”
“People should comehere because we havegood prices for highquality food,” said Shan-
nan Karuga, a recent col-lege graduate and 4-monthemployee of High TideHarry’s. “And college kidslove it because we havegreat drink specials and afun environment.”
When asked what hewants people take from
their experience at Harry’s,Heretick said he hopesothers will tell peopleabout it. Considering it hasbeen 10 months sinceHeretick participated inany kind of promoting, it’ssafe to say his hopes arefulfilled.
“We do little advertis-ing, it’s all word gettingaround. And that’s how wewant it: simply drawingpeople in by word ofmouth,” Heretick said.
For more informationand for menu listings, visithightideharrys.com.
BAILEIGH JOHNSONContributing Writer
Fishbowls, food keeps High Tide on the rise
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Above left: Fish tacos are a weekly Tuesday special at High Tide Harry’s, a seafood restaurant. Above right: Seafood-themed decorations keep customers’ minds on food.
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Who is your style icon?Lauren Conrad, Carrie Underwood
How do you describe your style?Comfortable but well- put together
How would you describe UCF’s style? Too many pajamas; students should takemore time getting ready.
What is your favorite item to wear? A sweater; it is too cold in the UCFclassrooms. COMPILED BY ASHLEY SIKAND AND KATIE DEES
“I know I saw these girls over here atsound check hours ago. Thank you forwaiting hours to see me! Trey’s Angels arein the house tonight,” he said.
He took off his shirt and gave it to a fanin the front row who made a poster askingfor his shirt.
Songz was not the only one who wasthrowing garments Saturday night. Duringhis song “Love Faces” from his latest albumPassion, Pain & Pleasure, a few bras fromthe audience made it on the stage.
Danei Stephenson, who will be major-ing in computer engineering at UCF nextmonth, was amazed by the number of peo-ple in the audience.
“I thought I had enough time by gettinghere at 6 p.m.,” Stephenson said. “I came tosee Ne-Yo during Mardi Gras and was ableto be close to the stage. I have been a fan ofTrey Songz since before he cut his hair andI wish I could be closer to the stage for thisshow.”
Out-of-town annual pass holder AliLandron decided to make a weekend out ofthe show.
“I am a big fan of Trey Songz so wedecided to drive to Orlando to see theshow and get a hotel room tonight,” Lan-dron said. “I was here a few hours early but
wish I had not been so far away from thestage.”
For fans who were not able to get frontand center, Universal provided largescreens to project the show. No one missedout on seeing Trey Songz, with or withouthis shirt on.
Shirtless Songz heats up OrlandoFROM A8
my family whatever Iwant.”
Lombardo earned hisfirst college degree inbusiness at the Universityof Florida in 2003. Heworked as an accountexecutive at the Bank ofArizona for three years.After the economicdownturn of 2007, hewent into orthopedicmedical sales in theOrlando area. He said thatit was there that he beganto aspire to be in the oper-ating room as a nurse, nota salesman.
“Everything I did in thepast was benefitting me,”Lombardo said. “When Iwas in banking and ortho-pedics, I was working so Icould make more money.I did well, but I got burntout on getting up everyday to benefit myself andfrom the hospital I couldsee the benefits thatnurse’s made in people’slives. Spending a dayhelping someone in thehospital for an accidentmakes you come hometired for a much betterreason than moneyalone.”
Lombardo brings onlyone-fifth of Gorillafight’sdiversity. The band mixeselements of metal, soul,hip-hop and classic rockto create an individualsound.
“We all have complete-ly different influenceswhen it comes to personalmusic tastes,” Kizer said.“Chucky comes from theschool of the soul,
Michael’s a metalheadthrough and through, Idon’t like anything past1988, Dave comes from adeath metal backgroundand Kevin pretty muchlistens to only one band.”
“The one strength thatwe have as a band is thatwe tend to reach out to awide variety of fans,”Lombardo said. “Wearen’t for one genrespecifically. The musicthat we write is a culmina-tion of a lot of differentmindsets and musicaltastes. Whether you’reold, young, black, white,metal or soul, we’re a
band for anyone whowants to come out andenjoy a good show for anight.”
Though Lombardo hastaken a number of pathsto get where he is rightnow, he sees nothingwrong with doing some-thing different, a mentali-ty Gorillafight takes toheart when they makemusic.
“I think there’s no rea-son that you can’t chasemore than one dream at atime. Personally, I want tobe a jack of all trades andexcel at everything I cando.”
Job change inspired rockerFROM A8
DARCIE VANCE / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Trey Songz opened his hour-long performance with “IInvented Sex” from his 2009 album Ready.
ANDY CEBALLOS / CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Local band Gorillafight vocalist David Fernandez performs at Hard Rock Liveon Friday, July 1. Fernandez is a fellow band member with Lombardo.
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The Student Newspaper at UCF since 1968
he U.S. House of Rep-resentatives hasdecided to make an
important change that willbring it one step closer tofocusing on the real prob-lems this country faces.
In the past, the House hasbeen famous for passingwhat are known as symbolicbills. These are bills thathonor or commemoratesomething, such as declaringthat the bald eagle is an“inspiring symbol” or thatAmerican mothers havemade “immeasurable contri-butions,” according to anarticle in the WashingtonPost. Resolutions such asthese often give the mem-bers of this chamber theopportunity to show thatthey can all come togetherand agree on something in asignificant, bipartisan fash-ion.
The problem, however, isthat these bills are the equiv-alent of hot air; they don’tdo anything. One member ofCongress, Rep. Barbara Lee(D-Calif.) proposed fivesuch resolutions this year,including ones honoringNational HIV Testing Day,Multiple Sclerosis Aware-ness Week and ProfessionalSocial Work Month, accord-ing to the Post. Lee com-plained that Republicanswould prevent her frombringing these measures to avote and claimed that it is“outright wrong” for them todo so.
She also said that thesepieces of legislation allowcommunities to be heard byCongress that would not beheard otherwise. It is theprimary responsibility oflocal governments torespond to the needs of localcommunities, and the firstpriority of or national gov-ernment should be ournational needs.
Other resolutions pro-posed last year included onehonoring Sam Houston, aTexas icon who died in 1863,and one honoring AndreaPalladio, an architect whodied in 1580. One resolutionhonored birds, bees and but-terflies by honoring NationalPollinator Week, accordingto the Post.
Our country faces chal-lenges on a series of fronts.We have negotiations onraising the federal debt ceil-ing that are still ongoing, animmigration system that isbadly in need of reform andmany entitlement programsthat need fixing, to name afew. The last thing that theHouse needs to be spendingits precious time on arethese symbolic resolutionsthat only express the cham-ber’s support of a specificissue or cause.
In 2010, there wereroughly 260 commemorativeresolutions passed, whichaccounted for 36 percent ofthe bills that got throughthis chamber, according tothe Post. This is far too
much time to be spendingon this type of bill, time thatthis chamber simply cannotafford to waste. It is easy formembers of Congress todivert themselves from tak-ing on politically divisiveissues such as reformingMedicare or Social Securityand jump on board withthese resolutions that easilygarner widespread support.However, we elected thesepeople to address ournation’s challenges. We needthem to focus on the realwork of Congress, despitehow hard it might be. Nowis not the time to be dodgingAmerica’s problems; it is thetime to be tackling themhead-on.
Congress needs to banthese resolutions and stickto the ban; no exceptions.The moment the Housestarts making exemptionsfor one cause or another,this type of ban can fallapart very quickly. Republi-cans have taken an impor-tant first step in getting backto the real work of Congress.Republicans, however, nowmust stick to this commit-ment and not abandon shipwhen things aren’t going theway they would like, as Rep.Eric Cantor (R-Va.) did dur-ing the debt negotiations.Now that the House hastaken this step, the Senateshould consider doing thesame. Let us get Congressback to doing the work ofthe American people.
OUR STANCE
Symbolic billsimpede progress
Three years ago, I wasworking the morningshift at a restaurant in myhometown when a couplecalled me over to theirtable.
“Where’s our server?We’ve been sitting herefor 15 minutes,” thewoman said.
The couple was notsitting in my section, andit was not right for me totake another waitress’table. I apologized and told her thatthe server was rolling silverware.The server was actually smoking acigarette in the back and chattingwith the cook, but rolling silverwaresounded better.
Another five minutes passed, andthe couple still had no server. Withanother apology, I went ahead andtook their order. The woman barkedeach detail of the order and asked ifshe could have hot chocolate. Withyet another apology, I had to tell herwe did not serve hot chocolate. Withthat, the woman stood, said some-thing under her breath that I wasglad I did not hear and left therestaurant. Her husband, who hadbeen reading the paper the wholetime, did not leave. Apparently usedto this sort of behavior, he ate hismeal and left me a $7 tip for a mealthat was only about $14. I didn’texpect to get a tip, much less one for50 percent of the bill. Was it goodservice or just guilt? Seeing as howthey were waiting 20 minutes to beserved, I am sure it was not the for-mer. According to an article fromNational Public Radio’s Money Talkblog, I could be right.
According to the blog, a leadingtheory on tipping suggests that it is asocial pressure. It says that how big atip is rarely has to do with good serv-ice, but rather on extraneous factorslike the weather or the restaurant’slighting. Michael Lynn, associate pro-
fessor of consumer behav-ior in Cornell University’sSchool of Hotel Adminis-tration, also says that tipsare loosely based on cus-tomer satisfaction withthe waiter. However, non-verbal communicationsuch as lightly touchingthe customer or crouch-ing next to the table sub-stantially increases tips.Lynn says the study of tip-ping in restaurants is
interesting because it is not usuallyrequired. Some restaurants force cus-tomers to pay a gratuity, regardless ofhow good or bad the service was.
In 2009, two students in Bethle-hem, Pa. were arrested for refusingto pay a $16.35 gratuity. They refusedto pay because they felt theyreceived sub-par service. Accordingto the students, they waited for overan hour for the wings and salad theyordered.
The students should not havegone the way of Mr. Pink in the film“Reservoir Dogs” and not tipped. Iffood takes too long to get to the table,it is usually the cook’s fault. If it iscold when it gets there, it is usuallythe waiter’s fault. A lousy tip for poorservice is better than no tip. I do notthink people leave tips out of guilt.They do so because they do notwant bad service when returning tothe restaurant.
I always tip because I feel like thewaiter knows I am a college studentand gives me mediocre servicebecause he thinks college studentsdo not tip. With my 20 percent tips, Ifeel like I am changing waiters’ andwaitresses’ perception of college stu-dents. But, of course, that is not goingto happen.
I will not ever be sure why I gotsuch a large tip from that couple.They might have felt guilty giving it,but I certainly did not feel guiltyreceiving it.
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Good tips can resultfrom bad service
BRITTANY OLSONPsychology, freshman
“Yes, I think it should be legal-ized and left up to the statesbecause marijuana is not asbad as anything else.”
ALEX BETANCOURTPsychology, freshman
“I guess it would depend onthe use of it. For medicine andhealth issues, I guess, sure. If itgets out of hand, then no.”
ADAM HARLOWHealth services admin., freshman
“Yes. I think they should beallowed to regulate it on theirown. I don’t think marijuana’sany worse than alcohol.”
CEPHAS TALBOTReal estate and Marketing, junior
“I think the U.S. should have aunified front towards it.”
MAN ON THE STREET
‘Should states regu-late marijuana use?’
T H E W O R D A R O U N D C A M P U S
DAVID ENFINGERHealth Sciences, freshman
“I think they should be able toregulate it and tax the crap outof it if they want to, to bring inextra income.”
JOHN HAUSSERMANNMath, grad student
“I think yes, marijuana shouldbe regulated at the state levelbecause I think it will lowerorganized crime.”
DON WRIGHT / THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
EMON REISERGuest Columnist
According to the U.S.Department of Educa-tion, despite havingearned higher collegeGPAs in every subject,young women will takehome, on average acrossall professions, just 80percent of what theirmale colleagues do.
What’s worse is that aHarvard study found thatwomen who demandhigher starting salariesare perceived as “less nice,” andthus are less likely to be hired. I can-not believe that, in 2011, women arestill judged on how well they canplay the nice girl role in order to behired.
The problem is that once youhave the job, the nice girl role willnot necessarily get you promoted. Itis because of this that some womenare forced to be more aggressive inthe workplace, leaving some to beseen as engaging in “queen bee”behavior.
According to a study in anupcoming issue of Psychological Sci-ence, “queen bee” behavior amongstwomen is said to be a response todifficult, sexist work environments.An article in the Epoch Timesdefines women as queen bees ifthey are in upper management andare thought to discriminate againstother women; for example, refusingto help another woman get a pro-motion.
I agree that the “queen bee”behavior may be a result of sexismand gender bias in the workplace.However, I do not believe thisbehavior is entirely a consciousdecision. I do not think women inupper management positions wakeup in the morning and say to them-selves, ‘I think I’m going to try toprevent another woman fromadvancing in the ranks this week.’ Ibelieve the stress of trying to gainequal footing with men in the work-place will make one do whatever ittakes to be noticed. To some, if thatmeans snubbing the other ladies inthe office, so be it.
Gender bias in the workplacecreates an atmosphere where
women feel as thoughthey have to work twiceas hard as the men do inorder to get the samerecognition. ResearcherBelle Derks of LeidenUniversity states if yousimply put women inhigher positions withoutdoing anything about thegender bias, women willbe forced to distancethemselves from thegroup. This suggests that
if women have to choose betweenadvancing their careers, helping toadvance the careers of others, ormaintaining friendships with others,some women will choose them-selves.
While I think this is true of bothgenders, for women it may be seenas more beneficial to separate them-selves from the group so they canbe more readily accepted by themale-dominated organization. Beinga woman does not make one anyless capable or less competent. Sowhy is it taking so long for womento be viewed as equals?
Nearly 40 percent of Americanmothers are the primary breadwin-ners in their households, yetwomen’s wages, according to Time,have increased just half a penny onthe dollar for the past four decades.Are women not worth more thanthat?
All of these factors combine tomake some workplaces difficult tohandle and competitive in nature,fostering the “queen bee” behaviorin that a woman may feel as thoughthere is only room for a few femalesat the top. The queen bee does notwant to help others get the positionshe’s vying for.
Perhaps if upper managementpositions were given to morewomen more often, the scarcityprinciple would have less of aneffect and there would be no needfor the “queen bee” mentality.
However, with the slow speed inwhich equality is becoming a realityin the workplace, it may be a whilebefore there is enough honey forthe whole colony to enjoy; not justthe queen.
Nice girls finish last;‘queen bees’ get paid
AIJANA JOHNSONGuest Columnist
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1 President knownas “Big Bill”
5 Beat it10 Shady growth14 Jamaican
tangelo15 Stag16 Wheelset piece17 Fine print in
Yogi’s contract?
19 “Swell!”20 Body in a belt21 Abby and
Martha, toMortimer, in“Arsenic and OldLace”
22 Exemptattachment?
23 Tab, for one25 Court
allegationsrequiringconsideration?
32 Clip33 A lot of nothing34 Many a ’50s-’60s
pop act35 Fine cotton36 Moving aid38 Douglas and
Fraser39 Medium power?40 Show
enthusiasm41 Hershey’s raw
material42 Product liability
problems forWilly Wonka?
46 Biblical middlechild
47 Jamaican spirits48 Thin51 Get the most out
of56 America’s first
martyred spy57 Vague religious
law?59 Elects60 Sat rocking, say61 Ivory Coast
neighbor62 New Mexico
resort63 Spanish
filmmakerAlmodóvar
64 Hardly at all
DOWN1 Big band wind2 Gets along in
years3 Place to take 27-
Down4 Turnpike roller5 Oater joint6 Lament7 More than just
eye-catching,clotheswise
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9 Where to startplaying a round
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it27 See 3-Down28 Firth or fjord29 Proclamation30 Subtle qualities31 Not too hot
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36 Valley37 Like the lenses
on some grannyglasses
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cover-up41 Book with
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partner53 __ the finish54 “J’accuse” author55 City west of
Tulsa57 Sass58 Writing on an urn
Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved
By Marti DuGuay-Carpenter 7/7/11
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