UCF senior leads way for Knights basketball

By Lawrence Laguna / llaguna@valenciavoice.com
October 8, 2012
Filed under Sports, UCF Athletics

Keith Clanton, Tristan Spurlock, and Isaiah Sykes were the main focus at the University of Central Florida Men's Basketball media day on Monday at the team’s practice courts.UCF head coach Donnie Jones has plenty of expectations for the leadership coming from the experienced players. "Leadership... Read more »

UCF raises tuition again

By Alexa Rydelek / arydelek@valenciavoice.com
October 8, 2012
Filed under Opinion

State legislatures are at it again. The University of Central Florida has hit students with another increase in tuition. The maximum increase public universities can ask for is 15 percent, and although it seemed like the board of governors was not thrilled about handing over the maximum amount, they... Read more »

Apple, Samsung, back in court

By Danny Morales / dmorales@valenciavoice.com
October 8, 2012
Filed under Opinion

Samsung and Apple are at it again. This time Samsung is suing Apple for violating eight of its patents. The back and forth courtroom battle has been going on since June, and it seems as if there will be no clear winner in the end. A U.S. district court in San Jose, Calif. found that Samsung had... Read more »

UCF Knights win conference opener against ECU

By Lawrence Laguna / llaguna@valenciavoice.com
October 5, 2012
Filed under Sports, UCF Athletics, UCF Football

ORLANDO-- Quincy Mcduffie had 64yards receiving with a touchdown and a kick off returning touchdown as the UCF Knights defeated the East Carolina Pirates 40-20, Thursday night at the Bright House Networks Stadium. Mcduffie tied the kick off return record in UCF history and gave UCF the momentum back... Read more »

Film takes stand against public school system

By Joel Pinero / jpinero@valenciavoice.com
October 3, 2012
Filed under Lifestyle

Oscar nominee Viola Davis (“The Help”) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Batman Begins”) star in the latest film about education: “Won’t Back Down.” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character Jamie, a woman living in the lower end of New York, has a daughter who has dyslexia. She is bullied daily and cannot... Read more »

East Campus advocates responsible sex

By Joel Pinero / jpinero@valenciavoice.com
October 3, 2012
Filed under News

Valencia will be holding “sexual responsibility week” this year. The event will be held at East Campus and will serve as a medium to inform attendees on their sexual responsibility. Those responsibilities have been downplayed in recent years, as reflected by the increase in teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS... Read more »

UCF honors veterans during Missouri showdown

By Juan Gallardo / jgallardo@valenciavoice.com
October 1, 2012
Filed under Sports, UCF Athletics

The University of Central Florida honored all military veterans with a display of appreciation during the Golden Knights football game against the University of Missouri Tigers. The game featured several military recognitions and a mobile museum of Vietnam-era military vehicles. UCF alumni Lt. Bradley... Read more »

Republican vice president candidate Paul Ryan visits UCF

By James Tutten / jtutten@valenciavoice.com
September 24, 2012
Filed under News

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan held a town hall rally at the University of Central Florida on Saturday, Sept. 22, in support of Mitt Romney and in defense of the issues facing the Republican party 45 days before the national presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.“We can’t afford... Read more »

‘The Walking Dead’ invades Universal ‘Horror Nights’

By Joel Pinero / jpinero@valenciavoice.com
September 24, 2012
Filed under Lifestyle

As Halloween season nears, this year’s anticipated arrival of Universal Orlando’s “Halloween Horror Nights” is finally here. The event, which recently opened last Friday on Sept. 21, marks the 22nd anniversary. The event’s first occurrence was in 1991. “Horror Nights” takes place... Read more »

‘Master’ film leaves audience thinking

By Nick Lawro / nlawro@valenciavoice.com
September 24, 2012
Filed under Lifestyle

Writer and Director Paul Thomas Anderson generates an entertaining, yet eerie depiction of a cult in the early 1950s in the new movie, “The Master.” As the director of movies such as “There Will Be Blood” and “Boogie Nights,” Anderson brings out the best in both leading actors Philip Seymour... Read more »