Central Florida Future

08/05/2016

When we were still Florida Technological University, students would drive up a dirt entrance road, which led directly to the library. Upon arrival, they would have to call university staff to frighten away the slew of rattlesnakes that loitered in the sand parking lot.

To serve the growing collegiate population, UCF students established the Central Florida Future in 1968, just five years after the university was founded.

08/05/2016

"The more I try to tell you about what the Future is like, the more I hear the phrase, 'I guess you had to be there.'"

08/04/2016

Today, the Central Florida Future printed its final paper after 48 years covering UCF.

When the University of Central Florida first opened its doors to students on Oct. 7, 1968 — five years after it was established in 1963 — the Central Florida Future was there to greet them.

08/04/2016

It was the people who made the CFF special. In honor of our last issue, our staffers put together this farewell video.

07/31/2016

On Friday afternoon, former and current Central Florida Future staffers gathered for a final photoshoot in front of the Reflecting Pond.

Former and current Central Florida Future staff members gathered at the UCF Reflecting Pond for a final photo on July 29, 2016. The photoshoot was organized a week after the CFF announced that it would print its last issue on Aug. 4.

07/28/2016

To ensure that SGA retains the power to allocate funds from its $18.6 million budget, SGA President Christopher Clemente modified a regulation proposed by the UCF Board of Trustees. The board unanimously approved the amendment.

Recent uncertainty concerning the power and role of UCF’s Student Government Association was quashed at the UCF Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.

07/28/2016

Check out these photos of Wednesday's Open Knight Climb.

The UCF Outdoor Adventure Center hosts an Open Knight Climb event at the Challenge Course on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. About 100 students gathered to conquer the high ropes course located on campus.

07/28/2016

A UCF spokesman said the funding for Knight’s Plaza is not related to tuition or tax revenue.

Knight’s Plaza, garage getting million-dollar makeover

07/28/2016

Christopher Leinonen was Christine Leinonen's only child. She said she used to tell him, "You can't do better than perfect."

Christine Leinonen, mother of late UCF alumnus Christopher "Drew" Leinonen, asked for common sense gun control and voiced her support for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.

07/27/2016

Commentary: UCF athletics is on the verge of becoming a national powerhouse.
Established in 1963 and, since then, it has become the second-largest university in the nation.

UCF athletics is on the verge of becoming a national powerhouse.

07/27/2016

The mother of Pulse victim Christopher "Drew" Leinonen will speak about gun control at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia tonight.

On June 12, Orlando lost UCF alumnus Christopher "Drew" Leinonen to the Pulse shooting, and tonight his mother, Christine Leinonen, will take to the stage at the Democratic National Conference in Philadelphia to speak on gun control.

07/27/2016

In a seven year span after graduating and leaving UCF as the men’s basketball all-time leading scorer, Jermaine Taylor has faced basketball ambiguity.

Alumnus Jermaine Taylor is set for an NBA comeback.