John Warner

Amid Cuba's ongoing fuel and economic crisis, Cuban students at UCF said they are worried about their families in Cuba, who are struggling to find food and keep the lights on.
Living conditions in Cuba have deteriorated over the last month due to tight restrictions imposed by the United States, which recently took control of Venezuelan oil supplies and threatened other nations that tried to supply oil to Cuba, according to the United Nations.Restricting Cuba from Venezuelan oil is intend...

End Overdose at UCF, founded in spring 2026, is a new registered student organization on campus working to end the stigma surrounding overdose resources.Alexander Jadoo, senior finance major, is the founder and president of End Overdose at UCF. He said the biggest hurdle to getting students access to overdose prevention resources is the stigma that it carries. 
“I feel like a lot of people have trouble reaching out for resources like naloxone or fentanyl test strips," Jadoo said. "They f...

Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by United States forces about a month ago, students at UCF said they are concerned about the future of their native country.These concerns include the country not having any clear plan in place for who the next leader will be, how much they will be affiliated with Maduro and how the U.S. will be involved with Venezuelan affairs.

Stalking is a mental disease that can form into an addiction, and it is not getting the proper resources dedicated to it, a UCF professor said.Dr. Stephen Holmes, an associate professor of criminal justice, said stalking has been made even easier with the rise of dating apps and online means of communication. 
“People see pictures, people get attached emotionally and psychologically,” Holmes said, about using apps such as Snapchat. "For the most part, I think it's a disease of the mind,...

A man was arrested after allegedly cyberstalking a female UCF student by calling her over 30 times after being blocked and threatening to show up at her apartment, an arrest affidavit states.

William Newlon, 21, was arrested Aug. 20, after the 19-year-old victim he had matched with on the dating app Hinge reported cyberstalking to the UCF Police Department, the affidavit said.

Newlon, who goes by the alias "Billy" according to the affidavit, knew the victim's home address through location sharing on Snapchat, the app the two had been using to text each other since the middle of June.

Self-proclaimed coupon queen, Christine Pugh, returns twice a month to host "Couponing 101" at UCF's Recreations and Wellness Center every other Thursday.Pugh said the course teaches UCF students the importance of financial literacy, how to save money by using coupons and how to access and utilize their SNAP/EBT benefits.
“Since college students have to live on a budget, I feel as though helping them stretch the dollars or, if they receive SNAP benefits, stretch those SNAP benefits to be...

Florida lawmakers announced that they would be temporarily delaying political ideology surveys at state universities on Sept. 13.According to state lawmakers, the Intellectual Freedom and Viewpoint Diversity Surveys for the State University System of Florida were delayed until spring 2024 due to a newly-passed bill that pushed back reporting deadlines from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. The political ideology surveys were passed into law by the state in 2021. 
“Florida Republicans, and really a lot...