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The 'Art' Of Medicine: Building A Caring Relationship With Clients, Lisa Barkley Dec 2012

The 'Art' Of Medicine: Building A Caring Relationship With Clients, Lisa Barkley

UCF Forum

On the first day of school each year at the UCF College of Medicine, Dean Deborah German asks our incoming class of students what they think makes a “good doctor.”


It's Hard To Adjust To A Florida Christmas When You're Sweating, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 2012

It's Hard To Adjust To A Florida Christmas When You're Sweating, Richard C. Crepeau

UCF Forum

I have tried. I really have. But to no avail.


'Everything I Love Is Illegal, Immoral Or Against The Advice Of The Surgeon General', Roberto Hugh Potter Nov 2012

'Everything I Love Is Illegal, Immoral Or Against The Advice Of The Surgeon General', Roberto Hugh Potter

UCF Forum

The recent situation of TV anchor Jennifer Livingston in La Crosse, Wisc., offers a glimpse into how external indicators of health are becoming stigmatized in the public-health efforts to battle the “epidemic of obesity.”


Humanities, Sciences Must Be United -- For Our Collective Success, Carla Poindexter Nov 2012

Humanities, Sciences Must Be United -- For Our Collective Success, Carla Poindexter

UCF Forum

When Pablo Picasso presented his first cubist paintings to the world, even most educated people thought them hideous and irrational, yet his peers saw them to be ingenious.


How Can You Change The World If You're Not Paying Attention?, Alexandra Pittman Nov 2012

How Can You Change The World If You're Not Paying Attention?, Alexandra Pittman

UCF Forum

It’s depressing to see many of my fellow University of Central Florida classmates, friends and coworkers so unaware of their own surroundings.


Lost Lesson From 'Argo': Dignified Restraint In Face Of Victory, David Houghton Oct 2012

Lost Lesson From 'Argo': Dignified Restraint In Face Of Victory, David Houghton

UCF Forum

It is one of the most remarkable stories in the CIA’s history, and a long untold story of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.


Much Has Improved In 50 Years, But Early Ucf Had Own Charm, Richard C. Crepeau Oct 2012

Much Has Improved In 50 Years, But Early Ucf Had Own Charm, Richard C. Crepeau

UCF Forum

The University of Central Florida is gearing up to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2013, and much will be said and written about the transformation of the university from a small campus to one of the largest universities in the United States.


Students Disinterested In Voting Need To Smarten Up, Alexandra Pittman Sep 2012

Students Disinterested In Voting Need To Smarten Up, Alexandra Pittman

UCF Forum

My fellow college students have been abuzz with political stands and commentaries on Facebook and other social media – but I’m concerned that many of those same students will not show up to vote on Nov. 6.


Can We Own Art? Or Just Be Its Legal Guardian?, Carla Poindexter Sep 2012

Can We Own Art? Or Just Be Its Legal Guardian?, Carla Poindexter

UCF Forum

How can we effectively teach students to be professional artists at a time when some of society’s economic values are so unrealistic? It is true the high-end art market is thriving, but the contemporary art community is arguing whether such outrageous public auctions and private sales are good or bad for art.


Violence Is Not A Virus, But It Is Transmitted, Roberto Hugh Potter Sep 2012

Violence Is Not A Virus, But It Is Transmitted, Roberto Hugh Potter

UCF Forum

Recent mass shootings have again brought out the "violence is a disease" crowd. Their thinking is that if we reduce the availability of firearms, we will decrease violence.


President Must Be Natural-Born Citizen -- But What Is That?, David Houghton Aug 2012

President Must Be Natural-Born Citizen -- But What Is That?, David Houghton

UCF Forum

The long-running “birther” controversy–a rather bizarre conspiracy theory which holds that President Obama was not born in the United States–refuses to go away, kept alive by business celebrity Donald Trump and other assorted critics.


New Calendar Would Improve Educational Climate In Classrooms, Richard C. Crepeau Aug 2012

New Calendar Would Improve Educational Climate In Classrooms, Richard C. Crepeau

UCF Forum

Growing up in Minnesota, I thought it was sensible to be in school while the frigid winters took their toll on outdoor life. Now in Florida, it would make the same kind of sense to be in school while the broiling summers take their toll on those brave enough to venture out into the heat, humidity, and the capricious lighting strikes so familiar to us all.


Court-Upheld Health Coverage Is Necessity For Young Patients, Lisa Barkley Aug 2012

Court-Upheld Health Coverage Is Necessity For Young Patients, Lisa Barkley

UCF Forum

The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding health care coverage established in the Affordable Care Act caused me to reflect on the impact this law has on the patients I serve.


The Future Of Health Care? Lessons Of A Simple Model, Roberto Hugh Potter Jul 2012

The Future Of Health Care? Lessons Of A Simple Model, Roberto Hugh Potter

UCF Forum

Transforming health care is as much about social change and resistance as it is about individual health and party politics.


Art Is Always A Series Of Questions To Contemplate, Not Solve, Carla Poindexter Jul 2012

Art Is Always A Series Of Questions To Contemplate, Not Solve, Carla Poindexter

UCF Forum

Why do people value a painting or drawing? An elementary-school student I know recently answered: “Because when we look at art we can see how the artist felt about things.”


Technology Can Be Blessing, Curse To Students, Alexandra Pittman Jul 2012

Technology Can Be Blessing, Curse To Students, Alexandra Pittman

UCF Forum

Many college students seem to have forgotten what a university is for because they have become lost within their own technology.


Political-Science Forecasts Are Predictably Unpredictable, David Houghton Jun 2012

Political-Science Forecasts Are Predictably Unpredictable, David Houghton

UCF Forum

Social scientists just can’t help making predictions, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that we’re likely to be wrong.


An Olympic-Size Debate: Cost Vs. Legacy, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 2012

An Olympic-Size Debate: Cost Vs. Legacy, Richard C. Crepeau

UCF Forum

The Games of the XXXth Olympiad will begin in London on July 27, and they have been anticipated in England with a combination of excitement, media hype, public indifference, anxiety, and debate.