Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 45, February 22, 1990
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University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 2-22-1990 Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 45, February 22, 1990 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 45, February 22, 1990" (1990). Central Florida Future. 978. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/978 Let the students decide Students from around the NEWSCLIPS ............... 3 I OPINION .................... 8 who should be president world come to UCF COMICS ..................... 9 Altman made the wrong decision - OpiniOJI Plus Costner, Quinn get 'Revenge'- Confetti CLASSIFIED ............. 10 SPORTS ................... 12 0 • Future ,Volume 22, Number 45 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday February 22, 1990 • • Nitrogen gas leaks from tank in CEBA Fi remen called to secure leaking tank Tuesday by Lloyd Whitehead CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Firemen were called to the CEBA I loading dock early Tuesday morning after a university police offi ce~ spotted a liquid nitrogen tank venting gas. The insulated tank was apparently delivered to the building late Monday, but by Tuesday morning the 165 liter pressurized tank had begun to vent some of its non-flammable nitrogen gas. Firemen arrived and quickly put the tank on a • dolly, wheeling it to a grassy area as a precautionary measure. The venting of extremely cold gas from high pres sure cylinders is considered a normal process, accord ing to Associate Engineer Kevin Casey. "No one was in any danger of physical harm, either through asphyxiation or otherwise," said Casey. "The venting process is quite normal." Casey said nitrogen is generally dangerous only when in its extremely cold liquid state. Nitrogen is also a potential danger because it causes oxygen deprivation for people in prolonged exposure. Liquid nitrogen, which boils at about 320 degrees below zero, is stored in tanks equipped with escape valves that allow some of the gas to boil off in order to prevent an excessive pressure build-up. The nitrogen was to be used in the Solid State and Firemen arrived in five 1ire trucks Tuesday morning atter nitrogen began leaking out of a tank at Ceba I. Device Systems lab, according to Casey. Taylor resigns from senate secretary post Unethical activities of Student Government, Office of Student Affairs reason for resignati on, Taylor says by Tom Kopacz "It is, in fact, due to the lack of proper STAFF REPORTER personnel procedures, the students' abuse of fiscal policies and the attitude Student senate Secretary Phyllis of the Office of Student Affairs in con Taylor said she will resign from her doning and encouraging such behav position today because of what she ior," Taylor said. called unethical activities in Student After reading the first two para Government. graphs ofherresignation letter, Taylor Taylor, who had been senate secre spoke candidly about her impressions tary since Nov. 21, 1988, made her of Student Government . announcement at the start of the sen "There have been some people who Michael Laughlin/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ate meeting Feb. 15. have been critical of the moral stance Maki Mandela speaks at a press conference before appearing for the public Taylor, reading from the resignation that I have taken and all I can do at this Monday night at Rollins College. letter she submitted Feb. 8 to SG Busi point is tell you that I have spent my ness Manager Mel Rogers, said she felt life standing for moral principles," she her principles were being compromised said. Mandela speaks on need by unethical activities by members of · "I will not cease to do that for any Student Government and the Office of reason whatsoever." Student Affairs. Taylor did not name the people she for change in South Africa "Some people may assume that this said criticized her. resignation is due in some way to [her At the end of the senate meeting, by Jamie Carte prison for 28 years. husband] Don Taylor's presidential Sen. Lisa Thieler introduced a resolu ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Her message centered around the aspirations, but they would be wrong to tion commending Taylor for a job well need for change. She used analogies assume that was the only reason," she done. Maki Mandela, daughter of Nel and examples to express a dramatic said. It passed unanimously. son Mandela, spoke about the politi picture of the standard of living in cal discrimination of apartheid in South Africa. South Africa to a chapel full of cen She also used historical examples tral Floridians at Rollins College as strong as the Holocaust to em Renovations Notice .,' Monday night. phasize the living conditions of the Mandela, 35, kept her speaking 30 million blacks in South Africa. This weekend, the physical plant will begin renovations on the engagement at Rollins, even though "Another storm is gathering on the chilled water piping in all campus buildings, including the dormi she had not seen her father after his Southern tip of Africa," Mandela tories. Because of the renovations, the air conditioning will be recent release from a South African said. prison. = inoperable from 8 p.m. until 10 a.m. on Feb. 24 and 25. Nelson Mandela had been in see MANDELA SPEECH page 6 · 2 The Central Florida Future February 22, 1990 ..... WAYNE DENSCH, INC. ~ 851-710.0 . UCF REP ERIC ERICKSON - 425-7005 ... • I . ; The Central Florida Future February 22, 1990 3 ·Fake ID users easy targets for bar owners by Dave Schlenker has been little phony-ID STAFF REPORTER activity in the Wild Pizza within the past two Some manipulate their own li years. 1 censes. Others try to use a friend s or Collazo attributes Check the facts: Out of state ID: • relative's IDs. this to his staff's reputa Businesses quiz people to see A chart of out-of-state IDs is used to spot forgeries. Either way, local bt,tr and pub own tion for catching fake if they are unfamiliar with their ers warn that students who attempt to IDs. false names and addresses. use fake IDs will be caught. Two years ago, Col • Although local bar owners say there lazo said, many fakes Signs of has been a steady decline in the use of were detected, resulting tampering: phony IDs in the last two years, they in 16 arrests. A broken state seal or bent lamination say there are still many forms of fake Florida state statutes will automatically tip IDs out there. list possession of any off a business to a One of the most popular trends in blank, forged, stolen, fic suspicious ID. phony IDs, according to Knight Out titious, counterfeit or Pub owner Ray Lewis, is simply trying unlawfully issued li to use another person's license. cense as a felony punish Alterations: "People come in here and their li able by at least one year Simple comparison: cense says they are 5' 8" when they are in prison. Small holes poked through • Businesses check if people the license to manipulate like 5' 2"," Lewis said. "People just don't Those who lend people meet their IDs' descriptions in dates of birth can easily be shrink like that." J -their licenses for the height and likeness. detected with a flashlight. He said these situations are easy to purpose of getting into detect because usually the students are bars are guilty of a sec unfamiliar with the information on the ond degree misde- source: CFF Research R. Scott Homer IDs they are using. meanor, punishable of Lewis described a recent incident in up to one year in prison. "Mississippi IDs were hot," Collazo if we suspect." which he asked a girl to write the name The Wild Pizza arrests seemed to reca11ed, laughing. "After about the Another effective way of preventing she had on her license. reduce phony ID attempts within the third one you see, you start saying to minors from drinking in local estab She cooperated, but the end result last two years, Collazo said. yourself'! know there1s not that many lishments is simply not accepting IDs • was a name that was severely mis Lewis, however, said he rarely re people in Mississippi.'" that look "the least bit questionable," spelled. sorts to having the ID holder arrested. Another trend was manipulating according to the owner of Boomers, Sometimes Knight Out employees "We just send them on their way,"he the student's own ID. Doug Littell. will go so far as to quiz the student said. "Maybe I should call the police. The simplest way, easier on the old It is a technique that, according to about the information on the license. But if I called the police on every fake Florida drivers license, is to poke small Littell, has kept minors out of his bar, Most of the time, the holder of the ID, I would be out there giving reports pin holes through the plastic and alter since it opened three years ago. phony ID will incorrectly recite the on about 30 people a night. That's not the date of birth. It is also the easiest "If they have a Mickey Mouse ID, I address, birth date and even the actual my job." method to to detect, Lewis said. just usually ask for another form ofID, name, Lewis said.