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Vol. 27 •No. 26 Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968 · Nov. i7, 1994 'Zoof graffiti spreads across UCF campus by KATIE JONES will probably be expelled from school. Managing editor Dorothy Lallement, office man­ ager for the art department, said the Chris Slogar walked into a men's bathrooms have been hit by the men's bathroom in the Visual Arts ''Zoot" graffiti at least three times. Building and smelled thedistinctodor ''It's kind of like a fear as to of the wet ink of a permanent marker. where it may strike next, and it may be There, on the W?ll of a stall, the valuable," she said. word "Zoot" had been scrawled by Lallement added that she is dis­ someone who had left just before heartened by the lack of respect the Slogar walked in. vandal has for the new art building. Slogar, an administrative assis­ ) Mingo said police do not think tant for the art department, had seen the graffiti is gang related, although the ''Zoot" graffiti before and so have there has been some gang-related graf­ many others around UCF. Someone fiti at UCF this fall. has been writing the word "Zoot" all He added that the word ''Zool" · over the UCF campus since the begin­ has appeared by itself and in sen­ ning of the fall semester, causing over tences, such as "Constantly I'm zooted. $1,000 in damage. If you got a gun, then shoot it." Police Det. Randy Mingo of the UCF investigations have . determined that Police Department said the . "Zoot" "Zooted" means to be high on drugs. graffiti artist has reportedly vandal­ Mingo said that police think the izedtheLibrary, the Visual Arts Build­ vandal knows police are after him and ing, Osceola Hall, Seminole Hall and is giving the i:nessage, ''If you are a a Student Government golf cart. cop, catch me." He said that investigations and "We will," said Mingo. handwriting analysis by UCFPD have He added that every time the determined that an the graffiti has · graffiti artist vandalizes somewhere been written by the same person, who on campus, "your tuition fees are used police suspect is a male UCF student to clean it up and repair damaged . and probably lives on campus. property.'' He added that photographs of The men's bathroom in the Li­ the graffiti will·be sent to the Florida brary seems to be the vandal's favorite Department of Law Enforcemenl for spot to tag. final handwriting matching. Diane E. Clark, of the UCF Mingo said that when the van- · Library, said that the men's bathroom da1 is caught, he will undergo a battery on the fourth floor and the stairwell on ofhandwriting tests, which are similar the fift~ floor have suffered the most to the tests given to people who write damage due to the "Zoot" graffiti, worthless checks, to determine if he is althoughithasalsoappearedinastudy guilty. Ifhe is found guilty, he will be room. charged with criminal mischief and 'We are going to have to re­ Top photo: Jonathan Gordman, 6, Matt McDaniel, 5 and Dillon Smith, 6, play Monopoly vandalism for each separate incident; place where they have marked in the during a skill games break at the Creative School for Children. Director Dolores Burghard he will have to repay UCF for the said that the children learn cooperation and language development from the games. "The damage caused by the graffiti, and he see ZOOT, page 4 game really is designed to teach children association skills and decision making skills. It' not just for fun." She added that many people think that games like Monopoly are not learning tools. However, children have to negotiate what they own, what they don't and they also learn math skills through counting their money, Burgh said. UCF physics professor Bottom photo: Shadi Kamalzadeh, 5, and Katie Huggins, 5, sit af a table in the Creative School and make their own ~asterpieces with markers. photo/SOLARE receives NSF award Unique interactive BE2000 class by SCOTT C. HOLBROOK faces and create an almost unbreak­ News editor able bond. "Actual commercial usage For the first time, a UCF fac­ presently includes novel zero-leak­ puts UCF in the national spotlight. ulty member has been awarded the age rotary shaft seals used in com­ National Science Foundation's puter disk drives, vacuum by OMAR DAJANI enough to comply with new guide­ equip students with "real world" skills. "Young Investigator Award." Over feedthroughs for semiconductor Staff writer lines. Adding to the dilemma were ''Maintaining the status quo was not $312,000 accompanies the presti­ manufacturing and related uses, and surveys showing a nationwidedouble­ an option," he said gious award, and this year the honor pressure seals for compressors and Soon after Richard Huseman digit drop in business major enroll­ As soon as the article printed, went to physics professor Weili Luo blowers,"Luosaid. "Adropoffluid left the University of Virginia for a ments. Huseman received an avalanche of for her pioneering research in the makes these devices possible; with­ deanship at UCF's college of busi­ When The Orlando Sentinel calls. The community's response be­ ~tudy of ferrofl.uids. out that strategic drop, they would ness, he was greeted with ominous picked up the news of the deferral, gan the showballing of what two years Ferro fluids are on the frontier not function." news. The American Assembly of Huseman decided to turn the crisis later became one of the hottest topics of science and are used in many The award is usually granted Collegiate Schools of Business had into an opportunity. So in the article, at AACSB headquarters: The UCF industrial applications. These liq­ to faculty members at the nation's "deferred" accreditation for the col­ he invited the Orlando business com­ Business Education 2000undergradu- uids are known for their unique seal­ largest research universities and lege he was about to head, partly munity to give suggestions as to ways ant properties and contain magnetic because UCF hadn't moved fast the college of business could better see CLASS, page 5 particles that cling to metallic sur- see AWARD, page 4 Inside News 1-5 Opinion 6-7 - Opinion __ _ Classified 8 Star Trek warps into the Future- see page 9 Vote for your favorite Future toons- see page 9 Features 9-19 Sports 20 Catch Some Rayz At 2 •The Central Florida Future• Nov. 17, 1994 10 VISITS FOR $25.00 W/UCF ID OPEN SUN DA VS 273-5419 Across from UCF in British companion testifies at trial University Shoppes UNIVERSITY FLORAL & GIFT SHOPPE United Press International she said. and Akins. University Palms Shopping Center ~~ Jagger told the court she saw Prosecutors Monday agreed 4250 Alafaya Trail ~o~9 MONTICELLO, Fla. - The the youth's mouth moving, but she not lo seek the death penalty if Suite 124 ~o companion of British tourist Gary couldn't understand what he was Crumitie is found guilty in exchange o/"?-- Colley was the prosecution's first saying. Oviedo, Florida 32765 ~i--~ ~<\. for a defense agreement to drop a (407) 366-1177 ~ Cf witness as the murder trial foroneof "I don't know what you want. legal challenge to the grand jury that the four teenagers charged in his What do you want?," she remem­ indicted the four youths. ,/ \ death began Tuesday in a bered saying. Jefferson County Circuit /•'\ J\: Monticello, Fla., courtroom. "And then I just sort of cringed Judge F.E. Steinmeyer seated a jury Beat the Mid-Week Blues /J ~\ Margaret Jagger, 36, also back and then there were sort of late Monday after questioning 225 Cheer-Up A·Friend or Loved One! from Great Britain, was wounded in shots," she recounted. prospective jurors about their knowl­ ~ the attack. Pressed by the defense on her edge of the case and their willing­ Send a Sunny Bouquet Seventeen-year-old John inability to identify Crumitie in a ness to find a 17-year-old guilty of DQ of Happy Faces "Billy Joe"Crumitieischarged with lineup, Jagger confirmed she could murder if the evidence warranted it. (Mums) first-degree murder for shooting . not place him at the scene of the Colley'.s mother, Brenda $12.50 Colley, 34, a truck driver from crime. Armitage, said from Great Britain V '-/° Add a Wilsden Bradford in West York­ Prosecutors said they would that she didn't have enough money shire, England, Sept. 14, 1993 dur­ prove that Crumitie and Aundra to attend both trials, but she ex­ "Smiley Face" ©• ing a robbery attempt. Akins, who was 14 at the time of the pected to come to Florida for Akins' 1\pses Balloon for l._). Following opening state­ killing, both shotinto Colley' s rental trial.