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Central Florida Future. 767. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/767 he ·Central Florida Future e 1988 The Central Florida Future Volume 20, Number 49 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday, March 10, 1988 Board selects new editor for newspaper William McCartney, "Brodnax "I think Dave (Schlenker) by Doris Pfister was chosen because ofhis pres­ Will be a great attribute to me CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE entation to the board, his ma­ as managing editor because he - • turity, and his background." knows the staff." The university Board of Wittekind said, "What Wittekind added, "David . Publications chose a new edi­ David lacks in newspaper ex­ (Brodnax) has a slight disad­ tor in chief for The Central perience he mak~s up with real vantage because he doesn't Florida Future last week. world business experience. know everyone's capabilities. David Brodnax will fill the Even without newspaper j-0ur­ He has a lot to learn, but with shoes of two-year editor Don nalism experience, his man­ Dave as managing editor, his Wittekind, who has decided to agement abilities can carry job will be a lot easier." leave the paper to pursue pro­ him through." He added, "Dave (Sch­ fessional opportunities. Brodnax has had a one-year lenker) will be able to fill the The BOP, which is made up production background with void. David is surrounded of a cross-section of people Orlando Magazine. "I've had with a good staff and they'll from the university, watches experience with typesetting, also help him out." over the operation of th~ news­ paste-up, and proofreading," AlthOugh Brodnax said paper. said Brodnax. that nothing drastic was going Brodnax, a 27-year oldjour­ For the rest of the spring to change in the paper, he does nalism freshman, was selected semester Brodnax will be have several ideas for im­ . ~ ; because of his experience in learning the aspects of the job provement. the business world. from Wittekind. "I'm not a radical person. I According to Wittekind, "I have a lot to learn and a don't want any major changes "The reasoning behind the lot of people to get to know so with the paper. We have have board's decision was that rm going to ask a lot of ques­ the talent, capabilities, and David was older and has been tions; I hope everyone will be the school to make this the otit in the business world." patient with me while I'm best paper in the state of Flor­ Althou~h Brodnax was not learning all of this," said ida, andl would like to see that ~ a member of the newspaper Brodnax. happen," said Brodnax. staff, the BOP felt that he was Brodnax has asked Dave Brodnax said that his first the ·most qualified of all the Schlenker, Confetti assistant goal for the newspaper deals Donna Fitzgerald/CENTRAL LO candidates. editor, to serve as managing New Editor in Chief Dave Brodnax sits and observes According to BOP chairman editor. SEE EDITOR PAGE 4 Bikes,, ·spokes ,· only business for this .campus.attraction maiI).tenance problems, but not everybody. by Steve Paradis A \YOman came in to have a bike repaired for CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE her son who needs it for transportation. She said the 10-speed had collided with a car, but Located between the UCF Bookstore and the damage to the bike was minimal. The Bikew­ garden wall in front, the Bikewiser, a.k.a. Rich­ iser explained to her that he would fix it and ard Wolfe, answers questions in the early hour clean up the chain and other maintenance calm before bicyclists begin presenting their chores for $25 and the price of a new tube forlhe flat tires and bent frames to be repaired flat. front tire. He leans back in his chair surrounded by Wolfe didn't always fix bikes. He started bicycles and bike parts and accessories. riding bicycles seriously when he commuted to Warmer weather and a clearing sky mean he Florida State University. He learned the basics will be open for business all day. ofbike repair in shops in Atlanta which is where ·He says he can fix about 95 percent of the the name Bikewiser was born. problems, he said. He gives advice for the other Sitting at a barbecue restaurant with friends five percent. and drinking beer that rhymes with his nick­ Why did he come here two and a half years name, an ex-girlfriend thought it up. They all ago to work on students' bikes? To capitalize on came up with a corresponding slogan - the a basic student trait. King of Gears. "They spend money," he said smiling. He Since then the Bikewiser eats and sleeps referred to Pell grants and other finances that bicycles. give students money to spend. He fixes bikes during the week at UCF, but , "Bicycles are a means of transportation for a on the weekend he races them with other lot of(students),"he said. He also said students members of the UCF Bike Club and Team UCF do not have the preconception that bicycles are both of which he helped found. toys. Many. adults and children view bikes as Every weekend he and other members of the toys, he said. team go to local races, he said. But there have On this morning, a UCF football player who been problems with the team. had "bunny hopped over a ditch with no ramps," UCF Student Government supported Team pulled in on his bicycle. The Bikewiser tight­ UCF last year with funds, but abruptly cut ened up some bolts and serit him away free of them off this year after forming a "grave mis- charge. He explained that most customers just have SEE BIKE PAGE 5 CONFETTI SPORTS NEWS CLIPS 3 • Confetti takes a look Sportswriter Chris OPINION 8 at the recent INXS show. •Brady writes a feature Plus, all the latest facts .on baseball hurler Bran- COMICS 9 you never want to know don Turner. · Plus, the in Dirty Laundry. Tired of crew team beats Rollins CLASSIFIED 10 the Dotties? So's Some­ College for the eighth thing Different! straight year. SPORTS 12 2, The Cen1ral Florida Future, March 10, 1988 . ANY 18" MYLAR HELIUM 1 BALLOONS REG. 3.99 LB. 1 • 99 . LB.. I 1 • 79 . EXP. 3-19-88 I EXP. 3-19-88 --YoURCHOlc~--T----wALl___ _ T-SHIRTS I WATCHES 1/2 PRICE l~i.~9 9.99 • ---oouRME-r----r--oospu0sroo1--. -EXP. 3-19-88 I EXP. 3-19-88 JELLVBEANS I SPUDS McKENZl_E REG. 1-99 .I ~~~;~~; 1/2 PRICE 3.99 LB. • LB. I MUGS . .. EXP. 3-19-88 I BUTIONS EXP. 3-19-88 -------------------------ANY 1 ·ITEM . 1/2 PRICE STUDENT -G .OVERNMENT PRESIDENTIAL & VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES · . PETIT-IONS AVAILABLE WHEN: March 7-17 WH·ERE: Student Government SC 155 D EXPENSE LIMIT: $7 49 .25 per ticket TICKET MEETINGS: 4:00 P.M. MARCH 2, Senate Workroom MARCH·9, S.O.L. MARCH 23, SC 214 The proposed amendment will allow for two (2) alternate Justices on the Judicial Council. Since the Judicial Council consists of seven (7) regular members, four must be present to conduct business. In the event of schedule conflicts, the alternates will be allowed to take the place of regular mem~rs who are absent. Celebratin6 20 Years of &roice ·.· ··· :\ '"*WB1¥WJ&-'%ftt&.,.TJIB1fili¥~1ThW••WS~l~~'.4;1%friZt¥.~efff~illU!ftf$iffifl!V~lti¥¥!fffejjfi,f-11f~A"1it~"4~R~W!llf,~; , lf • The Central Florida Fu1ure, March 10, 1988, 3 Computer viruses spreading Malignant programs eating up memories across U.S. schools of course, huge amounts of data can be de- J.M. Rubin stroyed. _ COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE "There is no limit to the damage that can be done," opines Dan Updegrove of Educom, a There's a "virus" killing computer memories consortium of campus computer officials, add­ at a number of campuses. ing viruses can infect national networks. Self-perpetuating programs that automati­ "The virus," moreover, "is something that cally clog, delay or erase computer memories can regenerate itself. What it does may or may have damaged systems at the universities of not be malignant," Updegrove says. Delaware and Pittsburgh, at Lehigh and Students and faculty members have lost George Washington universities, overseas at files, papers, messages and research to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and through­ virus on various campuses. out much of the international e-mail system of "The virus was more than an inconvenience, International Business Machines since Decem­ but not a disaster," said Ann Webster of the· ber., 1987. University of Delaware's computer services Such "viruses," explainR Ohio State com­ office, which has been trying to flush the virus puter center official Martin Solomon, are en­ out of its system for months. coded onto disks and, when inadvertantly acti­ Sometimes called "Pakistani" or "Brain" vi­ vated by someone giving a routine computer rus, the computer "disease" was invented by a command, destroy whatever data are in a student in Pakistan "for fun." He put it on a disk computer's memory.