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r > Dr. Ziekhethele Malaba, visiting No, it's not Citizen Kane, and it has Wednesday night the Moccasins Fulbright Scholar from Mississippi, nothing to do withRosebud. lisBrother defeated the Davidson Wildcats 95- visited UTC for Black History Month. Cane, the Alabama-based rock and 80 and extended their lead in the He gave a talk concerning the roll band who is hitting the road and Southern Conference. UTC will take representation of Shaka Zulu in opening for music legend Johnny on Virginia Military and Citadel this literature. For story, please see A3. Winter. For story, please see B2 weekend. For story, please see CI. i mJ THE UNIVERSITY ECHO Volume j&Tf Issue No. 20 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga February 18,1993 Engineers Host Local Students Alliance Conducts Survey To Determine New Project By LeeAnne Sneed of this nature would "tie up funds for more Echo News Editor than one year" and thus could not be funded using the activity fee. Six years ago, the student body project In order to accommodate students' re­ fund was formed when UTC students voted quests, the Student Alliance has developed a to add one dollar to the student activity fee. sort of compromise. Rather than start from The first of these projects was the Student scratch with a new facility, they are propos­ Amphitheater, which was completed last ing the money be used to increase the hours semester. in the Hunter Microcomputer lab. The UTC Student Alliance recently con­ The new proposal will add one dollar the ducted a survey to determine a second project the current activity fee. which the fees would be used for. In this Under the new proposal, which would survey, five major suggestions were made. cost approximately $2,000 to $3,000, the An overwhelming majority of students (58 Hunter lab would remain open until mid­ percent) voted to create an extended-hour night and current equipment would be up­ study area which would be fully equipped dated. Remaining funds will be used to ex­ The School of Engineering sponsored "UTC Engineers Day" yesterday. with computers. pand and update the library's periodicals. Area high school and junior high students attended the event, where they According to Kevin Brinkman, president "We're trying to cater to students' de­ learned about UTC's engineering department and the university itself. Here, of Student Alliance, for 58 percent to vote for sires," said Brinkman. engineering professor Dr. Charles V. Knight demonstrates a model which one single thing is "pretty serious." Brinkman The Student Alliance will also propose to shows the flow of water through a dam. Other demonstrations included a said that several SGA senators have posed the SGA that money be allotted to landscape wind tunnel, tours of thecampus and visitation to engineering classes. UTC the question, "If this many students are in the area behind the amphitheater between students as well as visitors seemed to enjoy the event. For more information, favor of aproject, why doesn'tthe university the library parking lot and the Fine Arts please see page A2. Photo by Brian EverhartlEcho Photographer pick up the bill?" Center. However, Brinkman added that a project UTC Student Injured in Fine Arts Center Theater Incident Lighting accident reveals potential danger of outdated equipment; all agree new equipment needed By Jennifer Henderson Plans also include adding more Lewis added that the theater sparks. There was an incident report The University Echo office space to the Fine Arts Cen­ department is very concerned about "I was burned by the sparks but filed on the scene of the accident. ter. the safety of the students. I had on long sleeves. It wasn't all This accident report can per­ On Feb. 3 in preparation for the According to Dr. Jim Lewis, "We are lucky the student was that bad," he said. haps be used to appeal to the dean production of My Sister and This head of the department of theater not hurt. Although medical attention was of the financial department. House, there was an accident re­ and speech, the specific problem of "This was a potentially very dan­ not required, Love admitted the It may be used to speed up vealing the old age and potential lighting is a pressing issue. gerous occurrence but the student incident was scary for him and he replacement of the faulty equip­ danger of the lighting system in The lighting problem will call had the presence of mind to deal likened it to "sticking your tongue ment UTC's Dorothy Hackett Theater. for attention far sooner than any with it," said Lewis. in a light socket." Lewis confirmed that there have According to Mark Stone, fa­ renovation will begin, said Lewis. The theater department does Love added, "the theater is good been efforts to address the prob­ cilities and services coordinator in "The lighting system is sup­ have courses to teach theater stu­ at training us in safety procedures. lem. the Fine Arts Center, "a student posed to be replaced routinely," dents proper safety procedures. We pretty much know what's go­ "We have placed recommen­ was plugging in instruments while Lewis said. Love, the student involved, is a ing on." dations in the hands of the chancel­ the electricity was on. "The lighting equipment had double major in theater and psy­ Love also said that if he hadn't lor and his staff to replace the equip­ "The surge of it created an arc of eroded to the point that it malfunc­ chology. had such thorough training he ment," he said. electricity, and because of the age tioned. To keep the theater run­ He had been working on light­ would not have known how to "We have been asking for it for of the equipment, it grounded to the ning, we need to keep the equip­ ing when the incident ocurred, but handle a situation such as this. three to four years, but the equip­ metal cabinet which the plug is in. ment functioning properly," he had the tide of Shop Assistant for "That's why I'm glad it hap­ ment is expensive and the replace­ It melted the plug which burned the added. the production of My Sister and pened to me and notsomeoneelse," ments arc late," Lewis said. student [Eric Love]," Stone added. As for the safety of working in This House. he said. "I am very glad that Eric was Stone said, "there are plans for the theater, Lewis commented, Love explained he "was work­ When asked about the equip­ not hurt." renovation within five to ten years." "The theater can be a dangerous ing on a patch panel and got ment, Love said it "is old and needs During the theater's renovation, place if you are not trained prop­ shocked." to be replaced. We need new light­ all equipment will be replaced. erly." He said that the panel "shot out" ing." A2 The University Echo I February 18,1993 SGA Senators Hesitant Local Students Glimpse To Switch to Foam Cups Engineering Department By Martin Seehuus The reason Dart was willing to partici­ competition. The University Echo pate is that due to bad publicity, most of the By Anissa Anderson He added that it was the first time that market for foam cups had been lost. Dart was Echo Asst. News Editor UTC had ever entered the contest. A resolution to support Marriott Food trying to regain a portion of that market. Anders said that the group was plan­ Services* switching over to foam cups was Gardner was not satisfied with the an­ Area high school and junior high school ning to enter their car in the large design tabled until next week after debate raised swer, insisting that if money was to be made, students learned about engineering first­ competition this April. questions about the possibility of recycling UTC should get some of it hand Wednesday at the annual "UTC IEEE also tutors inner city children in current paper cups that the Senate was un­ Senator Joseph Khym at this past week's Engineers Day" sponsored by the UTC engineering and works on group projects. able to answer. Two representatives of the meetings reiterated Martinez's answer. School of Engineering. "Not only is this a place to go to school, Dart Corporation, the foam cups supplier, Senator Amelia Roberts expressed hesi­ Students registered and checked into but there are a lot of extracurricular activi­ spoke to the Senate three weeks ago in an tation about introducing another plastic into the event starting at 10 a.m. ties here," said Anders. effort to sell the proposal. the environment, regardless of recycling. Students were able to tour the campus Kevin Folliet, a Bradley Central High Dr. Pat Perfetti will be asked to speak at Acting on a suggestion from Senator Dawna between 11 and 1 p.m. and visit engineer­ School senior said Engineering Day helped next week's Senate meeting to answer those Aragon, Roberts moved to table the bill until ing classes after 1 p.m. The engineering him learn more about UTC. and other questions. next week. That motion passed by acclima­ department also gave laboratory demon­ "Usually they just point out the build­ Senator David Gardner expressed his tion. strations and presentations. ings, but this time I got to see what the concern about the ultimate fate of the foam The Pep Band received $750 from the Senior Jay Anders, an electrical engi­ Engineering department was really about." after it was recycled at UTC. Gardner said SGA in order to partially fund the purchase neering major, helped run a booth run by Dr.

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