Central Florida Future, January 28, 1998

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Central Florida Future. 1460. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1460 Central Florida ..• Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968 A DIGITAL CITY ORLANDO COMMUNITY PARTNER orlando.digitalcity.com • AOL Keyword: Orlando UCI lliCllS Ull lllB lliBCIJS 1 aller McDawe1111am11s11111 · ; x By DEREK GONSOULIN \ ~~ Sports Editor l ' ' \ After 13 years of building UCF's .• football program from a Division Adju1'}cts .:may be II failure to national recognition in I-A, head coach Gene McDowell Fer>laced with J resigned on Jan. 19 due to his involvement in the cellular phone full-time faculty scandal. McDowell has already ..•. filed a federal plea bargain at the .By NICOtE KING · U.S. District Court in Orlando and Staff Writer will appear before a federal magis trate to see if he will have to serve A year after UCF was criticized by t}le jail time. South~rn Association. of Colleges and McDowell lied on more than one ·Schools for haying to(} many adjuncts, the occasion to Secret Service agents 1 university has reduced the number by 20. and a grand jury how he came to "'' Tb.enumber has falleu from 769 to 749, know of a federal investigation according to UCF's Office of Institutional two days before the Oct. 28 raid of and Planning Support. the UCF locker rooms at the "We have attempted to reduce the number Wayne Densch Building. Athletic of adjuncts with full-time faculty," said Dr. Director Steve Sloan said Jose Fernandez, chair 'of foreign languages McDowell could not stay on as and literatures. "But 'you have a situation coach if he accepted the plea bar where the enrollment does not merit a full~ gain. time employee. Sloan announced offensive coor '1n the foreign language department, dinator Mike Kruczek, who came FUTURE file photo there are certain courses which do not justi ------------ Former football head coach Gene McDowell led UCF to a 10-12 record in two seasons in fy a full-time position and the only way to See McDOWELL, Page 22 Division I-A. address the students' needs is through adjuncts. irThe foreign language department, which CREOL experiments with recharging batteries is one of the largest for using adjuncts, has significantly cut back on adjuncts since I By BRIAN SMITH Experiments conducted in December of it, and use that to make the process became department chair in 1993." News Editor offered optimistic results for success. continuous," said Dr. Luis Elias, director Eighty-two percent of student credit hours The team working at UCF's Center for of the Free Electron laser facility. "That in foreign languages were taught by UCF researchers are conducting exper Research and Education in Optics and will prove the process is possible and it adjuncts four years ago. It is now 34 per iments to recharge batteries in orbiting Lasers (CREOL) fired a particle acceler is plenty long enough for the kind of cent. satellites by the use of an electron laser. ator off for eight microseconds and got experiments we want to do here." Dr. Milan Meeske, director of the school If the experiments are successful, bil 99.9 percent of the results they wanted. Elias said he expects scientists from of communications, agreed that having lions of dollars will be saved because it "The next step is to complete the loop, UCF and from other research centers more full-time faculty is the ultimate goal could end the construction of solar-pow recover the energy from the unused por of his department as well. ered satellites. tion of the electron beam, which is most See INFRARED, Page 2 "We would prefer to have more full-time faculty and not need as many adjuncts," Meeske said. "But many courses are better Greeks welcome new chapters taught by adjuncts, someone who can bring By JAMES COMBS sororities in Indianapolis, Ind. knowledge of the field into the classroom." Staff Writer Chi Omega was one of several Many students agreed the experience of sororities to come and give pre adjuncts is helpful to understanding the UCF will add a national sorori sentations. UCF's Panhellenic course's material. Yet some found fault with ty and fraternity to its campus in Council, which is the governing a system that often has an adjunct teaching the spring 1998 semester. body for UCF sororities, decided for the first time while holding down a job Chi Omega, which is the largest Chi Omega would eventually outside UCF. sorority in the world, has already become a sorority. "It is good because they are coming .,) begun looking for potential mem "I think this is an incredible directly from their job to you and you're bers. The fraternity Pi Kappa Phi opportunity for women on our getting a lot of information that isn't the will officially become a part of campus to gain valuable leader same as what professors give you," said UCF in February. ship abilities," said Mason. "It Jennifer Lindstrom, a communication UCF wanted to expand its num also is great since sororities are major. "But they're not around like a pro ber of sororities three years ago, limited in membership and now fessor because they are busy with their Photo by MIKE MARSHALL careers and not on campus. Some aren't .. said Greg Mason, director of some of the women who couldn't ' ,,,,.,, Greek Affairs. They sent applica get in other sororities might be very good teachers either, they're just not familiar with teaching." The cleaning of the Reflecting Pond has become a tions to the Panhellenic Council, common sight which is the national body for See SORORITY, Page 4 See ADJUNCTS, Page 5 Making the grade Comedian returns to alma mater Batter up SG senators discuss the plus-minus DT Tosh's best trait is his honesty. Baseball team opens season at Rollins. system. -Page3 -Page 10 -Page28 January 28, 1998 Central Florida Future • 2 t• Infrared waves to aid biological experiments FromPAGEl the wavelengths will be convert arrays, be cheaper to launch and elementary particles or ions, a "The school needs to stand ed into electricity by solar power save billions for space hardware. tube pumped to a partial vacuum apart from the other colleges in 1 around the United States to be cells. The frequency will be The laser emits from a particle in which the particles can travel the state and I can't think of a lining up to use the facility by infrared waves, which makes it accelerator, which UCF had to freely and some means of speed better way to stand apart than this coming spring. useful for biological experi- rebuild after one exploded about ing up the particles. through space research." "With this kind of laser you can ments. two years ago during the process Students are enthusiastic about Matt Foust, 24, agreed with look at biological processes, not Infrared waves is commonly of similar experiments. the research. Miller. just static chemicals," said Olle used to obtain pictures of distant The device accelerates charged "I think it's great that UCF is "UCF needs to find an area of Heinonen, interim chair of the objects obscured by atmospheric elementary particles or ions to doing research in this area research to become specialized," physics department. "That, plus haze since visible light is scat high energies. They are some of because NASA is less thari an Foust said. "This type of its high efficiency and high level tered by haze but infrared radia the largest and most expensive hour away," said George Miller, research sounds like a natural to of continuous power will make it tion is not. instruments used by physicists. 23. "UCF needs to be an univer explore because of the locality of unique in the world." If the laser works, satellites A particle accelerator is com sity that leads the way in space UCF." The laser will be tunable and could use smaller solar panel prised of three parts: a source of research in the state of Florida. WILL•PAGE "We Don't Cotnpete, We BEAT!" WIRE LE s s Casselberry/Altamonte 910 E. Hwy. 436 Casselberry, FL 32707 831-1422 With purchase of Voice Mail at $1.99. Total: $3.98/mo X 3 mos.= $11.94. --g • Don Pablos .. i t m c: I! *WILL t'-PAGE UNBELIEVABLE! 0 E WIRELESS Q) ~ Winn-Dixie CD * Full Digital Voice Mail M o:::I" a: Now 0011 $1.99/month en * Pagers starting at $291 East Or.lando/UCF * we Buv Beepers 5616 E. Colonial Dr. * Found a Paueril Orlando, FL 32807 We Can Turn it Onl 737-0670 -"ti * NO Contractl m> r-~--~-~~~~~~~-~~-~~-, c: Nt ...ca r--~----------------~, 0 E : ~ 3 Minute E. 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