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University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 4-16-1991 Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 56, April 16, 1991 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. 23 No. 56, April 16, 1991" (1991). Central Florida Future. 1061. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1061 (I .-' ·Future© Volume 23, Number 56 . Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 Tuesday April 16, 1991 Fruit flies. infest- · food at Potpourri ,, Problem is almost b~tter, official says by Mary Watkins - said Food Services has a minor CENTRAL FLORIDA F.UTURE fruit fly problem every year. · However, this year's problem "They are everywhere!" said seemed abnormal, so he inves UCF sophomore Jenny Vogel tigated it. in the Potpourri cafeteria. Apparently pipes were leak "Fruit flies were attacking my ing in the 4-foot crawl space friend's salad." under the cafet~ria, a 22-year UCF freshman Chris old building. Roessler said the Detlefsen, currently on a UCF contractors who repaired the meal plan, ate a bowl of cereal leaks left the old rotten pipes in the cafeteria April 7. He said under the building. he covered his bowl with a nap The sewage and water in the kin to keep out old pipes be the flies. came a breed "Two bugs ing ground for landed in my "Fruit flies were fruit flies. drink," Det attacking my . Roessler said lefsen said. He the pipes were hasn't eaten friend's salad." removed and there since. the crawl space - Cafeteria and cafeteria worker Sue • Jenny Vogel were sprayed Wheeler said UCF sophomore· with pesticides. fruit flies were E c o an awful prob- ~ab, a pest lem in the cafeteria April 8 and conti;ol service, sprayed in and 9. However, she said the prob ·under the building from 10 p.m. lem had improved April 10. to 1 a.m. Monday through UCF Food Service Director Thursday. Bob Kilpatrick, a UCF alumnus, bikes with his children, Jared and Benjamin. Tristan Hiers shares the Randy Roessler said the prob Roessler said this will elimi ride. Kilpatrick spent Sunday afternoon at a picnic on the Greeri tor Teacher Appreciation Day. lem is almost resolved. Roessler. nate the flies. Kinko's cannot cOpy without·publishers' OK by Sandra Pediclnl permission to copy the work. ing companies charge royalties for the materials. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Fair use guidelines consider such areas as: ''The short answer is, yes, we will charge," Goff •How much of the total work is being used. said. ''We're entitled to do it. We' will charge our Kink.o's Graphics Co. now must face stricter rules •The nature of use. standard fees for this kind of copying." governing what materials can be copied for students • The nature of the work. Tl!e decision has already affected UCF journalism due to a court decision limiting commercial establish On March 28, Judge Constance Baker Motley made , professor Ron Smith, who used copies of magazine ments' abilities to make copies of these materials. a decision requiring Kinko's and other similar com- articles for students' reading packets. ~He now must Eight textbook publishers filed a suit against mercial establishments to clear all materials through get permission from the magazines. Kink.o's in April 1989 that was designed to re-inter the publishers before copying. Next semester, Smith will work with Kinko's to pret the 1976 Copyright Act allowing faculty mem "Their failure to do that not only deprived us of get permission for copying, but for the remainder of bers to make multiple copies of certain materials under income but also deprived the authors of their income," this month he must leave the materials in the library the act's ''Fair·Use" clause. said Chris Goff, in-house lawyer for Harper Collins. for the students to copy. Up until then, when professors brought materials Adriana Foss, Kinko's corporate communications While Smith said he thinks. the ruling is fair, he to Kinko's, an employee checked the copyrighted ma director, said the decision will mean that more people said it will-pose an inconvenience for the rest of this terial. If the materials fell within fair use guidelines, must be hired to obtain copyright permissions and Kink.o's did not contact the copyright holders to obtain extra costs may be passed on to students if publish- see KINKO'S page 4 Senate approves funding for Greek aCtivities next year by Sandra Pedicini Greek affairs coordinator Greg Ma CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE .son said he was happy with the fund ing. With controversy over state legality . "You always wish you could do more, of funding Greek council behind them, but I understand that Student Govern Student Government's Activity and ment is really pressed," he said. "There's Service Fee Committee approved $9,670 a lot that we could do for the univer to be shared between the Inter-Frater sity, and there's simply not enough nity, Panhellenic and National money to go around to do these things." Panhellenic Councils for rush activities The Finance Committee will now be next year. gin an approval process of the entire The committee also gave the National SGbudget. Panhellenic Council $500 to fund the "This is not going to be an easy vic All Greek Step Show, an annual Afri tory for them," Arts and Sciences Sen. can-American cultural performance. David Mann said. 'The committee con DISTINGUISHED DIGGERS But the committee denied funding to veniently forgot the arguments they had the Mocktail, a non-alcoholic social given . and voted for it because they.felt pres ~· Several VIPs shoveled at the Student Union groundbreaking: Ross Wolf, Jeff Latng, during Alcohol Awareness Week. sured." President Altman, Debbie Komanski, Jimmie Ferrell, Jason DiBona abd Lee Tubbs. -·- • • .. • • • For a Limited Time, April 16 through 25, The UCF Computer Store is • selling their most popular Macintosh Computers, for LESS than • their already"low normal price. There may never be a better time to buy a Macintosh. • • • • .. ..., • • FINANCING AVAILABLE • The Central Florida Future April 16, 1991 3 Students ·can soon View • classes on TV system by Cindy Barth he said. "We will be developing it more CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE thoroughly over the summer." .. Linda Henning, teacher of the UC14' has begun testing its Instruc Women's Health Issues course, said the tional Fixed Service System, or TV sys class will include a variety of topics, tem, as a new means of offering courses such as alcohol/drug addiction, repro Jor the fall. ductive and family health, sexuality, Dr. Bob Arnold, director of instruc eating disorders, AIDS and other sexu tional services and a communications ally transmitted diseases and stress-re • professor, described it as a system ll.ke lated disorders. broadcast television. Henning said she will also be devel "This is an over-the-air system very oping the program over the summer. .. much like television except that you "I envision students taking it for col need a separate receiver or converter to lege credit, as well as the fact that it get the signal,"-he said. will be available for those in the com The converters will be located at the munity who want to take it for enrich • South Orlando Campus, the VCC ment or greater infon:nation," Henning Osceola Campus, the VCC West Cam- said. pus and the UCF-VCC Lee Road Arnold said UCF was fortunate to DIRTY CAR? • Campus. Students will be able to regis have applied for and gotten the special Teague Kennedy tries to lure people into a car: wash. The UCF Cinematog·raphy ter for the courses and go to one of the frequencies needed for the programs. Association held the car wash Saturday at Highway 50 and state Route 436. campuses to view the class material. "As the crush for students to take Arnold said two such classes will be more courses became greater;- it was • offered this fall: a psychology course decided that we better apply for the (SOP 3004) and a Women's Health Is frequencies. We will eventually have sues course. four ·channels of courses we can offer," Study will allow stude~ts . to •. Dr. Randy Fisher, instructor for the he said. psychology course, said the class will he Classes that will be offered in the spea-k on cultural diversity a broad introduction to social psychol future will depend on the departments. ogy. ''They're the ones who can make use of by Jamie Johnson talking to individual students about how "It will deal with issues like aggres the facilities. It could be a full range of CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE . they feel about their experience here at sion, helping behaviors and attitudes," classes," Arnold said. ~~~.;....-.-;..;._-"----------1 UCF," Fuentes said. "But it's very diffi- An on-campus study is under way to cult for students to present their prob measure student perceptions on cultural lems before the president of the diversity at UCF. university. We found, for instance, Dr. Luis Fuentes, a visiting profes- Latino students who would go in to talk sor from the University of Massachu- to him and say they had no problems ' setts at Amherst, initiated and heads but would walk out and say, 'Yeah, I the research project.