University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 4-3-1986 Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 40, April 3, 1986 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. 18 No. 40, April 3, 1986" (1986). Central Florida Future. 622. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/622 • he Central Florida Future Volume 18 Number 40 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday April 3, 1986 Moorehead . T_HE STUDENT GOVERNMENT VOTE not a hawk or a dove by Mike Carr CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE A former Iranian hostage * . * *· * * * . * . wants UCF students to play his terrorist video game . • The object of Moorhead Kennedy's game isn't to blast the bad guys; it's to understand them. "If you use excessive force or give into the terrorists' demands, The Central Florida • the game Future conducted an tilts," exit poll of voters in Kennady this week's election. said. Subjects were asked Crisis, the college of their the major and who they Kennedy computer voted for. The survey game, won't come on the market for another year, but was an informal one Kennedy was delivering its and is not meant to ·foreign ·policy message while represent a scientific, speaking at the student random sampling of center and engineering the students who auditorium on Tuesday. voted. Compared with Kennedy said the United election returns, States should not rely on a however, the survey strictly military soluti9n shows an accuracy toward terrorism. Ira Smith and Steve Cady received the largest number of votes. within 5 percent in ''A marine I shared a cell . ' every category. with wanted to bomb Iran, but that just kills innocent The numbers below people, increases the Smith and Tierney in a runoff represent the how opposition to the United each college voted. States and creates more by Debbie Dent ARTS 8r SC~ENCES converts to extremism,'' THE RESULTS CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Kennedy said. •Smith 31% Nevertheless, Kennedy . A look at the votes •Tierney 25% "We're happy with the outcome so far," •Dietz 25% 19% SEE MOOREHEAD, PAGE 6 said vice presidential candidate Steve Cady. • Young Cady, who is Ira ,gmith's running mate, will take part in a i'pl].off election with Mike BUSINESS •Smith 36% . Tierney and Mike~~'Fadden next week. Bomb scare To be elected student body president and •Dietz 27% •Tierney 24% SMITH 703 vice president, a ballot must hold a majority keeps UPD of the campus vote. •Young 13% TIERNEY 640 Due to a mechanical error, the student occupied DIETZ government election ballots had to be hand ENGINEERING counted. The results showed Smith and Cady •Tierney 47% YOUNG · with 34 percent, or 703, of the total vote. •Dietz 27% by Tim Ball Tierney and McFadden finished second with •Smith 24% NEWS EDITOR CAMPUS 31 percent, or 640, votes. William Dietz and •Young 2% WINNERS Cindy Schmidt held 25 percent, or 529, of the vote and Ted Young and Carl Neidhart pulled EDUCATION . Local emergency units have J MAIN CAMPUS •Smith 67% been getting a real workout z Sl'v11TH ' 10 percent with 216 votes. The total vote included votes from the •Tierney 25% this week at UCF. i SOUTH ORLANDO •Dietz 4% Phillips Hall was evacuated main campus as well as votes cast at South ~ TIEl\NEY Orlando, Daytona and Brevard campuses. •Young 40/o i'\ Tuesday mornirig while UCF ·~ BREVARD Police searched for a bomb A discrepancy on the ballot box's counter J DIBZ was the cause for the hand count which took HEALTH that an anonymous . male 55% :'DAYTONA about an hour. Candidates impatiently paced •Dietz caller claimed was hidden •Tierney 18% under a rug, Lieutenant TIEl\NEY and wa tehed as the blue ballot cards were counted and recounted to assure accuracy. •Young 18% Tommie Nelson said. •Smith 9% SEE VOTE, PAGE 5 , Jeff Gllck/Centr.ol Florida Future . SEE THREATS, PAGE 6 •Warm weather and lots of 3 sun are on the agenda for the next few days. Watch Opinim 9 out, though, this may turn into air-conditioner Clas.5ified 10 weather soon. Highs will be in the low 80s and lows will 16 SUNNY be in the low 60s. 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From $59,990 East SR SO at Alafaya Trail, South One Mile • (305) 27°5-1781 ·• Broker Co-op .. ., ,, ... r: •• .• • •. ~·~:· . : . •··.·. ·. • 't\ews-. ~~~~~~~~ ' New system PR man says UCF is of accounting best 'young' college is no fun by Maryann L. Cross from UCF' s public affairs office by Audrey Nasr CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE stated that IBM selected UCF's CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE • technical writing program to illustrate the innovative use of IBM ''The Orlando Sentinel series on equipment in educational programs. Installment of a computerized UCF contained an element of truth, UCF will be one of 20 universities accounting system at UCF last July but there was also a lot about UCF honored this year with individual has lead to some problems-students that was left out," said Dr. D. Robert IBM-produced brochures featuring not getting proper refunds to McGinnis, vice president of each institution's program. Other incorrect billing procedures. But ~fter • university relations . schools featured in the past have been months of work, bugs are finally "I don't think there was a balanced Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of being worked out of the system, a positive side of the university T~chnology, Yale, Duke and Georgia university official said. presented in the articles. The positive Tech. Donna Unds~y/Central Florida Future "We're making progress," Joseph side of an excellent faculty, "We are the first technical writing Vice President of University Relations Gomez, university controller, said. outstanding students and alumni who program or English program in the Robert. McGinnis "We see the light at the end of the are comitted to this institution country to be so selected by IBM," tunnel." wasn't portrayed accurately.'' · McGinnis said. "We are also the first Students are also helping to build Gomez explained that the McGinnis said he believes that university in the state of Florida to be UCF's reputation. In February a university's first priority was to UCF is the best y01,mg institution in selected for any program by IBM. team of UCF computer science install the State Automated the country. To illustrate his point, UCF's technical writing program was students placed fourth in an Management Accounting· System to • McGinnis pointed out some of the an innovation by faculty who put international programming contest at replace the old C.O.R.E. accounting achievements of the students and together some traditional kinds of the Computer Science Conference in system. faculty. programs in letters using "One of the things that suffered • For instance, a recent news release technological advances.'' SEE McGINNIS, PAGE 6 was refunds," he said. Now, according to Gomez, refunds are back on schedule. SAMAS will soon be implemented at all state educational Future receives institutions. University of Florida and Florida State University are the only national awards institutions which have· not yet adopted the new system. Both, however, will be converting to for good looks SAMAS by July 1. ''They're (UF and FSU) going to The Central Florida Future received nine awards have a lot of headaches,'' Gomez said. from the nation's largest awards competition for "At least we paved the way for college newspapers. The Columbia Scholastic Press them.'' Association's third annual Golden Circle Awards Gomez said a shortage of staff in competition awarded Assistant managing editor the department has made progress on Jeff Glick with a first place award for a collection of the new system slow.