Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 28, November 21, 2002

University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 11-21-2002 Central Florida Future, Vol. 35 No. 28, November 21, 2002 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 Newspaper 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. 35 No. 28, November 21, 2002" (2002). Central Florida Future. 1674. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1674 • preview pull-ou~ • J. -SEE SPORTS. 11 .. -SEE SPORlS. 10 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING UCF SINCE 1968 • Extra fee could • Outlook for Jactilty union uncertain raise $1 million MIKE BLAKLEY Eda Correa said. "The union is the ance procedures and a 2.5 percent ComeJatt 7, . STAFF WRITER only associ&tion we have to look out pay raise for faculty members. /t for athletics :for our contracts,· benefits, griev But when its contract expires faculty union UCF faculty members remain ances and salaries." on Jan. ;7, 2003, the faculty union SARAH DOWNES in the dark about their financial In the past, the United Faculty loses its legal bargaining .power. STAFF WRITER will lose futures because a critical method of of Florida's contract allowed faculty Rosie Joels, a professor of • addressing faculty issues will van members to collectively bargain for reacting and education' and former The UCF Board of Trustees bargaining ish when their union's contract their needs. Its past efforts have preSi<lent of the United Faculty of finance committee will vote power expires in January. provided full salaries for summer • Thursday on a proposal to "I am very worried," librarian teaching, a set precedent for griev- PLEASE SEE Board oN s increase the athletic fee from $9.90 to $11.09 per credit hour. This-$1.19 increase will gener .•. ate approximately $1 million in additional funds for the athletic department._ These funds will be used to increase the salary for. athletic positions, raise the amount ·tor athlete scholarships in the sum • mer, pay for maintenance of the Wayne Densch -Sports Complex when it is completed this ·spring, hire m9re academic tutors for athletes, boost sports marketing on campus and enhance the athlete recruiting process. Currently, UCF coaches are paid less · than their counter l, parts in the MAC and Atlantic CSI: IJCF Sun conferences. -"The majority of the extra Case No. _J__ b_I L_--=3::!.!l/L..IA __ funds will go toward increasing salaries;" ·said Steve Orsini, UCF's athletic director. "I -------.......:..--._... 1 believe in investihg in people first." • According to Brian Battles, ANDREA MILAM & SGA executive vice president KRISTA ZILIZI and a member of the Athletic 0 STAFF WRITER Fee Setting Committee, the Gena Ward start h • salary increases will not go the sam s er day much directly to the coaches, but tist wouJedwaSyh an~ forensics scien- rather to the coaching posi . e Will examine . are chips, analyze h . Paint · tions. By increasint the pay compare fin ~ fibers and • scales, the athletic department test gerprmts. She Will can hire better coaches· in the an unknown dru form a hand . g and per- future _and hold the current wr1tmg anal . before she calls ·t d ys1s coaches to a higher level. ? I a ay. "The increase in the athlet e She ~ doesn,'t carry· a ic fee is definitely needed," gun, question Witnesses or make arr t Battles said. "Sports are an · doesn't es s. She important part of a college criznes for now b even solve real Forensic r al .re ecause Ward . 't experience." ·· e lOrensics scientist t 1 ISn a The committee intends to She's a 31-year-oid ~a . east riot yet. double the amount of money science majoring ill forensic JlllUor at UCF offered for summer scholar But even "When ~ard ships for athletes. Already it popularity of!iciaI forensics scientist becom~~ an has $100,000 in scholarship _ with a bachelor's d - certified money allotted for the summer - years of forensics egr~ and four • and hopes to match that in the grows·with still won't be · . edu~tion - she new, increased budget. way "CSI'" figb~g crnne, not the s 8ara Sidle does Construction workers are CBS drama In real lifi . · • beginning to build a Wayne . e, forensics scientists Densch Sports Complex next to the UCF Arena, a state-of-the PLEASE SEE TV ON 4 art facility with a weight room, • equjpment room and sports medicine clinic for the 408-stu dent ithletes. • "This facility will be impor tant when it comes to recruit ing," Orsini said. "Potential ath letes want to know where they • will work out when they tour college campuses." The complex will also have .. PLEASE SEE Fee ON 3 • INSIDE Index: UCF FACT Prisoner of procrastination College stud~nts confess National Briefs . 3 Editorials . The Student Academic Resource Columnist Chris Arnold lives life from deadline to deadline. They lie about sex, alcohol. money and.relationships. B Center will be o~ 24 hours -OPINIONS, 9 -NEWS,6 Letters ............... 8 starting at 8 am. Monda_y, Doc WSJ Campus Edition . 20 2 until 6 p.m. Thursday, Ol'C. 6. www.IJCfJuture.co;, i' .i- • • • • • • • • • HAVE OK CREDIT, START NEW CREDIT OR NEED TAX BREAK? CURRENT PAYMENTS TOO HIG"-? • RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE? NO CREDIT? CALL CAPTAIN CREDIT NOW! PURc:!~~~·~ CAR 7 N~:E•N 7 NE:::N 7 LO~~L 7 L~~L-:,s (407)05R~N8DO 533~ (407)L20N9GW20000 000 ON CREDIT BEFORE? • AREA • JOB • CREDIT • CALL IJ • . 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National Briefs l~reshmei1~ . • ·.·!W.r • • .. · BMG- to offer simpler royalty system to .musical acts find their • Breaking ranks with industry rivals, ';i Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) on Wednesday will launch what the company calls a "fairer, more transparent" account wayatUCF • ing system for royalty payments, a move. that artist representatives say could ease the controversy over whether performers Newest arrivals -. • are getting cheated by their labels. BMG, home to -such acts as Carlos work hard to make Santana, OutKast and Britney Spears, is the first major- music company to scrap smooth lransition • contract deductions that artists say obfus cate their earnings. The action comes as DANIELLE v ANCE lawmakers in California and New York STAFF WRITER • have begun to scrutinize complaints from pop stars about questionable accounting FJ:eshman Jennifer Hartzler, practices in the industry. 18, grew up a lot in the last three In the years ahead, BMG plans to months. AlongwiJh a large class of introduce a new contract model under • freshmen, she has nearly ~mplet which the company would control an act's ed her first semester of college. She recording career for fewer years but -recalls it not as a struggle, but as~ · share in a series of new revenue streams, eye-opening · experience. .. All • including concert proceeds and sponsor., Orlando native, she· already was ship and film deals. BMG already is, · . familiar with the campus, and not desigmug a new agreement that is expect- put off by the intense atmosphere. ed to reduce the number of pages in a Thus, she did not fear the start o~ . standard contract from 100 to 12. classes way back in August. Initially; BMG's royalty revisions _are She did, however, expect them. not expected to result in higher royalty· to pose very different c'Qallenges paymtmts to artists. But BMG executives than she wa8 used to. say the new plan will simplify royalty com "I-took 16 [credit] hows this putations, making it easier for artists to semester," she said. "It )Ilay have determine what they are owed. been a bit much, but I. did well." None of the other four ml.lsic giants Rigoberta Menchu Tum Indeed, she anticipates a 4:o GPA at Universal Music Group, Sony Music won a Nobel Peace Prize the end of classes next month. Entertainment, Warner Music Group or in 1992 for her work with Like Hartzler, many freshmen indigenous people in EMI Grou~intends to follow suit any made the transition to college life -- Guatemala. During her time soon. with its requirement for balancing speech at the International Education · more-difficult courses with work, Congress approves 'Anton's law' play and .newfound freedom - by _ WASHINGTON - The family car Week Lunch on Tuesday, she laughed about the 22 taking a workmanlike approl¥lh. ·_ will be safer for preschoolers and older honorary degrees she has On the other hand, some stu children under legislation overwhelmingly received from universities dents inistakenly believed college approved by Congress and expected to be around the world. ·challenges would resemble the ones signed by President Bush. they faced in high school, and mad~ Named ''Anton's Law" after a 4-year . PHOTOS BY poor use of their time. : DAVE KENNEDY/ CFF old killed in 1996 when an adult seat belt Germayne Crow, a counselor' • failed fo hold him in a crash, the bill sets at the Counseling and Testing federal auto safety standards for children Center (CTC), which sees many · weighing more than 50 pounds, requires freshmen over the course of the automakers to install shoulder belts in semester, said that many freshmen • rear center seats, and promotes research underestimate the difficulty level of into how best to protect older children.

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