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Central Florida Future. 894. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/894 • . he Central Florida Future c 1988 The Central Florida Future Volume 21, Number 33 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday January 12, 1989 • . ' Experts shoo bats from Education building by Joelle Subourne and then be disposed of. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE How Not To Get Rabies According to Hanks,"A relatively .small, but unde­ termined number ofbats have remained in the build­ Students frequenting the Education building have ing." No new bats should be able to work their way it heard it before, but this time it is definite: into the building n.ow that it has been caulked. The bat problem has finally been solved. According to Dean McFall, director of UCF Public Marshall Hanks and Will Bright, two bat removal Affairs, Hanks and Bright were found after contact­ experts from Wisconsin, announced in a J anuary 3 ing the Bat Conservation Society. Hanks and Bright meeting with administrators and environmental have handled some 700 bat removal jobs throughout safety personnel that the bats will not be able to the United States. return to the building once they have left. "Almost without exception, their references were Hanks and Bright used over 200 tubes of a caulk­ very high," explained McFall. Their services cost ing compound along the roof line of the building, UCF$6800. where stretches of separation allowed the bats to In addition to inspecting the Education building, enter the space between the outer and interior walls. Hanks and Bright also surveyed other buildings on The pair also identified seven major roosting ar­ campus to determine their vulnerability to infesta­ eas. They deodorized and sanitized the areas, finally tion. encasing the bat's guano in a sealant. With the exception of the administration building, The building is guaranteed against future bat the library, and the health and physics building, all infestation for four years. It will be completely free of other buildings received a clean bill of health. UCF bats after the lasy of the "stragglers" find their way officials plan to take steps to secure these buildings through any of the seven "excluders" thathave been against bats. built to permit the bats still inside the building's SOURCE: The Orange County Animal Control Office walls to exit. The excluders are cones of wire with a wider hole do not allow them to re-enter. at the base than at the tip. If the bats do not find their way out through the Information from the UCF Report was used in com­ They allow the bats to leave, but, due to the shape, excluders, they will work their way into the building piling this article. Winter break parking lot resurfacing has smooth finish · were not charged for the towing. A by R. Norman Moody neer1 said the campus community UCF coated some eight years ago. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE cooperated, but there were some prob­ tow truck and driver were used. "Without the help of the Police de­ lems. Spinnato said there were also prob­ partment it wouldn't have gone as Despite some problems, crews were Even though notices of the project lems with people walk"ng through the smooth," he said. able to complete the resurfacing and were posted, som e peop seemed o wet ealcoat and yellow stripes. UCFs Police Department directed re striping of more than 35 acre of park­ have ignored them. Many did not move "You can see foot and bicycle tire the traffic flow and and saw that some ing spaces on campus. their cars from the lots due to be resur­ prints on the sidewalk between the of the Jots were blocked off until the The $46,150 project was completed faced. administration building and parking striping was dry. between December 17 and January 2, During the project, 33 cars had to be lot 5," Spinnato added. More than 19 miles of yellow paint with crews working through Christ­ towed from the lots, c3usingtiine prob- Spinnato said despite the problems striping was used to mark out the 4,432 mas and New Years Day. lems. · encowiter, the task was much easier Mike Spinnato, campus civil engi- Owners of the vehicles removed this time than when the lots were re- SEE PARKING PAGE 5 Martin Luther King Day "I believe th at unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality." Martin Luther King Jr. -from his Nobel Prize for Peace acceptance speach, Dec. 10, 1964, Oslo University's auditorium Monday, Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Day, is a na­ tional holiday and all classes are cancelled. The Black Student Union will be sponsoring festivi­ ties in the Student Center Auditorium from 12 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The theme is "The Dream: A terrible thing to waste" and will be a tribute to the life and YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT legacy of Martin Luther King." It's that time again. It's time to stand in line, to read and reread the class directory and to fight for The festivites will include speaches and songs. your classes. SPORTS CONFETTI NEWS CLIPS 3 The women's basket- This week Confetti •ball team won its first con- takes• a look at the events 8 ference game of the sea- of 1988; Also, reviews of ~ COMICS 9 son. Also, see how Ken Whoopi at the Bob Carr, Leeks has made the tran- Melanie Griffith in Working ~ CLASSIFIED 10 sition to college basket- Girl and Duran Duran's -ball. (Page. 12) Big Thing. ~ SPORTS 12 ' ... ' -i •. I ; \. ~ • n • 4 1 "' 2, The Central Florida Future, January 12, 1989 • Budweisec I • WAYNE DENSCH, INC• . " 851-7100 UCF REP ERIC ERICSON • 425·7005 The Central Florida Future, January 12, 1989, 3 Advice for students: study crime prevention by Dan Horowitz used to find the owner. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUIURE Dorm residents should re­ frain from giving out their While UCF does not have keys or inviting strangers into the violent crime problem that the dorm. , other campuses have, campus It is also a bad idea to ad­ officials say students still need vertise the fact that your dorm to take precautions. is unoccupied. Amy Allmann, Resident "If girls are going to be out," Assistant for Seminole Hall, said Allman, "they leave on has some advice that can help their message boards that they make the campus safer for are going to be out." residents. Other weapons that..can be "One of our main policies is used to combat the threat of · for people to lock their doors," crime on campus are the vari­ Allmann said. "We do rounds ous escort and patrol organiza­ at night and some girls leave tions on campus. their doors wide open." · The Student Escort Patrol Allman advises students to "escorts students who are a get their valuables engraved. little nervous about walking at Rob Artovtch/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE This process entails having night," explained Sgt. Thomas GIVE THE REAL YOU the student's driver's license Blanton, Patrol Commander. or Social Security number If a student wishes to enlist Another UCF student has braved the initial fear and is being a good Samaritan. T~e Central Florida engraved onto the property. If the aid of the SEP, they may Blood Mobilewason campus Tuesday. the article is recovered by the police, the numbers can be SEE SECURITY PAGE 4 • HAZING:SAY NO ington to make hazing a fed­ 53 percent stats that the fed­ science books were banned plenty. Solicitations are made (U.) On September 17, 1986, eral cr:ime. eral budget deficit is the big­ because of parental protests. at registration and at sign-up Mark Seeberger was taken on Much os the su\:ICess in gest factor that will affect the In many cases,the parents booths outside student cen­ a "ride." drawing attention to hazing 1989 economy. objected because the books ters. Applications are avail­ According to sworn testi­ practices and lobbying for leg­ "presented subjects such as able on campus bullentin mony, the 18-year-old Univer­ islatio can be attributed to • EXPENSES EXPENSIVE homosexuality, abortion and boards, newspaper racks and sity of Texas freshman was Eileen Stevens, a Sayville, NY (CPS)Freshmen at the 500 extramarital sex favorably" or bookstores, and pre-approved handcuffed with two other woman whose son died ofacute most expensive private cam­ that the books were to explicit. applications often arrive in the pledges to the roof of a van and alcohol poisoning during a puses in America will spend "American Heritage" was mail. It is sometimes easier ordered to drink 18 ounces of hazing incident in 1978. and average of $11,132 in tui­ banned in Anchorage, Alaska for students to get credit than rum with his free hand. In­ While locked in a car trunk, tion, fees, room and board this because of its inclusion of the it is for adults.