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the NAACP - ending discrimina­ SHELLEY WILSON tion through legal action - evolved during its first 20 years. ) MANAGING EDITOR Among the organizations' - many other accomplishments, The president and CEO of in 1948, the NAACP was able to the NAACP (National pressure President Harry Truman Association for the to sign an Executive Order ban­

Advancement of Colored ning discrimination by the PHOTO BY SHELLEY WILSON People), Kweisi Mfume, will be Federal Government and after Working for their art ... the guest speaker for years of fighting segregation in Carole Eddleman (left) and Robert Ryan (right} decorate the walls with UCF's Black History Month on public schools, the NAACP won Relief Sculptures in the Visual Arts Building for their Design 2 class taught Feb. 20. a g;.·eat legal victory in the by Dr. Robert Reedy. Mfume, who has been the . Supreme Court case of Brown President and CEO since 1995, vs. the Board of Education in first started his career being a 1954. Beer drinking among college PHOTO FROM UCF WEB PAGE radio talk-show host. In 1986, Kweisi Mfume, CEO of NAACP Mfume will be speaking at he became a maverick member will speak at UCF the UCF Arena Feb. 20 at 7:30 freshmen hits 34-year low of the Baltimore City Council p.m. Mfume's iRENE HSIAO freshmen beer drinking in the 34- and served five terms in presentation is sponsored by the . ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT year history of the survey. Congress. He served as chair of increasing membership and African American Student Union (U. ARIZONA) Additional findings of the the Congressional Black Caucus, attracting a younger generation (AASU) and the Campus survey were an increase in stress chairman of the Joint Economic to its ranks. Activities B_oard and is free and (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. - among college freshmen and a Committee and earned national The NAACP, the oldest, open to the public. Along with - Freshmen may be less drunk high percentage of freshmen who praise for landmark legislation to largest and strongest civil rights Mfume, the AASU will host than ever before- at least accord­ reported being bored in high strengthen civil rights and aid organization in the U.S., was Community Fun Day on Feb. 19 ing to new research. school. minority businesses: first founded in 1909 by a mul­ ftrom 10 to 4 at the UCF Alcohol consumption has The number of freshmen Mfume will be speaking of tiracial group of activists, who Recreational Services Complex. decreased among freshmen col­ who drank beer frequently or how hard work and loyalty, along answered "The Call" and had ini­ Four professional African lege · students, according to a occasionally was down to 50 per­ with a steadfast commitment to a tially calted themselves the American comedians will show­ study by the Higher Education cent in 1999, compared to 75 vision, ignites both personal and National Negro Committee. In case on Funny Friday being held Research lr).stitute at the percent in 1981. Liquor and wine political change. Mfume has 1911, that organization was on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Visual University of California Los rates were 67 percent in 1987, been working to strengt~en the incorporated as the NAACP. The Arts Building Auditorium all as a Angeles. This year, the annual distinctive strategic emphasis of study shows the lowest level of NAACP by erasing its debts, part for Black History Month. DRINKING, Page 2 Lee catches praise, hope at Gridiron Classic ·

JEFF CASE team and I think all the receivers played STAFF WRITER about equal amounts. I'm sure he did some INSIDE things today that will impress people that ' For wide receiver Charles Lee, four are looking to pick him up in the NFL." days carried more weight than one after- A positive attitude, intelligence and phys- noon in Saturday's Tyco Gridiron Classic. ical size (6-2, 205) are all things that After completing a catchless day in his should benefit Lee at the next level, Infante COLLEGE WEB Sms: team's 21-14 loss in the second annual col- said. While Infante says he· couldn't pin- lege all-star game, it may seem that Lee had point any specific skills Lee should hone to ARE THEY ALL THEY'RE > little to be happy about. secure a spot in the Draft, Infante is sure At least a dozen NFL scouts visited the Lee will at least be at a team's camp. CRACKED UP TO BE? game to take their final evaluations of col- J "I'm not real good at comparing one guy lege players before the NFL Draft.Lee's per- l to the next, but I think he's as good as any- P.2 formance Saturday didn't tum any heads his one that was here," Infante said. "I think it way, but as Lee tells it, his week of practice depends on A, who picks him up, that's shouldn't keep any pro scouts from not what's most important and they like what looking his way, either. he does. Once he gets in there, what kind "I feel I stacked up well, I had a good of job he does for them, not what I think of week of practice, I just basically enjoyed him." myself," said Lee, who recorded a tackle on A scout from a Canadian Football special teams play. "The guy from Green League's agreed with Infante's assessment, Bay [Team Florida coach Lindy Infante] saying Lee "has good size, good quick- said that guys that go to the NFL combine ness, he's a good slot receiver, good hands pretty much get picked up. I had a_ great and good speed for what he has in size." OPINION.~ 6 week of practice. I felt I was an excellent "He needs to work on his routes a little bit receiver and now I just need to keep my better. We're like the second thought to a head up." lot of these guys coming out," said the ENTERTAINMENT: 8 Infante, who coached the Indianapolis scout. "They think they're going to play in Colts and Green Bay Packers during his the NFL, so we go ;ifter the guys that are NFL career, said while Lee didn't show up cut from the NFL. A lot of these guys won't CLASSIFIEDS: 14 in Saturday's.stat columns as a receiver, he "' be in the NFL but playing in these games non-the-less is equal to the players who had . · . PH010 BY STAFF PH?rn;RAPHER gives them exposure. There were probably more successful aames at the Classic. Even though UCF wide receiver, Charles Lee, d1dn t about a couple hundred scouts here and the SPORTS! 24 0 "I think he gave a good account of stack up any yards this past Saturday in the Gridiron himself," Infante said. "I think he stacked up Classic, he still probably secured a spot in the NFL LEE, Page 3 well with the talent that was on this football February 2, 2000 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 2 • College web sites informative, interesting Take a chance • BECKI PANOFF around campus. You can look access other universities' news­ College Web NEWS I.AYOUT EDITOR at other school photo galleries papers and different stories write the as well. It also has Match U., online. There is also a link to • Sites Collegeclu b.com. Collegec an online dating service, finan­ www.student.com, which has ampus.com. Student.com. In cial aid info and an apartment news, job tips (a reoccurring Future the age of the wired student, www.collegeclub.com finder. theme on these pages) and • these names are thrown at stu­ Another popular site is something called mom-o­ Letters to the editor dents as "cool places to go on www.collegecampus.com. matic, a fill-in-the-blank letter should be typed and must www.collegecampus.com the web," but do they actually This site is less .organized, but home that tells your parent have any value to the average has links to articles for every­ how you're really doing in include a name, address • www.college-tip.com college procrastinator who is thing from how to make your school. and phone number for con­ surfing to avoid doing his his­ small apartment look bigger to The last page is firmation. The Future tory paper ? As it turns out, a careers page. The most www.taponline.com. This page • www.student.com some of them are. appealing part of · is less job finding and financial ' reserves the right to edit for The first, www.college­ this page is the "List of aid and more fun stuff like the length, style, grammar and www.taponline.com club.com, is one of the more Hot Links" that has a list called "morality meter" which has libel. Submit to: well known sites. This site is "Job-hunt" with links on job- you answer questions to "prove loaded with places tQ go. It hunting, interviewing skills how wicked you really are" boasts free e-mail and voice and resume writing. 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Drinking has dropped by 20 percent in a survey done last year • tive services, said uA freshmen man (percentages) would be However, some students she said. ill find it normal." FROM PAGE 1 c;lrinking has "dropped by 20 per­ going down, too, H she said. don't feel that they see less of ,Matt Wight, a junior major~ when the question was fi.rst cent jn a survey done last year. The. UA cioes not distin­ their ':peers consuming. ing in $panish, doesn't believe • This figure is based on five o( guish between different. alco· Renae Macke;'' a psycholo· less students are drinking. ·asked, and have 11ow fallen to 54 more drinkS in Ute last two holic drinks irrits surv,:eys, bl.lt gy ftesl;tm,al). said it'~ a c;orowon "I d9n't think that is, maybe percent. ~eeks i~ on~ sitting, she added. considers . one prink to be 12 practice. ' ' ·,•/' '' people 'are j:ust trying to keep it • Kareen Johannessen, 0 Dtjnkiµg has been declin~ ounces of beer. four •" to five "Considering we lt~e in a secret nowadays, 11 Wight said. diJ:tfctor .. Univer~ity of Arizona ~ ing in thela§:t several years, so it ounces, of wine1 or onettiunce of Tucson, theche:;ipest thing Js to of health promotion and preven- would make sense that fresh- liquor. go to a partJ"nearby and drink, 11 ~

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• Microsoft Technical Talk Speaker: Matt Gradwohl .. Test Manager of the Games Group! February 3rd from 7 - 9 p.m In the Student Union, Room 221 • Free Food!! Software giveaway!I • Bring your resume!! llllicrosott® www.microsoft.com/ college • February 2, 2000 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 3 ' "It was truly a great experience ... You've got guys • from Virgina Tech, Florida State and Florida ... " I say in shape, stay hungry and measuring stick.It was a great FROM PAGE 1 more you're seell1he better stay focused," Lee said. experience and I really can't put opportunity you'll have to go to a "[Tennessee quarterback] Tee it into words."exposure. There camp." Marin, [Louisiana Tech QB] Tim were probably about a couple Whether a CFL or NFL team Rattay and [Tulane WR] JuJuan hundred scouts here and the more • drafts him, Infante said Lee's per­ Dawson will be there with me. you're seen the better opportunity formance at the Classic could It's basically getting guys ready you'll have to go to a camp." · Whether a CFL or NFL team possibly not hurt him, depending for the combine and being sure drafts him, Infante said Lee's per­ • on a team's approach. you stay in shape and increase "I think it's different com­ your 40-yard dash time." formance at the Classic could pared to each team. Some teams Last year, former Knight possibly not hurt him, depending • don't put a lot of weight on all­ Paul Miranda used a defensive­ on a team's approach. star games at least as to what they MVP performance at the Clas~ic "I think it's different com­ get done during games because and strong showings at co:tnbines pared to each team. Some teams • you've only got four days to put to get drafted in the fourth round don't put a lot of weight on all­ stuff in," Infante said. "Most of the NFL Draft by the Colts. star games at least as to what they times, they'll go back to their col­ Lee said he's planning on a get done during games PHOTO BY SHELLEY WILSON lege stuff. What the all-star strong combine showing and his because you've only got four The muic plays on_. • games do is let the scouts get up performance during the week to days to put stuff in,"·Infante said. "Most times, they'll go back to Jonathon May, Artistic Director, is teaching the Florida Young Artist close to them in practice where help his chances of hearing his their college stuff. What the all- Philharmonics Orhestra here at UCF Sunday. This is an intermediate group maybe they haven't had the name called for the NFL in a few star games do_is let the scouts get · composed of mostly local iunior-high students. chance to do that that much dur­ months. ing the season. Watching those "It's not about where you go up close to them in practice guys and comparing them to to school from, its about how where maybe they haven't had Paid Positions Available • guys at the same position. hard you work. There's a lot of the chance to do that that much "It's another exposure and guys from smaller schools that during the season. Watching Positions available with The Central Florida every time you get another expo­ make it and there's a lot of guys those guys and comparing them Future .. sure you give yourself a chance from bigger schools that don't," to guys at the same position. to do something good and every Lee said. "It's all about the com­ "It's another exposure and Assistant News Layout Editor time you do something good, mitment about how hard you're every time you get another expo­ Copy Editors your stock rises." going to work in the weight room sure you give yourself a chance - Writers Keeping his stock high is and how :you're going to commit to do something good and every to work. time you do something_ good, something Lee plans to do with If interested, please contact us at: conditioning and preparation "It was truly a great experience your stock rises." • and to go against- competition Keeping his stock high is Central Florida Future before the draft. He hopes to be Knight Publishing in Louisiana by Tuesday, where that is the best of the country. something Lee plans to do with 120 Alexandria Blvd., Suite 1 l he and other college players will You've got guys from Virgina conditioning and preparation • Tech, Florida State and Florida, before the draft. He hopes to be Oviedo, FL 32765 work together to prepare fo~ NFL combines. to be able to compete against [email protected] "I just have to make sure that those guys, it's pretty much a LEE,Page4 Fax: 977-0019 '

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• sav something sweet. creative. and crazv to vour loved one tor Valentine's Dav right here in the Look for these new stands to pick up the ·• Central Florida Future! Central Florida Future .. every Wednesday during the school year. On 1e111ua112, 1999 sto1111v in front at the.Student The campus newspaper for over 30 years! Union at the Central Flotilla Future ta/lie tram -10:00 to 2:00 to till out vour lleclatation at lore tot FUTURE that snecial someone. Also to kee_p up with all the Knights' athletic teams pick Up a copy of Into The Knights. • Your loved one can read vour valentine in the The official publication of UCF Athletics. Februarv 9th issue 01 the Central Florida Future. into the PtilBS.Will also llB given to the most CtBatiJ/B, cta­ RI6HT5 liBSt and SWBBtBSt valentines sullmittBll. The win­ THE NEWSMAGAZ.INE FOR UCF SPORTS ners will lie 11ulllishell along with the valentines in Campus Locations Student Union Administration Bldg. Health PIA Bldg. the Fe/11ua119th issue. UCF Library Education Bldg. UCF Bookstore Knights Pantry Engineering Bldg. Fine Arts Breezeway Creol Parking Garage Business Bldg. Career Resource Ctr. Education Parking Libra Dorms Garage • February 2, 2000 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 4

"I just have to make sure that I- say in Greek Beat shape, stay hungry UCF STUDENT WINS ORDER OF OMEGA SCHOLARSHIP and stay focused" Alpha Delta Pi member Stephanie Levinson was awarded the Patrick W. Halloran Scholarship Award worth $500 by the National Order of Omega. The Order of Omega is a national honorary leadership society for students with membership in national, general, or social FROM PAGE 1 fraternities and sororities. The Order of Omega Scholarship program was established to recognize scholarship ability, participation and in Louisiana by Tuesday, where leadership in campus organizations, citizenship and service to Order of Omega and the campus Greek community. In addition, it is intend­ he and other college players will ed to support graduate studies. Since 1985, the national Order of Omega has awarded 677 scholarships totaling $250,200. Levinson, a UCF work together to prepare for senior, was recognized for her outstanding leadership, contribution and involvement as chapter President and Executive Vice President of NFL combines. Alpha Delta Pi, a member _of G.A.M.M.A (Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol), and was selected as 1998 Woman of the "I just have to make sure Year. Levinson has also been inducted to the following honor societies: Order of Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa and t4e Golden Key Honor that I say in shape, stay hungry Society. and stay focused," Lee said. "[Tennessee quarterback] Tee BETA THETA PI OFFERS UCF LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC, SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES Marin, [Louisiana Tech QB] Beta Theta Pi International fraternity will form a local colony at UCF with the intention of becoming an active chapter. Founded in Tim Rattay and [Tulane WR] 1839, at Ohio's Miami University, Beta Theta Pi is dedicated to mutual assistance, scholarship, leadership, brotherhood and community JuJuan Dawson will be there service. Beta Theta Pi has nearly 6,000 collegians on 143 campuses throughout the United States and Canada. All new Beta chapters are with me. It's basically getting involved in an educational initiative called Men of Principle. This initiative complete with mission, vision and goal statements, outlines guys ready for the combine and nine essential goals for chapter success in academics, campus involvement, community service and personal development. Every initial being sure you stay in shape and member at UCF will become a founding father and will set the stage for the chapter's culture, attitude and reputatfon. From a base of increase your 40-yard dash .11,500 members internationally, Judson Horras, director of colony expansion, will conduct interviews over the next moth to extend the time." invitation to students to become founding fathers of the colony. For more information, please contact Juds9n Horras at 800-800-2382 Last year, former Knight ext232 or email [email protected]. Visit the fraternity website at http://www.BetaThetaPi.org. Paul Miranda used a defensive­ MVP performance at the Correction: The staff of the Future apologizes again to the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority for a misprint in both the January 19 and January 26 Classic and strong showings at issue of the Future. The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority was referred to incorrectly. combines to get drafted in the fourth round of the NFL Draft compiled by Krista Zilizi, staff writer by the Colts. Lee said he's plan­ ning on a strong combine show­ ing and his performance during the week to help his chances of hearing his name called for the NFL in a few months. "It's not about where you go to school from, its about how hard you work. There's a lot of guys from smaller schools that m.ake it and there's a lot of guys from bigger schools that don't," Lee said. "It's all about the com­ mitment about how hard you're going to work in the weight room and how you're going to commit to work. "It was truly a great experi­ ence and to go against competi­ tion that is the best of the coun­ try. You've got guys from Virgina Tech, Florida State and Florida, to be able to compete against those guys, it's pretty much ameasuring stick.It was a great experience and I really can't put it into words." Write the KNIGHT'S •· Future

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.. Looks cool, doesn't it? • It's not too late to join Air Force ~OTC. Make your dreams come true • in the Air Force · through Air Force ROTC here at UCF. We have a career , that's right for you. PHOTO BY SHELLEY WILSON Down on Greek Drive ... We offer 2 and 3-Year Scholarships Greeks show their support and anxiety waiting for the Big Game • Superbowl with the Tennessee Titans vs. the St. Louis Rams. ·•Pays tuition, fees, & book allowance •Available to more majors Black History Month Calendar

•Special program for Electrical February l st - M9~day Engineering majors Opening Cere:inonies-Relectjon Pond 11 :00 AM Black History Month Celebrati-On-Student Center Auditorium 7 PM In a~sociation with: Phi Beta Sigma & Caribbean Students' Association No commitment for freshmen and February 2nd - Tuesday sophomores. Try us for a ~emester. Forum: Black Women: Where have we been, Where are we now, and Where are we going?- Sand Key 220@ 12:00 PM •Contact us at 823-1247 or visit us at In association with: Women's-Studies, BFDC Bldg. 501 (behind Rec Services February 3 - Wednesday BLACK IN THE DAY MOVIE: ???? Building/Swimming Pool) • Februaiy 5- Fl.inny Friday AIR ... FORCE ROTC Comedian: Rod Z - VAB Auditurium Room 132@ 7:30 February 7 - Sunday ' Church visit BET Tonight's Tavis Smiley@ 7:00 pm

February 9 - Tuesday #• • Forum: Black Panthers facilitaed by Dr. Curtis Austin - Egmont Key 224 In association with : BFDC & Zeta Phi Beta

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Where UCF February 13 - Saturday II Floiida Invitational Weekend

students February-15 -Tuesday Kappa Showtime -Want In association witb: Kappa Alpha Psi February 16 - Wednesday Forum: Can Blacl<. Women & Men Be Friends? - Lake Claire Commons to be! @7:30PM Other Floorplans Available February 17 - Thursday Back in the Day Movie: Imitation of Life- Student Union 218A 7:30 PM flj 3 and 4 bedroom apartments February 18 - Friday flj Fully furnished, including full size washer and dryer Concert Private bathrooms in every bedroom are available 6 February 19 - Funny Fridays flj Individual Leases Comedian: Chocolate - VAB Auditurium Room 132@ 8:00 PM flj Roommate matching service February 21 - Sunday Church Visit • D Onsite volleyball court, 2 fitness centers, 2 swimming pools, 2 clubhouses, computer lab, and so much more February 22 - Monday Comedian: Rod Z - VAB Auditorium Room 132 @ 7:30Monday f/j Rent includes: furniture, electricity, cable & HBO, ·monitored February 23 - Tuesday alarms, water, sewer, pest control and use of all of our facilities Brain Bowl Competition - Location TBA In association with: John T. Washinton Honor Society 6 _Beautiful lakeside settings February 24 - Wednesday Located on McCulloch Road Back in the Day Movie: Higher Learning - Student Union 218A February 25 - Thursday just outside the UCF North Gate! Closing Ceremonies For More Info Call: In association with: Delta Sigma Theta February 27 - Saturday 366-7474 Community Fun Day/ Harambe -TBA compiled from the AASU website visit our website at: www.royalproperties.com February 2, 2000 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 6

The Valentine Rule: Sometimes it's better to giVe ... Period.

CHRISTINE SELVAGGI n't like jewelry and you know have formed. He's still got the what appears to be the best gift Stores run sales and erect special COPY EDITOR what? That's it. This is just same car and the same watch and in the world, you are really going banners and displays. ridiculous. you know what? He's getting to wish you had something to Restaurants are open later. Flashback: a couple days I am not getting him anything. chocolate and flowers. give in return. It's that simple. Commercials run on TV and before Valentine's Day, 1999. Whatever I buy will be a real Choose 2000, brother. Have that gift, no mater what it radio. You're basically cornered. I'm jaded by the traditional waste of money and he already Don't repeat the mistake I made is, ready and waiting behind the I must have been mental last year chocolate and flowers fling. He knows I love him. last year. Either get creative or be curtains. And then, like a sneak to not give anything, not even a doesn't wear cologne, enjoy new Present Day: a couple days traditional but please, give some­ attack, present it with all of the card, to my boyfriend. And even clothes, and doesn't really care before Valentine's Day, 2000. thing, give anything. Because work and thought that went into though everyone in my head for stuffed animals. There is no I'm still jaded by the chocolate when you wake up on it. agreed that it was an okay thing CD, movie, or game that he and flowers. He still doesn't Valentine's bay and see your Because let me tell you, on to do (everybody had a reason) it wants. He doesn't decorate his wear cologne, like clothes, or neighbor in a red sweater, and an occasion like this where wasn't. apartment. He's not a big stuffed animals. There's no CD, then you go to school and see everyone is forewarned of it's Do the right thing. And if drinker, and damn, I think as far movie, or game out for sale to someone carrying a bouquet of presence, you have no excuses. you can think of nothing to give, as the drug scene and can't do his liking. He's apartment is still · roses, directly followed by your Hallmark is $3 dollars. Every it's chocolate and flowers to the anything there because he's bare. No alcohol or drug habits better half surprising you with store sells roses this time of year. rescue. clean. He's not into his car, does-

Nice Girls Finish Further Behind:1n response to Nice guys who try not to finish last: Why do bad boys always win?

KRISTA ZILIZI are rejected or abused by insensitive nice guys speak so highly of, does not saucy, those who play hard to get; and STAFF WRITER females who claim to look for qualities necessarily equate to what girls consider a even nice guys pursue bad girls. This such as honesty, kindness, chivalry and a good sense of humor. Nice guys, can you leaves nice girls, looking for meaningful Why do bad boys always win has sense of humor in a man. Moreover, they honestly say that you could be attracted to relationships, out in the cold. become the unanimous slogan of the male allege they ate actually being fed a fabri­ these same undesirable qualities in a girl, No girl, even the bad breed, ever population lacking a significant other. cation, a false advertisement of sorts, and moreover could you overlook them wishes for a boyfriend to abuse or mis­ These are the nice guys in the world who devised to deceive the entire ruce guy for the sake of "niceness?" treat them. We're not looking for mon­ blame the entire. female population for population. If nice guys always finish last, then sters. Inevitably even bad girls succumb their non-existent love life, despite the Undoubtedly, honesty, kindness and nice girl finish even further behind. to nice guys. The demand for nice guys selfless actions they pronounce to prac­ chivalry are admirable qualities, but other Consider the girls who have rejected and booms with the prospect of marriage and tice, and the noble qualities they believe key factors come into play. By human abused you, nice guys. That isn't the work parenthood, and it's nice guys who make they posses, all in the name of winning a nature, the good is easier forgotten than of the nice girls of the world, rather the exemplary husbands and fathers. So while girl's heait. All too often I witness anoth­ the bad. When guys suffer from deficien­ damage done by a class of bad girls. Just nice guys feel their losing the race now, er nice guy lamenting his victimization by cies like bad personal hygkne, poor like bad boys always win, bad girls win take comfort in the fact that you will a soci~ty of heartless females. Nice guys social skills, ignorance and lack of per­ even more. • defeat your bad boy competition in the claim they can't win with the girls, and sonality, believe it or not, girls can still be The most sought after girls are those end. turned off. And that sense of humor you who are aggressive, flamboyant and

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ALLISON HUNTER Crawford is ready the stereotypical L.A. CONTRIBUTING WRITER for the big competi­ career woman. She tion. becomes convinced of. Now the Crawford's talent He's witty, he's wacky, and he's only worry is after he gives her a the best thing to come out of Scotland whether Crawford makeover and since "Braveheart" (unless you count Fat can win. Can becomes his ally in Bastard). He's Crawford Mackenzie Crawford beat Stig his fight to compete in (Craig Ferguson), and as the star of "The Ludwiggsen the Triangle Shears. Big Tease," he does for hairdressing what (David Rasche), an Candy and Stig seem Paul Newman did for pool in "The obnoxious pseudo­ to symbolize different Hustler." N orwegian-tumed­ sides of the simulta­ Dubbed "Rocky" in curlers, "The Rodeo Drive styl­ neous glitter and glitz Big Tease" describes Glasgow hairstylist ist, and reigning and phony snobbery Crawford's journey to Los Angeles to hairstyling champi­ that is the L.A. stereo­ compete in the international "Triangle on? Will Good type. Filled with Shears" hairdressing competition. What defeat Evil? cameos by actors like Crawford doesn't know is that he wasn't Anyone David Hasselhoff and actually invited to participate in the com­ who's ever seen Drew Carey petition, only to watch. "Star Wars" knows PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. (Ferguson plays What follows is a series of misad­ the answer to that 'The Big Tease' is Glasgow hairstylist Crawford's (Ferguson /left) journey to .L.A. Carey's boss on "The ventures, as Crawford, ·with the help of a question, but direc­ Drew Carey Show"), few friends he picks up along the way, tor Kevin Allen manages to use the tradi­ British actor Chris Langham "The Big Tease" paints a picture of Los attempts to prove to Monique (Mary tional formula to his own hilarious advan­ plays the monotonous BBC interviewer Angeles in which one can dine with stars McCormack), the coldhearted director of tage, and the film remains fresh and fun making a doc_umentary about Crawford's and be shot by thugs in the same day. the W.I.H.F. (World International despite its predictability. trip. Langham's performance remains In the end, however, after the Hairdressing Foundation), that he should Shot in a mock-documentary wonderfully dry throughout the film. incredibly predictable ending of the be able to compete. style, made popular by films like "Waiting Some of the funniest scenes in the movie Triangle Shears competition, the message After a last minute hair emer­ for Guffman" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous," revolve around the interaction between the of the film seems to be that, with a little gency for the actors-turned-animals at a "The Big Tease" is a hilarious expose of characters and the invisible camera crew. help from friends, maybe The City of nameless amusement park, a trip to a the superficiality of Tinseltown, shown Frances Fisher shines as 'Candy, Angels is an OK place to be after all. Hollywood club, a Koreatown shootout through the eyes of the idealistic publicist to the stars. With her power suits That is, of course, if you're wear­ and a whole lot of Sean Connery jokes, Scotsman. and outdoor exercise equipment, Candy is ing a kilt.

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PATTY CANEDO However, the lack of attendance can be rated some new members since last semes­ public, performing their "homework" for ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR accredited to the location change of the ter. the crowd. Although Campus Activities event. Last semester students gathered in However small the crowd was Board has not decided when and where the the Barnes and Noble's Cafe but since it is people where welcomed up to the stage next Thursday Knight Jive will be, they do On Jan. 27 the Campus Activities a new year CAB felt that it would try with applause and support. have some other things planned for the Board hosted the first Thursday Knight something new and held Thursday Knight One such poet who impacted the semester. Jive of the New Millennium. Jive on the second floor of the Student audience that night would be Sandra They do plan on incorporating a The event is an opportunity for Union. Monday whose bold poems about so called Hawaiian Dance theme into one of the people to express themselves through Nonetheless, CAB has not made "kittens" .and a "best friend" got a great upcoming poetry readings as well as invit­ poetry and music and this was true to form the Student Union the new home of the response from the listeners. Other people ing well-known poets to share their work on Thursday. event and is still discussing where the next not only read their poetry aloud but sang it and listen to the work of the crowds. Although several people usually one will be held. For those who did stum­ aloud, such as Thursday Knight Jive Even though the crowd was not take the opportunity to creatively and ble onto the location, they were enter­ favorite Cromwell Enage. what as large as CAB is used to, those who bravely, voice themselves in front of a tained by the jazzy style of the "House A local garage band, Rough where able to find the event had a great crowd of their peers this was not so. Band," Grape Koolaid, which has incorpo- Draft, seized this chance as their first in time listening and encouraging on another.

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LEAD STORIES 1998 incident in which a neighbor mistakenly - British TV Program Guide: The BBC gave jammed an 8-inch, serrated blade all the way into one more try in December to save the 1980s hit the top of his skull. Doctors pulled it out without program "One Man and His Dog," whose viewer­ major damage, and Hill now takes pain and ship has fallen off; the program consists entirely seizure medication and still has trouble with emo­ of shepherds (each with his dog) competing to tions and short-term memory. Hill's sister, at efficiently herd sheep into pens (although produc­ whose house Hill ·was staying when stabbed, Brina this coupon.in to uet a ers jazzed it up by equipping spme sheep with believes the attack was intended for her husband. small sub, chips and a22-oz. microphones to capture their "baa's"). And a Fall - A Palm Bay, Fla., engineer renewed his 1999 British-made documentary, "Hidden Love: call in September for testing his theory that bom­ drink Ior iust three bucks. Animal Passions," reported on practitioners in barding developing hurricanes with nuclear 1 0 0 Missouri's "zoophile" community (i.e., humans weapons would disrupt their circular wind flow · 11116;1~~~o~i l g32~ 1 ~ay and cause them to dissipate, saving lives and curb­ Tel 407 .482.6400 romantically involved with animals), including an , lllll l,1 Fax 407.482.6405 interview with an uncloseted zoophile gushing ing property damage. Henry Payne first made the claim in 1997, but a federal weather official said I, Not BClish substitute. Valid only at partic~atiog OUIZNO'S reslauraqts. One coupon pi! imsoo, per vislt. Not lild wilh any otber offer. ©1999 lhe Ouizl!ll's CorP-Oration. over his "wife" Pixel, a horse; said one activist, too many bombs would be needed, resulting in ------~ "We are not sick at all. Zoosexuality is (merely) an alternative lifestyle." serious nuclear fallout even if the bombardment ' -According to London's Daily Telegraph, took place far from land. U.K.-funded research revealed in January indi­ - Recent Addictions: Daisy Hales pied cates that within 10 years, countries could require guilty in Haymarket, South Yorkshire, England, in car manufacturers to install $300 electronic gover­ September to stealing books to feed her habit of nors that would use satellite technology to control eating paper. And researchers told a conference in the maximum speed that cars could travel, varying Los Angeles in October that more men than ' it depending on amount of traffic, highway design women suffer from "body dysmorphic disorder" and driving conditions. - people who imagine themselves horribly ugly and deal with it by radical plastic surgery and Latest Nearly-Ultimate Wisdom peculiar disguises. And Canada's National Post reported in October on polydipsia ("self-induced Convicted murderer William ·"Cody" Neal, at water intoxication"), which causes addicts to guz­ his sentencing hearing in Golden, Colo., in FEB.6 zle water to the point of getting high (at which t September: "I (accept) responsibility for the (mur­ point it becomes life-threatening), including some ADMISSION $3.00 2000 der). If I lose my life, I can live with that." And an who furtively drink from toilet tanks. unn~ed woman, when police in Appleton, Wis., Horiaa Reconi Co~ectors came in December to remove her children because of a complaint that she had given her 11-year-old People Who Are Not Like You and Me •llt~G Association Inc. daughter a "swirlie" (holding her head in Subtenants Stuart and Susan Levy were at ), Memorabilia a flushing toilet):· "I haven't had a vacation in 13 last fined $8,000 in December by a New York & years. Go ahead and take them." appeals court, but not before they had refused to ),Imports Rarities move from their rented Manhattan apartment for ),Hard to Find Items The Entrepreneurial Spirit 11 years after being given their 30-day notice to ,, vacate by the tenant, who said in March 1985 that , ), Collectible & Out of - At a meeting of African leaders in Tripoli she needed to ~ove back in. Because of the , ), Print CD's & Vinyl in September, Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy Levys' delay tactics, it took seven years for the unveiled a prototype of the car of the future that ),l,OOO's of LP's & 45's principal tenant even to get a formal ruling that • he said he had personally engineered in his spare ),Record & CD Supplies the Levys had to move. After that, the Levys time: the low-slung, five-passenger "Rocket of the stalled for four more years by claiming that the ), Unlimited Free Parking ; ~·. ?. ~~.-~: :·; Jamahiriya," featuring bottle-shaped front and rear principal tenant should pay all of their legal fees ends to deflect collisions and make it the world's • for the 11-year battle. Phone 352-331-5928 or 904-454-0530 safest car. Libya would produce 50,000 cars a year priced in the "upper-middle-class" range. - A private company, leasing land rights Recurring Themes $1 off admission with this coupon from the Israeli government, plans to build a $6.6 Just before hurricane season in 1998, reli­ million entertainment complex in Capemaum on gious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his "700 • the Sea of Galilee to include an 80-yard-long plat­ Club" TV audience that the city of Orlando, Fla., form just below the water's surface to allow visi­ should not have sponsored that year's "Gay Days" tors to re-create Christ's walk on water (at $5 a festi.val, that touting homosexuality would cause STOP head): However, according to a December Austin God to visit hurricanes and tornadoes upon the • American-Statesman report, Roman Catholic city. (In fact, 1998's first hurricane hit Robertson's DREAMING! priest and Holy Land scholar Jerome Murphy- headquarters in Virginia Beach, Va.) In November 0' Connor predicted the walkway would be used 1999, the supreme Islamic leader in Afghanistan • Affordable only by "drunk tourists, not serious pilgrims." said that if Americans did not '·'cease hostility Plastic Surge1y -A September Deutsch Presse-Agentur against the Taliban," the United States would suf­ report profiled Mr. Rainer Thoenes, 33, from the fer earthquakes and storms, and in fact took credit German village of Kalk:ar, who earns a nice living for September's Hurricane Floyd.

QUALITY PLASTIC SURGERY as a hairdresser for cows being readied for cattle CAN BE MORE REASONABLE shows. "The trick," said Thoenes, "is to highlight Least Competent Criminals • THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. the cow's strong points (straight back,.slim legs, In unrelated incidents, Jesus Gutierrez, 17, plump udders) and hide the weak ones," but was arrested in Springfield, Ore., in October, and Thoenes's professional standards prevent him Lawrence Eaddy was arrested in Charlotte, N .C., Call today! from supplying artificial parts such as more attrac­ in July, both charged with carjackings rendered tive tails. unsuccessful because the perpetrators realized too COMPLIMENTARY - In a December profile, the Village Voice late that they couldn't drive cars with stick shifts. CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR touted the hand-carved potato dildoes of And the man who robbed the First American PATIENT COORDINATOR NOW California artist Pommela de Terre, who said Bank in Columbia, Tenn., in December managed AVAILABLE. spuds are more sensual than carrots or cucumbers, enough luck to escape; his getaway plans had than clay or Play-Doh, or than candles or com­ been set back when he ran out to the stolen car he Thomas G.S. Fiala, MD, P.A. mercial dildo~s. De Terre adds lemon juice to pre­ had left idling, only to discover that he had locked Aesthetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery vent color change and olive oil for flexibility and the key inside. said she's never had a potato break during use. (Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, (407) .426- 7200 Weird Science P.O. Box 8306, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33738, or -A November Associated Press report on [email protected].) Jacksonville, Fla., stabbing victim Michael Hill, February 2, 2000 Central Florida Future • 10 www.UCFfuture.com Ill

3rd Annual FUNNY FRIDAYS

Laugh the night away with the followlng comedians, all regular guests on BET Comic View:

Kenny Howell Small Frie Tony Schulfleld and

Reggie Mc~adden

/,.•,... : .. .,.. .,...,} .,, Dear Nancy, ~· ·· .. ,.,,~ • . r ;:,,. · v I've been trying to quit drinking but it seems like every time;I go out I end up wasted. I can hold out for Friday, Feb. 4,. awhile but I always end up having a beer then I keep going and going. It seems like I can't say no or something. Does this mean . 9pm, VAB Auditorium I have a drinking problem? I don't drink at home it's just when I go out and I still want to be able to do that. What do you think? Cosponsored by African American Student Union -Can't quit and Campus Activities Board •

Funded by Student Government Association It's never good to be a quitter. If you don't drink what e will you do when you 're friends are dancing on the bar, slid­ ing down stairs and peeing in public? Why, you'll be sober and how fun is that? You'll be the only one to remember what actually happened the night before, and that's a big responsibility to take on. CAB Cinema Presents: I think because you 're questioning whether or not you have a problem you should talk to someone, First though you should analyze your reasons for quitting and the way you act under the influence. As an adult you should be able to say no and know your limit. Ask your friends to support you. Tell them your reasons so they don't bother you every five minutes once you're out. You could offer to be the designated driver,so you have something to look forward to at the end of the night. (Trying to drive with five crazy people asking at the top of their lungs if you're okay to drive because they can't see the road) You could even start doing it on a regular basis and make some extra cash. This probably won't work, so I suggest other things to do that don't involve alcohol. It will probably be hard at first but drinking is a serious thing you don't want to mess with.

Dear Nancy,

My best friend is dating a guy who is down right ugly. I haven't told her but I really think I should because all of our friends agree with me. I'm embarrassed for her and I don't understand it. He's nice and all but I know she could do a lot better~ Do you think it will ruin our friendship?

- Saving beauty from the beast

Dear Saving,

Who died and made you the president of prettiness? How do you know that he doesn't wish you thought paper bags were in when he sees you? Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2000 You want to talk about a sight for sore eyes-tum your­ self inside out. Peel the "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." sticker 9pm, Cape Florida Ballroom off your bumper and keep your mouth shut. Obviously your friend finds him attractive or she would­ ·Student Union n't be with him, unless she has issues (and that's her problem to solve, not yours). Of course if you tell her your opinion (which is all it is) it's going to cause a problem between the two of you. You are her best friend, you should support her decisions, Funded by Student Government Association not talk trash about them behind her back. • February 2, 2000 Central Florida Future • 11 www.UCFfuture.com Tiie Contino Sessions teases tans

PATTY CANEDO ..,, In March 1997 Death In ASSISTANT ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Vegas released their first album, Dead Elvis, which was released in the US in September. The video to Richard Fearless and Steve the single Dirt was banned by Hellier careers began in 1994 when they video outlets in Europe due to its signed with the label Concrete. stylized images. Death In Vegas Their debut single, Opium toured with the Chemical Brothers Shuffle, was released and took on under their original the production name, Dead Elvis. of Dot After some tension Allison's with Elvis Presley tracks. fanatics, they changed Most their name to Death In recently Vegas, still affirming Fearless has their own obsession's obtained a with The King. new produc­ The name tion partner, changed freed the band named Tim of people coming to Holmes, and gigs to see some sort some guest PHOTO COURTESY OF TIME BOMB of tribute show. In celebrities, Death in Vegas debuted The Contino Sessions in the top 20 UK album charts earlier this year. 1996 they released their first single as such as Iggy Pop and Bobby Death In Vegas titled Dirt, which had a Gillespie. The result was Death In modest spin on MTV. They began touring Vegas's latest CD The Contino Sessions, Contino Sessions debuted in the top 20 in to the album instrumentally. the UK but dismissed the idea of using which was released in Sept. 14, 1999. The the UK album charts. However, the one complaint that backing tapes and acquired the musical tal­ new album is a tribute to Richard Although most of the album is the fans of Death In Vegas may have, ent of guitarist Ian Button, keyboard play­ Fearless's heroes, such as Andy Warhol. instrumental, it contains a massive level of would be toward the length of the album. er Oli Vessy and bassist Matt Flint. The Contino Sessions demonstrates Death intensity but also contains some of the Containing only nine tracks, listeners are The group then quickly released. In Vegas's musical chameleon persona, style of modem day techno. Overall the left wanting more. Hopefully, for the fans, another song called Rocco. The new album which is neither dance music nor modem album is very well done, not only for the it won't be to long before they get it but for received heavy rotation from Radio One's rock. The album is, however, a psychedel­ guests' vocals of Iggy Pop, Jim Reid, and now you can check out the band at Time Sessions, furthering the band's success ic instrumental journey, with only a few Bobby Gillespie, but for the outstanding Bomb ' Recordings website, www.time­ amongst students. tracks containing actual lyrics. The musical talent of all those who contributed· bombrecordings.com.

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M E N I s B A S K E T B A L L NOTEBOOK TAAC coaches, Baseball America BACK INTO CONTENTION Jan. 30. Each remaining conference game is cru­ agree UCF is the team to beat The UCF men's basketball team won confer­ cial for the Golden Knights, as dropping to sev­ ence games over Florida Atlantic and enth place or lower would require them to win four games in four days to capture the TAAC SPECIAL TO THE FUTURE Jacksonville University last week, vaulting them into a four-way tie for third place in the regular tournament title. Head baseball coaches from the Trans America Athletic Conference season TAAC standings. Despite each being a selected the University of Central Florida to finish in first place this victory, the two games were in sharp contrast of GETTING OFFENSIVE season and chose three Golden Knights to the Preseason All-TAAC each other. After blowing out FAU 84-68 on the In their win over Jacksonville, the Golden Team, the TAAC announced on Jan. 25. road, the Golden Knights returned home to face Knights collected a season-high 20 offensive Jay Bergman's squad won two out of three games at the ACC/Disney Jacksonville, a team that had only won two con­ rebounds. Paul Reed led the effort with five Baseball Blast hosted by Disney's Wide World of Sports. The team ference games all season. offensive boards, while Jason Thornton had four. plays a 56-game regular season against some of the top-ranked teams After dominating the first half, UCF let the D'Quarius Stewart and Roy Leath each had three. in the nation, including North Carolina, Wake Forest and Clemson, Dolphins back into the game in the second half. Many of those rebounds led to second chance Alabama, LSU and Florida Atlantic. Baseball America magazine has With the game tied at 57-57, senior Roy Leath points, which was an important factor in the vic­ UCF ranked 23rd in its preseason poll. put UCF ahead with a layup, and then Cory Perry tory. Senior third baseman Dustin Brisson (Wellington/Wellington HS), sealed the victory with a three-pointer and two "We had good activity o::i the boards," said junior first baseman Matt Bowser (Palm Harborffarpon Springs HS) free throws down the stretch. UCF held Speraw, adding wryly that "Of course we missed and junior relief pitcher Jason Arnold (Palm Bay/Melbourne HS) were Jacksonville scoreless over the final 9:39 of the a lot of shots in the second half that led to those the coaches' selections for all-star status from UCF. The trio joined game to earn a 65-57 win. offensive boards." three each from TAAC contenders Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville. "I thought this was a big swing game," said UCF did give up 18 offensive rebounds to For Arnold and 'Bowser, it marks the second time that each has been UCF coach Kirk Speraw. "Right now we're tied Jacksonville, however, something that gave nominated Preseason All-TAAC. for third and one game out of second place. If we Speraw a cause for concern. Baseball America recently projected UCF to finish first in the TAAC didn't win tonight, it goes the other way and we're and advance to the NCAA Tournament along with conference rival in sixth place. There's a lot of teams in the mid­ TAAC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Florida Atlantic. UCF players also garnered a number of preseason dle, so if you slip up, there's two or three of them Along with the team's recent move up the honors from BA with Brisson projected as Player of the Year, right­ that move by you." TAAC standings, a number of Golden Knights handed D'Quarius Stewart led UCF with 21 points have also moved up in the individual stats races. starting pitcher Casey Kennedy (Boca Raton/Spanish River HS) as against JU, w~le Paul Reed added 14 points and Senior D'Quarius Stewart's recent shooting tear TAAC Newcomer of the Year and Bowser as the No. 3 Major League 11 rebounds. Reed was the dominant offensive has moved him up to second place in the confer­ draft prospect out of the TAAC. The magazine named Bowser, Brisson player for the Golden Knights against FAU, scor­ ence with a 16.9 scoring average. Jason and Arnold to its preseason all-conference team. ing 23 points on 10-14 shooting. Jason Thornton Thornton is eighth on that list with 14.0 points 2000 TAAC Preseason Base'Qall Coaches Poll netted 19 points against FAU, including five 3- per game. Thornton leads the TAAC in both 3- pointers. point percentage and 3-pointers made. Paul Reed 1. UCF 6. Mercer This season will be the first time that all 10 is seventh in the conference in both rebounding 2. Florida Atlantic 7. Georgia State teams are allowed to participate in the conference and field goal percentage, and Roy Leath is sev­ 3. Jacksonville 8. Jacksonville State tournament, with the top six. receiving first round enth in blocked shots. Despite playing through 4. Stetson - 9. Campbell byes. U~F (8-13, 6-4) trails second place injuries, Cory Perry is third in the TAAC in steals 5. Troy State 10. Samford Jacksonville State (12-7, 7-3) by only one game, and in assists. Freshman Al Miller also makes an but leads seventh place Stetson (10-9, 5-5) by the appearance in the top 10, placing ninth with 3.76 Predicted TAAC Tournament Champion: UCF same margin. Georgia State, Samford, Campbell assists per game. and UCF all have a 6-4 conference record as of -David Marsters i------ll.i9J REACH: Peer Education

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JEFF CASE impact at the plate. He has coached and shaped countless players' lives STAFF EDITOR UCF's fans were outnumbered by a larger Clemson while also preparing many of them for a shot at Major crowd, but Tiger fans spent most of the day listening to League Baseball. Most of all, the 1995 Atlantic Region The UCF baseball team's 5-0 defeat of No. 24 Clemson the Knights "dirty dozen" was also informative, spelling Coach-Of-The-Year has enjoyed years of success without at the ACC/Disney Baseball Blast was a look. into the out the name of the team (U-C-F) that was humiliating much accolade from those outside the college baseball future: the soon-to-be future. Behin<;l a never-before-seen the proud Clemson bunch. They also cheered on the stel­ world. pitching performance by Virginia transfer Casey lar performance of Kennedy, something he was glad to With the type of performance the Knights gave Bergman Kennedy, the Knights made the storied Clemson Tigers have in his first performance as a Knight. at the Blast, the days of quiet praise of UCF's coach look like a bunch of toothless kittens. • "My roommate is one of the guys in SAE (Sigma Alpha around campus may soon come to an end. Bergman Kennedy gave the fans at Sunday's game plenty to cheer Epsilon) and he brought all hi's fraternity brothers out admitted the crowd helped keep his team excited and about, as he pitched a complete game, striking out nine, here," Kennedy said. "They were all calling "Casey, thanks to the inspiring play from the Knights, UCF fans walking one and overall embarrassing the 11 Tiger bat­ • Casey" whenever I was going back out on the field. They had enough reason to hang around for the full nine ters who tried to swing at his breaking ball. were helping me in the end, I was digging down deep and innings of play. Backed by the strong hitting of senior Dustin Brisson, I was able to go through because of the fans and my team As the Knights keep ~inning, Bergman and his bunch UCF piled up· a 2-1 record at the Blast, including a win picked me up." deserve more than a "dirty dozen" of UCF fans at each against No. 21 Wake Forest on Saturday. UCF was anything but the up-and-down team of a year game- they deserve a "dirty thousand". The performance marked the Knights' first back-to­ ago as the team at the Blast seems focused to prove it Whether that "dirty thousand" of Knight fans shows up back wins over ranked foes to start a season, but the best belongs in the Top 25 as much as the Miamis, Florida is ultimately up to how UCF performs against it's next thing about Sunday's win wasn't found on the field. States and Cal State-Fullertons of college baseball. ranked foes. Opportunities to prove their worth come In the stands behind the Knights' dugout near left field, The Knights havy plenty to look forward to, starting around only twice for the Knights after the Blast, starting • a rarely seen pack of Orlando-based animals were seen: with this week. Look for the Knights to move up in the with a three-game series at No.3 Alabama in late rabid Golden Knight fans. A dozen UCF students, who latest Baseball America poll to a spot in the early-20's or February. · are coincidentally friends with Kennedy, made any hope lat~ teens. Aside from a likely jump into the Top20 to Another 2-1 mark and a 12-2 record by that point should of a Tiger comeback impossible with their chanting and look forward to is the eventual opening of a new campus leave little reason for the opening of Bergman Field to be taunting. landmark, Jay Bergman Field. a quiet one. UCF will host No. 8 LSU for on March 3 to Each fan came wearing some kind of UCF apparel, Named after the 18-year skipper of the Golden Knight christen the Knights long-awaited home, marking no bet­ although one went as far as to wear felt bunny ears on his program, Bergman Field is something UCF has dedicat­ ter time for another Knights' upset. Doesn't it just seem head. They were the type of fans athletic programs brag ed to Bergman, the man who has dedicated himself to the right to dream about seeing the namesake of UCF's new about having thousands of, but on Sunday UCF had to growth of UCF's baseball program. In his tenure as real estate being carried off the field by his players after settle for a "dirty dozen." Knights' coach, Bergmau has taken a little known pro­ drubbing the Tigers? The only thing that would make this The equal-opportunity hecklers taunted every Clemson gram and catapulted it into a NCAA Regional-type team soon-to-be future brighter is if a thousand of Bergman's pitcher that entered the game (there were three) and kept alniost annually. . closest frierios are there to cheer him on. .. the Tigers' All-American Patrick Boyd from making any

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TRAVIS BELL When Myers came to UCF, STAFF WRITER he found himself in a similar ThurS4~y, 13ebrual\i ~ 3 --~ · ···­ . situation. The Knights already With the departure of Tim ~Cf\is Sa~ford ?:©Opm had a returning starter at short­ . Boeth from the top of UCF's stop, but he was able to earn . lineup from a year ago, Coach the starting job for the season Jay Bergman needed someone , saturff~y,february !5 , opener against UNC. to provide a spark for the heart CF VS· J ackso:~yt ill"e ,~ &tGit-e His impact was felt early and 5:l5p of this year's lineup. He may often in the Disney . tourna­ have found that spark in short­ ment, beginning with a l-for-3, stop Mike Myers after his per­ two walk and two run perfor­ formance in last weekend's mance against the Tar Heels. ACC/Disney Baseball Against Wake Forest, he had Blast.Myers did everything that only one official at-bat, but he is expected from a leadoff hit­ drew three walks and drove in ter and more. His capabilities two runs. He finally showed his were brought to the forefront in hitting prowess against his first at-bat in UCF's season- Clemson on Sunday with a 3- opener against North Carolina. for-5 performance including :~ {1;;~f ~ He drew a walk to open the three singles. game, stole second base, During the three-game tour­ advanced to third on a ground \flENA nament, Myers reached base in out, and then scored on a sacri- 10-of-15 plate appearances in a fice fly to give UCF a 1-0 lead. variety of ways. Four singles, Although UCF lost to UNC , h . . five walks, and one hit by pitch 9 -6 , M yers s owmg agamst h. · For ticket th H . rl were IS methods of chmce. 11 1 information call: e arf hee Msis ape ecbt ~xam- : Senior Dustin Brisson says p le o w at yers can nng to M · · t b · · t (407) 823-6006 . . yers is JUS egmnmg· o the Golden Kmghts potentially h h t h - t th. . . s ow w a e w111 mean o IS explosive lmeup. . "I' I d · h 1 f "I b (M ) 1meup. ve p aye wit a ot o get on. ase. so att good leadoff people here with Bowser, (Dustm) Bnsson, Ivan T. B th d C d th . . im oe an w·uI rou e (Trujillo), and the rest of the last couple years," guys can hit me in," Myers Brisson said. "I think he's • FAT ASS BURGER • THE HEARTBURNER • SILLY CHEESE STEAK • COLLEGE CLUB • said. "I get on and steal bases probably better than both of and help the team score runs." them are because he knows ~ I In an era where many athletes lo-ol what pitches to swing at. He's "Quality Food at College Prices!!", ~ are viewed as being more self­ an aggressive hitter, yet he'll centered than team-oriented, ~ take any pitches he tl)inks he Locos PUB & GRILL IS THE ONLY SIT DOWN FULL-SERVICE RESTAURANT r:/.; Myers breaks the mold. He C/:J can't drive. He's going to be a ""O transferred to UCF from ON CAMPUS. OUR FOOD IS FRESH, NEVER FROZEN, AND COOKED TO trj real I y big help for this team Oklahoma State during the this year." ORDER. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF SOUPS, SALADS, AND SANDWICHES ·PLUS summer so that he could take Bergman said Myers' attitude • ~ classes in Orlando. LUNCH SPECIALS DAILY. Locos HAS NO HEAT LAMPS OR MICROWAVES! and effort has made coaching • He passed up an opportunity Myers easy."Myers has done YOUR FOOD GOES FROM THE GRILL TO THE TABLE! to play in the College World wonderful," Bergman said. Series, which OSU competed "He's done everything we've in last season, to make sure he asked, and he's been very was eligible to help the Golden coachable after not playing Knights this season. much at Oklahoma State. He's "I think I went there because ''The Bomb" Fresh Kaiser just gotten better and better." I was immature. It was a big The reason he may be getting • with egg, cheese, & bacon name school and that's what I better and better so quickly is wanted to put on my record," because of Bergman. Myers .$1.89 he said. "The shortstop that credits Bergman with being was there before me was a • • • • • one of the major factors in his senior, and we all thought that decision to transfer to UCF .99¢ Jumbo Coffee he was going to get drafted. I instead of other Florida went out there thinking that he "Biggest Coffee on Campus" schools. was going to get drafted and • • • • • that I was going to get to play." ""O Breakfast Special - MYERS, Page 18 2 Eggs, 2 Bacon Slices, 2 Potato §I trj Cakes,Toast-$2.99 • • • • • ~ i Kennedy steps into spotlight

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TRAVIS BELL innings, but used Demon Deacon mistakes 1\ STAFF WRITER to its advantage UCF's patience at the plate paid off as it drew six walks and one The UCF baseball team was labeled No. hit 23 in the country according to the batsmen along with four hits. But it was Baseball America pollsters pre-season two Wake errors that turned out to be the rankings. Heading into the season opening difference for UCF's 5-4 win. 0 ACC/Disney Baseball Blast at Disney's "They gave us a little help and we took Wide World of Sports, the Golden Knights advantage of it," Coach Jay Bergman said. had a lot to prove but had a lot more that "Sometimes teams will give you certain they could lose. With five ranked teams things like walks and errors, and if you • ) competing in the tournament, UCF faced don't take advantage of it then it's useless." challenges to its ranking in North More importantly, Bergman was happy Carolina, No. 21 Wake Forest, and No. 24 with how well his team recovered. "To play ' l Clemson. The Golden Knights came away Friday night and be disappointed after the with two victories and a lot of confidence game because of one bad inning, and then after a dismal beginning. to be up late, get up the next morning The Golden Knights suffered a tough loss early, and come back to win that ball game to begin the tournament Friday night catapulted us into the mentality that we against UNC. Leading 4-1 in the fifth had to have," Bergman said. "The players inning, the UCF bullpen blew the lead and stayed focused and did exactly what we the game in a 9-6 loss to the Tar Heels. asked them to do." But the Golden Knights made a slow The team carried that momentum over to recovery almost 13 hours later after falling Sunday, where behind the arm of behind 4-0 against Wake Forest. UCF had managed only two hits during the first five BASEBALL, Page 22 UCF catcher Pete Gavillan called pitcher Casey Kennedy's performance against Clemson one of the easiest games he has ever caught

Golden-Knights continue adjustment period against Owls l) TONY MEJIA which has also been a trend for the team opposition to concentrate solely on struggle due to inexperience, as only one SPORTS EDITOR during the past few games. Stewart and Thornton on the perimeter. player (Hercek) returns from last year's ..,, In fact, adjusting is the key to UCF's Speraw and his coaching staff have team. Some e>f the younger players are UCF men's basketball Coach Kirk goal of solidifying the highest seed possi­ become quite adept at making key adjust­ developing nicely, however. Forward Speraw has said that the second half of the ble for March's TAAC tournament. ments after picking up on trends during Marques Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward, conference season will see the TAAC's llJ UCF used a big run against Jacksonville the first half of games. Thus the odds are gave UCF problems in the first game and most successful team be the one who to secure a 65-57 win last Saturday night, in UCF's favor that it will be able to make is the team's top post threat. Fellow fresh­ makes the best adjustments. holding the Dolphins scoreless for the the necessary changes to thrive in the sec­ man Frank Baxley has emerged as anoth­ For this Saturday night's game against final stages of the contest. Prior to that ond half of the season. er option in conference play, providing an Florida Atlantic, Speraw won't look to win came the big second half against the Against FAU, the Knights .will look to offensive list off the bench. Guards Tim make too many adjustments from the Owls, which followed big second half shut down shooting guard Ryan Hercek, Griesser and Emmett Murphy handle the Knights previous 83-67 win on Jan. 26 in performances against Stetson in a come­ who burned the UCF defense for 16 first point guard duties, while junior transfer .. Boca Raton. back effort that fell two points short, and half points in their first meeting, but fin­ Tony Lee is an active defender and In that win, the Golden Knights got big Jacksonville in a key road win in which ished with 19 for the game. The second rebounder who gets most of his points by nights from D'Quarius Stewart and Jason the Knights erased a IO-point halftime half adjustments made by the Knights out-working players for them. Thornton, their high-scoring duo that has deficit to record a 79-70 win. limited the number of open looks Hercek UCF must avoid a letdown that conld propelled the team's offense during the The reason for the big second half got from the perimeter. surface against a team like the Owls, who conference season. The biggest perfor­ surges may lie in the fact that UCF has f AU has a lot of adjustments to make if aren't perceived to .pose a major threat mance was turned in by sophomore Paul one of the top frontlines in the TAAC it is to get one conference win under its against the more polished Knights. If the Reed, who scored a career-high 23 points despite the loss of both Mario Lovett and belt. The Owls come into the game win­ team comes out performing up to its capa­ in the victory, overpowering the Owls post Beronti Simms to injury early in the sea­ less in TAAC play- and against all bilities, the Knights shouldn't have much defenders. son. Paul Reed, Roy Leath, Davin Division I competition for that matter. of a problem recording its fourth straight The Knights were able to break open a Granberry, and Ikechi Nnakwe wear on Coach Sidney Green, in his first season win against Florida Atlantic, continuing tight contest with a big second half run, opposing defenses and don't allow the at the helm of the Owls, has seen his team its resurgence.

Golden Knights_ look to overcome injuries, get back into TAAC race 2000 FOOTBALL DAVID MARSTERS their height advantage in the post. Nancy STAFF WRITER Richter, UCF's leading outside threat, RECRUITING (IASS played sparingly last week because of a The UCF women's basketball team gets nagging knee injury. A~NOUNCED ••• a chance to exact some revenge this week, Without those two players, who are the playing home games against the teams team captains, the Golden Knights suffer . UCF's 2000 recruiting class will they lost to on the road last week. The from a severe lack of depth. Never was be officially announced today. The Golden Knights (5-13, 2-7) fell 65-54 to this so evident as in the loss to Samford, efforts of Coach Mike Kruczek, Samford (11-7, 6-3) and 67-50 to when only five players got significant Jacksonville State (6-11, 3-6), dropping minutes after freshman forward Erin recruiting coordinator Scott them into a last place tie in the TAAC Paige got into early foul trouble. Fountain, and the rest of the coach­ standings. Their current three-game los­ "All the post players become more ing staff will be rewartled with ing streak has been insult to injury, as the important now," said UCF coach Gail sterling class rumored to be one of much of the team's roster is either side- Striegler. "You're looking at a lot of min­ the brightest in UCF history. > lined or playing hurt. , utes for those _players. They've got to play · Check www.intotheknights.com In the two iosses, no player was missed smart and be able to play hard and get in for more information on these more than center Carnille Howard, who good enough shape to play at least 30 developments. FUTlRE FILE PHOTO remains out after having arthroscopic on minutes per game." 1st-year Coach Gail Striegler has dealt numer­ her knee two weeks ago. Samford set a Forward LaToya Graham and center ous obstacles, mostly injuries and hopes to school record with 12 blocked, shots coach her team to a solid finish in the TAAC against the Golden Knights, a result of WOMENS BASKETBALL, Page 18 stretch run