Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 33, January 17, 1991
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 1-17-1991 Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 33, January 17, 1991 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 33, January 17, 1991" (1991). Central Florida Future. 1038. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1038 Thentra .Flori Future© Volume 23, Number 33 Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 Thursday January 17, 1991 Administrators may .teach classes for ffee in summer by Sandra Pedicini But the number of summer CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE .classes should be close to last year's level, Astro said. "A lit The Board of Regents has tle bit down,-but not bad." asked UCF administrators to School administrators aren't volunteer to teach classes this the only ones who would help out. summer. Riordan said Gov. Lawton This request was made to Chiles, who formerly served as try to keep state budget director of the Collins Center cuts from hindering stu for Public Policy at Florida dents' educational plans. State University and taught at Feedback from the state the University of Florida, will universities has been very good, be teaching a class at FSU. BOR spokesman BOR Patrick Riordan Chancellor Dr. said. Charles B. Reed ·"Throughout "The bottom line is will also teach a the state, people . this: Florida can't class at FSU. are enthusiastic," But Riordan A SHOULDER TO CRY ON he said. pay its bills." said asking for Jennifer Forbes hugs Jenny Walker, a UCF administrator. Walker's fiance is in the 2nd Armored Divi- Because of the volunteers is a sion, which· is poised to move in the first offensive wave of troops. - state university temporary budget cuts last. • ·Patrick Riordan emergency year, the schools BOR spokesman measure, not a will face tight permanent so Senate presid~nt pro tem to submit budgets the first lution. part of the summer until mon Riordan also said the schools ey for next fiscal year's budget are trying to shift money from ethicT code on allocation of funds comes in, Provost Richard As non-teaching areas into class tro said. es whenever possible. by Tom Kopacz Service Committee, which draws up the A&SF Administrators teaching But even with administrators STAFF REPORTER budget, and the·cabinet. classes for free will help the lending a hand, students are still · The senate elected Carls, a second-term sen schools offer classes they might going to feel the crunch of state The student senate's new president pro tem ator, over third-term Sen. David Mann, 25-8. otherwise not be able to afford. budget cuts, Riordan said. pore will introduce a new senate ethics code at Carls' bill will create a new Title XII in student Riordan suggested having "Students are going to pay a Thursday's senate meeting. government statutes dealing with senate ethics. deans or department chairs re price for this, and it's not their David Carls, who was elected pro tern at Under the bill's guidelines, no senator could turn to teaching. fault," he said. 'The bottOm line Thursday's meeting, will introduce the bill, be an officer of an organization receiving money, "We haven't insisted that ·is this: Florida can't pay its bills." which will probably be assigned to the Legisla nor could senators receive direct benefit, such everybody do it, although UCF Astro, who is voluntarily tive, Judicial and Rules Committee. as going on trips to conventions. has asked those who have par teaching an English course this As president pro tern, Carls will run senate Senators also cannot direct the spending of ticular competencies to teach a semester, said it's not only the meetings when the student body president is money allocated by the student senate. course," Astro said. students who suffer. unable to do so. · The only way senators could exempt them UCF would have to wotk Astro said voluntary teach He Will be a member of all senate commit selves from the bill's restrictions would be to around schedules, making ing has increased his job by a tees and the senate Executive Committee, which state their affiliation with the organization and teaching times convenient for third and detracts time spent consists of the senate committee chairs. administrators. on administrative duties. He also Win be a member o~ the Activity and see ETHICS page 4 Phi Beta Sigma fraternity victim of vandalism by Lara Gerofsky president of the campus CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE African American Student Union. "I couldn't believe Initial reactions ranged something like this hap from sur.prise to outright pens." anger when the Panhellen- AASU members say they ic community heard Mon- want to move on, go past day morning that Phi Beta the incident and get geared Sigma's "Free Circle" had up for their upcoming ac- been vandalized. - tivities. At about 10:05 a.m., UCFPolicesaid.sincethe Greek Keisha Jackson situation is still under in ·passed through the green vestigation, they cannot area between Osceola Hall - comment on it, but Lt. and Lake Hall dormitories. Tommie Nelson said there The sweetheart of Phi are curreJ;ltly no suspects. Beta Sigma found the Free "We have to find wit Speech Area defaced with nesses," Nelson said. "Ob th e ho-Id red and yellow viously people weren't_still letters of a message: "KKK there with paint brushes - Go back to Africa." when someone found it." Phi Beta Sigma is his- According to Christi Hart- torically a black fraternity zler, associate director of and had recently painted Housing, the circle was painted their letters on the circle. over Monday afternoon as soon Jim Ferguson/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTUl1l Mark Hinson, a junior criminal justice major, and Tonja Bridges, a sophomore communicative disor "I was shocked and up- as Housing was made aware of set," said Donna Anderson, the problem. ders major, discuss graffiti on the circle. Tonja said she was shocked when she first saw it. i I & • 2 The Central Florida Future January 17, 1991 ~---~---~------,. • • • • • • .. - • • ... • · IHISIUD~S .FORYOU: PL.EASE RECYCLE OUR ALUMINUM CANS BUDWEISEA®-KING OF BEERS®• Q1987 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.•ST. LOUIS, MO ·__ .. U CF REPRESENTATIVE·-------------------...---.- RYAN FISH 380-0064 . -------. __ ~-~ WAYN.E DENSCH, INC. 851-7100 . , • The Central Florida Future January 17, 1991 3 UCF.offers program to lower high school dropout rate by Robert Sargent James Blount, executive director of the Com CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE pact. He said funding for the Urban Scholars Pro • Fifteen high school students will be se gram was awarded to the programs that showed lected this month to participate in a program the strongest academic commitment from the that UCF offers to help schools and area industry. potential high school UCF was among more dropouts. than 50 schools in the The Urban Scholars " It could provide an country that applied for the Program also is offered by program. Dr. LeVester the Orlando/Orange important tie between Tubbs, vice president for County Compact, which is Student Affairs, submitted a program combining lo UCF, the students and the the proposal, which led to cal businesses with the UCF being selected as one • public school system to businesses in Orlando." of the three universities to help motivate students receive the Urban Scholars who have academic and Program. attendance problems. - James Blount "Hopefully, the federal The chosen students Compact executive director government will some day will receive weekend and fun.d more of these pro ,, after-school guidance and grams. nationwide," Tubbs may participate in a said. summer session to help them prepare for Cilrrently, student applicants for the pro college. gram are being identified for academic need. The group will be composed of sophomores Before chosen, they will be interviewed by and juniors from Jones and Evans high their school coordinators and officials. Then Char1es Morrow/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE schools. In June, it is planned that an addi Blount, Tubbs and a UCF committee will make tional-U5 students will .enter the program. a final selection. LOVECHILD . "The Qompact became involved with the San Francisco State University, City College Tracey Flood, a 19-year-old sophomore, checks out the tie-dyed Urban Scholars Program because it could of New York and the University of Massachu shirts at a stand on fhe Green. provide-an important tie between UCF, the setts at Boston afso received the program through students and the businesses in Orlando," said funding by the U.S. Department of Education. Amnesty wants consistency in Bush's human rights cares on the Iraqi government's gross President Bush's co:p.demnation Iraq had engaged in a consis human rights violations for one of torture and political killings tent pattern of gross human purpose: to advance the protec by Iraqi authorities appears rights violations. tion of human rights. laudable. Violations of basic IfU.S. policies before August By publicizing such abuses, human rights should arouse had reflected concern about the the movement generates public indignation and inspire action Iraqi government's human pressure and international to stop them. rights record, our country protest. Governments over the The matter becomes less might not be digging in for war Jan.15 Iraq as evidence to support the years have channeled particu_, "clear" and "unambiguous," today.