Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 51, March 12, 1987
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University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 3-12-1987 Central Florida Future, Vol. 19 No. 51, March 12, 1987 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. 19 No. 51, March 12, 1987" (1987). Central Florida Future. 694. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/694 he Central Flor ·da Future • • ~ 1987 e Ce a Florida Fu1ure Volume 19, Number 51 University of Central Flbrida/Orlando .. Thursday, March 12, 1987 SG presidential election has only one official candidate by Don Wittekind them (Reid and Mandato)," EDITOR IN CHIEF he said. "It brings out the importance of the position." "It scares me. Assistant Chief Elections Apathy is really Wanted: Student Body President. Commissioner Elise Cronin becoming a Applicants must be wHllng to campaign. would also like to see more No prior experience necessary. must be problem:" UCF student in good academic candidates. "Even if we only standing toking at least 6 hours of have one candidate, we have classes. Requires 25-30 hours a week. -J.J. Mandato, Pay Is fair - $92.31 a week - but office to do most of the same work and secretory are Included. Vice as we would do for two," she vice presidential Presidential running mate a must. For said. candidate more lnforma tion contact Student Government. Cronin explained that even with only one candidate the No, Student Government race would go on until three months ago," Cady has not started running March 19. That means that said. "J.J. (Mandato) and I classifieds for presidential SG would still have to rent a have been working together candidates, but ·with the tent, buy advertising and all along and Ira (Smith, SG election coming up on March even inform area campuses president) has been working 30 and only one candidate on of the election date before with Roy (Rei d) ." the ballot, maybe it should. finally declaring an Cady said that he thinks After the deadline for uncontested election. that most people who might regular candidacy had While this election will not have run decided to support passed, only Roy Reid go uncontested - there is now the strong candidates. (president) and J.J. a write-in ticket - this will be "I've made no bones about Mandato (vice-president) the first time in UCF history grooming and training J.J. had filed their intent to run. that only one candidate has (Mandato) for the position," And according to Student been listed on the ballot, said Cady said. "I think that one Body Vice President Steve Student Center Director of the big problems of the past Cady, at least some members Jimmie Ferrell. has been that the new people of Student Government However, SG officials say really didn't know what they would like to see more people they do not feel that this were doing when they took in the race. election should be taken in a over." "I was looking forward to negative light. SEE ELECTION PAGE 6 having someone run against "I ~nticipated this about FREE PARKING Donna Calloway/Central Florido Future A Sheriff's Deputy takes advantage of his patrol car to use a faculty parking area. Although UCF police say they warn oatrolmen to get parking decals, apparently this one has not had time to get around to it. Proposed federal cuts total $10 million at UCF of most of the 1,300 students by Steve J. Pustelnyk receiving it. NEWS EDITOR The group of UCF senators included Attorney General Denver Stutler, Melissa Pellerin, Scott Walker, Mario Ponce and Wolf. They spent last weekend in Washington as part of an a11-out national effort to avert the proposed cuts. Overall, 30 of the 250 senators came from the state of Florida. The senators spent the weekend meeting with financial aid representatives and Donna Calloway/Central Florido Future attending conferences to prepare for heavy lobbying Florida may be imposing auto insoections if State Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter with congressmen. has his way. Cars like this one and probably many others driven by college students "We will be meeting with could require maJor repairs, or face being pulled off the road . representatives Bill Nelson of Brevard County and Mike Billrakis from the West uto inspections may be returning Coast., Wolf aid. Gunter explained that the program would He said meetings were by Tracy Enlow be controlled by the Department of Highway CENTRAL Fl0'1 DA FUTURE also cheduled ~ith Safety and Motor Vehicles under the Florida's U.S. Senators, Bob governor and the cabinet. Under this Graham and Lawton Chiles Auto inspections will be a major topic of the program, the state would be divided into Our Motto· Just say no to 1987 legislat1ve session in Tallahassee three equal zones, with each zone being cuts in student financial according to Florida State Insurance awarded to an independent private a· d Wolf said. He added Comrnisioner Bill Gunter. contractor. t at l mon would be deli ' red to the Department Gunter is promoting the return of annual At least one inspection zone would be of Education to r pre ent the auto inspection. Auto safety inspection are required in each county so that the majority our deal ~tudents are neces ary to protect Floridians from the of the zone population would be within five danger of vehicles with faulty equipment, EE CUTS PAGE 6 Gunter said. SEE INSPECTION PAGE 4 2, lhe Central Ronda Future. March 12. 1987 • • • • ALL UCF LOGO MERCHANDISE • • * ., GIFTS l-SH\RlS - TWO DAYS ONLY MARCH 12th • 13th SPRING SEMESTER Regular Hours * Excluding - · - Books & Monday & Tuesday: 8:30 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Consignment Wednesday - Friday: 8:30 A .. - 5:00 P.M. Items • • ew College sued by playwrite; Faculty Facts ILLINOIS U. OFFICIALS ARIZONA GOVERNOR EXAMINE COMPUTER ACCUSES REGENTS OF p oduction of play banned USE FEES LOSING CONTROL OF U. A proposal would levy a 20 SYSTEM campus journals. per semester fee to all by Lisa Jeon Silva students to help pay campus Gov. Evan Mecham COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE Other campuses restrict the arts, too. Last week, Notre Dame suspended a student news computer costs. ew accused administrators of magazine for publishing a story and photo students also would pay an the three state universities of University of Alabama officials last week about how Notre Dame had forced a campus added $11 orientation fee. taking over Arizona higher • decided not to let a student produce his literary magazine to drop an "erotic art If approved, the orientation ed and usurping control o controversial play on campus, and, in reply, print" from its pages a few months ago. fee will take effect this the Board of Regents. The student activities office said the art summer, and the computer the student sued them one day later. "University presidents run print of "an embracing couple" was fee this fall. Meanwhile, one student group the Board of Regents instead "inappropriate," and that the Scholastic, the demonstrated in favor of banning the play - of the other way around," he student news magazine, had violated INDIANA U. SLOWS called "Babylon Motel" -- while another told members of the "policy." PASSAGE OF demonstrated to equate the banning to Scottsdale Chamber of At Alabama, Edward Still, Alves' FOUNDATION censorship. Commerce. UA officials say it's an issue of how they attorney, maintained Alabama's "agents" INSPECTION BILL use their facilities and of nudity. The based their decision on "what they believed The bill would force private playwright says it's an issue only because to be the content of the play." In addition, university foundations to Mecham claimed less than comply with existing open 50 cents of every university some nude scenes feature black and white Still plans to argue UA officials' "unlimited actors together. discretion" in allocating facilities needs records laws. dollar goes for instruction, "Given (UA's) historical perspective," said limits. IU lobbyists convinced and he wants to cut the graduate student and playwright Walter "There's been a long line of cases," he state House Governmental education budget in 1988 to Alves, "it will find the interracial (sex) said, "where judges determined that, for Affairs Committee members force university officials to scenes offensive." example, a police chief has too much power to amend the bill to require change the system. "The issue," announced Roger Sayers, in deciding to permit parades." "He might foundations only to attach ,, , copies of their annual audits We don t have. too m~y UA's vice president of academic affairs, in decide he likes this Shriners group, but on to yearly reports submitted to people who are paid too high the other hand not these Vietnam Vets who a press release explaining why the school the Secretary of State. on. o~r faculty," Mecham denied Alves' play a stage, "is how the want to protest something." The original bill followed sa1.d. We ha":'e some peopl1e university chooses to use its facilities." School officials and attorneys said it was an FBI investigation of paid very ~ugh who don,t He added UA "is not obliged" to provide a their policy not to comment on reported financial losses in teach our children, ~n~ thats stage for any play, just as it is not required to IU's foundation.