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Central Florida Future. 1018. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1018 • Future Volume 23, Number14 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday October 4, 1990 • UCF area likely target • for encephalitis virus by Jamie Carte Unit distributed a preventa­ prevention." EDITOR IN CHIEF tive notice .on campus about Symptoms of the virus re­ the virus. semble mononucleosis. Com­ The notice said people mon symptoms are drowsi­ The Dean Road area, in­ should wear long-sleeved ness, stiff neck, headaches, cluding UCF, is a breeding shirts and pants; and use fever and fatigue. gtound for mosquitos carrying mosquito repellent · at night Miller said three confirmed the encephalitis virus. and at dusk, when mosquitos cases of encephalitis have been In the· past few weeks, St. are most prevalent. reported in Orange County. Louis Encephalitis has been Jim Uhlir, assistant direc­ Uhlir said the situation is detected in six Central Florida tor of Environmental Health not a serious quarantine. areas. The area closest to the and Safety at UCF, said, "Not UCF campus is the area going out at night is the best see ENCEPHALITIS. page 5 around Dean Road. The life-threatening virus, ,,. also known as "sleeping ~ick­ ness," is transmitted to hu­ mans and animals by female Culex Nigrapalpis mosquitos. Testing for the virus is done • through a method called "sentinal flocks." In this method, flocks of chickens are placed in different areas in the county and exposed to mo~qui­ tos. The chickens' blood is tested once a week for titer (antibody) level in blood se­ rum. Michael Pohl/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE The most infected area in Central Florida, according to CLASSIC CONCENTRATION the sentinal flock tests, is Mario Riggioni, a senior business major, takes a break Tuesday Christmas, where 100 percent from ·his job as an attendant at the UCF Game Ro<;>m. of the chickens have tested positive. Christmas is 16 miles from UCF. The Dean Road area has tested 66 percent positive. According to Russell Miller, Drivers with DUI environmental administrator of the HRS/Orange County Public Health Unit, the tests will have 1 week have shnwn positive results quickly in the past few weeks. In late September, the Or­ to find another ride ange County Public Health by Mary Watkins CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Starting Oct. 1, police officers must take away the driver's license of everyone who registers legally intoxicated on a sobri­ ety test. The Florida law states that refusing to take a breath, blood or urine test can also cost drivers their licenses. "I don't think that it's·right. You should get a chance to plead your case to a judge," UCF junior Delise Dunham said. Electrical engineering major Doug Berry said the law does not adhere to the American-principle "innocent until proven guilty." Bill Hancock, chief of Qrange County Court for the Public Defender's Office; said he disagrees with the law. Hancock said the law gives police officers too much power. "The officer becomes the accuser, judge and jury," Hancock said. Hancock said breath tests are not always accurate. According to UCF Police Sgt.. Troy Williamson, suspending licenses is an administrative procedure police officers must follow. Williamson said when an officer suspends a license, he issues the driver a DUI ticket that also serves as a temporary driver's license good for seven days. Drivers can drive legally for one week and then their licenses are automatically suspended for 30 days. George Morning, programs administrator of the Central Florida Safety Council, said drivers must then schedule a hear­ Michael Pohl//CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ing at the Department of Motor Vehicle License Bureau. The A POTTER'S PATIENCE administrative review officer may then decide to further sus­ pend those licenses. Bill Petsche!, a senior majoring in electrical engineering, uses clay to '1hrow a pot" on a potters Morning said the suspension is administrative and not crimi­ wheel Tuesday afternoon at the UCF Arts Complex. nal. "There are no fines and no jail time," Morning said. • 2 The Central Florida Future October 4, 1990 . ' - . • • • • • • • • • @ • ~ CIJ c c. 0 -< CIJ • ·<I> _<I>, • • • SMOOTH IASII. NO If IIRIASTI. • • UCF· .REPRESENTATIVE · • RYAN FISH ·380-0064 • • • The Central Florida Future October 4, 1990 3 • Water facilities closed; • Culligan quenches thirst by Tom Kopacz · On Sept. 21, the cupholders were STAFF REPORTER empty. On the main campus, paper cups are placed by the water fountains DAYTONA BEACH-The Daytona for handicapped users only. Beach area UCF campus' water foun- The joint-use building opened in tains and. faucets have been off-limits January 1987. for 18 months because oflead contami- "For at least two years, people were nation. going about their business, drinking • UCF employees at the campus, a away [from the fountains]," Jordan one-building, joint-use facility for UCF said.· and Daytona Beach Community Col- He said 1,000 UCF students use the lege, said the state placed the water off- building, and many more DBCC stu­ limits due to lead solder used on the dents attend classes there. building's water pipes. "From what I understand, this level David · Jordan, associate campus [of lead] in a home would be okay," director, said the water ban covers hot Jordan said. water and water from the water foun- He said the water was declared tains. Jordan said · DBCC has con- unsafe because the UCF-DBCC build­ tracted with Culligan Water · Condi- ing is public. He also said the problem tioning to provide drinking water. is specific to the joint-use facility. Three water coolers are in the build- · Jordan said the campus has been al­ ing. Two are located by water foun- lowed one sink in the campus director's • tains, and the third is in the Daytona office to do dishes in . campus Student Government office. Steve Selig, DBCC assistant direc- "We have to store 25-30 jugs every tor of Facilities Planning, said it is "not time they make a delivery," Jordan a major situation." However, no one at • said. - either UCF or DBCC knew when the ·FRISBEE FUN Jordan said-the biggest problem he situation would be resolved. ·has seen with the coolers is when the UCF-Daytona staff member Peggy Marketing major Kevin Jarret tosses a chip shot Monday on the UC.F disc golf paper cups run out. Ferrante said the water has been course. Jarret said not as many people play on the course since it was relocated. He said DBCC maintenance doesn't tested twice by the state. always get the cupholders filled ''We're thirsty over here," Jordfilil quickly enough. said. •INDIAN DISPLAY President's Circle Dinner Fri­ able for questions at 4 p.m. Leo's award is based on American Friendship The UCF Library will fe.a­ day evening. Friday in the University Din- scholastic and leadership Society's meeting. ture an exhibition of native The event honors individu­ ing Room. - achievement$ and is ·open to North American Indian items als, foundations and corpora­ ASCE student chapter mem­ • MEET THE AUTHOR through the end of October. tions who have donated $1,000 •STUDENT AWARDED bers at the universities of Elor­ Phil Singerman, author of Dr. W. Rex Brown collected or more to UCF in a single UCF studentMichaelJ. Leo ida and South Florida, the "An American Hero: The Red the exhibit, which includes a year's time. was awarded the Civil Engi­ Florida -Institute of Technol­ Adair Story," will be the guest picture of an Indian brave, a The highlight of the evening neering Student of the Year ogy, Florida State University speaker at the Friends of the woman's feather hairpiece, a will be the presentation of award by the Florida section of and UCF. · Library Meet the Author pro­ pair of moccasins and various university seal medallions to the American Society of Civil gram at 11 a.m. Saturday on artists' works. new members of the $1 Q,000- Engineers at their 1990 con­ •FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY the third floor of the Orlando plus President's Medallion ference s·ept. 20-23 in Panama The . Soviet-American Public Library. .• INSIDE HOLLYWOOI) Society .. City Beach. Friendship Society will meet · The program is free and Major UCF donors will get _ The membership in the club Leo, a senior civil engineer­ at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the open to the public. Refresh­ an inside look at the film in- already exceeds 350 people, ing major at UCF and vice third-floormeetingroomofthe ments will be served at 10:30 dustry when Jack Valenti, with 25 more being honored at president of the UCF-ASCE Orlando Public Library. a.m. Reservations for the lim- president and chief executive this year's dinner. student chapter, plans to A representative from the ited seating can be made by officer of the Motion Picture This is the 10th year this graduate in December and Orlando-ba,sed, private So- calling the Community Rela­ Association of America, · event has occurred.