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Central Florida Future. 1407. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1407 • • • Central Florida Future • VoL. 29 •No. 16 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF .CENTRAL FLORIDA SINCE 1968 OcT!-17, 1996 • INSIDE: Diversity Week kicks off with parade and international flair by KRYSTIE CROWE • NEWS: Staff writer The Greek Column On Monday morning many students, organizations, faculty and • pg. 3 special guests gathered to kick off the Fourth Annual Diversity Week. The UCF Steel Drum Band set the tone for the celebration and lifted the spirits of passers by with their pre-ceremony calypso tunes. • The band set up in front of the Reflection Pond, not far from the podium where Dr. Valarie King, Moderator, would soon address the crowd. After 25-years, UCF's The cool breeze and clear, sunny weather made for a good • oldest fraternity, Kappa turn out. Even some children from Sigma finally has a the Creative School gathered to listen to the music and to partici­ photo/SOILEAU home to call its own in Diversity Week at UCF kicked off Monday with a parade around the Reflecting Pond . • pate in the Limbo before the cer­ Greek Park. onight, Olympian Greg Louganis will speak in the Student Center Auditorium emony began. Finally, Dr. Valarie King Melinda De Young, which fol­ the distance; preparing the crowd· bright, rainbow colored traditional welcomed the crowd. A clear, lowed Dr. King's welcome. for the arriving parade. As the costumes performed cultural FEATURES: accapella rendition of "The Star­ Shortly thereafter, Scottish bag­ music continued, pairs of students dances to entertain the gatherers. Spangled Banner," performed by pipes played a traditional tune in : marched around the Reflection Everybody seemed tQ truly enjoy Movie Reviews Pond with banners representing watching their performance and pg.13 their respective clubs, organiza­ clapping along with them. tions and student unions. The col­ After the Mexican dance orful array of banners made quite was completed, Dr. King intro­ a spectacle around the pond. Some duced Gilbert Lewis, the star of of the participants included UCF "In the Well of the House", a Alumni, SARC, the International· play directed by Tony Major. • Student Association, GLBSU, the King declared that her "heart, Office of Veteran's Affairs and mind and soul were enthralled Academic Exploration. by Gilbert's performance" in the • UCF President, Dr. John play . Hitt, spoke about the importance Gilbert, who starred in of diversity in our university and movies such as Gordon's War, • Brad Pitt seems community. Blaze, and Don Juan DeMarco, restless in Sleepers "As a metropolitan univer­ contributed to the celebration by sity, we don't have one student reading three selections of dia­ SPORTS: body, we have several student logue from different plays, po­ bodies," Hitt said. ems and stories. His deep voice, Gridiron Report Hitt ended his speech by resembling James Earl Jones', deeming inclusive acceptance a covered such areas as • pg.7 worthy goal to achieve at UCF. homelessness and the Rodney Following Dr. Hitt's speech, King incident. The star was ca­ Dr. Martha Lue, Diversity Week sually dressed and somewhat .. Co-Chair, read a poem entitled nonchalant about his readings . "TheColdWithin". The poem told At the end of the opening about what life would be like with­ photo/SOILEAU ceremony, "Scotty", the bag­ • As part of Diversity Week the International Fair provided out diversity and acceptance. piper, led the recessional to the students with a chance to sample international foods. As part of the celebration of SCA where the International Fair diversity, Mexican dancers in was soon to begin. Plastic proves to be golden for one UCF professor Fresh from their by JENNIFER LINDSTROM infiltration near the sea. The infil- tic is nearly 10 times greater than cause the concrete can be poured • thumping of the Staff writer tration exposes the concrete inte- that of steel, which is current Iy the directly into the plastic cubes. Samford Bulldogs last rior of the column and causes it to material that is used in repairing The steel carries the cost of build- week, the Golden For many people plastic deteriorate faster. damaged columns as well as the ing a wooden form to shape or • is a common material, but for one Areas in which bridge building of new ones. In addi- cast the support column. Knights will look to win UCF professor, the value of plas- columns deteriorate more fre- tion, the plastic materials are Bridge technology re- two games in a row at tic is worth a $210,000 grant for quently are near the ocean, the more flexible and can withstand search .in increasing throughout • the Citrus Bowl research . Northeastern States and out west high energy which occurs in the U.S. due to the amount of Saturday afternoon Dr. Amir Mirmiran, a in California where earthquakes earthquake regions and zones. current bridge inadequacy. against the Northeast UCF civil engineering professor, occur. According to Mirmiran, This past August, the • created a design that would use Mirmiran studied these it is estimated that 40 percent of National Science Foundation Louisiana Indians . plastic to give a stronger support changes in bridge support and in the bridges in the U.S. are either awarded Mirmiran a grant worth for bridges as well as prevent the 1993, while examining the condi- "structurally deficient" or "func- $210,000 for a four year period wear and tear of them. tions of bridges in California, came tionally obsolete" . of research and experimentation • Today, bridges nation- ~~-with a design that would s~ve With Mirmiran' s pl as- of hybrid colu.mns (the composi- In this issue: wide use traditional materials such time and money and increase the tic design, the corrosion will not ti on of2 materials used for bridge News 1-3 as steel to reinforce the columns efficiency of the columns. His idea be as much a factor since plastic support). The grant has room to • of a bridge. The steel easily cor- was to make fiber reinforced plas- can endure the chemicals of na- grow up to $400,000 with sup- Opinion 4-5 rodes and can break down easily tic cubes and fill it with fresh con- ture better than the steel can. port from leading industries. S:eorts 6-11 & 15-16 under environmental conditions crete to build bridge columns. Plastic is more economical than see GRANT page 2 • Classifieds 12 such as humidity, snow and salt The strength of the plas- the steel reinforced columns be- Features 13-14 Visit the Central Florida Future in cyberspace at http://www.gdi.net/cff /cif.html • • 2 • The Central Florida Future • Oct. 17, 1996 • • Drinking in parking lot Education building. • leads to charges Two 20-yearold, female stu­ •On Oct. 2, it was reported dents were charged with the pos­ that someone broke into a cabinet • session of alcohol on Oct. 1. The in the arena equipment room 106. defendants were in the Lake Claire Three pairs of black Nike warm­ Apartments parking lot when an •On Oct. 3, someone broke up pants, four black and white • z FITNESS 11 <( 0 officer observed them each drink­ four door latch handles off a blue Nike warm-up jackets. and two a: CONNECTION JJ black Nike duffel bags were sto­ 0 (]) ing a bottle of beer. The officer Volkswagen. Apparently, ascrew­ -< len. The jackets have "UCF" :2 -l asked them to show identification dri ver was used to take off the w printed in black on the backs. The • (/) I and found they were not of the handles. total estimated value of the items East Colonial Dr./State Rd. 50 legal age to drink. •A photocopy machine on is $361. The equipment belonged • Incidents Reported: the third floor of the library was to the UCFTrackandField Team. 6615 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32807 •It was reported on Oct. 3 damaged on Oct. 2. Someone was •On Oct. 1, an officer re­ that someone broke into a blue trying to steal money out of it. A covered two crates belonging to Jeep Cherokee. A black Mossimo UCF Library Patrol noticed the 658-8000 Winn Dixie. A student was sitting wallet and a radar detector were copier's tamper alarm was beep­ on one of the crates outside of Mon.-Thurs. Sam-11 pm Friday Sam-Bpm stolen from the vehicle. ing. Saturday 9am-6pm Sunday 12pm-5pm Osceola Hall. The other crate was • •It was discovered on Oct. 3 •A briefcase was reported found in a student's dorm room. that someone stole a parking decal stolen on Oct. 2. The briefcase ~ Orlando Women•s Center ~ from the rear window of a red was stolen from the women's • rJ; Abortions Up to 23 Weeks ~ Toyota. restroom on the third floor of the -compiled by Michelle Abram Specializing in Abnormal Fetal Indications For Termination of Pregnancy 3 to 24 weeks • Consultation/Care/Counseling Chemical Abortions/Instrument Free Design earns professor patent Local/General Anesthesia, IV Sedation (TWILIGHT) GRANT from page1 High Tech Sonograms "The main goal of this environments in Tallahassee, Fla.