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• Student goveqiment begin plans for upcoming year

• By NICOLE KING The book scholarship program Leadership Academy. The academy will affairs, said the program hopes to meet its Staff Writer is just one project Murphy and have two purposes: to house the Senate pledge to register 9,000 voters by Richard Maxwell, student body chambers and to provide all leadership at November. UCF's Student Government vice president, have begun work UCF with a centralized location to share "We will be setting up tables at the major • Association (SGA) will offer on this summer. Since being resources. events and at the orientations to register stu­

$100 book scholarships to stu­ sworn in on May 9, the two have Although plans are speculative1 the acad­ dents," Piccolo said. dents in the fall. The financial · proposed a budget for next year emy will provide groups such as the Lead Murphy and Maxwell will also be present aid department will award the scholarships and met with the Homecoming committee Scholars Program and Leadership UCF at this summer's orientations. They plan to to students who meet the specified criteria. to organize the annual concert and fire­ with utilities like a resource library where speak at each of them to introduce them­ Jason Murphy, student body president, works show. students can have access to legislation selves to the newest members of UCF's stu­ said the scholarships are funded from Maxwell said their biggest goals for the materials. dent body. money raised through the activity and ser­ summer are to get the budget passed and the "We hope this will provide opportunities "We want to talk to students and find out vice fee, which each student pays per cred­ cabinet approved by the Senate. to students to become successful leaders for their concerns," Murphy said. "It's their it hour. "We're trying to get everything in place so the betterment of UCF and the community," money and we are trying to institute the "We can give away several $100 book that when fall rolls around everything will Murphy said. programs they want. scholarships instead of the 20 or 25 $5,000 be established and we can get things going A voter registration campaign is also "We are also researching those programs • tuition scholarships that used to be given as soon as possible," Maxwell said. being organized and will be in full force already in place to find out which are the away," Murphy said. ''This will definitely One of the biggest projects the two are when election time arrives in November. most beneficial to students. We just want to help a greater population of students." working on for the fall is the Legislative Fred Piccolo, director of government represent the student body the best we can . • Beat ~tUdents need to • the ~,, l~ie~ visual educated Heat t~ . ~ ~ ,_-. IND. A . ~MOS Students IStaff ·Writer seek 'Skills involvmg graphs ~;poorly l'racticoo and shelter _p.l:µlsifed in 'Jcad,e- from the .y~t they are very · WlPOtfant. I 00 degree­ I '0taphiC Skill$ are basic tOOlS USed for deciphering f inf.ormation that has been condensed and visually afternoon r depicted. whether paper-based or computer generat- heat inside ~ ed. ~ • r ., . t s~dentsle~ ho':'1 to re~ th~ bas~c pie chart the Student t ~graphs during nnddle or Jumor high school; Union. ~ »re.ve~ with the present and continuing expan- • f sion of computer technology just knowing the Special to the Future ; -basics isn;t enough. I According to the community employment and ( e'Conomic database, employers consider graphic , skills the up and coming skill most in demand. 1 1 . )?he reason is because an employer automatically 111 'J!:. ,.. }ff • knows that an applicant familiar with graphic skills Professor bridges the language barrier 1 • J.oeates, understands and interprets written informa­ By LEAH WALDRON Sitting in a ·snug fifth floor office work force in an accounting office. . tion, .according to the database. Skills applicable to Staff Writer overlooking UCF's grassy _campus "After all, numbers are the same in many professions. 'Brenda D. Smith, author of Bridging the Gap: while classical music softly plays, every language," Cervone said. Reading, describes the eight most common When Anthony Cervone was a young Cervone recalls his first impression of Cervone caught on quickly and was Gol).ege boy growing up in Southern Italy, he the United States. encouraged by his advisors to go to • graphs. For simplicity, l have divided these graphs into could not start elementary school "America has always reminded me of college. He took their word for it that t, twQ categories: graphs of facts and graphs of rela- because it was turned into a field Hos­ the Roman Empire, the people are he was college material and applied. ! riolis. pital for the war. practical and such great builders," Despite his language barrier, " Graphs of facts depict straightforward information A pale-faced boy, he stole potatoes Cervone said. "I saw the Empire State Cervone was accepted into and that.is jointly presented for the purpose of contrasts for his mother and avoided the path­ Building, and I could not believe my enrolled in Iona College, an all-boys and comparisons. Among these graphs are tables, ways of the strict soldiers marching eyes. Catholic school in New Rochelle, New pie charts, bar and columrigraphs. through town. His elementary school "Within one week, everything in my York. • Jab. le$ . are comprlSed o. f listings of factual data did re-open and at the age of seven, life had been turned upside down. I did ... There he received "his Bachelor of usually with table notes indicating source. Pie Cervone entered his first classroom. not know which way was up." Arts in Spanish and a minor in Latin. rcharts indicate amounts to demonstrate areas of Years later, at 16, Cervone and his He might not have known which way In graduate school, he earned a doctor­ • minority and majority interests. Bar and column • family moved to America leaving the was up, but he quickly found the word ate in Spanish and Latin American small Italian town of 16,000 to New for it. While in New York he attended See GRAPHIC, Page 2 York City, a bustling metropolis of Edison High School in Mt. Vernon and See CERVONE, Page 3 over eleven million people. upon his graduation he entered the

Course in futility ~aseball draft saps Knights Summer classes have become an UCF had more players drafted unnecessary evil. than any other university. • - PAGE 12

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Wireless company gives UCF the hookup Grapliie skills vitalto By BRIAN SMITH Aeronautics and Astronautics News Editor Southeast regional student design students' ~ducation competition in Huntsville, Al., in AT&T Wireless Services Inc. During her tenure at UCF, Jacobs April. FromPAGEl rewarded UCF with a $100,000 gift worked with community leaders on The students built the model fol­ that will be used to establish a schol- the development of the I-4 high-tech­ lowing the first phase of a $11.3 mil­ graphs use rectangular bars (vertically or horizontally) , arship fund for qualifying students . nology corridor, two new UCF lion project to design and build a pho­ to illustrate duration and amounts. facts whoseinain is portray who major in electrical engineering or research centers in the fields of drug ton laser communication satellite. Unlike graphs of goal to facts and allow the reader to interpret relations, graphs electrical engineering technology. discovery/diagnostics and material .... of relations mainly show variable relationships. The donation to UCF will be sup- sciences and a resource bank for •The UCF Wellness Center is offer­ They itJclude diagrams, fi()W charts~ maps and line plemented with an additional $50,000 small businesses under the auspices ing a weight and eating management graphs. Diagrams and flow chaits show how a process from the statewide matching pro- of the Central Florida Innovation group during the summer semester. work:s~ UQW parts are interrelated and integrated as a gram. The scholarships will pay for Corp. The group will be led by a registered functioll:ing whole. Maps show relations of ge()graphy students' tuition, books and fees. She also has participated in two dietitian and it will meet for 7 weekly ;;:~d phy,sical properties~ .. Line graphs a.re for frequency To be eligible for the scholarships, trade missions to Russia, France and sessions in the Health Resource .;atstribUions. · ·· ··· · applicants must be full-time juniors or Southeast Asia. Center classroom. . · Iust.1Qi9wing,the different rypes of graphs isinsuffi- seniors and musr have a 3.2 grade Soileau will begin the position on Those interested must have a con­ ~t. .•.·... . .· .. )i.,. ·. •i;;~:.,,p. ~,?i•'' ·...... ' point average. July 1, 1998, and will spend about 20 sultation with the dietitian prior to . }$ "'.9f usjpg '.~graph~ f:Ul int9 six areas ~. UCF President John Hitt said the percent of his time by continuing his joining the group. The consultation is · ·· and ~~~lyn donation will have numerous bene- work in his current position. free and it will be conducted at the {t?a,;..,~,.-. fits. Prior to coming to UCF in 1987, Health Resource Center, trailer 617 "I am delighted to accept the gift Soileau earned a doctoral degree in near the CREOL building. from AT&T Wireless on behalf of bacteriology from Harvard For further information call (407) •• future students who will benefit from University. Soileau was the first 823-5841. the company's generosity," Hitt said. director of the newly CREOL in 1987 "In a larger sense, all of society bene- after serving on the physics faculty of •Foreign language mini-camps will • fits when deserving students are given North Texas State University, and he be held between June 8-19 on the the opportunity to develop the knowl- was a founding member of the Center · UCF campus to teach children basic edge, skills and values the equip them for Applied Quantum Electronics. conversational Spanish or French. to live a more fulfilling life and to The camps will feature highly inter­ • contribute positively to the communi­ •Volunteer UCF and Translife were active, hands-on and culturally orient­ ty." rewarded with an Image Award by the ed exercises taught by native speak­ Orlando Area Chapter of the Florida ers. • IN OTHER UCF NEWS Public Relations Association. The instruction will emphasize The award honored Get Carded, a functional expressions, vocabulary •M.J. Soileau, director of UCF's program created to unite the UCF development and pronunciation • Center for Research and Education in campus around the cause of organ and improvement. Optics and Lasers (CREOL), has tissue donation. The camps cost $150 for the 10 been appointed interim vice president lessons. For further information con­ for research and graduate studies after •Derek Shannon, Marcos and tact Myrna Creasman at (407) 823- the resignation of Diana Jacobs. Cheree Kiernan won 1st place for the 5515.

Jacobs held the position for three design and model of a full-scale \) years and she has been reassigned. spacecraft at the American Institute of

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• Cervone loves teaching, warm weather Ro,hber switches FromPAGEl "For me, I never get tired of Urbino both in and out of the classroom. At • because it is a beautiful place to spend UCF he is a member of many commit­ ,WinUoWs for Studies at St. Louis University in a summer and I get to see my students tees which include scholarship and Missouri. faces light up in.Florence, Rome and financial aid, the Board of Regents, • At the time of his graduation, he was Italy," Cervone said . Fulbright and the chairman and fluent in Spanish, Italian French, An average of 30 students, many administrative council to name a few. Portuguese, Latin and English. with the help of financial aid, are He is coordinator of the Office of Campus life continued for Cervone given this unique opportunity to study International Studies and his pho­ • at the University of South Florida, but abroad and learn a new culture. tographs of Urbino have been on this time he was the one teaching. An The students bring back more than month-long display in the Library for . assistant professor in Spanish, French just summer credit, they return with a the past four years. • and Italian, it was there that Cervone different perspective on life. Outside of UCF, Cervone is coordi­ found a love for teaching, and the "The students come back culturally nator of the Foreign Film series, a warm Florida weather. and personally changed and with a legal interpreter, a special consultant • Meanwhile, in Central Florida, FfI new tolerance of other cultures," to the Florida Board of Regents for (present day UCF) was under con­ Cervone said. "This is needed in a Area Studies and Foreign Language struction and many of Cervone's col­ society "Yhere there is such globaliza­ Statewide, a member of the South ' leagues were anxious to transfer. tion of the economy. They learn more Atlantic Modern Language Cervone followed and in the fall of about a culture by being part of it." Association and has been a language 1968 FfI began its first session of Family life has always been an coordinator for the peace corps. • classes. important part of Cervone's life. His Cervone is content in his career. Cervone, a charter member of Fri . wife, Nancy, is also a foreign lan­ "Teaching at UCF has been a won­ and chair and associate professor of guage professor and the love of his derful adventure, especially getting to • the foreign ianguages department, life. Cervone shares stories about he know my students," Cervone said. planted his roots and now has been a and his wife's compatibility with his "I've always approached them as respected member of UCF faculty for students by offering a little relation­ equals and respected them." the past 30 years . ship advice and a break from conjuga­ Jeani Stele, a former student, is • During this time, Cervone has tion. proud to have been taught and advised shared his gift and passion for foreign Cervone has two grown children, by Cervone. language with his students at UCF Tony and Jennifer, who have taught "Cervone is a rare professor, you • teaching all levels of Spanish, French, him many lessons in life. rarely ever meet anyone of his intelli­ Italian and Latin. He has also instruct­ Tony is vice president of a large real gence and sophistication who also dis­ ed a seminar on the 20th Century estate company, and Jennifer works plays such warmth, enthusiasm and • European Novel. for a large cruise line and· is the proud genuine attention to his students," Cervone, while teaching the living mother of Cervone's 6-month-old Stele said. "He is an energetic romantic languages, uses an eclectic grandson Owen. teacher, he never stands still and is • functional method. "They have both lived happy lives always making contact with the stu­ In other words, Cervone insists that and are so fortunate to live in such a dents." ...... ·.. p d~~l w ·; lfi~m ~ · l . 996 ~~q a language needs to be spoken. if it is world of opportunity," Cervone said. His students have given Cervone the Rck\¢()c{)Wned by Jeffrey ... I,iµt~~«28 , on M~y~J8 *· · same respect in return. "Respect 111 to be learned. While grammar can be "They taught me to be more positive B~~y.toldpolicethathe larked and locked'his a "necessary evil, it is necessary in about life and let go of all the bad. from students is not something you Cl:l! .ill lot. E-1 at about 9~30 p.m. When he any language as well as pronuncia- "(Owen) has brought me boundless demand," Cervone said. "You either " ~t &!?out 10;45 P tJll,~ th~ ltlU,lg tag'on the . ' ~ ... :.;. " . . .i·· -· .. • - >~:":::;:: , :~::· ::,.,-, ' tion," Cervone said. happiness as well as my two children. deserve it or you don't. I feel respect­ ·txt'P ~J ~ts ::n+1~~ .:. ' :~ :, ..·...... · '• F. ' · F • Since 1975, Cervone has spent his I have pictures of him all over my wall ed and that is worth a lifetime of · .td the caz:i:Mq ;.signs of a forced if summers in a classroom other than and people tell me he is the most pho­ teaching. I can't think of anything ~;}hlµg else,,: ~a$ti·~'. tibm .inside " UCF, he has been enlightening stu- tographed baby in the whole world." else I would rather do than teach." e dents in Urbino, Italy. Cervone has many accomplishments

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR ··.- \(. Seinfeld: Something for Nothing Never on Seinfeld would we see a cliffhanger, nor plete reversal of fortune affecteg them as they sat in a • could we hear a sympathetic audience giving a pity party small, dull prison cell. It was .quite hard to miss the hype surrounding the when a character is dumped or wronged. We didn't care As the camera pulled away they hadn't changed at an ~: grand exit .Qf Seinfeld even though I hardly watch the to sympathize with the Seinfeld characters particularly, but still focused on the themselves and on trivialities, telly these days. and we shouldn't because they, as with nearly all sitcom In fact, they ended with the same conversation that Considering how both those within my circle and those folk, are petty, superficial and self-centered. began the series, not having gi:ownatall! ' outside are constantly making semi-obscure references Thrusting people like that into serious situations is in This last episode demonstrated ju&thow awful they are t() great shows like The Simpsons and Seinfeld it seems my opinion, boring, and I'm amazed that so many peo­ and had been, and when we realize that we have loved 0 that these have memorable qualities and a strong fol­ ple tune in regularly to shows that try these sorts of them for it. we must ask ourselves "Why?" and "How lowing. things. much am I like them and in love with myself?" I But was somewhat surprised at the difference of The general lack of continuity between episodes _ They had no real ethics to speak of but quite often; as opinion concerning the final episode of the latter, partic­ demonstrates that they were providing us characters and my friend Laurence is wont to point out~ they presented ularly among its fans. situations absurd enough for us to laugh at while not try­ a modem moral compass in their Rules. Wherea$ onefriend told me that he hardly even chuck­ ing to unfold a story, to make something out of nothing. Case in point: the last episode pi;esented the implica;,. led and was disappointed, . and others thought the Now whether or not the writers intended to do so, it tions of the seemingly insignificant circumstances when episode was terrible and should be stricken from the seems that they implicitly chastised Hollywood for pro­ phoning someone. record. ducing superficial drivel which attempts to be taken seri­ , Using a cellular phone implies that it is not an impor­ I thought it was perhaps the best farewell episode in ously and us for liking their characters who are mani­ tant call and can be mixed with some other activity such television history. Far from hitting a severe writer's festly depraved, as they hammered into us in the court­ as walking down the street; taking another call when block and finally squeezing out the last script in desper­ room in the last episode. already on the phone becomes for the original party ation and just under the deadline. • The defendants were selfish and morally reprehensible "losing the phone face-off' and can cause serious I think the writers knew exactly what they were doing: (albeit amusing). Whether it was Elaine hoarding umbrage. cleverly wrapping up all the themes and chastising diaphragms or George rejoicing in his fiance's demise or But the prison call is most highly prized. For the incar~ Hollywood and the audience with a stinging departure. • Jerry stealing the bread from the old woman or Kramer cerated have but one call to give. It might not be such a In case you missed it the first time, they brought back filming the mugging and mocking. great stretch to say that throughout its run Seinfeld por­ the bit about Jerry and George's pilot of Jerry, which Witness after witness revealed the havoc they had trayed a common postmodern worldview wherein all was• an obvious autobiographical sketch of our show. caused in the world around them (fans can recall this ethics are socially constructed, pragmatic and given • It's a show about nothing! even more), though maintaining the peace within their casuistically and all things ultimately are like the show This fact alone why I think Seinfeld was so far supe­ is small circle by their supposed ethics. and the rules, meaningless about nothing, rior to most (if not all) sitcoms today. Unlike shows Seinfeld condemned itself by rightly deeming its char­ Indeed, it was quite ironic that a show claiming to be such Friends and Suddenly Susan, they have never • as acters unworthy to remain in society. These characters, about nothing had so much more to say than those tried to turn the show into something it isn't, i.e., a "seri.:. like the Britt's Ab Fab duo, have almost no redeeming allegedly about something. ous" drama. qualities, and we should not cheer them on. But we do • We tuned in to laugh at the foursome not because, for love the characters as they are, and we don't care enough Matthew Limber example, we wondered if Ross and Rachel would get to want them to get straight. We saw how little a com- [email protected] together or break up. June 10, 1998 www.VCFfature.com Central Florida Future • 4

St. Joseph) s Lead Stories at the North Pole, where the engine started right away. Prime Minister Mahathir Mahamad said the r • While Joe Camel-type ads lose favor in ciga­ Catholic Church drop "bolsters our spirits," but critics said it was a rette promotions in the U.S., ads in other countries stunt by the government to get people's minds off are stepping up their use of sensitive sales images, the dismal economy. 1501 A1afaya Trail according to an April San Francisco Examiner report. A Marlboro ad in Cambodia features girls around 8 years of age; in Poland, the backdrop of Recent protests Saturday Vigil Mass: 6 p.m. a Camel ad is a school; and in the Philippines, the • As the U.S.-Iraqi conflict heated up in tobacco industry association used (along with February, two members of the Sons of Freedom packs of Winston and Camel) the Virgin Mary on Doukhobors attempted to revive the pacifist sect's Sunday Masses: its 1998 promotional calendar. tradition of protest in Burnaby, British Columbia. • Clive Winter, 45, third-highest-ranking official They went on a 25-day hunger strike in jail, where 8 a.m., 10:30 p.m. & 12 p.m at the Lothian, they are serving two-year sentences for setting Scotland, provincial health board, was convicted fires to their own homes, which they said in February of several assaults as part of a secret Doukhobors frequently do to demonstrate sacrifice 275-0841 gang he had formed in order to violently attack against long-standing evils, including taxation and people at random. Winter, said his boss, was public education. The other hallmark of "extremely intelligent, quiet and a placid man in Doukhobor protests is frequent public nudity, the office," but according to testimony at his trial, which it says shows a rejection of wealth and sta­ ------he roamed streets at night purely, said a police tus. detective, "to gratify his own lust for violence." • Charles Collins Ill was indicted in Albany, Pregnancy Help - 658-0016 •An April Associated Press story from Decatur, N.Y., in April for his Ala., reported on the / January protest at the state Court of Appeals build- severely reclusive mother and daughter, Evelyn ing over a child custody and Marilyn Arnold, who died of natural causes case. Sqortly before dawn, according to the indict­ within a week of each other in December. ment, he hooked a spray gun to a 55-gallon drum According to neighbors and relatives, Evelyn, 85, of chicken manure and covered the front of the controlled every aspect of Marilyn's life, which building. And in April in nearby Guilderland, N.Y., may have deprived the daughter of the ability to a critic of newly elected Town Supervisor Jerry survive after Evelyn's death. Among the pair's Yerbury broke into his office and left a stack of idiosyncrasies: Marilyn's abject fear of the tele- color photographs of excrement. STA Travel specializes ·phone; Evelyn's need to record in a notebook • In April, Jose Albeiro Forero and two other in LOW-COST travel every wrong-number telephone call she ever got; municipal employee~ in the their disregarding the bathtub because they feared town of Cartago, Colombia, nailed themselves to for students. the previous owner's germs; and their use of a wooden crosses with 5-inch nails to fortify their bucket instead of the toilet, even though the demands for a salary increase and other benefits. » Great Student Airfares plumbing worked fine. • Last year, the six-member city council of » Tours for Young Travelers Glendale, Colo., passed tough restrictions on strip Maybe Saddam Hussein will· clubs that so angered many citizens that they » Budget Hotels joined strip-club owner Debbie Matthews in form- » Eurail & Rail Passes faJI for Roseanne ing the Glendale Tea Party, whose candidates in » Work Abroad in Britain •The London Daily Telegraph reported in the April 1998 council election won all three con- January that Syrian Gen. Mustafa tested seats, giving the party a chance now to » Travel Insurance Tlass told his men not to attack Italian peacekeep­ repeal or weaken the ordinance. Said Matthews, "I » lnternat'I Student ID Card ing soldiers during the 1983 chaos in Beirut only don't think (the old council) realized (how many) » Around the World because he had a lifelong obsession with the people like the club." Italian actress Gina Lollabrigida. Gen. Tlass said • According to a Chronicle of Higher Education roundup in May, students in at least six colleg~s in his men could "do whatever you want with the STA TRAVEL ••• recent months have engaged in violent protests U.S., British and other forces, but ... I do not want THE WORLD'S ST/j "not seen since the Vietnam war," involving a single tear falling from the eyes of Gina lARGEST STUDENT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA attacks on local police over their "right" to drink in STA TRAVEL Lollabrigida." TRAVEL ORGANIZATION. Student Union, Pegasus Circle We've been there. violation of local laws, including drinking even B 0 0 K Y 0 U R T I C K E T 0 N L I N E AT: Puzzling joyrides though underage. In all, more than 3,000 students participated at Michigan State, Washington State, WWW. STA-TRAVEL .COM •Shirley Jean Shay, 41, was arrested near Salt University of Connecticut, University of Lake City in April after Tennessee at Martin, Ohio University and commandeering a 25-ton fire truck and leading Plymouth State (N.H.). police on a 50-mile chase at speeds up to 70 mph, MagicTech Computers, Inc. including the last 20 miles after all six tires had been punctured by road spikes. No motive was Least competent criminals given. And a man led police on a brief vehicle •In April, indictments were returned against New chase on Interstate 215 in Perris, Calif., in March York City inmates Hector Muniz, Carlos Martinez before being subdued. The chase had ended sever­ and Troy Jennings f()r their alleged .get-rich -- al blocks earlier when the man's car ran out of gas, scheme at Rikers Island prison. Authorities said but then he got out and pushed it in a futile attempt Muniz, who .had a day job on the outside, smug­ to stay ahead of the police. gled a gun inside so that, at Jennings' direction, Martinez could shoot Jennings in the leg, wbich he did. The plan was that Jennings would sue the city ~ever give up for "millions" for negligence in allowing the gun •In March, after four hours of questioning and Save $20 off Repair inside and insist on the release of all three men as c waiting, police in a condition of settlement. Charges with valid Student ID Springfield, Ill., gave up and got a search warrant ··: ..·: ..·: O" ncd & Opl~rakd By LCF Alumnus •':;'d: for the mouth of Mr. Eunice Husband, 27. Recuning themes Husband had stuffed three marble-sized bags of 6584 University Blvd crack cocaine in his mouth and refused to open up, •The latest British.company to hire a poet-in­ Winter Park, FL though he continued to talk to officers through his residence is the London Zoo. According to direc­ Pentium 200MMX Phone: 673-33]7 clenched teeth. After getting the warrant, police tor-general Richard Burge, the poet's jobs will Mon-Thur 9-6 • took Husband to a hospital, where he was sedated include writing guides in rhyme for visitors and Complete a..· Fri & Sat 9-5 and the bags removed. · "helping to interpret the lives of the animals." Computer News of the Weird reported earlier this year that System ~ Maybe India and Pakistan the large department store Marks & Spencer had hired a poet two days a week, and since then, the 11 includes 14 • 28dp a:: British Broadcasting Corp. and a professional soc­ could have done this, instead ~· ITX SVGA Monitor u:> l}j>fi . Mc•»l>c• -~ ...... ______•In April, Malaysian skydivers guided the nation­ cer team have hired poets (although the soccer al car, a Proton Wira, on a parachute to a landing team is still in last place in the Premier League). c~i~ ill ~ ~· www.magictec.com • • June 10, 1998 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 5

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By JASON HEIRONIMUS behind it is nearly impossible to catch of before and is extremely ·complicated dumb, . but instead we are ignorant for Opinion Editor up. and then when you get confused, don't two hours a day, sinking like the • However, the frantic pace of a sum­ ~ay anything!" Titanic. (A good example to my sorry Crash summer courses: an exercise in mer class is to be expected. There are My other class has a problem all its state is my reference to the Titanic.) We futility? only so many months in which to own. As I had mentioned, it is a class are made to feel as if we are helpless We are now heading down the home squeeze an entire course. But what I am where if you fall behind the tiniest bit, and hopelessly lost in a world foreign to stretch of the first summer term with concerned with are the teaching meth­ you stay behind. But if you are lucky us. Which, by no effect of irony, we only two weeks left. Yet, I feel as if it ods used during the summer term. I am enough to get a running start, you turn actually are! has been more than three months since I taking my last two summer courses into a jet plane. Those who are able to This is not my first unsuccessful started the classes I am now taking. ever, and I am not surprised that after· stay in the fast lane seem to get small attempt at summer classes but it is my These classes are long, arduous tasks four weeks, I have learned very little privileges one way or the other. last, thank God! Not once have I taken a that take serious commitment and time. and instead have sharpened my memo­ Though it may seem I have contract­ summer class which was a positive While my compatriots frolic in the ~un, rization skills. ed a small dose of the disgruntled postal environment for learning and bred a I spend four hours a day in a stuffy · In one of my classes, the professor worker syndrome, I assure you I ·am not sense of self accomplishment. This classroom with a teacher who is as consistently calls for a "no questions" the only one who has noticed. I was may, however, be accountable to my • bored as I am. session in which the students are even petitioned by a classmate to not extraordinarily bad record of consis­ Is this the best learning environment? required to listen to an hour lecture write this article so that he/she may tently getting the wrong teachers, at the Over the years, summer courses have while biting their tongue for the dura­ have a better chance of receiving one of wrong time, in the worst environment, become a necessary evil. They are crash tion. How can an individual learn any­ these small privileges. It may be obvi­ always. courses in futility and you must struggle thing when he/she is unable to ~lear up ous I am not one of the privileged, and Maybe other students have had won­ to keep your head above water. One any details they may not understand? have thus failed to depart from the slow derful experiences with summer class­ chapter in a week, a quiz in the middle, This may be the worst display of lec­ lane or else I wouldn't be writing this es, I don' t know. But what I do know is and a test at the end of each week. As turing I have ever experienced. When I column. that what is taking place in both of my the immortal Ferris Bueller once said, look upon the faces of my fellow class­ But this type of teaching-must stop at classes is wrong. But the record will • "Life moves pretty fast sometimes. If mates and see their looks of bewilder­ some point. never reflect these things. The record you don '.t stop to take a look, you just ment and bedazzlement, coupled with The fact remains this type of problem will only reflect our grades, and our might miss it." their bleeding tongues, it is easy to has no business in a classroom especial­ grades will reflec~ poorly upon the pro­ Though this may not be an accurate understand how this may negatively ly at the collegiate level. Favoritism fessor. • quote, it suits the topic. If you stop to affect a student in some .way, shape or abounds in this class and it has been Any questions? take a look and digest everything you form. compounded with the stressful structure Sorry, we're out of time. have experienced, before you know it, It is as though my professor is saying: of a summer class to keep the smart you already have missed ah entire day 's "I am now going to present to you smarter and the dumb dumber. Not that worth of class. This puts you so far something you have never seen or heard I or any of my other classmates are • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY ,, >::.:::

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By VICKI DeSORMIER She has managed to It will all be worth it, she said, when she Staff Writer keep her grades "at a gets her degree. respectable level," but 'Then, when it's summer, we'll be able to Summer is no day at the beach for Jenny me and not tell me that I she hasn't made the take a couple of weeks and go to the beach Hill. should have thought about this when I was honor roll either, she said. every summer," she said. "That's what The mother of two is a full-time UCF stu­ younger instead of getting married right out • "I get by," she said. "I want my degree and makes it all worthwhile." dent who also works part time at a local of high school." I want to learn the skills I need to get a good ,.· book store. So, at 30, she is starting over. job. I can't let the grades really bother me. I If you are an older student or you know When school is out for Lindy, 6, and "I feel so old sometimes," she said. do my best and I learn what I need to." one who would like to be featured in this col- Shannon, 8, Hill said it throws a monkey "Really there are a lot of older students, but Hill said the balancing act she does every umn, please contact Vicki DeSormier at wrench into her life. sometimes I just notice the difference when day is more work than she ever put into ~ordgal@ rocketmail. com or call the Future "I want to go to school in the summer so I I am late to classes when she was in high school. office (977-1009) with your suggestion. can get it over and done with," she said. "It class because the girls were too slow getting "You just don't realize how important makes me crazy, sometimes, trying to juggle ready or when I have to miss class because school is when you're young," she said. "I school and work and day care, but I don't the sitter didn't show up." thought I'd get married and he'd take care of see it as a choice." Hill said she wishes all she had to worry me for the rest of Hill said she decided to go back to school about was showing up for class and· getting my life. Boy, was I wrong." after her husband filed for divorce two years her homework done. She said she hopes her daughters learn ago. She realized she only faced dead-end "But, especially in the summer when from her mistakes. She tries to encourage jobs that paid very little with a high school they're out of school, I have to figure out them in their school work and get them to do diploma. · what I have to do with them, I have to go to their homework She convinced her parents to help her pay class and rush out with her. for school on the promise she would pay to go pick them up and I have to try to study "But when it's summer, they just want to them back when she got a job after gradua­ while I'm entertaining them and doing have fun and here I am with my nose in a tion. housework and cooking dinner and stuff," book all the time," she said. "Sometimes it "Oh, they're wonderful about this," she she said. makes them nuts."

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• Jolles one step cfoser to NB'it\ dreatfi. Family helps as individual workouts await him • Bellhorn prepare FromPAGE12 "He played a terrific ·an-around game. t think • people are inttigued,'' Speraw said. "Fle really has; on-ohe" two-on-two and three-on-three games. dtine well for hims.elf. lie'$ definitely helped his for pro career had their vertical jump and reach tested, and were • weighed and measured," Speraw said. ''bi the By JEFF CASE full-court scrimmages, Mark did very well. .He Staff Writer played good, .solid all-around·defense in the first • game, and he got alot of good looks thathe could­ If Todd Bellhorn ever wonders n't g¢t to JalI Still he did a go9djoh.'' how tough the rigors of Major lo~e~:ffially foun,d his nrclie;i~'~¢ . l~ccmd gilme, ~;:·. League Baseball can be, he need CQntl~gt iff ' tfle lJen~h to ~X ; of · eight SUOt~J,~ oi:ily pick up the phone and call • scoring 1'3 poj,ntst and. grabbirtg ·.·~eved rebounds ~. his brother Mark. in l~. mmutes. Qf play. . w , . Selected in the ninth round by the in this year's MLB Amateur Draft, Todd Bellhom has seen where the road that awaits him has taken • High school recruits expected to stay his older sibling. For the former first-round draft pick from From PAGE 12 ) as players expected to play at Auburn the trek has often been a • UCF next season, according to Bergman . long, confusing and sometimes Bellhorn may be ba_ck. The Colorado Rockies selected "That scares me [to see freshman drafted]," endless road. Johnson in the 21st round while Victoria was the Bergman said. "Those are the people we got to fill After a successful career at with the Tigers, preceded by appear­ last current Golden Knight to be selected, as a 29th in the spots for the guys who leave. I don't think ances on the USA baseball and U.S. Olympic teams, Mark was • round selection by the Minnesota Twins. any of them will sign, because they weren't draft­ drafted and signed with the . The Anaheim Angels· chose two former Golden ed in a position where they should." Following two and a half years in the.Oakland farm system, Mark Knights in Will Croud and Matt Lubozynski with Under NCAA rules, freshmen who choose to was called up to the majors. A satellite system was hastily installed • their selections in the 40th and 42nd rounds, forego a pro contract cannot be redrafted until they in the Bellhorn household to watch the'-budding star in the family. respectively. are 21-years-old or have completed their third sea­ Thanks to technology, Todd hears first.Jrand about the joy of play­ Soon-to-be freshman Eric Tatum heads up a list of son of collegiate baseball, whichever comes first. ing before a major league crowd for a month or so in the majors, the •. three future Golden Knight players s~lected in the Negotiations with drafted players have already disappointment of spending two or three months back in the farm draft. Tatum, chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates in begun, so it will soon UCF's losses and future system. It always seems to be back and forth, back and forth. the 31st round joins Oviedo's Jeremy Frost (37th, plans will all be unveiled within the coming "When you go into pro ball, there is nothing left as far as amateur • Houston Astros) and Pedro Gavillan (43rd, months. baseball," said UCF baseball coach Jay Bergman, who has seen more than 25 former players sign contracts with MLB teams. "It is extremely competitive, like anything else, and it's the highest level • of competition [Todd's] going to face." Mark, a third baseman who teamed with his younger brother at Oviedo High School for two years, was recently sent back to Oakland's triple-A affiliate earlier this month after spending part of last month on Oakland's roster. The waiting game that players such as Mark face is better than never getting a chance at all, j:ls former UCF player can attest. After being chosen in the first round in 1992, Mattola chose to forego his senior season and signed with the Reds. It Six years later, Mattola was still waiting for his big break as a mem­ ber of the Cincinnati Reds Triple-A club, when he was traded and forced to start over and hope to finally get his chance. .. "It all depends on the organization that signs you," said Todd Bellhorn. "Chad has been in triple-A for six years. You never know. You've got to have luck and I think it's hard to get there, no lie, but you've got to concentrate on what you are doing and talk to the " other players who have been there." The constant switching between triple-A and major-league clubs can cause you to question the value of , Todd Bellhorn added. "Would you rather be in the bigs and not playing or in triple-A and playing all the time. I don't know," Bellhorn said. "It might be frus­ trating to some players to go back and forth all the time, but I think it depends on the individual and what they can handle it. For me, it's going to be a challenge gnd an adventure." And if he ever needs advice, he will have plenty of people to turn to, especially brother Mark, and the bushel of UCF teammates selected alongside him. Their long journey begins now.

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By JEFF CASE ed and not having that kind of development. I think [the Hqrper to train with Staff Writer returning underclassmen] will all sign [pro contracts]." US Volleyball Team The MLB Amateur draft,· which also selects high school The Amateur draft came through seniors, is different from the NBA and NFL drafts. Players Former University of UCF like a fierce hurricane, claiming three graduated are op.ly drafted in the NBA or NFL drafts if they declare Central Florida middle seniors, seven underclassmen, and three recruits. After themselves eligible or are out of eligibility in their sport blocker Tyra Harper has seeing 10 key components selected, UCF base- at the college level. This creates the opportunity been invited to train ball coach Jay Bergman could have some for UCF to lose much of next year's nucleus. In with the 1998 USA lineup shuffling to do. fact, the Knights had more players drafted Womenfs National "It's like a double-edged sword," said than any other in the country, tying Volleyball Team begin­ Bergman in a phone conversation Arizona State, Georgia Tech and ning June 29 at the from the College World Series in Southern California. Olympic Training Omaha, Neb. "You want them to After turning down $50,000 from Center · in Colorado get good and then they go from his 1997 MLB draftees, the San Springs, Colo. The 6-1 there. I think really we've pre­ Francisco Giants, to return for his senior earned the invite after participating in a pared for it [the loss of play­ senior season, Todd Bellhom was Harper ers] and hopefully in our UCF's final selection in the top one-day tryout for the preparation,[assistant coach 10 rounds. Selected by the New womenis National Team last December in " Greg] Frady has done every­ York Mets, Bellhorn (10-1, Spokane,Wash. thing he can do.Certainly 3.09 ERA) said he will sign a Harper, UCF's career record ·holder in blocks is when you lose as many pro contract and will report to a three-time All-Trans America Athletic players as that, that really a Mets' summer league in late Conference first team and All-Tournament team tears apart your ball club, June. performer. Harper also earned TAAC Player-of­ but that's the situation as "I'm pretty high and excit­ the-Year and Tournament MVP honors this sea- far as college baseball is ed about this right now," said son. ( concerned." Bellhorn, who was selected Junior pitchers Mike in the ninth round in 1997. ODU transfer ·expected Maroth and Kevin Gordon "The Mets' scout, Joe were third-round selec­ Delacari,had talked to sever­ tn enroll at UCF tions, while infielder Eric al of us before the season and Old Dominion University center Paul Reed is Riggs was picked in round after it and he really put the expected to transfer to UCF for the fall semester, .. four. business part to the side and making him eligible to play for the Golden After missing more than a talked to you as a player to see Knights in the 1999-2000 season. . month of the season due to how you were feeling. I wasn't Reed (6-foot-8, 220 pounds), played at Orlando mononucleosis, Maroth (3-3, surprised [to be drafted by Dr. Phillips High, and was recruited by UCF. He 4.09 ERA) impressed scouts them]." saw action in 23 games for ODU, starting once, with his pitching speed and was Junior outfielder Esix Snead and and would have three years of eligibility left after selected by the Boston Red Sox, junior pitcher Travis Held were sitting out this season. As a freshman last year, who cited that solid lefthanders both selected by the St. Louis Reed averaged 0.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per ·with Maroth's -ability are hard to Cardinals, in the 18th and 19th game. find. rounds, respectively. Snead, who saw At Dr. Phillips, he was a first-team all-county Pitching in only his second season, his playing time increased last season and second-team all-state selection in 1997 when Gordon (3-1, 2.63 ERA) was picked after and injury to senior Will Croud, post­ he averaged 14.2 points and 10.5 rebounds ·a minutes later by the Colorado Rockies. ed career highs in several categories, including game. Reed helped lead Dr. Phillips to the Class Riggs selection by the Los Angeles Dodgers in batting average, home runs, and stolen bases. Held 6A state semifinals two consecutive years and a the fourth round surprised few. The former basketball suffered through arm trouble all season and was not the 30-4 record in 1997. He holds school records for star from Brownsburg, Ind. was UCF's leader in batting same pitcher he was in 1997, when he was the staff ace rebounds in a season (355), \:areer rebounds (609), average (.394),.hits(87), doubles (260 and RBI (67), and leader. Still, Held's potential. caught the eye blocked shots per game (1.9), career points "When you have players and they're good and they get of St.Louis scouts. (1,042) and career free throw shooting (65 per­ into their junior Erik Johnson, UCF's junior and Lester Victoria, cent). year, they're not going to be around. It's just something who pitched and played outfield, were also selected, but "I can't really comment on his transfer until he that all college coaches have to deal with," Bergman said. actually enrolls," head coach Kirk Speraw said. "The alternative is having 10 players that were not draft- See IDGH, Page 11 Reed's arrival would mark the fourth time in the last two years that UCF receives a transfer from a four-year school. The others include Mark Jones (Minnesota), Bucky Hodge (Georgia Tech) and Jones rises to the occasion Roy Leath (Seton Hall). at NBA Pre-Draft Camp Gooch earns UCF an academic scholarship l . By TONY MEJIA the scouts seeing him play so well cer­ Alan Gooch' s selection as the American Football (. Sports Editor tainly won't hurt." Coaches Associafion's I-A Assistant Coach of the I Many of the top players who have Year has earned the UCF athletic department a The NB A Pre-Draft Camp can make or already solidified their draft position $5,000 academic scholarship from the AFCA. bre~ a prospect. With all eyes watching, skipped the camp, fearing they would "I wish to express my appreciation to the AFCA former UCF guard Mark Jones made a hurt their stock. Recognizable names and for honoring me with this award.This means so favorable impression on scouts with his faces were everywhere however, includ­ much to me, however more important is the recog­ play in the Chicago showcase, which is ing Rhode Island's Tyson Wheeler, North nition that it brings to my alma mater, the the third and final chance for prospects to Carolina's , Iowa's University of Central Florida," Gooch said. "The display their abilities in such a setting. and , award represents what is most important in our Jones, who was one of 56 players invited Cincinnati's , high profession: the positive contributions that coaches < to the Camp, was accompanied for two of school star , and Arizona make to society as they develop student-athletes the three days by UCF coach Kirk guards and Miles on and off the field. In the end, we are measure~

Speraw. Simon. All went through the same rou­ by how we have prepared them for life.'' I ' "It was wonderful to see him do well. tine. The award is part of a $165,000 scholarship pro­ Mark has alot of skill and he's got the "They started with breakdown skills, gram that was created by the AFCA last year. Photo by MIKE MARSHALL size and speed for the next level," Speraw concentrating on shooting, passing, and Central Florida, along with the assistant of the <. , said. "I didn't hear much about particular dribbling. They also separated into one- Mark Jones played solid year winners from Divisions I-AA, II, III and teams expressing interest, but that is defense and helped his stock NAIA, will receive $5,000 from the association. something that is kept pretty low-key. All See JONES, Page 11 at the NBA Pre-Draft camp.