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By BRIAN SMITH lead and copper. over many years, it can cause Senior Peter Bast said UCF Bast said he does not drink News Editor "Forty buildings were tested damage to the brain, red blood should act quickly to lower the from water fountains on campus. and 20 tested positive for copper cells and kidneys, according to lead and copper levels in the "I used to," Bast said. "Maybe In 20 buildings on the UCF in the water," said Steve the Departme1_1t of water. that accounts to my grade in campus, warning notices have Mammino, environmental health Environmental Protection "Something needs to be done Spanish. They don't need to been taped above water fountains and safety. "The amount of cop (DEP). The greatest risk is to about it, they need to act quickly argue about it. It should be pret and bathroom sinks by the Water per varies among the buildings." young children and pregnant because from my understanding · ty straighfforward. I hope they Treatment Plant. The notices The elevated lead and copper women. Amounts of copper that this is a recurring problem," Bast act quickly." warn students the water they are levels in the drinking water could won't hurt adults can slow down said. "People's hea1th is on the Mamm:ino said the pipes are drinking or washing their hands pose a health risk for students. normal mental and physical line and that should be their first with has an elevated amount of If copper builds up in the body development of growing bodies. concern." See COPPER, Page 5 World-renowned clay artist Carnival offered relief from conducts workshop at UCF stre_ss, a boost for school spirit
By ANN BOROWSKI By NATALIB NATALE Staff Writer Staff Writer
The UCF Art Gallery overflowed with Although classes were canceled for students, faculty and art lovers on Nov. Veteran's Day, students showed up on 13. They were there to catch a glimpse campus to escape from the stresses of mid-terms at the Homecoming Carnival of world-renowned clay artist, Peter \ on Nov. 11. The carnival was sponsored Voulkos. > by the Campus Activities Board and fund · "This is a rich moment in history for ed by the Activities and Service Fee. the art department," said Steve Lotz, The carnival offered rides, booths and UCF Art Gallery coordinator. food. Voulkos, 73, is widely regarded as the The rides included: a ferris wheel, leader of ceramic artists in contempo 1 bumper cars, Starship 2000, tilt-a-whirl rary America. His work in the '50s revo and the mind sweeper. lutionize~ the field and moved pottery Clubs and organizations had booths. from a craft to an art. Inspired by Tri Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Zeta Picasso and the Cubist movement, Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma sold bake Photo by NATALIE NATALE Voulkos moved away from the function goods. The Garden Club sold hand-made jewelry and clothing. Knigh~ Wear sold Ginger Tisdale, Kim Benjamin and al pot form of traditional ceramics to a UCF T-shirts and Student Government Heather Strachan of Alpha Delta Pi take more self-expressive form that led him Photo by PETER KUNDIS had a booth to vote for Homecoming king a ride on the Starship 2000, one of the Clay artist Peter Voulkos held a work- many rides at the Homecoming Carnival See VOULKOS, Page 3 shop on ceramic sculpture Nov. 14. See STUDENTS, Page 3 Nov.11. Lack of funds hurts School of Communications
By OLIVIA K. CURNOW SOC is waiting for the funds to buy They will have close to $3 million for but since the university is also fundraising Managing Editor them. equipment and furnishings. as a whole, finding companies or people Dr. Bruce Whisler, associate dean for the "It will never be enough," said Maggie to donate money to the school will be dif The $14.6 million building for the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), said LeClair, SOC office manager. "Furniture ficult. ~chool of Communication (SOC) is department officials are in the process of will take an el)ormous amount of money. "A lot of [professional] studios out there scheduled to open in January. purchasing the equipment right now. They The equipment budget is enough for some are still analog," Davis said. "So, should Landscaping has already begun and did not purchase the equipment before things [graphics lab, photo lab], but not we spend three times the amount of sewage lines are being installed. because they didn't want it to be delivered enough for others (studios]." money to build a digital studio so our stu However, radio-television, journalism and then have nowhere to put it. Whisler said the prices of the class dents can be ahead of the industry?" and advertising majors will not be able to Whisler said SOC has $1.5 million left rooms can range from $15,000 to Radio-TV major Hilda Gonzalez thinks use it in the spring because the building over from the construction fund and are $100,000, depending on how advanced it would be to her, and other students, has yet to be equipped for their classes. expecting an additional $740,000 in dona the technology is. advantage to have a digital studio. A graphics lab, reporting lab and tele tions from the Harris Corporation, The Dr. Robert Davis, who heads the adver "By the time I get out of here, [profes vision studios are awaiting computers and Orlando Sentinel, WOFL-TV and Darden tising-public relations program, said the sional studios] will be digital, so it'll be cameras. Restaurants. SOC is involved in private fundraising, See NEVER, Page 5
"The hook brings you back" Last chance A look at the final weeks of the A review of the Blues Traveler con- The football team gets one more shot semester. at an upset. -~age 10 November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 2 Construction to add smoother road and sidewalk
By KATHIE BULLARD lanes and a sidewalk. The fall '98 semester. The 105,000 "The purpose of the observa building and is made of brick. Staff Writer drainage ot' the road was not square foot building will have tion rooms is to be able to have On the inside of the building, the effective and is also being television and film studios, radio instruction for students and to wave is in the two main hallways The construction by the Lake repaired and upgraded. station, auditorium, offices for see a real TV/radio program," and ru'ns along the ceiling. Claire Courtyard Apartments In addition to the construction the dean and staff, classrooms DeWoody said. Where the wave appears on the may be a hassle for students now, of the road, an extension of the and labs. The three studios and The auditorium has about ceiling, the carpet below has a but in the end, everyone should Visual Arts Building's parking some of the classrooms will be 3,000 seats, a raised stage and is red wave to match. be pleased with the results. lot will be added. soundproof observation rooms soundproof with a control room. When the building is complete, The construction on Aquarius This extension will add about so students can watch and learn Conference rooms for the staff it will work with future advances Agora Road has closed and tom 70 spaces, said Richard Paradise, how to develop film, edit sound will have modern conveniences in technology and be a worth up the area. Students have to director of the Physical Plant. and put together a television such as hidden dry erase boards while tool. Though these con drive around Greek Row to get to The parking lot is scheduled to show. The television studio and acoustic sound boards to struction projects are for the the Student Union and the park open by Jan. 3. has a raised seating area in the keep the echo down. good of the students, the resi ing lots. Along the road, the new com control room so students can The architect made his mark dents of Lake Claire have com When the road was originally munication building is under watch the behind-the-scenes - with the recurring "wave" seen plaints. "It's making parking and constructed, it could not handle construction. action. on the outside and inside of the traffic more hectic," said senior heavy traffic. Once the construc The building for the College of Scott DeWoody, construction building. The "wave" is meant to Angela Calhoun. "It's annoying tion is complete on Dec. 15, the Arts and Sciences is scheduled to project manager for Facilities represent the communication and inconvenient. My building is road will be upgraded and partially open for the spring Planning, has headed the con- wave of radio and television. right next to it and we can hear it repaired with the addition of bike semester and fully open for the struction from the beginning. It is seen on the outside of the in the morning."
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LJiF 1~ho ALUMNI Y • 'People call my stuff art, I just call it stuff' - Voulkos From PAGE 1 "Switch Plate." It is a large tured surface. This wood-fired • to create large ceramic sculptural wood-fired ceramic with two stoneware piec~ is brown but has works. horizontal spaces in the center. a yellowish tint to it. "Usually Voulkos doesn't do The colors on the piece range "Voulkos is a master of • colleges," said Teresa Robert, an from deep brown to a light pur Abstract Expressionism," said art student and organizer of the ple. Rose Slivka, author of The Art two-day workshop with Voulkos "By orchestrating the fire, you of Peter Voulkos. "His attack on • and his "fireman" Peter Callas. can get all colors from black to clay can be compared to the way "He agreed to come to UCF at a white," Callas said. "That's the Jackson Pollack would fling reduced rate because of the stu best thing about this traditional paint onto a canvas." • dent interest and commitment." method." Along with the art of Voulkos Robert and other pottery stu Voulkos' gallery pieces are and Callas in the gallery are the dents have built a rare, ancient numerous and varied. He has col prints of Sid Chafetz and Fred style "anagama" kiln, a wood lages in frames and jagged Burton. fired type that Voulkos and stoneware plates on the walls of For more than forty years, Callas use. Modem kilns are usu the gallery. Several large Chafetz's woodcuts, etchings • ally electric or gas-fired. The kiln stoneware sculptures are on and lithographs have examined is located about a mile from the pedestals sitting in the center of American political and cultural UCF main campus on Buck the gallery . history. His prints in the gallery • Road. It is five feet wide, 4.5 feet One of the large pieces is range from pieces about former high and 18 feet long. called "Caracoles." It looks like a Presidents Nixon and Reagan to "This anagama kiln gives a dra Greek vase with a rounded bot a series of portraits of the ordi • matic effect to the pieces fired in tom and tall narrow opening at nary people that executed it, you get tonality and warmth the top. The piece has rough Hitler's plan for the Jews. from this process·," said Callas, edges and the colors on it range Burton's woodcuts are color • who built the first anagama kiln from red to brown. ful. Some of his works in the in North America. "The wood "Some people call my stuff art, gallery feature hares. Other firing process is growing. It's just but I just call it stuff," Voulkos works have portraits of master • a matter of planting a new seed said. artists Rembrandt, Frida Kahlo and letting it grow." Another piece of Voulkos' is and James Joyce. • Callas is an artist in his own called "Ghost." The sculpture right. He has exhibited in looks like a profile of a child. The artists' works will be in Norway, Japan and across the The "head" of the sculpture is the gallery until Dec. 6. Photo by PETER KUNDIS • United States. One of his pieces looking down and the "body" of Gallery hours are Monday "Apache," a sculpture by Peter Voulkos, is on display in the UCF in the UCF exhibit is called the sculpture is round with a tex- through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Art Gallery until Dec. 6. • 1 ., cc.rccc 'tb(n 7 •A.11t••m·.-.a. a p ·I' • .1 Students enjoyed -~ __R_!a~B,!!'~-.9 ~ V_!I~ ~ri_£e!!_ __ •• • 1 • cotton candy, rides • : Where Else Can You Eat : •~ FromPAGEl Sweet Retreat's ice cream were served. Also, Loco's Pub and and queen. the arena's concessions sold • The Dance Marathon raised food . • money for the Children's : This Good fOr this Little? The rides offered students a Miracle Network with a pie-in , chance to retreat from the I the-face booth. For a dollar, a everyday grind of classes. Full-Flavored student could pie a member of • I Some students released the Student Government. Keith stress of school by crashing McDonald, student body presi I into oncoming vehicles on . the 9 dent, and Karen Montague, stu • 0 bumper cars, while other stu I dent body vice president, took dents opted for tamer rides. part in the activity. I $3.99 . 'mfF $3.99 "I enjoyed a relaxing, peace The Homecoming committee • ful ride ·on the ferris wheel," kept UCF spirit soaring high by I M-W Only DINN ER M-W Only said junior Julia Montgomery. leading cheers with the use of "It gave me a great view of the megaphones. It also gave away I Over 8 ounces of zesty. srnoked, campus." • UCF paraphernalia: golf tow Bar-B-Q Beef. Hand-cuf & piled high. Includes garlic toast and Rides such as the Starship I els, T-shirts, frisbees, mega of' fwo: 2000, which defies gravity by your choice cole slew, bar-b-q beans or frenoh fries. phones, squeeze bottles, key using rapid rotation and cen • I chains, temporary tattoos and With purchase: of t'leve:ra~e. Dine-In ._..,.._.Y'S (i) _ (il Q' trifugal force, was the choice only. Not valid with any other stickers to people who could II WWM -IJ(Jr-o· for the more adventurous. I dl£lcounts or coupone. · cheer the loudest. , "It was fun being plastered At one point, Doug Welch, 11 against the wall, said junior -- Homecoming spirit committee L------Celeste Miller. "It wasn't member, threw UCF towels scary." from the top of the ferris wheel. • The Homecoming committee Members of the Homecoming is already considering having committee drove around cam another carnival in the future. pus inviting students to the car • "In talking with the students nival. throughout the day, they would "This is an effective way to like to see it again," said Jean spread spirit around school," McClellan-Holt, program coor • said Jason Lewis, director of dinator of student activities. marketing for the Homecoming committee. "I was really impressed even • SHE 100.3 was on-hand to though I didn't go on all the 11 provide music and T-shirts for rides, said sophomore Stacy , the event. Cotton candy and Hughes. • Coming soon the CFF on-line • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 4 Punches thrown for a parking spot By ANNEMARIE MONTALI and asked for ID and proof of counterfeit money in exchange stolen by Diana Furka, 20. She Nov. 3, someone entered her Staff Writer purchase on the bike. When he for $20. The women were asked parked her car on campus and room in Lake Hall and removed could not produce proof of ov . for change for a $20 bill by two between 5:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. two gold necklaces from her jew Harrison Ebert, 23, reported a ership, police placed Arden men in Osceola Hall. The decal was removed from her elry box. There were no finger man driving a small, red hatch Tyrell Rice, 19, under arrest for When Preston and Schachter car on Nov. 5. Furka is willing to prints found. back blocked his car after he had theft. The bicycle, after being realized the bill was a fake, they prosecute. pulled into a parking space. The identified by Richter's Social report- • Bryanna Bach, 20, reported suspect Security number engraved on the ed it Jean Negeondelestag, 19, money stolen from a room inside got out frame, was recovered and reported his backpack stolen. the Pi Beta Phi fraternity house. of his car returned to Richter. Negeondelestag left his back Sometime between Oct. 26 and and told pack on the sideline of the soccer Oct. 31, a person entered the Ebert to Louis Becerril, 18, was field to play soccer on Nov. 6. storage room of the house and move his arrested for driving under the When he returned an hour later, took $1,570 from a desk drawer. car. influence at 12:33 a.m. Police the bag was missing. When reported that Becerril smelled Richard Lopez, 20, Greg Ebert refused, the suspect of alcohol, had glassy and • A person set fire to flyers in Pacitti, 22, and Cory Ruth, 20, opened Ebert's car door, punched blood-shot eyes and was Seminole Hall, which set the were arrested for possession of him in his face, kicked Ebert's unsteady on his feet while building's fire alarm off and cannabis cigarettes. Officers wit door closed and then returned to being questioned. He was caused the residents to evacuate. nessed the men passing the ciga his own car and left the scene on placed under arrest after fail- Officers found burnt flyers on rette to each other outside the Nov. 3. ing field sobriety tests on the second floor of the Sigma Chi house on Nov. 1. Ebert describes the suspect to Nov. 9. building on Nov. 6. Police were given permission to be 6 feet tall, weighing between The state fire marshal search Lopez's clothing and they 160-165 pounds, has a dark com • Tammy Yates, ·19, was called to the found three cigarettes in his plexion and possibly of Indian reported a burglary of scene. No one was pocket, which later tested posi descent. her room in the Zeta injured and minor tive for containing cannabis. Tau Alpha sorority damage was done to house. Yates said the wall behind the • Gerald Fransen, 36, was arrest In other reports from the sometime between flyers. There are no ed for driving under the influ Nov. 6 and Nov. 9 a witnesses or suspects ence. Police witnessed Fransen UCFPD: person broke into her at this time. stumbling out of his car. When locked file cabinet they approached to question him, causing between $20- • Sherwin Durity, 22, officers smelled alcohol on the Emily Richter, 18, reported her $30 in damage. reported finding defendant and noticed his face bike stolen. Richter had locked Fingerprints were col pornographic material was flushed and his eyes were her bike to a rack in front of the lected from the scene. that someone had glassy and blood-shot. After fail • Business Administration downloaded onto one ing the field sobriety tests on Building on Oct. 14 at about 9 • Anthony Bencomo, 21, of the UCF newsgroup Nov. 2, Fransen was arrested and a.m. When she returned after her reported his car stolen. websites. Durity taken to the DUI center where he class at 9:50 a.m., she saw a Bencomo parked his car copied the material on refused to take a breath test. black male, riding her bike. When in the Lake Claire parking a disk and brought it to she saw her bike again at about lot on Nov. 7. He noticed his car to their resident advisor and later police on Nov. 6. The material • Christopher Schmitt, 26, was 2:45 p.m. outside of the Wayne missing at about 7:15 p.m. the contacted the police on Nov. 9. contained explicit photos of ·men arrested for loitering. Officers Densch Sports Center, Richter next day. There are no witnesses The women were able to give a and young girls under the age of were called to respond to a com notified the police. or suspects at this time. physical description of one of the 16. plaint of a suspicious person in a Officers arrived and watched Bencomo is willing to prosecute. males who had given them the campus parking lot at about 9:45 the bike until the suspect money. • Denise Burns, 18, reported p.m. on Nov. 2. When police unlocked the bike and rode off • Jeffery Preston, 21, and Staci several pieces of jewerly stolen. arrived, they found Schmitt on it. Officers then stopped him Schachter, 21, reported receiving • A parking decal was reported Sometime between Oct. 31 and ducking behind parked cars. • Television sh_ows come alive at Skit Night • • By KELLY BRYANT repetitiveness of the sketches by adding Staff Writer cheerleading stunts and encouraging the audience to participate. • UCF's annual Skit Night was a success The music also helped to liven up the once again due to the Homecoming audience throughout the three-hour event. Board and campus organizations. A few performances exceeded their 10- • Sixteen acts performed at the UCF minute time allotment and were forced to Arena on Nov. 13 to advocate school spir end their act before it was finished. it and unity. The audience cheered . the The evening also provided laughter at • organizations as they performed skits the expense of Eastern Michigan based on popular. television shows. University. The theme of the event was "Prime The Homecoming Board added its own • Time Knights." touch to the evening by performing a "The overall idea is for the acts to be running skit titled "Knightro's based on television shows incorporating Knowledge," which was a Jeopardy-like Photos by KELLY COURSEY UCF spirit," said Mark Rothschild, Skit quiz show hosted by Johnny McKnight. • Students danced the "Cotton Eye Joe" at Skit Night and competed, along with many Night coordinator. The categories included "This ain't no other organizations, for a Spirit Cup during Homecoming week. Organizations per The skits ranged from popular televi tourist attraction." The purpose of the formed skits from popular sitcoms at Skit Night on Nov. 13. sion sitcoms such as "Coach" to "The category was to poke fun at UCF and its .. Beverly Hillbillies." students. Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Alpha Many organizations participated in the Epsilon performed as several Saturday event. • Night Live characters. "It's really important to get involved The UCF Surf Club performed a rendi and show support for the school," said tion of the Jerry Springer Show with the junior Laura Wharton, who performed in • stereotypical talk show guests provided. the skit for the United Residents Student "I think Skit Night is a really cool idea," Association. "When you start including said sophomore Dave Haft. "It's obvious yourself in things like this, you realize that the fraternities and sororities put a lot how much fun UCF can be:" • of hard work into their performance." Kappa Delta and Sigma Chi ended the Many acts incorporated dancing and evening with a parody of Beverly Hills singing into the skits. This broke up the 90210, which was a crowd favorite. • • • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 5 Copper pipes leach contaminants into .water From PAGE 1 corrosion or wearing away of , tests the water for lead and cop lead content of faucets, pipes and to reduce the lead and copper • the reason the water has an ele materials containing lead in the per twice a year. The first test is other plumbing materials. levels is unknown. vated amount of lead and copper. water distribution system and the done during the fall semester and UCF, with the assistance of the "Nobody usually knows," "It's from the pipes in the old building's plumbing. These the second is done during the Environmental Protection Mammino said. "The Water • buildings," Mammino said. "A materials include lead-based spring semester. Agency (EPA), has implemented Treatment Plant is monitoring lot of the pipes are copper." · sodder used to join copper pipes Mammino said the water is a corrosion control system to the water level, but it takes a Mammino explained why the to the water main. tested on a regular basis. lower the lead and copper levels. while for it to work. It could be a • water is contaminated. When water stands in lead "We take a sample after the The system increases the month or two." When water sits in the line for pipes or plumbing systems con water has been sitting in the line amount of PH into the water sup The goal of the corrosion con a while, the copper leaches into taining lead for several hours or for about six hours," Mammino ply to coat the copper pipes. The trol system is to bring the copper • it, Mammino said. The biggest more, the lead may dissolve into said. coating prevents the water from levels in the buildings down to problem is after the weekend your drinking water. This means A building built before 1987 coming into contact with the the EPA level of 1.3 parts per when the water has been sitting. the first water drawn from the tap must be tested for its lead and metal. million and the lead level to .015 The DEP explained further. in the morning can contain fairly copper level in the water regular "The higher the PH, the less the parts per million. The lead enters the drinking high levels of lead,_ according to ly. water will come into contact," The system is not designed to water primarily as a result of the the DEP. In 1986, Congress banned the Mammino said. eliminate the lead and copper The Water Treatment Plant use of lead sadder to restrict the The effectiveness of the system from the water. • "You're allowed to have acer tain amount of copper in the water," Mammino said . • If the corrosion control system cannot reduce the level of lead and copper, UCF will be • Compaq Presorio 1090ES Notebook required by federal law to replace the plumbing lines that • l.50MHz: Pentium· procenor leach copper into the water. • • l6MS RAM {cxpondob.!e Jo d8MS) "Replacing the old pipes • 1.4G8 hard dm would be impossible," Mammino said. UCF has taken steps to elimi • nate future problems with ele vated lead and copper levels. "The new pipes that are being " Premi$rSouod Avdio Sy$tem • put in the buildings under con • Network·reody (Eth~nt PC Cord} struction are PVC pipes, which • Comprehensive sottwore bundle are made from plastic," • for schocl or~ home Mammino said. * Throe·yOQr limited worronty Until the levels are reduced to {corry in, pick vp}' EPA standards, the Water • Treatment Plant advises stu dents to flush the line for at least one minute before drink .. ing or cooking with the water. In addition, the DEP recom mends to conserve water and fill a couple of containers for chink • ing purposes after flushing the tap . • • • beyond your s,tack of Never do$swork t$ o well· • de.setved tdidoy. Whot better enough time for .oomething thorll make oe~t • year bO~ier? With the Compqq Pre$0rio money l090fS, you con download photo$ off the Web, grob facts from the CD encyclopedia, drop them into your • FromPAGEl report and e-moil it to your profctt$0r. And ot only 7~3 pound$, great if I learn digital at the yov con do ft ol school, at home, even ot the pizzo shop. Bvt while university," Compaq sells more computers thon cmy other compcmy on eorth, thl$ offer is she said. not long for the world. It's good only vntil December 31, 1997 or while supplies. lost. Davis recognizes how quick ly technology changes. TO ORDER YOUR OWN CALL 1·888·215·8872 M·r H[csn; Sat 9·JfCSTl "Communication will for more informotion, vi$it your campus computer $fore. never win a technological race with business," Davis said. "We're buying computers that are going to be outdated in a year. That's how fast technolo gy is moving." Courtney Lewis, a 1997 graduate from the Ad/PR pro COMPAQ gram, believes not having the appropriate facilities hurt his . www.compoq.com/ edu<:otion education. "I don't feel the degree that I earned prepared me for the. real world," he said. "A lot of the work in my field is com puter-base_d and the computers we used were inadequate." November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 6 LEAD STORIES civil rights-era statues depict placed on it by her children, tried her; one suing relative said, "It's Alberta, of mailing obscene police dogs and officers' brutali to burn it off. She succeeded but a very serious and highly person material, namely a photograph of • In October, Santa Cruz, ty against demonstrators, only because the fire obliterated al matter that is very painful to only his genitals. He said he Calif., attorney Jay Waddell's piece shows four nude everything but the car's charred the family." intended to send it for publica BloomBecker began offering a black women in a fountain, rep outer frame. tion in a men's magazine in order weekly Plaintiff School Support resenting the adulthood the girls • In September, Superior, Wis., to meet women, but it wound up Group for People in Litigation. OOPS! were never allowed to achieve. A administrative law judge Charles in the mailbox of a Calgary busi For $15 a session, BloomBecker • Latest truck spills: 3 tons of committee of the Unitarian Schaefer denied unemployment ness woman by mistake. And guides lawsuit-filers through the liquid chocolate on State Road Universalist Church said the benefits to June Lauer, who had Michael E. Starks, 31, and process while sympathizing with 15 near Belleville, Ill., in July; sculpture shows what one might quit her job at Kentucky Fried Ginger Edwards, 28, were arrest the anguish that caused them to 1O tons of ketchup in Carnegie, see at a "slave auction." Chicken, disgusted by the preva ed in Collinsville, Ill., in litigate. "The basic problem," he Pa., in July; 20 tons of jalapenos (However, the black mayor of lence of vile language in the September after they dialed a told the newspaper Metro Santa on 1-10 in San Antonio in Birmingham and the father of workplace. Schaefer ruled that wrong number trying to have an Cruz, "is that people come to me September; 4,000 gallons of one of the bomb victims said Lauer did not have good cause to escort service send a female to not because they want money but milk on 1-35 north of Norman, they like Waddell's piece.) quit because, he wrote, "Use of complete their sexual threesome. because they're hurt." Okla., in July; and, on the same • In June, Kenyon Bowe was vulgar and obscene language and Instead, a 63-year-old Florissant, • Another "Distinguishing day in June, a truckload of turkey picked up by the Coast Guard terms can serve to promote Mo., great-grandmother got the Characteristic": According to an innards on State Road 119 near after drifting 15 hours in the group solidarity." call, played along, arranged a October Reuters news report, a Longmont, Colo., and a partial Atlantic Ocean on his Jet Ski, on meeting, and notified police. man who was fined for mooning FIRST THINGS FIRST load of putrid cow hearts and which he had intended to ride • John and Margaret Ruppel's German Chancellor Helmut intestines on 1-35 in Minneapolis from Fort Lauderdale to • Mary Samuel, 34, a food new, $3.5 million mansion near Kohl in a political protest two (which did not deter the driver, Freeport, Bahamas, about_ 100 seller in Monrovia, Liberia, Tampa, burned to the ground in years ago near Salzburg, Vienna, who witnesses said never even miles away. (He said he lacked quoted in The New York Times May after a maid accidentally has decided to appeal his fine of slowed down). patience to wait for the next in July supporting eventual win closed a kitchen cabinet door in about $357. The man has asked a • Cary L. Rider, 43, was arrest cruise ship.) And in August, ner Charles Taylor in the then such a way that a toaster was court to require Kohl to come ed for burglary in Wood River, Lawrence Tervit was picked up irnminent national elections that activated. The Ruppels had back to Vienna, take a look at the Ill., in September after· police drifting in the English Channel were to end years of vicious civil recently made a decision not to protester's bare bottom, and cer found him in a hospital. The bur after he had set out for the 30- war: "He killed my mother, and insure the house. tify that he wa$ not among .the glar had attempted to move a mile trip to England from Calais, he killed my father, and I don't moaners. safe, but it fell on his hand, and (Send your Weird News to France, on a 3-by-3-foot wooden care -- I love Charles Ghankay • The King's Continuing his glove was found underneath Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 8306, pallet. (He said he ran out of Taylor." Influence: Voters in Tornved, it, still containing the top part of St. Petersburg, 33738, or money in France ~d couldn't • David Ash, 21, was arrested Denmark, have a chance to vote the middle finger of the burglar's [email protected]. afford a ferry back.) in August in Northport, Ala., and for Birger Niels Petersen as city left hand (which was exactly the Chuck Shepherd's latest paper • Jamaal Lou Wallace, 27, was charged with robbing a Speed councilman this month and pos part that Rider was missing when back, "The Concrete Enema and arrested at a traffic checkpoint Mart. As David entered the store sibly enjoy a payoff on his cam he reported to the hospital). Said Other News of the Weird near Knoxville, Tenn., in July with a knife, he was apparently paign promises: to rename the one officer, "He admitted . it. Classics," is now available at when officers found 300 pounds so focused on his goal that he town's main street Elvis Presley What can you do if your finger's bookstores everywhere. To order of marijuana in his trunk. passed right by his father, Boulevard and the town hall there?" it direct, call 1-800-642-6480 Wallace had drawn attention to Frankie Ash, who was walking Graceland. And in a story 0n the • In August, Frederick Yuzyk, and mention this newspaper. The himself: (1) Said one officer, he U.S.-China summit in October, out after making a purchase. 34, was convicted in Edmonton, price is $6.95 plus $2 shipping.) had a "deer-caught-in-the-head The New York Times reported Frankie shrugged and told his lights" look i_n his eyes, and (2) wife, waiting in the car, that thatpresident Jiang Zemin, visit he had attempted to mask the ing the Philippines in l 996, imti David was probably in a hurry marijuana smell with air freshen ated a duet with his host, presi to use the bathroom, but the ers but had used "15 to 20" of couple watched as their son dent Fidel Ramos, in which the them, creating an odor in his car wielded the knife, grabbed the two sang "Love Me Tender" in that "would nearly knock you English. money and ran out. When KNIGHT'S LossmG down," said the officer. 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Now wouldn't it make why the rush at the end of the There is no consistency here! mouldy, or cold which is a good sense to not add any unneces- semester that seems to do more This is where the average sign that quality becomes some- If you are actually taking the sary stress on the students? harm than good? In my efforts teacher will say, "But haven't what expendable. time to read this column as well Maybe college professors just to do some hard research on you known about these assign- I just don't understand the as the whole newspaper that don't understand the lengths we exactly that question I asked ments all semester? Why didn't whole system. Every semester it probably means that you've got are forced to go to just to please some of UCF's most respected you plan ahead?" And to this I is the same. Every one of your some free time on your hands. them. It is a tiring, excruciating professors to answer the ques- respond: Students don't plan professors goes into denial and Well, congratulations! Because and sometimes humiliating tion. Unfortunately, however, ahead because it is not in their thinks that 1) you don't have the rest of the student body is process that calls for any self- they all responded with a "no nature. Just like it is not in a any other classes 2) you don't doing their best to get all their respect to be thoughtfully tossed comment." I think this reaction horse's nature to fly, or a chair's have any life (and this doesn't assigned work done. out the window. is a fairly good indicator of to talk, or a teacher's to be more mean social, just irrelevant Homecoming is over and This dilemma is one that has exactly what this is all about. · prepared! If students were things like eating and sleeping) from here it is only downhill. plagued students for ages. My There is obviously some sort of always planning ahead than they 3) that you really enjoy doing The problem is that it really parents have told me stories of conspiracy going on here con- would lose track of what they their work and 4) you will thank isn't downhill because that how in their day they didn't cerning students and ridiculous were supposed to do right at them later on in life. would suggest that it is going to sleep for the last two weeks of amounts of school work. I don't that momttnt. They would be so There has got to be a better get easier, not a chance. The last college and devoured more than know exactly why or who, but busy thinking about tomorrow way. Students can only take so two and a half weeks of school four cases of coffee, all the Oliver Stone has proved to us that today would get all screwed much stress before they are dri- are without a doubt the toughest while playing the Beach Boys' that we don't necessarily need a up because they forgot what it ven to partying. I just hope and a student will endure. "Help Me Rhonda" over and motive for a conspiracy, and in was they were supposed to do! pray that myself and my fellow Teachers have taken this over on their record player so that case, we've got one. Just like Annie said, tomorrow students can make it through sacred oath that allows them to that they wouldn't fall asleep. A semester consists of about is only a day away! this last mad dash for the finish assign all of their hardest work Why that song? Because it was four months if my data is cor- Why can't this rush be at line. Though we are beat on by during the last few days of the the most annoying song out rect. In those four months stu- some other point in the semes- the man, remember that after semester. I fail to understand there~ equivalent to today's dents are asked to complete ter? September is pretty slow. you take your last final or hand this notion. While it is nice to hit : "I take a vodka drink/ I many assignments over a given Nothing really happens. If all in your last paper that the time be able to pretty much coast take a gin drink ... I get knocked period of time. Often, however, the work has to be assigned at yo-µ have is yours and you can through the majority of the out/But I get up again/ You ain't a student is without any serious one time, why not put it right in do with it what you please. semester it is sheer hell to man- ever gonna keep me down," work to do for weeks on end. It the middle of the semester And besides, surely this age papers, two projects, and anyone needing an annoying seems that the average student instead of at the end? The end won't happen at the end of next three tests all at once. It is a melody that will keep you up, goes through periods where of the semester is so bland and semester, right?! known fact that the highest rate this song will get the job done. he/she has either tons of work to cold. By this time our thinking • @"c:s~'o...as 1:0.. s~oa~ C~£t.~S -Oe>..a''1" ~At-IT -To AfolS~ICC-. -~3&·. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE KNIGHT PUBLISHING, INC • 120 N. CENTRAL AVE. OVIEDO, FL 32765 News and Sports Desk ( 407) 977-9396 Entertainment Desk ( 407) 977-9397 • Advertising & Classifieds ( 407) 977-1009 Fax ( 407) 977-0019 Publisher ...... Scott Wallin Writers: Ken Jackson, Jeff Case .Tara Managing Editor...... Olivia Curnow Sub Dorsey, Peter Kundis, James News Editor...... Brian Smith Combs, Melinda Schubach, Steve Sports Editor...... Derek Gonsoulin Barnes, Jennifer Lindstrom, Jennifer Opinion Editor...... Jason Heironimus Pridemore, Tony Mejia, Jeff Billman, • Entertainment Ed ...... 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By GWEN R RHODES Other students stopped to The Spirit Splash featured: Staff Writer observe the pandemonium, the local band Average Joe, the while a few found themselves UCF Marching Band, dancers, Thigh high, cold water greet carried into the chilly waters by cheerleaders, football players, ed those who dared to join the friends. Kiiightro and Glycerine. Also revelers in the Reflecting Pond Sophomore Jen Reardon said on hand was WJRR, which is a on Nov. 14 at UCF's the Spirit Splash represents the local radio station. Homecoming pep rally, the spirit and growing student In addition, the pep rally Spirit Splash. involvement in UCF campus whipped up support for the For students who participated, activities. UCF versus Auburn basketball the rewards were worth it as "I chose to attend UCF game by including UCF's bas members of the Campus because it is a smaller, friend ketball team for the first time in Activity Board and the Student lier school," Reardon said. 18 years. Government Association show "The pep rally this year is big Homecoming was special for ered them with various spirit ger and better than last year. Chris Gonzalez, director of the items: pennants, Frisbees, There is more involvement pride and tradition committee cups, golf towels and a from independent organizations and a member of the Photo by AMBER BOWERS Knightro doll. whereas before it seemed that it Homecoming Court, by the To show their homecoming spirit, students took a dip in the Senior Craig Williams, who was only the sororities and fra arrival of his parents Judy and Reflecting Pond on Nov.14. has participated in the pep rally ternities involved. Rod Gonzalez of Tamarac, Fla. for the last three years had high "You have an advantage when "It's my first time working at praise for the event. it comes to getting the free the pep rally," Gonzalez said. "I "The water was cold, but handouts because they mostly hope to get wet before it's over. worth it as it's all about being throw them to the people in the That's part of the fun of it. This number one and supporting the water, plus it's more fun to be in pep rally is definitely bigger school," Willi.ams said. the water." and better than the past three In addition to the spirited Reardon, who as a non-swim years. We're definitely showing crowd in the Reflecting Pond, mer chose not to get in the pond everyone that we're flat out bet many preferred to sit around it this year due to the higher depth ter in every aspect." ORLANDO EMPLOYMENT .Marriott. Skit night: INTERNMIONAL DRIVE OPPORTUNITY A student, acting as U CF bike patrol, "pulled over" a car as . The Orlando Marriott, International part of a performance at Skit Night on Nov. 13. Drive is currently seeking a part-time Buman Resources Clerk. This Individual will provide administrative support to the Human Resources staff in such areas as recruitment, benefits administration, employee relations, etc. Must be knowlledgeable of WP 6. 1 & Lotus 1-2-3. Excellent written, verbal & interpersonal communication skills. Must also be a team player, well organized, multi-task oriented & able to work under pressure. Bilingual is a plus. Photo by KELLY COURSEY Excellent entry level opportunity for business/hospitality majors. Great benefits pack11ge, including discounted room nights. /ling anll IJueen Apply M-F la-4p, 8001 International Drive or Chris Davis and Jill fax resumes to (407) 352-7054 .. EOE M/F/D/V. Balboni were named 1997 A drug free workplace. Homecoming King and Queen during the halftime show on Nov. 15. Crowd surtet Fans surfed the crowd Stop talking about it. BOOK A HlGHT. during the Homecoming 9et a rail pass. concert, which f eatu red Jonny Lang and Blues kiss mom uoodbye. Oon·t look back. JUSrr· ! J GO • Traveler. 407-641-2000 Student Union. Pegasus Circle, Bldg. 52, Suite 102·A, Orlando, Fl 32816 www.sta-travel.com STA Travel...... !IJj the world's largest STA TRAVEL student travel organization. We've been there. • • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 9 • • • I think Homecoming is an event that honors the Alumni of UCF. I also think that its a time to celebrate the school. • - Gregg Arent, Junior, Health Service Administration, Jupiter. • by PETER KUNDIS • II!& *1 @ ~ • :;-:;:, «~ '~ • ffi ·"*'''' '" !JI< 9i ' -. '~-' ~ @i ~ • To help keep the spirit alive amount the students here at UCF. It also brings th.e students together in support of ;_ . their school. • ,, iii' ~Erin Hudson, Sophomore, Coromunica~ive Disorders, Tampa . \,.,- - . .. ~ . • ~,,,._ ,. , ~ @ ~ • • -11· Homegomiug is a time/event to unite all of the stu • dents to celebrate, our school'stradition, and not to mention .... : to PARTY!!! ...... Jean Mar« Nguyen, Senior, Micro/Molecular Biology, Sarasota . • Meet Martin- • • • • • Study Tum'etn up a notch with hot, • delicious pizza f;rom Domit}o's. · So, pick up the phone and • give us a call Well be tight. over. • It's an attempt to increase student involvement and pride through all of the activities during the week. By Friday • the school will be overcome with high spirit. GO UCF! Serving UCF GO KNIGHTS! 12213 University Blvd. - Melissa A. Rivera, Senior, Spanish, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 384-8888 For a limited time Homecoming is also a week filled with student activities aimed at raising school spirit. It's a chance for students to come together and create a common bond and enjoy the activities designed for $7.~~AX Homecoming Week. - Dawn Wilcox, Junior, Radio/ TV. Jupiter. November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 10 · Comics· • - ~ l\~~ \ti 1\lil& ~ \S ~\i'f C~\~~ CAAe - • ~\~~~-~}\~,,, f'ROte$8IONAL ... m~~~ ... , • Due t0 1~e h Featuring the smash hit ·''On ANd ON" Q • ISi. ·\'-iO Mother APPEARING AT: .SAPPHIRE · NOVEMBER 23, 1997 ON TOUR WITH: THE DANDY WARHOLS • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 11 • • • • • • ---~~ tfl~~~ • • • r--•-·_ "',1lfia~'"c~ DE' $4.00 Pitchers & $1.00 [)rafts ANYTIME ~ Monday Night Football -All U Can • Eat Wings - 8p-10p - $6.99 t& Saturday - Bikini Contest - 3 for $1 , Jello Shots - [).J. - $2 Pitcher.s Starts at JOp.m. ~ Late Knight Happy Hour - Mon.-Fri . . 1lp to Close - $3 Pitchers V' Check Out our Happy Hours for All NFL • & College Football Games · · LIVE Action on Our Big Screen T. V. • NOW SERVING - Margaritas • Daquiries • Pina Coladas · ·White Russians • Tequila Sunrises • Screwdrivers & Many More - $3 ea./$2 Happy Hour (mixed only) • Full Size 11875 E. 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Two of the routines he has Away" who add to the comical Rowan Atkinson is Bean in the Bean really talk and learn that he done before, but they are still just story. hilarious new movie titled works at an art museum. What as funny if not funnier because One of the best scenes is when "Bean." The character of Mr. exactly he does is not really cer they are on the big screen. Macnicol is called away to a Bean was first introduced on simple premise for each episode tain but the staff of the museum In certain places Bean is also meeting and tells Bean, who is British television and later and blown it way out of propor decides to volunteer Bean to reminiscent of two Peter Sellers standing in front of the painting episodes were shown worldwide. tion. For instance in one show travel to America to supervise characters: Chancy the gardener not to do anything while In America the show has been a Bean begins the skit at a putt putt the unveiling of the original in "Being There" whose state Macnicol is gone. Of course big hit on public television sta golf center, hits the ball outside painting of "Whistler's Mother" ments were believed. to be so Bean does exactly the opposite tions throughout the nation. All the establishment and plays it that has been purchased by a profound even though he was a that sets up the rest of the film. that is, except Orlando. But not wherever it lands including a secret buyer who is to put the simple caretaker, and Clouseau Overall, Bean is a delightful to fear, episodes are available at bus, a woman's grocery bag, and painting on display in a gallery of the "Pink Panther" films. farcical excursion of entertain most video stores. numerous other locations before in the United States. There are the familiar faces of ment and you don't have to be a The beauty of the show is that he returns to the course to sink The fun really begins when the Peter Macnicol from '.'Chicago fan of the show to enjoy the film. the comedy has always taken a the putt, then count his outra- Americans call him a brilliant Hope" and "Ally McBeal," Burt UCF graduate shines through science fiction novel By GARY ROEN Staff Writer Elisabeth Devos is a shining example of someone who grad uated from this university to go on to bigger and better things. ·introducing bigger can Devos is the author of the sci the ence fiction hovel The Seraphim Rising (Roe $5.99 298 pages). Six aliens land on the planet with the bigger taste: with a mission. Later video cult hero Harry Chen tells the world he is the messiah here to save it. As it turns out he is the most unlikely candidate for the job. He has a lot of convincing to do before anyone believes his words. Devos' story moves along at a fast pace and is great reading. She is also playing with many concepts and does it very well. Devos, a newcomer to the field of science fiction, has a lot to say and is sure to please any one who wants to read great science fiction. The Seraphim Rising is an entertaining first novel that launches a talented new writer in the field. Devos is a name to look forward to more exciting novels in the future. The Death of Cousin Rose, by Jonathan Harrington (Write Way Publishing $19.95 215 pages). Harrington, a former 81G English professor at UCF, has written a very fine mystery 1.5 OZ. with interesting characters and CAN settings. Danny O'Flah.erty travels to Ireland. While there his cousin Rose is killed. He finds the body and is immediately sus pected of killing her. He must prove his innocence and find the real killer. Harrington has written a delightful tale that is a joy to read. His writing is clear and the story moves along with charming characters who make the book even more enjoyable. Bigger iS always better!™ Harrington is also the author of the wonderful collection of fJ'lhldemark of U.S. Tobacco Co. or Iba .aflllates for its sroalceln• ~. 01997 U.S. T~ co. essays titled Tropical Son (New Tech Publications $9.95 133 pages). They are about nature and animals. • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 13 Blues Tra11ele1 ends Homecoming an musical na1e ·· crowd frenzy. The field was packed By JENNIFER HANLON with thousands of students and con Staff Writer cert goers were dancing, crowd surf ing and trying to build a human What do 50,000 college students, pyramid on the field in front of the beer and a blues band have in com stage. mon? It was all a part of UCF The band played some of their Homecoming. Blues Traveler per newer material from the "Straight formed at the Orlando Citrus Bowl On Till Morning" CD including on Nov. 15 after the UCF vs. "Carolina Blues" and "Most Eastern Michigan football game. Precarious." Sixteen-year-old Johnny Lang Blues Travele(s vocalist John perform prior to Blues Traveler in Popper, who is one of the world's front of thousands of people and most respected harmonica players in amaze them with some of the most pop music, created an all-around innovated blues guitar riffs in buzz for the fans. recent years. John Popper is extremely talented Freshman Chrissy Holtman did a,nd sounded really good in concert, not enjoy Lang's performance. Claudette Vega said when asked "Johnny Lang and his band played about the concert. longer than they should have," One of the crowd favorites was Holtman said. Blues Travelers rendition of "The Blues Traveler was to perform at 8 Devil Went Down To Georgia." He p.m. but was delayed until 9:30 p.m. also played," Run-around," and There was a fireworks display "Hook." Blues Traveler and before Johnny Lang's performance The fans went crazy at the sound Johnny Lang took and clips from other music groups of thes~ older tunes. the stage after UCF were played throughout the stadium Freshman Melissa Cowgill said celebrates a tri- to keep the impatient crowd frorri this years' Homecoming will lead to · umphant losing control. bigger and better ones in the future. Homecoming win Several students enjoyed the con over Eastern cert, including freshman Lindsey "I had a great time at the concert," Michigan. Miska. Cowell said. "Everyone was in "The crowd was so pumped up good spirits. They were crowd surf after a victory by the football team, ing and cheering. It was definitely a which made the concert much more good time. Tbe Blues Traveler effi exciting," Miska said. ciently wrapped up UCF 's 1997 The Blues Traveler opened the Homecoming. This will set prece show with a crowd pleaser "But dents for bigger and better bands Anyway," this caused an immediate for future Homecomings." @'l. '°'MO ""'~ ~~ t l'. \.l'.P"""'~ ~-o~o~~A•-ca\"4MoS~~~~ C.~\.(a1l\-f\CS ~. 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November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future·• 14 MinarilJ students receille mare·doctorates By COLLEGE PRESS SERVICE Council's final report, "Summary of the victim culture," so "how society must allow people to Report 1996: Doctorate did it come about that Diana WASHINGTON - A record express different or unpopular Recipients from United States yielded so many contrary identi number of minority students views without punishment. Universities," will be available.in ties and projects?" earned doctorates at American "Billy clubs are not used today Martha, who launched her own late December or early January. To find out, lectures will com universities, according to a new to prevent free speech, but what home page this fall, can show Copies of the report will be pare Diana to other figures, such study by the National Research still does happen on occasion is you how to make a table runner available at no charge from the as Eva Peron and the Virgin Council. the intervention of autho(ities from little more than grosgrain Doctorate Records Project, Mary, and explore how the Diana Black, Hispanic, Asian and who seek to curb speech with the ribbons, glue and oak leaves. Not Office of Scientific and myth was exploited politically American Indian students argument that speech loses its only will the runner class up Engineering Personnel, National and led to the public backlash received 3,542 Ph.D.'s in 1996, protection if it occurs in public your table, but time spent mak Research Council, 2101 against the paparazzi and press. up from 3,517 in 1995. The num supported arenas and if its con ing it should provide the perfect Constitution Avenue, N.W., ber of doctoral degrees awarded tent is offensive to the ch::µnpi• excuse to avoid studying. You'll Room TJ 2006, Washington, to American minority students SUNY President ons of political correctness," find the Martha's site at D.C. 20418; or by e-mail at phd rose in each ethnic group, except refuses to quit over Bowen was quoted by as saying www.marthastewart.com. [email protected]. for Asian Americans. sex conference by the AP. * Face it. Hardly anyone's fam Black Americans received 1, ily mirrors "Leave It To Beaver" 315 doctorates last year, while Berlin University to offer NEW PALTZ, N.Y - The A virtual Thanksgiving TV-land perfection. Your mom's American Indians earned 186. class on Princess Diana president of the State University not June Cleaver, and it's good Puerto Ricans earned 251 of New York at New Paltz refus If you're spending .thing, too, because that 'd make Ph.D.'s; Mexican Americans, BERLIN - When two acade es to resign because his campus Thanksgiving without Mom's you the Beav'. So if the family 282; and other Hispanics, 417. mics at Berlin's Free University sponsored a sex conference that home cooking, don't despair. starts getting to you this holiday, White Americans earned planned a IJ,ew lecture course on included workshops on sex toys You'll find tips on preparing the try v1s1tmg the Kaplan slightly fewer Ph.D.'s in 1996 -- Princess Diana, they never imag and sadomasochism. perfect Thanksgiving meal, Thanksgiving page, found at 23,956 down from 23,920 in ined they'd create a media frenzy Roger Bowen, New Patz's pres includip.g turkey and all the trim www.kaplan.com/holiday/turkey 1995. 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MAHOUD, CPA mencing within three months of mal full-time course load for at ber of years and is available for your education, you are still eli College Press Service the beginning of the following least one semester during the undergraduate, graduate and pro gible for the credit in the year in year. Note that the credit may be year. The student may take less fessional degree expenses. It which the tuition is paid. • Students get some breaks in the elected for two tax years. So, if than ·one-:half load for the other may also be claimed for any However, you may not use the new tax law. All of these are an individual enrolls as a fresh semester. course at an eligible institution credit for tuition that is paid with effective for the 1998 tax year man in August of 1998, his first The Lifetime Learning Credit that helps. an individual acquire scholarships or grants. • but should be considered now as two years of college will span allows a credit of 20 percent of or improve job skills. So, contin Also, beginning in 1998, inter part of your educational financial three tax years. To get the most qualified tuition expenses paid uing education expenses and est paid on education loans will planning. of the credit, he may wish to pay by an ins:lividual for any year the professional seminars qualify for be deductible. In 1998, the max Two tax credits are available for the second semester tuition of his HOPE credit is not claimed for a this credit as long as they do not imum interest deduction will be qualifying individuals for tuition freshman year (which would be student. This credit is available qualify as business deductions. $1,000. expenses. The HOPE scholarship spring of 1999) in December of for the first $5,000 of tuition paid Both of these credits are subject This amount will be increased credit provides a maximum tax 1998 and do the same thing with (maximum credit of $1,000) to income limitations. The by $500 per year until the year credit of $1,500 per student for his second semester sophomore until the year 2003 when the amount of the credit that is 2001 when the maximum each of the first two years of col tuition of 1999. He would.use the amount eligible for the credit allowed is reduced for most tax amount of interest deductible lege. More specifically, it allows credit for the years 1998 and increases to $10,000 (maximum payers when their modified will be $2,500. for a 100 percent credit per stu 1999. The credit amount is cal credit of $2,000). The maximum' adjusted gross income (AGI) These amounts will not be dent for the first $1,000 of tuition culated per student. So a family allowed is calculated ~er taxpay reaches ,$40,000 for single filers indexed for inflation, and the paid and a 50 percent credit for with a freshman and sophomore er, not student. So an individual and $80,000 for joint filers. The deduction will be reduced for the second $1,000 of tuition in college could use the HOPE that is paying college expenses credits are not allowed if their single filers with an AGI over paid. scholarship credit for each child for several children that are eligi AGI is over $50,000 for single $40,000 and married filers with The HOPE credit can only be for a total credit of $3,000 per ble for the filers and $100,000 for joint fil an AGI over $60,000. Virtually elected for two tax years with year. Lifetime Learning Credit can ers. Both credits are available to any loan that a student receives respect to one student. It is avail In order to claim the HOPE currently take a maximum credit the taxpayer for amounts paid for will be eligible for this deduction able for tuition expenses in an credit, a student must be enrolled of only $1,000. himself, his spouse or depen except for loans made by family academic period beginning dur in a degree or certificate program The Lifetime Learning Credit is dents. members. You don't have to ing the same tax year or com- and carry at least half of the nor- available for an unlimited num- If you receive loans to pay for itemize to claim this deduction. November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 15 Injured TCU football player denied employee status By MARCO BUSCAGLIA pened during a 197 4 game for life. Waldrep has argued that he and with college football players. College Press Service against Alabama. Waldrep was hurt when he was his teammates received financial "I can't say I'm surprised at Now the 43-year-old wants the running with the ball and was compensation in the form of what the jury did because that's Kent Waldrep says he feels like TCU to treat him like any of its gang-tackled. He was thrown up scholarships, room and board the way people view college ath a discarded employee. He says other employees by providing in the air and landed on his head. and $10 a month for expenses. letes, even athletes in general," he did everything his boss asked him with medical and disability The injury left him paralyzed. He also said TCU football play Waldrep said. "They want to of him, sacrificed himself for the insurance. Waldrep filed a law After Waldrep was taken from ers received "shoe money" think you're doing everything for good of the group and never suit against the school, seeking the field, he spent a month in an throughout their college careers. the love of the game, but that's questioned his superiors. full coverage as a disabled · Alabama hospital then was trans "We'd find $100 or something in really not the case. Then when he was seriously employee. ferred to a Houston rehabilitation our shoes in our lockers after "People want to say you're just injured, he was cut loose. Unfortunately for Waldrep, a center. practice," he said. "No one made an amateur athlete. But look at But unlike other employees, Texas state district court jury dis During this time, TCU helped a big deal of it. It was just money · the big business of college Waldrep was never paid a wage agreed. Jurors rejected Waldrep's Waldrep begin his road to recov for the athletes. Kind of like get sports," he added. "It's huge - for his services. His "job" was to claim that he was ever a TCU ery. Once he graduated, however, ting paid in cash by your boss." millions of dollars. And like it or play football at Texas Christian employee, therefore denying him the school made it clear he was Still, Waldrep says he knows not, that business is driven by the University, and his injury hap- worker's compensation benefits on his own, he says. people don't often sympathize student-athlete." > TCU officials say they have no comment on Waldrep's claims or the trial. Meanwhile, Waldrep contin ues to argue that college athletes have little protection against career-ending or life-hampering injuries. GRADUATION "These athletes are the horses pulling the carts. They're the ones doing all the work, making all the money," Waldrep said. "But if they get hurt, they get ) nothing. It's like 'Thanks for playing for us, but we can't use you anymore, so good-bye.'" 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The rise of Burley in the Golden Knights' receiving corps has been a surprise, especially to Sean Beckton, wide receivers coach and a UCF wideout from Photo by MIKE MARSHALL 1987-90. Receiver Siaha Burley leads UCF in receptions (70) and yardage (1,062). "When Siaha was coming into the program, I didn't expect him state team. "He's an outstanding player." Nationally, to be a 1,000-yard receiver just Burley began participating in "He makes a lot of subtle Burley is because we are so deep at that spring drills with UCF in moves to get defenders going in ranked seventh position with Todd Cleveland, January, where coaches and the opposite in receptions Mark Nonsant, Charles Lee and · teammates alike began noticing direction," Beckton said. "That per game (7.0) the other receivers," said his athletic talents. allows him to get open." and seventh in "l'd_have to say the first time I Burley said there were several receiving yards Beckton. "He's been a blessing not to think about stats too much knew he'd be a great receiver was factors that attracted him to the .per game (106.2). to us all year. When Todd because it can really get in your the first time we met and got on Knight Burley says the success this Cleveland or any of the other head and throw your game off." the field at practice," said UCF squad. season is the accumulation of receivers were hurt, Siaha Burley says he expects an even quarterback Daunte Culpepper. "The first thing I saw was smaller goals. stepped up to the plate and has better connection between he "If the ball is thrown near him, Daunte, then I saw the school's "My goal was to come here and done a great job for us." and Culpepper next season. he's going to do the best job he location, and then I looked at the start, but I didn't expect to start Burley, a junior business major, "I feel like next year, I'll make can of getting it. It's great to have offense and saw how much they this transferred to UCF after playing a lot more spectacular catches," him on our side. throw," Burley said. "I thought I quickly, but that was eventually two seasons at Mesa (Ariz.) Burley said. "Daunte had to gain "He's one of the guys you can had a good chance of starting if my goal," said Burley. "I've been Community College. Before his confidence in me, and the more count on to be consistent, and he not playing a lot, getting 30 hearing stint at MCC, Burley was a he has in me, the better the does a great job of being consis something plays." it all my life: I'm undersized. I multi-sport athlete, participating throws will be and the better tent." Burley's choice seems to have wasn't the fastest in high school, in football, basketball, .and track chance I have to go make a play McDowell and Beckton said been a wise one. Burley has but I'm one of the hardest work at Mesa Westwood High. His for it. I have quick feet, balance junior year, Burley's 4 x 400- Burley's quickness is his best caught 70 passes for 1,062 yards ing people. As long as I believe and I try to be somewhat smart. meter relay placed second and as attribute. and 11 touchdowns. His 1,000- in God, I can do anything. "I've been making diving a senior, he garnered all-city "This kid has great body con yard season makes him UCF's "I expected to go over 1,000 catches all my life and I feel like trol and quick movements," first millennium man since yards, but I didn't expect myself football honors and was named if he throws the ball anywhere to the Arizona Republic's all- McDowell said. David Rhodes in ~ 994. to have 70 receptions. 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That's took control from there, closing "I never lost confidence even what's good about this win, not the game out with six consecu though I was shooting poorly taking anything away from UCF. tive free throws, to escape by the early," said Traina. "In the sec We had one day to get ready, and narrowest of margins. ond half I just started feeling it. we did the job." "It hurt, when I let it go I knew We played hard, maybe got a lit The Knights now point to it was short. Guess it's back to tle tired at times, possibly lost another SEC opponent, taking on ' the free throw line at practice," focus on a couple of possessions, Florida late Tuesday, before Jones said. "I'm very disappoint and we can't do that against coming back home to face ed, we felt as a team that we teams like this." McNeese State on Thursday could win this basketball game. Auburn w.as led by a pair of night. UCF did some promising We don't believe in moral victo freshmen, guard Scott Pohlman things in their debut, and look to ries, because when we left the and forward Randy Hughes, who feed off them for the season to locker room our number one combined for 37 points and 13 come. goal was to win the game and we rebounds for head coach Cliff "I was very proud of our effort felt we could, so it hurts to lose." Ellis, who notched his 400th from beginning to end, and I was Moral victories not withstand career victory. The Tigers, who impressed with our poise at the ing, it certainly seemed like the were blown out in their opener beginning when we got in a hunger and energy that had been against Temple 68-42, did just hole," said Speraw. "We didn't lacking on past teams was har Photo by MIKE MARSHALL enough to win, "Ellis said. get shook and just stayed with bored in full force by this set of Junior swingman Brad Traina scored 14 of his 18 points in the "It was loud, we were on the things. Obviously from then it Golden Knights. UCF trailed by second half. road, and they wanted this was an uphill battle. We made game," Ellis said. "They pointed more critical turnovers in the as many as 14 with ten minutes coming out and supporting us, constant double teams, junior to this game for three and a half game, and we've got to handle remaining, but it battled back to said Jones, who also paced the Brad Traina stepped up follow weeks, while we pointed to that a little better." within one point with less than a Knights with 11 rebounds and ing a forgettable first half. Traina Temple for three weeks and · minute left. Some of that energy two steals. I hear that was the nailed four three-point baskets was indeed provided by the biggest crowd ever at UCF, and and finished with 14 in the sec- ~------enthusiastic crowd who were they really did give us an extra ond half, and 18 in the game. anything but apathetic towards push. I'm glad they came out and Traina scored UCF's first their basketball team. supported us." eleven points of the second STUD,ENT ·· "I want to thank the fans for While Jones was slowed by half, and nailed the three point- ' . , LE, -.GAL... ·· S~ ··ERVICES~· ~ Knights bidding_for ·sixth TAAC crown By JEFF CASE Staff Writer When it comes to the TAAC tournament, UCF PROBLEMS WITH? NEED? '., volleyball coach Laura Smith does not worry •LANDLORDS •AWILL about overconfidence. •INSURANCE · •NAME CHANGE "I don't believe we are overconfident, just pre •CONTRACTS •UNCONTESTED pared [for the TAAC tournament]," said Smith, whose Knights are ranked 29th in the latest •POLICE ·DISSOLUTION AVCA/USA Today poll. UCF will try to win their STUDENT LEGAL SER VICES PROVIDES STIJDENTS WITH sixth consecutive TAAC title this weekend. I ASSISTANCE IN SELECTED AREAS OF LAW SUCH AS LAND "When you're healthy like we have been all LORD/fENANT, CONSUMER, NON-CRIMINAL, TRAFFIC & year, when you train well like we do and you have UNCONTESTED DISSOLUTIONS. QUALIFIED STIIDENTS CAN a good record, all that comes into play with being RECEIVE CONSULTATION AND REPRESENTATION FREE ~F . well prepared," Smith said. CHARGE .. Photo by MIKE MARSHALL Coming off a 1-1 weekend at the Oral Roberts FOR INFORMATION OR AN APPOINTMENT: Senior Suzie Quiesser had 18 digs in the CALL.823·2538 OR STOP BY SRC 155 University Showdown, the Knights are looking Knights' loss to Oral Roberts on Nov. 14. MOND.AY .. FRIDAYSAM-5PM ( to the weekend tournament for their 26th and UCF will be the No.1 seed for the TAAC Funded by Aclivify and Service Fees through the 27th wins in 29 games. Championship on Nov. 21-22. Student Govemmenl Association Smith said the challenge facing the Knights is "A lot of teams represented in the tournament (> preventing the upset of a dynasty. have been working for this all year and are "I believe as far as talent, we have the best team attempting to make a push into different levels os in the tournament," Smith said. "But as far as the play, 11 Ashcraft said. "UCF is a formidable foe tournament goes, it raises the level of emotion of and has a strong track record against the confer all the other teams co.mpeting. [The other teams] ence. The opportunity to participate gives us a want to be the one to break our [possibly] sixth chance to start a standard we want to build on. 11 consecutive conference title. I think it really adds Smith said GSU and FAU should provide the to the emotional level and I think the [TAAC] biggest challenges for the Knights, and added she teams should use the emotion of wanting to beat expects opponents to focus on stopping All ( us for motivation." American candidates Tyra Harper and Renata UCF and Georgia State University, the No. 1 Menchikova. and No. 2 seeds, respectively, will receive a first "[In the tournament] everybody needs to step round bye in the tournament. Samford University up," Smith said. "We need to do the things that (No. 3 seed), Troy State University (No. 4), are necessary for a peak performance." Florida Atlantic University (No. 5)" and Cambell UCF's final challenge of the regular season will University (No. 6) round out the remaining seeds. ( be a Nov. 29 match-up against rival South Florida UCF has a 2-0 record against these opponents, at the USF Sun Dome. UCF opened the season both coming against FAU. Although the Knights with a five game win against the then No. 22 have not faced the remaining five this year, it is ( Bulls, and will be looking for a sweep for the first not any of UCF1s doing. time since 1983. "If I were a TAAC coach [at anywhere but "That game is the most important game of our UCFJ, I would do all 1-could to schedule UCF as season other than the conference tournament," much as possible," Smith said. "These coaches in Smith said. "The game could put us in a position the conference choose not to do that, and I hon of getting seeded in the tournament. It is our last estly think they pay for that each year in the tour chance to see what we can do against a team that nament." competes regularly against top 20 competition." Samford coach Malinda Ashcraft said tourna The TAAC tournament will be held Friday and ment appearances help build her program's foun Saturday at Sarnford's Seibert Gymnasium. dation. • November 19, 1997 Central Florida Future • 21 Record-setting crowds lift UCF's spirit • By TONY MEJIA largest UCF Arena crowd in school histo The basketball team will have plenty of Staff Writer ry. While the Knights came up short 70- chances to deliver in front of the~ sup • 63, the enthusiasm that the crowd provid porters all season long, and hope that the Homecoming weekend 1997 may be ed was certainly noticed and appreciated. exceptional attendance is a continuing remembered as the year that the UCF spir "Our fans were great tonight, and cer trend. However, the football team gets it's • it was born in mass quantities. The two tainly provided a spark," said basketball final chance to perform in front .of their main athletic events snugly tied to the co~ch Kirk Speraw. "It was a great college fans this Saturday against Toledo, only homecoming festivities drew record set basketball atmosphere, and we certainly one week removed from the Top 25. ting crowds. hope they come back." Seniors like Todd Cleveland, Jameil • The football game against Eastern Speraw's drew to within a point of the McWhorter, and Jermaine Benoit will Michigan, a 27-10 win, drew 39,433, the Tigers with less than 25 seconds to play, play their final games in black and gold, second largest home crowd in UCF histo battling back from a 14 point deficit finishing a career that has seen UCF vault • ry. Thousands of screaming fans urged the before finally succumbing. Their exciting into national prominence. Knights to victory and then partied after comeback was urged on by the superb "I think the bigger the crowd the better the game with the music of Blues turnout, who inspired the near-upset of an our chances our to win next week. It's a • Traveler. Football coach Gene McDowell SEC rival. definite advantage to play at home," said said the celebration was well deserved. "I was a little jittery at first because of McDowell. "If the crowd noise is a factor "The crowd helped us. I don't know if the crowd. I was proud of the turnout and it's a big advantage in these unfamiliar • we would have won without the crowd, wanted to show my school that we can surroundings for Toledo." even as well as our guys played," said Photo by MIKE MARSHALL have a top notch basketball program here If Homecoming weekend was any indi McDowell. "It was a close game in a lot of UCF had the second-highest atten at UCF," said junior forward Brad Traina. cation, the Knights have a tremendous ways and having the crowd there helped." dance in school history when more "We were all playing real hard out there, chance against Toledo. After all, there Incidentally, Friday's men's basketball than 39,000 showed for Homecoming. and I'~ disappointed we couldn't deliver should be over 30,000 reasons why the opener against Auburn drew 3,814, the in the end." Knights should win. Knights are hoping for a happy ending • FromPAGE24 our defense because if I don't get pleting 17 of 23 passes for 243 1994. NLU, a lot of times the fans say much, and Charlie Batch would you,one of my teammates will yards, a touchdown. He was McDowell said Burley's season 'How can we lose to NLU?' • juke us and jive and go for 10 get you." sacked three times. The first pass has not surprised him, adding he "I have to tell our fans 'Why yards and get first downs on The constant pressure kept of the game, however, was tossed saw Burley's potential back in would you ever think we are bet money downs, so we needed to Batch contained despite some from the unfamiliar hands of spring. ter than NLU? Get your heads • stop him . impressive numbers. Batch fin wide receiver Eric Leister. Leister was called upon again up, we're in good shape.' This "Now I know what Daunte ished 24 of 43 for 257 yards, one In what was one of two trick early in the third quarter as UCF was a particularly important win [Culpepper] feels like when he touchdown, an interception and plays during the game, Leister, a faced a for us. The Toledo game is a big • runs for a75-yard touchdown. It was sacked four times. The inter juniorand former high school fourth-and-2 at the EMU 20. game. isn't maybe as spectacular as ception, by junior cornerback quarterback, completed a 40- Kicker Fred Waczewski faked a "Our IJlOtivation is two when [Culpepper] runs, but now Reginald Doster, was UCF's yard reverse pass to Burley. The field goal and Leister passed to fold. Our seniors will be I know the feeling." sixth game out of its last seven play did not result in a touch freshman fullback Joe Field for a playing their last home game • Senior defensive end Jermaine with at least one pickoff. down, but impressed McDowell 4-yard gain. The play continued and fortunately it is at home. Benoit said holding the Eagles-to UCF coach Gene McDowell nonetheless. a UCF drive that led to a Mike The _other big thing is we 315yards of total offense was a said Batch's performance was "It was a heck of a call," said Grant's 12th rushing touchdown need to set the stage for next • result of constant pressure. not what he had seen on film . McDowell "Mike [Kruczek of the season. The score placed year's football team; we need "We knew that we needed to "I got a good feel on what type [offensive coordinator] decided Grant alone at third on the all a good off-season. Not that get some pressure from the ends of quarterback he is because [ex what the first play would be in time single season rushing we are going have a terrible • and tackles," said Benoit, who U CF defensive coordinator] the game, and I told him I liked touchdown record. off-season if we don't win it. II · finished with three tackles and Willie Martinez works :up there," McDowell said the team need this game. two sacks.Benoit's sacks give said McDowell. "I watched a lot The reception by Burley ed a win to boost fan morale and Historically, we have ge·n him a career- and season-high of film on him .and became marked the beginning of a will be looking to Saturday's erally won our last two or • 8.5 and places him third on the extremely impressed with him, record-setting day for the junior game against Toledo as a multi three games so that we Knights' career sack list with but I don't know what in the wideout. Burley caught eight purpose game. always ended on a positive 26.5. world happened to him tonight. passes for 135 yards and one "We needed a win because a lot note. "We noticed from the game He just did not throw the ball the touchdown. It marked the sixth of times fans who aren't as edu "It's a game that nobody is films that when he's under pres way he had been throwing it ... game in which he has had at least cated about the game as I am going to pick us to win, and sure he likes to make bad throws but I'm glad." eight receptions. He now has tend to get their heads down," they're probably a three • and get out of the pocket. While Batch was under con 1,062 total receiving yards, mak said McDowell. "If you're touchdown favorite against "There's no way to escape from stant pressure, Culpepper had ing him the first 1,000-yard pulling for us to do well and we us, and it will be a very diffi plenty of time to operate, com- receiver since David Rhodes in lose to Mississippi State and cult game for us to win." • • ...... ,...... wednesday lfJ thursday tjtJ friday tjl saturday tJ1: • Men's basketball vs. Volleybalt at TAAC tourna Football vs. Toledo, McNeese State, UCF • ment at West Division cham· Florida Citrus BOwtJ Arena, 8 p.m (Sunshine pions • 1 Noon • Network) Women $ basketball at • Radford, in Radford, Va., 7 Volleyball at TAAC tour· ' • p.m. nament at West Division • champions • =-su~n~d~a;;;..;..,,y,____.,..,fJ =m~o;;;..,;;;;n=..;;da=..;;;.y.Y-----tJ(I _tu_e_s_d_ay_____ t.j.-J • • • Men's basketball vs. • Bethune-Cookman, UCF • • Arena, 8 p.m. • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • November 19, 1997 ) Rockets' offense a one-two punch FromPAGE24 239 set in 1988, while three passing touch downs would break Slack and Darin Mark Herron and linebacker Jamie Hinshaw's school mark of 26. Junior wide Johnson anchor a strong unit and have out Siaha Burley needs nine catches for Nov. 22, Toledo Rockets at Central Florida Knights, Noon. both established themselves as solid NFL 119 yards to break school records in those prospects. ) categories for a single season, while Mike Where: "This game is one that nobody is going Grant needs three touchdowns to break Florida Citrus Bowl to pick us to win. They are probably three Bret Cooper's school mark of 15 in one touchdown favorites agains~ us," said Stadium Capacity: year. coach Gene McDowell. "Obviously they 70,188 Still, the team goal would be to keep have an outstanding team, and it will be a intact the streak of undefeated home very difficult game for us to win." Head Coaches: finales, which currently stands at eight. Many individuals will be the story in the Toledo: Gary Pinkel is 50-24-3 in seventh year with the Rockets. "We need to set the stage for next year's finale. Culpepper needs only 133 yards to UCF: Gene McDowell is 9-12 in his second year in Division I with the Knights. football team. We need to have a good off reach 3,000 for the season, while throwing season," said McDowell. "Not that we'd ) for 188 would pass Darin Slack's school Series: have a poor off season if we lose this game record of 3,054 passing yards in a single First meeting. but historically we always end on a posi- season. Completing 24 passes would sur . tivenote." Media: pass Shane Willis' completion record of ) Radio Only, WINZ 740 AM Notes: Athletic Director considers move The Rockets (9-1) were ranked as high as No. 19 in the country before falling to Ball State, 35-3 .... Toledo began the season 8-0, including an opening day FromPAGE24 victory over Purdue. The Boilermakers have lost only one game since and are Menchik:ova won the TAAC player-of-the-week award for the week of Nov. 3-9, which ranked in the top 25. UCF goes to Purdue next season on Sept. 19, 1998 .... The is the second time she has won the honor this season. She posted 62 kills, 31 digs and 11 Rockets are led by junior quarterback Chris Wallace, who is 203 of 372 for service aces in victories over Hofstra, Army, Yale, Columbia and Pennsylvania. 2,500 yards, 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions .... Running back Dwayne Harris already has 1,000 yards (1,173) and has 10 rushing touchdowns ... . Sloan interviews for AD job in Tennessee Toledo rushed for 216 and passed for 220 in its 42-10 thumping of Akron ... . On average, the Rockets outgain their opponents 188 to 128 yards on the According to a published report in The Orlando Sentinel on Nov. 17, UCF athletic direc ground .... Punt returner Jameel Turner is averaging over 10.7 yards per. tor Steve Sloan has interviewed for the same position at Tennessee-Chattanooga. The Knights (4-6) are outgained by their opponents 126 to 135 on the ground. Sloan was unavailable for comment and was expected to be back in Orlando on Monday ... Despite a more difficult schedule, UCF averages more points a game (34 to night. 32.5) than Toledo. The Rockets allow fewer points, however (20 to 28.6) .... ) Sloan came to UCF in July 1993, and has been credited with the school's rise into Quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who could be playing in his final game as a Division I-A football and the strength of the women's athletic programs. Knight, needs 133 yards for the first 3,000 season of his collegiate career. "I sure hope he doesn't leave," football coach Gene McDowell said. "He woulq be a very Culpepper is now third in I-A in total offense with 327 yards a game .... hard man to replace." Running back Mike Grant is only two rushing touchdowns shy of Marquette Women's cross country has best ever finish Smith's single-season mark of 14 . ... Senior defensive end Jermaine Benoit needs seven .tackles to become the first lineman with 100 stops or more in UCF women's cross country ended the season with it's highest finish in school history school history. Benoit also leads UCF with 8.5 sacks and 12 tackles for loss .... at the NCAA District IX Regionals at the University of Samford on Nov. 15. A senior has led the Knights in tackles eight of 1Q games this year. The Knights placed 14th overall and had three runners pface in the top 100. Ann Panaggio was the top finisher for UCF, coming in 43rd with a time ofl8:39 in the 5,000 meters. Following her was April Vitori (19:26) in 90th place and Stephanie Cameron (19:41) who finished 97th. ) ) You should spend your college years wisely. Study hard, have fun, and carry The Associates MasterCard Card. You'll get~ • 33 cash back on purchases* • Discounts on brand name merchandise • No annual fee • Credit line up to $2,500 Call toll free 1-888-SEND-ONE. 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For the UCF defense, history It was the sort of opportunity Osuna said EMU's 44-percent almost repeated itself. senior defensive end Mike Osuna third down and 100-percent Tvio weeks ago, UCF's defense said the defense had been wait fourth-down conversion rates in was unable to stop a game ing for. the first half motivated the clinching drive by Northeast "We were thinking the whole defense to make the fourth-quar Louisiana in the waning minutes week we have to keep pressure ter stand. of the fourth quarter. on him," Osuna said. "We were "When we came in at halftime, Faced with a similar challenge talking in the huddle, 'we have to we were talking about stopping against Eastern Michigan, the stop him now. We stop him now, them on UCF defense didn't make the we win the game.' All of our money downs, the third and same mistake twice. adrenaline was pumping and we foqrth downs," said Osuna, who Trailing 20-10, EMU was chal have to get it done on that play." finished with lenging UCF. With less than 7 The defense came through, three tackles. "We'd rush too Photo by MIKE MARSHALL with Osuna sacking Batch for an minutes remaining in the game, Junior comerback Reginald Doster grabs a enemy pass in the 8-yard loss. EMU turned the ball See KNIGHTS, Page 21 EMU quarterback Charlie Batch third quarter. Near upset ushers in new Daunte to announce future era for men's basketball plans next week UCF junior quarterback Daunte Culpepper will announce By TONY MEJIA whether be will forgo his senior year and enter the 1998 NFL . Staff Writer Draft at a press conference on Nov. 24. Culpepp~r. on track to break nearly every passing record in It would be difficult to expect a school history should he stay for his senior year, figures to be record crowd at every home men's one of the top quarterbacks taken should he enter this season. basketball game, especially with However, it is widely rumored thaf it would be beneficial if he the first being held on homecom stays for another year of collegiate competition. ing weekend against a drawing "If Daunte knew be would be a first-round draft pick next year, card like Auburn, but something he's have a decision to make," said coach Gene McDowell. "But about this UCF team is certainly he would be.throwing money away if he came out this year with different and worth watching. out being a high draft pick." . Feeding off a record crowd of 3,814 at "The Dungeon," Kirk Bria signs point guard Speraw's Golden Knights left it all out on the floor, but eventually Women's basketball coach Lynn Bria announced the signing of fell 70-63. Rhonda Ooten on Nov. 17. Mark Jones, UCFs much her Ooten, a 5-foot-8 guard from Georgetown, Texas and alded transfer from Minne;;ota, Photo by MIKE MARSHALL Georgetown High School~ averaged 12.3 points and 7.2 assists calmed the troops after the Senior guard Mark Jones had a successful start to his UCF career, per game her junior year. She was named all-district her sopho Knights fell behind early. Jones finishing with a game-high 24 points and 11 rebounds more year and junior year and earned all-regional and all-state scored the first five points, honors as a junior. answering an 8-0 start by the triangle-and-two defense in the down 64-62. Unfortunately, Jones "Rhonda comes from an established winning program and will Tigers. He finished with 24 second half, Jones found a way to missed the second of his shots at be valuable addition to our team," said Bria, who has eight first points, 19 coming in the first half. get to the line with just 24.3 sec year players this season. "She is a fundamentally sound point After being slowed by Auburn's onds to play and the Knights See ·UCF, Page 20 guard and her skills should allow her to make the quick impact we will need from her next year." Ooten has lettered in cross country, basketball and track, including qualifying for the Texas State Cross Country Meet Knights loo~ for breakthrough twice. She is a member of the National Honor Society and has earned academic all-district three times. win against Toledo Rockets Nnakwe signs with men's team By TONY MEJIA very well be bowl bound, UCF 203 of 372 passes for 2,500 yards. Men's basketball coach Kirk Speraw announced the signing of Staff Writer gets one final chance at the break He's matched Culpepper's 24 Normal (Ill.) Community High School standout Ikechi Nnakwe through upset that this program touchdown passes, and has (Eye-Kay Knock-way) on Nov. 11. As UCF closes it's second sea has been seeking since its incep thrown only eight interceptions. Nnakwe, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound forward, averaged IO points son in I-A, one final obstacle tion into Division I-A. For the Equally as impressive is his and eight rebounds per game for NHCS last year as a junior. looms in it's path. After complet those playing in their final games, mobility, coming in as Toledo's "We are excited to have Ikechi join our basketball team fami ing arguably the most important, it's chance to put an exclamation second leading rusher with 240 ly," Speraw said. "He is a man of great character and comes from and for the most part successful, point on their careers. yards. an outstanding family. Ikechi will be a great addition to this uni season in school history, the "As seniors, we decided we've Toledo is as adept running the versity." Golden Knights close their '97 wanted to step it up as leaders and ball as it is passing thanks to the campaign by hosting the Toledo play real well for our last two prowess of senior running back Oral Roberts snaps UCF's streak Rockets, a team ranked No.19 in home games," said defensive end Dwayne Harris. Harris has carried the country in both polls only two Jameil McWhorter. "For one, the 224 times for 1, 173 yards and 10 Despite a 34-kill and 16 dig effort by Renata Menchikova, Oral weeks ago. defensive unit has taken a lot of touchdowns. In fact, Harris has Roberts University (24"'7) defeated the volleyball team in four Following impressive perfor criticism for giving up as many carried for more rushing yards games (17-19, 15-10, 15-13, 15-13) on Nov. 14 at the ORU mances against three teams cur points as we have, and we want to than the entire UCF offense. Showdown Classic in Tulsa, Okla. rently ranked in the top 15 go out strong." Wideouts Brock Kreitzburg and Tyra Harper had a season-high 30 kills, 21 digs and added nine (Nebraska, Auburn, Mississippi Toledo certainly won't roll over freshman Mel Long provide capa blocks. UCF (25-2) defeated Arkansas Little-Rock on Nov. 15 State), UCF has one final, quality for the Knight defense, especially ble targets for Wallace, with Long and will play in the Trans America Athletic Conference opponent left. For the Knights it's with junior quarterback Chris leading the Rockets with 40 Championship at the TAAC West Division winner on Nov. 21- one final opportunity to raise an Wallace at the helm. Wallace has receptions. Defensively, safety 22. The Knights end the regular season at South Florida on Nov. eyebrow and make a statement. put up Daunte Culpepper-like 29. In Toledo, a team that could numbers this season, completing See ROCKETS, Page 22 See ATHLETIC, Page 22