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Central Florida Future. 1131. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1131 OPINIONp. 6 COLLAGEp. 9 SPORTSp.16 IRS wants willing and Beacham offers groups Pikes·snare fourth an­ patient taxpayers a new type of 'libretto" nual Greek Gloves title • entra uture Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 • SG greets students with unoccupied tables • Senators caught unaware of Student Governm~nt Awareness Fair Wednesday on the green by Sandra Pedicinl on SG as a whole. · STAFF REPORTER "The senate is comprised of very capable and driven indi- UCF students who stopped viduals,"Marlin said. However, • by the green to meet their sena- he said "The senate also had a tors during Student Govern- workshop in the fall that was ment Awareness Week found designedtostresshowtheirroles ,. only empty tables. ~~~~~~~~~ of responsibility Sen. Ana and accountability Bugdadi had pro- "We really do were to be por- moted Wednesday need to take trayed to the stu- • as a day to meet dent body. Today, senators and other responsibility. " I think it's quite representatives of clear that the sen- • SG. Only two sena­ ate was not re­ • Ana Bugdadl tors and some ex­ PROJECT ORGANIZER sponsible nor ac­ ecutive branch . countable to the members were ••••••••• students and present. The executive branch that's unfortunate for the Stu­ members were registering voters dent Government Association as a part of the "SG Out.doors" and also for the students. It just program. didn't come together, and it's an An hour and a half into the embarrassment." • planned program, SG executive Project organizer Ana branch members began bring­ Bugdadi said that Service and , ing tables back inside. Public Relations member Kim "Basically, I was upset to say Berfield was supposed to call the least," education majorTom SG senate members to inform Student Government senators forgot about their "Awareness Week" fair Wednesday. Only Allison said. them to be at the booths but had Brian Handshuh and Chris Riebold were available to register voters. ccharies K. Morr~~tFuTuRE) Allison had hoped to speak a personal emergency and was to education senators about unable to call. notify people ofthe event earlier next couple of months and that she wanted to take the emphasis problems in his college. He Berfield was unavailable for and also should have had a back­ this was a learning experienre. · off Wednesday's fiasco and focus showed up to Thursday's sen­ comment. up person to make sureSGmem­ ''We definitely need to put a on the success of Tuesday night's ate meeting to criticize SG for "We didn't get the message bers showed up. checks program in there so if meeting explaining to club lead­ its apathy. that there .was a problem," "We really do need to take one link of the chain falls out, ers how to lobby for money. SG Public Relations Director Bugdadi said. responsibility," she said. we'll have some.one else in there Bugdadi also said she was • Chris Marlin said that the un­ She admitted thatSPRmem­ Bugdadi said she wants to try to make it up," she said ~ · ''very happy that this mistake fortunate event reflected badly bers should have planned to to host a similar program in the Bugdadi tOld the senate that didn't cost students money." NASA project.puts students in crutches by Jennifer Burgess Tesch developed the experiment from that was painful was [the injection ofJ STAFF REPORTER other experiments that studied the ef­ the anesthetic," Andrea Levine, a legal fects ofprolonged weightlessness on labo­ studies major, said. Six UCF students are participating in ratory rats. Tesch says that the problem Weekes added that the muscle biopsy a five-week NASA experiment to help with these studies is that they use rats as was ''not that bad." determine the effects of prolonged weight­ subjects for the experiments instead of Weekes said that his parents were lessness in space. humans. excited about the experiment at first, but As part of the experiment, the stu­ "Rats are so different from human," that his mother had concerns about dents sacrifice the use of one leg and Tesch said. muscle loss in his leg. walk on crutches. The students are paid Other weightlessness experiments According to Tesch, subjects will lose $1,000. have been done that require total bed 1.0 to 20 percent of the muscle mass in Freshman T. J. Weekes said he de­ rest for the subjects. Tesch said that their unused leg. He said they will prob­ cided to .do the experiment because he requiring total bed retis difficult to carry­ ably regain use of this muscle five to has always been interested in the experi­ out and requires $1 million. seven weeks after the experiment. ments conducted by NASA The experiment with crutches has Tesch said that most of the muscle "It is not really that much work. You been conducted two times previously and deterioration willoccurin thefrontthigh get used to not using one leg," Weekes requi!'es only about $25,000. and calf. He added that NASA will pro­ said after his second week of the experi­ According to Tesch, the experiment vide an exercise tape to help with the ment. Weekes added that the money was is being conducted to determine the rehabilitation process. also a big incentive. effects of weightlessness in space, but Levine said that her arms are getting "The money has its pros and cons"' results from both experiments have stronger. said Per Tesch, a psyiologist from the had clinical application as an aid to "I had no idea how hard it is walking Karolinska Institute in Sweeden. rehabilitation. on crutches," she said. GET IT! He explained that subjects should not Participation in the experiment also Weekes said that when the experi­ do the experiment for the money; they requires the students to receive thr~e ment is over, he is going to, just walk Bryant Jarius, 6, is "a baseball should instead take part to "learn more muscle biopsies. around. I am just going te get on with my fanatic." (a.rt• K. Morrow/FUTURE) about the human body." ''The only part [of the muscle biopsy] life." CLASSIFIEDS page 8 ~The Enter in The Team or ~ Student Wellness Advocate Team. <( • ~ Prould-ly Presents Individual Catagory! ~ OS • :s s~ ­ ca.. • u=~ JI E--i • FREE t-shirt to first 300 registered • • FREE food donated by KELSEY'S and UCF MeDONALDS • • FREE rame prizes • • Live Musie by • GREGEYMA • • Awards Ceremony • IFIBIEIE to all students • Friday April 10, 6:00 pm * contact the UCF Wellness Center at x5841 for further information • f • i COM~NG THURSDAY APRIL 9TH, 1992 • THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S • EDUCATION JOB FAIR • • SPONSORED BY THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION • AND THE CAR'EER RESOURCE CENTER • ACHANCEFORUCFSTUDENTSANDSCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS TO GET TOGETHER TO • DISCUSS TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES PARTIAL LIST OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS • BREVARD OKEECHOBEE • BROWARD ORANGE CITRUS OSCEOLA COLLIER PALM BEACH • DADE PINELLAS DUVAL POLK GLYNN, GA. PUTNAM • INDIAN RIVER VOLUSIA LAKE PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE RECOMMENDED LOCATION: UCF EDUCATION GYMNASIUM - MAIN CAMPUS TIME: 9:00 AM TO NOON AND 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM • For Further Information, Contact Denise Moore in the Career Resource Center, Admin. Bldg., Room 124, Phone 823-2361 • • April 7, 1992 •The Central Florida Future 3 Not all who walk in ceremony will graduate UCF, explained that many stu­ "The University ofFloridahas graduates, the school having no by Anne Marie Sikes Bush said. Still, others who had CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE filed an intent to graduate may dents simply don't take the time chosen a different procedure doubts as to who has, and who have dropped a course or more to visit an academic advisor, when it comes to graduating hasn't, graduated. Ever had thefeelingyou were that were crucial to their choosing to advise themselves seniors," Bush said. Ofthe nine Previous UCF presidents at the wrong place at the wrong planned graduation. Having al­ instead. This, in tum, leads to wliversities in Florida, it is the have not been in favor of this time? readyinformedfamilymembers unexpected surprises come only one that holds final exams procedure, Bush explained. In University Registrar Dr. and the school, Bush believes graduation time. for seniors a week earlier than general, the feeling has been John Bush has calculated that that the_se students follow As an example, Kelly cited a the rest of the students and also thatit wowdonlyadd additional about 15 percent of those stu­ through with the commence­ common misconception among assigns grades first. Bush ex­ work for faculty members. "We dents that walked during the ment to save themselves the students. This is when a stu­ plained that the records oflikely haven't felt that it's necessary," ' commencement ceremonies of embarrassment of disappoint­ dent takes a course twice and graduates are prepared in the added Bush, referring Florida's the spring and fall terms of1991, ing expectant family members. mistakenly adds the credits for school's registrar's office and graduation policy.