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Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 67, July 22, 1992

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Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 67, July 22, 1992" (1992). Central Florida Future. 1143. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1143 • NEWSp.3 OPINIONp.S FEATURES p. 8 · UCF parking problems Malcolm X gear is not Summer movies that put on front bumer for the uninformed deserve failing grades entra uture Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968

Vol. 24, No. 67 WEDNESDAY July 22, 1992 _ . . 8 Pages Student Senate appoints senator, justice • Jennifer M. Burgess as justice to the Judicial Council. "fd like to find something for suggestion box in the Business has experienre making decisions. Massmini is a member of the my last year of college to dedi- Administration Building. She said her friends usually ask STAFF REPORTER • Student Accounting. =i catemyselfto,"hesaid. Pho said that she has always for her opinion when dealing with Student Government ap- Society, the U.S. Coast ,I .~1 . _! 1 ; Massmini said he wanted to become active in SG problems and she is able to give pointed a new senator andjusice GuardReservesandthe !·;p-- ~ @·. ~ : has noticed that many and feels that becoming a justire unbiased decisions. 1 during its meeting Sunday. Acacia Fraternity. ~· (d!f' , ~ studentsintheCollegeof will be an opportunity to do that. She also said that she would • MichaelMassmini,an account­ He is a senior and , ..... "--. ~..,.. Business are not aware She is a sophomore, a member of like the opportunity for advanre­ ing and finanre major, was ap­ saidthatheisnotwork- \S_tudent what is going on in their Alpha Omega, VASA and the ment within the judicial council. . . Government .d pointed as a senatortothe College mg for the first tune department. He sai he Honors Program. "I would like to go as far as I of Business, and Yvon Pho, an since he started college and has would like to see more communi­ Pho said that although she has can get," Pho said. Pho will economics major, was appointed a lot of time to dedicate to SG. cation within his college and a no prior judicial experience, she serve a two year term as justice. Ex-Tiger joins Knight staff by Jenny Duncanson STAFF REPORTER Basketball season is still months away but already the roster is changing. Two UCF assistant coaches have re­ signed to take positions elsewhere, and one of the vacancies has already been filled. TimThomasandBretCampbellcameto UCF with Head Coach Joe Dean three years ago. Earlier this month, both re­ signed for jobs at other colleges. Campbell, who coached with Dean at Binningham­ Southem College beforecomingto Orlando, was recruitingcoordinatorin addition to his coaching du­ t i e s . Campbell has accepted a similar posi­ tion at the Austin Peay State Uni­ versity in· Clarksville, Tenn. Tho- mas will move to DWIGHT EVANS Texas to become an assist.ant coach at the University of Texas-Pan American. To replace Thomas, Dean is bringing in a player from his days at Birming­ ham-Southern. Dwight Evans, a native ofQueens, N.Y., Eight candidates down, two more to go played his senior year under Dean during the 1983-84 season. The Panthers went Pesidential race heats up as Bush and Clinton battle for Perot supporters 23--8 that season, playing the NAIA na­ by em Cushing Perot said that, since he felt he could not movement by the actions ofits upper level tional toumamentandEvansreceivedhon­ win the office outright, he would not be a people. Once those spots began emptying, it orable mention All-American honors. E ITOR IN CHIEF candidate for 1992. Many of the 10 million was easy to see that Perot was in trouble. "It's agreatopportunityforme," Evans Brown, Buchanan, Bush, Clinton, Perotsupportersfeltbetrayedanddeserted. Handberg also pointed out that, once the said. "Anytime you get a chance to work Harkin, Kerry, Perot, Tsongas, Wilder. And ZacharyTayloris a senior at UCFmajor­ negative press on Perot began surfacing, for the coach you played for, it says a lot sometimes Cuomo. ing in public administration. Although not the Texas billionaire found it increasingly about you as a person as well as your All were in the national spotlight during actively involved in the campaign, he had difficult to withstand the public scrutiny. coaching ability." ~e past year as 1992 presidential possibili­ intended to vote for Perot. "I don't think he [Perot] understood the For the last four years Evans has been a ti~. As ofThursday, the list finally became "I felt like he let us down," Taylor said, dynamics of politics," said Thomas Brown, part-time coach and chief scout at the the usual two: President George Bush and describing his reaction to the news as "sad; president of the UCF chapter of College University of Missouri. During the 1988- Democratic candidate Bill Clinton. very, very disappointed." Republicans. Brown said he predicted such 89 season, Evans was promoted to full­ Yet, the bignewsin the rare wasnotthat Some on campus insisted they were not a move by Perot the week before it hap­ time coach with recruiting duties. While he fact. It was that Ross Perot, the self-made surprised in the least by the decision. pened and that the Texan was only deceiv­ was an assistant the Tigers won 97 games. Texas billionaire, quit the rare after spend­ "If you read the tea leaves with people ing people with his candidacy. Both Repub­ "I'm looking forward to the challenge . monthsand$10milliontoputhisname leaving his campaign, it wasn't much of a licans and Democrats on campus seem to here at UCF," Evans said. "Coach Dean out among an American electorate that­ surprise," said Dr. Robert Handberg, pro­ agree on this point. has the program headed in the right displaying an obvious dissatisfaction with fessor of political scienre. His assessment direction, and I want to keep it going." PEROT continued page 2 two major parties -followed eagerly. was that one can gauge the strength of a

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They hoped to get Outlet World his endorsement and draw some ofbis supporters into their camps. Mall 2 While it appears that Clinton 363-4670 has been helped the most, enjoy­ ~ ~www 10% student disc~unt on ~egular . ·merchandise with UCF ID inga24 percent lead over Bush as 1 of Friday, Handberg attributes Ii !~~~c~=:' that primarily to the traditional "IF WE CAN'T GET IT ... NOAH DIDN'T BRING IT ... " post-convention "bump." Ball $49.99 ''I believe that it's definitely Pythons •••..•..•...... •...... •...... •...... •.•.•..•...... going to help the Republican (with additional purchase required) Party," Brown said. Baby Ferrets, Neutered & Descented, Guaranteed $99.99 Tiylkodisagrees,however,say­ ing that Clinton should gBt twice as many previous Perot support­ 657-0747 ers because the group wanted Now a Discount Outlet Store change, and Clinton is the candi­ up to 30% off everyday date that represents that change. at Goldenrod & University in the Kmart Plaza, East Orlando Taylor agreed with Tcylko "It is going to help Clinton," he said, citing Bush's declining popu­ larity. However, even that is not PBVANEY'S· set in stone. "It all depends on the Democrats. I don't want someone Eatery & Sports Pub getting in there saying one thing and doing another." 7660 University Blvd ''I think the break will probably & ultimately help Bush, but fm not University Goldenrod so sure it will be overwhelming," Goodings Center Handberg said. 'Tm not so sure 679-6600 they're going to vote at all. It's the turnout in the end that counts." Voter turnout is, perhaps, the Wednesday .;;,- Saturday biggestconcemamongDemocrats. ''I tend to think that this will be the lowest voter turnout of any LITER NITE · ROCK NITE 9100 E. Colonial election," Tiylko said. "Florida is 275-3976 going to be a big battleground." , 1 $ 2.50 - 33oz Live Rock & Roll Handberg said what really matters this year will probably Domestic Draft be the economy. He pointed out with that the social and economic of your choice problems of the here and now 5 for $5.00 will have the greatest effect on Karoke the voters and, because of this, Buckets Of how Bush presents himselfnext at 10 p.m month in Houston during the 277-0345 GO P's convention will go a long Drink early - Sing later Rolling Rock •Most Items In Stock •Lay-A-Way AvailalJle way in determining his failure •Delivery Within 3 Days or success in November. •Hardwood Frames "THE IDEAL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY" in Six finishes • All Futon & Frames constructed of North If you're going tc1 ~erican party, be ·· Wood Products and made in the U.S.A. responsible 1 MONTH FREE .. WE OFFER I &2BEDROOMAPARTMENTWITH 6436 E. Colonial Dr. CARPEi', DRAPES, CENTRAL AIR/HEAT, WITH ALL 1/2 Mile East of Semoran Blvd. ( 436) OF THE FOLLOWING EX'IRAS: • • RIGffl' ACROSS FROM UCF • TIIE ULTIMATE IN Hours: •WALK TO SHO?S, BANKS, CONVENIENCE Mon.-Sat. 10-8 Except Wed. 10-6 AND MOVIES •ONCOUNTYBUSROU1E 4 UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS Futon & Frames 12017 SOLON DR. 0 • Don't drink Starting at $169° ORLANDO, FL 273-4097 and drive. A public service (NEXi TO PIZZA HUT ON ALAFAYA) UCF Special 5% Discount with UCF I.D. announcement • July 22, 1992 •The Central Florida Future 3 Fall brings new round of parking solutions j-lang tags offer more flexibility for students while decal rates continue to climp by Ann Marie Sikes fer the option of being used in 9 percent more to park on cam­ "It's still too soon to tell if we more than one car. pus. Decals will cost students will need to do so," Carpenter STAFF REPORTER Students choosing to pur­ $18 for one semester, $33 for said. However, she does recom­ The UCF Parking and Traf­ chase these tags will be paying two and $40 for three. mend that students take extra fic Advisory Committee ap­ $27 for one term, $49 .50 for two Parking services advises stu­ precautions to avoid unneces­ roved the use of hang tags be­ terms and $60 for three. While dents to take precautions in us­ sary thefts. ginning in the fall. this is less than the price of ing the newly-instituted hang Carpenter also advises stu­ The new tags may be hung parking stickers, students who tags to avoid theft. According to dents to be responsible about from rear-view mirrors and of­ continue to use decals will' pay records from other Florida uni­ using the hang tags. -> versities, theft cases have shown She said that the final re­ tendencies to increase wherever sponsibility ofpaying any park­ Price Comparisons hang tags were present. ingviolations or handling other With this in mind, UCF po­ hang tag-related matters will Semester Hangtags Decals lice and Parking Services em­ lie with the original purchaser. ployees will .be keeping an eye This means if a hang tag ;, One­ $27 $18 out for the number of reported owner loans his or her tag to a hang tag thefts. According to friend and that friend gets a Two­ $49.50 $33 Ina Carpenter, executive assis­ parkingviolation, the tag owner Three- • $60 $40 tant in Parking Services, there would be responsible for paying are no plans to increase patrol any fines incurred or appealing A sample of the newly units at the present time. the case with Parking Services. passed hang tags Parkhlg lot sh11ftle deals students a higher hand, more spaces fly Ann Marie Sikes dean of the College of Educa- two temporary lots will be built changes, along with the should pay extra attention tion, has reported in the past, on Libra Drive near the lot redesignation of lot G-3, will when the fall term begins, be- STAFF REPORTER on behalf of her college, to the where several portables have provide students with more cause of several uncertainties Parking changes on campus committee that the changes been relocated. than 1,000 additional spaces. and possible additional park- will soon give students more than would not be favorable. According to Wayson, these Carpenter said students ing changes. 1,000 new spaces. Ina Carpenter of Parking Ser- The proposed lot changes for vices saidthatLynnmaybebring- University parking spaces have nowhere to go but up lots G-3, the faculty and staff ing discussions back to the com- by Steve Turner for Student Government. ''We million we would like to have lot near the Education Build- mittee for further analysis and recommended this area because before we bond. The next step is CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ing, and G-5, a student lot, were consideration afterthe commitooe the current lot is undersized and to hire a consulting firm to work agreed on at the last Parking has already made its decision. Thefutureofparkingat UCF will be further taxed by three out the details of the garage. and Traffic Advisory Commit- "We plan on having this re- is moving up. new buildings scheduled to be The time to begin bids will be tee meeting in May. solved before the fall semester ''In the next five to 10 years, I built in the area." soon while the construction bid- However, there are specu- begins," Carpenter said. definitely see a future for multi- · 'The idea is to build a 1,000 ding climate is still good." latio.o.s as to whether or not The committee also discussed level parking garages at UCF," space garage," Bolte said. "But at Although a traditional flat the lot changes will hold for the ongoing parking garage situa- said John Bolte, vice president for $5,000 dollars a space, the garage parking lot would cost about ttie fall term. tion. Several locations were re- administration and finance. is a $5 million project." $4,000 less per space, Bolte said, Accordingtotheminutesfor viewed and a detailed report is A few areas are under con- Over the past two to three "There should not be any appre- the meeting, Roger Wayson, now being compiled to further de- sideration by the parking and years, UCF has been setting ciable rise in parking costs other csmmittee chair, explained tail the plans. traffic committee. aside a percentage of funds ob- than the normal inflation to ac- that the proposed switch would It was also announced that the "I sat on the parking and traf- tained from parking fees and count for growth." allow both lots to be utilized temporary lot at the comer of Li- fie subcommittee which recom- decals. The total is about 'We have more land than the IQOre fully and would provide bra Drive and Gemini Boulevard mended building the first park- $200,000 per year. University of Florida or Florida more than 100 additional park- will be expanded and paved. ingstructurenearthe Engineer- ''We have about $3.4 million State and we would like to pre- ing spots for students. A paved. lot will be built on ing Building," said Chris Mar- in the account now," Bolte said. serve as ·much of that land as Mary Ann Lynn, associate the east side of the Arena and lin, director of public relations "This puts us very close to the $1 possible," Marlin said WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM Student escort arrested 11.4% 22.6% Lottery Tuition & Fees for battery on an officer by Ann Marie Sikes various articles stolen from them while visiting UCF in early July. STAFF REPORTER These university visitors had 66% Police arrested a UCF student been staying in campus dorms Taxes escort at the Frat House July 3. and went to an orientation party Sam Henson, 20, was arrested when the thefts took place, accord- aource: UCF Budget Office for battery on a law enforcement ingto police reports. The majority officer and resisting arrest Ac- of missing items included wallets ... 'r.eFWSJ•ty roDs up sl~ries SI•ts cording to the police report, depu- and small amounts of cash. Um• y, & ~'-' y, f tieshadtosubduethestudentdue • UCF police stopped John · to his erratic behavior. Starr Thorton ill for a down to hammer out budget ... ~a::.:: s:d~: 1CT.l~ .~~ =v:i:~~:~~: trust funds that figure into time of his arrest. ~ tagpresentonhisvehicle. ~y David G. Barnett UCF'sbudgetdepartment. Last year, incidental revenue covered the budgets for state-run The student report- ~ A routine investigation CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE about 22.6 percent of UC F's op­ schools. About 4 percent of edly threatened the ar- 1]3.rg-{?J!]J.[J3iiJi turned up. an active war- UCFdoesn'trunon tuition erating budget. the funds come from these resting officer, saying he - - rant for his arrest mes alone. Incidental revenue includes smaller trusts. knew where he lived and would Police reports indicate Each year the university tuition, out-of-state fees, li­ All the figures in last year's blow up his car. UCF police re- that the warrantwasfor present- budget department sits down brary fines and a score of other budget were pre-budget cut leased him from escort services. ing worthless checks. lllld works out the various smaller sources. percent.ages. On July 1 the uni- In other police news: UCF police turned Thorton budgets for UCF, the largest Most of the money for the versitybeganitsnewfiscalyear. •Participants in the College over to the Orange County Cen- being the general operating operating budget comes from a Due to the problems with Readiness program recently had tral Booking office. osts budget. general revenue trust. This trust the state budget, UCF is run­ Florida law authorizes the is made up of money attained ningwithoutabudgetofits own. Board of Regents to allocate through taxes and it fills 66 per­ "For the first couple of up to 25 percent of tuition cent oflast year's budget. months of the fiscal year we om ~ndergraduate educa­ The Educational Enhance­ run on a very conservative tion to go toward operating ment Trust, which comes from mode," Smith said. He added costs of the university. the Florida Lottery, covered 11.4 that for now the school will "The 25 percent is an ideal percent oflast year's budget operate on funds anticipated figure," said Jim Smith of There are some other minor for the budget. 0 .. The Central Florida Future pi111on By leaving the race, Perot proves himself ,-, a typical politician CLIN/oN ' alk about a shocker. Who would have be­ T lieved Ross Perot would pull his name out of GORE: the presidential race just as it looked like his groupwasbeoomingmorepowerfulandhischanres of winning better than ever? • Perot's decision leaves two huge questions: why did he do it and who does it help? • He has already tried to answer the first ques­ ~ tion, though.his answer satisfies almost no one, by saying he bowed out because he no longer thinks his candidacyis in the best interest of the rountcy. ~ This seems, tomanyofhissupporters, and to us, l likeacop-out.Perotseemedmuchmoreroncemed withpersonalattacksfromsomeamorphousgroup he ralled the Republican "dirty-tricksters" than he was with letting the rountzyin on his plan to save it. Instead of acting like a self-confident potential worldleader,hehasbehavedlikea pouting lOyear old: the grune wasn't going his way, so he just quit. Say good-bye to the "billionaire boy scout" and hello to the "billionaire baby." Of course, to list.en to him on the Latty King Modem communications all hot &ir show, he hasn't quit at all; he has just decided to • become a part of a grass-roots effort directed at Bill Cushing There's only one problem: No one seems to have any- change rather than its figurehead Say again, thing to say that's worth hearing. please ?Perotisnowenrouraginghis supporters to WHAT'S NEXT Think about it. • ooncentrate on candidates for house and senate Politicians no longer discuss problems and ways n June 12 the offices of Curley & Pynn, a public to solve them. Instead they're pointing fingers at seats instead of putting him in the White House. relations firm that apparently handles BellSouth each other and blaming the other party for whatever This translates into taking a fierooly dedicated 0 Mobility-a division of AT&T, a firm desperat.ely crises the nation faces. • group consisting of millions of people, all of whom in need of name recognition, issued a press release that . Religious leaders are screaming down sins that they answered the rallying ay of one man, and trans­ noted that"as we ent. hurricane season ... of special note is themselves are guilty of performing. Members of their forming them into a collection of directionless theincreasingrelianceon cellulartelephoneswhen lanclline congregation aren't sinning because they're either scared communications fail." shitless by what they hear from the pulpit or are too poor dolts. ThefirstquestionaskedofPerotbycoordina­ What grabbed my attention most was the phrase about to commit the transgressions in the first place. tors from both California and Florida orr King's "the increasing reliance ori cellular telephones." Business leaders aren't t.alking to either labor or theD­ show was, "Ross, what do we do now?" Ain't it the truth? mtemational competitors. Instead they just whine about Perot oontends that he is "incidental" in the "big In fact, there is an ''in creasing reliance" on the telephone how their hands are tied by the government on one endand picture" and that itis up to the people who started in every aspect ofAmerican life. Everywhere you look there the unions on the other and how foreign labor is chea~ are p!lgers, beepers, modular and cellular phones strapped them out of the marketplace by producing superior prod­ the campaign to decide its direction. By doing this, to waists, installed in cars-all ofitadirectdescendant (so ucts at a lower cost (although our entrepreneurs fail t.o he threw the responsibility for the entire "Elect it seems) of the now ordinary cordless phone. mention that last part). And the labor unions have gotten. Perot'' effort back into the laps of his supporters. You can't go anywhere these days - the movies, the just as greedy as their bosses and won't listen t.o reasonable For a definitiye answer as to which of the park, the theater, the beach-without the potential threat requests on pay scales. · remaining candidates Perot's departure helps of some incessant alarm from a modular phone or portable Parents don't listen t.o their children but, rather, spend pager interrupting the day. And the services being "quality time interfacing" with their family units. Tha most, we'll just have to wait nntil Nov. 3. offered concurrently with the telephone are as amaz­ point was driven home forcefully right here on campus It seems, however, that the tiining of Perot's ing as they appear ridiculous at times. when~ sometime last year, a woman stood outside ofthe announcement has helped the Democrats the Call Forwarding, Caller ID, Call Return, Call Block, Administration Building with one of those plastic portabl most, even in the way he phrased the announoo­ Repeat' Dialing, Remote Access t.o Call Forwarding and phonesjammedinherearwith one hand while,on the other ment, citing the "revitalized"DemocraticParty as Ringmaster (a means of purchasing individually identifi­ hand, clutched her child screaming at a decibel level able ringing sequences for household members, an option equivalent to ground zero at the take-off point of a 74 7. • the reason he could not win the election, although that sounds suspiciously like the now-defunct "party line'') She couldn't hear the kid's cries but she sure could hear Perot still refuses to endorse either candidate. have all.been added to the list of telephone options. a pin drop on the other end of that diabolical umbilical Perot gained his following by tapping into It's become such an elaborate scheme that Call Waiting Ofcourse the kids don't listen t.o theirfolks because, afte{ the overwhelming frustration the American is no longer even included in AT&Ts literature. They just all, that's always been their job. people feel about the political process. He ran assume you're going to have it Which brings us t.o the final item. We now also have that wonder of wonders, the facsimile On June 30 Travelers Aid International and AT&T as an outsider, telling people they could make transmission, or just FAX announced the nationwide launch of KidsCall, a 1-sOO a difference, and people believed him. 'Tll 'fax' it to.yoli' has become the buzzword expression servic:e that, areordingt.o the p~ss info, "allows youths ... t.o · Perot started by saying he had something to of the age, replacing "Have your people call my people" or place a free long distance telephone call to family or friends prove - that the people oould ~e back their "Let'sdolunch,"twophrasesforwhichanysensibleperson in their communities." ~ has an abiding hatred Let's see iffve got this right. We now have communica­ oountzyfrom politicians and "politi~ as usual."He At any rate, with today's technology· of microwave tjons lines that are open and available to people who don't leftjustwhenhecouldhaveprovedhispoint.Inthe transmitters, communications satellite networks, fiber want to talk with each other. end the only thing he proved was that he's just optic cables and silicone chip printed circuits, all of us Apparently, it's not enough that there is no longer another politician doing what politicians do best: everywhere are in contact with others at only a quick touch anything to say. Now we get to say it to people we don't breaking promises and pasffing the buck. of the button or flick of a switch. want t.o be around.

News Editor Savannah Miller central Florida Future Distribution Manager Scott Beaman Sports Editor Dave Meadows o 1992 Th< Ctnrol Ronda Fut.n Classifieds Manager Catherine Comfl Opinion Editor Francis J. Allman P.O. Box 25000, Orlando, Florida32816 Advertising Manager Sharon Thomas Business Office (407) 823-2601, News Office (407) 823-NEWS Copy Editor J.C. Smith Ad Production Lori Reynolds & Rafael Cardozo Photo Editor Michael DeHoog Editor In Chief Business Manager Advertising Staff: Refik FortnEf Art Director Brian M. Wente Biii Cushing Sharon Thomas Production Manager Robert Offermann Managing Editor Staff Members: Jennifer Burgess, Patrick Campbell, Jame Carte, Jemy Features Editor Cliff VanZandt Falcon Duncanson, Dan Fuller, David J. SholAberg, Am Marie Sikes, Heidi Steinfl'

Opinions expressed in The Central Florida Future are those ol the newspaper or individual columnist and not necessarily those ol the Board of Publications. Universly Administration, or Board ol Regents Letters to the Editor must be typed, maximum ol 300 words and incLde the author's signature, majof and phone number. Letters are subject to editing for grammar and space and become the property ol the newspaper, subject lo their publication The Central Florida Future is a free. non-prof~ newspaper published twice weekly during the academic yelll and W'90kly during the summei: All meetings of the BOP are open to the public. July 22, 1992 • The Central Florida Future 5 , > Malcolm X becomes a victim of merchandising "Do The Right Thing" shirts, "Mo Better Blues"hats (of How many people out there wearing X clothing even David Shoulberg which I own two!) and "School Daze" posters were all know what the Xin his name stands for? Ifyou want to available in the bold entrepreneurial move. know the answer, read his autobiography like I did. QUIT YOUR BITCHING Lee had translated his success in film into the retail Ghost written by the late Alex Haley, this book is the world. Along with those items, he started selling best way to get to know a person you might otherwise ow do you know when a fad has gone too far? A "Malcolm X" gear. only be aware of through posters and T-shirts. good indication is when President Bush is wear­ This, of course, pushed the fad into the mainstream I am not saying people shouldn't wear Malcolm X H ing a Ren & Stimpy shirt. and attracted copycat manufacturers. Now you can go gear, just be aware of his life and teachings. After A more realistic indication is when Malcolm X hats to any street comer in New York and buy bootleg reading the book I didn't feel it would be appropriate for are being sold at Sears! MalcolmX hats; or, I guess, you couldjustgo into Sears. me, as a white man, to wear an X hat. Not that I don't What the hell are MalcolmX hats being sold at Sears There is nothing wrong with the mass marketing of want to, it would just seem out of place on me to anyone for? Has this great black political leader reached· com­ Malcolm X, but the people wearing the clothes don't who knew about him. plete and utter fad status? seem'to be aware of the message. Instead of using this article to get angry, get in­ The answer is yes, and it's a damn shame. I am a big Spike Lee fan, and, naturally, when I formed. Pick up a copy ofhis autobiography, read it and A couple ofyears back, in promotion ofhis upcoming heard of his "Malcolm X" film, I was interested and learn. Malcolm Xis too important a historical figure to film on the slain black leader, Spike Lee started wear­ excited. But before buying my body weight in X garb, I belittle on T-shirts and hats, worn by people displaying ing Malcolm X hats and shirts. They were simple decided I needed to know more about him. their ignorance. designs, but they all were unified and emblazoned with Most young Americans know very little about Don't throw your hats away, just find out whether or the letter X. These designs caught on among the black Malcolm. American History classes do little more than not you actually agree with this slain black leader or if celebrity circuit, and soon many influential black ac­ admit he was assassinated. He was never mentioned in you are jumping on a fashion bandwagon. tors and musicians were wearing X garb. my AMH2 class lectures here at UCF, and the book Malcolm was an influential and controversial figure How did this fad catch on in the mainstream, though? devoted only two sentences to him. in American history, and before you say you love him or Well that responsibility falls back to Spike Lee. Is it any wonder so many blacks and whites are hate him, whether you are black or white, simply find Spike, about two years back, opened Spike's Joint, a walking around with X r.tuff on but are still blissfully out what you are agreeing or disagreeing with. Brooklyn store devoted to paraphernalia from his films. ignorant on Malcolm and his messages? · By the way, the X does not stand for Xavier ... GBEBlJfl I DO~T BELiE'VE Ttf lS ~ THOSE: IDIOTS Da'WN S1All?.5 RAY THEIR TUN£$ So loU.b THE fLooR R1PPLES!

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the marsupial family." ·nave Barry And sure enough, I received a news report ___ · TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES . , from the Ventura County (Calif.) Star-Free ) Press, headlined: MAN ARRESTED FOR WIELDING was not particularly alarmed when I re­ OPOSSUM AS WEAPON ceived word of the assault with the frozen This report states that two Oxnard, Calif., officers on I kangaroo tails. patrol encountered a man who came at them wielding Perhaps you read about this. Here is the Associ­ a live opossum, "its teeth gnashing alarmingly." The ated Press report, which was sent to me by many officers apprehended the man, but during the alert readers (I am not making any of the following struggle, "the opossum broke free and disappeared news reports up): in~ the night." "ALICE SPRINGS, Australia - Aborigines at­ I doubt that they'll ever apprehend it. By now it's tacked three policemen with frozen kangaroo tails probably in another state, disguised as an otter, or an bought at a local store .... A police spokesman said inexpensive hairpiece. the kang;uoo tails won't be introduced as evidence And then I received this chilling report from the because they were eaten by the aborigines after the Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Journal, headlined: alleged attack." WOMAN HURLS DEAD RACCOON AT LAWYER As I say, this report did not alarm me. The story states that a woman was arrested fol­

( •1992 Tribune Media Servic;es, Inc. "Sounds like a routine assault with frozen kanga­ All R.gh1s Reserved lowing a scuffle with her neighbor, who is a 1awyer roo tails that were later eaten by the alleged assail­ was charged with assault after he al~egedly hit (this occurred, by the way, on "Pork Street"). The ants, or, in standard police-radio code, a 10-398," I another man with a frozen fish." woman claims the lawyer knocked her down onto a recall saying to myself. The report states that the men had been arguing, road kill, so she threw it at him. Then readers sent me this AP report: and the assailant "armed himself with a fish from his My reaction to this tragic and totally unnecessary "SACRAMENTO, Calif. -A man who hit his wife freezer and started swinging." incident - I'm sure you feel the same way - was with frozen squirrels was jailed on suspicion of spou­ At this point I was starting to become mildly shock and anger. sal abuse, police said Monday." alarmed. I was thinking, OK, maybe we need to take "Wait a minute," I said. "Are you telling me it's The report states that the couple was having an some action, such as imposing c. \five-day "cooling-off" against the law to throw dead raccoons at lawyers?" argument, and the man "walked into the kitchen and period on the purchase of freezers. This is just another example ofhow the healthy gum took several frozen squirrels from the freezer," then Then I received a report from the San Jose Mer­ tissue of our liberty is being eaten away by the peri­ struck his wife with them. cury-News, headlined: odontal disease of government regulation. We are no "It was unclear why the squirrels were in the MAN ATTACKED WITH GOLDFISH longer allowed to exercise the fundamental human freezer," states the report, thus proving that Ameri­ The report states: "A 28-year-old San Francisco right to throw dead raccoons at lawyers, and mean­ can journalism remains a haven for people with man got so mad at his roommate that he tried to stuff while criminals walk our streets, flaunting their opos­ peach pits for brains. a live goldfish in the roommate's mouth." sums, openly laughing at us. I mean, where else are you going to keep squir­ The roommate was treated at a medical center And I don't have to tell you what it's like to be rels? Your sock drawer? and released. The goldfish died. openly laughed at by an opossum. Anyway, I attached no great significance to Now I was really worried. There's an old saying in So fm fighting back. either the squirrel or the kangaroo-tail assault, the law-enforcement profession: "When the crinri­ That's right: I have purchased a mail-order wol­ until readers started sending me another AP nals cross the fine line between assaults with frozen verine. I'll use it if I have to. report, which begins: · fish and assaults with live ones, then it is only a You can take it from me when you pry my cold, "CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -A Cedar Rapids man matter of time before they .start using members of dead fingers out of its mouth. I

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Ac­ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE cording to Sherohman, the main Direct-0rTom Sherohman ofOrlando's point of "Vampire Lesbians of Theatre Downtown offers a production Sodom" is to project a "good feel­ that deviates slightly from the norm. ing and to be funny." • • Sherohman's is directing"Vampire Les­ The performance is indeed • • • • • • • hums of SOO.om," a play by Charles Busch. humorous. One of the most no­ This vampire play modifies the idea of the table aspects of the play is how male van1pire from Dracula foiklore and convincingly the male actors ap­ presents its audience with a pair of lesbian pear as women. From their out­ ::V.fiMPl female vampires, who aren't female at all, fits to their polished fingernails, • ' • ! • • ·.. ' • by but who are portrayed men guilefully with little imagination, one can . . ~·. ..., . . .. camouflaged as women. see them as real women. ·· •·L1a·re1R • ·~ .[. a .• • · The male actors portraying these One performance of note is • • • • • • • • • ,,,...• • • • bloodsucking female vampires are Paul thatofNickRodriguez, whoplays • A~,_ • • Wegman (Succubus), and David Lee (the Etienne, a Frankenstein-like - ~~- virgin). Succubus tries to kill the virgin, butler who' is part Baby Jane, but she survives and somehow is turned with influences ofthe butler from into a vampire. From then on, the virgin "Sunset Boulevard" thrown in. and the Succubus, later known as La In addition to the actors' per­ Condesa, are engrossed in a rivalry last­ formances, there is a great deal ing thousands of years. to be said about the sets as well. 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This is an important influ­ another in order to make their indi­ his portrayal of "Ms. P," a character he ence in the performance, because it has to vidual existences tolerable. created and uses in an act which he portray several different time periods and The last act of the play is a Las performs at the Parliament House on a do it well enough so the audience is able to Vegas-style cabaret show with bright re: :ular basis. follow the sequence of eventE. lights and sequinced costumes, in which Wegman's co-star, David Lee, is the The performers o("Lesbian Vampires La Condesa - the Succubus - and .artistic director of the Per4mAnts, a lo­ ofSodom" creat.e vivid, fullny characters Madeline-the Virgin - sing together cal experimental theatre company. who startle and delight the audience. like old friends. Sherohman said he chose this play "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" is "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" does because he had directed it at the Theatre mostly slapstick humor. It will make happen to be a little racy and unusual SOLDIER Win Tickets FROM PAGE 8 "RoboCop," where a law enforcement to a officer aamed Murphy (Peter Weller) is slain in the line ofduty is brought back to Sneak Preview life as a superpowered cybernetic police officer and is used by a corporation to Wednesday, August Sth clean up crime. In "Universal Soldier" at 8 p.m. the dead soldiers are brought back to life Win a pair of tickets to a special and their muscles are regenerated and super-enhanced by genetics and chemo ad1tance showing of therapy. RoboCop also has flashbacks from his past and is determined to find B~IAN DE PALMA'S out who he is. It is the same parallelism in "Universal Soldier." There are shocking similarities with RAISING other films as well. GR44 (Van Damme) briefly walks around in the nude Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger did in 'Ter­ minator." The UniSols also use laser­ sighted weapons to target the red dot CAIN on people's foreheads, the same way the Terminator did also. And it doesn't end there, one of the characters in Courtesy of "Universal Soldier" is impaled through The Central Florida Future the chest, a method of slaying recently seen in movies like "Pacific Heights" Ttitia Challenge: Name two and "Patriot Games." eatliet De Pa/ma-ditected lilm1. "Universal Soldier" has absolutely nothing new to offer movie-goers, arid Stop by The Central Florida blatantly defies the concept oforiginal­ Future editorial office (located ity. It is filled with technical and cin­ next to the art domes on campus) and ematic errors, this film demonstrates little skill or continuity. But who needs answer the trivia challenge to win continuity when there is of fast your FREE tickets. paced action? "Universal Soldier" is not completely worthless. This film has one bright spot. First 40 passesreser1ted for UCF It does delivers plenty ofviolence, explo­ students with 1talidated l.D. sive action and dramatic fight sequences, Tickets will be awarded on a which should please hard-core, blood­ thirsty ~ctions film fans. first-come, first-serve basis. Don't be surprised ifyou see a sequel, Quantities are limited. "Universal Soldier 2: Cinema Thieves" - what other films will they cannibalize in order to deliver? The Central Florida Future July 22 , 1992 8 Summer films that fizzle more than sizzle

The American nwuie-goer waited patiently for this year's summer film fallout. They expected great things with a hyped line-up lflce "" and "Batman, "(Jut what they received fell far from the mark. A bad smell has emanated from almost every genre of film, including action, comedy and science ~tion. Could drama be the next category to join this year's slew of misses? Only time will tell. •Alien1 by Patrick campbell CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Various films have breached the three-sequel bar­ rier and produced films that rival the first two. This, however, is not the norm. It is very difficult to accom­ plish, but it has been done - the "Godfather" and "Lethal Weapon" series, for example, half the "Star Trek" series, "" and "Indiana Jones" and several others. The only problem with three sequels is if the third one is poor, it makes you wish they had never made it because it ruins other two films. "Alien 3" is that kind of film! Poor Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) just can't seem to get a break. After managing to escape the new colony planet just seconds before disaster, she is still not free of those damn aliens. It seems that after everyone goes into hyper-sleep, an alien got into the ship and caused an electrical fire thatjettisoned the part ofthe ship with all the sleep chambers. " Naturally, Ripley was the only one to survive the Norman Bates was scarier; a scene in "Alien 3" which is an obvious rip-off of Alfred Hitchcock's 11 crash down. The little girl, Newt, and the soldier died classic horror film "Psych0. (Courtasy/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX) and Bishop, the android, was so screwed up that he rename him "Link," as in "The Missing Link," and walk Catwoman. Was the character always there but hid­ wanted to be put out of his misery. It only gets worse him around and get into a lot ofpredictable situations. den? Did she somehow become magically transformed? from here. In one scene in a convenience store Stony (Pauly If so, how? And where did those nine lives come from? Ripley lands on an all male prison planet where Shore) explains the four basic food groups to Link. Then there are flaws in the film that cannot be there isn't much difference between the prisoners Dairy group is Milk Duds. Fruit group is Sweet Tarts. rationalized at all. How is that the Batmobile is and the guards, because none of them have weapons. Bread group is Cornnuts. Meat group is microwavable bulletproof, bombproof and practically indestructible Oh yeah, the alien is there too, and as expected, burritos, and liquid group is an Icee. I know that is five, yet, when Batman learns that a foreign device, planted nobody believes Ripley when she first tells them but they" can't count. by the penguin, is controlling the vehicle, he punches a about the alien. Stony and Dave decide to see if they can change hole through the floorboards to retrieve it? The rest of this worthless film is like a bad dream - their lowly geek social status by using Link to be­ In earlier interviews, Burton said that he didn't it's dark, you are never sure what is going on, and at the come popular. They enroll him in high school as a want to do the Batman story ever again. It is obvious by end you ask, "What happened?" Ifyou like films where foreign exchange student, and he naturally becomes watching "Batman Returns" that Burton conveyed people are running around in the dark for more than an the most popular student within a week and he still that message - loud and clear _,.. to the studios. hour yelling, "It's coming! It's coming!" this will be a can't even speak. blast for you; otherwise don't bother. At least they do not steal any slang language or • Universal Solf fighting and merely wants to return set formula of Saturday Night Live, where the charac­ wonderfully (although I still think Grace Jones would home, opposes Scott and takes direct action to stop him. ters were created, by setting their characters outside of have been the best choice), and there are some neat Cut to the present. Scott and Devi:oe, their minds Chicago instead of a Californian basement. moments as she verbally spares with Michael Keaton's erased and their dead tissue regenerated, are being All of these characters have a special gimmick as Batman and Bruce Wayne. used by the Army to carry out missions infiltrating part of their appeal except Specoli, which could explain Danny De Vito's Penguin is a radical departure from terrorist/hostage situations. This attracts the media why his character never made it that big. Bill and Ted the character established by Burgess Meredith in the attention, and news reporter VeronicaRoberts(Walker) had a time machine and Wayne and Garth had their 1960s television series: This is not a humorously evil shows up to cover the story. own TV show. This shows us you need some extra character but a demented and deformed creature of Afterphotographinga dead UniSol, GR13 (Lundgren) element to set you apart from everyone else. foul hideousness. sees her as a threat to security and prepares to execute Finally, in "Encino Man" Pauly Shore and Sean And I still defend Keaton's interpretation ofWayne/ her, but GR44 (Van Damme) prevents him from doing Astin play Stony and Dave, two California high school Batman as an obsessive personality who is more a so. The sergeant once again becomes bent on destroying kids who find a caveman in Dave's backyard while crime-hater than a lover of the law. the private, as GR44 (Van Damme) and Roberts escape excavating a swimming pool. This is their special However, the story this time out is disjointed, in a vehicle and flee the heavily-armed team. element. Unfortunately, there was not enough humor sidetracked with unexplained twists and turns and The glaring weakness of "Universal Soldier" is its to carry the whole movie; if you've seen the trailers full of holes. plot. It is almost completely derived from the 1987 film you've seen the movie. While we see the story behind the Penguin fully They dress up the caveman in modem clothes. They developed, we never learn how Salina Kyle became SOLDIER continued page 7