Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 13, October 3, 1989
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Central Florida Future. 946. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/946 ' Thentral Florida Future • Volume 22, Number 13 University of Central Florida/Orlando Tuesday October 3, 1989 New electric devices • to evict resident bats by Dave Schlenker ments in the dorms. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE According to Ivie, the bats mainly gather in this the area around the roof. Batmania is still alive and well at With the BEDs, the creatures may UCF, especially in the dorms. leave a building during the day However, the small winged crea through the devices but are unable to tures that have been plaguing the new reenter through them. dorms (Brevard, Seminole and Or The project, including sealing dorm ange) have been evicted from at least access holes as well, should eventually one of the residence halls with the re eliminate the bats from the residence cent installation of BEDs (Bat Ex halls, I vie said. cluder Devices). Ivie said the university owns eight According to Director of Environ devices at this point. He said the BEDs mental Health and Safety Hugh Ivie, will be moved around as needed. the wire devices that permit bat exits Seminole Hall is next on the installa but no bat entries were installed in tion list. December. A week ago Saturday, two bats were Seeing as how the bats, for the most discovered in a Seminole Hall dorm part, were unable to regain entry into room. In this case, however, Ivie said the BED equipped Education Bldg., the bats gained access through the they seemed to have moved to the resi room's open window. dence halls. The bats were captured by State BEDs have been placed over access Animal Control Officials. Ivie said they holes between the bricks and roof seg- are being tested to see if they are rabid. L .nguag r quirement s1·11 foreign to troubled students by David DiSalvo foreign language department, says CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE this fall he opened up 13 additional sec tions in Spanish to accommodate stu The 1986 installation of a foreign dents needs a well as 2 more in French. language requirement has been a hard "I opened as many as possible," Payas ship for many students, causing many said. to question why they must fulfill the Payas also said there are various requirement if the classes are not things to be considered when making available. more classes Dr. StuartLilie, available. "We interim dean of "I believe that everyone who must take into arts and sciences, came to my office seeking an consideration the says part of the override got one." budget and also problem with of Dr. Armand Payas the faculty be fering more ~ec cause it is not tions of foreign chairman, foreign language easy to find an language to the department instructor in for Amnesty International Petitions students is the eign language," Lance Turner (left}, and Karen Staples, display the banner-size petition that will inability to recruit instructors. "We Payas said. be sent to F. W. De Klerk, president of South Africa, calling for the release of need more instructors and we only Payas said he made an all-out effort political prisoners. The petition, shown at the amnesty concert Friday night, was want qualified individuals for the jobs," to allow as many students to take for Lilie said. Lilie also said more instruc eign language classes as he could. This made by Kim Hart a!ld Ann Morten. The petition will be sent to other Florida tors means they need more funding to included giving 3 72 overrides, 256 of colleges and universities for signatures. pay them, an additional problem. Dr. Armando Payas, chairman of the see LANGUAGE page 3 Student investors dabble in mock stock market in SFA competition by Christine Hobby his roommate, Jerry Jordan, a finance major. "We "He [Keeler] and I don't have the time to follow the CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE both follow the stock on the American Exchange. We stocks at an hourly or half-hourly pace," he said. work together. He helps me understand the market The game follows a day-to-day activity, not the A Student Finance Association member grossed better. We're lucky there's no buying or selling fees to immediate pace that actual investors and brokers $16,000 from stock investments so far this year, and the brokers in the game," he said. would follow. other members plan to follow his lead. Not surprisingly, the Student Finance Keeler added that a lot of people take it seriously However, the money is not real. The students are Association's club motto is "greed is good." According and are carefully planning their strategies.] competing in a stock market investment game to David Keeler, vice president of SFA, the game was "Those who are in it are definitely in it to win," he started by the SFA two weeks ago. started to encourage market awareness and offer said. "In a game last month, I turned out $174,000. We experience comparable to real-life situations. Successful players have to be aware of the market were playing by the rules of the game. With the Players are "given" a $50,000 account to invest in and Keeler said he believes the game gives partici company I was buying from, I wouldn't be able to the stock, or stocks, of their choice. They make all pants plenty of practice for real life. make that much in real life. It's a penny-stock com monetary moves through "brokers" Keeler, and Paul ''We set this up so people can do this actively, pany and I had 114,000 shares in it. The company's Stephens, another member. everyday, sort of like Gordon Geiko in Viall Street," average business volume is 50,000 shares a day. I'd "They contact us in person or at our house. Trading Keeler said. be creating the market instead of being part of it," hoursarefrom 7:30a.m. to10:45a.m. andfrom4p.m. In the game, brokers do nothing to help their Jamie Anderson, the member who "made" $16,000 in to 9 p.m., or they can leave a message on our answer clients. Players are not called if stocks are falling. the past two weeks, said. ing machine," Keeler said. There is no limit-order buying and selling and bro- I • Anderson does not major in finance but in radio/ Stephens said in order to get the same day's stock television. Hepointedoutthathe got a lotofhelpfrom price, a player has to call during the morning hours. see STOCK MARKET page 4 - 2 The Central Florida Future, October 3J 1989 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • Tuesday, Oct.3 in the S.A.C. • in th~ S.A.C. ~ 7and 9pm t1~m • . ~~J;t;{i! Oct. 5 • • • • He was an alcoholic skipper, She was a prim spinster. in the Auditorium • Together, Katharine Hepburn and Friday, Oct. 6 . Tuesday, Oct.10 .. Humphrey Bogart confronted danger on the Green and found love on the African Queen. 10:30am - 1 :30am • ·Ttt At1'1~~~~ _ . '2'4-tt~ - S(,4.*"J.~ , Oel. 't • 1 • - ~~ lt-t S.A.C. 7 ~ '1 PH • TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY TOM • Roger Rabbit HOME I) Shades Oct. 3 GAME DELUCA · 7&9pm· of African Oct.10 Grey ' S.:A .C . vs. ETSU Queen 8:00pm 1:30pm Oct.8 Auditorium Robocop 7&9pm Oct.6 ·~')Jr·~·.~~~· S.A.C. Oct.5 · . \ '•> \~ 7&9pm 10:30-11 :30 · on the Green • s.A.c. ~ • The Central Florida Future, October 3, 1989 3 Students evacuat e d Wednesday after bomb tbreat to Phillips Hall •BOMB THREAT lieves the door was left unlocked before • Students were evacuated from the removal of the various items. Howard Phillips Hall early Wednesday when a student assistant said she re •HEAT EXHAUSTION ceived a call claiming there was a bomb Two Valencia Community College in the building. students who were working with the Police officers on the scene said the UCF ROTC passed out due to the heat building was searched after the evacu during maneuvers Wednesday, police • ation and no explosive devices were say. found. · Glenice Regis and Parrish Council Larvam J ordan received the call were treated for heat exhaustion after about 8:30 a.m. and said the caller was they collapsed in the woods east of the a male. campus ROTC office. She described the call as brief, and Both are reported to be fine and said the male quickly hung up after the refused to be transported to a hospital. threat. Regis and Council are both members Since the caller gave no indication of of the Valencia Community College when the explosive was supposed to go ROTC Company. off, students were permitted back in the building when it was deemed safe, •BIKE MISSING according to the police report. A bike was reported removed from Apparently, police say, there were the bike rack in front of the cafeteria students who had to get back into the Wednesday.