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Central Florida Future. 1320. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1320 The hottest Culpepper in the Division I- AA championship race -p. 24 cen Future Daunte leadS UCF'. jo firSt victory ~ Student Government election · · 1 : I violations not just at UCF by JEFF HUNT for being guilty of three minor of­ News editor fenses. t As forUCFsenateelcction vio­ I Student Government election lations, there were I 0 candidates with I it violations led to a three month suspen­ violations in 1989. eight in 1991. and ' sion for the new presidential adminis­ 10 in 1994. The majority of these were I tration. However, these violations are due to candidates turning in expense I. @ nothing new to UCF, nor any other statements late or attaching campaign major college campus. mate1ials to buildings; all were pun­ In the last five years at UCF, ished by fines. there has been at least one presidential In the fall of 1990, the entire ticket disqualified due. to major elec­ student government was suspended tion violations, two presidential tickets due to "widespread" election viola­ with numerousminorviolationsandat tions according to Dr. LevesterTubbs, least 28 senatorial candidates with some vice-president of Student Affairs. All type of election violation. The entire of S.G.'s functions were handled by a UCF student government was sus­ board Lintil new elections were sched­ pended for violations in 1990. Other uled. • Florida universities have seen similar Othermajoruniversitiesaround penalties. The total numberof election Florida also fared badly in the number violations is unclear because of the ofeleetion violations for Student Gov- difficulty in locating all the records. emment offices. At UCF 1993, theJohn Shaggett/ Exact numbers were not avail­ Chris McGee presidential ticket was able, however, Joyce Howard, elec­ found in major violation by campaign­ tion commissioner and student gov­ ing early and receiving free publicity; ernment advisor at Florida State Uni­ they were disqualified before the elec­ versity, said that the FSU Election tion took place. Commission alsohandlesag-:eatmany In 1989, the Raucsh/ Boucher election violations. · :· ''. · ": .... ..,, ....: ...... ,.. : :· ·.. ·: , . ::· '.... · ·: . ... '.· ..: ·: .,.: pfiQto/. HUMT " . ticket was fined $30 for being in viola­ She cited the university's use Da1,mte Culpepper put in.what many·are"calling. th~ fine~t.p¢ff6rman~ · by.a " fr~e : ..: .... > tion of seven minor offenses, while the freshman. ,, quarter~.ack evedlurin.~ uc:t=·s ~in o~er Eiistern}(~ntµcl(y/y. ..... _ Schmidt/Toutikian tic;;ketwasfined$ I 5 See Elections, page 4 ... ... ·• -"·<. .:.:·: Joe·Clark raises the ·roof • in the Student Center D The legendary mately 45 minutes and touched upon many of the problems that Clark high ~chool principal sees in the education profession and demonstrated his the nation itself. In his speech and unique speaking the question and answer period that followed, Clark emphasized what abilities to a packed each person can do in their personal • house . life to help themselves be the best by JEFF DETHUIN they can be and to help others who Staff writer may not have the opportunity or means. To illustrate a point about Joe Clark, the legendary how each person should try to find principal of Eastside High whose his or her place, Clark told about a story was told in the award-win­ professor who came to him after ning film Lean On Me, spoke to a one of his speeches and started spew­ packed crowd on Wednesday ing out her credentials. Clark sim­ August 30th at the Student Activi­ ply listened then answered the pro­ ties Center. Clark who retired from fessor "Who cares ? The big ques­ the education profession in 1990 tion that I put to you my dear profes­ gave a motivated speech that em­ sor is, as Emerson said, 'What have phasized being the best you can be you done to make this world just a and helping those who are in need. smidgen better ?" "l try to be the best that I can Clark also spoke in-depth be, but I always give back," said about the problems that he sees with Clark when asked how he bal­ our nation and society today by stat­ ances his life. "There's nothing ing, '·We must correct the factory wrong with making money, it's ills that have begun to erode the • what you do with the accumula­ fabric of this country." tion of wealth that you have. It's One of the most prevalent more blessed to give than to re­ problem that Clark sees with the ceive." Joe Clark kept a standing room only crowd on its toes with his hilarious photo/Vu The peech la ted approxi- See Clartc:, page 7 anecdotes and soul-searching questions. Inside News 1-7 Classified 12 Opinion Opinion 8-11 Megadeth at the UCF Arena last week-p. F-14 \\That do you think of the opinion section-p4 8 Features 13-18 Sports 19-24 • II') O"I O"I II')- ...... fr tZl • • ~ a:::3 ll.. • ~ "O ·c 0 -ll.. Cd .b i:: ud} • d} ..c:: ~ • N • • • • • • • ·• • • • • • • • • • .. Aug. 29, 1995 • The Central Florida Future • 3 · Students flock to aftemative courses i COLLEGE PRESS SERVICES tures taught by visiting professor Special to the Future Elie Wiesel, a 1986 Nobel Peace Al the University of Illinois, Prize laureate. Weisel has devoted students signed up for "The My­ his life to describing the horrors he thofogy of Greece and Rome" learn witnessed during the Holocaust. to consult ancient oracles before "Courses taught by Elie Wiesel fill • major Illini sporting events. At up a year before they're held," says California's Whittier College, stu­ spokesperson Kirsten Lewis. dents enrolled in ''The Good Life" A course that's quick to fil 1- explore what makes life worth liv­ temporari Iy-is "Politics of the En­ ing. tertainment Media" at St. Lawrence While required courses usu­ University. "It's a real hard class ally are the first to fill every semes­ that's nottheblow-offitseems like," ter, most colleges have at least one says Calvin Exoo, professorof gov­ elective class that draws large ernment. "A lot of students think, crowds. Educators say students to­ 'Hey, cool, I'm going to watch mov­ day are turning more toward elec­ ies.' Well, we do watch movies but tives that teach traditional subjects also do some pretty tough reading in exciting ways or grapple with a.bout serious cinema that takes that topics that reflect students' search edge off. for the meaning of life. "The course draws a lot of Alexander Astin, director of students, but I usually read the riot UCLA's Higher Education Re­ act on the first day of class about search Institute, said his agency's how demanding it's going to be. It annual survey of about 300,000 in­ usually thins out again," says Exoo. coming college freshman has found Students that rernai n are those that in recent years, students in­ interested in a career in the media. creasingly are interested in courses "They tend to be serious stud\:!nts dealing with quality-of-life issues. who have seen . some movies and "It tells us that students are even TV that they real 1y Ii ke. They' re interested in things outside them­ aficionados of the good stuff," says selves, in society and community Exoo. action, in environmental concerns Educators also say cou1'ses and helping people in need," Astin that take advantage of new technol­ told Knight-Ridderffribune News. ogy are attracting crowds. "These values were popular in the "Students really enjoy the in­ 1960' s, bottomed out in the 1970' s corporation of technology into some and are now becoming popular of our more traditional courses," again." says Sally Brynt, assistant director Students at Florida State Uni­ at the division of undergraduate ser­ versity are drawn to courses that vices at Arizona State University. make them think in new ways, says . "Our Odys.sey course uses Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, dean of un­ CD-ROM instead of textbooks to dergraduate studies. take a journey to islands of knowl­ • "We have a course called edge-to look at great works of art 'Death and Dying' that ~lls up very or tour great works of literature. quickly, and so do our Black Stud­ "It's basically a western civi­ ies courses," she says. "The reason lization survey class that develops these fill is that they are intriguing critical thinking in different area, topics offered in only one section." but brings in technology for a more Muhlenfeld says students creative approach." compete fiercely over 15 seats in Another hot course at Ari­ honors seminars. "These really fill zona State is its Discovery Tour, in up fast because they focus on some which tenured professors take turns really neat topics, such as 'The to explain to freshmen some cut­ American South Through the Eyes ting-edge research taking place at of Women Writers' or 'Law in Lit­ the university. erature.' One wonderful course in "Each week a different pro­ the film school looks at animation, fessor shows them research projects and that's all over the map." at the university that they no1mally Perennial favorites at Indi­ would know nothing about.