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B FOOTBALL PREVIEW INSIDE Writer wants credit for Communists cannot Knights continue climb 'Justify My Love' lyrics even tell a simple lie to top of Division l·AA Future© Serving The University of Central Florida Since 19-68 Vol. 24, No. 3 THURSDAY August 29, 1991 20 Pages Fire sweeps·through student's apatbnent$. Fore,st Highlands blaze damages 4 apartments by Sandra Pedicini suffered light smoke damage. • STAFF REPORTER Tenants of the burned building are temporarily living in other loc~tions. Some UCF students who should have Bruce Layman and Bryan Wilson, whose been burning with anticipation of the apartmentthefirestartedin,havemoved new semester last week instead found permanently becaU:Se their lease expired. their apartments burning, wreaking It will be about two months before the havoc on their already hectic first days of apartments will be habitable again, said • classes.. Kathy MacDonald, who works in the Fire at ~orest Hjghlands Tuesday office.Although thecinderblockfounda- -afternoonleftfourapartmentsdamaged, tion withstood the fire fairly well, she • two seriously, Orange County Fire De- said, the roof of the building will have to partment officials said the incident may be replaced. have been caused by a cigarette. "I watched that roof burn all the way ''That's as close as we can come," said around the edges: It is sad, because • Lt. Robert Slover, wh.o investigated the some of them had just moved in," she incident. said. ''We could not eliminate the use of Jennifer Milay, 23, is one of the UCF smoking materials," said stqte fire studentswhoseliveshavebeendisrupted . marshall Charlie LaCorte. "It appears by the fire. to be a smoldering type of fire as opposed She was enjoying her last day before to an accelerated fire." classes when the fire occured. • The fire destroyed 50 percent of the · "I was watching TV at the time, just apartment where the fire started and 1 O watching 'Guiding Light,' and I·looked A fire at Forest Highlands Apartments erupted Tuesday afternoon and is to 15 percent of the apartment above it, Slover said. The other two apartments FIRE continued p·age 4 forcing students to temporarily live at other apartments. (Char.res K. MorrowrrcFF) :t;>eg8sus wm ·establish link between SG, students by Robert E. wa.rren J.r. ness of campus activities, a one third of the $27 ,000 budget printed. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE spokesman said. earmarked for SG publicity. Pegasus' production schedule is flex­ "We want students to see it Pegasus does not have to ible, DiBona said. More issues, pages In the beginning there were words, as a vehicle to-get information rely on advertising dollars from · and copies could result from a greater two of them. Better communication. outtofellowstudentsandameans · area businesses because it is demand. SG will survey students to de­ A campaign goal of Jason· DiBona · of receiving information from underwritten by SG. termine readership. while .stumping for the student body their fellow students," said Chris "It was not set up to be Christine Bobrowski.and Marlin are co­ presidency was for better communica-. Marlin, SG public relations direc.tor. · revenue producing," Marlin said. But, editors. Tom Massi is graphics editor. The tion between Student Government and The 16-page magazine features a let­ he said, it Will accept ads that follow the SG cabinet serves as the board of directors. students. The student body pr~sident ter from DiBona, a calendar of campus magazine's informl:}tional theme. Ad Two. work study students have l;>een re­ will see that go~l realized Wednesday activities and upcoming events ofUCF's revenue will defer the cost of future quested to work on the publication. when the SG-funded informational clubs and organizations. The premiere editions. The free magazine will be distributed magazine, Pegasus, premieres. wi11 also include a letter from Interim The magazine will also appear in early at high-traffic are~s on the main and "If we can centralize activities ·and President Robert Bryan. October, November, February, March branch campuses and around the com­ events it will be easier for students to SG expects the cost of the six issues to and April. Publication will cease in De­ munity. DiBona's presidency ends in become involved," DiBona said. be $8,250. Funding comes from student' cember. and January, when most stu';' · May. Where will Pegasus be then? · The SG's executive branch founded activity fees via SG's campus advertis­ dents are not on campus. About 10,000 "I'd like to see it in the hands of as many Pegasus to increase students' aware- ing budget. The cost represents about to 12,000 copies of each edition will be . students as possible," he said. Business closings .conDn:ue to plague Presidential search shopping center adjacent to campus . by Tom Kopacz , A sign in the window of the A sign in the store's window • CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE former Bikewiser l~tion an­ said the restaurant was "closed nouncingits going out ofbusiness for remodeling." Three businesses in the Uni­ sale said, "Evetything goes." Ap­ SheldonBarrett, whomanages versity Shoppes center across parently so: the only items left the shopping center for Tampa­ from UCFhave closed or moved during the first week of August based CM Center Management, recently. were two bicycle frames. said that space will be filled by a The Bikewiser bicycle shop A.ccordingto employees at the · submarine sandwich shop. and the Nature's Table restau­ Dragon's Realm, Bikewiser Barrett said negotiations ranthave closed since the end of closed about a month ago. They continue for an anchor tenant the spring semester. said management company in the shopping center. tlltll&lllfll " The Athletic Department, a employees cleaned out the space The largest retail space in sports-oriented clothing store, during the week of Aug. 12. the shopping center has been ~ moved to the retail space in the A fourth business, Louie's empty for three years after the Collegiate Village Inn. Deli,closedseveralrnonthsago. fitness .center closed. -lfllt11111111i11,lll .. 2 Jhe Central Florida Future August 29, 1991 Where can you go to get an • Creative IBM Clone at Ro.ck Bott()m • . ? Prices. ·· Computer • Look Below ·· to ·See .!! Corporation • • System Features: ~ 1 MB RAM 43 MB Seagate IDE Hard Drive 1.44 MB (3.5") Floppy Drive ·1.2 MB (5.25") Floppy Drive Fujitsu 101 Key Enhanced Keyboard 5 Drive Desktop Case • 200 Watt Power UL Supply . 1 Parallel, 2 Serial and 1 Game Port • .· Clock/Calendar .' CTX Enhanced VGA - Tri-Sync~ Monitor • 14" (1024X768) Resolution .28mm Dot Pitch Microlabs VGA Solution Card • 16 Bit, 512k Video Ram Digital Research DOS 5.0 • SptrlalBack toSchoolPricel . I $1416.00 Iii . ·C,... 386sx-20 ·MHz • - Same Configuration as above, but with 2 Megs of Ram .. • $1~.oo • Panasonic KX-P.1124i 24-Pin Dot Matrix Printer ·• 11 Fonts- 3 draft, 7 letter quality and 1 SLQ Up to 300 cps in draft mode and 100 cp~ in letter quality mode. • . $324.00 • UCF - . The~ Software Bundle:* Retail Pri~: Price MicroSoft Windows 3.0 $149.00 • Spinnaker PFS Windows Works $1.99. 00 Symantec No-rton Utilities 6.0 $179. 00 • AMI Diagnostics 3.15 $ 89.0Q AMI Cache 1.0 AMI Software Emulated Expanded Memory Sys. 1.O ·Z-nix 2-Button Serial Mouse $ 49. 00 * TlieSoftwareBundleisanoption·available $734.00 $·143.00 with the purchase of a Computer System. • . ( The New • UCF Computer Store • Located in the Portable next to the Biology building. • Open 8:30-5:00 Monday thru Thursday, and 8:30-4:00 on Friday or call 823-5643. • • · The Central Florida Future August :~g; · 1991. ~- 3 • Experience police work:___ ..... eyes ofofficer Student follows Manatee County deputy around on a typical patrol through small town Florida • by Josiah Baker ·he handles accidents and tickets. However that night, that ability to choose to drink or n ot," he said. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE he was on patrol duty. Patrol duty is described as being Being a police officer requires a little more than just • the very root of law enforcement. Patrol cars are the the ability to cuff someone, stuffthem into the back seat Police officers are sometimes regarded as lifesavers watchdogs of the neighborhood areas. Imes described or simply write out a ticket. Police officers are called in and life wreckers, depending on which point ofview you police work as a mix of very boring and very strenuous to answer just about anything. have. work. He said some nights there would be nothing The first call of the night, for example, dealt with a No one really likes getting tickets for parking or fight between a 10-year-old boy and a 6-year-old boy. speeding and nobody really wants to see the blue For 45 minutes we had to listen to a pair of angry flashing lights behind them on a Saturday night. It is rather peculiar because the parents demanding justice.