University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 3-19-1992 Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 50, March 19, 1992 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 50, March 19, 1992" (1992). Central Florida Future. 1126. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1126 .. OPINIONp. 6 CONFETTI p. C1 SPORTSp. 12 $90,000 moved from Ice T, Body Count give Orlando Thunder roll education to athletics a rap and thrash sho~ into second season entra uture Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 .. Slashed sununer &ids hope in D tenn by Francis J. Allman of the colleges, but_Lilie says, "The Col- funding.was available for A and D, but don't know how much money there will CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE · 1ege of Business has used it for a number we'll have to wait for the legislature to be," Lilie said. ofyears." findouthowmuchmoneyisavailablefor "If the legislature comes through Amid all the gloom and doom fore­ " D term is just a shorter form. of the the B term," said Lilie. with more funding, we'll be able to add casts for the summer semesters, there· C term," said Lilie. "It starts on the "The funding for the C term is split to the B term," he said. now appears to be a dim ray of sun­ same day as the A term, but it runs two between the two fiscal years," Lilie said. "Frankly, though, I'm quite worried. shine piercing through. ·weeks longer." ' Since all of the B term, and a portion If this yaar's cut is as large as pro- "We're down about 330 sections over The reason for the increased offerings of the C term derive their funding from posed, the B term could actually be last summer," said Stuart A. Lilie, dean during the A and D terms has to do with next year's budget, the university was reduced, Lilie said." of undergraduate studies, "but the funding availability. forced to inake most of the cuts to those Lilie said he was not sure why the offerings in the A and D terms have "Sincethesurnmertermsactuallyfall summer class terms. College of Arts and Sciences was hit actually increased." in two budget years (the fiscal year for "We're reluctant to schedule -classes · The D term is something new to most UCFbeginsJuly 1), we knew how much out of next years budget because we SUMMER continued page 5 ::r:tFlifIIfJtl:tr::m::tI\IIIIIIIMit:tIHII]~)IEEEB.EN.$.E!fJ::rtitJJIFttJntti :I:I'K:J]}]:JrnI:=:r:mm: Budget Cuts for Summer Classes . · College • A&O B C TOTAL C~ssav~la~lijyforsummertermsh~edecreaseddrastic~~ fil~~~~ : ~~ITT@ITIITITIEJtiITBIQ~ilfE~~ITJM~~Tul0~~~0 compared to last summer. Business 34.7°/0 -28.0°/0 -6.3°/0 -1.5°/0 •331 ciassesh~ebeencutfromthesummerterms. t~U~~MIRiilillillJJ011ME00~~~ffilRl~~M~~28%~2~8 •A new summer Dsession has been added. Engineering 636.4010 -100.00;0 -61.70;0 · -16.1o/o •ArtsandSciencesWashltthe ha~est loo~ng 199cia~es. ill ~ft~ ! ~l~iDf~~Tuilfil~Q~IITill~iRM~~®Bd~~W • Business lost only three classes. Other 66. 70;0 66. 7°/o Thebu~oftheciassesareb~ngofferedinsummertermsAandD. l~\IIRfilfillliillJIR8ifiltJfITTIJN02~~IT1lli~hllli~!~!IM~~fil College A B C TOTAL A&D B C TOTAL A&D B C TOTAL Business 49 50 96 195 -66 36 90 · 192 17 - -14 -6 ·3 Engineering 11 9 141 . 161 - · 81 O 54 135 70 -9 -87 -26 ,Other O O 24 24 O O 40 40 O O 16 16 Student patrols ..-making , the 1ilmny safe forstudying by Jennifer M. Burgess "During the change of classes, some­ " STAFF REPORTER . one stands at the front door to provide extra protection," said Roger Simmons, Student partols help keep the libray a circulation librarian. Simmons added safe and quiet place to study. that most incidents occur at the secu­ The library employs 16 students who rity gate. work as Library Patrol. These students The patrol was recently honored with walk through the library andmake·other the Crime Prevention Award by the "' students aware of their presence and campus police. _ handle conflicts as they arise. The start­ The students "are wonderful. We could ing salary is $4.25. not get along without them," said Anne "The program is similar to a Neigh­ Marie Allison, director of the library borhood Watch program. They [patrol administrative office. students] are the eyes and ears of the The library patrol was developed in library," Janice Bain, head of the access 1985 because the library had problems serveice department ofthe library, said. with students eating and drinking in the The students are trained to handle new building. .., conflicts. They take part in asafety and Just like other enforcement officers, security briefing as part of their orienta­ the library patrol students wear blue tion. They are also educated on proper shirts that identify them as members of UCF student library patroman Tony Thorpe, 22, makes sure the procedures and know when to call cam­ the patrol. library iS free Of fOOd and drinks. (Chartes K. Morrow/FUTURE) pus police for additional help. "It [the shirt] makes them more vis­ tion accounts. his role as student patrol ip. the library as Students on the patrol face prob­ ible," Bain said. Allison said the problem had to be being a role model for other students. lems with noise control, eating and The shirts also help identify the stu­ resolved because "10 cents worth ofCoke He says the student patrol is avail- drinking, which is not allowed, and dents, Bain added. can ruin $100 worth of books." able to "help students understand the people taking books and parts of books According to Allison, funds for the Business management major and codes, enforce the laws, rules and regula­ from the building. shirts were provided by library founda- librarypatrol member Brian Rogers sees tions of the library. CLASSIFIEDS page 8 ·- .. L. • 2 The Central Florida Future • March 19, 1992 LITTLE DID MR. ROGER KNOW ... • • THAT WHILE HE ·WAS WAITING AT THE AIRPORT, AN ERRANT COMET FELL ON HIS PLANE. AND WHILE RESCHEDULING, HIS ENTIRE SET OF PAPER WORK WAS ON ITS • WAY TO PLANET XOOMBAAR BY WAY OF TRANSPORTER. WHEN ROGER FINALLY GOT TO HIS DESTINATION, HIS HOTEL WAS OVERRUN BY A HEAD OF UPTIGHT LLAMAS. • FORTUNATELY, ROGER HAD ALL HIS WORK ON HIS PORTABLE, AND DIDN'T LOOSE A • SINGLE THING. 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