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CLASS.lFJED '..;... ~ ........ 10·: .·· SPORTS ................... 1~ , • Thentral Florida Futu.re • Volume 22, Number 16 University of Central Florida/Orlando Thursday October 12, 1989 • Report ranks UCF • 1n• South's top 15 UCF fills number ii spot in magazine's annual survey by Joelle Subourne CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE UCF is rated as one of the top 15 regional colleges and universities in the South, according to U.S. News and World Report. • UCF is number 11 on the regional list, as stated in the magazine's annual America's Best Colleges report. "I'm obviously very delighted," President Steven Altman said. "UCF has achieved much in a short time, and is one of, if not the youngest school on the list." Other Florida schools on the re­ gional list included Rollins College, Florida International University, and Stetson University. According to U.S. News and World through to graduatjon. Report, five areas were used in select­ As quoted in The Orlando Sentinel, ing the schools on the list. They in­ Richard Astro, provost and vice presi­ cluded: academic reputation, student dent for academic affairs, said that selectivity, retention patterns, faculty national recognition such as the rank­ quality, and financial resources. ing in U. S.Newsand WorldReport can Academic reputation was deter­ only help UCF's fund-raising efforts mined by a survey of college presidents, and enhance the school's reputation. academic deans, and admissions offi­ "This rating is more of a confirma­ cers at 1,300 schools. tion of the university's maturity," • Mr. Dean McFall, director of Public McFall said, and calJed it "an appropri­ Affairs, said UCF's strongest attribute ate place in the whole sphere of south­ was student selectivity. He explained ern institutions." that this refers to the selection of the He added that UCF has achieved student body, which is based on test distinction in fields beyond the south­ scores ofincorning students, the ratio of ern region and gave CREOL, IST and - applications to admissions and the the engineering and computer science . class standing of entering freshmen. departments as examples. UCF ranked ~ighth in terms of stu­ This year's was UCF's first regional dent quality, and its weakest area was ranking. Other schools on the southern • in financial resources. list were Wake Forest University (NC), The magazine described financial University of Richmond, Berea College resources as endowment income, li­ (KY), James Madison University, The brary budgets and goverment funding. Citadel, Appalachian State University Jorge AlvareZICENTRAI. FLORIDA FUTURE Faculty quality was described as a (NC), University of North Carolina at RECHARGE IT low student-teacher ratio, a highly Charlotte, Mary Washington College Mark Stafford of Orlando Fire Equipment Company recharges fire extinguishers educated faculty and an ample budget. (VA), George Mason University (VA), emptied in the dorms. Stafford said they were probably not used to put out fires. Last, retention patterns are the University of Alabama in Huntsville school's ability to see freshman and East Carolina University (NC). Preserve, animals lose space by Jamie Carte ments," Astro added. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Whittier said, "There was a lack of communication between the parties involved." Those "parties" were In order to create 50-75 parking spaces, near the the administration and the biology department. ROTC building, the administration plowed part of When the Arboretum was established two years the Arboretum. ago, it was not added to the master facilities plan. The Arboretum is a nature preserve used by the The administration used the master facilities plan biology department to teach classes and conduct in the zoning of temporary parking. Since the Arbo­ research projects. retum boundaries were never added to the plan, the According to Dr. Henry Whittier, director of the administration chose to put temporary spaces on Arboretum, there was not enough time to remove all Arboretum property. of the animals in the area. Administration told Astro says, "No one ever came up with a formal ' Whittier and his assistants the construction would plan [concerning the Arboretum] to develop into the start on Oct. 4 or Oct.5. They set traps to catch and master plan." re-locate the animals over the weekend. The bulldoz­ Whittier said, "The actual boundaries never got ers started on Oct. 2. into the master plan because we [the Arboretum Many student projects were destroyed and the staff] didn't see the plan." He referred to the incident ' surrounding scrub area was leveled in the clearing. as a misunderstanding. In the hopes of clari­ The demolition also came very close to the newly fying the misunderstanding, the issue has been blazed trail the Florida Trail Association furnished, added to the President's Advisory Council meeting, Whittier said. next Tuesday. Dr. Richard Astro, university provost and chief At the meeting, Astro says, he hopes to find an executive officer, said, "This [the land clearing] was an accident." No one wanted to bulldoze any experi- see ARBORETUM page 3 ; I 2 The Central Florida Future, October 12, 1989 .t}& ~~Ob :~h'"~ '-~~t;~.. ;.,J~~~ - :;;l:(;';'''· ,;::~,·:::: . ' . "''~~~- ..:=: ·:': • ·;~:~:~~~~ ~~~;~~· I ''.) '.$ ~~~- • !ii· < ~::~ .: .. • . ::: . ·~-; ~ ·:'~ . ~:~ \."1 ' .,,, . ® ' ~\ " ~:·~ ~ ~; : ·nvo~r jd88,ot dry is something parched. hot and dusty, get ready for a new kinQof drv. Arevol U~arY' lm@~ . ifl'.'.beec iaste andenjoyment. Ne~ . Micherob Dry. It's brewed longer-to start bold. fiQish .clean witbo~wa ce1,{i'i~'ti~ ·:; ~~ 1Peftesfl cJi~p~etely." From now on. this 'is what drv is. ONE Tim. AND lDUH :QffltfK'R D~w. ~-:; :1-~:-- ·w AY .NE DENsc1-1, ·-· 1~ N-c : ~ ~ ... ,. 851-7 ·100 • UCF REP ERIC ERICKSON • 425-7005 • The Central Florida Future, October 12, 1989 3 ARBORETUM FROM PAGE 1 action to implement. According to Andrea Pable, president of the UCF Environ­ mental Society, they did not know any clearing was going to be taking place. She said, ''We [the Environmental Society] are opposed to anyone clearing land and killing trees to create a parking lot." . As an alternative to clear­ ing land, the Environmental Society supports parking ga­ rages and a transit system. "We support expanding up instead of out," Pable said. Pable also said the Environ­ mental Society is working on a petition campaign to insure the campus preserve stays intact. As an additional insurance device, Whittier said a new campus ecology committee Tom WebeterlCENTRAL FLORIDA f-UTURE wj]l be formed to avoid future The administration cleared this part of the Arboretum near the ROTC building to create additional parking spaces Monday. The ~n~ronmental damaging inci- . Arboretum Director, Dr. Henry Whittier said they did not have time to remove all the animals on the lot. en s. Students d~cide Disn_ey job not so. magical by Teresa Cole During busy seasons, some students work six or him because they said they did not want to waste time CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE seven days a week. When business is slow, hours for training him when he would probably leave after he students are cut accordingly. graduated anyway. Some UCF students who work at the Magic King­ "I thought it would be a good place to work since "Promotions are a departmental thing," Buchanan dom said it's not all fun and games. Disney promotes that image," Nick Cusack, a former said. There are frequent reviews where employees Students said they work long hours and receive Disney employee, said. are allowed to offer suggestions. However, there is low-tD-average pay for their Jong commute to Disney. Cusack is a senior at UCF majoring in advertising not a required amount of time an employee must According to Gary Buchanan, spokesman for and public relations. He wanted to work at Disney work at Disney before receiving a promotion. Cusack Disney, seasonal employees earn $5 an hour, and and train for management . also said he had a conflict of schedule with Disney. He entry-level part-time employees make $5.05 an hour Cusack was an emp1oyee trainer and salesman for to start. two years at Disney. He said Disney did not promote see DISN EV page 4 · •WHO'SWHO on the list is $3. World Report (Sept. 15, 1989) of Central Florida, N.A; Wil­ Participating school sys­ Applications for Who's Who The society is also holding a includes these programs liam S. Jenkins, retired tems will be asked over the Among Students in American song contest. among the top career choices builder and developer and next several months to iden­ Universities and Colleges are Cash prizes wil1 be awarded for the 90s. founder of the Crealde Arts tify candidates. now available to interested for the best songs in three cate­ Call 281-5040 or program Center; Steven W. Lew, presi­ Once underway, UCF will juniors, seniors and graduate gories. advisers for more info. dent and CEO of Universal also provide a program that in­ students. All UCF students can com­ Studios Florida. tegrates university study with The applications are avail­ pete in the con test.