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C.OMICS ....· ................. 9 : CLASSIFIED ............. 10 :. SP.ORTS ................... 12 Future Volume 22, Number 41 University of Central Florida/Orlan.do Thursday February 8, 1990 · Candidate has lost his appeal Taylor will appeal decision of Election Commission that he's ineligible to run CAMPAIGN 1990 by Tom Kopacz STAFF REPORTER The Election Commission Tuesday rejected presidential candidate Don Taylor's appeal to keep his name on the ballot. Dean of Students Charles Brown ruled Friday that Tay1or, a post-bacca­ laureate student, cannot run in the upcoming student body presidential elections because he is in his first semester at UCF and has no UCF grade point average. At the hearing, Taylor said it should be a formality because of an opinion is­ Jorge AlvareZ/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE sued by UCF General Counsel Ash mun Kirk Healy Jr. (left) and Steve Ronzino listen to debaters at the Hot Topics forum on Monday night. Healy is reacting to Brown Tuesday morning. a statement made by Dr. Doug Reid of the National Coalition Against Pornography. "He pointed out that if the Senate had wanted to specify a term, a second term or a third term requirement, they would have done so," Taylor said. Porn restrictions debated The written opinion Brown issued reads in part: "Every transfer student has a GPA It is not necessary to com­ Hot Topic forum attracted 350 people from school, community plete a term." "I should be able to run just based on by Richard Zucaro raphy. Bloodworth cited the Supreme lition Against Pornography gave a this," Taylor said. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Court case of Miller v. California, list of reasons why pornography However, the Election Commission "Obscenity is not protected by the First should be restricted. Reed's list agreed with a legal opinion issued Pornography restrictions were Amendment." started with "It's already illegal" Monday by Student Government At­ the subject of the Hot Topic debate Dr. Jeff Butler challenged Blood­ and ended by saying "Pornography torney General Lori Dickes who re­ Monday at the student center audi­ worth by saying that GOCAP cites is addicting." jected the main points of Taylors ap­ torium, but the resulting arguments Miller v. California then "plays fast Dr. Jeff Butler said, "The First peal. were not resolved. and loose with the law." Amendment must be jealously Taylors appeal consisted of three Campus Activities Board person­ Dr. Randy Fisher of UCF said stud­ guarded... Fantasies are not ille­ main points: the election statutes vio­ nel estimated 350 people came to ies show violence is the problem, not gal." late the Articulation Agreement be­ hear the one hour debate th~t in­ sex. He said there are less violent acts Members of the audience yelled tween the nine state universities and cluded a question and answer period in triple X-rated films than in R-rated from their seats heckling Blood­ the community college system; specific at the end. films. This disarmed Bloodworth and worth and Reed. The moderator, Sue sections of the statutes violate univer­ The debate opened with a speech GOCAP's claim that porn is predomi­ Anderson, told the two parties they sity regulations; and two sections of the by Daryl Bloodworth of the Greater nantly violent. would have to "continue the debate Orlando Coalition Against Pomog- Dr. Doug Reed of the National Coa- in the parking lot." see ELECTION page 5 Pell Grants on way despite technical errors by Avis Quesinberry Financial Aid receives the govern­ CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ment money "only prior" to the student receiving the check. The Pell Grants are in the mail, At the beginning of each semester Mary McKinney, director of Financial Financial Aid fills out the paperwork Aid, said Wednesday. and calculates the exact amount of Pell McKinney said, technical problems Grant money needed, a process McKin­ between UCF and the federal govern­ ney said often takes about four weeks. ment are to blame for the delay. If the government thinks the uni­ More than 3,000 UCF students are versity is asking for more than needed, awaiting their Pell Grants. the university runs into "technical A Pell Grant is a need based award problems" and according to McKinney from the federal government to stu­ that's what happened to UCF. dents who qualify. Eligible students McKinney said Financial Aid assis­ receive between $200 and $2,300 per tants have been telling students the academic-year. The money doesn't have grants will be out as soon as possible, to be paid back. just as they were directed to do. 2 The Central Florida Future February 8, 1990 • WAYNE .DENSCH, IN·C ..· · . ss1-11• oo· . · · ·! · UCF REP ERIC ERICKSON - 425-7005 . , -·•,• •••4 .. o•• ••W•••••••'-"••·•• ... •• ••• M .... ,..,.. ... _,.. ... ;. • __ _........ -·--•••- •••••• --•--•• -' •••'- •••· •• ••• '- •'-•~ • ,••"·' • •••• • ••~••· >• ••J • . ' • The Central Florida Future February 8, 1990 3 • IVCF sponSors··debate on reli9ious hypocrisy by Joseph Kaye discuss the pressing issues in religion today. We UCF humanities professor, who represented a secu­ • CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE strive to present both sides of things." lar humanistic viewpoint. Questions soon turned The video Stained Images was filmed on college political in nature, with both parties claiming to have The InterVarsity Chris'ti_an Fellowship sponsored campuses and produced by 2100 Productions, a part scientific evidence on their side. a debate Jan. 30 on the topics of religious hypocrisy of InterV:arsity Christian Fellowship's national or­ Breaking stereotypes seemed to be the theme of • and stereotyping. The panel consisted of two factions, ganization. The video addressed eight questions the evening, as White conceded to calling Christian­ the first representing humanistic views, and the concerning Christianity, and showed the responses ity "a very real and viable spiritual experience." second representing Christian viewpoints. of many college students. Among the questions asked Bri.an Bigelow, an electrical engineering major, Starting with a 30 minute film entitled Stained were: "Do Christians commit intellectual suicide?", member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and • Images, the purpose of the debate was to present both "Why is Christianity always associated with money?" panelist, cited historical evidence to go along with his sides of the issues dealt with. "We didn't want to hit and "Is Jesus Christ the only way to get to heaven?" philosophy of faith. anyone over the head with a Bible," said Scott Henry, After the film, the panel was open to questions Other panelists included Dr. Roy Brown, who president of the IVCF. and program moderator. "We from the audience. The dominantly Christian crowd received a doctorate in Physics from Baylor Univer­ wanted to ge·t together in an informal setting, and aimed most of their questions at Dr. Dan White, a sity, and R. Scott Horner, a senior graphic arts major. Senate's theater bill for 500 student admissions v.etoed by Tom Kopacz STAFF REPORTER The vice president for student affairs vetoed a student senate bill which would have paid for 500 student admissions to the UCF Theater. Dr. Le Vester Tubbs said he vetoed the bill because • he does not like providing free tickets to students. "Student government is not in the business of supporting academic departments," he said. He also said SG could buy tickets on consignment, then resell them to students at a reduced rate, adding that both he and University President Steven Altman disagree with providing allocations directly to students. Former Sen. Jeff Eberle, who introduced the bill, said he was disappointed with Tubbs' decision. "I feel that since students already pay for this in the Activi­ ties and Service Fee, they shouldn't have to pay an extra dollar or two for it," he said. Eberle resigned from the senate Monday because he is taking sixteen hours of engineering classes this semester. • Michael Laughlin/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ALL TANGLED UP Kathy Fletcher, a senior majoring in radio/television, gets tangled up in her work for a class project. Fletcher • has to produce a two-minute DJ performance which includes music and public service announcements .. N Ii • NEAR DEADLINE pher will also be present to For registration or informa­ and open to the public. pincott at 275-2212. · The spring withdrawal take headshots, the first step tion, call 281-5841. For further information deadline is Friday, March 2. of auditioning~ contact Dr. Anna Lillios, 275- • GRADUATE FUNDING All students wishing to with­ The seminar is free and • WRITER READS 2212 . Funding for 15 black gradu­ • drawal from a course must do open to everyone. There will be An American fiction writer, ate students to attend UCF in so at the records and registra­ a minimal charge for the head­ Steven Dixon, will be the third • TECHNICAL WRITING the summer has become avail­ tion office by March 2. shot service. speaker in this year's World UCF and the Orlando Socf­ able. Writers Series, sponsored by ety for Technical Communica­ Completed forms are due to •AUDITION SEMINAR •QUIT SMOKING the UCF Department of Eng­ tion will host their Sixth An­ the office of graduate studies On Feb.