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Central Florida Future. 1388. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1388 Cent r a · lf'l or 1 a. sln c e I ~ri ~s- Asbestos clean-up continues on campus • By DEREK GONSOULIN asbestos is in good shape, it's not a hazard Building has asbestos in its floor tile and happen. Staff Writer to anybody." will be dealt with at a later time, "A big flood could degrade [the tiles], The buildings due for asbestos abate­ Mammino said. but unless some physical harm comes to After removing asbestos from Computer ments (the removal process) are: the The three buildings' asbestos is non-fri­ the tiles or insulation, it is not a problem." Center II and the library last fall, UCF's Health and Physics Building, Computer able (or unable to be crumbled by hand Asbestos baa to be removed from CCII Environmental Health and Safety depart­ Center I (next to CCII) and the Chemistry and inhaled), Mammino said. In that form, and the stairwell in the library due to ren­ ment plans to clean asbestos from three Building. he said, the asbestos does not pose a risk to ovations to both. CCII is undergoing con­ other buildings. During renovations to Computer Center the public. struction for a bridge to Computer Center Steve Mammino, UCF's Industrial II, the mechanical room in the Health and Phil Maynard, industrial hygienist at the III, located directly behind CCII. From Hygienist at EHS, said the asbestos is not Physics Building will be abated of University of California at Berkeley, Jan. 13-23 asbestos in the form of floor dangerous in its current form, but has to be asbestos, a material that has been found to agrees with Mammino. tile, pipe insulation and mastic was removed in accordance with cause cancer over years of exposure. "Floor and ceiling tiles are not friable," removed form CCII. - Environmental Protection Agency stan­ The Health and Physics Building and Maynard said. "It is difficult to make Mammino said the old carpet on the dards. - CCI have asbestos in the .form of water [asbestos] release in those situations." library stairwells had to be replaced. "We have a lot of buildings with asbestos pipe insulation, floor and ceiling tile, and Damaged, asbestos-containing materials in them," said Mammino, who oversees the glue used in securing carpet, tile, insu­ (ACM) could release asbestos fibers, asbestos matters on campus. "But if the lation, etc. (called mastic). The Chemistry Maynard said, but he found it unlikely to See ASBESTOS , Page 12 • Barlow's Lecturers di.scovery hit campus • 15 far out for a week By DANNIE HELM By NORA KULIESH Staff Writer Staff Writer A UCF professor has found the possible • origin of the Martian meteorite that was Community leaders will tum in their tra­ found in Antarctica and thought to have ditional job assignments on Feb. 17 for evidence of life on Mars. stints as lecturers in UCF's classrooms Dr. Nadine Barlow, Director of the during the school's first "Distinguished Robinson Observatory and in charge of the Photo by.MIKE MARSHALL: Lecturer Week." astronomy program at UCF, believes she Dr. Nadine Barlow is an expert on Martian meteorites. More than I 00 government, arts, busi­ has found the originating point of the years old and is known to have been eject­ its information is analyzed. ness and media participants from the meteorite found in the summer of 1986. ed from Mars 16 million years ago when a Dr. Silfvast, chair of the UCF Physics Central Florida area will lecture on sub­ Barlow has identified two craters in the giant asteriod collided with Mars, accord­ Department, said Barlow's findings bring jects in their fields in a program designed southern hemisphere as being the most ing to an article published in U.S. News notoriety to the Astronomy department. to extend students practical insights into likely candidates. and World Report. With that information, "It puts the university and Physics their careers of choice. "I decided to look for the origin on my Barlow was able to limit her search to Department in the limelight for working The program's aim is to strengthen the .. own for curiosity sake," Barlow said. "I about 40 percent of the Martian surface . in the forefront of this new era," Silfvast connection between UCF and the Orlando knew that there was a lot of interest in the "Since all Martian geological activity said. "[The discovery] will set forth the community, said Karen Jennings, UCF's meteorite and eventually they would want ended about that time, I knew I was look­ direction for where future Mars landings director of Constituent Relations. to know where it came from and this could ing for a fresh crater," she said. will be. She said UCF has been "Orlando's best­ provide NASA with some clues where to From the size of the meteorite, she also "She is the expert on the surface of kept secret" for too long. look." knew the crater must be at least 100,000 Mars." "We don't want to be a secret anymore," The meteorite fell to earth about 13,000 miles in diameter or elongated. Using a Barlow presented her findings in Jennings said. years ago. Although it was found in 1986, catalog of Martian craters that she com­ October to the American Astronomic Bringing in Orlando's leaders will not it wasn't until 1993 when scientists real­ piled as a graduate student at the Society's Division of Planetary Sciences only offer students an opportunity to hear ized the meteorite was Martian. It is the University of Arizona, Barlow further Conference in Tucson, Ariz., and will be from professionals, she said, but it will let 12th martian meteorite found on earth. reduced the number of possible sites to 23 presenting at next month's Lunar and the community see firsthand what a According to a U.S. News and World craters. Using images taken by the Viking Planetary Science Conference in Houston. dynamic institution UCF is. Report article, there are four clues in the Orbiter mission, she eliminated all but She also has submitted a paper for publi­ Al Weiss, President of Walt Disney meteorite indicating there was possible life two craters. One is 7 miles by 6 miles and cation to the Journal of Geophysical World Resort, will be among the honored on Mars 4.5 billion years ago: carbonate the other is 14 miles by 9 miles. Research. guests. A UCF alumnus, Weiss is globules, the presence of PAHs (polycyclic Both are found in the heavily cratered Barlow joined the Physics department informed of UCF's growth. aromatic hydrocarbons), compounds that region of the southern hemisphere. last January. Before coming to UCF, she Now it's time for others to find out. look like those made by bacteria and pos­ Barlow is hoping the Mars Global worked nine years at the Johnson Space Also expected to appear are Bob Opsahl sible fossilized bacteria. Surveyor orbiting mission scheduled for Barlow said the meteorite is 4.5 billion September will verify her findings when See PROFESSOR, Page 7 See LECTURERS, Page 5 Campus construction continuing • By ORLANDO MONTOYA court and retail shops will serve students and Staff Writer faculty in August. ' August seems to be the anticipated date for other projects, too. Newman said workers are The University of Central Florida may want to putting in the footings on the Parking Garage adopt the motto "Pardon Our Dust" as construc­ and are examining the panels for its outside. The tion continues on five projects with 27 others in garage is being built near the Education various stages of development. Building, on the site of a parking lot. The Student Union, one of the most anticipat­ Photo by CARL POLGAR The Education Building lot was replaced with ed of these projects, will open next month for several dirt lots near the UCF Arena. The President's home is among the flurry of construction office workers. Peter Newman, Director of activity on campus. UCF's Facilities Planning division, says food See CONSTRUCTION, Page 2 • Februaryri2, i997 Central Flo~id~ Future • 2 Noriega volunteers Construction gives campus her helping hand new appearance .. tutoring with after-school kids By TRACY WEBB at Columbia Elementary From Page 1 News Editor School. I also did community building, where we did com­ They too will be replaced when con­ Graciela Noriega is leading munity clean-ups," Noriega struction begins on the Health and the UCF community into the said. Public Affairs Building. Newman said • 21st century. In total, Noriega averaged it's convenient to use the land as dirt Noriega, a combination about 1,700 hours of commu­ lots for now because the land would political science and liberal nity service in one year. She have to be cleared anyway. studies major, has wanted to says, "It was all worth it" The work never ceases, with or with­ help others early in her col­ Noriega says the major out difficulties.