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Central Florida Future. 1485. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1485 • UCF cheerleaders fake ihird it1 t1a11onal cha11tpimtShip - See Sports A D I G I T A L C I T Y 0 R L A N D 0 C 0 M M U N I T Y P A R T N E R (AOL Keyword: Orlando) www.orlando.digitalcity.com Scholarship winners • think of themselves as • books and pick a title .. ' NICOLE KING NEWSED/TOR ' ::~~; ··::~\{ .. .. : '' a,.·· r·.··' ·.. :~ ·n···· ···.·,:::,:·.:·········· · ··.':::'1;.·· .·.. ·.·· n·.· ....... , g· .•.·.s ·.·' On Jan. 5, the UCF Bookstore awarded 15 textbook scholarships to students. Entrants were asked·to write a one-page essay answer­ tmgps&i~lktq : get the w~ter 1"• % . ing the question, "If you were a book, what NEWS EDITOR JJaek tthtfle lyVel it should/be would your title be and why?" t'o. iest~~lt~i~.t:Cr ,to au thy hvij J?aradise said, '<.we · Winning essays ranged from titles like ~y wasn't a hieak7' 'Reasonable Life' to 'Delicious ·~~lit~~~&~= .a~ Contradiction.' Winner Jane Kelly-Vanneste 83;1:~~.Y J1lOrning a~ter · pe¥ y; tm:~e ~~\;!ii~"- titled her essay, 'How to End Up In Gotha, 8 clay& bf warnings. A~ind~~naeht ' ".?· F w,.,,,:1w.1:i-i.".·.···~··.···· " ···~··· . ·· .., ..... Florida.' lab gay~· the go~ah~d to ~y§ical ' ··· tlllllllllilllllliiil e moving water i~ "I didn't write anything all that creative," PJ_any around 7 a.m. Satur<;l~y f.!f(~r ' essehti .a\r 'cqnditioni,ng' ' ;, .. r ·~;; , ,.; Kelly-Vanneste said. "I just wrote about my · · unit; W,h · i),. ·c.a;rnprts' wet:~ life." Spring 1999 UCF r ... :.r.i.·.... • .·".... Essay win­ ~~Q~~z~ ~ ~~:P::~~ !a;0 ~:en ,1.···.•.~.·.· '.i),•,.· ; .... ·~ .. ~~t.~~i!~~i §f~>·~fuilM~~ifY w Bookstore Textbook ners were asked L ~1;~ Wednesday . Scholarship Winners to bring in a copy eID;djfectctr &f'Physjcal McDonald's to use :~ #, : h::JL ·: yJ~~g~y~: :~ ~~;:: . of their schedules P~a~,')e. Paradise ·S,aia ~xi?gweJ; ty fo §p~ilcf itle yight .i11 a hotel, Suzanne Ball and choose the fluctuqti()n at the · watet plant McCray sflid only about 29 stu­ Dorothy Byron the bathroom. books they need­ c aus.e~ the water pump$ at UCF to dents chose to go. ·~ tt just g()es to Jody Schonsheck - Jessica Madden . john M. Friu ed. They were ,.ose pressure. All of the buildings show that .no matter what, you'd then given the -op can>;pus were wi~o~1.t Wft~~r. ' justrather.. $t4¥ home;" .he said. Chris Knoernschild ·:;;~ • '\.-. X< ?}:!:t .. _ .i::: . ·~)=· ;-;-. )~t; ~~;;- Elaine LeBlanc books free. The · .. Later in the 9'a¥~t"Ylt~A di¢ ,Bteyard Hal{'.resident Becky Harold C. Carter, Ill scholarships may pumpf were restored to ;p~wer, the ntimb~r'f ib°f. .the . valves neeti~u '~ to Potts,. 19, decided to .stay. "1 could1Ft Lauren Raegan Hotaling also be used for watei moving in the pipes .bI:<>ke apart cleaned ot:e:hanged totallyY . shower or brush my teeth; my rooni­ Peggy Moch summer classes if sediment illside resulting in the flush __ ,'" P¥t of that investigatioif·Was mates and I were going to a friend's Amy J. Barnickel any of the recipi­ valves inside the pipes to be held open. µiring a priY¥te plu!llbing co.m,pany t<>' house to tak~ a shower. On Thursday, Sarum Sumriddetchkajorn ents take classes The open valves allowed ytater to flQ-w send a c~mera down.one Qf Jhe w~ter Jie Lu at that time. freely. ,Paradise said ·ir ~~s ueady pipes neat . ~y Claire on 'J'.pJ1rs.. g~y in;•. }\~~LED, Page 6 Jane Kelly-Yanneste ... ;:~· :~: :::'.:.••. :;-:-::·:-:, ·)'.: Marlys Meza The essays Kerry Lee Collins were judged by the Bookstore Advisory Committee. The committee, com­ prised of at least two faculty and staff mem­ A new way to buy textbooks bers from each college, is headed by Dr. Tom Evans. Evans said the scholarships were part SHELLEY WILSON STAFF WRITER of the deal between Barnes & Noble and UCF. Part of the committee's job was to come up with criteria for awarding the scholarships. Are you still looking for your spring "We thought about doing a lottery system textbooks for classes this semester? Are you to decide the winners," Evans said, "then we trying to sell back your fall books from last decided to grant them by something the stu­ semester? You might want to try going • dents did." online to do both this year. Evans said the committee looked for Bookmoney.com is a free online service intrigue and innovation when deciding the that provides students a forum to buy, sell, winners. "We were looking for novel essays," and trade their textbooks with other students. he said. "The most important thing was that it The idea behind the website is to bring buy­ really explain and justify the title chosen." ers and sellers together to negotiate a better • Bookstore General Manager Marc price than what college bookstores offer. Eckhart said the essays varied widely. "A cou­ "The biggest advantage for students is ple of them would almost bring a tear to your saving lots of money. The average of a used eye and some of them would almost knock book is $17 which is pretty big savings in you out of your chair laughing," Eckhart said. comparison," said co-founder Steve House. Winner Marlys Meza said her husband The database was developed by two PHOTO BY NICOLE KING BOOKSTORE, Page 8 Students can avoid long lines at college bookstores by selling their books online. USERS, Page 8 Safe sex panel Pealing out Would you use an online· Check out our updated Drew Barrymore to host a Professor races the site to sell your text- . online calendar, your panel discussion with engines he builds in meets books? Our weekly Q&A. source for UCF events. peer educators. around the country. -PAGE 9 -PAGE 6 www.UCFfuture.com www.UCFfuture.com January 13, 1999 www.UCFfuture.com Central Florida Future • 2 UCF engineering professor feels the need for speed • • JAMES COMBS until he was 42. improvement. I put in a lot of the best you can hope for is that from 0 to 60 mph in 2 seconds. STAFF WRITER He has raced in places such hard work. it doesn't blow the entire vehi­ "This is the most satisfying as Cincinnati, Montgorpery, "I'm a good enough engineer­ cle." feeling in the world because it's • Bob Hoekstra brings many Richmond, and Bowling Green, ing scientist that I also under­ Fortunately for Hoekstra, amazing that I could design talents to racing. Ky. The closest Hoekstra came to stand . some theory, and some none of his engines have blown something with so much power," Hoekstra was drag racing his winning a national meet was in things we are currently working up. he said. "It gives me a sense of 1950 red and maroon Chevy Montgomery, where he finished on might allow us to find 10 Hoekstra said the mental pride." pickup truck at Orlando eighth out of 300 cars. more horsepower. But it's so focus is his favorite aspect of the Hoekstra also takes a lot of Speedworld. When he reached "I was excited that I did well, hard to find those tiny increments race itself. As soon as Hoekstra pride in using the body of a 1950 115 mph, his truck suddenly but I was even more proud that that I will probably be on NBC climbs into his truck, he begins Chevy pickup. The red and • began to feel funny, and it drifted my engine ran great that entire news if I succeed." focusing. maroon truck with pearl and gold sideways toward a guardrail. He day," he said. Hoekstra said he attends "It's always very hot inside flames is a rarity in drag racing. turned the wheel trying to Hoekstra takes much pride in . Wallace's races about 10 times a my truck because it is against the Most drivers use car bodies • straighten it out. Instead, the the way his engine runs because year. "I have a great time build­ rules to have ventilation," he because they run faster through truck slid sideways and went up · he built it. Since drag racing is ing his motors and then going to said. "And there may be 20 pairs wind. on two tires, and that caused the one of the few kinds of rac­ of cars that may be racing ''To be able to run this truck • truck to shoot across into his ing that doesn't put limita­ before me, but I block all of down the track faster than any­ opponent's lane, coming within tions on how much power that out. I begin thinking body thinks it should run is just a five feet of hitting him. Hoekstra, an engine can have, about the different buttons kick," he said. "If I was going as • who came close to rolling the Hoekstra strives for perfec­ that I have to push as I'm fast as I'm going now in a truck over, said the incident last­ tion.