Central Florida Future, Vol. 10 No. 22, February 24, 1978

              Vol. 10
Future!
Friday, February 24, 1978
Florida
Technological
University
No. 22
FTU library high on the 'ssshh' level
A student asks her friend in the library for a book.
"What?, I can't hear you," the friend replies. The young
woman asks again, louder this time.
This phenomenon occurs in the FTU library simply
because it is not the quietest place on campus as people
might guess. This was the discovery of Dr. Martin Wan-
nielisfa's Man and Environment class in a project attempting to study the noise levels at different areas of the
campus.
W-anielista's students found the library's study areas
were as noisy as the library's hallways. The quietest place
on campus, according to the readings of the Sound Meter
they used, was the Administration Building.
The results the students received were measured in
decibels, or dB's. The library registered 66 dB's while the
Administration building admissions office registered 55
dB's.
In comparison, normal speaking tones measure 70 dB's
on the Sound Meter.
The survey also showed the Physical Plant as the
loudest place on campus. By the doors of the plant, during
half-peak hours, the noise level reached between 85-90
dB's.
If a person is exposed to over 90 dB's for long periods of
time, the person could experience permanent loss of
hearing or a rise in blood pressure.
Catalina Galarza, a member of the group, took
readings from a recent campus concert. The readings
from 30 feet away from the band were 104 dB's. For this
reason many rock musicians experience hearing and
blood pressure problems and as a result may experience
heart attacks at an early age.
Barbara Luttrell,.another group member, said normal
outside noise near the reflecting pond was 75 dB's. In contrast, night readings taken near the Science Auditorium
reached 44 dB's.
Soothing noises, such as the splashing of water at the
reflecting pond, are called "masking noises." Even
though masking noises do not adversely affect blood
pressure, they still could impair hearing. "Even though
we tune out noises, our body still hears them and our
blood pressure increases," Luttrell said.
Recent surveys show that about 40 percent of the U.S.
population is adversly affected by noise pollution.
Because of this, Galarza said, the noise pollution on campus should be "cleaned up," beginning with the library.
Cagers beat tar out of Rollins
by Richard Nelson
assistant sports editor
LAKELAND-When the Rollins Tars-
entered the Lakeland Civic Center
Wednesday night to play FTU for the
Sunshine State Conference championship, they had everything going for
them.
Everything was right. The Tars were
riding the crest of a five-game winning
streak, they had won 1 2. of their last 1 5
and thev had a personal score to settle
with the Knights.
The momentum was theirs, but they
forgot to do one thing. They were supposed to win.
Instead, FTU, second in the nation in
Division II, steam rolled the Tars 103-
66 to up their own victory string to 21
games and their seasonal record to 23-
2.
While the. Knights gloried over the
spoils, which included the SSC crown,
three SSC All Tournament Player
awards, and the SSC tournament most
valuable player, a tired and drained
Rollins squad shed their uniforms for
the last time this year.
As Rollins pondered the win that
wasn't to be, jubulation was rampant
in the Knight's locker room after the
game. As usual, Spivey never had any
doubts about the final outcome.
"We knew we would beat them." he
said. "So since1 it was the last time we
would be playing them, we wanted to
see how badly we could beat them.
We've got a powerhouse. Thev can't
beat us: they knew thev couldn't beat
us."
Before coach Torchv Clark left the
civic center with another victory notched in his belt which evened the FTU-
Rollins series record at six all, he said,
"Nobodv  expected   us  to  win   by   as
a physical Biseayne team only the
night before, now was feeling the effects of mixing playing and traveling
together. Thev were sluggish and
couldn't keep up with the quick-footed
SSC All-Tourney
Team Selections
CLEVELAND JACKSON,
FTU, guard
MIKE SPIVEY,
FTU, guard
KYLE RICH,
Rollins, center
JERRY PRATHER,
FTU, forward
tie:
BRUCE PETERS,
St. Leo. forward
MIKE LAJEUNESSE,
Biscavne, forward
Tourney MVP
JERRY PRATHER
much as we did. I was tired of hearing
how they were going to beat us. but to
be able to win 21 straight and to beat
Rollins three times in one year is reallv
a feat."
Rollins' coffin was.nailed early in the
,contest by the near-perfect performance of the Knight attack. The well-oiled,
point-producing FTU machine took a
commanding 32-18 lead with 4:20 left
in the first half over the Winter Park
foe.
All the Tars' fans could do was look
on in despair. Rollins, who had fought
Knights, who earlier had coasted to a
semi-final win over St. Leo.
Prather and Jackson combined for
41 points to lead FTU's balanced
scoring avalanche, which included
four players scoring in double figures.
Prather also dished out nine assists and
grabbed nine rebounds. The 6-3 forward was aided on the boards bv
sophomore Pete Krull who pulled
down 10 errant shots.
Simply put, FTU couldn't play much
better. As a team, they shot 61 percent
from the floor, while the Tars shot onlv
37 percent.
FTU had fooled the experts, who
were expecting a close game. But the
"real" experts' the team alreadv knew
who was going to win.
Before playing the Tars. Spivey
spoke with an air of confidence
reminiscent of an unbeatable Roman
warrior. Was there any chance of FTU
losing to Rollins, a team that claimed
FTU was not for real; only a false god?
"They're nothing but talk." Spivey
said, shaking his head in denial:
"Nothin' but talk. It's just another
game. If we win. we win. "We're
already there (the regional tournev)."
It was the carefree attitude by the
Knights that eventually beat Rollins
who absorbed all the pressure4 against
them.
The Knights' onlv scarv moment of
the championship game came when
Lee Riley went down in pain from a
Dirk Twine elbow which hit the FTU
center's already-broken nose;
Riley left the game under his own
power, and he remained on the bench
for the duration of the contest. FTU
athletic trainer Ron Ribaric said lie
wouldn't know if Rilev could play in
the regional tournament until further
medical examination.
Tickets for the South Regional
basketball tournament to be held at
FTU March 3-4 will go on sale Monday. Tickets will cost $3 per night
(which includes two basketball games)
for FTU students1. General admission
tickets will cost $4.
There are 1.600 tickets available to
FTU students for each day of the competition.
TeJsi/s FufUfa
Joslyn jostled
Student senator Brian Joslyn resigned
from the senate after his appointment as
Elections Commissioner was disapproved. The senate retaliated further by
stripping him of. other posts. See story,
page 3.
King Bong
The FTU Bong Show proved to he a
riotous good time as the audience viewed
everything from singers to a 400 pound
stripper. The event, by far the VC'.s best,
was a ganging success. See story, page 8.
The life of Riley
The second-ranked FTU basketball team
has many "stars." But, center Lee Riley
tends to be overlooked by Knight fans.
But, the 6 foot 4 senior deserves a lot of
credit for the team's record. See story,
page 10