Central Florida Future, Vol. 12 No. 24, March 7, 1980

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future
University of
Central Florida
Vol. 12
Friday, March 7, 1980
No. 24
Sleeping Through It All ***—i—
By using infrared film, Deane Jordan was able to turn the trees outside the Engineering Building white and
the sky black. An unidentified student was caught unaware.
Today's Future-^ UCF representatives
control model senate
Coming
Along
An ad-hoc committee has
been set up to evaluate and
revise the present Environ-
. mental Studies Program.
Reporter Kathleen Foronda
gives her account oj the
progress on page 3.
Sing Along
Former Faces member Rod
Stewart is featured in a VC
film that opens tonight.
Stewart is shown in his last
performance with the band.
For a full account, read
page 10.
Play Along
The Baseball Knights took
on the University of South
Florida Bulls. They walked
away with a score of 10-3,
keeping their winning
record intact. Read Fred
Lee's account of the game,
page 14.
by Carol Arnold
staff writer
By winning two major awards and sending the largest delegation, the UCF
representatives dominated the Model Senate hosted by Stetson University held
February 21-24.
"In the nine years UCF has sent representatives to the Model Senate, this is the
best prepared bunch I have ever seen," said Dr. William Jervey, political science
professor and sponsor for the group.
Mary Gravelle, of Stetson University, said, "UCF delegates were the best
organized and had the best portrayals of the actual senators."
Greg Stark, portraying Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) received the award tor
Best Committee Chairman as chairman of the Energy Committee. Best Characterization Award went to Mike Driscoll for his portrayal of Sen. Jesse Helms, the
republican from North Carolina.
The Model Senate is hosted each year by Stetson University in Deland. This is
the ninth year UCF has participated in the event that brings political science
students from the Southeast together to submerge their own personalities and try
to take on the characteristics of their assigned senators.
According to Robert Nagel, the conservative senators outnumbered the liberals.
Senate page 8
Energy
change
hits UCF
by Frank Forester
•taff writer
The Department of Energy has granted
permission to nine Florida" Utility
companies, including Orlando Power,
to use natural gas instead of fuel oil to
generate electricity.
According to a news release from
Senator Richard Stone's office, Sen.
Stone and Sen. Lawton Chiles both
support the measure.
The change from imported fuel oil to
natural gas will not result in lower
electricity prices for UCF which has
already exceeded their energy budget
by $100,000. Richard Neuhaus
assistant director of the physical plant,
said the switch may slow the rise in
prices but is not expected to result in
any lowering of rates.
Bill Pursley, Stone's legislative aide,
agreed with Neuhaus, and said the best
possible result from the change is" a
decreased dependence on imported oil.
Utility rates in Florida are based on
a cost plus profit formula established
1 / the Public Service Commission, said
i ursley.
If DOE refuses the utilities' request,
utilitv rates are expected to increase
significantly said Jean Parvin, Stone's
press secretary.
There is currently an abundance of
natural gas, and Stone is pushing for a
pipeline to newly developed gas fields
in Mexico, Parvin said.
Parvin and Pursley agreed that the
increased demand for gas may result in
price rises for.natural gas, including
gas used in the home.
Neuhaus said the price of natural gas
has risen from $1.47 to $2.50 per
million BTU's in the last year, and
another price increase is anticipated in
March. He said it now costs 35 cents
for enough natural gas to produce the
same amount of energy as 40 cents
worth of oil.
George Standridge, a spokesman for
Orlando Power, said it was "just
speculation" that gas would soon be
more expensive and scarce than oil.
He stressed that the use of natural
gas as a boiler fuel  is a short term
Energy page 8
Chemical causing problems for vets
by Barbara Cowell
managing editor
"No other group of veteran's came
out of any war with bigger problems
than the Vietnam veteran," said Thorn
Costa, coordinator for Veteran's Affairs. "First they were listed as baby
killers. Now they have to worry about
the effects of Agent Orange."
Costa believes that many veterans
now attending UCF or living in the
Central Florida area may be affected
by Agent Orange.
Agent Orange is a herbicide
produced bv the Dow Chemical Company' among others. It was used in
Vietnam to defoliate trees surrounding
the American bases so enemy guerillas
could be easily spotted. It has also
been   used   throughout   the   United
States and has been found in several
water supplies. Dioxin is found in
Agent Orange. It is believed to be the
most toxic man-made substance known
today.
Anyone who served in Vietnam from
1961-72 may be suffering from effects
of Agent Orange. According to Costa,
symptoms include skin eruptions,
headaches, severe depression, stomach
and kidney problems as well as loss of
libido. Children of infected veterans
have been termed "monsters," according to Nancy Wilson, counselor and
coordinator for veterans. "These
children are born with enlarged heads
and livers, club foot, cleft palates and
kidney abnormalities. The correct
terminology is to call them monsters.
Some deformities have never been seen
before," she said.
Those veterans suspecting they have
problems because of the effects of
Agent Orange are urged to stop by and
fill out a questionnaire that has been
drawn up by Agent Orange Victims International. The group was
established by a young man who has
died from stomach cancer believed to
be caused by Agent Orange.
Wilson added that veterans have often been caught up in a bureaucracy
between the Veteran's Administration
and the federal government. "The VA
hasn't been too responsive to their
needs. People today try to pretned that
the problem isn't there. They act like if
they don't know about it, it doesn't
exist but that's not true."