Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 19, October 29, 1987

              he Central Florida Future
Volume 20, Number 19
University of Central Florida/Orlando
e> 1987 The Central Florida Future
Thursday, October 29,1987
Ski team looking for lake
by Jeannene Burnham
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The water ski team is still hoping for a higher
authority to see things their way and allow
them to practice on Lake Claire, while the
Biology Department is hoping the lake will
remain free of power boats.
Lake Claire in a sense belongs to the Biology
Department. The department does not actually
own the lake but the department has been
studying Lake Claire for many years.
Scott Willis, UCF Ski Team member, would
like to see Lk. Claire shared between the ski
team the Biology Department. "The lake would
be ideal for the team. As it stands now, our team
has to drive to Lake Orienta for practicing
purposes. The drive is 40 minutes away. It is so
hard to get the team together at one time and
drive 40 miles for practicing. That is why we
very seldom practice. We could probably be the
best team in the nation if we could have a
convenient lake of our own."
Willis said another problem is having to keep
the boat at the captain's house. "It's a lot of
trouble to haul the boat from one place to another," he said.
Willis said another problem is that the team
is unable to use other lakes.
He said, "The problem is all of these nearby
lakes are owned by companies who prefer not to
let us use them. Sure, we'd love to go across the
street and practice on the lake owned by
Westinghouse. It's the perfect size and an ideal
location, but the answer is always the same; the
property owners will not allow it."
Gary Rickard, a member of the UCF crew
team, said the ski team is not looking at the lake
problem logically.
He said, "I'm not against the ski team using
Lake Claire, but they need to take a second look
SEE LAKE PAGE 3
Patrol's job: keep food & drink
from ruining valuable books
by Christina Lee
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Three years ago, the Library established a Student
Library Patrol to curtail blatant disobedience of the
library's "no food or drinks
policy."
According to Janice Bain,
head of Access Services, students at that time were eating
and leaving trash all over the
library. "Some patrons were
actually having pizza parties
in the study rooms," she said.
"Although they're not a policing unit, they're presence
acts as a deterrent," said Bain.
The patrol also monitors the
library entrance between class
changes to make sure no one
walks out with books that have
not been checked out. They
also   remind   students   that
magazines and newspapers
are not to be removed from the
library.
"Ninety percent or higher of
students who set off the alarm
are simply making a mistake.
They forgot to check out the
book they were reading," said
Anne Marie Allison, director of
the library. "The patrol just
reminds them to go back to the
SEE PATROL PAGE 6
College stations
watch FCC ruling-
little affect on UCF
by Paula Rodriguez
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Hundreds of college radio stations have chosen to play it safe while waiting for the Federal
Communication Commission's response to a
broadcaster's petition to change its rules about
what kinds of racy material can be allowed on
the air.
Many local music fans thought of WUSB, the
State University of New York at Stonybrook's
FM station, as Long Island's hippest radio outlet. The station, after all, often played new,
radical music no one else did. But not any more.
The station's retreat to safa music and programming began last April, when the FCC
revised its indecency guidelines.
The FCC's April revision bars stations from
SEE RADIO PAGE 4
WUCF-FM PROGRAM GUIDE
AUGUST 1987
6-9am
WUCF IN THE MORNING
9-Noorv
MORNING CONCERT
Mon—Comedy Update
Tues
-UCF Students View the News
Wed-UCF Sports Forum
1
"hurs—Perspectives on Clinical
Psychology
Fri—Health News Update
l-2pm      Mon—The Cinema & The Stage
Tues
—A History in Recorded Sound
Wed-
-Sounding - Philosophy Forum
Thurs—The Spoken Word
Fri—UCF Views the News
2-4pm
AFTERNOON AT SYMPHONY
4-6pm
CLASSICS
6-7 pm
ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC
with Karl Haas
■7- 12am
JAZZ
7-9: Big Bands in Full Swing
9-12: Primetime Jazz
12-3am
NITE ROCK
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BAG LADY
Not every UCF student looks as good as this one did during
Friday's Homecoming Parade.
Profssay don't worry
about market crash
byDonWittekind
EDfTOR IN CHIEF
The stock market continues
to rise and fall with alarming
uncertainty, and according to
UCF professors the nation's
uneasiness is well founded.
Concerning the economy as
a whole, two of three professors interviewed felt that an
economic recession is on the
way.
"Consumer confidence has
been shaken," said Dr. E.
Theodore Veit, an associate
professor of finance. "There is
most likely going to be less
spending on houses and autos
and other durable goods, and
that's recessionary."
Veit said he thinks the problem is embedded in a rapid
increase in stock prices
coupled with new computerized trading programs.
He said that in the computer programs, many stocks
have set sell prices. That is,
when   the   price   gets   low
enough, the computer automatically sells.
Veit said that this lowers
the price of the stock further,
which may lower other stock
prices.
"Once it gets started, there's
no way to stop it," he said.
Veit said that in the past,
stock brokers might have
made the decision to buy when
prices dropped. The computers, he said, replace the judgement call with a set formula.
Veit said that while in the
past the government might
have pumped money into the
economy to help revitalize it,
our current national deficit
makes that virtually impossible.
"All told, we have a real
serious problem," Veit said.
Dr. Navel K. Modani, an
associate professor of finance,
generally agreed with Veit,
but was a little more optimistic
about the economy's future.
"We have just had a turmoil
SEE MARKET PAGE 5
CONFETTI
■ Everyone has an
opinion about cats, especially about black
cats. Read Alain Levi's
in-depth look into the
myths surrounding black
cats.
PRPP
SPORTS
■ Read all about UCF's
upcoming football opponent. Plus, check out
a feature on Knights'
defensive back Corris
Ervin—he wants it all for
UCF.
NEWS CLIPS
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OPINION
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COMICS
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CLASSIFIED
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SPORTS
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