Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 36, January 26, 1988

              he Central Florida Riture
© 1988 The Central Florida Future
Volume 20, Number 36
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday, January 26,1988
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How far is too far ?
Student says church harassing her
by Suzan E. Curth
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
A UCF student complains that she has been
harassed by a local church group.
Freshman Kymberly Broadhurst said that
when she got to UCF she wanted to be more
active with a church.
She was encouraged by the'Christian Student Association at UCF to get involved with
the nondenominational University Boulevard
Church of Christ.
Broadhurst had previously attended a
Church of Christ in Australia, where she had
been an exchange student. She said that in
order for her to be considered a member here,
she had to be baptized.
At that time, Broadhurst was unaware of
this church's practices and beliefs. She also did
not realize how much involvement was expected of her.
After she was baptized, she was assigned a
disciplining partner. The disciplining partner
was to act as an overseer of her activities. Her
purpose was to help Broadhurst get involved
and help her commit herself completely to
Christ. In order for her to accomplish this, the
two girls were told to get very close to one
another, Broadhurst said.
"We were strangers, and the church said that
she had to become my best friend," Broadhurst
said.
She added that her disciplining partner
would call several times a day, and would drop
by her room unannounced.
Whenever she refused an invitation, her
partner would insist for a reason. She said she
tried to explain to her that the constant activity
was taking time away from her studies and her
family. She was told that her commitment to
God was more important than anything.
The church, ho wever, feels that this is not out
of hand. According to minister Eric Blakeslee,
SEE CHURCH PAGE 4
Not enough workers to fix bugs
by Jeannene Burnham
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The university is well along
the way to correcting 439 fire
code violations cited by state
fire marshalls recently, but a
shortage of workers is slowing
efforts to fix the remaining
violations.
"It has taken $860,000 to
repair our problems," said
Hugh Ivie, director of Environmental Health & Safety. "Out
of those 439 violations 80 percent of them have been corrected. The state legislators
have been very cooperative in
helping us financially."
Ivie says, "We've got 42
more violations to correct. The
problem is not the funding, but
rather finding employment to
help correct these problems.
It's hard to hire employees
because of the pay they receive
and like most maintenance
jobs, the pay is not that great."
Ivie says his employee turnover rate is high. "Right now
I'm in need of three employees
and until I find good help the
violation problems will take a
while to correct."
One of the fire code violations UCF was cited for was
combustible ceiling tiles like
the ones that contributed to a
cafeteria fire at the Unversity
of Florida on Dec. 6. "We've got
similar problems here at
UCF," Ivie said. "Our kitchen
ceiling tiles are very old and
need to be replaced."
Mr. Ivie says he and the
administration are working
hard together to solve these
problems. " He is the first
Health and Safety director
hired by the university.
"Our main concern here at
UCF is the students and their
safety."
UCF was fourth in the
number of fire code violations
found at state universities.
Florida State was first with
2,080 violations.
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COME ON OUT!
Edsel Bester (#24) puts one up as the Knights win yet another
game. The Knight cagers have won four of their last six.
Cashier's office to take over coilection of book fines
by Keith Porter
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Amnesty period extended to Jan. 31
The library is extending amnesty on
overdue books until the first of next
month while the responsibility for collecting overdue book fines is transferred to the cashier's office.
"We are moving our fines and probably soon our lost and damaged book
bills to the cashier's office," said Janice
Bains, head of the circulation department. "Every other department
handles its money through the
cashier's office, so we want to also."
Bains says that moving the billing
operation may help students pay their
bills easier.
"We hope it will help the kids because they can mail it in to the cashier,
drop it in the overnight box, or pay in
the cashier's office," she said. "This will
give the students more options, so if the
library is closed, they can still pay."
"We will have the amnesty period
through Jan. 1 and after Jan. 31 all
bills will be paid at the cashier," said
Bains.
June Case, the cashier supervisor,
said, "We are supposed to have a meeting Jan. 27 to discuss procedures. I was
under the impression that the move
would make it easier. I also think the
increased workload will be minor."
Bains did give her assurance that no
student positions would be lost at the
library, but did relate that they hope to
take cash handling responsibility out
of the library.
"The cash part is a large operation in
the library, and by putting up informa
tion on our LSI computers, we can see
what the cashiers say about a a particular fine or bill," said Bains.
"We still have to keep records and
generate the information to send the
bill. We won't only print the bill, stuff
it in an envelope, and collect the
money."
Payment for book bills, special
borrower's cards, photocopy service,
interlibrary loans, and on-line
searches will still be taken at the circulation desk. Signs will be posted soon
in the library to remind you soon.
SPORTS
■ UCF soccer player
Michelle Akers is named
collegiate women's
Player of the Year by
Soccer America, the
leading soccer maga-
zine in the country.
OPINION
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