Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 49, March 16, 1989

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C1988 The Central Florida Future
Volume 21, Number 49
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Thursday March 16,1989
Akers may try out for NFL
by Chris Brady
SPORTS EDITOR
UCF soccer player Michelle Akers' attempt
to become the first female to play
in  a men's professional  soccer
league fell short Sunday.
However, the shortcoming in
soccer may result in her being the
first female to play professional
football.
Akers, a four-time All-Ameri-
can at UCF, participated in a try-
out with the Orlando Lions of the
American Soccer League last
weekend.
The two-day tryout was split
into two sessions — skills and fitness. The practices began with 50
players and was cut down to 30 players, including Akers, after Saturday's session.
Akers was cut after Sunday's practice by
Lions coach Gary Hindley, who trimmed the
roster to 25 players.
"He (Hindley) said they cut me because I was
basically too slow, which I knew already," the
two-time national college player of the year
50 women
Michelle Akers
said. "They were impressed with my skills and
said I could stay with the men skill-wise."
Akers said before the tryout that she thought
she might not be able to keep up with the
quicker play. She was pleased
with her    overall performance
with the Lions.
"I could do the physical aspects
of the game and hold my own with
the other players," Akers said. "I
knew where I was supposed to go
on the field, but I just couldn't get
there quick enough."
Akers was nervous entering
the practices about how the men
would react to her playing. However, she said the players were all
nice once they started playing.
"Once they saw that I could
play, they were all fantastic and very supportive," Akers said.
The Lions did not offer anything definite to
Akers as far as the future was concerned.
"For now, we don't have anything planned,"
Akers said about her future with the Lions. "We
SEE AKERS PAGE 5
"Expand
Horizons"
by EstaKrukin
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
A conference on career opportunities for women in science and engineering drew
approximately fifty young
women to UCF on Feb. 25.
The UCF program, "Expanding Your Horizons in
Engineering, Science and
Mathematics," was open to
girls in the Central Florida
area in grades 8 through 11,
and is part of a growing national "Expanding Your Horizons" network.
The all-day conference began with hands-on workshops
and concluded with afternoon
panel discussions.
UCF Industrial Engineering Professor Dr. Lucy Morse
coordinated the program.
Morse is the only female Ph.D.
holder in the UCF College of
Engineering. Dr. Marilyn
Whisler, retired UCF political
science professor, assisted
with establishing the program.
According to Morse, the
purpose of the program was "to
familiarize young women with
a different variety of careers,
SEE HORIZONS PAGE 4
Eric Parsona/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
HAPPY ST. PATTY'S
Kappa Delta is sponsoring their third annual bridal fashion show
Saturday. Proceeds will help with the prevention of child abuse.
Presidential Finalists
These are the final five candidates up for the position of UCF
president. Each candidate will be on campus next week for a two-day
visit to interview and meet with university leaders, faculty, students
and Central Florida business leaders.
The candidates were selected Monday after a two-hour meeting
with the UCF Search and Selection Committee and the Board of
Regents Selection Committee.
Dr. Steven Altman, president of Texas A&l University
Dr. Roy McTarnaghan, vice chancellor for Academic Programs of the Florida University System
Dr. Dale Nitzschke, president of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia
Dr. Kala Stroup, president of Murray State University, Murray, KY
Dr. James Woodward, senior vice president at the University
of Alabama, Birmingham
SPORTS
■ The UCF baseball team
entered the national poll
with a No. 30 ranking. The
team hosts the annual
spring classic next week
and both tennis teams prepare for a busy week.
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OPINION
■ This edition's editorial
takes a poke at those
Dawgs over in Student
Government. Letters to the
Editor air views about Karl
Marx, the Gay Club, and
the newcomputerbuilding.
Alumni Plaza
gets under way
by Cynthia Massino
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The newly-erected chain
link fence around the front
of the administration building marks the beginning of
construction on the Alumni
Plaza. The plaza is being
built by Ken-Lin Landscape
Contractors and Hunter-
Nelson Contractors, who
say it will be finished in late
May.
According to Dean
Mcfall, director of UCFs
public affairs department,
the Alumni Plaza will serve
as a "showcase area for
those alumni who have
donated $1,000 or more to
the Alumni Trust Fund."
The money will be used for
merit scholarships.
Included in the plaza is a
brick wall which contains
personalized bricks representing each donator to the
alumni fund. The walls can
house up to 1,000 bricks,
and, so far, donations have
added up to 250 bricks.
SEE PLAZA PAGE 5
Alumni Plaza construction
Construction of the Alumni Plaza began Tuesday and
should be finished by the end of May. The plaza will be
infront of the administration building facing Gemini Blvd.
Walls around the plaza will be made with bricks en-
scribed with the names of alumni who contributed
$1,000 or more to the university.
There are plans for a pegasus sculpture to be erected
in the inner circle later.
Source: Dean McFall. UCF Public Affairs director   R. Scott Homer/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
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