Central Florida Future, Vol. 22 No. 56, April 10, 1990

              New players and coaches
tested in football practice
Tennis player speaks her mind - Sports
Empty gesture against
bigotry not worth $100,000
Take University Club money - Opinion
NEWSCLIPS 3
OPINION  8
LIFE IN HELL 9
CLASSIFIED 10
SPORTS 12
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Central Florida Future"
Volume 22, Number 56
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday April 10,1990
Trial cancelled due to clerical error
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
Schmidt never received required Notice of Hearing
Student body President Fred
Schmidt's impeachment hearing was
cancelled Thursday by the student
senate because of a clerical error.
Sen. David Carls, chairman of the
Legislative, Judicial and Rules
Committee, asked the senate to rescind
its motion to impeach after Schmidt
told him acting senate Secretary
Heather Lewis had not sent him a
Notice of Hearing by March 22, as required in the Impeachment Statutes.
Schmidt said he felt due process had
been violated.
Lewis, a student assistant, has
signed both memos and the senate's
journal as acting senate secretary since
former senate Secretary Phyllis Taylor
resigned Feb. 22. Taylor was a full-time
staff member.
Lewis refused to comment Thursday.
Student government Executive Secretary MarolynCline could notfind any
document Friday making Lewis "acting senate secretary."
SG Business Manager Mel Rogers
said while she may have been told to
sign documents that way by someone in
SG, she is a student assistant and
cannot hold the secretarial position.
According to university policy, the
secretary position is considered a full-
time staff position.
The senate voted March 8 to hold an
impeachment hearing for Schmidt after a charge of misfeasance was filed
against him March 1.
The motion to rescind passed unanimously.
During regular business, the senate
passed bills funding SG Awareness
Week and an essay contest for the Wellness Center, as well as a resolution
supporting a format change for WUCF-
FM.
The SG Awareness Week bill allocates $550 to pay for D J fees, a dunking
booth, food and advertising fees.
SG Awareness Week started Monday night in the University Dining
Room with a Win, Lose or Draw game
between SG members and faculty.
Additional events include a mini-
carnival on the SG Green with a dunking booth, a pie throwing contest and
SG information tables from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m on Wednesday
Sen. Ron Meaux, chairman of the
Services and Public Relations Committee, said he hoped to convince Schmidt
to sit in the dunking booth.
Committee Vice Chairman Mark
Dogoli said President-elect Jeff Laing
will be the one of the targets in the pie-
throwing booth.
Wednesday from 9 p.m. to midnight, there will be a party in the Wild
Pizza, featuring two six-foot-long submarine sandwiches, free pizza, a dating game, dancing and pizza-eating
see HEARING page 2
Altman takes Club's money
by Melissa Stoker
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Despite the faculty senate's opposition to the
donation, UCF President Steven Altman accepted
$100,000 from the Orlando University Club
Wednesday.
The faculty senate passed a resolution March 1
asking the university not to accept money from the
club because of its implied policy to not allow black
or female members.
"I'm sure he deliberated over it for a long time,"
said Rosie Joels, outgoing president of the faculty
senate. "He has the right to make the decision
based on what he thinks is right."
Rick Fletcher, president of the Orlando University Club, said he is not sorry the club is a men's
club, but didn't think that should affect UCFs
decision on whether or notto accept the money. He
compared the club to women's organizations and
clubs open black people.
"There are serious ramifications of examining
every donor,'* Fletcher said. "Where do you stop?"
The decision was difficult because there were
many different points of view, Altman said.
Altman said he did not make the decision as a
result of a lot of pressure put on him, but instead-
based his decision on what is best for the university.
"The University Club's main concern is to provide money to students" Altman said. The club
has given more than $80,000 in donations to UCF
since 1980.
Altman said refusing the University Club's gift
would only hurt university students. "I prefer the
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President Steven Altman accepts.a $100,000
grant from The University Club Wednesday.
Three semesters
of language credit
needed for B.A.
by Michele S. King
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE	
Students pursuing their bachelor of arts degree at
UCF are now only required to take three semesters of
a foreign language instead of four.
On March 28, the UCF Undergraduate Curriculum Committee approved a new foreign language
requirement in an attempt to alleviate the problems
that transfer students were having.
"Students transferring from a community college
with an associate of arts degree and a weak or no
foreign language background had a hard time getting
16 semester hours of a foreign language in their last
two years, especially since they must have 48 upper
division semester hours," said Dr. Karl Barsch, associate professor of foreign languages.
"Seventy percent of our students are transfer students, so the need for the change was apparent," said
Dr. Kathryn Seidel, assistant dean of the college of
arts and sciences.
The new requirement provides that a student
"graduating with a bachelor of arts degree must
demonstrate proficiency equivalent to the 1120,1121
and 2230 courses at UCF in a single language."
The new requirement for the B.A. degree supersedes all requirements in previous catalogs that
demand more than three semesters of foreign language. It became effective immediately after its
approval.
The new foreign language policy is not a state-wide
change, and only affects students seeking a bachelor
see LANGUAGE page 4
Police end family dispute, save mother's life
by Dave Schlenker
STAFF REPORTER
As folks were reveling in the cultural
splendor of last month's on-campus foreign
language festival, two campus police officers
were busy breaking up family fights and
saving a life.
It all started on the first day of the festival, March 16. It was a Friday, and a day
Millie Irizarry would have rather her
daughter be in school and not at a language
festival in the UCF gymnasium.
According to the police, Irizarry's 16-
year-old daughter, Melissa,   attended the
festival anyway, and her mother soon arrived to retrieve her.
However, Melissa refused to leave.
Irizarry's sister then entered the scene,
and Melissa still refused to leave. Verbal
persuasion soon turned into a physical
dispute between the family members.
During the heated confrontation near
the back of the gym, 32-year-old Irizarry
suddenly became very short of breath and
collapsed.
Campus officers Jim McClure and H.J.
Eighmie arrived at the scene at this time.
"She lost her breath and just hit the
floor," McClure said. "While waiting for the
ambulance, she progressively got worse."
Irizarry, who spoke only Spanish, was now
complaining of severe chest pains. The officers called and demanded the emergency
units to hurry.
"She stopped breathing," Eighmie then
told McClure frantically. "She's down."
McClure then dropped to the floor and
groped for her pulse. "It was normal, but there
was no movement of the chest at all."
There was no longer time to wait for the
ambulance to find its way on campus.
McClure quickly administered pulmonary
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