Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 45, March 5, 1991

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Central Florida Future
Volume 23, Number 45
Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968
Tuesday March 5,1991
Library convenient site for ID validations
by Sandra Pedicini
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Convenience came last week to UCF evening students who still needed to validate their IDs.
Evening/Weekend Student Services held validation
from 5-9 p.m. last week in front of the library, a new
location.
This was done in order to give the evening students
greater convenience, said Jameer Abass, coordinator of
information and EveningWeekend Student Services.
Because students visit the library often, it is a
convenient place to get their IDs validated.
Validations will be held in front ofthe library earlier
in future semesters, Abass said.
"The response we got was obviously positive and
excellent/'Abass said.
During the day, validation can be done at the
bookstore, the CEBA II information booth, the Student Affairs suite, (Room 282 of the Administration
Building) and Business Services (Room 362 of Administration).
ID validations are required for checking out library
materials and getting into student activities.
Now, students who attend classes in the evening
at UCF can validate their IDs only at the Student
Affairs office and the CEBA II lobby, Abass said.
SG wont buy cartridge
for Engineering Society
by Tom Kopacz
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The student senate Thursday voted against purchasing a new laser
printer toner cartridge to replace one
used up while printing materials for
the Engineering Fair.
The senate voted down a bill, 18-
17 with 3 abstentions, allocating $99
to the Florida Engineering Society to
purchase a new cartridge to replace
one the society used up.
Because the enacting clause in the
original bill spelled out specifically
how that money could be spent, none
of it could be used to pay for the
toner cartridge.
FES recently returned $530 of
$1,055 that the senate originally allocated to it to pay for some costs
associated with the fair.
Sen. Mike Johnson, who wrote the
bill (23-29), said the printer FES used
is College of Engineering property
and is assigned to an engineering
graduate student.
He said the printing costs for the
fair exceeded what the first bill allocated because the fair was promoted
internationally.
Johnson said through the college
and several professional printers,
more than 15,000 items were printed.
About 1,500 items were printed on
the toner cartridge in question.
"Dean [Gary] Whitehouse has yet
to find out about the cartridge,"
Johnson said.
He also said FES has not looked
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Senator who has less than a 2.0 GPA steps aside
Student Sen. David Groover has
removed himself from senatorial duties until his appeal of UCFs 2.0 GPA
activity requirement is heard.
UCF and Student Government
require all students in leadership
positions to have both UCF and
overall GPAs above 2.0.
Groover's UCF GPA slipped below that mark.
Groover told the senate Feb. 21
that he is in the process of appealing
to the Eligibility Appeals committee.
"Until my appeal goes through, I
am going to step aside from my duties
as Elections and Appointments chair
and as a senator," he said.
He said because of miscommuni-
cation between himself and the division of Student Affairs, his appeal
has not been filed yet.
Groover said he was under the
impression that Student Affairs had
to take care of the necessary paperwork, when actually he does.
In the meantime, committee Vice
Chair Leigh Ann Mcllwain has been
named interim chair.
Committee members have elected
Sen. Bobby Luthra acting vice chair.
—Tom Kopacz
Julie Wataon/CENTRAL FLORiDA FUTURE
ATTENTION, CLASS
Denise Voight, a rape counselor trom Response, speaks to an audience in the Wild
Pizza about rape awareness. She spoke after the showing of The Accused."
Charles Morrow/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The International Student Association sponsored the Lion Dance to celebrate the
Chinese New Year. The "Happy Man" led the lion around the reflecting pond.
UCF still uses radar, despite
reports it may cause cancer
by Mary Watkins
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Recent concerns about radar guns
causing cancer to police officers do not
worry UCF police.
Lt Tommie Nelson, UCFs Patrol Division commander, said UCF police will
eliminate radars in police cars when health
officials prove radars are health hazards.
According to the Feb. 21 issue of The
Orlando Sentinel, Custom Signals
manufactures the radars that have been
thought to cause cancer.
The radars UCF Police use are produced by MPH Industries, in Kansas,
according to Lt. Tom Blanton.
But Blanton said UCF has used ra
dars from other companies.
"I don't think we have used Custom
Signals, the [company] name does not
ring a bell," Blanton said.
Blanton said the cancer concerns do
not affect him.
"I am not a medical person," he said
However, Nelson said UCF police
have not used radar since July.
"Theft is our biggest problem and we
are focusing on it," Nelson.
Assault, battery and grand theft have
doubled in the past year, according to
UCFs 1990 annual crime report.
"However, we have not given up on
traffic control and never will," Nelson said.
He said officers will clock speeders
with calibrated speedometers.