Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 14, October 8, 1991

              COLLAGE o. 13
The feared hypnotisms
by DeLuca bring laughs
OPINION p. 18
Spring concert forces
studentsto pay for Jay
SPORTS o. 16
Arkansas State learns
English in second half
Central Florida Future
Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968
Vol. 24, No. 14
TUESDAY October 8,1991
24 Pages
Foreign Languages
could be history
in B.S. program
by Kendra Panton
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Should it stay or should it go.
The issue of whether to keep
the foreign language requirement still has not been resolved,
but faculty and administers
have been working overtime to
find a solution.
Interim
"We have not found the
resources to enhance the
requirement."
— Richard Astro
UCF Provost
President
Robert
Bryan
caused a stir
among students and
faculty recently by
questioning
the validity
of the re- 0^^^^^
quirement.
Critics of the requirement say
there are too many students in
the department and not enough
facilities to accommodate them,
with most of the faculty consisting of adjuncts.
"We have not found the resources to enhance the requirement," said Richard Astro, UCF
Provost.
Astro says the requirement
can only be resolved in one of
two ways; either keeping the
requirement but enhancing it,
which would require taking
funds out of other departments;
or eliminating the requirement
for bachelor of science students
and thus leaving it up to the
individual departments.
However, Astro says he will
never approve eliminating the
requirement for bachelor of arts
students.
Although the requirement
issue seems to have been generated by the budget cuts, Bryan
insists the issue would have
risen anyway.
A 1 -
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Astro,
along with
other faculty and ad-
ministra-
tors, would
like to continue   the
require-
maaMBBna ment in order to give
each student the basics of a foreign language, they say the resources are not readily available.
"Academically, it is a good
requirement and good for
the students. The question
lies with whether we have
the resources right now,"
Astro said.
Therefore, meetings will continue to be held and a decision
will be made soon.
About six years ago, UCF was
one of the last universities to
require BA students to fulfill
three semesters of a foreign language and BS students to fulfill
two semesters.
BELLY-FLOP
TKE brother Keith Ferguson takes the plunge Saturday during the Big Bubba belly
flop contest at Anchor Splash. Sig Ep ended up winning the contest. (Jim Ferguson/FUTURE)
Funeral home picked for center
UCF wants to turn funeral home into downtown center
by Cindy Barth
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
UCF hopes to turn a funeral home into a
downtown center soon, accordingto interim president Robert Bryan.
The Orlando City Council will vote next Monday whether to transfer the Carey Hand Funeral
Home property from the city to the state. UCF, as
a state agency, could then use the property for a
new center.
Mayor Bill Frederick has told the university
he favors giving the property to UCF for a downtown facility.
Bryan said the process will take a while be
cause of the various steps involved.
"If the council approves the transfer, wehave to go
to the Board of Regents to amend our Public Education Capital Outlay," Bryan said. 'We estimate it will
cost approximately 1 million dollars to renovate."
Dr. Tom Shostak, vice president and director of
the Orlando Area Programs, is headingthe project.
He said it will likely be completed by July 1993.
"I have estimated it will take six to eight months
to prep the building before construction begins, then
another year of construction," he said.
Shostak said the center will house those offices
and activities that relate to the downtown area,
such as Continuing Education, Real Estate Management and the Shakespeare Festival.
CAB snags next Tonight Show* host for Homecoming
by Jennifer Schutte
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Heeeeeerrrrre's Jaaaaaaaay Leno!!!
No, it's not the "Tonight Show." It's not a Dorito
commercial either. It's the UCF Homecoming concert.
This year's show, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, will star the man who will replace Johnny
Carson next year. Leno will perform at 9 p.m. Nov. 1 at
the UCF Arena.
The bid for Leno was sent in last summer, according
to members of the CAB Homecoming Committee. The
negotiations have been going on ever since then as the
agents finalized the date, time and price of the show.
The contract was signed only recently.
"It goes back and forth a lot," said Danielle
Czajkowski.
Leno's contract was set for about $40,000, which
includes agent fees.
"That was pretty cheap," Czajkowski said. She compared it to when Leno performed in University of
Florida's "Gator Growl" a few years back for $50,000.
The money for the homecoming shows comes out of
the student activity and service fees that all students
pay.
However, students will still have to pay $7 for the
show, even though Leno came at a relatively good
price. In years past, students haven't had to pay for
the show.
"We provide weekly entertainment," said Mike
Wotherspoon, CAB cinema director. Most other university students have to pay for everything, added
Czajkowski. The money raised from this event will be
put back into the fund for the spring concert.
CAB is even considering the possibility of havingtwo
spring concerts.
Past UCF homecomings have featured Joan Jett,
who charged $35,000, and Taylor Dayne, who cost UCF
$50,000.
For the Leno concert, faculty and alumni will pay
$10. Students will be limited to bringing one guest per
person. Tickets for guests cost $15.
Because of limited seating in the Arena, CAB will
not advertise off campus.
Jay Leno will perform at UCF on Nov.1 at the
UCF Arena for Homecoming, (courtesy/)
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