Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 40, February 6, 1992

              OPINION p. 6
CONFETTI p. C1
SPORTS p. 12
Florida       community      Author Joseph Heller      Tennis teams start sea-
needs to help wetlands      to visit UCF — maybe son with new coach
Central Florida Future
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Vol. 24, No. 39
Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968
THURSDAY February 6,1992
12 Pages
Students to Tallahassee: "We're
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by Sandra Pedicini
STAFF REPORTER
Dedicated UCF students
rose before 5 a.m. Tuesday to
endure a five-hour-bus ride to
the state's capital in an effort
to sway legislators to fund education responsibly.
Legislators are scheduled to
vote Thursday on Gov. Lawton
Chiles' "reality budget," which
cuts $44.8 million from the
state's university system. The
rally was the last chance for
legislators to hear students'
voices before voting.
Buses took 142 students
from UCF to the rally. Student
Body President Jason DiBona
was disappointed with' the
number. He had originally set
a goal of 500 students and then
lowered it to 300.
Two hundred and twenty students had signed up to attend
the rally.
"I think they probably woke
up at 4 a.m. and said, 'Forget
this,'" DiBona said.
SG Public Relations Director
Chris Marlin said more UCF
students would have probably
attended the rally if the faculty
had been more cooperative in
convincing students to go.
Even still, UCF sent the
most students to the rally with
the exception of Florida State
University and Florida A&M
University, which are both in
Tallahassee.
The students met atthe Leon
County Civic Center where they
donned shirts bearing the slogan "We're Off Our Duffs."
Members ofthe Florida Student Association got their inspiration for the T-shirts from last
year's student rally in which
Chiles came out and told students to "get off your duffs" and
Parking relief within sight
Lot switch may give more students a parking space
do something about problems in
the education system.
After listeningto instructions
from FSA members, students
marched to the capitol, chanting "No more cuts."
Once at the capitol, student
body presidents and FSA members gave angry speeches aimed
at state government.
"We're here to ask our legis-
SG continued page 3
by Ann Sikes
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Students just might be breathing
easier in the upcoming months when it
comes to on-campus parking.
During a meeting Friday, the parking
and traffic committee began discussions on
the possibility of switching —
lots G3 and G5. Lot G5, near
the new Arts Complex, is
presently designatedfor student parking and accommodates 159 cars. Lot G3, located behind the Education
Building, is restricted to faculty and staff and provides
332 spaces. __^^^^^
Committee Chairman Dr. Roger Wayson explained
that lot G3 has been underutilized
for some time by the faculty and
staff and would be more beneficial
for student usage.
"The last thing I
would want is...
students getting a
lot of tickets." %
- Roger Wayson
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
The committee had invited representa-
tives from both the education and art
departments to attend the meeting Friday. According to Wayson, the art department had been the initiators ofthe
meeting, although no representative
was present.
_■«_ Mary Ann Lynn, associate dean of the College of
Education, did attend the
meeting. She questioned
the motives behind the
possible changes and said
there would be a general
disagreement on behalf of
her department concerning the changes until fur-
■■■■ ther information could be
provided. Lynn did, however, suggest
the usage of colored lines on the pavement to section off spaces for the faculty
and staff, creating a mixed lot for students and faculty.
"I know that if I am here to represent
The under-used faculty/staff lot G3 may be changed to a student lot,
increasing the number of student parking spaces. (cnanesK. moitow/future)
the faculty and the people in (the Education) Building, we would prefer to see it
(G3) left as it is, with designated faculty
spots to take care ofthe faculty that are
there and see it used as a mixed lot,"
Lynn said.
Wayson then explained that faculty
and staff would still more than likely
lose their spots to students because
students seem to have a tendency to
ignore colored lines marking off restricted areas.
"The last thing I would want is to have
students getting a lot of tickets," he said.
PARKING continued page 4
EPCOT without admission;
UCF has cultural diversity
FREE ART
Hillary Lucas, Ericka Newsome, Kelvin Bowes and Keith Shenrer paint a "freedom
circle" Tuesday in honor of Black History Month. (ChanesK. Morrow/FUTURE)
by Mickie Matriciani
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Students with remote cultural backgrounds create a "mini
EPCOT" environment on the
UCF campus, SG's cultural affairs advocate said.
"Various ethnic, religious and
national groups are important
because they allow students to
explore who they are and express themselves more fully,"
Terri Francis said.
According to the UCF Student
Data Course File, 1,447 full-time
studentswereenrolledinthe 1991
fall term. Ofthese, 138 were Asian,
110 were black, 210 were Hispanic, 4 were Indian or Alaskan,
16 wereinternational students and
969 were white.
"UCF is planning to recruit
more minorities in the future,"
Francis said. "There is no reason
that an intelligent, talentedblack,
Hispanic or member of any other
ethnic group should be denied the
right to take advantage of what
UCF has to offer."
"We almost doubled our minority undergraduate enrollment from '91 to '92," said Interim President Dr. Robert
Bryan. He said that this was
accomplished through special
programs, recruiting efforts
and the availability of special
scholarships.
"We're going to keep trying to
improve our minority numbers
here and I know we're going to
DIVERSITY continued page 5
CLASSIFIEDS page 8