Central Florida Future, Vol. 24 No. 42, February 13, 1992

              OPINION p. 6
CONFETTI p. C1
SPORTS p. 16
Elections — Endorsing      Heavy talk on 1-900      Running Knights drop
the better off three evils       phone sex opportunities      overtime thriller to WKU
Vol. 24, No. 41
THURSDAY February 13,1992
16 Pages
David Mann fined $40 for
election statute violation
LOVE BIRDS
Kevin Cochie, 21, and Kathy Nelson, 18, cuddle in front of the reflecting pond on Tuesday afternoon. (ChriesK. Mon-owFUTURE)
by Sandra Pedicini
STAFF REPORTER
One side fought for common sense,
the other for constitutional right at Tuesday night's Student Government Judicial Council meeting.
The council supported the SG Election Commission's accusation that student body presidential candidate David
Mann committed a major violation of
election statutes and fined him $40.
SG Attorney General Bob Cherry said
that common sense should dictate that
by speaking to a fraternity about his
student body presidential aspirations,
Mann participated in active campaigning before statutes legally allowed.
Mann, however, said the statutes do
not include speaking in front of a group,
which he said is his constitutional right.
He pointed out that the statutes only
prohibit flyers, buttons and other forms
of campaigning where candidates' names
appear in a written form.
Mann and his running mate, Warren Foley, said that according to election statutes, Mann was not actively
campaigning.
The statutes state that active campaigning is denned, but not limited to,
"any display or distribution of tangible
publicity for a candidate/ticket."
"We do assert that regardless of what
you believe active campaigning is, it's
spelled out," Foley told the council. "The
issue here is not what you think it is, but
what is written in this material.''
Mann told the judicial council that he
felt the election commission's assertion
was unfair because the election commissioners did not inform him until they
voted on the issue.
Mann also complained that Cherry's
ties to Student Body President Jason
DiBona gave Cherry a personal bias and
that he shouldn't have filed a memorandum to the election commission regarding the matter.
Cherry was appointed attorney general by DiBona and also served as a
campaign staffer for him last year.
"If that was Jason sitting here, I
would have filed the same papers,"
Cherry said.
"We went by statutes," Judicial
Council chief Jason Lazarus said.
Lazarus was recently appointed Judicial Council chief by the SG senate
and recommendation of DiBona.
Mann said he has no definite plans
to appeal.
"We think it is unfortunate that we
even have to go through this process,"
he said.
Mann said that taking time out to
focus on issues on what constitutes
election statute violations means less
time spent on issues that are important to the students.
Candidates follow paper trail to student presidency
by Jennifer Schutte
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
There are two routes to the student
body presidency. The more often used
road is to get 300 signatures on a declaration of candidacy. The other method is
to declare yourself a write-in-candidate.
All candidates have strict guidelines
that they must follow in order to be
eligible to run. There was to be no active
campaigningbefore Feb. 10, accordingto
Student Government election statutes.
Candidates are limited as to where they
can post campaign material and even
how they can distribute it. You will not
see any signs posted in restaurants, classrooms, or on sidewalks. Violators of these
statutes must go before the Election
Commission.
"They decide whether it's a major or a
minor violation," said SG Attorney General Bob R. Cherry. Cherry said that the
candidate pays a fine for a minor viola
tion. A major offense goes before the
Judicial Council for review.
"The Judicial Council can either do
nothing, fine the candidate, or disqualify
him," he said.
Even though the candidates fund their
ELECTION continued page 4
World-class UCF graduate recognized
by Josiah Baker
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
February, according to the
United Nations, is the designated month for the international student.
On Feb. 8 the UN Association of Greater Orlando honored Christina Tan, 28, as the
second annual recipient of the
International Student Award.
Tan graduated from UCF
in December with aBachelor
of Art's degree in Organizational Communications.
While in school, Tan won
academic scholarships and
made the Dean's list on a regular basis..
In addition, Tan is also a
member of the Who's Who
Among American Universities
and Colleges..
Originally from Singapore,
Tan was employed with the
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation from March 1984 until
December 1987. Upon arriving
in the United States in early
1988, Tan became production
manager for WUCF. Tan produced and hosted classical music programs and talk shows
until December 1989.
Tan's achievements include
membership to the Omicron
Delta Kappa National Honor
Society as well as membership
on the President's Council.
Tan is in Singapore but
hopes to return to UCF to pursue a master's degree in communications.
The International Students
Services appreciates any information on international achievers and tries to honor them with
monthly awards.
Anyone interested in attending or joiningthe International Student Association activities can contact Joanna
McCully at x2337.
>aul Lim of Singapore accepts the International Student
of the Year award for Tina Tan . (charies k. Morrow/FUTURE)
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