Central Florida Future, Vol. 27 No. 53, March 30, 1995

              UCF baseball team breaks back into 'Baseball America' Top 25— see Sports, p. 16
Central Florida Future
Vol. 27 • No. 53
Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968
March 30, 1995
Judicial Council explains its decision to cite Torregrosa/Amoros
by BOB VOGEL
News editor
The Judicial Council that
decided to slap Miguel Torregrosa
and Frank Amoros with campaign
violations released its reasons for
doing so Wednesday.
In an official statement, the
council repeated its decision —
namely, to fine Torregrosa $35
for two minor violations and to
suspend Torregrosa and Amoros,
without pay, until Aug. 3.
The council said that
Torregrosa/Amoros were found in
minor violation for failure to report $7.87 in sales tax from purchasing campaign T-shirts and
failure to submit a receipt for
$17.16 in campaign supplies.
It also said Torregrosa/
Amoros were found in minor violation for failure to submit a validated, original sales receipt for
campaign T-shirts purchased from
Metropolis.
The council also cited two
major violations.
The first was for exceeding
the $ 1,150 campaign expenditure
limit by $335.41. This figure is
based on the fair market value of
the products, since it was hard to
determine how much was actually
spent.
The second was for failure
to post discounts received on campaign purchases and donations of
campaign materials and for failure to report discounted and donated materials at fair market value
on the Campaign Expense Statement.
The council did not feel,
however, that the violations in total
were sufficient to disqualify
Torregrosa/Amoros.
First, the council explained,
the total overexpenditure occurred
in the primary election where the
ticket lost, yet qualified for the
runoffs.
Second, in the runoff elections, the Torregrosa/Amoros
ticket remained within the expense
limit and won the election by a
margin of seven percentage points.
"This pattern does not demonstrate
a direct correlation between the
overexpenditure and the number
of votes received," the council
said.
Also, the council said, the
three opposing tickets who were
most affected by the
overexpenditures did not object,
and endorsed the Torregrosa/
Amoros ticket. Obviously, the
council said, because there were
no objections from the opposing
tickets, they must not have felt
they were affected.
Finally, the council felt that
student voters were "competent
enough not to be solely influenced
by the excess publicity generated
by the overexpenditure."
see JUDICIARY, page 5
Artist says repetition of ideas
is the key to his works success
by OLIVIA CURNOW
Contributing writer	
When you see the word "Rivers" painted in huge, blue paint on the
outside of the Visual Arts building and
expect to walk into the gallery and see
paintings and photographs of water
scenes, you are in for a big surprise.
Instead, you will find drawings
of naked men and women and etchings of various animals, all by figure
drawing and etching teacher Robert
Rivers. He received his master's degree at the University of Georgia and
has been teaching at UCF since 1980.
Many of his works on display
in the Visual Arts building resemble
each other, such as Dancing Couple
and Sleeping Man. The reason his
artwork repeats itself, Rivers explained, is so he will have a chance to
improve every time.
"Youjustdon'tsay, 'Beenthere,
donethat,don'twanttodothatagain\"
said Rivers. Sleeping Man, for example, is drawn from different angles
and with different expressions in
each drawing. Rivers compares his
repetition in his art to music.
'To me, it would be not unlike
singing the same song over and over
again, trying to do it better each time."
His etchings can be quite humorous. Cortona portrays a hospital
scene in which two doctors are in love
while patients are suffering nearby.
An elephant has two rear ends in
BrokenGlass, whichissimilarto Rolling Thunder.
Others may appear to be a bit
more savage. A lion eating the flesh
of a naked human in Wisdom of God
is on display. Other drawings of
animals, such as monkeys, goats
and elephants, appear in Drunken
Hercules, Acting the Goat, and
see RIVERS, page 3
photo/SOLARES
Andrew Varnon, a UCF English major, admires a sculpture by Rob Reed. Reed's work will
be on display with Rivers' work until April 14 and until April 28 at the Maitland Art Center.
SO MANY PEDESTRIANS...     **°/S0LARES
Jaime Godfrey sits behind a new green Saturn coupe. Saturn
showcased some of its cars on the UCF Green Wednesday.
Officials dismiss chances of further
Legionnaires' disease hitting UCF
by BOB VOGEL
News editor
The Education Building is no longer a
risk for Legionnaires' Disease, an Orange
County Health Official said Tuesday. Epidemiologist Bill Toth of the Orange County
Public Health Unit said he is still waiting for
the results of the tests taken on samples from
the building.
Almost two weeks ago, county health
workers disinfected sample sites after two
cases of the disease were confirmed.
But even if the Legionella, the bacteria
that causes Legionnaires' Disease, were found
in the building, Toth added, there would still
be no risk because workers disinfected the
sample sites in the building just after the
samples were taken.
"We disinfected every possible place in
the building the bacteria could be found," he
said. "So even if it was there, it's not anymore."
Toth said he expects the test results to
be in "near the end of this week or the beginning of next week."
It takes at least 10 working days, sometimes longer, to "grow up" Legionella from a
sample, Toth said. "Some bacteria are easy to
cultivate, but Legionella are not," he said.
Toth also denied the existence of a third
case. "[A student] has exhibited 'pneumonialike' symptoms, but that is all," he said. "We
don' t have the blood work on [the student], so
there really is no way to confirm it."
He also said in order to confirm individuals were exposed to the same source, he
would need bacterial samples from the victims. But that would be nearly impossible
because they have been treated and are no
longer infected.
Jim Uhlir, assistant director for Environmental Health and Safety at UCF, said his
department has received almost two dozen
see LEGIONAIRES', page 3
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