Central Florida Future, Vol. 27 No. 55, April 6, 1995

              UCF baseball team wins another one to make it 20 in a row— see Sports, p. 16
Central Florida Future
Vol. 27 • No. 54
Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968
April 6, 1995
UCF student wins bronze in Pan American Games
□ Andrea Gayton
skiied her way to the
winner's circle for
Mexico—her home
country.
by OLIVIA CURNOW
Staff writer
This UCFstudent didn't spend
March on the sand of Day tonaBeach
with the rest of the Spring breakers.
Instead, she was competing in the
Pan American Games in South
America, winning a medal for her
home country.
This is how Andrea Gay tan, a
business major in her last year at
UCF, spent part of this semester.
Last month, Gaytan won the bronze
medal in waterskiing at the Pan
American Games in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Gaytan was born and raised
in Mexico. Her parents owned a
house on a lake and at age 10 Gayfin
began learning how to waterski for
fun. This fun led her to compete in
tournaments when she was 14. A
year later, she won nationals in
Mexico. Gaytan is also on the UCF
waterski team, the winners of the
national championship in 1991.
This year was the first year
that the Pan American Games had a
waterskiing event. The pressure was
on to qualify for the best team in
Mexico.
"It was really hard," said
Gaytan. "They wanted to take the
best team so we had to have a lot of
trials."
Not only did she have to
qualify, but she had to go through
intense training once she did. "It
was so stressful," she said with a
sigh.
Adapting to a foreign country
also played a vital role in her daily
agenda. The climate and weather in
Argentina is much different than
sunny Florida.
"I was skiing about three times
a day and (the water) was really
cold."
Gaytan was sponsored by
O'Brien skis, but said that her biggest supporters were her parents,
because they were with her from the
beginning when she just started to
learn.
And how did it feel to have a
«hiny hronze medal placed around
her neck after months of practice
and anticipation?
"It felt great. I almost wanted
see BRONZE, page 5
photo/special to We Future
Bronze-medalist Andrea Gaytan shows off her moves in the
wakeboard world championships in 1993, which she won.
Stressed-out students receive massage therapy
by Jennifer Cohen
College Press Service
Joe Penn has to write a paper
for his English Class and one for his
Women's Studies seminar, both by
the end of the week.
As if that wasn't bad enough,
he also has a midterm in Economics,
plus an important job interview.
Joe's nerves are shot — he's
tense, fatigued and wired from too
much coffee. Joe wants to feel better
now.
The University of Pennsylvania Student Health therapist believes
she has the answer to Joe's stress:
massage therapy. For $20 per half
hour, student Health Massage Therapist Jennifer Knight works away stu
dents' tensionandanxiety usingSwed-
ish Massage and soothing music.
'1 cannot undo in half an hour
the stress students have put on their
bodies for years," Knight said. "But I
can help them feel better."
According to UP senior Brett
Meltzer,whohastriedStudentHealth's
massage service, the therapy really
works.
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Carl Rosen, 1991 Campus Solo Performer of the Year, appeared Wednesday in the
Wild Pizza after he was rained out on the Green. His act is in the tradition of Billy Joel.
"When I was done [with my
massage], I felt my body and nerves
had a heightened sense of sensitivity.
The next morning I was really limber
and relaxed," he added.
Knight's first goal is to make
students feel comfortable. She explains to them what is involved in
massage therapy and lets themchoose
how much or how little they want to
wear.
Then she asks if they would
like her to put on music or use massage oil, and finds out what specific
areas they feel need soothing.
"Penn is a very stressful place
to be. People who come to me really
want to be there and want to feel
better," she said.
Although the price may seem
high, Meltzer says he feels it is worthwhile. "You are getting a direct service from a professional that you
can't get elsewhere. It's not expensive for the service that's provided,"
she said.
Knight also gives massage
workshop when contacted by dormitory residentadvisors, buttheone-on-
one sessions are the most rewarding
to her.
"I look at myself as a resource
topeople,"shesaid. 'Idon'tdo magic,
but it's nice to feel I really can make a
difference."
see MASSAGE, page 4
OOP's education
cuts could face
president's veto
By Marco Buscaglia
College Press Service  	
WASHJNGTON-During a
white house press conference with
more than 100collegereporters,Presi-
dent Clinton vowed to use "the veto
pen" to fight Congressional cuts to
student aid.
While Clinton said his first
choice "is to try to prevail in the
debate in Congress," he criticized
Republican proposals that seek to cap
the number of students participating
in the direct student loan program and
to eliminate student loan subsidies
while students are still in college.
Clinton told students at the
March 23 press conference that' 'education is even more important to the
general welfareofAmericathan when
I was your age," and that "I cannot sit
by and watch it go backward."
"I wouldn't be standing here
today, no way in the world would I be
standing here today, if it hadn't been
for the opportunities America gave
me through education," said Clinton,
who added that financial aid allowed
him to finance his college education
at Georgetown University and Law
school at Yale University. "My whole
generation owes everything we have
to the educational opportunities our
country gave to us."
Thepresidentsaidhe was ready
to veto any legislation that decreased
funding in "areas of education which
are so important to me."
"I don't think there's as much
enthusiasm in the Senate among Republicans (for cuts in education), and
I know the Democrats will oppose
eliminating the subsidies, cutting the
Pell Grants, eliminating the direct
loan program," said Clinton. "So I
hope we can prevail in Congress, but
the veto pen is always there."
Like most college students,
Clinton said he used a variety of
financial resources to fund his education. "Ihada$500-a-yearscholarship.
and a job. I worked in Congress for
two years," he said. "And when I
went to Yale, I had a grant, a loan, and
a tuition postpayment option. I had a
national defense loan and six jobs, but
never more than three at once."
Since winning control of Con-
gresslastNovember, Republican legislators have targeted higher education programs as a way to cut $20
billion out of the federal budget over
the next five years. The federal government spent $31 billion last year on
work-study programs, grants and
loans.
'1 don't believe we should cut
(federal finance programs), certainly
see CLINTON, page 5
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