Central Florida Future, Vol. 28 No. 54, April 9, 1996

              Daunte Culpepper takes a pounding in spring scrimmage - p. 16
Central Florida Future
Vol. 28 • No. 54
News Briefs
• Multi-media helps
eduation majors learn,
teach. See page 4.
• Pi Sigma Epsilon continues its tradition of excellence in Anahiem, California See page 5.
Sports
• Daunte and the boys went
head-to-head at the Citrus
Bowl last Saturday.
See page 15.
• Baseball, football and
much, much more.
See page 16.
Features
• The Video Rewind blows
much smoke about the films
that you will be able to rent.
Seepage 13.
• Phone calls to the editor
will keep you on the edge
and on the phone all night
long.
See page 11.
Coming events
April 12-Campus
Wellness Center holds
its annual 5K Greek
Run/Walk in Greek
Park at 5:30 p.m.
ApriM7-The College
of Arts and Science
presents its Women's
Studies Bluestocking
Bag Lunch in the
Administration Building Board Rooom
from 12:30 to 1:30
p.m.
Also, CAB guest
speaker Yaron Svoray
speaks on his infiltration of the Neo-Nazi
movement in the
Student Activities
Center at 8 p.m.
Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968
April 9, 1996
photo/HUNT
A top-ranked skateboarder skies high over the crowd that
gathered at Church Street Station to participate in ESPN's
extreme games on Saturday.
BOR, Hitt, Tubbs become
defendents in SGA case
by DORIS BLOODSWORTH
Asst. news editor
Kevin R. Koenig, 25-year-
old legal studies major and suspended student government senator, is now Kevin R. Koenig, Plaintiff.
Koenig filed suit Thursday in
the ninth judicial circuit against the
Florida Board of Regents, John C.
Hitt and LeVester Tubbs, according
to public documents.
A motion for preliminary injunction was filed requesting the
court lift the suspension of the legislative and executive bodies of the
Student Government Association at
UCF. The suit, filed along with the
motion, seeks "injunctive relief and
damages exceeding $15,000."
Represented by Robert J.
Sniffen, an attorney with Meyer and
Brooks, Tallahassee, Fla., the motion argues the student government
Special Committee begins task of fixing SG
by DORIS BLOODSWORTH
Asst. news editor
The first meeting of the Special Committee to Review Student
Government at UCF met at 4 p.m.,
Wednesday, at the law firm of Baker
and Hostetler in downtown Orlando.
Tico Perez, committee chair,
said, "The mission (of the committee) is to take a look at what exists
today, look at the problems which
developed over the last couple of
years and try and craft something
which will get us back on track
where we need to be."
Perez was the UCF student
body president for 1982-1983 and
currently serves as the chair-elect of
the Greater Orlando Chamber of
Commerce. He and former student
body presidents Richard J. Walsh,
Ira D. Smith and Mark O'Mara,
along with Sha'Ron James, aFAMU
political science major and student
regent, listened to opening remarks
by President John C. Hitt, Provost
Gary Whitehouse and Vice President for Student Affairs LeVester
Tubbs.
Hitt and Tubbs both said they
would be available to the committee
to answer questions but would not
otherwise be apart of the actual task
forces. Tubbs said the university
was not trying to get rid of student
government. He and Hitt said they
were open to committee suggestions about improvements in the
administration's role, as well as areas of concern regarding the execu-
tiveandlegislativebranchesofSGA.
Perez outlined the responsibilities of each sub-committee,
which originally were broken into
four areas. The 14 committee mem
bers will now divide themselves
into the following committees:
•The purchasing and administrative oversight committee will
look into the purchasing procedures
in place and review whether or not
adequate administrative oversight
took place.
•The governance committee
will review the SGA constitution
and other by-laws and statutes which
apply. Any changes will go before
the student body for approval in the
September presidential elections.
•The '94-'95 and '95-'96 review committee will look at the
actions of the SGA during the past
two years.
Recommendations should be
finalized by Aug. 1, according to
Perez.
See COMMITTEE, page 2
Administration calls for fund transfer
from Dean's Excellence Account
By MICHELLE MARTINEZ
Asst. news editor
The university administration is transferring $123,674 from
the Dean's Excellence Account for
business at the UCF Foundation.
The account was controlled
by former Col lege of Business Dean
Richard Huseman. who resigned
on Dec. 22.
An eight-month investigation of 13 anonymous allegations
against Huseman led to the transfer
of these funds.
The Office of the Comptroller investigated the allegations and
issued a report in January to which
the administration issued a 22-page
response to the comptroller's recommendations.
One recommendation in the
comptroller's report is that $123,674
be transferred from the Dean's Excellence Account to the university's
overhead account.
The $123,674 came from a
Florida Aviation Management Deviation Associates (FAMDA) contract. FAMDA was formed as a
joint venture between UCF and
American Systems Corp. FAMDA
administers and manages a Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
training facility.
The administration agreed in
its response that funds in the Dean's
Excellence Account should be trans
ferred to the university's overhead
account because it was obtained
through research and training activities.
'The administration believes
that the FAMDA bonuses are more
appropriately deposited in the
university's research overhead account," the response stated.
The university overhead account helps fund faculty research
and research grants and fellowships.
Part of the FAMDA money
originally deposited in the Dean's
Excellence Account has been
spent, so theuniversity must de-
see FAMDA, page 3
should be reinstated due to the following:
*The likelihood of irreparable
harm.
*The unavailability of an adequate remedy at law.
^Substantial likelihood of
success on the merits.
"•"Considerations of the public
interest.
The motion alleges Koenig
has been deprived of his first amendment right of speech. It also states
the first amendment protects the
"right of individuals to associate to
further personal, political or other
beliefs without unjustified restraint
from a university."
The document cites Florida
Statute 240.235 as a basis of student
government's right to allocate and
expend activity and service fees.
See HITT, page 3
Brown to
head CAB
Q New student
director looks to
next year's events
by DORIS BLOODSWORTH
Asst news editor
Rico Brown, a 20-year-
old political science major, was
named student director of the
Campus Activities Board.
During the past year,
Brown served as the speakers
chair. Brown's new position will
begin May I, for one year.
The new director said he
was looking forward to the
many CAB projects for the coming year, especially homecoming-
"Things are going really
well with our homecoming
plans*," Brown said. He gave
credit to Jesska Allison who
was named homecoming chair,
UCF will hold its first
homecoming as a Division I-A
football school, Oct 28-Nov 2.
The Golden Knights will kick-
off against Illinois State on Nov.
2 at the Citrus Bowl. According
to Brown^ this year's activities
will be the best ever, with the
help of the UCF Alumni Association. He said Walt Disney
World has also shown an interest in participation.
The other CAB board
members are:
•Asst student director - Tracy
See BROWN, page 2