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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NSU'FARQUHAR CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIE. .

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experience by doing this type ofwork, and the people in the commu-nity were provided with varioushealth screenings. For example,blood sugar levels and cholesterolwere checked, physical and massagetherapy were performed, and eyescreenings were done. Remember,all of this was free. Other corporatesponsors came to support and ,passout massive amounts offree samplesofmedications and energy shakes.

While things came together'quitenicely at the end of my phone callsand planning, the fair was still onlyalmost perfect. Why? You ask. Theweather. It was hot, unbelievablyhot, and there were no breezes.Eventually, someone turned on fans,food was cooked, the music played,and people flowed in.

The people came from the localarea to see what the commotioJi was.Regardless of the weather, 250people showed up. The Health Fairbegan at 9:00 a.m. and ended early

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by Sandi KellWellness CenterAdministrative AssistantOn November 2, 1996, The

WeUness Center and the Health Pro-fessions Division came together forthe first time to put together the An-nual Health Fair. Dr. Smith, the As-sociate Dean ofStudentAffairs, cor-dially invited us to participate andwe gladly accepted. The WellnessCenter was responsible for coordi-nating educational tables for theHealth Fair.

I was given a list oftasks to helpthe Health Fair along, and one ofthem was to make phone calls andconnections with agencies in thecommunity. These agencies rangedfrom Planned Parenthood toBroward Employment and TrainingAgency. Some ofthe agenciescom-mitted right and away and othersneeded coaxing, but either way theycame out and supported this event.

We were told that 500 peoplefrom the community would be at theHealth Fair, and that it was com-pletely not-for-profit. The HealthProfessions students get practical

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Salaries ofNSU's TopAdmini,· ·~. .,4 ......._

by Christie MacDonaldAssociate Editor

As reported in !pe October 18,1996 issue of The Chronicle ofHigher Education. the following is alist of salaries and benefits for the1993-94 and 1994-95 fiscal years:

Ovid Lewis, President of NSUreceived $140,000 in salary in1994-95 and $14,703 in benefits. StephenFeldman, past President, received$262,840 in pay in 1994-95 and a$160,500 salary in 1993-94.

MortonTerry, Chancellor, Health.Professions Division, received$247,930 in pay in 1994-95 and$18,333 in benefits in 1994-95. Mr.'tetry also received $213,608 in payin 1993-94. .

Arnold Melnick, executive Vice-Chancellor and Provost; Health Pro-fessions Division, received $201,612in pay and $18,333 in benefits for1994-95. Mr. Melnick re~eived$189,907 in pay for 1993..:94.. Matthew Terry, Dean, College of

Osteopathic Medicine, earned$187,415 in pay and $17,266 in ben-efits in 1994-95. He received$161,973 in pay in 1993-94.

Howard Neer, Associate Dean,Alumni Affairs, College of Osteo-pathic Medicine received $143,965in pay and $17,750 in benefits in1994-95. Gail Richmond, actingdean, law school, earned $141,650in pay and $15,655 in benefits in1994-95.

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I have so far used broadcast ortelevision media as examples, but Ishall now discuss film versions ofliterature. I don't recall Shakespeareneeding to write that "Romeo &Juliet" should be seen O!l stage hav-ing sex, but in the Francis FordCoppola movie they do. Why? Be-cause it was supposed to enhance thepicture, but it took away from thestory and showed everyone Romeo'shindquarters.

As a college paper in a private·university, we must accept some re-sponsibility for what we choose toprint. Part of this choice is to seethat the University population is notoffended bycommentary, arts pieces,or news stories. One of the reasonswe need to consider that the sevendeadly words that cannot be spokenon broadcast television or radio, isbecause they are obscene and offen-sive. I am positive that if TomBrokaw used obscenities on the air

.he would be out of a job. Are col-lege students exempt from decency?Why should we tolerate having ouryounger brothers, sisters, parents,and community members read ob-scene material?

We should, however, realize thatifwe stop printing smut then we arehelping to alleviate a problem. Yes,I know that this is a form ofcensor-ship, but maybe we need that. Weneed new value systems, andUtilitarianistically speaking, it wouldbe for the general good to bring mo-rality back to college students.

I have spoken to undergrads,grad students, and parents and theyall agree we need to stop allowingthe printing of harmful or indecentarticles or pieces.

I can only hope to open a feweyes and remind people in a fewyears some ofus will be parents, andsome ofus alreadyare.

In conclusion, if you can hon-estly tell me that you would have noproblemwith your child being forcedt read offensive material, then I pityyou. But if this has helped one per-son to say that they don't want theirchildren forced into that situation,then I have a question for them. Ifwe don't want to force our kids toread garbage, why are we beingforced to?

No Side to Obscenityby Sandi KeD

Distribution Manager

Obscenitymeans many differentthings to many different people, andto college students itmeans more andmore everyday. Before I explain myversion ofobscene, I want to clarifythat these are not the nonsensical rav-ings of a right or left winger. Fur-thermore, I was raised in suburbiaand I see nothing wrong with chil-dren not being exposed to gratuitoussex and violence (and ideas of thatnature).

I assume that most of you haveaccidentally or purposefully viewedobscene material. By what is ob-scene can be defined as (INSERTDEFINITION HERE), but are weconfined onlt to this definition?Does personal ethics mean anythinganymore? Does our society need tosee Dennis Franz's hindquarters ontelevision for us to see that he is hav-ing sex? Have we become so desen-sitized to sex and violence that wewill allow anything to be printed orbroadcast?

Which brings me to my nextpoint: should there be separate rulesfor printed media versus broadcastmedia? Some argue that as collegestudents we should be open to otherpeople's opinions and ideas aboutsex, violence, and bodily functions.I do support this statement to an ex-tent, but that ends when we encoun-ter a situation where, as college stu-dents, we are forced to read obscenematerial. I feel obscene material isthat which I would not allow a youngperson to read or view, and some-thing that contains lewd and lascivi-ous words or phrases. These phrasesare not limited to descriptions ofex-crement, digestion, coital act be-tween two people, and violence,alone or mixed with these things.

I am not being prudish, but as asociety our morals and values areslowly going downhill.

Whatever happened to watchingmovies and seeing two people kissand then the camera cutting to thenext morning? I am sure we can allassume what happened. How didGone With The Wind. become sucha popular picture without the directscreening of sex and violence?Simple. The society at the time wasstill using its imaginations to seewhat went on behind closed doors.

Publish Poetry As· Isby Christie MacDoDald

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Associate EditorFor the past few months, The

Knight has published poetry by RoyJ. Smith. His poems contained~fanity that may have offended somepeople. As a staff member of thenewspaper, I had to contemplatewhetherwe shouldpublish his wm:ksas is or with revisions.

I believe we should publish anypoetry, offensive or otherwise, in itsoriginal form. It is wrong to retractthe profanityand censorMr. Smith'swork because it violates his consti-tutional right of freedom of expres-sion, his works fit within the defini-tion of"poetry," andtbis is a collegenewspaper where alternative ideasshould be welcome.

First, the constitution protects. ·our· freedom of speech in the First

Amendment. A citizen or organiD-tion can state whatever it .pleaseswithout the punishment of govern-ment, as long as the. statements donot harm· some .other individual or

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defined free :speech as "freedom ofexpression." The Court has evenupheld the useofprofanity as expres-sion. For example, th,e Court re-versed a disltmbing-the-peace con-viction of a gentleman who had"Puck theDtaft" onhisjacket to pro-test the Selective Service System. In1hiscase, the Supreme Court backedthe view that, as JuStice Harlanstated" "One man'8 vulgarity is an-o1he£man"5 lyric."*

Roy J. Smith's poetry is pro-tectedundcrtheConstitution. WhenRoy writes the words "fingerfiJckeci in skippy andnickjletched,itisan.expressionofhis choice, Theprofanif}rofMr:. Smith's poetry doesnot hann anyone in this university.lust as1he poet bas the freedom toexpresS. hfuiself, readers have thefreedom to put down the paper andnot look at wonts that may disturbthem.

Secondly, Smith·s.poems, with.profanity, fitwithin the definition of

poetry. According toWebster's 1986Third New International Dictionary,poetry is 'Writing that formulatesand concentrates imaginative aware-ness ofexperience in language cho- .sen and arranged to create a specificemotional response through itsmeaning, sound and rlJytbm.n

AU ofRoy's poems published inthe newspaper have had Ihythm andmeaning. He used the"Iword as areflection ofhis emotions and a wayto convey his meaning to the reader..He did not submit swear words in acolumn; that is not poetIy. He sub-mitted poems that contained a fewuses of profanity. If the poet feelsthat the "f"·word is the best word toconvey a specificemo~ he has aright to eXpress it as such.

We, as readers, have the right todisagree with his choice, but wedon't have the right to censor hischoice.

Lastly, I wonderwhy censorshipis an issue in a college newspaper.

Co~ is 1lIlOt a vocational schoolwhere we bm how to perform aspeciific~on. Ifthat were thecase., 'we·'lIRlOld never have to take aLiba:;aiA1ttsdass. Rather, in college,we lcam to explore and evaluate aamglonaoiidion ofideas and values.A I...ibcDI Arts college should en-~ die open expres~ionof stu-daltviews.. Fm1hermore,the news-papel"of a Liberal Arts collegeshouldpmvide the forum for thedi-YCDe Yiews of1be student popula- .tion. Roy J. Smith expresses hisviews dImugh his poetry.

11Ic wzwspaper newspaper haschosenBOttocensor his creativity. Ihope 1baI:odIa' students follow Royand submit wom to The Knieht,~iU3iiialOl'othe,rwise,so we canexperieoce ~que outlooks andhopefi:dIybm ftom one another.

*(Souta:. West, Thomas. "Free-domofspea:h ...", Vol. 7, Ameri-caaF.uttadic 03-01-1996, pp55.

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can Red Cross, American Lung As-sociation, and American Heart As-sociation, Women In Distress, Ft.Lauderdale Fire Department Fire res-cue, the Volunteer C.I.D. Unit fromthe Ft. Lauderdale Police Depart-ment, Blue Cross Blue Shield,Broward CountyHealth Department,Center One, Broward County Com-mission: Human Services Depart-ment Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ser-vices, Senior Connection and theYMCA.

Finally, I am very excited that thenext Health Fair in January, is righthere on our campus. I hope to seeall students, faculty, and staff outthere learning and growing from thebenefits of these wonderful organi-zations. For more information on theHealth Fair, or on volunteer oppor-tunities, please call The WellnessCenter at 452-6401.

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When the idea of a Health Fairwas originally mentioned, I had noidea what to expect, but whateverpreconceptions I had were blownaway by this event. I could not be-lieve that all of these people werecoming out to see what was avail-able to them.

Planned Parenthood and theBroward County Health Departmentbrought condoms, brochures, pam-phlets, and" various items for thepeople to take with them. Light-house donated keychains and bro-chures, and Hospice Care ofBroward County brought candy forthe kids, pamphlets and an easy-to-

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throughout the movie with a cheesysarcastic line or scene directly afterthe event. This aspect of the moviekeeps the viewer relaxed through theduration of the movie.

Unlike many other action films,the characters in The Substitute arewell developed. The characters' per-sonalities are clearly presented aswell as their motives.

One scene in particular that ex-emplifies this is when one of theteachers commits the most selflessact ofsacrificing his own life so thatone of his students will not be qmr-dered. Earlier in the film, he wasdepicted as having integrity and areal caring for his students, which hedisplays in this one particular scene.Scenes like these are placed strate-gically throughout the film. Theydraw the audience into the action andmake them sympathize with many ofthe characters and their plights.

The only weak aspect of themovie was the ending. It seemed likethe stream of the action was brokenso that the director could end themovie in a blaze ofglory.

The Substitute had lots ofactionand a better than average plot. Thecharacters were developed and theviewer had a clear idea ofwhat eachperson stood for and who they were.I would recommend renting this filmbecause it will definitely hold yourattention and it is a film worth see-ing. Personally, I had to view it twiceto catch all of the important details.

There is one other added plus tothe film: It was filmed in Dade andBroward counties. Many of thescenes take place in familiar areaswhich are fun to see, but at the sametime scary because no one wants tothink that something as serious asthis film could take place so close tohorne. On the Wisniewski scale, Igive this a 6.'CRecalling that the scale~oes from -1 to 10; ~.=-ovles that should never ..._. adelike Pulp Fiction and fers being themost spectacular movies ever made).

by Paul WisienwskiContributing Writer

The Substitute, directed byGeorge Mandell, is a film designedto entertain the action fan. In thefilm, things blow up real well, thereare huge shoot outs between the drugdealers and the good guys, and lotsof people are shot or beaten up inglamorous Hollywood fashion. Ifyou like films with violent action andan equally disturbing plot, head forBlockbuster now.

Contrary to the title, The Substi-tute is not another one of thoseteacher movies where a really excep-tional teacher tries to reach out andhelp some less fortunate inner cityteenagers stay in school. This film isabout a team ofmercenaries sent ona secret operation into Cuba, andthings go a little awry. The UnitedStates government is forced to denytheir existence in the interest ofavoiding an international scandal.So, the team ends up "unemployed"as they call it in the film.

Coincidentally, this is about thesame time that one ofthe team mem-bers' wives is attacked by a thug. Hewas sent by some of the drug deal-erswho work at the school where sheteaches. She was attacked becauseshe was too nosy and started askingthe wrong people the wrong ques-tions.

In the tradition ofthe Hollywoodhero, this team member pulls somestrings and becomes the substituteteacher for his wife while her legheals. He wants to see what is goingon in the school. In the beginning,he thinks that it was just a couple ofpunks acting tough. But later he re-alizes that a huge drug cartel is be-ing run out of the school. It is a littlefar-fetched, but the plot has someadded twists that make the movie farsuperior to other movies of its kind.

Mandell's film starts out withsome fast action to grab the viewer'sattention, but he then slows the ac-tion to a trickle to let the main storyline develop. Fast or violent scenes,with high tension, are diffused

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City, FL, St. Thomas Aquinas High) wi1h 38 solo blocks and 66 blockand senior Vanessa Gutierrez (Mi- :!ssJi:sts.ami, FL, Hialeah-Miami Lakes) cap- Gutierrez, meanwhile, is notured Florida Sun Conference All- sitr.mgerto theAll-Conference team.Conference Team honors Thursday The latest selection marked hernight (November 7) at the Indigo f01llll1lh time receiving such honors.Lakes Country Club in Daytona Gmdtiiarez said,"'It's real exciting toBeach. Waddell took the Florida Sun earn. this hono-fone last time. It hasConference Most Valuable Player been a long roarl and I'm proud ofAward in addition to her selection on 1heprogress I Ba'V'e made in my fourthe All-Conference team. ycams at Nova Southeastern Univer-

Waddell has now been chosen to silly. rm looking forward to endingthe All-Conference team all three my career in a big way." The four'lears she has played volleyball at yeaur All-Conference player entersNova Southeastern University. '1: itbe conference tournament with 303was surprised and didn't expect to kiiilk,,436 digs and 55 aces. Herdigsbe the conference's MVP. There are :amd aces totals are tops on the team.a lot ofgreat players and a great deal "I"m proud of both of their efforts.ofcompetition in our conference. To 11t"s illbig accomplishment and it trulybe recognized as the top player is a is:an indication of their continuedgreat feeling:' said Waddell. The eniDIt's to improve," said head coachKnights' success this season can be Joommma Sahm.

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Montevallo in Alabama. The LadyKnights always have trouble with theLady Falcons. They had droppedtheir last two regional appearancesto Montevallo, and this match wasno different from their previous set-backs. NSU put up a fight, but fell15-7, 15·;12, 7-15, IS-B. Waddelland Mertens combined for forty killsin the four-game loss. Gutierrezdidn't disappoint in her final colle-giate match, amassing seventeendigs, fifteen kills, and seven aces.Jay had forty-six assists and nineteendigs, while Banks' excellent playcontinued. The freshman again ledin digs with 26.

Besides the team success of theLady Knights, Nova players werehonored for their individual contri-butions. Waddell and Gutierrez werenamed to the FSC All-Conferenceteam, with the former being namedConference Most Valuable Player.Gutierrez, in her final season withNSU, was named Co-Player of theWeek for the FSC and NAJA South-east Region for the week ofNovem-ber 4-10.

Although the loss of Gutierreznext year to graduation will smart,the Lady Knights are a young squadwith Waddell, Mertens, and Jay ex-pected to return. With the contin-ued development of talented fresh-men Banks and Skye Miles, NSUwill look to begin a new streak ofconference titles next season.

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down, drag-out brawl in DaytonaBeach, reminiscent ofan Ali-Fraziertitle fight, the Nova troops battledtooth-and-nail with St. Thomas.Falling shy 14-16, 6-15 in the firsttwo games, Sahm circled the wag-ons and the magic dust began fly-ing. The Lady Knights went on theattack. Gutierrez, who ended thematch with a season-high 31 killsand 40 digs, flew at St. Thom~s withintense outside hits. Mertens (26kills, 27 digs) and Waddell (22,24)bottled up St. Thomas with their im-posing front-line presence. NovaSoutheastern was back in business.They took the next two stanzas, 15-II, 16-14.

After all of the wars of the sea-son, the conference crown was to bedecided in a single game. The twoclubs threw haymaker afterhaymaker at each other, but St. Tho-mas would not be denied. The LadyBobcats clawed their way to a 16-14win, and captured the championshipaftertwo hours of combat.

Sahm was pleased with herteam's effort. Quoted in a recentNSU press release, the coach was"...extremely proud. They gave it agreat effort and it's unfortunate any-one had to lose a match like that."

Despite the loss, Nova South-eastern was admitted into the NAJASoutheast Regional Tournament.Here, they ran into a volleyballfreight train from the University of

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feisty Lady Bobcats twice already,NSU looked forward to anotherrematch against St. Thomas in theFSC tournament. In the first round,Nova looked razor sharp, hammer-ing an outclassed Flagler College 15-3, 15-2, 15-4. The "Twin Towers,"comprised ofjuniors Sherri Waddelland Michelle Mertens, led the waywith eight and seven kills, respec-tively. Waddell also recorded threeblocks, and two aces. SeniorVanessa Gutierrez pounded homeeight winners and three aces. Theever-steady junior setter, HeatherJay, served up twenty-one assists andfreshman Katie Banks got into theact with twenty digs. The next af-tern.oon, the ladies shrugged off thechallenge ofEmbry-RiddleAeronau-tical 15-9, 15-12, 14-16, 15-11 intheir semifinal. - -Executing withstrong precision- in both tournamentoutings, the Lady Knights were mak-ing a dramatic statement. We'reready for St. Thomas.

And they were. In a knock-

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byDanIUmanSports Editor

Some teams just can't seem toget over the hump versus certain ad-vet:.saries. Take the Kansas City Roy-als of the late seventies. Try as theymight, the Royals couldnever defeatthe New York Yankees in the Ameri-can League Championship Series.The Nova Southeastern UniversityLady Knights volleyball team facedtwo Waterloos of their own in theweek of November 9-15. And, liketheir previous encounters, the ladiesfell a bit short on both occasions. Sixdays after having their hopes for afourth straight conference titlesquashed by St. Thomas University,the Lady Knights ended their seasonwith a defeat at the hands ofthe Uni-versity of Montevallo in the semifi-nals of the NAIA SoutheastRegionals. Coach Joanna Sahm'steam finished up with a more-than-respectable 27-6 record and looks tonext year with high expectations.

After being beaten back by the

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bounds. Robinson~s Knight debutwas impressive. The Kingston, Ja-maica native had sixteen points, andwas seven of nine from the field.Senior Rayford Ellison racked upnine points and nine boards in thevictory.

Hernandez continued his hotshooting the next night versusWebber in the tournament champi-onship game. His nineteenpoints ledall scorers, but Nova was in a funkearl~ and could never catch up.Robinson added fifteen points andeight rebounds in the 76-60 loss.Hernandez was the only Knightnamed to the All-Tournament team.

On November 15, the Knightswere greeted by a raucous crowd atthe GeorgeM~Mayer Gymnasiumon the campuS ofBroward Commu.,.nity College for their home opener.Florida Christian College was thesacrificial lambofferedup for NSU'soverpowering 93-42 victory. Every-one seemedto get into the box scorefor Nova as five players accumulateddouble-digit scoring figures. Sopho-more guard Jedd Sotoalld Robinsonled the Knights with sixteen pointseach. PayaDis had fourteen, includ-ing a perfect two-for-two from be-hind the three-point stripe. Ellisonscored fifteen, and Hernandez con-tinuedhis stellar season with sixteen~

McAndrews has a nice mixtureofreturning players andnewcomers.Ellison, Hernandez, and Soto con-tinue to show marked improvementfrom last season, and the addition ofPayanis, Robinson,. andjuniorCullenStill gives NSU a weapon missingfrom last year's squad: Depth.

The Knightsretmnsho~to hostWestmontCoUege of CalifOrnia onFriday, November 27, at 7:30 pm.

Knights Go 2-1to Open Seasonby Dan Illman

Sports Editor

After a woeful 5-24 ra:onl (3-12, FSC) lasty~ dieNova SouIb-eastern University haskethill1Cilmhas started offthe 1996-1997 seasonon the right foot. The Knights are2-I after splittingtbeirfinttwo puresin the Webber College HolidayTIp-Off Tournament and prevailing intheir home opener..

The Knights are without dDreestarters from a yearago. PointguantDerek Francis (9.5 ptsiIgame" 9S as-sists for season)" center JamesJohnson (13.4 ptsfgame" 10 reb!game), and forward Daawud Smith(10.7 ptslgame 5.1 Rblgame) aregone, prompting seamd-year bcardcoach Tony McAndrews to go look-ing for new talent. .McAndrews be-lieves that he has fO'tDldsome sta!Isin freshman guard Jeff Payanis andsophomore Robert Robinson.'Payanis, from ParldmdFL.,willomthe show from the point, while JIbeimpressiveRobin~ammsfClfimmMiami Dade Commmnty So.should give the Knights an all-around threat. .

NSU tipped off the season ver-sus Florida Memorial_ tileWebbertournament. The~ were 011fire early,openingupatm-pointleadat the half. Theyw~upbyas IIIDdJ.as fourteen in the scamd-halfbeforeFlorida Memorial fumId theirgame.They closed resolutdy1o withiuooe,.but the clock was tbcir biggest: en-emy. Michael Lang"s ten-footerclanked offthe rim aUhebuzza;, andNova escaped wi1h a 60-59 vic::kxy.Sophomore forward SherardHernandez was McAndrews" go-toguy all night long. Hmpndczscon:dtwenty.,.fourpointsondevmoffoul'-·teen shooting and bad eleven Ie-

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Baby and Philadelphia Storytake place at theFt. LauderdaleMainLibrary Auditorium located on thecomer of Browanl Boulevard andAndrews Avenue. BestLittle WhoreHouse in Texas will be staged at theParker Playhouse.

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(Soun:e: Jean Lewis, DirectorofAdmissions)

Attend Local Theatreat Discount PricesJy Christie MacDoaald. Associate Editor

Nova students have the cbance:0 view local theater at discount)rices because ofa specialofferftom:he Ft. Lauderdale Players.. Anyonewith a valid student J.D. ftom Nova:eceives a 500!ct discount offadmis-;ions. RegularpricesnmgeftomS13. $16. Therefore" a baIf-price dis-oount roughly equals the cost of anight out at the movies.

Ft. Lauderdale Playas is a localcommunity theaterg,uop who pridethemselves on quality amateur pr0-ductions. Upcomingpmdodions areas follows: Baby (Febiuary 26-

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Squireby Roy J. Smith IV

Contributing Writerlanced cheek,the blood clots sure and brownbut his ashed face -seems to make her happya cockeyed smile to her is all he asks

fornever saw himself as a knightbut it's nice to be in a dream with

someone elsehe whispers I love youwith fear that it may be too soonfunny,the ones that matter take longer to

tell.

CorrectionsIn Issue # I0 of_The Knight-, the

article entitled "Education Depart-ment: A Myriad of Changes" con-tained the following errors:

1) Stewart, FL is Stuart, FL;2) All new teachers have a doc-

torate not 1/3 of the teachers;3) Dr. Robert Schiller's goal is

to have 75% ofthe classes taught bya teacher with a doctorate not to have75% ofthe faculty to possess a doc-toral degree;

4) There will not be an elimina-tion ofmultiple choice tests but moreof an emphasis on essay and shortanswer techniques;

5) For clarification, theTeacher's Guild is the Teacher'sGuild of Broward County.••••••••••••••••••••••

In addition, in Issue #10, Roy J.Smith's poem "non-communicable'disease" should have read "non-communicatable" disease.

"Horse sense is the thing a horse haswhich kee~s it from bettingon people. '

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