Central Florida Future, Vol. 02 No. 01, October 6, 1969

              Double Enrollment For Second Year
According to the Board of Regents' projected head count, FTU
this year is supposed to have a-
round 2,936 students attending
classes. The actual figures, according to a survey made by the
FuTUre, should be around 4,000.
The faculty also will have more
than doubled from last years'
figures boasting around 180 members. The new additions to the
faculty brings FTU's number of
PhD's to 72% of the total faculty with 8 to 9% expected to re
ceive theirs before the year is
out, according to Dr. C. B.Gam-
brell V. P. of Academic affairs.
During the summer a new sprinkling system was installed a-
round the dorms and finally the
"instant grass" which had been
delayed for months waiting for the
sprinkling system?was laid Construction had been continuing in
high gear as the second phase of
the campus plan was started.
Over $7 million worth of new
buildings are under construction
and should be finished in the
near future. Included in that project is the General Classroom
building which will contain 31
classrooms and several faculty
offices and should be partialy
complete in time for classes
this quarter.
The past two weeks on campus
have been filled with new students and parents orientation as
well as registration. Guided tours
of campus have been going on
with student representatives gu
iding small groups to points of
interest and giving opportunity
for questions. The tours and
orientation went on until Moday
with just under 1,500 students
going through the series.
If Tech grows at the anticipated Board of Regents estimate,
which, according to FuTUre's
figures were nearly 1000 under
this years actual headcount, the
school shouldboast around25,000
students  by   1980,  which   would
make it the second largest university in the state.
President Millican said that
the second year of operation on
the new campus "should prove
to be more exciting and challenging than our first, with FTU
having for the first time all
four classes in the student body-
freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors. It will be the academic year in which we will have
our first graduation exercises."
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Paved Parking
To Increase
The university received some
welcome news last week when it
was learned that Orange Paving
and Construction CO. had been
awarded a $147,336.20 contract
to grade and pave four additional
parking areas.
Even as incoming students and
faculty were squeezing into every
available paved parking space and
were spilling over into the pine
trees, bulldozers from Orange
Paving were cutting through a
fireline, opposite the Hall Road
intersection with Alafaya Trail,
In preparation for the much-
needed construction.
Ordinary governmental red tape held up the co-awarding of the
contract for several months, but
Orange finally was given the
green light. Unfortunately, construction began the same day
students were pouring onto the
campus for orientation.
Orange Spokesman Earl Daniels assured FuTUre that students would not be bothered by
the construction. The fire line
will afford access to the main
lots under construction, west of
the main campus buildings. Heavy
equipment would not come on the
university property from any
other route.
Three of the lots will be constructed there, including access
roads, and a fourth will be built
in the area of the science classroom.
Orange Paving said the contract called for completion of
the parking lots in 110 working
days, or about six months.
FTU President Dr. Charles
Millican has repeatedly said that
parking is the university's biggest, immediate headache. Now,
it appears as though the State
Department of Tansportation h-
as rushed in some pain reliever.
We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
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PHOTO
CHUCK SEITHEL
President of FTU, Dr. diaries N. Millican, looks out from
the Library Building balcony to survey the progress and physical
growth made by the University during its first year of operation.
Guaranteed  Loans Set
Guaranteed student loans in the
amount of $2.5 million were approved by the State of Florida in
July for the coming '69-'70 academic year, according ten report
by Dr. James Carr, Assistant
Chancellor for Student Affafrs for
the Board Regents.
About $500,000 in guaranteed
student loans was approved by
Florida lending institutions- during   the   fifst week of August.
Due to cuts in the National
Defense Education Act (tfDE'A)
student loan budget, Florida will
receive  $500,000  less  than the
NDEA amount given last year.
Carr's report indicates that the
need for financial aid in Florida's
colleges and universities for '69-
'70 is more acute than at any
other time since the NDEA program was begun in 1957.
The shortage of financial assistance funds will be lessened
partly by the recent increase in
tuition and fees in Florida's university system. For the first
time in Florida's history, a portion of this money will be channeled into a student financial aid program.
Activity Day Features Involvement
"Involvement is the key" is the
theme for FTU's First Activity
Day set for Wednesday from 10
am to 3 pm. The program is being sponsored by the Personnel
Department of the Village Center
and will give clubs and organizations at Tech an opportunity to
advertise their clubs to new and
returning students. The Personnel Department will furnish tables ontheV.C. patio for all participating groups and will assist
the groups.
The purpose of Activity Day is
to promote campus involvement
and to recruit new members for
various student organizations on
campus.
Clubs and organizations will
set up a display and distribute
literature to explain the function
of their groups on campus. A
representative from each club is
required to be present at the table to answer questions and take
name of interested students.
A fashion show will be held
at 11:30 am in the cafeteria. The
12 models for the fashion show
are: Faren Gibson, Sue Jump,
Paulette Lebo, Lynne Ferris,
Judy Cole, Marilyn Snyder, Chris
Mitchell, Cheryl LeCompte, Debbie Doubler, Ann Tremblay, Hel-
ene Commander, and Joyce Law-
son. Each girl will model two
outfits from Matthews in the
Winter Park Mall and shoes from
Baker's Shoe Store.
We're hoping for a very successful Activity Day and urging all clubs and organizations
to do their part," said Sue Geis-
ler,  chairman of Activity Day.
No Vacancies
In Housing
"The dorms are completely
filled and if we had had 250
additional beds, and had known
about it back in April and May,
they would also be filled," said
Barth Engert, Director of Housing in an interview  last week.
Engert went on to say that there
will be 423 resident students, 216
women and 207 men. The developmental center will continue to use
two suites in "C" dorm until the
Administration Building is completed in March.
The nearest date for additional
housing on campus is the fall of
1971.   Engert  said that 'we are
trying to possibly encourage private investors to build campus
housing both on and off campus."
Listed as the changes for the
resident students are color television sets in two lounges for all
the   resident  students  use;  the
landscaping   around   the  dorms
that is nearly completed; and the
food plan.
"Even though the food service
is still through Morrison's," Engert said, "the residents have a
choice of two plans: A 15 meal
plan, that includes three meals
Monday through Friday, or a 21
meal plan, that includes three
meals, seven days a week. Just
as last year, the food plan is
mandatory."
Engert went on to say that
'the reason for the mandatory
food plan is a dollar and cents
reason. In the original bonding
arrangement for building of the
facilities, it was based on an
agreement with the University to
guarantee the facilities would be
filled and used to the fullest extent, and that the income received
will go towards paying the mortgage. After we've been in operation 10-15 years and have enough
money in the reserve accounts,
we possibly can alter this plan.
Building Crisis At FTU
(Because of the gravity of the problem which faces Tech's
building program, the FuTUre will sidestep tradition for this
issue and mn the following important editorial on the front page)
An Editorial
The fact is tliat unless the voters of Florida reinstate the
bonding authority under the 19h3 Higher Education Bond Amendment, FTU's building program will all but come to a screeching
halt. This authority becomes even more important in light of
three other adverse trends:
1. The federal Government is cutting back on the constnic-
tion grants which it lias been making since 1965.
2. Construction costs are soaring at an unprecendented rate.
The latest reports by the Dodge organization indicate costs
are going up at the rate of 1.3 percent a month, or about 15
percent a year. Normally building costs increase at the rate
of about 5 percent a year.
3. Interest rates are continuing to climb. A recent check
indicates tliat the current market is about 6.25 percent on education bonds of the type which Florida lias been issuing. Florida's
present ceiling is 5 percent.
If the bonding authority is reinstated it will provide roughly
about $160 million for capital outlay for universities, junior
colleges, and vocational schools through June 30, 1975. This
would amount to about S35 million a year on the average for
construction over the next six years.
Estimates based upon enrollment projections indicate that
additional academic facilities costing $443.9 militon will be
needed to house the students in the state universities, junior
colleges, and area vocational-technical centers in the fall of 1975.
If the Education Building amendment passes, in November, a
total of $160 million would be provided. This would leave a
balance of $197.6 million which would liave to be provided by
the 1970 Legislature. If the amendment does not pass, then Tech
is in trouble, as will be every state institution.
It is important to remember tliat the amendment will simply
continue an existing program and will NOT REQUIRE ANY Nt W
TAXES!!!
We strongly urge a vote in favor of this amendment and em-
phasize that any student who can not vote knows some one who
can.    Show them this editorial and get them to the polls Nov. 4.