Central Florida Future, Vol. 02 No. 22, April 17, 1970

              Mascot Committee Picks Five
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We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
for the. .
And Hot A Vulture
Among Selections
FTU moved a step closer this week to identity, when the Mascot'
Committee presented the names of five suggested mascots to President
Charles Millican for his examination.
The committee had whittled a list of more than 80 names submitted
by    students,    staff    and    faculty
before reaching the final five.
After the president's okay, the
names will be placed on a ballot for
a university-wide vote. Time for the
election will probably be set next
week, and will be announced in the
FuTUre, according to Mascot
Committee Chairman Wayne
Leland. Students, faculty and staff
will all be allowed to vote for the
mascot.
The five finalists include: The
Thunderbolts, The Golden Hawk,
The Knights of Pegasus, Sun Devils
and Chargers.
The following explanations for
each mascot suggestion were
submitted to the president by the
committee:
THE THUNDERBOLTS
As hurricanes are common to
Miami, FTU is in the center of a
lightning belt that crosses the state.
We have an average of 90
thunderstorms a year—the highest
in the United States. In that
respect, a thunderbolt would be
significant of our weather.
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CARRYING this coffin symbolic of those men who     Orlando Federal
have died in Vietnam were members of the Student     and war.
Mobilization    Committee    who    marched    on   the
Officials Optimistic
For FTU Accreditation
FTU Administrative officials expressed optimism this week for final
accreditation of Florida Tech next December.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the
accrediting team for FTU, will be on campus M^y 17 through 20.
According to Dr. C. B. Gambrell,	
Building to protest the draft, taxes
Vice President for Academic
Affairs, final accrediation involves
more than graduating a class. Also
involved are faculty members,
facilities, funding, physical plant
and admission standards, to name a
few.
Accreditation encompasses
meeting the standards of an
accrediting committee which
measures a college according to its
keys to a high quality institution. A
school is compared to other
institutions and to the SACS
standards.
Accreditation    is    necessary    in
concerning a resolution from the
FTU Chapter of the American
Association of University Professors
on the FTU Library, Dr. Gambrell
said, "I think they (the FTU
AAUP) were misinformed about
what we need for library facilities."
According to Gambrell, the
University recognizes that the
library has problems but it does not
feel that these problems will affect
accreditation. When the
Administration Building is opened,
all offices on the third and later on
the fourth floor of the library
building     will     be     vacated     to
Student Mobe Initiates
First Anti-War Rally
.•   Student   Mobilization   Committee"  (SMCJ initialed   a   rally
Tuesday   held under the official sponsorship of the Black Student Union
(BSU).
The  rally  was held  behind  the Village Center and was attended by
approximately  .r>0 students, as well    	
as    many   others   who   paused   to St. Pete.
. sten for only a few minutes. Dan Dyer also spoke about the exact
Slater,   BSU   president,  introduced reasons the SMC is against the Viet
the speaker, Dan Dyer, chairman of N"m    war.    He    began    with    the
the SMC, who spoke to the group statement "Anti-war does not mean
on    the   SMC,   both   the   national a n t i - A me r iean. "     The     four
organization and the FTU chapter, arguments     against     the     war
and their goals and projects. presented    were:     1)    the   war    is
The main projects discussed were unjust;   the   government   is  forcing
the   march    held    last   Wednesday democracy     on     people;    2)    the
from     Rollins     to     the     Federal purpose ol  the war is economic: it
Building,   and   the   St.   Petersburg is   l«   support   the   war-makers; 3)
march to be held tomorrow. A car deaths have reached 50,000; 4) the
pool   will   leave   FTU  from  the  D Vietnam!station policy is too slow,
parking lot at 10 a.m.  for anyone SMC was forced to hold the rally
wanting     to     attend      the under the name of the BSU because
demonstration.    The    march    will the    club    has    not    yet    received
begin at 1  p.m. in Campbell Park. (Continued on Page 8)
order   for  a   university   to   receive   supplement the now existing library
certain     federal     benefits    and   space.
fellowship grants. It also speeds up
the procedure of getting credits
transferred for students who plan
to attend graduate school at
another university.
After    regional   accreditation   is
The biggest problem in the
library as seen by the
administrators, is the fact that the
library is understaffed. Dr.
Gambrell said that the University is
not permitted to employ any new
received,    the    individual    colleges people    due    to    the    Governor's
may    have    teams   coming   in   to budget. In addition, due to set state
inspect their respective colleges. figures, the purchase of books has
In   reference   to  an   article   that been drastically curtailed,
appeared   in   last   week's   FuTUre
Komanski Orders An Audit For SG
Organizations needing the use of
a room in the General Classroom
Building or the Library for night
meetings are requested to reserve
rooms through the Village Center.
Faculty and staff may call
Administrative Planning at 2836.
Rooms will be locked unless
reserved.
-o-
Mail box assignments for Student
Government are:
Governor and Senators—Natural
Science...P.O. Box 534.
Governor and
Senators—Humanities and Social
Sciences...P.O. Box 533.
Governor and
Senators—Engineering...P.O. Box
536.
Governor and
Senators—Education...P.O. Box
535.
Governor and Senators—Business
Administration...P.O. Box 537.
All four Class Presidents...P.O.
Box 538.
Student Government President Walter Komanski, in a blistering speech
last week fo the FTU Student Senate, blasted a rumored shortage of
funds in SG.
Komanski said that he had been planning to resign from his post before
his term expires in June, but would
stay   on  until  the shortage  is
cleared up.
The SG President told the Senate
that an accountant would be called
in "now" to check all SG books,
rather than at the end of the term,
as is the usual procedure. Komanski
said the rumor he heard had the
missing funds totaling $100.
Komanski said that money has
already been allocated for an
accountant's audit, so no new funds
would have to be spent for the
early check of the SG books.
Komanski said that because he is
staying on as SG President, he
won't be able to take the 22 hours
he needs for graudation in June. He
"The only reason I am going to originally planned to give up his SG
stay on as president is to get this post in order to take on the extra
thing cleared up once and for all," credit load, but now will only be
Komanski stated. able to take 14 hours.
"Student Government has taken
all of my time and a lot of pressure
is put on me by the
administration," Komanski said.
He added that the SG at FTU is
considered the fourth best in the
state out of nine major colleges.
FTU SG has been able, Komanski
added, to push through one major
legislative change in the Board of
Regents' Operating Manual.
Komanski said he does not have
many plans for the immediate
future since he still has six months
to one year of active duty awaiting
him before he completes his
military obligations. Komanski
stated he planned to write a thesis
and obtain his degree while he was
in the service.
WHY do caps and gowns need fitting? Just ask Senior Maggie Strouse
who looks resigned to a graduation outfit that may be a little too big
for her. Actually Maggie is urging seniors to come to the bookstore
April 17, 20 and 21 for fittings. On the 20th and 21st, the store will be
open until 8 p.m. for intern teaching seniors. Graduation
announcements are also in, and may be picked up when fittings are
made.