Central Florida Future, Vol. 02 No. 06, November 7, 1969.

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We live in the Present,
By the Past, but
for the. .
Vincent the Vulture
Toothless Tigers' Guard Tech
Starr Won't Deputize
FTUs' campus police do not have any arrest authority, it was learned
by the FuTUre last week. A member of the states attorneys office
contacted the FuTUre and reported that he had discovered that FTU's
campus police are the only ones in the state who do not have the
authority    to    arrest    anyone    for
anything other than a traffic
violation. The representative
expressed concern that this left the
security police like "Toothless
Tigers."
After checking into the matter it
was discovered that at all other
Universities either the Sheriffs
Office   or   the  police  force  in  the
city in which the University is
located deputizes the security
force. In FTUi case it should be
Sheriff Dave Starr, but Starr refuses
to do it. When the FuTUre
contacted Starr he said that the
force does not need to be deputized
by him because the state has
already given that authority to
them. "If I were to come onto your
(FTU's) campus and speed", Starr
said, "they could arrest me right
away." Since arrests for traffic
violations are the only exception to
FTUs lack of authority the FuTUre
pushed the Sheriff for a more
definite i answer. "What would
happen if you (Starr) appeared on
campus intoxicated, or disturbing
the peace?" Starr's reply was
simply "Most certainly they could
arrest me. They have just as much
arrest authority as I do." According
to the Constitution of the State of
Florida, arrest authority can only be
obtained if the authorities in the
region where you are located pass
that authority on (deputizing) or
the legislature may delegate the
authority. It would take "an act of
Congress" to have the legislature
delegate that authority and Starr
says he won't take the necessary
steps.
There la presently a bill pending
In the legislature that is in name,
for the benefit of all universities in
the state, making security forces
automatically have arrest authority,
but since FTU is the only university
in the state with this problem the
bill is specifically for that purpose.
As to why Sheriff Starr refuses to
do the deputizing,no one seems to
know. Starr contests that if he
deputizes this security force he will
have to deputize the one at Martin
Company, the guards at Disney
World and any other guard force.
But the feeling on campus is that
this is not the real reason for his
reluctance to take the action.
The students at Tech, according
to Mr. John Smith, head of
Security Department, have not
given any reason to need an arrest
law to date. Smith stated, "The
students have given us fantastic
cooperation this quarter, but it
only takes one trouble maker who
might tfet arrested and then later
say the arrest was not legal." Smith
also expressed concern that his staff
being demoralized by
the unfortunate circumstances. He
went on to say "I'm afraid that the
only way we are going to get the
proper authority is through the
iture and our only hope is for
the special session coming up."
Senators of the Year
NOTICE!!
All proofs of senior yearbook
pictures must be returned to Room
152 of the Village Center be
a.m.  and 4:30 p.m. on Nov.
MM will  be  made at
that time.
Frank Santry
Bob Corson
Senators Bob Corson and Frank
Santry were awarded
"Outstanding Senator of the Year"
plaques at the September 28
meeting of the Student
Government.
In an interview with the FuTUre,
both senators were asked to
comment on the apathy of the
students during the election and in
general. Senator Santry said, "I
hope the vote wasn't a show of
support (or lack of support) for the
Student Government. Personally,
I'm throughly disgusted with my
electorate. Anytime anyone can run
unopposed and win with only 17
votes, it's disgusting."
Asked what the problem was,
Santry continued, "A gross
communication lag is our greatest
problem. We simply cannot
communicate with the students. We
can't get their names, addresses,
and phone numbers for three to
four months (from the computer)."
Senator Corson added, "Senators
are interested in all the problems of
their section. We are interested in
and can try to handle academic as
well as social, disciplinary, and
monetary problems. We meet and
talk with the faculty and
administration and they come to
us. However, we represent the
students and to serve them, we
must know their hopes, problems,
expectations of FTU, their gripes,
however petty they feel the
problems may be."
The Lake Claire Project is their
main project and both senators are
interested in any projects which
their constituents are interested in.
Senator Corson likes to work with
the budget and Santry is keenly
interested in statutes and
procedures. Both keep close watch
on senate activities and as Santry
said, "It's easy to lose sight of
legislative procedure when the only
authority you have is the
constitution."
The senators greatest moments
last year were the action in
developing the constitution and
form of government, and the
headed debates which insued.
Senator Corson stated that each
senate meeting was a fresh and
challenging experience and equally
rewarding.
TAU Guilty, IFC States
TAU Fraternity, charged two weeks ago with violating
Inter-Fraternity Council's rush regulations, was found guilty of those
violations after a closed hearing last Sunday.
TAU was slapped with a $50 fine and was placed on social probation
until the end of November.
This means that TAU can not participate in intramural sports nor can
it hold social events.
The fraternity was not prevented from other rush activities, however.
The sentence handed down by IFC to TAU was far from the
maximum possible under IFC regulations. Maximum fine could have
been S500, and suspension could have been for as long as IFC wanted.
TAU denied the charges before the hearing.
IFC said that the club had violated regulations of rush by holding a
private party the same night as the first, major IFC smoker for campus
men eligible for rush, and that at least one rushee was present at the
TAU party.
It was also alleged that a non member of TAU played in a recent flag
football game for the fraternity.
This charge was not pressed.
The IFC charges were the first brought against an FTU fraternity.
Sfiectne
There has been an < apparition on campus which has been appearing
in the evenings and frightening female resident students. The personage,
dressed in a loose-fitting monhfs robe with a gas mask over his face, has
been dubbed "gas man", by the resident students. The following article
mysteriously appeared in the FuTUre office and prompted the
FuTUre's photographer-in-residence, Jim Lehman, to catch "Gas Man"
late one night. The FuTUre now prints both the exclusive picture and
mysterious article on the "Terror of Tech".
Mysterious "Gas Man "
This photograph was taken at night by the FuTUre photographer Jim
Lehman, as the "Gas Man" was captured in his nocturnal travels.
The Gas Man Cometh
In a reddish grey robe, he wanders with no apparent route among the
residence halls. He shuffles slowly on his way, wheezing his message
through a coffee brown gas mask. Almost nightly "Gas Man" has been
sighted by residents and commuters alike. His arrival on campus has
stirred violent controversy among students.
Melba Toast stated, in an exclusive interview, "It was just horrible.
This...this  creature   loomed   up   in 	
front of me making this terrible
choking sound. And when I looked
into his eyes...they weren't there."
Miss Toast is currently recovering
from the terrible shock in the
Health Center.
Sam Bannarna, a common
everyday student at the University,
had this to say about "Gas Man":
"Glufporpleknoblegeep!"
Well, what manner of being is
"Gas Man"? As legend has it, as a
traveller in the Tibetian Himalayas,
he fell in with a band of monks
who seized him and put him
through the cruelest of tortures. His
awful scars are covered by the
blood stained robe and the mask
hides the ugly remnants of a once
handsome face.
Another possible origin of "Gas
Man" is that his grave was
accidentally opened by Wiggs-Maale
when they started construction on
the Science Technology Building.
And he is currently wandering
around searching for new resting
places.
Through all of this there shines a
glimmer of hope for the terrified
resident students of FTU. The
"Purple Mazzda" has challenged the
"Gas Man" to a duel. Who will be
the victor in the contest? Will "Gas
Man" conquer all? Will the "Purple
Mazzda", sworn to uphold justice,
return the campus to relative peace
and sedurity? Only the sands of
time will tell.