Central Florida Future, Vol. 03 No. 14, January 29, 1971

              F.T.U.   LIBRARY
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We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
for the. .
Students, Faculty Feel
Bind of Spending Cut
The moratorium on statewide spending will have a direct and indirect
impact on FTU.
A memo from FTU Business Affairs Vice President John Philip Goree,
distributed Monday, sent shock waves through the faculty and staff.
The memo stated that as of 8 am	
Linda Davila, a sophomore psychology major at
FTU, tries her hand at the new sport clackers. "I can
do 'em pretty long... almost a minute. They're brain
teasers," says the pretty TYES Sorority homecoming
candidate. Clacker competition commences Tuesday,
February 9 at 11 am. The village center circle
deadline for entries is Monday, February 8. So if you
are good at just knocking around get on the ball and
start clacking. {?hotQS by Jim Lehman)
FTU - FIT Rivalry More
Than Just Athletics
The rivalry that is developing
between FTU and Florida Institute
of Technology (FIT) goes deeper
than a basketball game. (See sports
page for FTU-FIT game details).
The rivalry began from FIT's side
before construction of FTU ever
started.
Formerly Brevard Engineering
College, FIT rushed its official
name change through the Secretary
of State two or three weeks before
FTU officially received its charter.
Tom Adams, at that time Secretary
of State, was also a member of the
Board of Trustees at FIT.
The name of "Florida Tech" has
provided the basis of the
competition that FIT has exhibited
toward FTU. The fact of the matter
is, FIT is a technical and
engineering college while the trend
of FTU is currently directed toward
more emphasis on liberal arts. Thus
FTI reportedly feels threatened by
FTU's supposed engineering
recognition.
The anticipated rivalry between
the two schools came to a head last
Saturday when they met in an
intercollegiate basketball game in
Melbourne. The difference of
opinion over the label "Florida
Tech" was made obvious when
FIT's announcer matter-of-factly
introduced FTU as the Knights of
FTU and FIT as Florida Tech.
CAMPUS GLANCES
SG CANDIDATES?
Insiders say that Christ Schmidt,
Frank Santry, and Gary Hallman
are candidates for SG President this
year. Elections are coming up in
April.
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LAW ARTICLES
Professor William Bopp has two
articles published in January issues
of national magazines. "The Liberal
Bias" appears in Law Officer
Magazine, and "Order in the Court"
appears in the Enforcement
Journal.
The Florida Board of Regents
will be meeting at FTU this
Monday at 9:30 am. It is the first
Regents' meeting to be held in the
Regents' Conference room,
designed primarily for that purpose,
since the opening of the
Administration Building.
On the agenda is a proposed hike
in university tuition and an increase
in the cost of room and board for
resident students at FTU. If the
residence hike goes through, the
cost of housing will jump by 12 per
cent, from a present $280-$ 387
range to $313-$388.
Also expected to appear on the
agenda are reports on the recent
university spending moratorium
and censorship of university
publications. Students from various
state universities are expected to
travel to Orlando to express their
feelings on the censorship issue.
Tuesday, there would be a
moratorium on purchases within
the university, and that the
curtailment would continue at least
until specific guidelines could be
issued concerning further
expenditures.
The moratorium ordered by Gov.
Reubin Askew, is the result of a
drastic decrease in state revenue.
The general belt-tightening was
accentuated by last week's citrus
freeze and the economic impact
that will result throughout Florida.
According to Goree, the freeze
appears to have been greater than
the disastrous ones in 1957-58 and
in 1962, when similar austerity
measures were taken by the state.
Goree was frankly pessimistic
about any loosening of funds in the
forseeable future.
"We at FTU are going to have to
make up our $132,000(FTU's share
of the needed revenue} in nickels
and dimes. It's the only way we are
going to find ways of reducing
spending."
He urged curtailment of printing,
long distance telephone calls, office
supply purchases and other
interdepartmental work that would
mean spending more money.
How will it affect the faculty and
staff?
Goree said there will be less
money for travel and for
equipment.
"Some of our programs already
started will be affected," he said
without elaborating.
A FuTUre survey among some
professors and staff people who had
read the memo revealed a general
feeling of gloom over the
curtailments.
How will the moratorium affect
the students?
"The students will find they may
have to share chemicals and other
equipment in the labs," the vice
president said. "They may have to
work jointly on one lab specimen.
They may have to copy work off
the blackboards rather than receive
Krenn Art Print
To Be Featured
In 71 Pegasus
FTU's Pegasus '71 Yearbook wifl
be printed by Taylor Publishing Co.
this year. Word that the bid for
1,000 books had been awarded to
the giant yearbook manufacturer
was announced this week by
Pegasus Editor Ron Page.
Page also announced that the
yearbook would contain a feature
unique in college yearbooks, a
limited edition, full color art print
by FTU Art Professor Hans Krenn.
Each print in the book will be
personally signed by the
well-known contemporary
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a mimeographed lesson.
"They may find they won't be
able to reach their professors by
telephone because some of the
phones will have been removed."
Goree said he realized the
hardships that would be imposed
on the entire university, but he
urged cooperation from everyone
concerned.
"The whole state is in this thing
together. Everyone must pull his
share of the load."
Goree      had      a      few     simple
suggestions that could mean
considerable saving.
"Make sure lights in classrooms
and other buildings are turned off.
Keep the doors to the outside of
buildings closed when possible. Try
walking on the sidewalks instead of
the grass (so that sod won't have to
be replaced as quickly).
"I know these sound like small
things," Goree said. "But again, we
are dealing with nickel-and-dime
attempts to come up with our share
of the funds needed to operate the
state."
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HEW Gives
fTU More $$
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare has granted
an additional $19,000 to Florida
Technological University, raising to
$61,000 funds available for
continued development of an
undergraduate program in social
welfare at the University.
Word of the grant renewal was
relayed to Dr. William D. Allen,
Professor of Sociology, who noted
that all such funds are used only to
initiate new programs.
The continuing grant ii. subject
to another renewal next year. Dr.
Allen explained.
Since the initial $42,000 grant
last year, FTU has developed a
social welfare curriculum which has
created increased interest arnon^
students, according to Dr. Allen. As
a result, he added, 16
undergraduates will be placed in
area social welfare agencies during
the upcoming spring quarter.
Another benefit from the grants.
Dr. Allen continued, is the
preparation for graduate programs
in social welfare. Several FTU
students who have already
completed the program have been
accepted into graduate schools of
social work.
Social Welfare is one of three
programs offered by FTU's
Department of Sociology. Others
are general sociology and law
enforcement. A major factor in the
social welfare curriculum is the
opportunity for field work and the
attendant practical experience.
Regent Murray Gives Predictions On  Board Issues
Censorship, a proposed raise in
the costs of tuition throughout the
Florida University system and a
hike in the costs of food and
housing at FTU were among the
subjects discussed in an interview
with Louis Murray, M.D., a member
of the Board of Regents and an
active local physician. Murray
predicted that in the board meeting
on Monday, February 1, all three
subjects will be discussed but that a
definite decision will be reached
only in the case of a proposed 12%
hike in the expenses of food and
housing at FTU. The proper
procedure, he explained, will be
that President Charles N. Millican
will publicly propose the raise in
writing along with an argument for
the proposal. The board will then
discuss the matter and, hopefully,
vote on it. The proposal does not
need    the   approval   of   the   state
legislature.
When asked about the prospects
of an increase in tuition, Murray
stated that the Board of Regents
was researching the aspects of 15
and 25 dollar increases but that
either Governor Askew or a
legislative committee came up with
the idea of a $50 markup. He went
on to say that, as far as he knows,
the Board will wait for the state
legislature to decide. The Board of
Regents lacks the authority to
finalize such a decision and can
only recommend actions to the
legislature after researching the
issue.
The alternatives to a tuition
increase are the phasing out of
certain programs in the system,
general austerity throughout, or a
moratorium on all new Ph.D
programs.
By Tim Tumlin
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Money troubles seem to have
come to the Florida university
system. One of the most ominous
aspects of that problem is the
increase in tuition. The Board of
Regents have been considering $15
and $25 raises in the present
amount and the state legislature
may soon consider a $50 increase.
There are alternatives however. Dr.
Louis Murray, a regents member,
says that the board may have to
take a hard and cold look al many
of the programs now in progress at
many universities to see how
expendable they are. They may also
be very reluctant to grant any new
programs for a couple of years.
Murray said that one plan
probably will go into effect within
approximately one year. The plan is
a moratorium on all NEW Ph.D
programs everywhere. The
moratorium should last only two or
three years, "Murray said, so thai it
should not stunt the academic
growth of FTU. By that lime (he
doctoral programs should be
planned and ready lo be instituted
once the moratorium is lifted.
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Murray also discussed censorship,
or administrative controls on
student activities. He stated that he
doesn't believe that speakers should
be prevented from speaking on
campuses unless they preach the
overthrow of the government. He
went on to say that communism or
socialism, when considered as a
philosophy, can be acceptable. On
obscenity, he stated that its
definition could be construed as
that which offends the people who
are paying for the medium.