Central Florida Future, Vol. 03 No. 15, February 5, 1971

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SG's Stringer Calls For Apology
Millican Calls Actions Routine
The light of the sun strikes the Board of Regents Conference Room
as if to give FTU President Charles Millican inspiration before his
presentation to the governing body of the state university system.
Regents Approve
Four FTU Requests
The Florida Board of Regents gave unanimous approval to four FTU
requests at its February meeting in the Regents Conference Room. The
decision that will bring the most apparent change to FTU was the
approval of a 12 per cent hike in food and housing costs for residents.
Also approved  were a proposed   :—
undergraduate degree program in
law enforcement, tenure grants to
19 faculty members, and the
promotion of Dr. William K. Grasty
to Chairman of the
Communications Department.
The increase will be effective in
September and will add $40 per
quarter to the housing cost. It is the
first hike in room and meal cost
since the opening of FTU in 1968.
J. P. Goree, Vice President for
Business Affairs, when giving
reasons to the Board for the
proposed increase, said that the
increase in salaries, utilities and
food costs necessitated the hike. He
explained that the University came
under the minimum wage law after
it opened. The motion, along with
five other points on the program
was then voted on and unanimously
approved by the Regents.
Following a 10-minute break
Chairman D. Burke Kibler resumed
the meeting and allowed Jim
Stringer, SG president to have the
floor and make his comments.
Stringer had previously been told
that he would have an opportunity
to address the Board. He was,
however, not given the floor until
after the vote.
One of the parents in attendance
at the meeting then took the floor
and was told to be seated as she was
not on the agenda.
With the rise in resident room
and meal rates, students in double
rooms will   pay  $160  per quarter.
Those in private room will continue
to pay $180. Goree explained that
private room cost was not raised
because the rate is high already.
The 15-meal weekly food plan will
be increased to $160 and the
21-meal plan will go to $175.
The FuTUre spoke with J. P.
Goree concerning the hike. He
explained that a $19,000 deficit
was incurred by housing and food
service in the 1969-70 academic
year with housing responsible for
$18,000 of the deficit. A deficit of
$16,000 has been projected for
1970-71. According to Goree, if
there hadn't been extra funds from
the dorm construction, the increase
in food and housing would have
occurred last year.
Ooree stated that the increase
will amount to approximately
$30,000 this year. The remaining
$4,000 will be placed in a separate
account.
One of the causes of the hike,
utilities, has increased over 10 per
cent.  The  university spends about
defenses while throwing darts at
targets. Archery begins at 4 pm
between the Village Center and the
Science Building. Physical
Education equipment will be used.
Anyone may be nominated^ for
$lj for Sir Lancelot, but only
faculty and staff may be nominated
for Sir Dragon. Voting will be 10
cents a ballot and money raised
here and at other booths will go the
FTU Foundation.
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It's In The FuTUre
Tech To Get Gymnasium? page 9
Muckey New USF Prexy  page 3
Day of Awareness page 3
Reactions to the manner in
which a 12 per cent hike in FTU
housing and food costs was
presented and approved by the
Board of Regents were expressed
this week by President Charles
Millican and Jim Stringer, SG
president. The increase is effective
September 1.
"The whole thing was handled
very poorly. The approval was shot
through awfully quick," stated Jim
Stringer, SG president.
Stringer continued, "I think
President Millican owes an apology
to many people. He is not only
responsible to the Board of Regents
but to the students, parents, and
community."
Stringer was told by the Board
that he would be given a spot on
the agenda to speak in reference to
the proposed hike. He was not
given an opportunity to speak. D.
Burke Kibler, Regent chairman,
publicly apologized for omitting
Stringer from the agenda stating
that he had misunderstood
Stringer's request.
"I have checked over the figures
and the funds are most definitely
needed. However, there has been no
student-parent input. No one knew
about the increase besides
University officials," said Stringer.
The rationale behind the hike
was presented to the Board by J. P.
Goree, Vice President for Business
Affairs. The housing hike was part
of a six-point package unanimously
approved by the Board. It was the
only one of the points discussed.
The official agenda was not handed
out to the public, thus lending to
the ignorance of the spectators. The
motion was approved immediately
Campus Glancesj
Work on reconstruction of the
Library Building roof began
Wednesday by a crew from E. I.
Goldman, the original contractors.
According to James F. Schroeder,
Campus Planner, "the original roof
was not designed to have water
standing on it for long periods of
time and has deteriorated to a point
where it started leaking. The old
roof will have to be replaced in
places but just built up in others."
Few university building funds
will be used for the reconstruction
because the original contractors
have agreed to do the work. The
new roof will be able to withstand
constant moisture.
after  Goree's  proposal was made,
without any discussion.
"These are the things that create
problems on the campus — the
decisions affecting the students that
Stringer
they don't even know about. These
little things mount up and
eventually cause violence."
Stringer had intended to suggest
that   the   Board   hold   off   on   its
decision on the housing and food
increase until everyone involved
could be informed and possibly
surveyed for suggestions to
alternative courses in the
accumulation of the needed funds.
"No student can tell an
administration what to do but isn't
it about time that we remember
that the university is made up for
the students? Shouldn't the
administration be responsible to the
students?" Stringer asked.
He continued,"Think of thegreat
understanding and rapport that
could have been established
between the president and students
if he had let them know what was
going on."
President Millican explained that
the dorm students and parents were
not informed of the increase
because "it didn't occur to me" (to
inform them prior to the meeting).
He said that the university knew
that the hike was necessary and
that it evaluated the problem from
all sides as well as it could.
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'FTU's Time Machine'
Is Homecoming Theme
FTU's first Homecoming, with
"FTU's Time Machine" as a theme,
is beginning Thursday and will last
until the end of the Homecoming
dance, which begins at 9 pm
Saturday.
In between will occur a movie,
selection of a Homecoming queen,
skits, wrestling, a street dance, road
rally, a medieval festival and an
FTU-FIT basketball game.
Thursday beginning at 9 am,
balloting for Homecoming queen
will be in the GCB and the LLRB.
Photographs of the candidates will
be posted near the ballot boxes.
The candidates will be presented to
FTU students in the Multi-Purpose
Room at 11 am to noon Thursday.
"True Grit," the Academy
Award-winning movie starring John
Wayne, will be shown at 10 am
Thursday in the SCAUD.
Friday's activities will begin with
a continuation of the Homecoming
queen elections balloting in the
GCB and LLRB. A lunch concert
will   be   at   11   am  Friday   in   the
Multi-Purpose Room featuring folk
trio "It's Time."
In the evening, the "Nite o£
Knights will feature skits, a
wrestling meet and street dance.
Skits performed by campus
organizations will be at 6:30 pm in
the FTU Tent. A wrestling meet
begins at 8 pm in the Multi-purpose
room, and a stree dance, at 9 to
midnight with "Raintree County
Band" performing, will be in the
parking lot.
The Medieval Festival, Friday
from 2 to 8 pm and 9 pm to
midnight, will be a series of booths
sponsored by campus organizations
to feature student-related activities
which tie into the medieval theme.
During Friday afternoon, Delta Tau
will sponsor jousting, archery, log
wrestling and arm wrestling
contests. As well as a Sir
Lancelot-Sir Dragon nomination.
Jousting will be at 3 pm using
Village Center tandem bikes.
Riders   will go through a maze of
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FTU students stopped their cars alor.g Dean Road
this week to help fight a blaze that probably ignited
from a cigarette carelessly tossed into the tinder-dry
underbrush.