Central Florida Future, Vol. 03 No. 27, May 14, 1971

              Second Fire Ravages FTU
We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
for the. .
FIRE RAGED past  the maintenance compound
burning a total of 56 acres. When this picture was
taken the main body of the fire was over a buried
storage tank of natural gas. (Photo by Randy Drake)
GamesrPartiesHighlight
Greek Week Festivities
FTU's Second Annual Greek Week festivities will kick off next
Thursday with a Greek car cavalcade at 10 am. Each organization will be
permitted four cars in the cavalcade and anything is expected in the way
of decorations. The parade will begin at the J.M. Fields parking lot in
Winter  Park   and   will proceed  up
clothes, put on clothes already in
the bag and tag out with the next
girl.
Greek Week will close with the
Greek party, the highlight of the
evening. A fashion show of Greek
dress is expected at the party,
which will be held at the Davis
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Committee Plans
Faculty Evaluation
Student evaluations of FTU
exhibit their singing talent .or lack faculty members may be available
of it will begin at 8 pm in the to all students by the end of spring
Science   Auditorium   Each   group   quarter,    according    to    Richard
U.S. 17-92 to SR 436 and end up at
FTU.
The ever-popular slave auction
will commence at 12 noon at the
circle between the dorms. Slaves
will include the president, the vice
president and three members of
each Greek group. Award categories
will include best participation,
greatest amount of money raised
for an individual, greatest amount
of money raised for a group, and
best dress.
The Greek Sing, an opportunity
for   fraternities   and   sororities   to
will consist of at least 10 singers
and will perform two songs.
Friday's events will include an
inter-Greek softball game and a
swimming party at the FTU pool.
Sports-minded FTUers should
enjoy the softball competition
which will pit four girls and six
guys on each team. The games will
begin   at 3 pm.
The pool party will last from 7
pm to 11 pm and lifeguards will be
supplied. Refreshments will be
served.
The   Greek  games  will begin  at
Lancaster, Student Government
vice president and member of the
University Faculty Evaluation
Committee.
The committee, which includes
two administration representatives,
five faculty members and two
students has yet to decide whether
the evaluations will be compulsory
or voluntary on the part of faculty
members. "But it is definite that we
will have the evaluations now on a
regular quarterly basis,"
commented Lancaster.
"Now    what    we'   need,"    he
9:45  am  on  Saturday   The games continued, "is the students* help in
will   be   judged   by   FTU   faculty choosmg the questions which will
members.    Games   will   include   a appear on the evaluation sheets. We
spider    race,    log    wrestling,    VW want students to tell us what they
stuffing    a   sleeping   bag   contest, want    to    know    about    facult
100   dash, 800   relay, an egg toss, members "
sack   races,   tricycle races,  chariot To facilitate  this the committee
races,   three-legged   races,   and  tire win mail out a sample questionnaire
rolling. with    a    write-in    section    to
One  of the new races this year, approximately 1,000 students,
the   sleeping  bag contest   will see .«A           student     who     has
each sorority sponsoring four girls sugtion„    said    Lancaster
changing   clothes   in   a   zipped-up „should   taJk   either   fco  me   Qr  tQ
sleeping bag. Each girl will climb»in gusan    E            ^    ofcher    gtudent
the    sleeping    bag,    take   off   her representative  on  the committee."
CORNELL ELECTED
Richard Cornell, FTU's director
of   Instructional   Media   has   been
elected    President Elect    of    the
Florida Audiovisual Assocation for
1971-72. Cornell will be president
next year, it seems safe to assume,
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CALENDARS READY
The registrar's office has available
today  the new 1971-72 Academic
Calendars    for    insertion    in    the
present catalog.
The University Bulletin remains
essentially unchanged since its
printing last August. A new bulletin
is scheduled for February, 1972.
Senate Approves
Profs Hours Bill
The Florida Senate this week
passed a bill requiring full time
professors to teach a minimum of
12 classroom contact hours per
week.
The bill will have to be passed by
the House and signed by Governor
Askew before it becomes law.
The bill reads as follows' "Each
full time faculty member at any
institution under the supervision of
the Board of Regents who is paid
wholly from state funds shall teach
a minimum of 12 classroom contact
hours per week at such an
institution, provided however, that
any faculty member who is assigned
by his departmental chairman or
other appropriate university
administrator responsibility for
specific research duties, or specific
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Suspects Arrested
In March Blaze
By Tim Tumlin
For the second time in two months a forest fire raged on FTU
property. According to the Forestry Service the fire came during a highly
critical period which allowed it to spread quickly through the southeast
quarter of the campus Wednesday evening. By Thursday morning the fire
departments reporting to the scene
were putting out the smoldering
trees. "Now we're just keeping our
fingers crossed against it breaking
out again" said J. C. Hicks, FTU
superintendent of grounds.
The firefighters are certain about
only two things concerning the
origin of the blaze: that it was set
by someone and that it came from
the end of a street in Bonneville, a
subdivision a short distance from
the sewage plant and electrical
substation located on campus.
However, Hicks and officials at the
Union Park Fire Department feel
that it was not a case of malicious
arson, but was probably set by
children playing with fire. "I do
feel that it was an accident," he
said.
Late in March of this year a large
forest fire was carried by strong
winds toward the FTU campus. At
that time it was strongly suspected
that the fire was the result of
arsonists setting small blazes in the
dry forest around FTU. It was
reported yesterday that two people
have been arrested in Seminole
County on charges related to that
fire. Two brothers appeared before
Seminole County Justice of the
Peace John Mahaffey who found
cause to bind them over for trial to
the circuit court.
The Forestry Service has a rating
system which calibrates the
temperature, humidity, wind
strength and other aspects of
fire-prone weather into one number
explained Hicks. If the rating gets
as high as 60 then the area is
considered critical. It was reported
that the FTU area had a rating of
130-138 as of 11:00 am Thursday.
Wednesday's    fire    was    first
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Council Of Presidents
Presents Visit Policy
Terming the dorm visitation a "privilege" whereby "some
limitations are imposed," the Florida Council of Presidents delivered a
new visitation policy to the Board of Regents to implement instead of
their "no visitation" program. 	
The Council's suggestions, which
were    labeled "lenient"   by   some
student dorm leaders, emphasize
that each university should decide
its own policies, in accordance with
its dorms' physical layouts.
The statement released by the
university presidents said "each
university within the State
University System which has
residence halls has the continuing
responsibility to develop and to
maintain programs in them which
will reflect the highest standards of
conduct and respect for the dignity
of the individual."
It went on to list guidelines for
all of the universities. The visitation
program could becompletely turned
down by an individual university,
under the plan. "Each institution
which elects a visitation program
has the responsibility for
implementing the... guidelines so as
to construct a visitation program
■suited to the unique needs of the
students and the physical facilities
available."
Each university must design its
individual program around the
guidelines advanced by the Council,
if the policy is accepted by the
Board of Regents.
The guidelines, as they were
presented to the Regents, are:
(1)  Visitation   privileges   will   be
Fla. Senate Group
Votes To Axe BoR
The Florida Senate committee on
universities and junior colleges
voted 5-1 Wednesday to abolish the
Board of Regents. The committee
action was in answer to the
failureof the Regents to abolish a
student government lecture course,
"How to Make Revolution in the
USA." The course is presently
being taught by Jack "Radical
Jack" Lieberman at Florida State
University.
The bill was requested by Senate
President Jerry Thomas and will
.now go to the Senate floor.
Members of the committee stated
that they had delayed action on the
abolition bill pending results of the
May Board of Regents meeting
which was held last Monday. The
Board didn't act on the FSU lecture
course. However, it did abolish
residence hall visitation, a problem
that has of late been worrying the
legislature.
If passed by both the Senate and
House, the bill will call for an
appointive board to the elected
Cabinet Board of Education headed
by the governor.
permitted    only    where    physical
facilities are suited for visitation;
(2) The university shall provide
to resident students who request it
the opportunity to reside in a living
unit without a visitation program;
(3) The right of privacy must be
maintained. Visitation will not be
permitted in any student room or
suite without the consent of all
assigned occupants, given at the
time of the room assignment;
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House Committee
Hikes Tuition $50
A proposed $50 tuition hike was
passed by the House
Appropriations Committee last
Friday. The recommendation is
expected to appear before the
House Tuesday and must be passed
by the House and Senate and
receive the governor's approval
before it becomes law.
The proposed increase has been
expected for some time although it
is the highest increase that has been
mentioned in the past. The Board
of Regents has been expected to
discuss the tuition hike, the
proposals for which have ranged
from $15 to $50^ for the past few
months.
FTU President Charles N.
Millican has expressed the opinion
that the original figure of $15
would not be enough to warrant a
hike.
The proposed increase would
raise yearly tuition for Florida
resident students from $450 to
$600 per year. Non-Florida resident
tuition will jump to $1,500 per
year.
According to Rep. Terrell
Sessums, D-Tampa, who spoke to
the committee prior to the bill's
approval, $10 of the $50 increase
will go to a revolving loan program.
This would provide approximately
$50,000 in additional financial aid
funds for FTU. (Based on an
enrollment figure of 5,000
students.)
The remainder of the increase
will be divided between the
matriculation fund and other funds
of each university. Of the remaining
$40, $28 will be designated as
matriculation fees and will be
deposited into the incidental trust
fund. This fund includes operating
expenses of the university such as
salaries, expenditures, phone and
travel expenses and supplies. The
money left over will go to other
funds such as the capital input
found and the building fund. '