Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 09, November 19, 1971

              Academic Clubs Under Fire
F.T.U.    LIBRARY
ARCHIVES
SG Budget Requests Spiral
Santry Calls For
New Guidelines
Broad and increased spending in the area of clubs and organizations,
particularly academically oriented ones, has prompted Student Government
President Frank Santry to propose a new system for allocating budgets.
The present system, according to Santry, is growing out of proportion.
"This year $18,000 was allocated to
SAM WILLIAMS, Black Student Union
vice president, and Algernon Cooper received a gift of
canned food from Pres. Charles N. Millican Tuesday.
The noon ceremony in Millican's office marked the
first donation for the BSU's annual Thanksgiving
Canned food drive for the poor in Orange County.
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We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
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New Construction Set
Room, room, and more room is
the word from the department of
campus planning. Following the
present Village Center construction
will be a new Humanities Building,
and in the distant future there are
plans for a Biological Science
Laboratory Building.
At present the Village Center
project is progressing "on time,"
according to Fred Clayton, director
of University physical planning.
Completion of the new Village
Center is scheduled for August 1,
1972.
The center, when completed, will
house recreational rooms and
facilities for student activities.
Cafeteria facilities presently located
in the Multi Purpose Room of the
existing VC facilities will be moved
to a permanent location in the new
structure.
Other campus construction now
700 New Voters
Sign Up At FTU
The Lambda Chi Alpha
Fraternity-sponsored voter
registration campaign was termed
"successful" with exactly 700
students registering. Totals included
335 registrations on Tuesday and
365 on Wednesday. "The turnout
wasn't as good as we expected for
Wednesday and preregistration
could have caused some conflict,
but the campaign was successful,"
said LXA brother Dennis Phipps.
Party affiliations were estimated
to have been evenly divided with
approximately 10-15 per cent
registering with no' party. One
registration clerk said that probably
more men than women registered,
but final figures on party affiliation
and sex of those registered were not
available.
By Harry Smith
in   progress   is   the   extension
°f building will provide facilities for
utilities services behind the General rehearsals by the music department.
Classroom Building. The extension
of the utilities services to the area is
the first step in preparing to
accommodate the forthcoming
Humanities Building.
The Humanities Building is still in
the planning stages, Clayton said. He
further stated that January is the
"hopeful" date for the beginning of
construction.
The building will include offices
for the humanities faculty and 11
classrooms. Housed in the building
will also be the art and music
departments.   An   annex   to   the
Registration
'Fairly Quick,'
Some Delay
Despite computer failures
Tuesday and Wednesday, the traffic
flow during the first two days of
advance registration went fairly
smoothly. "If the computers had
worked, registration would have
been much smoother." I. Edward
Knight, records and registration
director, said.
He added that while the computer
was in operation, "no one was
crowded" and persons were "eased
through" the process. "It was so
smooth that I thought we'd only
registered about 500, (Tuesday)
when it was actually 1,097," Knight
said.
Tuesday there were minor
15-minute setbacks, but the big one
came about 3:30 p.m. while the
computer went down for about an
hour. Registrar W. Dan Chapman
said the reason for the delay was that
the Gainesville computer started
rejecting a particular course.
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LAST FuTUre
The last issue of the FuTUre for
fall quarter will come out December
3; there will be no paper next week
due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Any announcements or notices for
the last issue may be submitted to
the FuTUre office in LR 213 by
noon November 30.
clubs and organizations of which
$3,000 was held in reserve by the
budget committee. Of the remaining
$15,000 allocated, $9,600 was given
to academically oriented clubs," said
Santry.
"We are particularly concerned
with meeting our responsibility to
help clubs obtain needed funds,"
said Santry. "However, we are
seeking to encourage academic
departments also to give aid to
academically oriented clubs."
Left unchecked, and taking into
consideration current growth of
budget requests as opposed to
monies available, these academic
clubs would receive between 70 and
Students' Petition
Alters Lib. Hours
FTU library hours have been
extended one hour Sunday through
Thursday nights in answer to a
student move requesting the change.
The drive was spearheaded by
resident student Paul Erickson and
followed up by a Student Senate
resolution. Erickson sponsored a
petition that requested a two-hour
extension on library hours. The
petition forces obtained signatures
of 153 resident and commuter
students, who stated that they
would be interested in an extension
and would support the Library
facilities if the hours were
lengthened.
The petition was channeled
through the offices of Academic
Affairs, Academic Administration
and Library, and the final decision
was made to extend the closing time
one hour after it was determined
that sufficient transferable funds
were available to make the change
feasible.
Funds will be reallocated from
other university budgets, according
to Dr. Leland Jackson, vice president
for academic administration.
"Our original plan last year was to
be open until 11 p.m. but our budget
did not include the necessary new
staff members to do so," said Lynn
W. Walker, director of libraries. "The
combined forces of the student
petition and a resolution from the
Student Senate had a great deal of
influence on the decision," he added.
MARK SHABIN and Becky Schurman displayed their unusual talents
for a student audience on the Village Center green Monday. For story
see page 12 for more photos see photo supplement.	
80 per cent of the total Student
Government budget.
Santry's seven-point proposal will
limit the amount of funding of
academically oriented clubs, force
the departments to sponsor
extracurricular activities and give the
clubs an incentive to raise some
monies on their own.
"I had considered vetoing several
of the budget requests which did
pass the senate," said Santry, "but
after approaching several of the
college deans we found that no
department monies were
immediately available for such a
program."
After much discussion, Santry
explained, he decided to go ahead
and accept the budgets in question
this year. "By next year, however,"
he added, "we hope to institute the
new program or some form of it. We
have received a very favorable
response from the administration to
this or a similar program, and we
have been assured that there will be
no legal problems involved in using
state funds for this type of
program."
The seven-point proposed
program is as follows:
(1.) Divide all clubs and
organizations into two basic
categories: academically oriented
and nonacademically oriented.
(2.)    Place   each   academically
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Holiday Dance,
Elf Contest
Dates Given
The FTU Christmas tree is being
decorated Saturday, Nov. 27, 7 to 9
p.m. in the Multi Purpose Room, and
all students are invited to help with
the decorations.
The Tree Decoration Party begins
the Christmas season at FTU, which
will lead to the Christmas Dance
December 3. There will also be a
snowball fight and an Elf Contest.
The Elf contest is part of the
Christmas Dance itself, and
competition is for Mr. and Miss Elf
of FTU. Requirements for the
contest is a 2.0 average. Santa Claus's
role is also a contest, which is open
to all male faculty and staff
members. Entry blanks are available
in theVC office. Campaigning begins
Tuesday, and voting will be in the
Snack Bar November 30 and
December 1.
Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity has
challenged ATO to a snowball fight
December 2 at 7 p.m. on the Village
Center Green. The snowball fight
contest is also open to other FTU
organizations who want to issue
challenges.
"Red and Green Day," December
3, is the day of the dance, and all
students are urged by the Christmas
committee to wear the traditional
Christmas colors of red and green.
The dance itself, from 9 p.m. to 1
a.m. in the Multi Purpose Room,
features "Fire," a group from New
York. The dress is formal or
semi-formal, and a photographer will
be there to take pictures of couples
with Santa Claus.
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Special Photo Feature Supplement, Pages 7-10