Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 24, April 21, 1972

              Candidate's Status Unclear
SG, Dean Of Men
Disagree On Rules
WFTU-TV last week taped an open forum with
candidates for the SG executive elections. Moderated
by Steve Jones (far right) the program highlighted
some of the major issues of the campaign. Candidates
from right to left are Sandy Jackson, Bob brown,
Paul Woodson, Steve Adamic and Debbie Hanshew.
(Photo by Jon Findell)
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We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
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Engineering Students
Seeking 'Clean' Car
By Al Litowski
Making the world safe for democracy-at least in the minds of about a
dozen FTU mechanical engineering students-means making the air
breathable and the roads passable. ... „    ,     _   . .   SG   executive   elections   which
MEAS 491 a new course in the s011160116 checking walls to find began yesterday will continue
College of Engineering, is the 22£^J£_™ m°re piece °f £"?«** P-«-t°<i«y at the campus
classroom    portion    of    the
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Mechanical Engineering and
Aerospace Science Club's MAX
project.
Too often, said faculty advisor
Dr. Bruce Nimmo, people associate
the development of a car with the
glamour of auto racing. Actually,
Nimmo explained, the project to
braking equipment. Kiosk.
When finished, the car is to meet Students who wish to vote in the
all the federal government elections for president and vice
standards for automobiles that president of the student body must
must be met in 1976 by the present their student ID's and be
nation's auto manufacturers. Thus carrying a minimum of seven hours
is born the name for the seemingly this quarter to be eligible,
clandestine activities in the funny In the event of bad weather, the
yellow   garage-MAXimum   safety polling    will    be    held    in    the
Tom McLaughlin, candidate for
SG vice president, was declared
ineligible last week by the office of
Dean of Men Paul R. McQuilkin but
later declared eligible by a
unanimous vote of the SG elections
commission.
According to Elections
Commissioner Fred Daniels, the
situation was caused by a
discrepancy between the SG
constitution and the constitution as
it is printed in the student
handbook.
To be eligible to run for
executive office, according to the
constitution, a student must
"possess a cumulative grade point
average of not less than 2.0." The
constitution as it is printed in the
1971-72 Student Handbook,
however, states that a student must
"possess an FTU and cumulative
grade point average of not less than
2.0."
To further complicate the
situation, page 43 of the student
handbook under eligibility
requirements "for any position of
leadership or responsibility in any
recognized student governing
group," states that, "a student must
have a cumulative GPA and an FTU
GPA of at least 2.0."
"Under the constitution we
could not declare McLaughlin
ineligible," said Daniels. "This
situation, unless coreected, brings
up the danger that a student
considered ineligible by the
university could be legally put on
the ballot by SG, could be legally
elected and certified for office, but
not receive his pay from the
university."
Although there was originally no
conflict between the two,
"somewhere, the words of the
handbook were altered," said
Daniels.
Daniels further explained that
there are only two alternatives to
correct the situation; either the
university must alter the wording of
the handbook, or an amendment
must be passed modifying the
wording    of    the    student
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constitution.
I am forwarding a
memorandum to the office of Dean
McQuilkin this week notifying him
of the situation," said Daniels.
"Hopefully some action will be
taken soon to correct the
problem."
Although McLaughlin was
declared eligible by the elections
commission he later withdrew from
the race for personal reasons.
weightlifting room in the library.
Campus Streets Receive
Space-Related Designations
FTU streets now have names, even the streets that don't exist yet.
Director of University Physical Planning Fed E. Clayton announced the
a.m. each Thursday for an hour of  names of the streets this week. Names have been selected not only for the
campus as it is presently, but also "—: !—~        ~" "     "
for streets to be created according Andromeda Drive will pass by the
develop a 1972 American Motors  and Pollution control
Gremlin into a safe, clean urban
vehicle   is  a  time-consuming  and
meticulous venture.
Nimmo instructs the dozen
students in many aspects of auto
design, safety, emission standards
and fuel conversion. Early to rise,
the engineering group meets at 8
Forest Study Funds
Approved By NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has bestowed a $17,870 grant
to a group of FTU biological science students to be used this summer in a
ten-week study of the pineland forest around the campus.
The grant from NSF marks the
instruction.
Monday afternoons, the workers
pledge an hour to a work-rap
session on the car's stage of
development.
"How are the brakes coming?"
"Is it going to need more heat to
run on natural gas?" "What can we
do to make more points in the
safety categories?"
These questions arise throughout
the sessions as the group
toward a June deadline for
completing the vehicle's conversion.
It will be entered in the Urban
Vehicle Design Competion in
Michigan, competing with tteams
from some 80 American colleges
and universities
to the FTU master plan.
married    student    and    faculty
Pegasus Drive is the entry and J0™1^    ^   .in   th*   »ortheast
exit  from the campus, beginning between   Aquarius   and   Hercules,
and ending at Alafaya Trail and
looping in front of the Library
Building. Gemini Boulevard, which
will eventually encircle the entire
campus, currently crosses in front
of the Administration Building and
races leads to parking lots on either side.
Mercury and Apollo Circles are
concentrically arranged around
what will be the hub of the
university. Mercury is the center
circle and will pass behind the
present    Library    Building    and
and leads into Gemini.
(See  Page 8   for diagram.)
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between the Science Building and
And, just as they have worked  Auditorium. Apollo begins close to
long and hard over drawing boards,  the   current   sidewalk   near   the
blackboards and conference tables, reflecting pond, circles the campus time   at   which   student   drivers
the group will have put in countless and ends at the pond on the other attend classes or how many hours
DECALS NEEDED
All   vehicles   on  campus  must
have FTU decals, regardless of the
hours in a tiny, yellow garage, now Slde-
almost unnoticed on the old tent      Pegasus   Drive,   Aquarius  Drive
theatre site. an(* Hercules Drive will divide the
Lurking behind barred doors is a campus    into    thirds.    Centaurus
strange  combination of men and Drive, to the west, will lead to the
machines. As a drill whirrs through Theater    Auditorium    between
sheet  metal to ready a platform Aquarius   and   Pegasus.   Between
that    eventually    will    hold    a Pegasus and Hercules is Libra Drive, the security office in the library
revolutionary fuel system, there is which connects the central plant to  basement for $2 for the first vehicle
the synchronous "tap, tap, tap" of the   central   receiving   warehouse,  and $1 for each additional vehicle.
they take, Security Superintendent
John Smith said. He added that
declas are vital, especially for
identification purposes, such as
notifying students who have left
their car lights on. Decals may be
purchased 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
first time an FTU student-originated project has received positive
response from a federal agency. The
University of Miami is the only
other Florida university to be
awarded such funds.
The student project director is
James E. Poppleton. Poppleton is a
Regents' Scholar and is listed in
"Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities." He wrote an
ecological study of the Everglades
region for the National
Conservation Foundation, and
spent a year analyzing plant life in
the Econlockhatchee River flood
plain under the auspices of the
Orange County Audubon Society.
The study will be an in-depth
assessment of the FTU campus
while it is still relatively
undisturbed. Included will be a
cataloging of plants and animals in
pinelands and a report on the effect
of destruction by natural fires.
Poppleton explained the purpose
of the study as "a complete survey
of the pineland area of the
campus." It will be the first study
of this type to be conducted in the
region.
The students are hoping to
produce information that will
contribute to a long-range study of
change on the campus. This would
subsequently serve as a reference
point for conservation of resources
and for further research by others
concerned with the subject in
Central Florida.
One area will be set aside where
a "controlled bum" under the
supervision of the Florida Forestry
Service wfll be used to determine
the affect of fire on plant and
animal life. The rate of recovery
over the ten-week span will be
recorded.
The information gathered will be
referenced at the Florida
Environmental Information Center
for use by commercial developers
predicting possible ecological
consequences of prime
development sites inpineland areas.
A steering committee under
Poppleton is presently drafting
policy for the selections of students
from FTU and elsewhere for the
fifteen-member group.
The six members of the steering
committee will also be members of
the summer study group. All were
involved in the year-long profile
study of the Big Econlockhatchee
River. The FTU representatives are
Bruce Anderson, zoology; Connie
T. Ohlman, botany; Debbie Valin,
biology; Bob Pohlad, botany; and
Bette Schardien, zoology. Lorraine
Brunk, a recent FTU graduate and
teacher at Apopka High School, is
the other member.
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