Central Florida Future, Vol. 04 No. 25, April 28, 1972

              Senior Seminars Eliminated
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We Live in the Present
By the Past, but
for the. .
SERENITY~The time of the year is spring. The
name of the illness is fever. Who's not suffering as the
first warmth of summer dispels the chill of the evening?
Some stay in bed. Some head for the beaches. Some
head for friends, but many, as this individual, seek
solitude. The trees, the grass and the shade, coupled
with a Coke and a thought, seem to have transported
this gentleman to some distant region, far from books,
classes and professors. (Photo by Jon Findell.)
Wanielista Named
Institute Director
Dr. Martin Wanielista, assistant professor in civil engineering, has been
named director of the newly-formed Environmental Systems Engineering
Institute in Orange County. Announcement of the institute was made
April 20 on campus during an Earth
Day ceremony presided over by
President Charles N. Millican.
The institute is a joint project of
FTU and several county agencies
which have been charged with the
responsibility of improving the
quality of the environment through
research, education, public service
and the promotion of cooperation.
"The solutions for pollution
problems have been around for
quite a while, but the scientists,
DR. MARTIN WANIELISTA
sociologists and researchers can't
implement them in a totally
academic environment," Wanielista
said, adding that he was pleased
with the formation of the
coordinated effort.
Environmental systems will be
examined to identify and solve
problem areas. Members of the
institute include engineers,
biologists, social scientists, political
scientists, chemists, physicists,
urban planners and economists
from the FTU faculty.
Wanielista has consulted officials
on the restoration of Lake McCoy
in   Apopka, and, with five other
professors, is providing professional
advice and water quality analysis
for work on Lake Eola.
Wanielista recently received a
$16,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation to initiate
research on the operational aspects
of water treatment plants. The
study will start this summer and
extend for 18 months.
Solid waste programs are being
studied by other members. Dr.
Waldron McLellon, a member of
the institute, has received a
continuation grant of $42,000 to
study the effects of sanitary landfill
operations in a high water-table
area. His work is in cooperation
with VTN Engineers of Orlando.
Waste water disposal, noise, air
pollution and land management are
other environmental problem areas
currently under investigation by the
institute. During the past year,
Wanielista, Dr. Gerard Ventre and
Dr. Thomas Chesnut of the FTU
faculty have conducted waste
water, noise, air pollution, ecology
and land management studies for
the Orlando Jetport. Investigation
of the operations of waste water
treatment facilities is also under
way.
Business Frat
Wins State Honors
The year's activities for Phi Beta
Lambda national business fraternity
culminated recently when an
18-member delegation represen ted
FTU at the 22nd annual
state-leadership conference held in
Clearwater.
First, second, and third place
Miss Future Business Teacher
trophies were won by Ruth Pace,
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MARK TWAIN
Tickets to "Mark Twain
Tonight!" will be given free to FTU
students today, but Monday, the
tickets will be released to the
public.
Tickets to the May 8
presentation are available in the
Village Center office.
"Mark Twain Tonight!" is a
presentation by John Chappell of
the great American author Samuel
Clemens, who wrote such books as
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
and "The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn" under the pen
name Mark Twain. Chappell uses
makeup and disciplined acting to
create the illusion that the humorist
has come to life on stage.
2 Suspended
For Violation
Of Dorm Rule
Two FTU dormitory students
were suspended from school for
three quarters recently after they
were charged with a major
visitation violation.
According to Student
Government Senator and Vice
P resident-Elect Lee Constantine
"the two students were
apprehended as the result of a
phone call to the resident advisors."
After being apprehended in the
room of Sandy Miller, Ray Horn
was suspended from the university
by a decision of the Men's
Residence Association.
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New Curriculum
Cuts Total Hours
By Linda Mettel
A new, revised environmental studies program, calling for an end to
required senior seminars and a decrease of three hours in the minimum
graduation requirements has been approved and will be implemented this
fall. The announcement was made 	
seminar.
"Senior seminars themselves
were not necessarily handled as
their name implied. Under the new
program the student can select a
course that interests him," he
added.
Cowgill said he favors the
addition of an education course to
this week by Dr. C. B. Gambrell,
vice president for academic affairs.
The program wfll affect students
who enter FTU in SEptember or
who chose to come under the
1972-73 catalog. Students who
remain under an older catalog will
fill requirements of the catalog.
Senior seminars, as part of the
advanced general studies program,
have been deleted as requirements
although they wfll remain on the
class schedule as elective courses.
The new program calls for several
additions and changes, a major one
being the implementation of a
three-hour education course as part
of the advanced program.
This addition represents the
introduction of education into the
basic curriculum. Courses from the
five other colleges are located either
in the basic or advanced program of
environmental studies. Education
wfll join business and engineering as
a course of study where the student
may select one of a group of
courses for the credit.
Dr. Robert Cowgill, assistant
dean of the College of Education,
said that a committee is presently
studying the course addition in an
attempt to determine which
education courses would be most
beneficial to students. He noted
that the course would "probably
not be a straight three-hour lecture
course," as was the two-hour senior
DR. C. B. GAMBRELL
the     undergraduate    studies
curriculum. "Most students will be
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Regents To Consider
New Visitation Policy
A new dormitory visitation policy formulated by Board of Regents
(BOR) Chancellor Robert Mautz will be considered by the BOR Monday
at its regular monthly meeting.
The new proposal provides 1.
visitation for 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
seven days a week, with parental
consent necessary for those
students under 21 years of age. The
request for parental consent must
include an explanation of the
physical facilities provided in the 2.
residence hall. This new program
will leave visitation in the hands of
the university president, the
students and parents. 3.
The present policy, adopted by
the BOR August 20, allowed no
visitation for freshmen under 21,
and non-freshmen under 21 had to
have parental consent. Under this
program, visitation hours were set
from 5-12 p.m. Monday through 4.
Thursday, and from 2-12 p.m. on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
This    program    was    originally
labeled by FTU housing director T.
K.   Wetherell as being "tough to   5.
supervise and hard to enforce."
In speaking of the new program,
SG President Frank Santry
commented, "I am glad to see at
least that freshmen students are
being reinstated to the level of
humanity.
"This program is definitely an
improvement over the present
system, but I am not in favor of
uniform hours statewide. This is an
absurd policy. Hours should be set 6.
only according to local
circumstances," he continued.
According to Mautz, not all
university presidents are in
agreement with the new proposal, 7^
even though it is a broader program
which gives the presidents more
leeway.
The major provisions of Mautz's
new program include the following:
Visitation privileges wfll be
permitted only where physical
facilities are suitable for
visitation. Residence halls having
facilities suitable for visitation
will be designated by the
president of the university.
Resident students wishing to live
in an area not having a visitation
program will be given the
opportunity to do so.
The right of privacy must be
maintained. Visitation will not
be permitted in any room or
suite unless consent is given by
all assigned occupants, such
consent to be given at the time
of the room assignment.
Each institution must establish
its own visitation hours, but
visitation may not take place
outside the hours of 2 p.m. to
11 p.m.
By means of a secret ballot, each
living group may recommend
whether or not a visitation
program should be established
for that group and, if so, what
the hours should be (within the
2 p.m. to 11 p.m. limit).
Two-thirds of those students
living in the area in which the
rules will be applicable must
approve both the establishment
of the program and the hours.
Effective September 2, 1972 all
students under 21 years of age
may live in areas with visitation
privileges, but only with
parental consent.
All incoming resident students
and their parents shall be
advised of visitation programs
and of the availability of
residence hall areas in which there
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