Central Florida Future, Vol. 05 No. 08, November 10, 1972

              Coeds Attacked On Campus
Pattern In Assaults
Starting To Develop
"I JUST can't understand it, Chief; last week I was pulling in speeders
by the dozens. This week — nothing! Oh, well, I guess HI just have to find
another hiding place. 10-4." (Photo By Beth Weilenman)
We Live in the Present,
By the Past, but
for the. .
Like the pieces of a jigsaw
puzzle, the sketchy, disjointed
stories of four FTU coeds, the
would-be victims of a bold daylight
attacker, are beginning to fit some
pattern, according to FTU Security
Superintendent John Smith.
All four attacks, only three of
which have been reported to the
campus police, have occurred since
October 19.
"Although we have increased
surveillance in dorm areas at night,
and all over the campus in general,"
said Smith, "we have been greatly
hindered by failure of the victims
to report the incidents
immediately, and by the lack of a
complete description of the
attacker in each incident."
Only the first attack, which
occurred on the morning of
October   19,   was  reported  to  a
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campus officer immediately.
According to Smith, a second
attack, which occurred on the same
date, was not reported until eight
days after the fact when the victim
read the FuTUre's report of the
first attack.
The unidentified coed came to
campus police last Friday with a
story "in several ways similar to the
account given of the first attack."
"The girl reported a young white
male 'with medium blond hair and
maybe blue eyes,' driving a tannish
vehicle asked her directions to the
visitors' parking area. When the girl
went over to the car the man
reached out and put his hand under
her dress. She pulled away and left
the area immediately," Smith said.
"A squarish maroon car driven
by a young white male who looked
about 17," was the only description
offered by the first victim, who said
the attacker grabbed her by the arm
and pulled her toward his car
window.
The third and most blatant
attack occurred at approximately
1:30 p.m., October 27, on the
fourth floor of the Library
Building. "In this case," Smith said,
"that attacker approached the coed
in full view of others on the floor
and  placed  his  hand under her
dress."
Here the story becomes
somewhat confusing. An
unidentified coed spoke to a
member of the FuTUre staff last
Friday saying that she had been
attached in a like manner by "a
young white man, dumpy with
dirty blond hair" who exposed
himself and then put his hand
under her dress as she turned away.
The girl also said she knew of a
second coed who had been
assaulted in a similar manner on the
same day, also on the fourth floor
of the Library Building.
This second girl was sitting at
one of the study carrels when a
young man of similar description
sat down next to her so that "his
leg touched hers, and then placed
his hand under her dress." By
Tuesday no report of this fourth
attack had been made to campus
security.
The girl who made an official
report of the library attack
described her attacker as being "a
white male, 20 or 21, 5 feet 9
inches tall, with a dumpy build and
medium dirty blond hair." He had
no beard or mustache.
Smith, investigating officer Jim
Jordan and the entire FTU security
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Budget Total
For'73SG
Copy Of '72
Student Government this yeai
wfll operate under a $129,139
budget, nearly a carbon copy of last
year's, according to SG President
Steve Adamick.
The budget has been approved
by the SG Senate and by Dr. W.
Rex Brown, vice president for
student affairs, "with almost no
discussion or holdups."
"As is normally the case,"
explained Adamick, "we have
actually been operating under this
new budget since July 1, the
beginning of the new fiscal year,
but formal approval cannot come
until sometime after the fall senate
convenes."
The major slice of SG's 1972-73
monetary pie, as in the past, has
gone to projects and programs,
which include such projects as Lake
Claire, the student subsidy
program, university picnic, used
book exchange and scholarships,
for a total of $80,085.
Next in order is salaries and
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Pre-registration Gets Nod:
Helped By Student Voice
BUS STOPPED
FTU's recently reinstated
pre-registration will be held
November 27,28 and 29.
Hie first session will begin at
9:30 a.m. on November 27 and it is
anticipated that it will take eight
hours a day if most current
students register.
Advisement is scheduled for the
week of November 13-17, and
regular    registration    will    be
Lack of response has killed a
possible  bus service  for students
and faculty from the Winter Park
and South Seminole area, according conducted on January 2 and 3.
to Student Government President Pre-Registration
Steve Adamick. On   the  heels  of a  whopping
"We have spent $50 to $60 anfl student vote in favor of
many weeks in trying to see if the pre-registration, Dr. C. B. Gambrell,
students were interested in a bi< FTU vice president for academic
service. I know there are many wl affairs, has announced the advance
have complained about need? ' class sign-up process has been
rides, but because only 10 persons reinstated.
have responded to the ads in the The decision takes effect
FuTUre for the past three weeks we immediately and pre-registration
are going to forget the whole idea," will be held Nov. 27, 28 and 29 for
said Adamick. the winter quarter, Gambrell said.
Al Watts, who runs Jitney He made the decision on
Service, had been interested in recommendation of a 14-member
setting up a bus service for the ad hoc committee headed by his
students and faculty from the assistant, Dr. Leland Jackson. And,
Winter Park and South Seminole Gambrell and Jackson revealed
area if there was a great response to investigation of new ways to make
the idea, Adamick added. the  pre-registration  process  more
feasible and less costly in time and
money.
There had been division on the
committee, made up of faculty and
students, over the question, but the
Nov. 2 decision was prompted by
"seeming interest of sq many
students that the old system be
reinstated."
In a recent referendum, 93 per
cent of voting students called for
bringing back the pre-registration
DR. C. B. GAMBRELL
program.
Under study, Gambrell and
Jackson reported, are several ways
the process could be speeded to
eliminate time taken away from
class instruction and study by both
teachers and students.
Brown Kills Liquor License   Bill
Student Government hopes of
obtaining beer and wine on campus
by Christmas were dashed last week
when Vice-President for Student
Affairs W. Rex Brown killed a bill
intended to set a January deadline
for the administration to procure a
liquor license.
The bill was passed by the
former student senate in
September, approximately two
weeks before the fall senatorial
elections. The bill states that the
university shall seek to obtain a
permit to sell beer and wine at the
university snack bar, and designate
areas on campus where students of
By David Foster
legal age may possess and consume
such beverages by January 1.
Brown cited several reasons for
his veto of the bill. First, he said,
the time limitation imposed by the
bill was unrealistic and even if the
administration's study of the legal
groundwork involved were
completed, the university still could
not accomplish all of the legal work
involved in securing a permit by
January.
Brown cited several reasons for
his veto of the bill. First, he said,
the time limitation imposed by the
bill was unrealistic and even if the
administration's study of the legal
groundwork involved were
completed, the university still could
not accomplish all of the legal work
involved in ecuring a permit by
January.
SG President Steve Adamick,
with a contrasting view, said the
administration has been studying
the legal groundwork since March.
"The Office of Student Affairs has
hardly done anything but waste
time in trying to secure a permit."
Brown's second objection was
the fact that he views the bill as
lacking   in    extended   thinking,
especially in regard to financial
details and security arrangements
involving the sale of the alcoholic
beverages.
Adamick countered by asking
why SG should work out all the
details before the administration
tells them they can even have beer
on campus. Adamick said, "Not a
single soul here in SG wouldn't
gladly sit down and work out the
details of the implementation of
the permit to sell alcohol, but first
they'd rather hear the O.K. that we
can even have them on campus.
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Pre-registration was originally
dropped June 7 by Council of
Deans, who claimed reasons
included "student and teacher
complaints that pre-registration
took away from classtime that was
crucial to reviewing for exams."
Among the new avenues being
studied is a process whereby faculty
advisors would process a student's
trial and advisement schedule
through the registrar's office. This
would eliminate both teacher'
having to man pre-registration
stations and students' giving up class
and study time to go through
registration lines.
In addition, computer hookups
will be changed, with FTU
matching its schedules to University
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IFC Decides
ATO Appeal
Three charges against Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity were appealed to
the Interfraternity Presidents
Council Tuesday. The council
approved one appeal, rejected
another and tied its vote on a third.
The Council accepted ATO's
appeal of the charge that it violated
general Interfraternity Council
policy that rush functions be in
good taste.
ATO s appeal of the charge that
their actions were detrimental to
Delta Delta Delta sorority rush was
rejected. The council tied its vote,
four to four, concerning ATO's
appeal of the charge that they had
committed actions detrimental to
Greek Rush and Greek unity.
ATO President Michael Mclntyre
said the results of the Presidents
Council would be sent to Dean of
Men Paul McQuilkin for
consideration, but was uncertain
about procedure after McQuilkin
acts upon the results.