Central Florida Future, Vol. 05 No. 18, February 23, 1973

              We Live in rfie Present
By the Past, but
for the..
Pre-Reg.
To Begin
Feb. 28
By Mark Weintz
Spring quarter
pre-registration for FTU
students will be held Wednesday
through next Friday.
All currently enrolled FTU
students are required to advance
register and only new students
will register at regular
registration, which will begin
March 20.
A major addition this quarter
will be the implementation of
new equipment.
Ed Knight, university
registrar, said, "There will be
four input devices, instead of
two, at spring quarter
registration. When a student has
his schedule checked, there
should be no line at the input
devices." Knight said
appointment rate will be the
same-about six a minute per
machine.
A different computer will
also be utilized at the upcoming
registration. Bill D. Morris,
director of computer services,
said FTU and the University of
South Florida formed a regional
data center a couple of months
ago to take care of all computer
needs.
Morris said the experience
with the new computer
operation has been very good.
"We have actually tested the
registration process. We have had
people in the computer center in
Tampa load programs and run
test registrations. We have not
encountered hitch one," he
commented.
Both Knight and Morris were
optimistic about the new
registration process. Morris did
point out, however, that the new
system is a mechanical device
and for that reason is vulnerable
to malfunction.
Advance, regular, late
registration and add/drop will be
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FTU Debaters
Sweep Contest
By Jose Rodriguez
NOW YOU seemmfnow you dofvt! A victim of .^someone's expert pitching. Eople, with proceeds!
Wednesday's Dunking Contest collapses into the    going to buy an ice machine for the dorms. (Photos
watery   depths  of the dunk tank, a victim of    by Pete Wilcox and Ed Reed)
ommittee On Beer
To Launch Survey
A market survey is due to be
launched early next week as part
of the FTU special beei
committee's program to
determine the feasibility of
selling beer on campus.
The survey is being mailed
out to about 600 randomly
selected students and faculty
members, and will take about 10
minutes to complete. The survey
is part of a study by a
subcommittee headed by Dr.
Gordon McAleer, assistant
professor    in    business
The FTU debate squad again
swamped its competition and
walked off with top honors at
last weekend's forensic
tournament hosted by Florida
State University.
More than 50 teams were
present from more than 25
universities throughout
Southeastern United States.
Included were Georgia State,
Emory University, University of
North Carolina-Greensboro,
Georgia Southern, Auburn,
Stetson and the Citadel.
After six preliminary rounds
of debate in the senior division,
four teams with the best win-loss
records were chosen to continue
into the final rounds. Three out
of the four top teams were from
FTU and, as at the recent
University of South Florida
tournament, the FTU squad had
two teams advance into the final
round of elimination.
In the competition, four of
the five top debaters selected
were from FTU. Top speaking
honors of the entire tournament
went to Jack Haight; Geoff
Ringer, Pat Jerome and David
Larkin received second, third
and fifth place honors,
respectively.
The most critical round of
debate was in the semifinals
when Haight and Jerome faced
stiff opposition from Broward
Community College. "We knew
that if we beat Broward we
would automatically win first
and second place," explained
Jeff Butler, the debate team
coach. Because of Haight and
Jerome's victory, the other FTU
teams did not have to debate, it
was explained. "There was no
one else to debate. We had
beaten every team there," Butler
said.
In the junior division, FTU
was represented by Richard
Bloomquist   and   Mike  Swann.
By David Foster
administration, to ascertain the
marketing potential for the sale
of beer. A study of the
fraternities' consumption of beer
has also been initiated.
McAleer said, "We're trying
to get as many estimates of the
market potential as possible, but
the key to the whole thing is the
survey itself."
McAleer said it is very
important that students give
honest responses to the
questionnaire; otherwise, the
study would be hampered and
the results possibly disastrous.
The. subcommittee, consisting
of FTU students Liza Yound,
Tom Garreau and Bob Hartlep,
has been under pressure to have
the survey pilot-tested and
distributed as quickly as
possible. McAleer said, "Several
areas which the special
committee wishes to study
depend upon the results of the
survey, as we've tried as hard as
we can to get this thing out."
Students have shown strong
sentiments in favor of having
beer on campus. Recently
WFTU radio conducted a survey
to determine the prevailing
attitude of students toward the
issue. The figures were 86.5 per
cent for, 11.9 per cent against
and 1.6 per cent undecided on
the question of on-campus beer.
McAleer said in the
pilot-testing of the present
survey, more than 100 students
were quizzed on their opinions.
On the key question of whether
or not FTU should have beer on
campus, 76 per cent were in
favor, 11 per cent against and 11
per cent undecided.
The subcommittee also plans
to have a follow-up study on the
students that respond to the
survey. Approximately 50
students will be asked to carry
around a diary to record how
much beer they consume
weekly. McAleer said the
purpose of the follow-up would
be to cross check and qualify the
results of the entire survey.
McAleer added responses
from students would be kept
confidential and would only be
seen by the four members of the
subcommittee.
Semester
Adoption
'Possible'
By Mark Weintz
The modified semester
system may be implemented at
FTU despite its rejection last
week by the Faculty Senate and
a large majority of students who
voted on the special Student
Government referendum.
Dr. C. B. Gambrell, vice
president for academic affairs,
said the final decision regarding
the calendar state universities
will follow rests with the Florida
Legislature.
Gambrell pointed out that
the intent of the semester
system resolution was not
simply to change the academic
calendar but to achieve
uniformity among the state
institutions of higher learning.
He added the quarter calendar
does not accommodate the
education needs of public school
teachers in the summer.
Twenty-four of the 28 junior
colleges in the state are on a
modified semester system,
Gambrel said, adding this makes
it difficult for junior college
students to transfer to a state
university. He noted 54 per cent
of FTU's enrollment comes from
junior colleges.
For these reasons, Gambrell
indicated the legislature may
change Florida Statute 240
which requires the State
University System to operate on
a quarter calendar of 11 or 12
weeks. According to Gambrell,
FTU is presently violating that
statute because the university
operates on a modified quarter
plan with 10-week quarters.
The modified semester plan,
which consists of two 16-week
semesters and two 6-week
minimesters, is not the only
solution to the problem of
comformity, according to
Gambrell. He said another would
be for junior colleges to change
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Students Discuss
Food Complaints
By David Foster
Student dissatisfaction with
the university food service
continued to manifest itself this
week in the form of a student
gripe session and the results of a
WFTU radio survey.
Students expressed their
discontent to Auxiliary Services
Director James Eller in a gripe
forum held Tuesday.
Gayle Prince, chairman of the
Student Food Investigation
Board, said the major complaints
were on the closing of the
cafeteria during weekends,
bland, untasty food, repetitious
servings and dirty silverware.
Several problems on both
sides of the issue were revealed.
According to Eller, Food
Services loses thousands of
dollars a year from students
taking silverware, plates and
trays out of the cafeteria and
never returning them. Miss
Prince said to avoid an increase
in  prices  and  to improve the
food, students are going to have
to stop stealing cafeteria wares.
A predominant theme at the
gripe session was the possibility
of a price increase at the
cafeteria. Miss Prince said, "The
committee has recommended no
increase in cafeteria prices.
However, Eller is bound by our
recommendation."
Eller said at the gripe session,
which was sparsely attended,
"I'm not a student-If I don't get
student input, I don't know
what's wrong."
In a WFTU news survey that
sampled 5 per cent of the
student body, students
expressed general dissatisfaction
with food services at the
university. Overall 56 per cent of
the students who filled out the
survey thought food service was
poor, and 39 per cent felt it was
satisfactory. Residents disliked
the services most, with 77 per
cent   labeling   it   as   poor.