Central Florida Future, Vol. 05 No. 19, March 2, 1973

              A MIDNIGHT marathon this week transformed
the "FTU Memorial Mud Pond" into a reflecting
pool again. In preparation for a Tuesday visit by
Board of Regents Chancellor Robert Mautz,
workers began late Monday to relieve the receptacle
of its unsightly contents. (Photos by Ed Burton)
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HFA, Business
Programs Joined
By Mark Weintz
PRESIDENT Charles Millican
was on hand Monday to greet
Miss World, Linda Carter. (Photo
by Craig Powell)
Hum Construction
Awaits Go-Ahead
Officials at FTU are still
awaiting word on the date
construction will begin on the
new Humanities Building. Part
of the foundation for the
building has been laid, but lately
there have been no crews on the
site.
According to Fred Clayton,
director of university physical
planning, only one subsection
remains to be bid by
subcontractors. Bidding for this
last section will take place March
21.
Rather than awarding the
entire building contract to a
single firm, each aspect of the
building is bid upon by various
subcontractors. This usually
results in some monetary
savings, but frequently creates
long delays while the various
contracts are in the process of
being bid.
Perhaps for the first time in
the nation a program has been
established which combines a
major in humanities with a core
program in business.
The purpose of the
innovation, which has been
instituted at FTU, is to provide
career-oriented education. The
combination of the two fields of
study is designed specifically to
prepare liberal arts students for
administrative positions in the
area of their humanities major
and also give them the
opportunity to continue on for a
master's degree in business.
Dr. Charles N. Micarelli, dean
of the College of Humanities and
Fine Arts, said research
indicated a very large percentage
of liberal arts graduates are
working in occupations in which
business training is a valuable
asset.
President Charles Millican
noted, "The humanities and fine
arts-business administration
program is a bold concept in
education that has been sorely
needed for many years. I
congratulate the College of
Humanities and Fine Arts for
conceiving and establishing the
program. I have no doubts that
this innovative program Will be
taken up in the future at other
colleges and universities."
Micarelli declared the
innovative combination offers a
number of advantages for
students: They will receive a
liberal arts education to assist in
their development as human
beings; they will receive training
in business to help them prepare
for administrative positions;
they will have more job options
when they graduate, and their
Dusiness courses in many cases
will prepare them for graduate
study in business.
Dr. Edward Hotaling,
associate professor of
humanities, originally presented
the idea to Micarelli. Micarelli
submitted the idea to a
humanities and fine arts
committee and a business
committee to obtain a ruling.
Activities Fees
Use Expands
By Sharon Marek
A universitywide expansion of
activity and service fee allocation
possibilities was announced this
week by Dr. W. Rex Brown, vice
president for student affairs.
According to Brown, and his
assistant, Dr. C. W. "Bill" Brown,
the move came at the culmination
of nearly year-long study
designed to find a more universal
method of funding "academic
oriented activities which affect or
enhance student activities or
services outside the classroom."
The activity and service fee
budget originates from the
payment made by the student to
the university as an activity fee.
The process of reallocation in
the past, according to Dr. Bill
Brown, "has been a relatively
inflexible one. We funded a
number of listed areas or
activities each year, and any
additional assistance was made on
the basis of value judgment made
by members of the activity and
service fee committee."
Areas consistently funded in
the past have included Student
Government, FuTUre newspaper
Village Center, intramurals and
extramurals, Pegasus yearbook,
intercollegiate athletics.
Under the new program these
same categories that deal directly
with student activities and
services will be joined by two new
categories, Dr. Bill Brown
explained.
"One to be known as artistic
performance activities would
include any theatrical or musical
performances not satisifying
academic course requirements,"
he said. "The other to be known
as academic departmental
activity support would include
any department activity involved
in teaching and developing skills
which directly enhance an
activity or service of general
benefit to students."
The latter category might
include theatre stage
development, the purchase of
theatre equipment, development
of music facilities, purchase of
musical equipment, aid for
instruments of communication
such as a literary magazine or
radio station, purchase of
equipment for leisure or
recreational activities or art
department support for crafts or
creative skills.
The new program will also
expand one old category,
intercollegiate activities, to
include "all interecollegiate and
competitive activities." This
could include any intercollegiate
sports not currently funded,
intercollegiate debate activities,
College Bowl, chess or any
intercollegiate competitive
effort.
The new program, Dr. Bill
Brown explained, will not in any
way conflict with SG's funding of
clubs and organizations as
outlined in bills 5-5 and 5-6.
"These would include special
interest clubs such as
photography, radio and
flying-generally noncompetitive
intercollegiately.
"We are hopeful," he added,
"that between Student
Government and the expanded
activity and service fee operation,
all areas on campus will have an
equal opportunity for funding."
COMMENCEMENT
Winter quarter
commencement will be held 7
p.m. Thursday, March 15, at
Winter Park High School
auditorium.
DAYTONA BEACH VOTE
Students at FTU's Daytona
Beach Resident Center also
voted recently on a referendum
to change from the present
quarter system to the semester
system.
Harold Green, resident center
director, announced about 50
per cent or 88 of the students
voted, and of that number, only
one voted in favor of the
semester plan.
LOUIS MURRAY, Orlando physician and former officiated, and
Board of Regents member, was honored Tuesday came to honor
night at a testimonial dinner on campus. President right. (Photo by
Charles N. Millican, center at minrnnhnnp
more than 250 Central Floridians
Murray, seated to the president's
Ed Reed)