Central Florida Future, Vol. 06 No. 16, February 15, 1974

              Frey    Expresses  Views
By Glenn Padgett
The two biggest problems in
America today are the energy
crisis and our political system,
according to Rep. Lou Frey Jr.
(R.-Fla.) who spoke on campus
Feb. 8th.
The political system is a
bigger problem, according to
Frey, because the public has the
attitude that all politicians are
"on the take."
Frey's day included meetings
with classes, Student
Government      (SG)
representatives, student veterans
association members and
FuTUre staff members.
Highlights of his day included
an informal rap session with
students in the cafeteria and a
taped interview with Channel 6
newsman Marty Stebbins. A
tennis match was scheduled for
2 p.m. but was cancelled because
of rain.
All of Frey's appearances
followed the same basic format.
Discussion topics ranged from
the energy crisis and Watergate
to   defense   spending   and   the
space program, with the main
emphasis on the energy crisis
and Watergate.
"I think there is no question
that the oil companies have been
involved to a certain extent" in
the energy crisis, Frey said.
However the congressman
emphasized "The public should
not let the short term
machinations of the oil
companies hide the fact that
there is an energy crisis.. .and it
will be with us for years."
Quoting a wide variety of
statistics    to    support    his
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VOL. 6, NO. 16      ORLANDO, FLORIDA   FEBRUARY 15, 1974
Even though they are not paved, the 300
and 400 parking lots behind the library
(above), are often filled to capacity, while
the west lots by the Humanities Building
(below), which have been paved at
taxpayers' expense, remain almost empty.
(Photos by Pete Wilcox)
positions, Frey declared "the
real problem. . .is price!" He
indicated that the cost of
research for new sources of
energy and the increased costs of
petro-chemicals were the reasons
for higher prices.
"I wouldn't be surprised to
see both," said Frey, referring to
price rollbacks and the windfall
profits tax as two possible
solutions to the price problem.
Citizens have no control at all
over the price of foreign crude
oil, he said. Referring to the
Arab situation Frey added,
"They are blackmailing us, pure
and simple."
He indicated his support for
either relaxing or eliminating
Florida's oil spill law and
replacing it with an oil spill
insurance plan.
The congressman said it was
up to the states to regulate
striking "gypsy" truckers
because the Interstate
Commerce Commission has no
control over them.
On the possible impeachment
proceedings against President
Nixon, Frey said that Rep.
Walter Flower (D-Ala.— and
Rep. Jim Mann (D-.S.C.) are
going to be the deciding factors
in determining whether or not
the impeachment proceedings
would be voted along party
lines.
Frey explained that in order
for any resolution to get out of
the impeachment committee,
which has 21 Democrats and 17
Republicans, these two men
would have to vote for it. Frey
said he feels these two men have
such high personal integrity that
they would not vote for the
resolution unless they were
really convinced it was called
for. He implied that the rest of
the committee would vote along
party lines.
Congressman Lou Frey,
R-Winter Park, is shown
discussing topics such as
Watergate, impeachment
possibilities, and the energy
crisis. (Photo by Alan
Geeslin)
FTU Enrollment
Might Bring Gain
By Alan Crouse
Enrollment figures obtained
from the State University
System (SUS) chancellor's office
revealed that FTU will not be
losing, but will probably be
gaining SUS funds.
As of the printing of last
week's FuTUre, accurate figures
could not be compiled to answer
Cecil Mackey, president of the
University of South Florida
(USF), who named FTU, USF,
and two other state universities
as being over-budgeted because
projected enrollment figures had
not been realized.
FTU assistant director of
Finance and Accounting, James
G. Smith Jr., explained that for
budget matters, full time
equivalent (FTE) enrollment
figures are computed, based on
head count and the level of
courses offered. FTE enrollment
figures are averaged from fall,
winter and spring quarters in
order to compute a projected
FTE enrollment figure for
the next fiscal year.     After the
SUS approves or adjusts this
figure, it is used as the basis for a
university budget.
Comparison of projected and
actual figures proved initially
confusing. Projected FTE
enrollment figures, taken from
page 41 of the 1973-74 SUS
allocation document, were
5,995. Actual FTE enrollment
figures for the fall quarter,
obtained from the office of
Academic Affairs, are 5975.7.
Since enrollment generally drops
from fall quarter to spring
quarter, a major discrepancy
between projected figures and
three-quarter averaged figures by
the end of this fiscal year
seemed likely.
Joseph Gomez, university
comptroller, stated that the
figures released by Academic
Affairs were two low, and
attempts to get figures from
sources on campus other than
Academic Affairs were met with
referrals back to Academic
Affairs.
Ken Boutwell, vice chancellor
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Parking Available, Problem Nonexistent
There is not a parking space
problem on the FTU campus,
but a parker problem.
Figures compiled by the FTU
Campus Police show more than
4,000 available parking spaces
while a traffic count done in the
middle of January revealed that
Monday, Jan. 14, had 3.243
vehicles on campus, the highest
figure recorded during the
week-long period.
The problem, according to Lt.
Donald Lee, is not the lack of
vehicle parking space, but the
problem that people just cannot
park as close to their
destinations as they would like.
Parkers take a chance of
bumping and scratching their
cars   by   jamming into  the lot
4-Day Week For Summer Quarter
To Be Subject Of Questionnaire
Implementation of a four-day
week for the summer quarter is
the subject of a survey to be
conducted by FTU's special
Task Force on Energy
Conversation.
A gasoline savings of
approximately 4,000 gallons per
day is predicted if the four-day
week is implemented.
According to  Dr.  K.  Phillip
Taylor, chairman of the class
scheduling subcommittee, the
survey will be geared to those
students and faculty and staff
members who will be
immediately involved if a
four-day week is adopted.
Questionnaires will be
distributed to accurately
measure the opinions of the
university population.
Should the university go to a
four-day week during the
summer quarter, Taylor said a
study be made before the
university extends the four-day
system into the regular sessions.
He said there would be no
reduction of man-hours during a
four-day week, but longer
working days.
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behind the Library and the lot
next to the General Classroom
Building, Lt. Lee said, because
they   are   the  closest  ones  to
campus buildings. But, he added,
by the time they drive around
and find a space they could
already have parked in another
lot and been in class.
"I stood in  the lot by  the
GCB one day and watched a guy
drive around for 10 minutes
looking for a parking place," Lt.
Lee said. "He could have parked
in one of the new west lots by
the Humanities and Fine Arts
Building  and  walked  the  200
yards to the Library by the time
he parked."
The   traffic   count   showed
almost  total  avoidance of the
new west lots, which contain
more than 750 parking spaces.
Lt.  Lee said people like  to
park as close to the buildings as
they can to save walking, but
even the farthest lot, temporary
lot 200 (by the swimming pool)
is 400 yards from the Library
and less than a 10-minute walk.
The    parking    problem    is
compounded   by  faculty,  staff
and students parking in the 56
visitor   spaces.   Lt.    Lee   said,
"They complain when we give
them   a   ticket,"   but they  are
actually complaining about the
lack of a space close enough to
the building they are going to.