Central Florida Future, Vol. 07 No. 31, July 8, 1975

              We 1/Ve in the Present
By the Post, but
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FLORIDA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
July 8, 1975
BOR Orders Feasibility Study
The Board of Regents delayed
spending $50 million for a non-
academic building program until
a feasibility study can be made to
determine the amount and
allotment of the funds to be spent
at each university.
"The proposed feasibility study
may beTn\Our favor," said Rick
W alsh, FTU student body vice-
president. "FTU was expecting
to receive $3.6 million; after the
study is made, the Board of
Regents may decide to give FTU
more than that."
The State Council of Student
Body Presidents made two
proposals to the board to be incorporated into the feasibility
study. W alsh said. |
"The council wanted students
involved in the decision-making
process before, during and after
the construction of the buildings.
Also, the council asked that the
funds be spent to construct
buildings only on state university
grounds ~ not for the construction
of civic centers outside of
university property," W alsh
said.
The funding for the program
will come from a new $29 million
bonding issue and $25 million in
surplus student activity fees at
the nine state universities.
Before the BOR decided to
delay spending the funds until
after the feasibility stud y is
made, Dr. Charles M illican,
FTU president, offered seven
alternative campus building
proposals to spend the expected
$3.6 million.
I n order of priority, M illican
suggested:
an outdoor physical
education recreation facility,
$800,000;
~ a 20,000 square-foot campus
book store, $500,000;
- a student health development
center building, $600,000;
- residence  hall  matching
funds - one-third total cost for 800
beds -- $1.5 million;
~ land development costs for
fraternity and sorority houses,
$200,000;'
~ a performing arts complex -
theater, music hall and radio-
television studies, $6 million.
The University of Florida had
requested that its share be used
to help pay for a $14 million
coliseum at Gainesville. Florida
State and Florida A&M asked
that their money be used in a
joint effort with the city of
Tallahassee to build a $25 million
civic center.
Saga Corp.  Gets
Food Complaints
"The other one was bad, but
this one is worse!" was the
comment of one senior
engineering student who said that
he had "sampled both food
services". He was asked how he
rated the new "improved" food
service plan adopted by the
university at the beginning of this
quarter.
Along with the new plan came a
new contractor. M orrison's
I nc. was replaced by Saga
Corp. of California. The ne w
contract took effect on June 13.
Other students questioned on
the new food service system
commented in the same vein.
Only one or two students had
anything favorable at all to say
about Saga's operation. Those
students said there seemed to be
plenty of clean silverware ("a
marked improvement from the
past") and that the "hard boiled
eggs were pretty good". The
remainder of the comments were
negative, ranging from complaints on the increased cost of
food to the number of flies in the
dining room.
M any of the comments did
concern the quality of the food
served. One student said, "I f
they are going to use the amounts
of cereal that they are using in
the hamburger, then they ought
to call it hamburger and cereal
instead of meat loaf." .
At the end of the spring
quarter, John R. W illiams,
director of Administrative
Services, explained why the
university had chosen Saga
Corporation as the new food
service contractor. "I t gave us
the best bid, in terms of financial
return to the University. I twas
a competitive bid situation and
we're required to accept the bid
that will be most beneficial to
FTU."
The new food service plan is
under the supervision of Director
Cliff Schmidt and M anager Bill
Hopfensperger.
Hopfensperger explained the
summer quarter will be a trial
quarter period for Saga, while it
attempts to determine the needs
of FTU students so it can provide
the best possible service for the
Photo by Alan Geeslin
Both Students and Staff are yet unhappy with the food service in the cafeteria.
M any complaints have been the result of efforts made by SAGA Corporation, the
new contractors since M orrison's lost the bid last auarter.
that
fall. He added that the firm will
"do its best to have an attractive
program to draw people in."
. Hopfensperger added that the
menu is based on Saga testing
and popularity polls among
students.   He   continued,   "W e
offer   cosmopolitan   things
students know and like."
The firm also offers special
foods for persons under a doctor's
care.
Hopfensperger cited one
significant change. He explained
that the new cafeteria will perform on a scramble system,
where the foods are categorically
separated and students may go to
any one of these areas. However,
no seconds are allowed.
Students may find additional
employment opportunities in the
cafeteria under Saga hiring
practices. The new manager
commented, "W e like to use a
fair number of students that are
reliable and responsible to the
job. W e hope to hire more than
have been hired in the past."
Enrollment Up
Over Last Year
Photo   by   AA ichael    Padgett
Success is the result of work done by landscapers to beautify FTU's engineering
building. Shown here is the scenery of the main entrance of the building before
foliage was added, which looks plain and desertly. As compared to the completion
of the landscaping, which seems to add zest and new life to the entrance.
FTU summer student
enrollment has expanded nearly
40 percent over last year's total
summer quarter figures.
According to university
Registrar W illiam D. Chapman,
:'>,834 students were enrolled last
summer compared to an excess
of 5,400 expected by the end of
late registration this quarter.
However, that number does not
include continuing education
students.
Chapman attributed the increase to the present state of the
economy. "Students will continue
lo pursue an education until their
funds run out," he said.
C. Barth Engert, director of
public information agrees that
the figures indicate "the difficulty students are having in
securing part-time summer
employment."
"However," he said, "this
should not present any real
problems except for larger
classes than expected."
1 nitially, only a total of 4,500
students were expected to enroll
for the summer quarter.
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Looking Into
The FuTUre
SG to hold meeting at FTU
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Senators ousted from SG
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Faculty speak out against
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