Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 03, July 28, 1978

              Future
Vol. 11
Friday, July 28, 1978
Florida
Technological
University
No. 3
A&SF supplement up in the air
by Ann Barry
associate editor
Student Body President Mark
Omara said this week he would refuse
to approve the $125,000 A&SF budget
supplement if he did not retain the
authority to approve all expenditures
by the Black Student Union.
He had been expected to sign the bill
this week, but said he would wait until
after meeting with President Trevor
Colbourn today to ensure his responsibility for the BSU account.
Omara told the senate in their July
20 meeting that he could not accept a
compromise on the issue of including a
written agreement in the supplement
that requires all BSU expenses to be
approved by him. He also said the BSU
did not need the entire $4,693
allocation since outside funds were
available to them. The funds were high
compared to other BSU accounts at
other Florida universities, he said.
The senate retained the amount and
left out the written agreement when it
passed the supplement in a 10-4-3 vote.
The student body constitution states
that the Student Body president shall
provide for the effective expenditure of
student funds. Omara said this gives
him the right to review all expenditures.
The written agreement was not
needed in the supplement to begin with
Omara said. "It was just following a
bad precedent set the year before," he
said.
"I cannot delegate the authority to
spend student's money to a nonprofessional," said Omara. He pointed
out that all organizations funded by
the Clubs and Organizations account
had to get expenditures approved.
BSU President John Stover said the
BSU was being treated unfairly. He
asked that it be judged honestly as to
whether it could responsibly appropriate funds.
Three other controversies came up in
the two hours of deliberation over the
bill July 20.
Sen. Robert Rotter proposed to give
money to the FTU crew team for the
purchase of a new racing shell in two
amendments. The first amendment
failed. In the second try, $3,000 was
transferred to the FTU crew team from
a loan payment to the university traffic
and parking account.
Although the amendment passed, a
Tentative A&SF Budget 1978-79
Brevard R. C.
Cheerleaders
Child Care Center
DBRC
Debate
Extramurals
Future
Minority Affairs
Music Service Awards
Pep Band
Music Festival
Orientation
BSU
University Theatre
WFTU-FM
Received 2%
or less each
second controversey developed over
whether the senate has a moral
obligation to pay back the $42,000
loan. The reduced payment of $15,000
will be the first payment since the loan
was issued in 1975.
Rotter also tried to shift the $15,000
allocation from the legal aid program
to the senate working fund until the
senate could approve the program. A
detailed presentation by Jim Holmes,
coordinator of the service, outlined the
program and the amendment failed.
FTU students make documentaries
for internationai commerce meeting
by Joe Kilsheimer
managing editor
When the International Chamber of Commerce
Congress convenes at Walt Disney World in October, the work of three FTU students and one
professor will be one of the main attractions.
Commissioned by the governor's office,
radio/television majors Teri Green, Ray Gilmer
and Julie Murray have written and produced five
20-minute documentaries about industrial opportunities in Florida. The project is directed by Dr.
Thomas Morgan, associate professor of communication.
Their work will be an opportunity to show off
the state to representatives from all around the
world who will come to Central Florida to talk
about business.
FTU's radio/television department was chosen
to produce the films over all the other universities
in the state. Morgan said the hands-on experience
that FTU's students receive was the deciding factor in the choice. "We do 'Crimewatch' and we
did the 'Biology of Man' series...FTU is the only
university in the state where the kids do more
than sit around reading textbooks and doing
some limited studio work."
"The state has purchased a number of pavilions
for the Congress," said Morgan. Each pavilion
will represent a different area in the state and the
documentaries will show the highlights of each
area.
To film the documentaries, the team spent four
weeks in the field. "We went to all 67 counties in
the  state,"  said  Morgan.   "It was  a  hectic
schedule."
Now that the filming side of the project is done,
the students and Morgan will spend most of their
time in the TV studio editing and adding soundtracks. Although they had orginally planned to
do the narrations themselves, the team decided to
choose a good speaker from each area. For instance, Pat Sumerall of CBS-TV, who lives in northwest Florida, will narrate the documentary for
his region.
The members of the team were picked by
Morgan for more than their expertise in handling
a camera. "I chose Teri for her ability to organize
the project and Julie for her writing ability. And I
chose Ray for his aesthetic capability," said
Morgan. "It was a heartbreaking decision
because their was so much competition for the
positions."
Besides getting the experience, they also got
paid for their work. The salaries range from
$2.65 to $4.0.0 per hour.
The students say the production and travel has
given them invaluable practical experience in
television film production. "I think being out in
the field and having'to solve all the problems that
came up was the best experience," said Julie
Murray.
Working    around   Florida's    unpredictable
weather required extra care, said Morgan. "We
would get up and the first thing we'd do is look
out of the window of our hotel room to check the
weather," he said.
Members of the documentary team gather around
the "switcher" in the TV production room to
criticize their latest effort. (1. to r.) Ray Gilmer, Julie
Murray, Teri Green, Dr. Thomas Morgan. (Photo
by Lisbeth Keck)
Todays future
Grants in Aid
Several FTU professors received grants to
continue their projects which bring
culture to Central Florida, Find the
count and the amount, page 3.
Grand Prix
Mario Andretti was in town last week to
open his scaled-down version of a Grand
Prix racing track. The Future was there
to check out the action. See story, page 6.
Bo's back
Bo Clark is back and hopefully healthy.
He is spending his summer strengthening
his knee for the upcoming season. See the
complete story, page 7.