Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 05, September 29, 1978

              Vol. 11
Fitura
Friday, September 29,   1978
Florida
Technological
University
No. 5
Hot water supply fails
by Joe Kilsheimer
managing editor
What started out to be a small patching job on
a hot water pipe has turned into a major reconstruction effort on the east side of campus.
Construction crews from Harper Plumbing
have been on the job for the past two weeks
replacing more than 300 feet of hot water utility
line that supplies the entire campus with hot
water.
Hardest hit because of the lack of hot water
were the dorms. Residents who checked in before
Monday were forced to take cold showers.
Air conditioning units all across campus which
require hot water to balance the temperature
chilled the Engineering building to a reported 65
degrees Monday morning.
The leak in the hot water supply line was
discovered three weeks ago when a grounds crew
began investigating the cause of some dead patches of grass near the Biology building. At first,
the leak was believed to be an isolated case, but
further excavation uncovered the badly corroded
pipe. Administration officials now fear the entire
pipe that stretches from the east to the west end of
campus might have to be replaced.
Replacing the pipe would cost approximately
$3 million said R.V. Neuhaus, assistant director
of the Physical Plant.
John P. Goree, vice president for business affairs said tests are being conducted by some
faculty members to determine what caused the
pipe to corrode. "We know that there was a
breakdown of the insulation surrounding the
pipe, letting the ground water seep through and
corrode the pipe," said Goree. "The question is
why the insulation broke down."
Although the pipe doesn't have a warranty,
Pipe, page 20
Jane Robbing/Future
Above is a view of the excavation site where over 300 feet of
a corroded hot water pipe is being replaced.
A closeup, (right) shows the corroded pipe. If the rest of the
pipe is in the same shape, it may mean tearing up the middle
of campus to relace it.
Colbourn pledges
minority support
by Anthony B. Toth
edltor-in-chlef
In a speech to the Faculty Assembly
Tuesday, FTU President Trevor
Colbourn outlined his goals for the
university's "second decade."
The Faculty Assembly, which last
met in November-of 1977, heard
Colbourn talk about topics ranging
from minority recruiting to the
proposed name change of the university.
Colbourn said, "FTU will embark
on its second decade with reason to be
proud of the first." He added that the
unviersity owes a lot to the founding
president, Charles Millican.
"Se need to improve the
representation of minorities both on the
faculty and in the student body,"
Colbourn said. In an earlier interview
Colbourn admitted that FTU had "an
embarrassingly poor percentage of
black students.
"It takes more than just setting up an
office to clear up the problem," he ad-
Todays Future      "
What a rush
Fall rush for fraternities and sororities
is a chance for everyone to get to kriow
each other besides having, a hit of fun.
Learn more about the Greeks and Greek
housing, pages 6 and 7.
ded. "The university must offer a
coherent service to minoritiy students
by not only bringing them to the
university but by offering minority
student counseling and advising. If we
can't help them stay here we're not
doing them a favor. Retention is as important as recruiting.
"The statistics indicate we haven't
had the success, we'd like. We don't
have a relative proportion of
minorities from the community,"
Colbourn said.
The president said he will try to improve the minority situation at FTU by
working on programs to try to attract
them to the university. Dr. Leslie Ellis
acting Vice President for Academic Affairs is in charge of coming up with
proposals for these programs.
If FTU doesn't comply with
minority standards set up by the
Department of Health Education and
Welfare, the university may risk losing
federal funding.
In connection with the proposed
name change for FTU, Colbourn quipped, "We should have a situation
where, if a foreign dignitary arrived at
the airport and asked a taxi to take him
to FTU, he would not wind up in
Melbourne (the location of FIT).
"There seems to be strong support
(for the name change) in the segments
of the community with whom I've had
a chance to talk," Colbourn continued.
The name change is scheduled to be
put on the Board of Regents agenda for
their Dec. 4 meeting. By that time
Colbourn hopes to have the support of
Steve Williams/Future
both the FTU community and the central Florida community. He says he
already Has the support of the Chancellor of the BOR, E.T. York, and of
the majority of the Board's members.
Colbourn also mentioned the
"marginal salaries" of the faculty and
the heavy teaching loads. He hinted at
possible changes in the Environmental
Studies program and that the College
of Health Related Professions may be
re-named.
Along with the physical expansion of
the university, with the construction of
the student union and plans for a performing arts center, extnesion of the
library and additional on-campus
housing, Colbourn said he "would like
to see three or four free-standing doctorate programs at the university."
Dear students
FTU's new president. Dr. Trevor
Colbourn has something to say in an
open letter to the university on page 12.
And just so we get a chance to meet
everybody, the Colbourn family is
featured in a story on page 9.
Soccer stars
The FTU soccer team is out to show
everyone they are the number one team
in Central Florida. They warmed up
with a 1-0 win oven Stetson last Friday.
See story, page 24.