Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 21, February 16, 1979

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Vol.11
Future
Friday, February 16, 1979
University of
Central Florida
No. 21
BOR plans UCF research park
Presto Chango!
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'Okay, here's how you do it," says the Great off the Walldini. "You say the magic word and out of the
magic bag, you pull a rab...wait a second." Walldini was played by Flip of the Locomotion Circus which
performed on the VC patio Monday. For more on the story, see page 10.
Minorities director transferred
by Anthony B. Tot!
editor-in-chief
In a move to strengthen the university's minority program, the Office of
Minority Student Services has been
played under the jurisdiction of the
Division of Academic Affairs and its
director was transferred to a position
in the Community Relations Division.
The change took effect Dec. 8 when
Napoleon Ford was appointed acting
director of Minority Student Services,
replacing Dr. Leroy Lloyd, former
director of the program.
"There has been a reasonable
amount of criticism that it (the office)
wasn't meeting the needs of the students," said Dr. Leslie L. Ellis, acting vice
president for academic affairs. He added   that   the   criticism   came   from
students, faculty and observers.
"We had great doubts whether
(minority) recruitment and retention
were attained," said UCF President
Trevor Colbourn, "(The office) also
had personnel problems."
Lloyd was transferred to Community Relations because "he had certain talents and abilities in the area
which were desperately needed, Ellis
said.
Lloyd had no comment on the transfer.
A committee of vice presidents, W.
Rex Brown, John P. Goree, and Ellis
made the decision to move the MSS office from the Division of Student Affairs to Academic Affairs because the
purpose of the  office  "was  substan
tially academic," according to
Colbourn. Colbourn endorsed this
change.
A search for a new director has been
initiated, said -Ellis, but interviews of
prospective candidates have not yet
begun. Ford said he wants to be considered for the permanent position.
Ford has already initiated some new
programs to help create a better social
atmosphere for blacks at UCF. There
are plans to bring more black sororities
on campus as well as starting a black
musical group and gospel choir, according to Ford.
Before being appointed acting director of the MSS office. Ford worked in
the Special Services Division of the
universitv.
Today's Future —	
Space Squeeze Focus Winners
by Deanna Gugel
associate editor
The Board of Regents today will
consider a proposal that will allocate
130 acres of UCF's land to a
university-related research park that
could increase the university's total
value approximately $60 million.
If the plan is approved by the BOR at
their meeting at Florida A&M Univer-
sityin Tallahasee, UCF will be able to
develop and to sublease the land to
high technology, research-oriented industries. The research park could be in
operation within two years, according
to Ralph Gunter, director of sponsored
research.
The BOR will also study a program
to provide insurance protection for
student health centers in the state
university system and will consider a
proposal to raise UCF Basketball
Coach Torchy Clark's salary.
The research park will be located in
the northeast quadrant of the university, outside of the main concentation
of buildings, according to Gunter.
Buildings for the research park must
remain within the aesthetic quality of
the others at UCF. The university plans
to construct a road north of the Lake
Claire that will be used as a main access road to the park.
Development of the land for the park
could cost the university $300,-
'500,000, according to Gunter. He said
the university is looking into ways to
fund the land development and hopes
to begin construction of the buildings
in one year. The university has already
been approached by two private industries and one federal agency who
want to build in the research park, but
Gunter said he could not reveal the
names of those groups.
Under the plan which has been
proposed, industries would build their
own buildings. When their leases expire, if they are not renewed, the
buildings will become part of the
university.
Only research-related industries
which have some relationship with the
courses taught at UCF could build in
the park. Gunter said the UCF park will
include industries connected with environmental research, computer science, and health-related sciences.
The Florida State Legislature last
year passed a bill that encouraged the
creation of university-related research
parks primarily to help improve the
state's economy, Gunter said. The bill
established a Research and Development Commission for the Board of
Regents, who was in charge of setting
up authorities for these research parks.
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners petitioned for an
authority and was granted one. Last
week the authority was formed and is
Research, page 5
We Lost
The library has kind of an unusual
problem-too many hooks and not
enough places to put them. While more
shelves are on order, library officials
must figure out where to put them also.
See story, page 3.
Our "Focus on Photography" contest
is winding down to its final week. Next
week promises the winners a $75 and
$50 gift certificate. For a look at this
weeks win!,,	
It is still hard to believe. But it only
means that the Knights have to work
harder to defend the Sunshine State Conference Championship. Consider the loss
to Rollins only a temporary setback, see
story page 14.