Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 28, April 20, 1979

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University of
Central Florida
Vol. 11
Friday, April 20, 1979
No. 28
Blount takes vice-presidential race...
Payas, Scanlon face more campaigning
by Mary Wilson
staff writer
The student body elected Jim Blount as its. new vice president Wednesday.
Results of the presidential race will be determined next week by a runoff between
candidates Armando Payas and Mike Scanlon.
Over 1,500 students voted in this year's presidential/vice presidential election.
Rosemary Dorucher, director of the League of Women Voters, stated the 15 percent turnout at UCF is three times the national average in university races. About
150 more students placed votes in this year's election than last year's.
Blount's response to his vice presidential victory was a simple "I'm just glad it's
over." Though he considered himself the most familiar candidate as student
senator and vice president of the Black Student Union, Blount was surprised by his
wide margin victory of 439 votes.
Despite his defeat, vice presidential candidate Alex Grist was pleased with his
performance. "I ran a good race without compromising my principles," Grist
stated.
The presidential ballot eliminated candidate Jim Soukup and made a runoff
necessary between Payas and Scanlon. Several senators and campaign workers
predicted a runoff but assumed that Scanlon, presently uninvolved in Student
Gewernment, would be the eliminated candidate. Soukup explained, "Armando
and I appealed to the same type of involved voter. Scanlon successfully appealed to
the non-involved student." Soukup has decided not to endorse either candidate in
the runoff election.
Neither Payas nor Scanlon gained the 50 percent plus one majority necessary for
election. Payas received a total of 731 votes and Scanlon received 424.
The second polling will take place April 24 and 25 at the SG Kiosk near the
reflecting pond. The candidates will have one week of further campaigning.
Payas stated he would continue his present campaign strategy but was concerned about the time demanded. "I've already missed a week of classes," Payas
complained. Scanlon said his strategy over the next week will be to devote more
time to the resident centers since he received only 3 resident center votes
compared to Payas'59.
The April 17 and 18 balloting went smoothly except for the participation of the
Davtona Beach Resident Center. By the use of polling machines, an idea  in
troduced by Jim Soukup, the vote was determined within three hours whereas last
year it took several days.
The problem with the Daytona Beach center resulted from a lack of com:
munication between the DBRC and the UCF student government. Election
procedure had been revised so that all resident centers would vote by absentee
ballot April 10-17. This would have denied the resident centers the opportunity to
vote on the second day of main campus elections April 18.
Contrasting view
Steve Williams/Future
White foliage? The reflecting pond and the Administration Building
take on an unearthly appearance when photographed on infrared
film.
Legal Council okays CSA fund raising
by Deane Jordan
associate editor
third in a series
Although some UCF officials have
recently jsuggested the Christian
Student Association was not complying with university regulations, the
school's legal council says CSA was acting within their constitutional rights
and not violating university rules.
Two weeks ago during a United
Campus Ministry meeting Dr. W. Rex
Brown, vice president for student affairs and Adrian Carr, minister of the
yet unbuilt University Boulevard
Church of Christ, disagreed upon the
definition of a student organization
and what activities a student
e)rganization could conduct.
Carr said, in his interpretation, that
a student organization constituted a
church and that he has a right to be the
minister of the CSA. Brown said a
student organization was supposed to
be run by students and he accused Carr
of using the CSA to start a church on
campus. Many of the CSA members
belong to Carr's Universitv Boulevard
church, which exists only on paper.
Disagreement centered over the
"hosting" of the local church on campus by the CSA. Brown said the activity of the CSA, which included the
collection of money from off-campus
people, was overstepping the boundaries of a student organization and
was against the rules.
Carr, however, said the CSA had the
right to collect monev from off-campus
people and to invite whomever it wanted to conduct its services.
Both Brown and Carr felt their own
arguements were legally correct.
This week though, UCF legal council
agreed with Carr and said that the
CSA can collect money on campus and
host an off-campus church.
In a related, issue, the controversy
continues over whether or not the
University Boulevard Church of Christ
and its minister, Adrian Carr, are
associated with the controversial
Crossroads Church of Gainesville.
Several local parents and religious
leaders believe the University
Boulevard Church of Christ's activity
on campus, through the CSA, is an attempt by the much-criticized
Gainesville church to establish a
Crossroads-type of ministry at UCF.
The Oviedo Outlook received a letter last week from the law office of
Goldin and Cates of Gainesville
representing the Crossroads Church of
Christ.
The lawyers demanded a correction
and apology for statements carried in
the Outlook which alleged an
association between the local Universitv' Boulevard Church and the
Gainesville Crossroads Church.
The letter said the Crossroads Church
"does not have any connection with
the Universitv Boulevard Church-of
Christ."
However, in a copy of the 1979
budget of the Gainesville Crossroads
Church obtained by the Outlook,
$15,000 was allotted to the University
Boulevard Church, which was reportedly holding services on UCF's campus as guests of the CSA.
The letter said the Crossroads Church  "has never  recruited  students on
any campus..." although a copy of a
Crossroads' weekly newsletter details
the "baptisms" of over 1,000 people by
"Campus Ministers" at more than 17
institutes of higher learning
throughout the country. In the same
newsletter Adrian Carr was mentioned
as the "Minister with the Universitv
Boulevard congregation in Orlando."
The Crossroads 1979 budget also in-
eluded $265,000 (under two separate
headings) for "Campus Advance"
which is, according to knowledgeable-
sources, the church's training program
for "Campus Ministers."
According to the budget, more than
$71,000 was allotted to the "Campus-
Advance" in the church's actual
budget, and another $193,000 was
"funded separately."
Adrian Carr, who said he was
trained at the Crossroads School of
Preaching in Gainesville denies that
he, his church or the CSA is associated
with the Gainesville church.
Next week: A commentary by
Adrian Carr.
/—Today's Future
The Cool South
A UCF engineering major spent some
time in Anarctica working in a remote
research center. Learn about his experiences in the South Pole and the work
being done at the research center on page
7.
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Seasonal Slump       Guitar Man
The mews tennis team finished it's season
with a disheartening defeat to Rollins
College this week, hut two team members
will go to the national tournament. See
page IS for a wrap-up of the season.
World-renowned guitarist Michael
Lorimer, who performed at UCF last
year, played at the Bob Carr Auditorium
this week. In an interview with Future
reporter Neal Bowen, he tells us about
the language of guitars. See page 12.
J