Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 29, April 27, 1979

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Future
University of
Central Florida
Vol.11
Friday, April 27, 1979
No. 29
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Steve Williams/Future
What's all the yelling about? There was a lot of it going on last week. This and more
was captured in pictures. See page 10 and 11 for the whole story.
Student union construction
to close Library parking
by Mary Wilson
staff writer
Construction of the new student union building
will force students out of the parking lot behind
the library this summer, according to university
officials.
Mike Spinnato, physical plant engineer, said
the dirt lot behind the Library, as well as its main
access road near Lake Claire, will be closed
during construction. "Students will only be able
to get to that lot through Gemini Boulevard to
park in spaces remaining near the ROTC," he
said.
Construction is estimated by university architect Richard Lavender to continue for at least a
year. Future plans for the expansion of the
Library and Computer Center may permanently
close the large sand lot, he said.
ESTIMATES OF THE loss of parking spaces
range from "no more than 300" by Spinnato to at
least 1,200 by Lt. Clarence Russell of the University Police.
Russell's estimate is based on a police department traffic count made of those who utilize the
Library lot. Spinnato explains his lower estimate
by maintaining that students will increase the
density of parking "right up to the construction
boundaries" and counteract the loss of parking
area. Such boundaries will be determined, according to Spinnato, by the desires of the building
contractor.
Officials said the loss of space will be compensated for by increased parking in locations further from the center of the campus. Lots behind
the Education Complex will be expanded with
clay beyond Centaurus Drive, and more students
will be directed to the lime-rock surface of lot 200
located southwest of the tennis courts.
THE LOT BEHIND the VC mav be paved by
next winter to meet the demand for convenient
parking. If this is done, Gemini Boulevard will be
four-Ianed as far as the lot extends.
The VC lot can only be built if financing is
provided by the state legislature. The Board of
Regents has asked for $3 million in the Fixed
iCaptial Outlay section of the BOR budget request
for next year. This section is where funds for
parking would be taken from. But parking at
UCF is 46th in the BOR's list of 65 priority
requests.
Parking, page 9
Payas wins
presidency
by Deanna Gugel
managing editor
In what some students termed a "landslide election,"
Student Body Vice President Armando Payas this week
defeated Mike Scanlon for the presidency of UCF's student
government.
Payas received 629 or about 70 percent of the total 900
votes cast at the main campus. Scanlon received 271 votes.
Absentee ballots had not yet been received from the Daytona
Beach Resident Center.
"I'm very happy that it is all over and very happy
everything ran cleanly," Payas said in an interview after
results were announced. Payas said he believes the election
ran smoothly because of the use of the voting machines and
the League of Women Voters. He said Senate Protem Jim
Soukup should be commended for introducing the idea.
"My main concern now is to get my hands involved in the
budget because it's getting the funds allocated that we have
to work with next year," Payas said. He said he wants to
fight for funds for the student services like dental and legal
aid.
Still more of Payas' time will be spent learning his job and
setting up for next year, he said. "Almost everything has got
to be reorganized, and I need to start choosing my cabinet."
Payas said he will solidify plans for a president's advisory
council, which will involve members of other organizations
to help him plan programs to benefit students.
"I knew it was an uphill battle the whole time, and it was
hard," Scanlon said- "Armando was an extremely qualified
opponent, and I was pleased with the way the elections ran. I
don't feel anyone could have beat him this year," he said.
Scanlon said he was surprised he had done so well, and
said he had hoped to win the first election. "I felt good about
it, as opposed to last year," Scanlon said.
At press time there was still some question about whether
the elections would be contested by the resident centers. Don
Mullinix; chairman of the student government committee at
the DBRC, said that the DBRC had not received its ballots
until Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. He said they only received them
then because one of their students made a special effort to get
them from the main campus. The Brevard and South Orlando Resident Centers reportedly never received any ballots.
Mullinix said the DBRC supported Payas, and they do not
want to contest the election. "But the point is we're getting
tired of getting left out of things," he said.
Elections, page 12
Carr says church
follows scripture,
is autonomous
For the past three weeks, the Future has been
naming a series of stories on the development of
the University Boulevard Church of Christ.
Adrian Carr, minister of the yet-to-he built church
said the stories presented an inaccurate picture of
his role as minister and head of the Christian
Student Association. Here is Carr's response.
A great deal of interest in the Universitv
Boulevard Church of Christ and the Christian
Student Association has recently been generated
bv inaccurate and misleading newspaper articles.
I am very grateful to the Future for providing me
this opportunity to set the record straight. As
stated in Proverbs 18:17, "He who states his case
first seems right, until the other comes to examine
him."
First,    the    relationship    of    the    Universitv
Boulevard Church of Christ  to the Crossroads
Church of Christ in Gainesville consists of the
following:   1.)   I   was   trained   in   the  Campus
Ministry  Training  Program  of  the  Crossroads
/Today's Future
Recruitment
The Black Student Union has presented a
program which they think will help UCF
recruit and retain more black students.
See page 3 for more details about the
program and reactions from UCF administrators.
See related story page 3
congregation; 2.) Some of our members were
converted to Christ while in Gainesville and worshiped with that congregation; 3.) We receive
financial assistance from the Crossroads Church
of Christ. The Crossroads congregation in no wav
Carr, page 12
Reorganization
Student Body President Mark Omara has
proposed a reorganization of the Village
Center Activities Board to make
programming procedures more efficient
and less expensive. See page 14 for
details.
Results
The Lady Knight's softball team ended
their season fourth in the state this year.
The state tournament was hosted by UCF
for the third consecutive year. Read
about their performance in the tournament on page I 7.