Central Florida Future, Vol. 11 No. 30, May 4, 1979

              Future
University of
Central Florida
Vol.11
Friday, May 4, 1979
No. 30
Dave Dunlop /Future
Walking on Water
Rick Jones, known as "Sir Trick," demonstrates    which was held at Lake Claire this week. For more
his barefoot skiing atjhe Water Ski Club's show,    information, see page 14.
A&SF Committee making serious cuts
The Activity and Service Fee Committee began making
serious cuts last week in the budgets of organizations which
made requests for next year. \
The committee, which should have turned the proposed
budget over to the senate three weeks ago, has been having
late night sessions without the representatives of the
organizations they are funding. Previous budget meetings
were held during the day in conjunction with the leaders of
each of the organizations, to determine where the groups
most needed the funds they were requesting.
Student Body President Mark Omara said the
organizations will be notified what the committee recommends they be allocated before the final budgets are presented to the senate. He said he hopes the committee will complete its job within the next two weeks.
Several budgets, including Village Center programming,
Student Government, Intercollegiate Athletics, and the
Future, took substantial cuts during these sessions, according
to Omara.
"The philosophy we're using is getting the majority of the
accounts back to where they were or below," Omara said.
He said they are having funding problems because the committee has approximately $3,000 less to work with this year
than they had last year. That problems is compounded by
the fact that more organizations have applied for funds this
year than have done so in the past, he said.
Omara said he feels the committee is making substantial
progress. Thirty-five"thousand dollars were cut from the SG
budget, mostly in special services that would be offered to
students. Senate Comptroller Birgitta Nilsson moved to take
all proposed funds for the dental aid program, which'
is to be started this year. There was also a move to eliminate
all funding for the outdoor study areas, which have been
proposed by Student Body Vice President Armando Payas,
and to cut back on funding of Lake Claire Development.
Other areas of the SG budget which were partially cut by
the committee is peer advisement, the executive reserve, the
end of the year banquet fund, senate supplies, and the Senate
Working Fund. Funds for the Millican and Farley Scholarship which were to be offered by SG were also removed from
their request. The Millican Scholarship was started last year
to be a continuing award to a university student, and the
Farley Scholarship was to be established this year in the
name of a former UCF fraternity student who was killed in a
car accident.
Some revisions were made to increase this budget,
however. The committee added two cabinet positions to the
proposed budget requested, including $750 for the president
protem of the senate and another $750 for an executive
assistant to the vice president.
Intercollegiate athletics received approximately $15,000
in cuts to their requested budget, leaving them $285,000.
The Minority Student Association withdrew its $10,000
request.
The Theatre Department, WFTU-FM, Student. Government, Recreational Services, the Debate Team, and the
Future budgets have already been cut to a smaller allocation
than they received in A&SF monies last year. Omara said
this happened because they had to find money for the extra
programs seeking funds, and these groups seemed to have
budgets who could be most easilv to cut.
Omara emphasized that the budget proposed by the A&SF
.committee will only be a recommended one and that some
changes could be made by the Organizations, Appropriations and Finance Committee or the senate when the
bill was presented to them.
The committee is still reviewing the proposed budget, anci
changes can still be made by that committee. Committee
members say they suggest organizations get to then
senators to tell them which organizations they want te
receive funeling.
Dental aid
to begin
Monday?
by Deanna Gugel
managing editor
The Dental Aid Program, which had
some   difficulty   getting   through   the
Student Senate, could begin operation
j by   Monday   morning,   according   to
Student Body President Mark Omara.
The program has been ready for
operation, but is waiting for persons
from the Physical Plant to install the
facilities in VC 219, which include the
chair and the x-ray machine.
Omara also said they had to receive
approval from the state radiation
committee in order to put the equipment in. Student Government had
decided not to insulate the walls of the
room that will house the x-ray
facilities, and there was some question
about whether that would harm persons working in the VC. The committee said the radiation from the
machines would be harmless, according to Omara.
Some senators question the validity
of beginning the program so late in the
year, especially, they say, when the Activity and Service Fee Committee just
cut the Dental Aid programfrom their
proposed budget for next year.
"The budget proposed by the Activity and Service Fee Committee
could be amended to include the Den-
taj Aid Program, but I don't think that
is too likely," saiel one senator from the
College of Business Administration.
"The program just doesn't have the
support in the senate. And if the
program doesn't receive A&SF funding, there is little possibility the
senate will fund it from their working
fund. It's just .too expensive," the
senator said.
The Dental Aid Program has
received much opposition since it was
first proposeel by Omara earlier this
year. Although the senate hael earmarked $5,000 from this year's budget
to go into the program, thev would not
pass the bill to release the money from
the Senate Working Funel. Senate
Protem Jim Soukup lead the move opposing passage of this bill because he
said the guidelines and expenditures
for the program were not outlined
distinctly enough.
Omara presented a detailed budget
to the senate, "but they still refused to
pass another bill, which would have
allocated $2,500 to the Dental Aid
Program for the remainder of the year.
Omara overroele the senate's veto of
the bill, but the senate fought to kill the
bill anel overroele Omara's veto. The
bill then went to Dr. W. Rex Brown,
vice president for student affairs, who
decideel to allow the bill to be enacted.
^-Today's Fwtwr©—
No test is perfect    Godspell at UCF     Tied for top seat
One of UCF's computer science majors
is proving that test scores aren't always
right. He failed the eleventh grade
literacy exam yet was offered several
scholarships to a variety of colleges. See
page 3.
The Village Center raises the curtain
on ils production of "Godspell" tonight
in the VC Assembly Room. For a review
of the play by staff writer Lee Elliott see
page 10.
After bottoming out last year, UCF's
baseball team has pulled a turnabout this'
season. They now are sitting in top place
by tying in the Sunshine State Conference
Championships. For more info see page
13.