Central Florida Future, Vol. 09 No. 05, September 24, 1976

              Gripe session repeal bill
unacceptable to Walsh
Photo by Leo Mallette'
FTU PRESIDENT CHARLES N. MILLICAN congratulates
Cynthia Anne Marie Niemi as the 10,000th graduate of th e
university. Millican presented Ms. Niemi with a marble,
desk   pen       set   at   the        summer commencement
exercises.
Paving scheduled
for dormitory lot
By BILL PIEPER    '
Staff Writer
Student Body President Rick
Walsh vetoed a Student Senate bill
last week repealing the Student
Government (SG) gripe sessions on
campus.
Dana Eagles, SG spokesman, said
Walsh was disappointed that the
senate repealed the gripe session bill.
"I found it (the bill) to be one of the
better pieces of legislation to come
out of the Eighth Student Senate,"
Walsh said.
Eagles,    a    senior    majoring    in
journalism, was added by Walsh to
- the   executive   cabinet as executive
assistant for information, a new post
inSG.
Walsh said, "To rescind the bill
with that good intent (to serve the
student body) because the Student
SEnate did not discharge its
responsibility to the student body is,
to say the least, very poor judgment
on the part of the Student Senate."
Walsh said the gripe sessions, a
commitment   to   the  student  body,
RICK WALSH
should be kept by the SG in the
future.
Eagles said the primary purpose of
the gTipe sessions were to better serve
the student body by increasing
communication between students
and SG officials.
Under the bill setting up the
sessions, each SG official is required
to spend two hours a quarter at the
Kiosk (the information booth
between the dormitories and the
library) for regularly scheduled
weekly meetings.
Some of the senators wanted the
gripe sessions ended because of
organizational problems. Walsh
implied the problems should be
worked out and the program
reinstated.
SG statutes state that Walsh's veto
can be overridden by a two-thirds
vote of the Student Senate. Eagles
said to his knowledge, there has not
yet been an attempt to do so.
Walsh also vetoed the senate's bill
dealing with election statutes. There
were three areas of the bill which he
did not approve of, according to
Eagles.
The vetoed bill stated a maximum
of $25 could be spent by each
candidate for Student Senate seats.
Eagles said Walsh thought the
expense limit would not be enough
to inform the students about the'
candidates.
Eagles said the expense limit foi
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A new student parking lot will
soon be under construction,
complete with curbs and sidewalks,
the director of the physical plant said
Monday.
R. N. Peruf, the plant's director,
said Temporary Lot 100 would be
paved with asphalt and enlarged to
hold around 79 extra cars.
Construction is scheduled to begin
October 4.
The lot, which when improved
should benefit resident students, is
across the street from residential
units C and D, near the tennis courts.
Peruf stated the delay will give
students sufficient time to make new
parking arrangements when
construction starts.
He said the first phase of
construction-which should cost
about $76,000 - should take two
months, providing there is no bad
weather.
Curbs, gutters and parking islands
would be included. Peruf stated one
of the project's goals is to beautify
the campus.
Peruf eventually hoped to add sod
and trees around the lot to prevent
water running off the lot into the
tennis courts. He stated present street
lights and light from the courts
would be sufficient until additional
lighting could be provided.
He also said parking for
motorcycles would be available.
Lynn W. Walker, chairman of the
advisory Traffic and Parking
Committee, said the lot can be used
by both resident and commuter
students with the proper decal.
Ground broken
for Pizza Hut
near campus
Ground clearing for the new Pizza
Hut Complex at the corner of FTU
Boulevard and Alafaya Trail, was
begun Wednesday. The $360,000
complex has encountered many
difficulties according to Dean J.
Oakley of D. & J. Realty.
Oakley said that construction
should be completed in about four to
five months. There will also be four
other stores in the complex which
will be rented out by the time
construction is complete. Oakley said
he was not ab liberty to mention who
would occupy the other stores at this
time.
Peruf said the physical plant
enginnering department, led by
campus engineer Mike Spinnato,
designed the project.
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FLORIDA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Vol. 9        Friday, September 24, 1976 No. 5
Committee forms amid A&SF disputes
By KERRY FAUNCE
Editor-in-Chief
An Ad Hoc Committee to
recommend delivery mechanics and
procedures for distributing Activity
and Service Fee (A&SF) funds at
residence centers has been formed at
the request of Student Body
President Rick Walsh.
The committee was organized by
W. Rex Brown, vice president for
Student .Affairs, inadequate A&SF
funding for FTU's three resident
centers.
"What they're doing is separating
the resident centers, but they aren't
separating the students' money,"
stated Bruce Albright, chairman of
the Daytona Beach Resident Center
Committee for Student Government.
"The students at the resident centers
are paying money into this fund, but
they aren't getting anything."
Resident center students presently
contribute about five per cent of the
"What    they're     doing     is
separating  the resident centers,
but they  aren't  separating  the
students'  money.  The students
• • care paying money tnto this
fund, but they        aren't getting
anything."
-Bruce Albright
SG budget. Until last "June's $8,660
SG allocation to the Daytona Beach
and Brevard County centers, only
$248 (for a social fraternity at the
Daytona center) had been awarded in
.. the    three   years   since   they   were
opened.
Resident centers students have also
not had representation in the SG or
had been able to vote in SG elections
without coming to the university's
'main campus until last year, Albright
said.
Gary Andersen, who preceded
Walsh as student body president, and
requests " for funding from the
resident centers never got beyond the
student body president prior to his
term.
Walsh said he knew of no other
requests for A&SF money from
resident centers before last year.
But according to Albright, resident
center students had not requested
money in the past because they
either didn't know of its availability
or did not think they could do
anything  about  it, He contends all
residence centers should get the
A&SF money they pay, or be exempt
from the fee.
Walsh said it is unrealistic for the
It is unrealistic for the center
to expect to get all of this
money back since many A&SF
services at the main campus
benefit off-campus as well as
on-campus students.
-Rick Walsh
centers to expect to get all of this
money back since many A&SF
Services at the main campus benefit
off-campus   as   well   as   on-campus
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Photo by Kerry Faunce
FTU PRESIDENT CHARLES N. MILLICAN is presented
with a $93,950 grant from Henry J. Jibaja, the Florida
Program director for the Florida State Office of ACTION.
The money will provide on-the-job training for 30 interns
enrolled in FTU's Criminal Justice Department.
Better employment cited
for enrollment decrease
By MARK HESS
Managing Editor
Fall quarter enrollment for the 1976-77 year has dropped slightly as just over
9,200 students are enrolled at FTU, about a 10 per cent decrease from last years
total.
John R. Bolte, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said the 9,200
total is just a preliminary total and expects a another 600 students to enroll
through late enrollments and Continuing Education. Also, students who may be
dropped for non-payment of fees will also affect the total which is expected to
reach about 9,800.
Bolte said the drop was probably due to the'better employment prospects in
Central Florida this year.
William Chapman, university registrar, agreed with Bolte saying that when the
employment level increases, the enrollment level usually goes down. But he.
added that predicting any future gains for losses in future enrollments are
impossible. "Predicing the enrollment is as difficult as trying to predict the
economy," Chapman said.
'Bolte said the effect of the enrollment drop on Activity and Service Fee
(A&SF) money, the $2.14 which is taken out of each credit hour taken and
which is ultimately based on the number of students enrolled, cannot be
determined.
"I cannot respond to the effects on financial stress to the University because
of a drop in A&SF money," Bolte said. "Activity and Service fee money,
however, does depend on thytotal number of credit hours in which students are
enrolled for the entire year. Activity and Service Fee funds will only be reduced
if the total enrollment for all four quarters...proves to be below that of
1975-76."
Bolte said that class sizes should also be affected in the enrollment drop, but
in a way beneficial to the students. "The university has received funding for
more faculty members than we had last year," Bolte said." "This factor should
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