Central Florida Future, Vol. 09 No. 07, October 8, 1976

              Bookstore construction
to begin near FTU
J r.l.U.    LIBRARY
ARCHIVES
By BILL PIEPER
Staff Writer
Construction of an off-campus
bookstore and a convenience store to
be located near the entrance of FTU
is scheduled to begin soon.
Development of other businesses at
the same location is possible in the
near future.
Beryl Wagner, an eight year
veteran of the retail bookstore
business, is planning the bookstore
which will- be located near the corner
of FTU Boulevard and Alafaya Trail.
Wagner hopes to have his business
in operation by Dec. 10, barring bad
weather. The store is planned to
cover 1,800 square feet, which
Wagner believed was slightly smaller
than the bookstore on campus.
Wagner said he will be offering
textbooks as well as fraternity
supplies, paperback books for leisure
reading and other goods that can be
found in the campus outlet.
He also said he would buy back
books from students and probably
pay a higher price than the campus
store. Wagner added he would try to
get a larger supply of used books to
sell to students at reduced prices.
A possible addition to his business
in the future, he revealed, could be a
photography service. He said one of
his partners, a contract photographer
for Studio One, may become a
business offering.
Wagner said he will be-
off ering textbooks as well as
fraternity supplies, paperback
books for leisure reading and
other goods that can be found in
the campus outlet.
Wagner has sought help from the
FTU Student Government (SG) to
help familiarize himself with the
needs and desires of the students. He
is planning to have a meeting with
FTU Vice President of Business
Affairs J.P. Geree sometime next
week.
"The key to the success of the
operation is in obtaining . the
maximum amount of information
from the staff and faculty," Wagner
stated.
In addition to the proposed
bookstore, a National Quick Shop
will be constructed at the same
location.
Jon M. "Mike" Mucklerey, an
Orlando businessman, is the president
of the corporation and owner of the
property. He said he is working in
conjunction with Wagner in
developing the area.
. Mucklerey said the Orlando-based
corporation has 10 outlets scattered
throughout the state. Construction is
being planned for two more,
including the FTU off-campus store.
The store will have self-service gas
pumps much like outlets of the
Tenneco chain. The complex, which
is planned to cover 1,200 to 1,400
square feet, should be completed
within 60 days
The owner said one of the chain's
stores is located in the.Lockhart area,
with other stores in Clermont,
Ormond Beach and other parts of the
state. He said the chain stretches
"from coast to coast."
Muckleroy said he may possibly
build a small shopping complex next
to the convenience store if he can get
proper zoning approval. He said the
stores would probably be leased to
small businesses, although no plans
are definite yet.
Photo by Fred Sommer
LAND CLEARING BEGAN RECENTLY for a combination
convenience store and gas station near the corner of FTU
Boulevard and Alafaya Trail. The complex should be
completed within 60 days.
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FLORIDA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
_        Vol.9 Friday, October 8, 1976 No. 7
Campus gets student lobby annex;
ex-cabinet member named director
v 'Free'notebooks
cause firms grief
By KERRY FAUNCE
Editor-in-Chief
Two Orlando businesses and
dozens of others in college towns
across the United States have
registered complaints against a New
Jersey based marketing firm which
has been selling advertising for
placement in free notebooks.
By BILL PIEPER
Staff Writer
A new program designed to inform
students of actions of the student
lobby in Tallahassee, has been
formed on campus. The program will
privide feedback to the lobby about
student desires and the local political
scene.
The program is an annex of the
Florida Student Association (FSA),
the group that attempted to put a
student on the Florida Board of
Regents (BOR).
Terri Harbeck, a former member
of the Student Senate and Executive
Cabinet, was recently named as
annex director. She said her job will
deal with a wide range of subjects to
serve students' needs.
Ms. Harbeck revealed her main
interests in the job are to promote
student involvement and strengthen
the student body's ability to state
their views.
The new director said she was also
interested in reviving the "Meet the
Candidates" program, a series of
speeches designed to acquaint
students with the candidates views on
the issued, that was on campus
during the summer quarter, although
as yet there are no definite plans to
do so.
Her main job, Ms. Harbeck noted,
was to register voters.. She felt a
powerful student voting bloc would
hel]   prevent legislation from being
TERRI HARBECK
—Seeks student opinions
passed that works against student
needs.
The annex will also make it easier
for the FSA to bring pressure against
legislators in order to support student
interests.
Ms. Harbeck believes many
students are in favor of preventing
raising tuition and mandatory
summer enrollment. She has pledged
to fight against mandatory summer
enrollment but if mandatory summer
enrollment is inevitable, Harbeck said
shw would campaign for a tuition
break for students.
A questionnaire was sent out
recnetly to local cancicates for public
office to determine their position on
issues relevant to FTU students.
Last week Ms. Harbeck mailed the
results to Apollo Visko, executive
director of the FSA. Ms. Harbeck
said, generally the questionnaires
tended to support student desires,
although she could not guarantee
they would fulfill their pledges once
elected.
She noted that many of the
respondents were defeated in their
bids for office. According to Ms.
Harbeck the questionnaires were
mailed to the candidates before the
primaries.
Visko, former student body
president of Florida State University
and the State Council of Student
Body Presidents (SCSBP), will keep
her office informed of events in the
state capital.
Ms. Harbeck, in turn, will seek
student   opinions   and   views,   and
transmit her finding to Visko in
Tallahassee. She will also inform FTU
students of developments in the
legislature.
Ms. Harbeck said a workshop will
be held Oct. 30 and 31 in
Jacksonville to acquaint the staffs of
the FSA annexes with methods and
ideas about.running their offices. Ms.
Harbeck said all nine universities in
the State University System have an
FSA annex.
She said the. annex staff members
will stay in Jacksonville to attend the
BOR meeting the day after the
workshop.
Ms. Harbeck, a junior majoring
public administration, has been
involved with the Student
Government (SG) since she came to
FTU.
According to Dr. Kenneth Lawson,
director of the Village Center a
representative for TAB Marketing
Ltd., 580 Syivan Avenue, Englewood
Cliffs, sold advertising foi placement
in 10,000 notebooks which were to
be distributed free to FTU students
and staff at registration. Lawson said
the notebooks have not been
delivered and efforts to contact the
firm have been unsuccessful.
Sam Catalano, bookkeeper for
Import Used Auto Parts on east SR
50, said his company paid $299 for
an advertisement which was to
appear in the notebooks. He said he
received the cancelled check but had
not heard from TAB or received an
ad proof.
Lawson said the Gallery Unisex
Beauty Shop had also paid $299 for
an ad.
Similar complaints about TAB's
service have arisen in other Eastern
U.S. cities. According to Lawson, the
University of West Florida, Pensacola
Jr. Collbge, University of Nouh
Florida, Jacksonville University and
four other junior colleges in Florida
have experienced problems with the
company.
The notebooks consisted of twelve
11 by 17 inch sheets of ruled
newsprint, folded and staple-bound
with a cover bearing advertising.
John D. Mahaffey, FTU legal
counsel, said anyone with complaints
should file them with the State
Attorney's Office in Orange County.
Complaints may also be addressed to
the Office of Consumer Affairs in
Orlando and the Lt. Governor's
Office in New Jersey.
Millican reverses stand on A&SF,
thinks full reallocation unneeded
SG Senate elections today;
candidates state platforms
Only eight contested seats are
on the ballot today as the FTU
Student Senate experienced one
of their poorest turnouts in recent
years for the number of students
running for the 48 available slots.
"Just not enough people were
interested," said a disappointed
John Keley,, student body vice
president. Of the 48 seats
available, 32 will be unopposed,
and eight will be vacant. Keley.
said he hopes as the quarter draws,
on, the senate will be able to
appoint some "capable people" to
the vacant seats.
Earlier this week, Student
Senate candidates were asked to
summarize their platforms and
state what they believed to be the
major problem at FTU. Published
here are the opinions of the
candidates who responded to the
Future's questionaire.
(Continued on page 8)
By BARRY BRADLEY
Staff Writer
FTU President Charles N.- Millican said Tuesday he no
longer believed that state university presidents should have
total veto and reallocation power over Activity and Service
Fee (A&SF) budgets.
Millican stated he had made the suggestion concerning
full presidential veto and reallocation power to a workshop
meeting of the State Council of University Presidents
(SCUP) the last week in August. '
"What I would like to try to do," said Millican, "is to
find some acceptable solution to the kind of problem that
has arisen at the University of South Florida (USF)." .
According to USF Student Body President Yvonne
Berry, the A&SF dispute at that university stems from
finance committee refusal to allocate funds for 21 staff
positions from A&SF funds. Ms. Berry said past USF
President M. Cecil Mackey, who has since left the State
University System (SUS), vetoed the budget proposals. He
reallocated the money to fund 32 staff positions - 11 more
than the original 21 that had been cut.
The still unresolved controversy at USF has spawned a
host of resolutions and amendments that would change the
present A&SF law.
One such amendment was introduced by H. Lee Moffitt,
D-Tampa. The Moffitt bill would split the activities and the
services into separate budget proposals. It would give
student government authority over the activities budget,
and the university would control the service budget.
"I had thought about it quite a bit over thy summer and
my feeling was... that it wasn't going to solve anything,"
said Millican. "Even within that kind of category there
could be some of the same kinds of problems...that have
arisen at USF."
As the present law stands, the university president can
ceto the budget and reallocate funds only within three
areas; Inter-Collegiate Athletics, health services and
outstanding bond retirement.
Millican said the budget presented by FTU Student
Government this year "was a good budget..and I saw no
reason to veto anything in it." Millican adds, "I sent a note
to student government because I wanted to commend them
for doing a real fine job."
Referring to the dispute at USF, Millican said, "I'm
sorry, but I just don't have a solution - I wish I did."