Central Florida Future, Vol. 09 No. 12, November 12, 1976

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FLORIDA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Vol. 9 Friday, November 12. 1976 No. 12
Funds withdrawn
for shooting range
By LISA FERGUSON
Staff Writer
A proposal made to the
administration by the FTU
Sportsman's Club for land to build a
university trap and skeet field will
not be approved because the
community organization willing to
fund the project has withdrawn its
offer.
The proposal asked for about 55
acres of university land on which to
build a trap and skeet field. "I
thought it was a good proposal. They
(Sportsman's Club) did a lot of work
on it," said Jimmic Ferrell, director
of Student Organizations.
The Shooting Chapter of the FTU
Sportsman's Club was offered the
money to develop a combination
skeet and trap shooting range and
access road by the Orange County
Trap and Skeet Club. The project
would cost about $45,000 according
to Ferrell. The university was asked
to provide the land.
The proposal was sent to John P.
Goree, vice president of Business
Affairs, on April 27. It was then
circulated among various staff
members who attached to it their
questions and comments.
The proposal was returned to
Ferrell in August for the Sportsman's
Club to answer the questions and
revise the proposal. By then, the
Orange County Trap and Skeet Club
had lost interest and made a deal
with another organization.
Four of the six officials to whom
the proposal was shown stated that
noise from the facility would pose a
problem.
Oswald, O. Gracia, campus planner,
said he was concerned about the
noise from the range and its effect on
the overall ecological balance of the
campus.
Dr. Martin P. Wanielista, chairman
of the F.conological Committee said,
"The committee was opposed to the
proposal on the grounds of it not
being consistent with the master plan
and the noise associated with such a
facility."
FTU's legal . counsel, John D.
Mahaffey, said that the noise from
the range might eventually become a
nuisance to surrounding
communities. He added, "I, at one
time, lived approximately 3/4 of a
mile from a trap and skeet shooting
range and am sorry to say that the
noise practically drove me insane
when there was a meet in progress."
Mahaffey was also concerned about
the possibility of having a suit filed
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Photo by Bernal Schooley
SMOKEY THE BEAR Visited the Child Care Center earlier
this week much to the delight of the 60 two to five-year-olds
who attend the Center.
Pay hike delay cleared
Registration
where does it go?
By BARRY BRADLEY
Staff Writer
Most students are aware that $2.14
of their registration, fee goes to
Activity and Service Fees (A&SF) for
student activities but many do not
know where and how the other
money is spent.
For instance, $9.31 of each hour
in the lower level and $10.81 of each
hour in the upper level goes to a
matriculation fee.
Joseph Gomez, FTU comptroller,
said this money goes to the
educational and general budget which
is used to operate the university. Last
year FTU received over $17 million
in educational funding from the
state. Of this amount, over $4
million, or about 23 per cent, was
contributed by students in the form
of the matriculation fee. The money
is used for faculty salaries and actual
expenses incurred in the operation of
the university.
Jim Vickrey, assistant to the BOR
Chancellor, said state dollars
accounted for about 49 per cent of
the total operating funds of the State
University System (SUS). The other
51 per cent comes from student fees
and from federal, state and local
grants.
Another $2.50 of each per hour
fee goes in a category labeled
building fee and capital improvement
fee. These fees are actually the same
thing but the building fee was
established before the capital
improvement fee and a different
formula is used to compute each.
This fund is divided* up among
each of the state's nine universities
on a need basis. The funds are used
for new buildings or for improvement
of present buildings. FTU received
$3.7 million of these funds last year
for the new educational building, for
improvements in the library and for
the new biology building.
The fund is also used to retire the
state bonds which were sold in order
to finance new buildings.
Still another category receives $.70
of each hour fee and is earmarked for
student   financial   aid   fee   and   the
general student aid fee. Again, these
are actually the same thing and they
are used for the same purpose but
they are computed using different
formulas and are maintained
separately.
A related item is the student
financial aid trust fee. This accounts
for 35 cents of each hour fee and
goes   to   the   State   Department   of
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By MARK HESS
Managing Editor
In response to a United Faculty of Florida (UFF)
newsletter headlined "No Raises for FTU Faculty," a
memo from the Academic Affairs office was released
Wednesday clarifying for FTU's faculty what appeared to
be a university hold-out on pay hikes which were awarded
last month.    •
The Faculty Forum, FTU's newsletter for UFF members,
stated in their Nov. 5 issue, "The UFF chapters at the other
campuses in the State University System (SUS) report that
they have received the raises won in the new
collective-bargaining contract, but at Florida Tech it's a
different story."
The Forum continued, "Faculty and professional
personnel here have no idea when the contractual
commitment will be implemented, and members are still
subsisting on the pre-inflation salaries of two years ago."
The story called on the administration to "get on the
ball." We would like answers to these questions. And the
grapevine says that the Board of Regents (BOR) would like
some answers to." (The last sentence of the story makes
reference to Chancellor E. T. York's visit to FTU last week
and his meeting with the Faculty Senate. It was reported
that one of the faculty members present at the meeting
questioned York about FTU being the last SUS school to
receive their collective-bargaining pay hikes. York
reportedly was bewildered by the question and answered he
did not know why FTU had not received their raises
because the other eight SUS schools had.)
As it turns out, and was clarified by the memo from Vice
President for Academic Affairs Dr. C. B. Gambrell, only
two other universities had their collective-bargaining
increases in the payroll checks before FTU . FTU's increase
will be in the Nov. 19 paycheck.
"Because the salary adjustment comments circulated by
the UFF last week are grossly in error, I am providing you
with the following accurate information based on contracts,
with the various universities," the memo said. Listed in the
memo were the expected paycheck increases for the other
eight universities.
"Several staff members in Payroll, Academic Affairs and
the .Deans offices worked extra hours to complete these
adjustments. As a result only two universities (University of
West Florida and the University of North Florida both of
which calculated early increases without waiting for specific
BOR guidelines) will have the increase s in payroll checks
prior to FTU."
Carol Walters, coordinator of budget planning and
analysis for the BOR said the differences between
individual universities' paycheck hikes comes from
"internal administrative differences," and all the payroll
increases came out of Tallahassee at the same time.
Dr. Frank Juge, executive assistant for employe relations,
explained that the pay increases are "very complex
calculations which require a lot of clarification. Part of the
reason for any delay at all was getting the constant
verification from the Board (of Regents)."
Calculations for all basic, merit and retroactive salary
adjustments must be made on an individual basis, Juge said.
This explains why the smaller universities, like West Florida
and North Florida, were able to include the pay. hikes
before any of the other schools.
Soccer squad denied playoff bid
Photo by Bernal Schooley
FTU'S SOCCER TEAM LOST on
two goals this week. On Sunday
they were passed over for the
regional playoffs and Tuesday
East Stroudsburg goalie, Chris
Rand shut off a shot on goal
(above). (See stories on page 14).
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