Central Florida Future, Vol. 12 No. 22, February 22, 1980

              Vol. 12
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Friday, February 22, 1980
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University of
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No. 22
Proposed lots
get final okay
for construction
by Diane Taylor
associate editor
In an attempt to alleviate parking problems on campus,
UCF administrators and Student Government have finalized
proposals for construction of a parking lot adjacent to the
Biological Sciences Building.
If all goes well, according to Student Body Vice President
James Blount, construction of the 400-car capacity lot will
begin early this summer and will be completed before the
fall quarter.
Blount and Student Body President Armando Payas this
week received final proposals from the offices of Mike Spinnato of the Physical Plant, and John Philip Goree, vjce
president of Business affairs.
"I think the entire project will entail right around
$140,000 to $150,000, which we can have withdrawn from
the Traffic Decal Fund," said Blount. "That (the amount)
includes drainages, walkways and sidewalks."
But Blount said the project "is costing less than we had
planned."
Blount said several sites were considered before the final
location was decided upon.
"One was the space adjacent to the Village Center. It was
argued that this should not be a part of the Biological Science building' because it is not that close to the academic
buildings. But we're not ruling it out," Blount said.
. He added construction in that area (near the VC) might
block access to the Health Center construction site.
A parking lot by the VC is next on the priority list,
however. The third choice would be a location near the
Education and Humanities and Fine Arts Buildings.
Payas and Blount submitted the original proposal for the
parking lot to Goree about three weeks ago when they
discovered they had sufficient funds to cover expected costs.
Goree, in turn, submitted the proposal to Spinnato, who
drew up the plans for the parking lot.
Blount added that UCF is one of only two state universities
that grew in size this year.
"We have to meet the needs of our expanding university,
and parking has always been a problem," he said.
Dave Dunlop/ Future
Spirits are high!
UCF students express support Wednesday night during the Rollins game.  The Knights
defeated the Tars 69-63/
Poor representation prompts
school enrichment program
by Kathleen Foronda
staff writer
The significant underrepresentation of
minorities in engineering has prompted the incorporation of a secondary school enrichment
program supported by the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering at UCF.
As a member of SECME, UCF in cooperation
with   the   Orange County   School   System,   is
providing Jones and Apopka High Schools with
modules  and   booklets   fashioned   to   motivate
minority students into the engineering fields.
The schools were chosen because of their large
black student populations, according to Dr. A.
Henry Hagedoorn, SECME professor.
OF THE 167 engineering graduates last June,
six women and four minority students received
bachelor of science degrees. Only two women
and one minority student received master's
degrees. None of the students were black.
In engineering technology, one woman and
three black students were among the 73
graduates.
Hagedoorn said an attempt was made in the
- Seminole County School System last year, but
failed.   Noted Hagedoorn, "They had problems
with teacher's strikes and salaries.  They weren't
in the mood to take up the project."
WITH government guidelines calling for equal
representation   by    minorities    in   managerial
\ positions, Hagedoorn noted the necessity of such
a project.    He said it takes approxiamately 15
years to achieve managerial ranks.
According to Hagedoorn, $3,000 for funding
has come from the Sloan Foundation. Dallas
Maddron, program coordinator, said the Orange
County School System has provided roughly
$400 for the SECME teachers.
Maddreon said SECME teachers John Permar
(Jones) and Robert Skinner (Apopka) were trained
Enrichment, page 13
Committee to survey students on dental aid
by Diane Taylor
associate editor
Evaluation of UCF's Dental Aid
program is underway, and the committee formed to examine the plan has
been divided into two groups to investigate two aspects of the evaluation.
One group is developing a student
survey, and the other is formulating
goals and objectives, as well as
analyzing costs of the program.
Dr. Alan Fiekett, chairman of the
committee, said none of the results
from the "pre-test" will be included in
final tabulation of the survey.
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Today's Future
Licking Rollins
UCF Knights took on the Rollins Tars-
Wednesday night. We beat our cross-
town rivals, 69-63. For picture and full
story details, see page 14.
C.W. Brown, Fiekett and Student
Sen. Emilie French are working on
revisions of the rough-draft survey and
plan to administer the final survey
Feb. 25.
Nineteen classes, representing a random stratification of UCF day and
might students and off campus i-
Istudents, will be surveyed.
Ron Jakubisin, executive adviser to
the student body president, prepared a
list of students who have already
utilized or are presently using the dental aid program. Questions concerning
the program were mailed to these
students this week.
According to Dr. Thomas S. Men-
denhall, committee member and director of the Health Sciences program, the
goals group is "somewhat a liasion
between the dental aid committee and
the Dental Board of Directors."
Mendenhall added that feedback
from the Board of Directors was
positive. "I think they're encouraged
with the program."
Fiekett has drafted a letter to
professors of the 19 classes to be surveyed, asking for permission to conduct a survey.and a convienient dates
to do so.
At the Feb. 14 committee meeting,
Fiekett discussed a letter he received
from Dr. Thomas P. Hand, presidentelect of the Ornage County Dental
Society. The committee has previously
aksed the opinions of Hand and Dr.
Hutson McCorkle, also with the Ornag
County Dental Society.
"His (Hand's) main thrust is toward
an educational perspective for the
program," said Fiekett. "I expect that
Dr. McCorkle will do the same."
In his letter, Hand stated that
providing "routine dental care for
convienience or economic disability is
not, in my opinion, the proper role of a
teaching institution."
Picking Cotton Seeking Profit
Recording artist Gene Cotton expresses
his memories and aspirations in an exclusive interview on Page 10. Gene Cotton launched the new "major concert'"
effort by the Village Center on Feb. 15.
Co-op allows students to gain experience
with major corporations while still
enrolled at UCF. Two hundred and sixty
students have earned a total of three
quarters of a million dollars.' See page 3.