Central Florida Future, Vol. 13 No. 07, October 10, 1980

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Volume   13
Friday, October 10, 1980
University of
Central Florida
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Shortages: UCF isn't lacking them
by Frank Forester
Editor-in-chief
Approximately 1200 qualified applicants had to be turned away from
UCF due to shortages in faculty and
facilities according to Dr. Alan
Fickett, special assistant to President
Trevor Colbourn.
He said the university cannot provide
the quality education and facilities
necessary to admit more students until
the Board of Regents (BOR) and the
legislature provide the university with
the necessary funds.
12,600 students are enrolled at UCF
this quarter.
UCF received $250,000 for temporary faculty positions this quarter.
This allowed UCF to admit 500 more
students, said Fickett..
He said UCF will soon complete its
legislative budget request for 1981-
1983 and will ask for additional funds
for faculty and support staff. The BOR
will review the requests and send them
to the legislature in the spring.
The university also needs more space
for classrooms, offices and library use.
"The fact that we have a facilities
problem is not being ignored," said
Fickett.
While local legislators have
"responded very positively to the
university's needs, UCF has not been
getting its fair share compared to the
other state universities," said Fickett.
John Goree, vice president for
Business Affairs, said      the      ad
ministration will turn in a "wish list"
to the BOR by Oct. 10. It will request
$55 million construction money for
the next five years he said.
Goree said the big question is "Do
we build a new library or expand the
old?"
The library seats five percent of the
student   population   now   while   the
national norm is 25 percent. "It's a
jammed in mess,' Goreesaid.
He said that during the university's
self study, to be conducted in 1982,
UCF will become marginal in the
areas of library seating and shelving.
The space shortage may affect our accreditation he said.
If the library only expands it gains
no offices or classrooms but if a new
library is built it would serve our needs
until the year 2000, he said.
If the new library is built, it would
provide about 260,000 square feet and
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Studying ahead
Donna Denicole,  an engineering major, uses her books to help keep her head dry during Tuesday's rain
Senate pledges $2000 for bike path
by Doug Marks
associate editor
In its last action, the Twelfth Student Senate promised
$2,000 towards a bike path along the south side S.R. 50.
Bill 12-68 will provide 1.48 percent of the $135,000
needed to build a seven-foot-wide, three-mile path from Dean
Road to Bonneville Drive. The project is being organized by
EastOrangeComrnunity Action, Inc.
SC's donation is contingent on the community group's getting all the money needed to complete the path. The funds
will revert to the senate Sept. 30, 198 1 if not used bv then.
Dan Friend, F'OCAI executive director, explained the
three part project at the Sept. 30 senate meeting. The first
stretch, one mile from Dean Road to Grayson Drive, will be
funded by a $45,000 grant from the state transportation
department.
The 1.2 mile Alafaya 'Frail to Bonneville Drive stretch will
bv funded jointly by UCF, Community Action and the Central Florida Capital Funds Clommiltee.
Friend said SC's letter of intent will be part of a $10,000
challenge grant to the CFCFC, which will be asked Oct. 24
to put up the remaining $35,000.
The committee is a nonprofit organization supported bv
the United Way. It gathers and grants money to finance
capital improvements for non-profit groups like Community
Action.
Friend said the committee normally does not fund projects
on state land. However, if presented with a show of
solidarity between the community, UCF and the county, the
committee will probably support it, said Friend.
Route 50 businesses are also chipping in, said Friend. He
explained that Del Perkins, who owns the University Quality
Inn, has given $500 for the project.
The Alafaya Trail to Gravson Drive length will
theoretically by funded by-the Orange County Community
Development Office. While this stretch is only .8 of a mile, it
will also cost about $45,000 because of construction difficulties.
That part of S.R. 50 is more developed than the other parts. One bridge will be needed for the path.
Friend said UCF's support will help convince the
development office to make the grant. Funding is likely but
not assured, he said.
 SC, p. 8
Services
denied
to group
by Diane Taylor
entertainment editor
The Christian Students Association
has been denied meeting privileges for
religious services at UCF.
The group is no longer conducting
services on campus because the
"meetings raised serious constitutional
questions," according to University Attorney Ashmun Brown.
"The group had no other meeting
place... so indirectly we were aiding a
religious group," Brown said. "Under
the first amendment of the (U.S.) constitution, we can't dictate who is or
isn't on campus, but we, as a state
university, also can't aid or abet
religion."
Brown added the university could be
used on a temporary basis, but CSA
had taken advantage of the situation.
"The facilities on campus are
primarily for students and faculty,"
Brown said. "This group had no real
association with the university."
A representative from UCF's United
Campus Ministry said that members of
the University Boulevard Church of
Christ were attending the services; and
that over 50 percent of ' the
congregation were not UCF students.
According to the representative,
"The University Boulevard Church of
Christ came in under the guise of CSA
and there's no doubt there's a
correlation legally with the Crossroads
Church of Christ (in Gainsville)."
The Crossroads Church has come
under heavy criticism from several
parents groups for its religious practices.
Brown said he has received a dozen
letters protesting the use of UCF
buildings for church activity within
the last two weeks, several of which
specifically mentioned use by the
Crossroads Church of Christ.
Dr. LeVester Tubbs,. associate vice
president for Student Affairs, said, "As
far as I know, the only reason they're
not meeting is an availability of space.
"There are two ways to use campus
buildings: one, the community can
request space on a rental basis if it is
available and if the university wants
to rent it; two, registered student
organizations may from time to time
schedule events for the entire communitv," Tubbs said.
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