Central Florida Future, Vol. 14 No. 08, September 25, 1981

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Futura
Friday-September 25, 1981
University of
Central Florida
No.S
UCF Library lacks funds to buy books
by Mike Griffin
Future staff
A legislative budget cut in the-state
university system has resulted in a
"serious shortage" of funds for the
library.
The library director, Lynn Walker,
said the library received over
$150,000 less than last year's allocation. "We received enough to maintain our periodical commitments...but
not enough to buy new books."
Walker said the majority of the
allocation goes toward the subscrip-
'Committee'
endorsement
investigated
by Dennis Long
Future staff
Five student senate candidates endorsed by a group called the Committee for Responsible Leadership may
have been endorsed by only one
member of the committee. The other
four committee members denied that
they agreed to the endorsement and
also denied that the committee even exists.
Rob Rotter, an incumbent senate
candidate, said early Tuesday afternoon that he told fellow committee
members George Chandler, Mark
Donaldson and Kathleen Johnson a
week ago that he wanted the committee to issue endorsements. When none
of the three objected, Rotter said he
assumed he had their "tacit approval."
"There is no Committee for
Responsible Leadership."
George Chandler,
student body president
However, Chandler, Donaldson and
Johnson denied that Rotter consulted
them about making endorsements of
any candidates and they also denied
the committee still exists.
"There is no committee for Responsible Leadership," .Chandler said "It's
something Rob (Rotter) and maybe a
few others are doing. It's legal but I
wish he would have chosen another
name."
According to Johnson the committee
"ceased to exist" in winter quarter
after printing a newsletter advising
clubs and organizations how to acquire Student Government funding.
Donaldson said the last time he attended a committee meeting was in April.
Another committee member, Ray
Gates, agreed with Johnson that the
committee disbanded in winter
quarter.
tion to periodicals and journals. In addition to the subscription rates, the
library must pay binding fees to compile yearly volumes of the journals.
He added that the administration is
attempting to "identify other sources"
of funds to increase the $711,505
allocation.
John Goree, vice president in charge
of. Business Affairs, said the library will
have to operate within its allocation.
"There are no other sources," Goree
said.
Goree added that the expense cuts affected the entire university, not just the
library."We (UCF) are having a very
serious funding problem."
Funds are allocated by the
legislature with approval by the governor. The budget for the entire state
university system is then given to the
Board of Regents, which divides the
money up between the universities according to school population.
President Trevor Colbourn said the
legislative budget approved by Gov.
Bob Graham sliced more than $3
million from the university system.
"This, coupled with the rapid escalation  in  the  cost  of periodicals  and
Pam Gimson/Future
UCF student Cyndi Peterson steps into the voting booth during senate elec-
tions Tuesday and Wednesday.   For the story and election results, see page 3.
Rotter originally said Gates was the
only committee member he didn't talk
to about the endorsement. But, Tuesday evening he retracted his statement
that he had mentioned the endorsement to Chandler.
Rotter said he couldn't remember
whether or not he mentioned the endorsement to Chandler. He also
described his conversations with
Donaldson and Johnson as "very low'
key and very informal," and added
they may have forgotten that he talked
to them because of the casual wav he
mentioned the endorsement.
Elections Commission Supervisor
Paul Magnarit said there will be an investigation of candidates endorsed or
otherwise affiliated with the commit
tee to determine
violated.
if statutes had been
books, caused the problem."
However, Colbourn said that there
may be alternate sources of funds for
the library. "A study is being conducted as to whether or not there are
funds available."
Colbourn said that Walker will be
meeting with Dr. Frank Juge, vice
president of Academic Mfairs, to
discuss economizing and locating new
funds which would enable the library
to overcome its money problems.
"We need to take a hard look at the
periodical list and find the ones we
Library, page 4
Homecoming
concert date
rescheduled
Though rumors of a no-show were
flying, it is "pretty certain" that the
rock group Pablo Cruise will be
headlining this year's homecoming
concer t, said Dave Bartholemew, Concert Committee chairman.
However, the concert date has been
moved up from Nov. 4 to Nov. 1.
Bartholemew said the rumors began
last week when the band's second promoter, besides UCF student government, backed out.
Pablo Cruise was scheduled to perform four Florida concerts during
UCF's homecoming week. Three of
those concerts were canceled when the
second promoter left. Pablo Cruise
subsequently requested an earlier performance for UCF students since it did
not want to wait until Nov. 4 to complete its Southeastern tour, explained
Paul Franzese, Student Center program director.
Franzese    and     Bartholemew
discovered   that   moving   the   Pablo
Cruise concert to an earlier Nov. 1 date
Concert, page 10
inside
Magnant doubted that disciplinary
action could be taken under the
statutes since they may conflict with
constitutional protections of free
speech. However, he said, "In my opinion, the Committee for Responsible
Leadership has violated the intent of
the elections statutes."
Rotter denied that he had violated
the intent of the statutes in any way
and said: "the intent of the statutes is
not as clear as it should be. Other candidates can do the same thing." The
committee's endorsements did not include Rotter's name.
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Norman waits for you on page 4.