Central Florida Future, Vol. 20 No. 46, March 1, 1988

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C1988 The Central Florida Future
Volume 20, Number 46
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday, March 1,1988
UCF union leaving dorm
issue lonely for attention
By Doris Pfister
Central Florida Future
Additional campus housing
has recently been overlooked
due to the recent push for the
student union.
However, on-campus residence is a major factor contributing to the success of the
union.
With the addition of more
dormitories more students
will live on campus, therefore
increasing the number of students taking advantage of the
student union facilities
President Assistant Fred
Schmidt, who is supporting
the push for housing, said, "By
us believing that the student
union will be the university's
answer to apathy, we are seriously selling ourselves short."
Schmidt added, "However,
coupling the student union
project with the project of
building more dorms will
greatly increase on-campus
involvement."
The demand for on-campus
housing is so great that many
students who are denied housing because of the lack of space
must make other choices as to
which college they will be attending.
Christi Hartzler, assistant
director of housing, explained,
"We (UCF) can't attract the
quality students needed because there is a definite lack of
on-campus housing. We're losing them to universities which
can offer sufficient on-campus
residence."
The seven halls currently
on campus house a total of
approximately 915-930 students.
As a Resident Assistant
Schmidt has seen the problems produced because of inadequate housing space.
"I think people who are not
directly involved with housing
are blinded. They can't possibly know what we go through
trying to find rooms for students to live in. We really need
more residence space."
This push for additional
housing is being thrusted by
SG Pro Tempore Dash Wen-
drzyk, and Senators Scott
Bowen and Schmidt, who have
been working on the plans for
funding for over two weeks.
"We want to get all the facts
before we jump in. We want to
cover all the angles and find
Navy coming in May
by Sieve Pa
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When about 1,350 Naval
personnel relocate to the
Naval Training Systems
Cei 3 link between
the   Central   Florida   Research Park and UCF will
■mgthen..      .
Allen Collier,-public affairs director for the Naval
Training     Center      in
Orlando, said the NTSC will
move  into  the   Research
The connection between
the NTSC and UCF occurs
through the Institute for
Simulation and Training
and the master's degree in
simulation and training offered by the Industrial
Engineering Department
"We are trying to become
an interface between them
(NTSC) and the university
system in Florida," Dick
Phillips, a program manager for the institute, said.
When the Navy wants
the university's services,
"We will manage that effort," Phillips said.
At the moment the institute is located near the
Physical Plant, but Phillips
said it will move to the
Research Park Pavilion
adjacent to the NTSC.  '..   .
Phillips said if the Navy,
or the Army's equivalent to
the NTBC the Program
Manager for \, g De
vices, which will be located
in the same . building,
wanted to build a new aircraft they would need a
system to train personnel
aircraft.
The institute would then
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SPORTS
■ The UCF baseball
team drops North Florida in Friday's action.
Plus, the men's tennis
team takes two wins
over the weekend.
every possible way to get the
funding we can," said Wen-
drzyk.
To receive sufficient investment to build the residence
halls, the university must
place approximately
$750,000-$l million in an escrow account.
This money will be used to
insure investors that UCF will
not default on its loan.
The full amount in the escrow account will be returned
to the state once construction
has been completed and the
university has built up enough
equity to cover the payments.
"The money in the escrow
account will not be used to
build the dorms. It is just there
to financially secure the loan
should the housing department default; however, having
the money in the account
would act as 'insurance'," explained Schmidt.
General Counsel Ashmun
Brown will be handling the
legalities of the dormitory
project and he personally feels
UCF needs more on-campus
housing.
"I'm personally and profes-
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SPRING BREAK
The bookstore reminds students that relief is just around the
corner. Spring break starts March 28!	
They're not just Book Exchange,
this frat is into helping all sorts
by Cosette Owens
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
When the semester starts, many people look
for an organization to join. One of the main
choices is a Greek fraternity or sorority. Some
people don't like this choice, however, due to
many reasons such as hazing and expenses.
"A lot of them are too party oriented" states
Mike Spohn, math education major. One alternative to the Greek scene is a service fraternity
called Alpha Phi Omega.
Although Alpha Phi Omega uses the Greek
letters, it is not Greek and is connected with the
Boy Scouts of America.
The organization holds many socials and
fundraisers but the main purpose is service.
Some of the service projects include doing such
things as helping build the playground at Turkey Lake Park, refurbishing the softball field at
the East- Orange Community Center, and par
ticipating in Green-up Orlando.
In addition to these projects, A-Phi-0 "works
with the spouse abuse shelter and has a continuing obligation with the homeless shelter",
states service vice-president Tim Ball. The
homeless shelter involves working from 1:30
a.m. to 7 a.m. During this time, the organization will patrol the area outside to bring people
in and serve them breakfast. Another thing A-
Phi-0 does is the well known Book Exchange.
With these service projects, comes a great
deal of friendship and cameradery. Treasurer
of A-Phi-O, Jay Michael, says that "You meet
people and have fun while learning about leadership and service."
UCFs chapter of this fraternity is co-ed. If
anyone is interested in joining Alpha Phi
Omega, Ta-Ann Sung, membership vice president, states that they should "stop by the office
at room 224 in the Student Center and talk to
some of the brothers to find out more about A-
Phi-O.
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