Central Florida Future, Vol. 21 No. 11, September 27, 1988

              "The Central Florida Future
© 1988 The Central Florida Future
Volume 21, Number 11
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday September 27, 1988
BOR calls for a
14.7% tuition hike
by Lance Turner
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The Board of Regents, the
governing body for the State
University System, meeting
on Friday, passed a recommendation calling for a 14.7
percent tuition increase. If
approved by the Legislature,
this could affect all of Florida's
university students.
A seven percent increase
was blocked last year when
the Florida Student Association mounted a successful lobbying effort on the Legislature.
The FSA, founded in 1976,
represents state university
students as their lobbying
voice to the Legislature. The
group's board of directors
-made up of the student body
presidents of the nine State
Universities — met this weekend with staff members and
campus leaders to discuss
plans for this year's legislative
session.
At Friday's meeting the
BOR opened discussion on the
tuition issue and announced
its position on the increase.
Speaking as chairman of
the FSA, UCF Student Body
President Denver Stutler responded to the regents, "We
won't support a 15 percent
increase."
UCF student Jackie Goigel,
who was appointed the student member of the BOR in
August, proposed a 11 percent
tuition increase and said,"the
FSA expressed that they can
support a seven percent increase."
Regent Robert Dressier
said, "seven percent would
have been reasonable last
year."
The tuition that state university students currently pay
only covers 20 percent of the
total cost of their education. If
the Legislature approves the
BOR recommendation, this
figure would stand at 22 percent for next year.
The BOR has set a goal for
students to eventually cover
one-quarter of the total cost of
their education.
Higher tuition costs are
just part of the BOR plan to increase the total operating
budget, in order to meet the
needs of the rapidly expanding
university system.
SEE BOR PAGE 4
Bill Foxwofthy/CENTHAL FLORIDA FUTURE
KNIGHTS WIN AGAIN!
UCF is now 4-0 with its latest victory over East Tennessee State
Saturdayaftemoon. The final score was 23-17.
Voter Registration
Books close on Oct. 8
for Nov. 8 election.
From 10 a.m. until 2
p.m. on Sept. 28 in front
of the Student Center,
the Orange County Bar
Association's Young
Lawyers Committee will
be holding a voter registration drive. An ID and a
document showing current address are needed.
Voter registration will
also take place at the following locations:
•University Realty,
1003 University Blvd.,
Orlando
•Voter Registration Offc,
1 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
•Job service of Florida,
58 E. Main Street,
Apopka
•Keyes Realty,
2211 Lee Road,
Winter Park
•Bank of Central Florida,
Horatio & 17-92, Maitland -
•Yogi Bear Parkway,
8555 Space Coast Pkwy.
Orlando
•Tucker State Realty,
5750 Silverstar Rd.,
PineHills
Election fills 16 Senate seats
Benjamin B. Markeson
COPY EDITOR
The Student Senate elections held Sept. 19 to 21 on
UCFs main and area campuses to fill 16 Senate seats
attracted 1, 273 voters.
This turnout, while not
as high as the 2, 133 votes
cast (out of 16,664 students
enrolled) in last spring's
hotly contested SG presidential election, is higher
than last year's Senate election turnout of around 800.
The largest number of
voters, 430, came from the
College of Arts and Sciences. Reportedly, at the
Daytona area campus about
230 students (33 percent)
voted, out of the 700 en-
SEE SENATE PAGE 4
Voting to fill Student Senate seats was held last Tuesday and
Wednesday on the Green.
UCF gets $1.95 million
to study laser chips
by Andre Marrou
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
UCFs $1.95 million share of
a Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA)
grant awarded to Florida's
state university system will
make for further strides in
producing laser computer
chips and enhancing the technological image of the university.
Dean McFall, director of
public affairs, said the grant
calls for $1.65 million to be
applied toward research in
opto-electronics and $300,000
for study of super-conductivity. Coordinating the effort
will be UCF's Center for Research/Electro-Optics and
Lasers (CREOL).
"What will be created might
be the next generation of
computer chips with laser ap
plications. If extremely miniaturized lasers can be instituted in the middle of each
chip, then information can
move faster," said Patrick Ri-
ordan, director of public information for the state Board of
Regents.
Two applications of the laser study will include the use
of laser light and non-linear
crystals. The middle of a laser
computer chip uses photons
which are particles of light
which increases the speed at
which they work.
"Present computer systems
operate on the exchange of
electrons which have a physics
imposed limit for their speed.
At issue is how to make the
devices that manipulate the
laser light particles," said Dr.
Michael Bass, vice president
for sponsored research.
SEE DEFENSE PAGE 5
SPORTS
■ A look at the Fighting
Knights' first win on the
road since 1986. Also,
Coach Gene McDowell
'has UCF's whole football
future in his hands.' See
Page 16.
OPINION
■ In Letters, find out what
readers think about the
'Dome,' SG and the merits
of Reaganomics. Also,
what can students do
about the proposed 15%
raise in tuition?
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