The UCF Report, Vol. 01 No. 02, May 2, 1979

              University of Central Florida
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Wednesday, May 2, 1979
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News and Announcements for the Faculty and Staff of the University of Central Florida
Knight Notes
A new faculty development
program may soon be available
at UCF. Prof. R. Hamelin,
director of the National
Institute of Applied Sciences
(INSA) in Lyon, France, visited
UCF and the Florida Solar
Energy Center April 12 and
13 to discuss the possibility
of an exchange between INSA
and UCF faculty. The Franco-
American Alliance would help
fund this program. Dr. Frank
Juge (Grad. Studies and
Res.) reports that there is
also the possibility of an
exchange program between
UCF and the Universite'des
Science et Techniques in
Montepellier, France.
Also under consideration
are student exchange and
summer study programs for
our students with these
institutions. The State
University System is also
exploring faculty exchange
programs in the humanities
with the Sorbonne in France.
Who said mail delivery
today isn't like it used to be?
Jo Geren (Radiologic Sci.)
reports that she received a
letter in her mail at the
Radiologic Sciences Program
office in the Science building
last quarter, and wasn't quite
sure about the contents. Looking
at the front of the envelope,
she noted that the letter was
addressed to "Mean Joe
Green, c/o Pittsburgh Steelers,
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Someone at the Post
Office must have heard about
our volleyball team, and knew
you could find the world
champs at UCF. Ask "Mean
Jo Geren" for the details.
It was an honest mistake,
of course. Both the Steelers
and the Knights wear black
and gold uniforms.
"The facts about this place
can never be as bad as the
fiction."
Henry Ford II
"Run for Life" set for campus May 19
"Run for Life" is not a
soap opera or a sequel to "The
Fugitive."
Rather, it is a chance to
unlimber legs, have a fun day,
and, most important, join with
runners in 70 cities across
the country in helping the
American Heart Association reach
a $1 million goal.
The UCF campus is one of those
70 sites. President Trevor Colbourn
is honorary local chairman for
"Run for Life" Day in Central
Florida, to be held Saturday,
May 19.
It's not a foot race. The only
flavor of competition will be among
the individuals and teams who'll be
out to collect the greatest number
of pledges to cover the 2-mile course
that comprises the "Run" part.
It's a family event, to boot.
Kids and parents — and grandparents
are expected to join the action along
with area students of all ages,
teams from civic clubs and groups
from corporate sponsors.
The course is a loop cutting
through the heart of the UCF
campus out of Alafaya Trail and
ending at the start/finish line
between the Physical Education
complex and tennis courts. There'll
be aid stations every half mile
enroute for those with stout hearts
but tender tootsies.
There also will be a running
clinic conducted by WDBO's Tracy
Dent at 8 a.m. the morning of the
run. Registration of runners,
monitoring the event and clean-up
details will be handled by members
of UCF's Sigma Chi and Delta Delta
Delta chapters.
Check in and registration begins
at 7 a.m. The first runners will
start at 9 a.m.
UCF faculty, staff and their
families who want to take part in
the day's activities can pick up
pledge sheets for the Run at the
VC program desk anytime, said
Rick Hull, campus student coordinator
for the event. Hull expects at
least 1,500 runners to participate.
Ali participants will receive their
"Run for Life" tee shirts and other
material when checking-in. Pledge
sheets must be turned in at that
time.
And, while the minimum run
for life is two miles, runners will
be allowed to duplicate that effort
to a maximum of ten miles.
Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company, co-sponsor with
the American Heart Association, has
been working with area merchants
and attractions that have contributed
an array of prizes for various
categories of runners.
President/Chairman Colbourn has
invited area runners and non-runners
to the campus for the day. Aside from
the run itself, there'll be music,
tours of the campus, and plenty of
spots for a picnic lunch, he noted.
(Some of the music will be furnished
by Rosie O'Grady's calliope).
As Colbourn said in a message
to entrants to "Run for Life," it
will be a fun event, not a race.
No times will be kept. Participants
will be encouraged to run, walk,
wheel, hobble ... or crawl any
distance up to ten miles."
'The overall goal ... is
to raise funds for the American
Heart Association and at the same
time promote good health . . ."
On your mark. .. get set.. .!
Joining President Colbourn (center)
in the photo above, unfurling the "Run
for Life" banner, are, left to right,
volunteer workers Bob Midden, Don
Duanes, Michelle Gich, Rick Hull,
Arlene Shoemaker, June Morgan,
Bob Shoemaker and Scott Cruicshank.
The Paper Shortage - is it a problem at UCF?
Shortage.
It's a word that's become as
familiar to Americans as mom, apple
pie and Chevrolet.
Unlike those endearing examples,
it's a word that can cause a decided
rise in blood pressure and a fall in
confidence.
There are shortages of oil,
mortgage money, clean water and
clear air. We're short on exports
and short on cash. Some even say
we're short on everything!
The list goes on.  Like, for
example, the shortage that is much
closer to home than the corner
service station.
Paper!
No laughs. You only have to
witness the churning and clacking
of copying machines, presses and
typewriters to realize a university
needs more than oil to survive.
There may not be a paper OPEC, but
talks with those on campus and
elsewhere with a decided interest
in this particular topic leads you
to believe there'll be a tightening
of the screws to offset waste.
In an environment such as the
one at UCF, where paper is consumed
at a rate suggesting there's no
tomorrow, the need for conserving
paper has taken a serious turn.
The shortage is real.
Dr. Joyce Clampitt, UCF
business manager, views the
situation with concern.  "I don't
want to sound like an alarmist,
but we must get the employees
at the university to realize there
really is a shortage of paper."
Clampitt was joined by
university purchasing director
Bunkie Horton in expressing a need
for more self-control on the part
of UCF faculty and staff in their
day-to-day use of paper.
"We must raise the
consciousness of the users,"
said Clampitt. "An extraordinary
amount of paper is wasted every
day." Horton, whose records show
10,967,500 sheets of paper were
used last fiscal year, called it
much closer.  "A lot of people
have become copy maniacs," she
charged.
The growing shortage of paper
over the past year has created a
vicious cycle of sorts.  Not only
do large purchasers such as UCF
have to pay as much as 50 percent
more for paper when it's available,
but many more hours are spent
searching for sources of paper. So,
the overall cost of the entire
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