The UCF Report, Vol. 02 No. 11, October 24, 1979

              University of Central Florida
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Wednesday, October 24, 1979
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The UCF Report
News and Announcements for the Faculty and Staff of the University of Central Florida
Birds aren't the only ones
migrating southward
Knight Notes
By now everyone probably
knows the Pirates won the Series,
but back in the April 25 issue of
The UCF Report, when we did a
story on baseball and included
six of the faculty and staff's
predictions on the winner, the
Yankees took four the of votes.
Two people, Karen Snead
(Acad. Affairs) and Jim Tagg
(Postal Svcs.) stuck with
Pittsburgh.
Snead was right on the mark
when she said:  ". . . the Pirates
will go places. In fact they'll
go all the way to the Series, and
win it, too."
Tagg also aptly summed it up
with: "The winner? Well, let's
just say Pittsburgh is going to
be the city of champions this
year."
Our congratulations go to
Snead and Tagg for their outstanding prognostications — and
to the Pirates, for winning the
Series and making their predictions look good.
Just a reminder — The UCF
Report welcomes news, photographs and announcements from
all faculty and staff members.
Information should be submitted
to the Office of Information
Services (Admin. 395K) no later
than noon on the Thursday
preceding publication.
Congratulations to the
Knights' soccer team for taking
the Sunshine State Conference
Title last Monday.
In the final conference game,
the Knights managed their
first-ever victory over the
Rollins Tars, 2-1.
Birds aren't the only ones
migrating southward these days.
According to a recent study by
Dr. James Ammons, UCF assistant
professor of Public Service
Administration, Central Florida will
continue growing throughout the
20th century, as it is one of the
main sanctuaries "snow birds"
will be "flocking" to.
"As long as the winters are
as cold as they have been in the
Northeast and the Midwest, and as    '
long as the comparatively low cost of
living and doing business in the
Sunbelt is maintained, people will
continue to come here," Ammons
said." South and Central Florida —
especially the Fort Lauderdale/
Hollywood and Orlando metropolitan
areas — will continue to grow
throughout the 20th century."
In a paper written jointly by
Ammons and Dr. Thomas R. Dye, of
FSU, the two compared the demographics of 128 so-called "Frostbelt
cities" to 115 in the "Sunbelt,"
and have shown that the population
is increasing in the Sunbelt, while
gradually decreasing in the
Frostbelt.
Their paper, "Frostbelt and
Sunbelt Cities: Aggregate Contrasts
in Population, Policies and Public
Policy," shows that the Frostbelt
areas are losing .3 percent of their
population per year, while the Sunbelt
areas report an average gain of 1.8
percent.
However, their study also indicates
that Frostbelt Cities still surpass
those in the Sunbelt in terms of per
capita income, median family income
and property value, suggesting that
they have maintained an economic
superiority.
These northern cities do have
some decided disadvantages, however,
their age and deterioration — not
to mention cold weather and rising
fuel costs.
A full 70 percent of Frostbelt
housing was constructed prior to
1950, and these cities also show
an older population than those in the
Sunbelt.
Ammons and Dye also discovered
that " 'reformed' structures of
government — council-manager form,
nonpartisan elections, at-large
elections — are found more frequently
in the Sunbelt than the Frostbelt. In
contrast, 'unreformed' structures —
mayor-council forms, partisan elections,
and ward or mixed ward are found more
frequently in the Frostbelt."
The researchers caution against
stereotyping cities and thereby
ignoring some important differences.
Yet they admit that the Frostbelt-
Sunbelt notion has become increasingly
Man's Migration, page 2.
MAPPING MAN'S
MIGRA TION - Dr.
James Ammons
examines the continuing trend of
population movement from the
Frostbelt into the
Sunbelt areas. His
study reflects a .3
percent decrease in
in Frostbelt cities'
population each
year, while the
Sunbelt gains 1.8
percent
Lady Knights aim for
National Championship win
ByJ.J. Eller
The UCF women's volleyball team
is going to try to do it again this
year — win the Division II National
Championships, that is. But it's
going to be more difficult. The
travel schedule is relentless, and
the opponents are much tougher than
last year.
Already the Lady Knights have
competed in the Alabama Invitational
(1st Place), the Eastern Kentucky
Invitational (2nd Place), the UCF
Invitational (1st Place) and the
Florida State Invitational (1st
Place). Along with these tournies,
the team has participated in two
tri-matches against Florida Southern,
Jacksonville University and Stetson,
winning both. All of these wins take
this seasons record to 29-1, and
combined with last years 55-0 mark,
gives the team a phenomenal 84-1
two-year record.
In looking ahead, Coach Lucy
McDaniel's squad has no room for let
downs now. October 26-27 finds the
team in Jacksonville defending their
title, which they've won for the last
four years. The next weekend,
November 2-3, the women will be in
Los Angeles at the UCLA Invitational,
competing against strong Division I
schools such as Michigan, Santa
Lady Knights, page 4.