The UCF Report, Vol. 04 No. 25, February 24, 1982

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The UCF Report
Volume 4, Number 25
for the Faculty and Staff
February 24, 1982
MODEL OF UCF LIBRARY with 3-story
addition to north (and with new topographi
xal contours).
Art festival kicks off 'Women's Week'
An outdoor art festival featuring
works by leading women artists from
Center Florida will highlight this year's
"Women's Week," which will be held
March 22-26 on the UCF campus.
Sponsored by the UCF Women Student Task FoRce, the week is designed
to expand educational opportunities for
women outside the classroom and to
inform them of their options in today's
society.
"The sessions will not only provide
helpful information but will provide
Experts, public
to share drugs,
alcohol views
Roles of education, rehabilitation and
legislation in today's drug-oriented
society will be explored during a 3-day
seminar starting March 8 in Orlando
that will feature experts from many
walks of life and their views on the
mounting national concern over the use
of drugs and alcoholism.
The seminar—offered through the
cooperative sponsorship of UCF, U.S.
Navy and National Committee for the
Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug
Dependency—will present "an opportunity for concerned citizens to examine
vital evidence presented by recognized  ■
authorities/said Dr. Charles M.
Unkovic, UCF sociologist and a program
co-director.
Social scientists, educators, medical
professionals and others closely allied
with drug and alcohol prevention will
conduct more than two dozen workshops. Persons interested in attending
the seminar are invited to register by
calling the College of Extended Studies
(x-2123) or at the Las Palmas Inn on
International Drive, Orlando, before the
seminar begins at 9 a.m. March 8.
The majority of the workshops will be
devoted to examining alcoholism and
drug dependency as they relate to
young people and families, Unkovic
noted.
women, both on campus and in the
community, with an opportunity to
make contacts with area professionals,"
said Pat Hardester, chairwoman of
Women's Week.
"Focus on Careers" will kick off the
week on March 22 with sessions on
resume writing, financial security and
time management, and information on
careers for women in science, business
and health. A "Dress for Success"
fashion show and luncheon will be
presented at noon in the Student Center
Auditorium.
March 24's theme will be "Focus on
Safety," and women may take a certified CPR course, and attend sessions on
nutrition, physical fitness, safety and
sexuality.
The week will conclude March 26
with the outdoor art show.
All programs will be free except the
luncheon accompanying the fashion
show. Tickets for the luncheon may be
purchased by calling Anne Kerr, (Student Affairs) at x-21 77.
Reagan critic
Benjamin Hooks. NAACP
executive director, blasted President Reagan's economic tax cut
proposals in a Black Awareness
program on UCF's campus
Feb. 16.
About 200 people listened to
Hooks' charge that the presi
dent's proposed cuts in welfare
would set America's poor 'back
50 years.'
'He is messing up the country
and if something doesn't stop
[Reagan], we'll end up in a
depression,' Hooks predicted.
$8.4-million
expansion-of-
library bids
due March 9
When UCF's 5-story library building is
renovated and its functions meshed
with the new 4-story, attached addition
to the north, the enlarged facility will
just about double its academic usefulness, according to Lynn Walker, library
director..
"It's been a long time arriving, but in
two years we shall have a library that is
in tune with UCF's needs and for some
time to come," Walker declared.
He has been working closely with the
University's Facilities Planning Office,
headed by director Robert Webb and
assisted by projects manager Richard
Lavender.
Bids for the estimated $8.4-million
construction project are due by March 9,
according to Lavender, with award of
the contract planned by March 26.
The job will take about two years to
finish if work proceeds without major
interruption, Lavender said.
The huge project will be performed
while the present library's facilities stay
in use, Walker said.
"We will occupy the new addition on
a floor-by-floor basis, permitting the
contractor to start remodeling the present building," Walker said.
Construction phases have been coordinated with the University's semesters
so furnishings and equipment can be
moved during semester breaks.
According to architect's plans, the
building renovation includes removal of
the circular drive between the reflecting
pool and the library front entrance, as
well as the approach to, and exit from,
the library's lower-level loading dock at
the rear.
The ramped library front entrance will
be lowered about 3V2 feet and made
into a walk along the building's front
side. Lavender said a new lower-level
entrance, underneath the 1 st-floor front
entrance plaza, will be reached by a
downward ramp.
He said the traffic design for the
stubbed ends of Central Florida Boulevard, which involve the existing "B" lots
astride the Administration Building,
have yet to be determined.
The library renovations will cost about
$2.3 million, the addition about $6.1
million, Lavender estimated.
He said the addition's net square
footage would exceed 93,000, while the
old building's net will become considerably higher than today's 77,000-plus
square feet.
"We will be taking down a number of
partitions, opening up the floors to better use," he explained.
Why even more space in only a 4-floor
addition?
"More efficient design, and lots of
open space," Lavender said.