Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 13, October 2, 1990

              Knights pour it on Saturday
against Kentucky State
Women's soccer wins 2 over weekend-Sports
The Inner Circle may be
waiting in the mailbox
SG late opening election booths - Opinion
NEWSGLIPS............... 3
OPINION 8
DAVE BARRY.. .....9
CLASSIFIED .....10
SPORTS. 16
Central Florida Future
Volume 23, Number 13
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday October 2,1990
Tuition could rise
to fund UCF growth
Money from the increase will pay for the Union
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
The activity and service fee setting
committee discussed the proposed
$1.25 per hour A&SF increase Wednesday. One member said that if any students came forward to oppose the raise,
it would probably be killed.
"This committee has traditionally
raised the activity and service fee,"
faculty member Jeff Butler said, adding that he would vote against it if
students came forward and opposed
the increase.
The A&SF is currently $3.90 per
credit hour, the lowest in the state.
The increase would   .__■.»__—
make   it   among   the
highest.
A&SF money goes to
support student activities. It is allocated according to state guidelines by Student Government.
But no students attended the hearing,
designed as an open
forum for students.
Committee Chairman     Bob     Shafer
seemed  distressed  at  	
the lack of attendance
at the hearing and said a lot of students
may not understand what the committee does.
"I don't know how to put it in simple
terms except [to say], Tour fees are
going up,'" he said.
Faculty member Richard Cornell
suggested a fee break for students
"[Students] will not
see any tangible
results from this
increase for two
years."
- Bob Shafer
Activity and Service Fee
Committee Chairman
whose incomes fall below a certain
level.
"The reality is that kids have to pay
for books and tuition," he said.
The money from the fee increase
would go toward the Student Union.
Dr. Ken Lawson said the Union will not
be open until fall 1992.
"[Students] will not see any tangible
results from this increase for two
years," Shafer said. Two student members of the committee said the increase
is inevitable.
"The fee's going to be increased, I
don't care who comes in here," Gordon
Miranda said.
"For us to grow as a university, we
_______   definitely need an increase,"   Amy   Reese
said.
The committee's
next meeting will be at
noon Wednesday in
Room 211 of the Student Center.
The members of the
A&SF setting committee are: Chairman Bob
Shafer, student; Vice
Chairman Scott Pruitt,
SG chief of staff; Dr.
Jeff Butler, School of
    Communication;   Vic
Collazo, Student Center assistant director; Dr. Richard
Cornell, College of Education; Jim
Hobart, student; Dr. Ken Lawson, assistant vice president of Student Affairs; Gordon Miranda, student; Amy
Reese, student; Jim Smith, budget director; and Jimmy Watson, director of
Evening/Weekend Student Services.
Michael Pohl/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
RESPECT YOURSELF
Student body President Jeff Laing has fun on stage with hypnotist/comedian Tom
Deluca Sept. 25 in the auditorium. And Laing was not hypnotized.
No student senate re-elections will be held
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
The Student Government
Judicial Council on Tuesday
denied ousted student senator
David Mann's appeal of the
Sept. 17-19 senate election
results.
Acting Chief Justice Pat
Fletcher, speaking for the
other four justices, said the
council had made a
three-point decision.
Fletcher said
Wednesday that
although the time
loss did affect the
election, it did not
warrant a whole
new election.
"We didn't feel
like it was a big
enough influence
on the election,"
Fletcher said. Fletcher did
not announce a vote on the
ruling.
He also said the council will
review the time cards    and
schedule of the Election
Commission. The council will
then make a decision about
charges or financial penalties
against the commissioners.
Mann lost the election for
Arts and Sciences seat 8 to
newcomer Melissa Dietiker,
302-297. Dietiker lost a vote
after ballots were recounted
Sept. 24 at Mann's request.
He had appealed the election results alleging that the Brevard campus polls
were open three
hours late Sept.
17 and main campus polls were
open 40 minutes
late Sept. 18.
Chief Election
^Commissioner
Diana Sta-
neszewski did not
dispute   Mann's
area campus polls be open 4
p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of all election weeks.
They also say main campus
polls must be open 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
of election weeks.
When Fletcher announced
the decision, Mann softly said,
"That's interesting logic."
After the hearing, he said,
"That is the most bizarre thing
I've heard in my life.
"I just wish I knew what
logic they used."
Fletcher said ordering a
partial election to candidates
in close races would have been
unfair to the other candidates.
During the hearing, Mann
said he and several other candidates arrived at the Brevard
campus to campaign at 5:15
p.m. Sept. 17, only to discover
see MANN page 6
David Mann
testimony, but said the EC had
upheld the election because
the polls were open every day
they were supposed to be.
SG statutes require that
4judicial councilors unconfirmed
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
tions, was confirmed  Oct.18,        Kelly Wiggins, who was
Of the five members of the
Student Government Judicial
Council who heard an appeal
of the recent student senate
elections, only one has been
confirmed by the student senate within the past year.
Another who has been confirmed within the past year
was not at the hearing.
Justice Pat Fletcher, who
presided over Tuesday's hearing of David Mann's appeal of
the recent student senate elec-
tior
1989.
Justice Jennifer O'Katy was
confirmed Jan. 29. O'Katy was
not at Mann's bearing. Both
were appointed by former student body President Fred
Schmidt.
The other four justices at
Mann's hearing—Sue llack-
ett, Pam Howe, Amy Reese
and Mike Stroup—have been
appointed by student body
President Jeff Laing.
Hackett was originally appointed by Schmidt. Her first
term ended July 31.
not at the hearing, has been
appointed three times by
Laing to the position of chief
justice.
However, because the previous senate never interviewed her, her confirmation
was denied twice during the
summer term.
Her first term as a justice
ended Aug. 29.
Fletcher did not return a
phone call Sunday afternoon.
The remainder of the justices
could not be reached for comment.