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Central Florida Future
Volume 23, Number 19
University of Central Florida/Orlando
Tuesday October 23,1990
Health fee may
increase $7
per semester
Altman must approve the fee rise
by Pamela Englund
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The outcome of the UCF
Health Fee Setting Committee
on Wed. Oct. 17 was a recommendation to increase the fee
from $34.00 to $41.00.
This final hearing of the
committee was open to students in order to give them a
voice in the committee's decision. Only four students attended, three of whom work in
the Student Health Center.
The seven-dollar health fee
increase must be approved by
UCF President Steven
Altman, Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. LeVester
Tubbs and student body President Jeff Laing before it can go
into effect.
The health fee will continue
to cover the cost of the Comprehensive Health Assessment
and Motivation Program
(CHAMP test) as well as X-ray
credits.
When asked if those two
benefits would be cut, Dr. John
Langdon, director of Student
Health Services replied, "Not
while I am here."
However, laboratory work
is no longer covered by the
health fee. Langdon also said
the displaced lab credits would
go to create new alcohol, drug
and AIDS awareness programs, as well as to support existing programs that serve all
see HEALTH FEE page 7
A GOOD SIGN
Andrew Schmitt/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
President Steven Altman recognizes the Environmental Society's
Adopt-a-Highway clean-up work on two miles of Alafaya Trail.
Jim Ferguson/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Vice President Lee Tubbs (right) announced Thursday SG statutes were suspended and elections
are void. Student body Vice President Jason DiBona (left) and President Jeff Laing look on.
SG statutes ejected to stop
complaints in re-election
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
by Tom Kopacz
STAFF REPORTER
The vice president for Student Affairs suspended Student Government's statutes Thursday.
Vice President Lee Tubbs also disbanded the
recently elected student senate.
At a press conference
Thursday, he said new elections will be held under guidelines by himself and student
body President Jeff Laing.
Tubbs said new elections
will be held as soon as possible,
but he would not specify a date.
In a memorandum to UCF
President Steven Altman, he
said elections will hopefully be
finished by Dec. 1.
Tubbs said he took action
after deciding that a new senate election could not be held
under the current election
statutes.
He said those statutes
would not allow SG or Student
Affairs to make any decisions
in future elections without
complaints.
Tubbs said he had the
choice of either suspending the
statutes or validating the election. He said
there was no evidence to support invalidating
the election.
"I had a reluctance to do that [validate the
election] on the basis of the fact that I did inject
some of my thoughts in an advisory capacity to
see STATUTES page 6
Reaction to suspend statutes negative
Reaction was negative
after Vice President for Student Affairs Lee Tubbs announced his decision Thurs-
day to suspend the Student
Government statutes.
"It's another fine unilateral action by Tubbs and the
crew in the executive branch
j of SGI to deprive the students of their rights,7' Bon
Taylor said. Taylor lost the
election for Arts and Sciences seat 9, 287-221.
Taylor's appeal of the recent
student senate elections led
to the Judicial Council's de
cision to void the election.
"I'm glad there's going to
be another election if we
could have it on the timetable set up by the Judicial
Council but Tubbs decided
to extend it," he said..
"I think by extending it
his main purpose was to
limit the number of appeals," Taylor added.
"The two reasons he
stated that we could have an
appeal [voter fraud and
major rules violations]
...limit the fact that he could
write a statute wrong that
would put one candidate at a
see REACTIONS page 6
Minority programs pay off; UCF minorities up 17 percent
by Rebecca Evans
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
UCF's minority enrollment has increased 17 percent this semester.
Minority scholarship funds have increased, too.
However, these students would not know this money
is available to them without UCF's commitment to
minority recruitment.
Many programs have helped to increase minority
enrollment this fall. Over the summer, a recruitment
phone-a-thon was held.
"Currently enrolled minority students called mi
nority high school students who had been accepted to
UCF and offered to answer any questions they might
have about financial aid, registration or student
organizations," Dr. Robert Belle, director of Minority
Student Services, said.
The Academic Enrichment Program offers minority high school students the chance to come to UCF
and go through a mock registration process.
"Scholarships are available for the students who
choose to attend UCF," Cecelia Rivers, director of
Special Programs, said. "This provides extra incentive."
Summer Career Modules allow 125 minority stu
dents to spend a week during the summer living in
the dorms and attending specific presentations by
the college of their choice.
The Bridges to Success program works in cooperation with Valencia Community College and Lake
Sumter Community College to give graduating high
school seniors early orientation sessions.
Georgette Edmondson-Wright, assistant director
of Admissions, has been put in charge of minority
recruitment. She is working on ways to keep the rate
of minority enrollment rising.
see MINORITY page 3