Central Florida Future, Vol. 23 No. 68, July 24, 1991

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Nick Conte strikes back
Abstract and reality merge at Enzian-Confetti
'it's always darkest just
before you step on the cat'
Education is a two-way street - Opinion
OPINION   e
DAVE BARRY     7
CLASSIFIED      8
FEATURES  12
Central Florida Future
Volume 23, Number 68
Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968
Wednesday July 24,1991
Students will pay more
for delaying registration
by Tom Kopacz
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Students who wait to register until the last minute or
don't pay their fees on time will
have to shell out more money
beginning in the fall.
The Board of Regents voted
June 27 to impose higher, separate fees on students who register or pay their fees late.
The BOR also approved a
new transcript fee and a higher financial aid fee.
The BOR's actions came at
the close of a fiscal year which
saw approximately $4 million
cut from UCFs budget.
Student body President Jason DiBona called the increases
quite unexpected.
The new late fees will be set
between $50 and $100 each, depending on the school. Previously, a blanket fee of $25 was
assessed.
The fees at UCF will be $50
for late registration and $50 for
late payment. The new fees are
not in the current schedule of
classes.
The BOR also agreed to
charge a transcript fee to students who request" more than
five transcripts.
Each of the nine state universities may set its own fee
up to $5.
The financial aid fee was
also increased 20 cents per
credit hour to $1.60 per hour.
The BOR discussed the increases for over an hour after
student regent Ross Wolf used
a procedural trick to get them
off a blanket approval list.
The board had placed the fee
increases on its consent agenda, meaning they would have
been passed with little debate.
Wolf, a UCF graduate student, placed the increases on
the action agenda for further
discussion.
He said the new late fees are
seen as an incentive to register
early.
"They [the other board members] felt that the $25 fee was
not a large enough deterrent,"
he said.
Half of the late fees would
go to the Incidental Trust Fund,
with the rest being retained by
the university.
Fight the registration Blues
•If you can't get all of your classes through Touchtone registration, Walk-by registration in
the Student Center Auditorium Room 172 from 10 a.m. to noon and then 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
if you have further problems, call the Registrar's Office at 823-2531 Monday-Thursday
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Laura werder/CbNTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
GIMMIE A BREAK
Tracy Andrachick, an education major, waits in line to register. Advanced registration started July 15
and ends July 24. Andrachick registered July 17. Students can also register over the phone.
UCF helps mother of murdered boy
by Jennifer Burgess
STAFF REPORTER	
When Lee Rayam, an employee of UCF, heard about a
tragedy in the community, he
did something about it.
David Votaire, a five year old
boy, was recently killed by his
stepfather, Robert Votaire. The
stepfather said he killed his son
because he didn't want his wife
to return the boy to his birth
father in New York.
"The mother, who has two
younger children, has suffered
enough. I wanted to do something for this family. I feel we
are all responsible for each other in some way," said Lee Ray-
am, assistant of special programs in undergraduate
studies.
Rayam decided to start a
program to help the distraught
see RAYAM page 4
Fee Increase Box
Base tuition*
Financial Aid Fee*
Building Fee
CITF Fee
1990-91
27.96
1.40
:2.32
2 44
1991-92
32.15
1.60
2.32
2.44
'Out/of .state: fees are;higher: $131.91 base tuition and 6.56 financial aid fee::
Wolf worked with the Florida Student Association's Council of Presidents to attempt to
lower the fees and did get a
compromise on the transcript
fee.
Originally, students would
have been charged up to $5 per
transcript requested.
Wolf said he has heard that
the University of Florida may
not charge a transcript fee..
"They think it might be too
much of a hassle administratively," he said.
Wolf also tried to return the
financial aid fee to $1.40 per
hour because the Legislature
had increased the state student
financial aid fund earlier this
year:
However, his motion was defeated when none of the other
regents seconded it.
DiBona said he plans to
meet with UCF Registrar John
Bush, Interim UCF President
Robert Bryan and Dr. John
see FEES page 3
UCF gets high-tech
computer software
The $25,000 computer package Alias
will be used to teach 3D animation
by Rebecca Falcon
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
The UCF Institute for Simulation and Training now has
the same software used to create the T-1000 in "Terminator
2" and the water creature in
"The Abyss."
The maker of the software
gave 1ST the $250,000 package.
This package, Alias, is a two
fold system that has a three
dimensional modeling and animation package and a two dimensional high quality print
used for advertising. The Alias
system will be used by students
who are majoring in film animation.
"Students will be required to
take a class offered through the
Film Department before they
can use Alias," said Jaquelyn
Ford Morie, who teaches classes in film and animation.
"This class will cover 3D
computer animation techniques and applications, teach
students to model and animate
on a high-end animation system and be required to produce
short, finished computer animations," Morie said.
Students are required to
have Intermediate Computer
Animation and/or permission of
the instructor.
Morie said the Alias system
will round out the film department.
"Alias has some features
that other software packages
don't offer, however, the major
advantage is that Alias is widely used in the work force and
when our students graduate,
they will be trained to use it,"
she said.
The software was donated
by Alias Incorporated, a Toronto based company.
"I've been trying for months
to get the software donation but
it wasn't until Image Resources, a local computer vendor,
stepped in, that we got the donation," Morie said.
Eric Smith, vice-president of
Image Resources, said Image
Resources had a two fold plan
for their involvement in the donation.
"Universities usually get
equipment that is ten years behind the times, and with the
Alias software system it gives
students a chance to learn on
state of the art equipment,"
Smith said.
He also said that because the
students are being trained on
Alias Image Resources his company, as well as other companies, will be able to find trained
people once these students have
graduated.
Morie said the new software
system will give students a
chance to practice with their
creativity.
"Our goal is to train students
not so they will be able to work
in Hollywood, but to train them
to be innovators so they can be
the next Steven Speilberg," Morie said.