The UCF Report, Vol. 19 No. 14, February 7, 1997

              n This Issu
Black History
Month activities
coming up are
listed on page 4.
M The Wellness Center and the
CounseUng/Testing Department
are sponsoring National Eating
Disorders Awareness Week. They
will have a booth from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. in the Education
lobby today. There wiU be professional staff on hand to answer
questions and to provide free
screening, related information,
body composition tests and food
group challenges for prizes
donated by Marriott. For information, caU the Wellness Center, 823-
5841, or CounseUng Center,
823-2811.
The Community Relations
Office is organizing a UCF team
for the Junior Achievement Bowl-
A-Thon. Anyone who wants to
support the Junior Achievement
is welcomed to join. The cost to
bowl is $5 and a minimum of $25
in sponsor monies. There wiU be
prizes for the person who raises
the most money. The group wiU
bowl at East.Aloma Lanes on
Rouse Road and Rt. 50 on Saturday, Feb. 22, 3-6 p.m. Register by
caUing Betty Conldin at 317-7725
or fax 317-7744-
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Sheila Anderson, editorial assistant
Jacque Brund, photographer
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Feb.
Volume 19 • No. 14 • Feb. 7, 1997
A publication for faculty and staff
Two UCF students try their hands at jousting during the Field Leadership Reaction, a
physical workshop on problem-solving. The event was part of Leadership Week,
sponsored by the LEAD Scholars Program. See story and photos on page 4.
Board of Regents asks for approval of tuition
increase, technology fee, more student aid
The Board of Regents has agreed
to ask the Legislature for an
increase in tuition up to 10
percent. The vote was taken during
the board's regularly scheduled
meeting on Friday, Jan. 24, at the
University of West Florida in
Pensacola.
The board also wiU be asking
for a new technology fee and more
student financial aid to offset the
increase of tuition, including aid to
part-time students. UCF was the
only institution out of the 10
universities not to request increases
in the activities and services fee, the
athletic fee and the health fee.
According to Dan Holsenbeck,
vice president for University
Relations, the members of the
Legislature have said they wiU
consider raising tuition.
"They have not shown where
they stand on this, except that some
increase was warranted," he said.
The legislative session begins
March 4. Gov. Lawton Chiles
recently released a proposed budget
requesting an 8 percent tuition
increase.
The board's Tuition and Fees
Committee had recommended that
an annual 10 percent increase be
instituted until the State University
System's tuition reached the national
average. The 14-member board was
convinced the proposal would be
rejected by legislators, although the
SUS ranks 47th in the nation in
tuition. Currently, the average
student pays $1,830 annually for
tuition. A 10 percent increase would
raise that average to $2,055, which
would stiU be one of the lowest
tuition rates in the country. The
average is $3,200.
Members of the Florida Student
Association, including some UCF
students, were on hand for the
meeting to protest the increases.
"The students are concerned
about the fairness of these increases,"
Holsenbeck said, " and they engaged
in a very responsible debate. The
students made their point while
handUng themselves very weU."
Holsenbeck said President John
Hitt was one of the first to propose a
technology fee. "It is very important
to us," Holsenbeck said.
Provost Gary Whitehouse said
the details of how a technology fee
would be used remains uncertain, but
it would be spent on student services
that would be very visible.
Joel Hartman, vice provost for
Information Technologies and
Resources, said a technology fee
would give the school a "predictable
source of monies to support the
services students need and want."
The BOR will request either a $50
per semester fee or a per-credit fee
that would not exceed $50.
"If there is a technology fee, a
campus group wiU be formed to
review our needs and provide
recommendations," Hartman said.
"We don't know how much money it
might generate, so we'll assess our
needs when we know more."
Hartman did speculate that the
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