Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 05, September 8, 1992

              OPINION p. 6
FEATURES p. f1
SPORTS p. 12
i: A $10,000-
a-year needy student
Elvis memorabilia draws      Knights crush Bulldogs
fans to local museum behind running of Davis
Central Florida Future
Vol. 25, NO. 5
Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968
TUESDAY September 8,1992
16 Pages
.DiBona receives controversial award
Student body president's ethics questioned as Senate asks him to give up money
by Jennifer M. Burgess
STAFF REPORTER
Student Government Senate passed
a resolution Thursday asking Student
Body President Jason DiBona to decline a $1,500 SG scholarship due to a
conflict of interest. «;
"It's a matter of ethics," Sen. Ana
Bugdadi said at last week's SG meeting.
Senators said DiBona, who is paid
thousands of dollars a year for his position, should not be entitled to an SG
LENDING A HAND
scholarship. But DiBona disagrees.
"I applied as a student for a student
scholarship," he said last week.
DiBona said Sunday that so far he
has no intentions of giving up the scholarship.
SG gives out several scholarships a
year, including the Regent's Scholarship which was awarded to DiBona.
The scholarships are funded by activity and service fees, paid for by all
students.
An SG scholarship committee set
the criteriafor the scholarships. DiBona
was supposed to serve on the committee but instead designated Student
Body Vice President Mark Dogoli to
replace him.
The SG scholarship committee does
not choose the winners of the scholarships. Instead, a university-wide scholarship committee decides on the recipients.
The only SG member on the committee, Public Relations Director Chris
Marlin, withdrew his vote to decide the
winner.
"All I can say publicly is congratula-
DIBONA
tions to the
winners of
the scholarships," Marlin said Sun-
day.
The   SG
committee
decided the Regent's Scholarship
should be awarded based on involvement as a leader and contributor to
student life on campus.
SCHOLARSHIP continued page 5
Credit union raises minimum
savings balance 1000 percent
Despite rain, members of Sigma Chi collected and sorted
supples for the South Florida victims of Hurricane Andrew
laSt Week. (MlchaaJ DeHoog/FUTURE)
by Zuaelie Ahmed
CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE
Savings account minimums at
the UCF Federal Credit Union
were raised from $5 to $50, creat-
ing an angry stir from some students who say their financial situation is hard enough without the
credit union making them keep a
higher amount lying around in an
account.
Jem Allen, member services
manager, said the 1,000 percent
increase was the decision of the
board of directors. The board researched other credit unions before making the decision, she said
last week.
Ttisnotlikethey?relosing$50,"
she said. "It is not a fee. The $50
just stays in their account. It collects dividends."
The increased savings will be
an added protection for students
who overdraw on their checking
accounts. If a student writes a
check and doesn't have enough
money in the checking account,
money in the savings account is
immediately transferredtocheck-
ing, thus avoiding charges.
Allen said that the credit union
would be flexible in dealing with
students whose savings accounts
go under $50; but that if it was not
eventuaUybroughtuptothemini-
mum,theaccountwouldbeclosecL
Allen would not give a specific
amount of time that would elapse
before theaccountwouldbeclosed
"It depends," she said.
"Theaectttunionismostlyused
for convenience. The increase is
stiDcheaperthanotherbankscon-
sidering that we have unlimited
usage, no per check fee, and no fee
to use the ATM if the on-campus
teller is used," Allen said.
Menadmitted that someofthe
students had complained about
the new policy.
"The amount that I have to
keep in my checking account is
high enough as it is," sophomore
Patricia Baralt said. "I do not see
the need to put an extra $45 in my
savings account when I don't even
use it"
In a checking account, the only
CREDIT continued page 5
Some students are upset about the credit union's savings
account minimum balance increase. (jwonEpai/RJTURg
SG removes some services from South Orlando branch campus
by Jennifer M. Burgess
STAFF REPORTER
After reviewing the South Orlando Campus budget, Student
Govemmentis cutting $15,000 in
financial support for the branch
campus.
Don Langley, director of campus services, spent about a week
reviewingtheservicesandmadea
recommendation to StudentBody
President Jason DiBona to partially remove SGservicesfromthe
branch campus.
Accordingtotheumversity section size report, 49 classes are
being offered this semester on the
South Orlando campus. Ofthe 49
classes, .34 are taught by video and
5 are broadcast on television.
Previously SG provided South
Orlando students witkanupdated
jobplacementbuBetmboard,photo
ID. and validation services, computer lab assistance, photocopying services, free local calls and
general student assistance.
According to Langley, SG was
providingservices to students that
students' money should not pay
for.
"I received the impression thaf
the SG staff was essentially the
administration staff for the campus," Langley said
Langley added that the free
phones and the copy services
were the only services SG should
provide to students at the South
Orlando campus.
Langley recommended to
DiBona that one person be hired
for 10 hours a week to maintain
the copier.
"The administration should
be informed to handle their ad-
ministrative functions," Langley
said.
According to DiBona, meetings are being set this week for
informing the administration
about the changes.
Accordingto DiBona, student
services for the branch campus
students will still be available.
""We're going to do the best to
serve the students out there.
We're not just abandoning
them," he said.
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