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Golden Knights suffer heartbreaking toss to TAAC leading College of Charleston- p.12 The ^_^__ ' Central Florida Future Vol. 28 • No. 40 Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968 Feb. 13, 1996 Apartments to alleviate doim shortage by JENNIFER LINDSTROM Contributing writer It's that time of year when students need to make decisions about where they will be living this summer and next fall. Guaranteeing students a spot for on-campus housing is becoming more difficult at UCF, as the campus population continues to grow from its current 26,000. On-campus housing has about 1,600 rooms in residence halls and about 750 private rooms in the Lake Claire Apartments. There were 1,650 students living in the residence halls for the fall of 1995. The actual number of students living on campus changes continuously based on students moving out of dorms or into double and triple occupancy rooms. In a memorandum sent to all current residential students from the housing office, students were notified about what their options will be for next fall housing. The majority of residence hall (Lake, Volusia, Osceola, Polk, Orange, Seminole, and Brevard) beds will be held for incoming freshmen. Only 200 rooms in these dorms will be allocated for the returning residential students. The remainder of the current residents, unless they are on the Prepaid housing program, must either look into Lake Claire or find something else off-campus. Florida Prepaid participants who have active dormitory plan contracts will be first priority. The Lake Claire Apartments are available only for students who have completed a minimum of 24 credits. The deadline for Lake Claire applications and a deposit of $100 for current residential students, and $ 150 for new students, is Thursday, Feb. 15. However, there is no guarantee that a room will be held for a person who makes the deposit. If the applicant is turned down, the money is refundable. The problem still remains of where a student will have to go for housing if they are turned down on- campus. Generally about 1,400 students of the residential halls are freshmen. With only 750 rooms, Lake Claire cannot possibly house all of them when they meet the 24 credit demand. Students already living in Lake Claire have the option to keep their room. An option for students trying to decide what they will do if they cannot receive on-campus housing are the new developments, Knights Krossing and University Club Townhouses. Both of these housing complexes soon to be complete are close to the campus and will provide approximately 2,300 beds between both facilities. Both complexes offer individual leases to the students. Stu dents are responsible only for their payments, which cover their bedroom and portion of the utilities at a set cost. There are roomate matching services available through the complex. A 12 month lease is required of both. Knights Krossing is located at the Quadrangle, off AlafayaTrail, and is a apartment style facility. It is within walking and biking distance to the campus and is designed with 2,3 or 4 bedroom apartments. Each apartment is equipped with a fully furnished living room and dining room, a double bed and a bath- roomineachindividual bedroom. Also included is a full size washer and dryer, fully equipped kitchen and phone jacks in every room. Electric, water, sewer and cable are all included in the monthly lease that varies depending on the size of the apartment. A computer lab, fitness center, pool, volleyball, basketball and tennis courts are also a part of the complex. University Club Townhouses is located at the corner of Alafaya and Lokanotosa Trail, close to the Research Park. This development offers a two-story, 4 bedroom, 2 and half bathroom townhouse. Each unit includes a washer and dryer, a fully equipped kitchen, c|Eble television and phone jacks in all bedrooms. The complex also has a fitness center, swimming pool, basses APARTMENTS, page 3 BATE OX photo/HUNT Students dance to the music at Generic Soul last Friday night in the Wild Pizza. The rave was thrown by the Campus Activities Board. Spending procedures overlooked in Elections suspended use of presidential discretionary fund By JENNIFER LUPO Staff Writer In the past five months, $105,515 of student moneys have beenspentfromtheSGAPresident's projects account. The money is part of Activity and Service Fees which are collected from students according to the number of hours they are enrolled. This year that total is $4.6 million. Through a rigorous budgeting process most of these funds are set aside for operations, salaries and services provided by SGA. Earlier this year, the President's Discretionary fund totaled $120,000. Later it jumped to $ 182,925 after a transfer was made. In order to ensure proper spending there are purchasing procedures SGA members must follow. According to Statute 800.6, "All Student Government Officers must notify the Student Government Accountant(s) and Administrative Services Coordinator prior to initiating any purchase..." SGA President Miguel Torregrosa says he and his staff had no knowledge of this until just recently. They have been purchasing advertisements as well as other items and then alerting the staff as to the purchases made. At one point, the University Purchasing Office refused to pay for advertisements totaling $23,000. Torregrosa blames many of the mistakes and over-spending on the fact that his administration didn't have a learning period. • Usually the SGA President takes office in the beginning of May. Torregrosa and Vice President Frank Amoros were found in violation of election statutes after their election and were not allowed to take office until August 4,1995. Torregrosa explained that the three months during the summer is usually a chance for the cabinet and staff to learn spending procedures and get things set for the upcoming school year. One incident which violated purchasingprocedureoccurred during the fall semester when two fraternities were given $800 each to advertise in their fraternity rush brochures. First, the staff was not notified of the purchase before hand. Then, according to Florida Statute 240.235 section 2, the activity and service fee may only be used for "duly recognized student organizations, the membership of which is open to all students at the university, without regard to race, sex, or religion." Torregrosa felt that this was an outlet never before used for advertising which should be attempted. Looking back, Torregrosa see GOVERNMENT, page 5 G SGA president delcares campus state of emergency. by JEFF HUNT News editor Citing the lack of enough confirmed election commissioners, an assistant election commissioner and an Attorney General, SGA President Miguel Torregrosa declared a campus state of emergency Friday and suspended the 1996 SGA presidential elections. Torregrosa invoked an SGA statute that allows the president, in agreement with the Chief Election Commissioner, to suspend any election where a campus emergency has the capability to impede the voting process. Torregrosa said he felt the lack of these important officials to oversee the elections would greatly hinder the elections and might cause the voting to be contested if held on time. He said the extra week would allow the necessary positions to be filled and the remaining problems worked out. Torregrosa also felt that it would extend active campaigning and allow students to learn more about the candidates. "We're trying to run as smooth an election as possible," Torregrosa said. "It's crisis management at this point and time." Torregrosa said a number of unexpected problems came up that led to the need to declare a state of campus emergency. By SGA election statutes, 15 election commissioners are needed. However, only 12 have been confirmed through the Senate. The three remainingpositions should have been filled last Thursday night during the Senate meeting, however one nominee was dismissed due to possible bias and the other two were voted down. Election commissioners preside over the elections to ensure that they are fair and no violations occur. Another problem was last week's resignation of Erin Goode, the Chief Elections Commissioner. see ELECTIONS, page 5 Inside features The very best cinema of our decade. Opinion Finally, the Swartz is captured on film. News 1-5 Opinion 6 Classifieds 7 Features 8-11 Sports 12
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Transcript | Golden Knights suffer heartbreaking toss to TAAC leading College of Charleston- p.12 The ^_^__ ' Central Florida Future Vol. 28 • No. 40 Serving the University of Central Florida since 1968 Feb. 13, 1996 Apartments to alleviate doim shortage by JENNIFER LINDSTROM Contributing writer It's that time of year when students need to make decisions about where they will be living this summer and next fall. Guaranteeing students a spot for on-campus housing is becoming more difficult at UCF, as the campus population continues to grow from its current 26,000. On-campus housing has about 1,600 rooms in residence halls and about 750 private rooms in the Lake Claire Apartments. There were 1,650 students living in the residence halls for the fall of 1995. The actual number of students living on campus changes continuously based on students moving out of dorms or into double and triple occupancy rooms. In a memorandum sent to all current residential students from the housing office, students were notified about what their options will be for next fall housing. The majority of residence hall (Lake, Volusia, Osceola, Polk, Orange, Seminole, and Brevard) beds will be held for incoming freshmen. Only 200 rooms in these dorms will be allocated for the returning residential students. The remainder of the current residents, unless they are on the Prepaid housing program, must either look into Lake Claire or find something else off-campus. Florida Prepaid participants who have active dormitory plan contracts will be first priority. The Lake Claire Apartments are available only for students who have completed a minimum of 24 credits. The deadline for Lake Claire applications and a deposit of $100 for current residential students, and $ 150 for new students, is Thursday, Feb. 15. However, there is no guarantee that a room will be held for a person who makes the deposit. If the applicant is turned down, the money is refundable. The problem still remains of where a student will have to go for housing if they are turned down on- campus. Generally about 1,400 students of the residential halls are freshmen. With only 750 rooms, Lake Claire cannot possibly house all of them when they meet the 24 credit demand. Students already living in Lake Claire have the option to keep their room. An option for students trying to decide what they will do if they cannot receive on-campus housing are the new developments, Knights Krossing and University Club Townhouses. Both of these housing complexes soon to be complete are close to the campus and will provide approximately 2,300 beds between both facilities. Both complexes offer individual leases to the students. Stu dents are responsible only for their payments, which cover their bedroom and portion of the utilities at a set cost. There are roomate matching services available through the complex. A 12 month lease is required of both. Knights Krossing is located at the Quadrangle, off AlafayaTrail, and is a apartment style facility. It is within walking and biking distance to the campus and is designed with 2,3 or 4 bedroom apartments. Each apartment is equipped with a fully furnished living room and dining room, a double bed and a bath- roomineachindividual bedroom. Also included is a full size washer and dryer, fully equipped kitchen and phone jacks in every room. Electric, water, sewer and cable are all included in the monthly lease that varies depending on the size of the apartment. A computer lab, fitness center, pool, volleyball, basketball and tennis courts are also a part of the complex. University Club Townhouses is located at the corner of Alafaya and Lokanotosa Trail, close to the Research Park. This development offers a two-story, 4 bedroom, 2 and half bathroom townhouse. Each unit includes a washer and dryer, a fully equipped kitchen, c|Eble television and phone jacks in all bedrooms. The complex also has a fitness center, swimming pool, basses APARTMENTS, page 3 BATE OX photo/HUNT Students dance to the music at Generic Soul last Friday night in the Wild Pizza. The rave was thrown by the Campus Activities Board. Spending procedures overlooked in Elections suspended use of presidential discretionary fund By JENNIFER LUPO Staff Writer In the past five months, $105,515 of student moneys have beenspentfromtheSGAPresident's projects account. The money is part of Activity and Service Fees which are collected from students according to the number of hours they are enrolled. This year that total is $4.6 million. Through a rigorous budgeting process most of these funds are set aside for operations, salaries and services provided by SGA. Earlier this year, the President's Discretionary fund totaled $120,000. Later it jumped to $ 182,925 after a transfer was made. In order to ensure proper spending there are purchasing procedures SGA members must follow. According to Statute 800.6, "All Student Government Officers must notify the Student Government Accountant(s) and Administrative Services Coordinator prior to initiating any purchase..." SGA President Miguel Torregrosa says he and his staff had no knowledge of this until just recently. They have been purchasing advertisements as well as other items and then alerting the staff as to the purchases made. At one point, the University Purchasing Office refused to pay for advertisements totaling $23,000. Torregrosa blames many of the mistakes and over-spending on the fact that his administration didn't have a learning period. • Usually the SGA President takes office in the beginning of May. Torregrosa and Vice President Frank Amoros were found in violation of election statutes after their election and were not allowed to take office until August 4,1995. Torregrosa explained that the three months during the summer is usually a chance for the cabinet and staff to learn spending procedures and get things set for the upcoming school year. One incident which violated purchasingprocedureoccurred during the fall semester when two fraternities were given $800 each to advertise in their fraternity rush brochures. First, the staff was not notified of the purchase before hand. Then, according to Florida Statute 240.235 section 2, the activity and service fee may only be used for "duly recognized student organizations, the membership of which is open to all students at the university, without regard to race, sex, or religion." Torregrosa felt that this was an outlet never before used for advertising which should be attempted. Looking back, Torregrosa see GOVERNMENT, page 5 G SGA president delcares campus state of emergency. by JEFF HUNT News editor Citing the lack of enough confirmed election commissioners, an assistant election commissioner and an Attorney General, SGA President Miguel Torregrosa declared a campus state of emergency Friday and suspended the 1996 SGA presidential elections. Torregrosa invoked an SGA statute that allows the president, in agreement with the Chief Election Commissioner, to suspend any election where a campus emergency has the capability to impede the voting process. Torregrosa said he felt the lack of these important officials to oversee the elections would greatly hinder the elections and might cause the voting to be contested if held on time. He said the extra week would allow the necessary positions to be filled and the remaining problems worked out. Torregrosa also felt that it would extend active campaigning and allow students to learn more about the candidates. "We're trying to run as smooth an election as possible," Torregrosa said. "It's crisis management at this point and time." Torregrosa said a number of unexpected problems came up that led to the need to declare a state of campus emergency. By SGA election statutes, 15 election commissioners are needed. However, only 12 have been confirmed through the Senate. The three remainingpositions should have been filled last Thursday night during the Senate meeting, however one nominee was dismissed due to possible bias and the other two were voted down. Election commissioners preside over the elections to ensure that they are fair and no violations occur. Another problem was last week's resignation of Erin Goode, the Chief Elections Commissioner. see ELECTIONS, page 5 Inside features The very best cinema of our decade. Opinion Finally, the Swartz is captured on film. News 1-5 Opinion 6 Classifieds 7 Features 8-11 Sports 12 |
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