Central Florida Future, Vol. 10 No. 12, November 18, 1977

              Future
Florida
Technological
University
Vol. 10
Friday, November 18, 1977
No. 12
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End in sight for FTU president's committee
by Lisa Chandler
editor-in-chief
The FTU Presidential Search Advisory Committee
is expected to select three to six candidates from
recommendation to the Board of Regents next week
after completing their interviews of the eight third-
round hopefuls.
. The BOR will interview those candidates and
choose FTU's next president from among them or
select someone else.
The committee will complete the interview of FTU
Dean of the College of Business Administration
todav. Dr. Clifford Eubanks will talk with student
body representatives at 9 a.m. in the Board of Regents
Conference Room in ADMIN. The meeting is open to
all students.
Dr. Dale W. Lick, Dean of the School of Sciences
White considers
reorganization
resolution
Student Body President Bob White
will be looking closely over senate
resolution 10-1 which proposes to
rename and reorganize two standing
committees and forces the senate to
work toward more service-oriented
projects. White must sign the
resolution before it can become law.
The resolution previously passed the
Student Senate by a 27-5 vote Nov. 10.
Under the provisions of the
resolution the Appropriations and
Finance Committee has been retitled
the Organizations, Appropriations,
and Finance Committee. This committee will now oversee the operation of
all campus organizations that receive
Activity and Service Fee funding.
The other title change involves the
Elections, Appointments and Services
Committee. The resolution renames it
the Elections and Appointments
Committee. Projects and programs
will be explored by a separate services
committee.
Student Body Vice President Bobby
Allen said the title changes will "force
the senate to work on services."
The resolution also increases the"
responsibilities of newly-elected
President Pro-Tempore Ron Jakubisin,
who is third in the line of succession in
Student Government. Jakubisin will be
a non-voting member on all standing
and ad hoc committees.
The measure also allows for five-
minute caucuses to the weekly agenda
of each Student Senate session, curtails
attempts to filibuster and makes
"parliamentary games" more difficult
to execute, Allen said.
and Health Professions at Old Dominion Universitv
in Norfolk, Va. met with the committee at the beginning of the week.
In one session with the committee. Lick discussed
issues facing higher education today.
"I will defend and fight for academic freedom," he
For a look at all eight presidential candidates,
see page 4.
said. "Faculty should have the right to teach what
they want to teach, use the resources they want to use,
say what they want to say." Lick added many people
misunderstand the principle of academic freedom.
Lick outlined the university governance system at
Old Dominion. The University Senate, Lick said, consists of a broad  range of representatives from  the
faculty, student bocjv and administration. The
facility and student bodv arc1 most heavily represented,. Lick said the senate is a "veliicle for dialogue,"
and it makes recommendations to the president. He
added lie would agree "absolutely...in principle1" to
instituting such a system at FTU, and would encourage it to have a strong voice. The senate is a good
tool. Lick said, and "sometimes he (the president) has
to respond to something he feels uncomfortable
about."
Lick said a president should spend half of his finie
setting the tone of the university, in the communitv.
"He should be tapping the community to help people
find good use for their funds. The vice president for
community relations can set up the appointment, but
people won't listen to his pitch; it must come from the
president."
Cuddly, cute and a winner
This award-winning photo showing a four year-old pixie pirouetting
to an orchestra was taken by an FTU adjunct professor. His name is
Andrew Hickman, who is probably better known as a Sentinel Star
staff photographer. Read the story behind the picture and the artist,
page 3.
Administration
seeks to clear
BSU confusion
The administration this week sought
to correct some misunderstandings
with the Black Student Union which
occurred two weeks ago.
In their Nov., 4 meeting the BSU
presented a list of demands to the administration, trying to correct some of
the problems facing blacks on campus.
The BSU had threatened to demonstrate at the Nov. 6 Open House if their
demands were not met.
Dr. Rex Brown, vice president for
Student Affairs, said while the administration .agreed to look into most
of the BSU's demands none were
totally accepted.
Many of the BSU's requests wore
already in the works or in planning
stages Brown said. The Minority
Student Services, program directed by
Dr. G. Leroy Lloyd was established
this quarter to work directly with
minority students in overcoming their
problems at FTU Brown said.
The BSU also demanded that the
Equal Employment Opportunity Task
Force be redesigned to include more
black members. Brown said this
decision would be left up to the
president and would probably be
deferred until a new president arrives
in January.
J. Philip Goree, vice president of
Business Affairs said another meeting
with the BSU would be scheduled to
clear up the agreements reached in the
first meeting but he did not give a
specific time.
'Todays futurs
Peerless poet
Assistant professor of English Susan
Hartman is a well-known poet. At 25,
she has worn various hats in her
lifetime. Read about her interesting
background. See story, page 3:
Plot thickens
The. FTU Theater's production
''Rimers of Eldritch''' this week showed
some superior acting, but the plot was
as well disguised as an undercover cop.
See story, page 10.
Net returns success
'Volleyball champions' is impressive.
'State volleyball champions' is even
more impressive. But when you say
the Lady Knights are state volleyball
champs, well, see story, page 13.