Central Florida Future, Vol. 13 No. 18, January 23, 1981

              Future
University of
Central Florida
Volume 13
Friday, January 23, 1981
No. 18
$2.4 million buildings  open soon
Health Center
offers service
this weekend
The new student health center will
be open for business this weekend
although it is not fully equipped.
Health Services director Dr. Edward
Stoner said the center's staff started
moving into the new facility Thursday
and will be ready to handle weekend
patients.
Services will be limited to minor
treatment and referrals because some
equipment has not been ordered, has
not arrived, or awaits installation. It
will be several months before the facility is complete, Stoner said.
"If we didn't have desks we'd sit on
orange crates," he said. "This place is
like heaven compared to the old one."
The old center's space will be taken
by Student Government, said John P.
Goree, vice president for Business Affairs.
The biggest problem with the new
center is the absence of a receiving corridor for the emergecy room. Double
doors separate the room from a
loading ramp outside and opening the
door could let dust enter. Stoner said
the design defect will be circumvented
by keeping the double doors locked.
Patients will enter through the waiting
room or a side door.
Robert Webb, Facilities Planning
director, said the project finished
within budget and ahead of schedule.
Health Center, page 3
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Kavfai Mason/Future
Room to spare
This shot of the new Student Services Building bookstore highlights
the extra room bookstore personnel will soon enjoy.
Ad hoc committee to probe
last month's grade scandal
Bottoms up
Looking for a place to stop
and have a drink? See the review
of local bars on pages 7 and 8.
by Laura Hoffman
Editor-in-Chief
The recently formed Faculty Senate
ad hoc committee met for the first time
Tuesday to organize its investigation of
last month's grade change scandal.
The formation of the committee, and
the investigation, were prompted by a
request last summer by former
assistant basketball coach Ray
Ridenour to withdraw a basketball
player from two spring quarter classes
two weeks after the quarter ended.
Dr. John Bolte, associate vice
president for academic affairs,
authorized the grade change, without
notifying the student or the instructors-
involved. Both Bolte and Ridenour said
they did not know the athlete had
completed the course and recieved a
grade. Yet the memo Bolte initialed
which initiated the grade change
stated that the two "D" grades were to
be changed to " W"s.
According to Dr. Elmar Fetscher,
one of the players approached him at
the end of the quarter and told him the
student needed to make better than a
"D" to stay in school.
In December, after the faculty
senate had been told about the
situation, Dr. Leslie Ellis, vice
president of academic affairs, changed
the two grades back to "D"s.
The committee will investigate and
make recommendations on the current
withdrawal policy. They are also
assigned to affix responsibility
examining this particular incident and
to check for oast similar occurences.
Dr. David Gurney of the College of
i Education, chairman of the committee, said he felt they had a  "good,
ctioning committee.
"This is not a witch hunt or a fishing
expedition."   He   explained   that   the
Committee, page 5
Bookstore
relocating
in February
by Sherry Reed
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The new Student Services Building
will be open in mid-February, said
Richard Scott, director of Auxiliary Services. A final inspection this week has
$aved the way for the move to the new
facility.
February 9 is the tentative transfer
date, said Scott. The building, located
northeast of the library, will have a
bookstore, snack bar, lounge, and
meeting rooms.
The bookstore will be closed from
Feb. 7 to Feb! 14 as it relocates from
beneath the library to the new facility.
The new bookstore will have 40 percent more space, which will eliminate
long lines and make a greater number
of paperback books available.
Scott said the snack bar will not
open until spring quarter because further equipment and furnishings are
needed. A gala grand opening is also
scheduled for spring quarter.
The bookstore's old location will be
used by Instructional Resources, the
Developmental Center and the library.
Construction of the Student Services
Building began at the same time as the
new Health Center with a combined
cost of $2.4 million, said John Goree,
vice president of Business Affairs. The
price also includes renovations to the
Student Center Auditorium.
The original budget anticipated an
addition to the game room and a Greek
housing project, but these plans were
dropped when actual cost exceeded the
budget.
Bob Webb, director of Facilities
Planning, said the Student Services
Building will help "to some degree the
space      problems      at      UCF."
Blount denounces block tuitions
Cliff-hanger
The UCF Knight's 12-game
winning streak came to an end
Wednesday night against
Florida Southern College but
provided fans with some exciting final seconds of play. See
page 9 for more details.
"Block tuition fees would simply kill us," said Student
Body President James Blount, responding to one of three
The BOR has proposed the use of block tuition fees in
to 12 hours. "Students should not be taxed for hours they may
Blount served as vice chairman of the BOR task force
which investigated the need for changing fee policies in the
areas of tuition, health fees, and Activity and Service Fees.
The task force compiled recommendations to be considered
by the state legislature in March.
Tuition
The BOR has proposed the use of block tuition fees in
the upcoming year. While not mandating the use of block
fees, the proposal allows each university the option of charging a standard tuition rate that would not be dertermined by
the number of hours a student takes.
If a school sets its block fee "at $15 per credit hour for 15
hours, a student enrolled full time at 12 hours would still
have to pay for 15," Blount said.
He added that UCF students would particularly suffer
considering the large number of commuters who average 11
to 12 hours. "Students should hot be taxed for hours they may
not take,"he said.
Activity and Service Fees
The task force also considered what portion of the Activity
and Service Fee should be "shaved off the top" to fund
athletics, Blount said.
The fee fund is financed by students as a $2.69 per credit
hour charge paid with tuition. This year it is expected to
generate $1.8 million.
The fund provides student activities and services, including Student Center films, campus newspapers, and often
athletic department staff and equipment.
Blount said that at a university such as UCF, the majority
of athletic department financing comes from the fees, while
sports revenue generating schools such as the University oT
Florida use very little of the funding.
He called the BOR's decision to freeze future funding of
athletics from the Activity and Service Fee at the level provided in the '79-'80 year "a unique and historical decision."
Fees, page 5