University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 10-9-1981 Central Florida Future, Vol. 14 No. 10, October 9, 1981 Part of the Mass Communication Commons, Organizational Communication Commons, Publishing Commons, and the Social Influence and oliticalP Communication Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Florida Future by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 14 No. 10, October 9, 1981" (1981). Central Florida Future. 446. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/446 University of Central Florida I believe that for peace a man may, even should, do everything in his power. Nothing in this world could rank higher FUTURE than peace. Anwar· Sadat Vol. 1 ·No. 10 Friday, October 9, 1981 UCF dropout rate above national average by Kim Hawley types of students. _ '~Naturals" leave Student Services said of minority at­ "If freshmen, especially those wh~ Future staff college because of marriage or job of­ trition, "Minority, as well as other are average or· below average fers. "Stop Outs" leave temporarily students, aren't given an academic academically, were encouraged to go The attrition rate at UCF is and plan to return later, · and warning before they're put on proba­ to summer school, they would he almost 10 percent higher than the "Unnecessaries" are students fore- · tion. Also; many minority. students more likely to finish college;'' Tubbs national average, ~ue to the school's ed to leave because they did not or don't feel socially included at UCF." said: He added that he favors the commuter coll.ege status, according could not take advantage of univer­ Studies done by the Office of In­ creation of a required, one-credit to Dan Coleman of the Office of In­ sity r~sources to help their financial stitutional Research characterized hour semester course for freshmen stitutional Research. academic problems. students who leave unneccessarily ·that would provide -inforII)ation He continued that as a result, 40 Dr. Le Vester Tubbs, associate as "having marginal academic abili­ about the academic requirements of percent of the new students each vice president for Student Affairs ty, lacking educational goals and a UCF and the services available. year are expected to drop out. said, "Freshmen sometimes get lost major field of study, not being in­ In addition, Dr. Belle stated, The majority of those who drop in the shuffle and often wait too late volved in college life, not par­ ''High schools could do a better job out ·are -freshmen. Within this . to get help. On the other hand, ticipating in or understanding · of academically preparing ·students group, 40 perce~t of the minority many students do poorly because. freshman orientation." for college. Many freshmen who students-don't return, Coleman said. r.ollege isn't the challenge they ex­ Dr. Tubbs said the retention -rate leave unneccessarily do so because This is twice as high as· the attrition pected. Thus, they don't study ag­ for freshmen would be more suc­ they waited too late to decide their percentage of white freshman. gressively," he added. cessful if VCF was more "freshman major and then didri't have the time Attrition figures outline thr~ Dr. Robert Belle .of Minority oriented." Attrition, page 4 Aday at the races Contestants raced around UCF's cam-pus Saturday 'in Threshold, Inc.'s Run for tbe Kids. Overall winner was Paul Waldron with a 3.1 mile-time of 14:36.6. For the story, see page 5. Mike Brach/Future University bookstores corner the market Students find few places to buy books . by Mike Lafferty would cost the bookstore $8, and Florida's bookstore, Sam Getzen, appropriations." Future"ltatt would finally cost a student $10. describes his as a "healthy profit." A prevalent misconception.around Maxwell says that the. 20 percent And he says this profit is· channeled the university, is that the bookstore With all of the differences there barely covers shipping, han~g into. a "Gator Loan Fund" which is a privately owned entity, paying are among college students who at­ and other ordering costs. Iil fact, does · everything from funding · no rent while it generates profit. tend a university, they all suffer Maxwell insists that the bookstore scholarships to buying intramural The university owns the bookstore .. from one common lament, the high makes little profit from the sale of equipment. Allocation of the money I t.s personnel are employed by the price of books. · textbpoks. is determined by a committee· of state. students, faculty and the bookstore It's a captive market at UCF, with . Captive market the only accessible bookstore the manager. campus bookstore. Consumer report At UCF, profits are put into an UCF's bookstore enjoys an ad­ But UCF's booksv>re operates its "Auxiliary Trust . Fund." The vantage some other state pricing structure no differently than "There's really not much profit in money in this fund is then allocated bookstores do not. It has a bookstores .at the eight other state textbooks. The other items-­ on a day-to-day basis by John Goree, monopoly on textbook~ · used by universities, according to manager supplies, sweatshirts, used books-­ vice president of business affairs. students here, and opportunities to Ian Maxwell. make us enough money to buy tex­ The money in the fund is sometimes buy elsewhere are slim to none. .Maxwell says the store orders its tbooks," Maxwell says. "Exactly given out in the form of short-term According to Maxwell, the area books from the publisher's at a price the same as Gainesville.'' loans to other auxiliary services. market will not support a bookstore 20 percent less than retail. That 20 - According to Director of Aux­ designed to compete with UCF's. percent discount is tacked back on Other universities iliary Services Dick Scott, the fund The University of Florida's 30,000 to the shelf price of the book, and And just the same as Gainesville, is essentially a "pot used on a rainy students can support competing passed on to the student. So a boo~ UCF's bookstore makes a profit. day when funds cannot be generated bookstores. · with a publisher's retail price. of-$10 The manager of the University of through the legislature or through_ ~ooks, pagP ~ AT A GLANCE EVENTS The dedication ceremonies for the Automatic Teller· Ma"Chlne building is today at 10 a.m. Banks servicing UCF via automatic · tellers are Citizens Ba·nk of Oviedo, ComBanks Corporation and Sun Bank. ·• Guitarist Eric Lesko and tenor• Fred •• Martell will present the second program in the Faculty Artists Series in the music rehearsal hall tonight. The duo will perform works by Benjamin Brittin, Heitor Villa-Lobes, John Dowland, Fernando Sor, Mauro Guiliani, Thea Musgrave and Manuel Defalla. · Admission to the program is$~ at the door. All proceeds go to the UCF music scholarship fund. The Lupus. Foundation·of Florida,••• Inc., will hold a meeting• on Satur- day,-October 10 at 2 p.m. at 1215 E. Nebraska St. The speaker will be .James Dural.ld, and the topic will be stress. Durand has his oW11 counseling service and has had training in Gestalt. He is a consultant for the public school systems and local hospitals. For more informa­ tion contact the· Lupus Foundation, 671-2384 . The first movie in the UCF •••SC Walt Disney World film series "lchabOd and Mr. Toad" will be shown October 10at10 a.m. in the SC AUD, 25 ·cents admission will be charged. Children must be accom­ panied by an adult. Education Coordinator Tom Williams• •• and "Docent" Anne Kelly, are teaching children about zoo animals. Docents are volunteer educa­ tional guides who introduce visiting school groups to wild animals. Docent training classes begin October 10 at the Central Florida Zoo. Call 323-0181 for more information. Juniors, seniors and graduate••• students can now apply for a Sears credit card sponsored by. Delta Sigma Pi. Tables will be set JIP ·on the Student Center Green and the Student Union, Mondays, Wednesdays ·STUDENT CENTER and Fridays, 10 a.m. ~ 2 p.m., through Oct. 30th. There is no charge. Nomination forms for membership••• in Omicron Delta Kappa Na- tional Leadership Honor Society are available in ADM 282 (Student Affairs) and the Student Center main qesk. Juniors, seniors and graduate students who have demonstrated leadership in university life and academically are in the upper thirty-five pereent of their college ar.e eligible to apply. Nomination forms must be returned by October 14. ' _ The Society of Physics Students~••• have a "see the stars" meeting. YEARBOOK on Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. by the SC Green post office. Telescopes and star charts will be available for use. · , The Puerto Ri~an Student Association•••• is celebrating Columbus Day· at the StUdent Government Kiosk from 11 to 3 p.m. on Oct.12. PHOTOS The Association will display posters, paintings, books, and music "' from Latin America, with. strong emphasis o~ Puerto Rican folklore. ••• (TAKEN FREEl UCF's debate team will be the host of an international debate on Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. in the SC AUD. Featured ·will be UCF vs. Oxford University. OCTOBER 12~16 UpdATE One reason why bills are as high as they are is because some people are stealing electricity. It is estimated that $8,400 is lost ~ch month by the Orlando .