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Central Florida Future. 1232. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1232 Orlando Cubs draw 20,000 ... with a little help from Michal Jordan-Pg. 16 Central Florida Future State Legislature apporves tuition flexibility bill O Senate Bill 636 will allow Sublette is referring to the fact that UF and to withdrawal from the FSA speakeroflhehousenextyearandnooncwantcd FSU will be able to raise their tuitions and create Other concerns were voiced prior to the to vote against him. We never had a realistic university presidents to an image of superiority when compared to the bills approval as well. chance of defeating it," Sublette added. raise tuition by 10 percent. smaller state schools. "We wanted to make the 25n5 language . The vote in the senate was not any closer, The debate over the bill began when the remained intact, that was important," Bradley 38-1. by REX HOGGARD said. The25n5 rule requires thatastudentsonly According to Darrin Patton, Marlin's suc­ News editor FSA, who had always opposed tuition flexibil­ ity, changed roles and pay 25 percent of cessor as student government president, the bill SenateBill 636, an array of education bills elected to support the their education and will give students more opportunity to have a say piled into one "train" piece of legislation, re­ bill. According to state or federal funds in where the money generated goes. 'This will ceived approval from both houses of the Florida Chris Marlin, fonner pay theremaining75 give students an opportunity to have direct input in where the funds go if President Hitt decides to State Legislature on April 27, five days after the FSA chairman and percent Current ra­ legislature should have ajoined for the session. UCF student govern­ tios are somewhere raise them," Patton said ''The bill [SB 636] was not voted on the ment president, the · between 26n4 and Funds generated by any increase will be Friday the session· was supposed to end so they reason for the turn­ 27n3, according to allocated by a committee comprised of students had to return the following Wednesday and around was due to Bradley. and faculty members. Although Patton was not vote," Greg Bradley, legislative director for the FSA' s inability to in­ Prior to leav­ sure how many members will be on the commit­ Florida Students Association (FSA), said. fluence tuition in­ ingtheHousethebill, tee the bill allows him to appoint half of the One of the major pieces of educational creases in the past. then HB 839, re­ members. Another positive aspect of the legislation, legislation in SB 636 was tuition flexibility. "Instead of ceived overwhelm­ ) be ' Tuition flexibility will allow each president at the fighting against tu­ ingsupport. The vote according to Patton, will an incentive for students to take more classes and thus graduate 10 state supported universities in the State Uni­ ition flexibility we are was 110-2 approv­ sooner. "If you take 15 credit hours or more the versity System (SUS) to raise or lower tuition by supporting it, it gives ing the legislation. tuition increase can only be 5 percent," Patton a voice in the deci­ "I voted no 10 percent above or below what the state legis­ said. lature establishes, according to Representative sion," Marlin said. andlamnotsurewho else voted with me," The bill, which was to originally begin in Bill Sublette, who has been an opponent to FSA's deci­ the Fall of 1994, will not begin until 1995. This, Sublette said. "The tuition flexibility. sion to change its according to Bradley, will allow the FSA to BOR [Board of Re- ''It!tuition flexibility] will create an elitist policy towards tuition Graphic/Ellsion make admendments they did not agree with. ''It gents] was very ef- system with University of Florida and Florida flexibility also re- will allow us to look at the bi 11 very carefully and State University being the flagship schools," sulted in two state universities, the University of fective in influencing Repr~entative [Peter] make suggestions to the legislature if need be," '.I Sublette said. West Florida and the University ofNorthAorida, Wallace to sponsor the bill. He will be the Bradley said. Exchange student dies at CVI Jit1••1•1~;llili by CYNTHIA CONLIN attending about 20 hours of classes terward spoke to a group of students ~,,~·~~ \ 4 Managing editor per week at U~F. who were friends with Casarotto to The cause of death is still aid as counselors during the trauma. ElisaCasarotto,20, who lived pending, but Sgt. Sandra "We were there to work with at Collegiate Village Inn,, died McClendon in a UCF Police De­ those friends who were closest to Monday, May 9. Originally from partment incident report said her," said Bolves. Milano, Italy, Casaratto was a stu­ Casarotto "may have been suffering "It's a shock enough as it is, dent in the UCF ASPECT English from anorexia [nervosa,] an eating and there are so many questions." program. disorder." Investigation of the incident She had been in the ASPECT Mclendon and UCF Psy­ was taken up by Orange County program for almost nine months, chologist Ellen Bolves shortly af- Sherriffs Investigators. Real ·world subject of new book College Press Service Zevin, who admits to living an give practical advice about living entry-level life himself in the Bos­ So, you've arranged milk and working in the Real World. ton area. Zevin, a free-lance writer, crates into a somewhat satisfying The books, he says, con­ says he decided to write the configuration in your roach-in­ tained nothing but lies and cheap, tongue-in-cheek guide after well­ fested apartment, and you're now unintentionally hilarious plati­ meaning relatives pressed upon counting spare change for a Sun­ tudes. The reality is much worse him books written for graduating day night six-pack while antici­ college seniors that purported to pating another day spent tiling in See BOOK, page 4 obscurity at your dead-end McJob. Welcome to life after col­ lege. Perhaps the best thing you Densch leaves money to UCF can say about it is that you ' re not alone; there are thousands, per­ Orlando beer distributer nity College Foundation. haps millions of others like ybu. ayneDensch passed away May 7, Densch left the remainde And you can, at least, laugh about eaving the bulk of his $50 millon ofhis estate tQ numerious other non your troubles if you read the re­ state to charity. Amoug the profitorganizations,forrneremploy cently published "Entry-Level nificericies is UCF. ees, friends, and family. Densch buil Life: A Complete Guide to Mas­ Densch, who had earlier his fortune though his Anheuser querading as a Member of the rovided funding for the Wayne Busch distributorship, Wayne M. Real World" (Bantam Books, ensch Sports Center at UCF, left Densch,Inc., thelargestbeerwhole $8.95) 50,000tothe University of Central saler in Florida. "It's kind of a practical book orida Foundation. He also left -Dave Bauer in a weird way," says author Dan 50,000 to the Valencia Commu- News 1-5 Opinion 6-7 Classified 8 Features 9-13 14-16 ~h!t~!!I!~:~·:·. !\~ Sports 2 May 18, 1994 The Central Florida Future WUCF to be off air for first week of term by REX HOGGARD The Future did discover, from The reason for the delay was News editor an unidentified source, that WUCF not given; however, the unidenti­ would be off the air from May 16 to fied source did mention possible Anyone_expecting to listen to the 20th and maybe the 23rd due to delays in recieveing the needed WUCF 88.9, UCF' sradio station,on technical imporvements. The station, equipment. May 16 was probably surprised to which broadcasts at 8,000 watts now, Attempts to confirm this discover the station was not in ser­ will broadcast at 40,000 watts after were declined by WUCF. vice. In an attempt to discover why, the improvements. According to the unidenti­ a reporter from The Central Florida. 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