University of Central Florida STARS Central Florida Future University Archives 5-27-1983 Central Florida Future, Vol. 15 No. 30, May 27, 1983 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. 15 No. 30, May 27, 1983" (1983). Central Florida Future. 508. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/508 INSIDE 0 For an update on Alafaya Trail con­ struction, see page 3. DA housewife founds the latest fad, Leathergrams. See page 7. .FUTURE OUCF is ready to unveil its new theatre, UCF's award-winning student newspaper seepage8 Vol.15 No. 30 May 27, 1983 . Geary accused of trying to pad cabinet salaries was made to increase the budget of Kiser said Geary wanted to use the According to the member of the Also the source said that past by Roger Simmons the discount attraction ticket $15,000 to establish a reserve in the ASF committee, who asked not to be cabinet members received additions ticket fund in case he ram our of identified, the reason the money was to their salaries when the student News editor program by $15,000, according to Burkett. An Activities and Service money to pay his cabinet members. to be secretly switched to cabinet body president would secretly in- Sen. Robert Burkett, chairman of the Fees committee member said -that He explained that $1,600 was actually payroll was so that "UCF President · · budgeted for each cabinet position, Tr vor Colburn and the Future would crease the budget of an organization, student senate's Organizations, Ap­ when the tape recorder used to tran­ et r· d t II and then discretely transfer the propriations and Finance Commit­ scribe the meetings' minutes was tur­ but cabinet members could make up no m ou · h b. t' ll b tee, charged that student body ned off, it was revealed that the to $3,000 a year by working career- In addition, the source states that money. to t e ca me s payro Y ·nutes from the meeting ·are inac." executive order. oriented work study programs. · rm k th t G t d to President Mark Geary planned to $15,000 would go to Geary's cabinet . t t th t the Bur ett says a eary -· ne filter $15,000 from a discount attrac­ members. Kiser said Geary was afraid that cura t e. The mmu es repor a get the $15,000 increase in the ticket tion ticket fund to increase his cabinet money from the work study program motion to allocate the $15,000 to the budget passed in the OAF committee. members' payroll. Geary was out of town and could would run out, so he wanted to put ticket program passed unanimously . not refute the charges. reserve money in the ticket fund, and Two members of the committee To help in its passage, Geary appoin- Burkett says Geary acted However, Sentae Pro Tempore later revert it to his cabinet members, voted against the proposal, according ted Sen. Richard Possien to the com­ unethically in several instances sin­ Dave Kiser said that turning off the if needed. to the source. mittee, Burkett said. ce the issue first rose in April. tape recorder was not illegal because a The $3,000 limit was set by the Kiser said that if minutes to a Possien has been confirmed by the At the Activities and Service Fee tape recorder is just an aid to taking OAF committee and can be enforced meeting were wrong, there was an op­ senate to become a member of committee meeting in April, a motion minutes in a meeting. if someone chooses to audit, Kiser portunity in the following meeting to Geary's cabinet as public relation said. correct the minutes. Geary, page 3 Senate committee axes.WUCF's budget over format ~hange by Julie Norris Managing editor station manager Keit.h Fowles, was to the decision. He said he did not know attract underwriting from the private the radio station's budget was under The student senate's Organization, business. sector. Presently, three per­ review until after the OAF meeting. Appropriation and Finance Commit­ cent of the money needed to run the The OAF committee, one of the tee Wednesday decided to remove all station comes from the private sector. most powerful in the senate, ignored a of WUCF-FM's Activities and Service The OAF committee was to submit previous Activities and Service Fees Fees funding, because, as one senator its recommendation to the senate committee reccomendation to allocate put it. "The station is no longer Thursday, Kiser said. A majority, or $9, 700 to the station. According to beneficial to the students." gO percent plus one vote, was needed Robert Burkett, chairman of OAF, to reverse the OAF's decision. The clubs' and organizations' budgets fir­ Senate Pro Tempore Dave Kiser, results of the vote were not available st go to the ASF committee for ap­ who proposed the $9, 700 cut, said that at press time. proval, then to the OAF committee the station was no longer a student Fowles maintains that WUCF is for a final review. The OAF chairman station because the programming was still a student station because studen­ then presents the bill to the senate not geared toward the students. ts do the work-they are on the air fora vote. On March 16, the radio station and work behind the scenes. Fowles said that if the senate does changed its format from soft rock to a Fowles called the move to cut not fund the station, he would have to predominantly big band sound. The senate funding "a low blow" and said WUCF,page9 reason for the change, according to he was disgu~ted and disappointed at Members of UCF's student senate diS"cuss legislation during a meeting May 18. Thursday, the senate coneidered the budgets of all campus organizations requesting Activities and Service Fee money. Halb·ert sets policy; Q&A adjusts to new jqb 1-982 graduate signs by Julie Norris Future: Last semester formet vice Managing Editor president Matt Weber closed off the as Bronco f ~ee agent beginning of some of the senate Student body vice president Stan meetings to the press and students to Halbe_rt was recently interviewed on reprimand the senators. Will you do the student senate's legislative plans this? by Lee Lerner agreement with Denver that provid· for the summer, his role in the senate Halbert: No. I can definitely see the Sports editor ed a $4,000 up-front bonus for sign­ and adjustments to his new job. need for it, because you din't want to ing. If he makes the team he will Future; What specific projects or pubic1y embarass the senators in Former ·uCF football standout receive $45,000 for his first year. bills can the students expect from the front of students. But since Florida is Mike Carter is working hard. For the se~te this summe~? under the Sunshine Law {Florida next six weeks he will be up early in After signing the contract with Halbert: This s~mmer we will be Government in the Sunshine Act), I the morning ready to start a day of Denver, Carter went to the team's reorgamzmg the senate. The really don't have a choice in the mat­ intense weight lifting and football mini-camp on May 12, 13 and 14 in Legislative Reorganization Act will ter. The best way to circumvent this conditioning. For Carter, his Denver. be going through real soon. This is to talk to the senators individually. boyhood dream of playing pro ,foot· ::istablishes a functioning Public F1_,1.ture: During your campaign, you ball turned to reality earlier this Car'ter said the camp consirted Relations committee, . which is said you wanted to improve UCF lob­ month when he signed a three-year mostly of free agents, however, something new . bying efforts by working with the · .free agent contract with the Denver Denver's 12 'draft choices, including We also chang~d the Clubs and USSA. What is the USSA, and will Broncos. number one draft choice John Elway, Organizations Committee to the you explain this? were also there. · · Travel, Clubs &Organizations Com­ Halbert: The USSA is the United · carter graduated from UCF in Right from the beginning Carter mittee. This way the TC&O Commit­ States Association (a lobbying group). December of 1982, after three years ·said he was awed by the experience tee gives money (to clubs) to travel, so We are leaning toward them because at tight end for the Knights. Riding of being in an NFL camp. bills don't have to come before the they have full-time lobbyests in the the crest of his 3.8 grade point "Everybody ~ad a Denver helmet on senate (asking for travel money). capital; they're more experienced and average in criminal justice he entered and Denver sweats and I was just Future: Are you pushing and have more contacts. They're a ral ef­ paign? the Police Academy for 12 weeks of warming up and looking around .like specific projects in the senate? · fective organization.