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No more heat or air conditioning for most of UIF By TOM SHRODER Hanson said he hoped to save as much as Greene cited examples ol requests for Vhe total utility bill is 13.2 million per year. Alligpter 51.1!WrIter S250,O(E by restricting the use ot heating and ieinmtatenment of colhng units from a thick I he recent 3.3 per cent rate increase by air conditioning through the rest of the year stack of torms collected in the last attempt to Florida Power Corp. will odd about another Faced with a budget deficit of 11.% Calvin Greene. director of UF's physical conserve energy during last year's oil crisis. $45.0. Greene estimated. million, UF Executive Vice President Harold plant, said he would work on a more precise Most complaints centered on possible UF WAS budgeted SI nmilli less than Hlanso. called for the immediate shutdown of estimate of savings. equipment damage and the lack of any other needed to pay the utility bill, most UP air conditioners. EXEMPTED from the general shutdown of form of ventilation in the building. Subsequent allocations have brought the Operation of heating systems will be air conditioning and cooling units are campus REFERRING Ic, the serious economic deficit figure down to S70.(X). restricted to morning hours. Hanson said. housing, the computer complex. the life situation. Hanson said. "Something has got to Since students living in dormitories have BOTH restrictions will remain in effect sciences building. I. H-I is Miller Health he done. We torn off lights before we fire paid for air conditioning in rent payments. until July I, or until another way is found to Center, and the language laboratory. Hanson graduate students. We shut off heating before Hanson said he will not shutdown dormitory make up the nearly 12 million deficit. 'aid. we fire graduate students.'' air conditioning units. The Independent TUESDAY JAN. 14, 19~73 Florida Algtr VOL. 67, NC . 8 L Publgshed by Compus Communicosion. Inc. GoInesuIl. FWrIdo Not offIclolly aso.odofd with A. tUnivernity of florid. Student admissions halted By KAREN MEYER stepped up "and are now mandatory," Stare Marston's immediate reaction was concern Algal.rStaN W r University System Chancellor Robert Mautz for the effect on those students now "very said. nervously' awaiting answers to applications for admission. The Board of Regents abruptly halted all AMONG THESE eftbrts are a system-wide "I hope this wil be handled very quickly. admissions to Florida's state universities hiring freeze to last until the budget for Monday. Marston said. 'I think everyone has a sense of , by two per cent, aid employee salaries shrinks the urgency of the situation." The action, proposed by the board's newest reducing electrical consumption at the ninec member. Marshall Harris, is designed to give ADMISSIONS will remain frozen until regents time to study long-range admissions tA niditinal 3 million savings over what regents' staffers can study how drastic a cut In funds will be needed next year and whether cutbacks as a means to meet drastic funding previously been asked of the ujiiversities shortages. had cutting admissions is a workable alternative is now necessary to balance the university to save money, according to Mautz. NO FURTHER admissions contracts at system budget. Mautz said. Charles Perry, president of Florida In- Administrators from several of the state any level for upcoming quarters will be mailed ternational University in Miami. voiced universities out, although admissions offices are "to voiced concern abowi spring concern that upper division and graduate continue processing admissions.' Regents quarter admissions, current enrollment institutions--such as FlU- might bear the Chairman Marshall Criser said. commitments and the possibility that by wonst burden of long-range admissions lowering enrollments in certain federally- With the university system's utility deficit cutbacks. funded programs the universities would face The reason the upper division institutions soaring even higher than the 12.5 million los of federal funds.' predicted earlier, and with orders from the miight suffer, Perry said, is because freshman Florida Cabinet to cut back other spending by UF PRESIDENT Robert U. Marston admissions are processed earlier than upper 18.5 million, long-range cutbacks in next suggested each university gather and submit division transfers, and an across-the-board tall's admissions has 6 ecome a "possible enrollment data to the Regents executive admissions shutdown would fall more heavily alternative" to reduce spending. committee within the next 10 days, "rather on the upper division transfers and graduate Earlier money-saving efforts need to be than freeze everything today." students. Enrollment freeze surprises officials By STUART EMMRICH have to make a 20 per cent cut in freshmen said he was shocked to find the freeze was to AllIgator StafB Writ.r. alone next tall. A lot of kids are going to be be imposed immediately and with no set disappointed," Hanson said, ending date. UF officials, most taken by surprise by the Robert Bryan. interim vice president for Bryan admitted the freeze might save the Board of Regents immediate freeze on ad- academic affairs, said he was 'astounded" at SUS some money, but added he doubled if it missions to the State University System. the news of the admissions freeze,. was an appropriate move. expressed both shock and pleasure at the BRYAN, who said he had not heard of the "I heard the financial crisis was seven, but Monday decision. Ireeze until a reporter called for comment,. I fail to understand how freezing admissions UP Executive Vice President Harold would help our financial difficulties very Hanson said he was 'surprised but pleased" much, a ith the repents' decision to halt all ad- "EACH STUDENT costs a certain amount missions to the SUS while they take a close to educate-the tuition only pays for 25 per look at the cost involved in the running of the cent of the total education-but this move universitiess. will cause untold problems. I don't know how HANSON, agreeing with the decision to the board will be able to justify this action. euamine the budget and financial operation "The citizens of the state want to send their children to the university, and I don't know phobeby chip hke of the SUS. said. "I think we ought to stand hack and look at the entire situation. It's a how they are going to react to this news. New regent good idea," "I'm simply shocked," Bryan said. Hanson said the freeze would "probably RICHtARD Whitehead. dean of admissions What'slttliketlojoin the stats Board of just be a temporary holdup. I don't expect and records, also said he had not heard of the Regents In the middle of mcmive this thing to last too long." BaR freeze, and had not.reelved any in- budget cutbacks, utilities deficits, and Hanson said some kind of action on structions to cease the processing of ap- other migc.loaneous crises? The faces of enrollment was expected. but added he 'as plicants for next year. Morshioll Harris, who joined the regents surprisedd the free on admissions "as in,. "We have to wait and see what the official Monday for the first time, might tell the posed at Monday's meeting. policy is before we do anything," Whitehead said. Harris, appointed earlier this ALThOUGH Hanson said he doubted the story. He said freshmen have already been sent by Gay. Reubin Askew, is a Ireeze would last until next year. he explained month letters ol acceptance for next year and said he veteran Florida legislator who actively %OflW cuts have to he made in admissions a'av. wasn't 'or' hon a freeze would affect these And after the sought the regents post. ':Upper class applications are running I5S RICHARD WHITEHEAD s udan is. talk about problems, It isn't cli bad, is it l'tr CL'il .dead of lost 'car's pace and at wvinl . admissions chief (See 'tea. &.' page fleil Mr. Harris? Pag. 2, The lndependentAridcMAlligoor, Tuesday, Jantwry 14, 197$ -Th by /ALLANGINOtER Thy.aes ALLN JGNLr Ford has a plann capsul Monday night a 12 WASHING ION perlUPl) cent rebatePresident on 1974 incomef-ord taxesproposed up to $1,000 a person. and increased- taxes and tarifl\ to drive fuel prices higher and discourage consumption. In his first speech from the White House to the American do Demos people, Ford laid out the program he will put before Congress *.but so Wednesday to tight recession, inflation and the energy g , syt WASHINGTON (UPN) - Houise Democratic leaders shortage. pledged Monday to pass a tax cut of 10 billion or more in e6o HE CALLED for a one year ban on new federal spending FOR D'S P LAN days as part of a Democratic plan to combat recession. programs, a 5 per cent ceiling on increased Social Security The broad 12-point plan. whose other proposals to boost benefits this year and on federal pay increases, and a $4 F the economy included more aidoothe jobless and interest rate billion tax cut bor farmers and businessmen to spur enm- I * A $16 billion tax cut through a subsidies for housmng. immediately drew fire frim senate ployment 12 per cent tax rebate Up to $1,000 SRepublican L.eader Hugh Scott. who scoffed at its chances ol Ford said he would ask Congress to relax auto pollution tax for ,approval standards to improve gas mileage, impose about $30 billion in p er family and breaks SIN CAPITAL letters. Scott wrote "not enacted by the 93rd taxes or all petroleum and natural gas, and tax the windfall businesses and farmers.