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Central Florida Future. 899. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/899 ~ . he Central Florida Future c 1988 The Central Florida Future Volume 21, Number 38 University of Central Florida/Orlando Tuesday January 31,1989 BOR approves fee increase $5.50 per hour proposal passes despite 1, 111-signature petition by Biii Foxworthy amended since it was first increase. She also presented a CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE introduced to the BOR. petition from the Student No debate occurred before Organization Aganist Paying The Florida Board of the vote, which assigned UCF (SOAP). The petition, which Regents unanimously the highest athletic fee in the detailed SOAP's oppositon to approved increasing UCF's state. the fee increase, contained athletic fee to $5.50 per credit UCF President Trevor 1,111 signatures. hour Friday at its meeting at Co lbourn made some Student Body President Florida Atlantic University. introductory remarks and Denver Stutler said the initial Fee increases for five other explained why the proposal proposal was reduced due to Florida state universities were had been changed from $6.15 student opposition and a lack approved as well. UCF's per credit hour. of student information about request was considered Student Regent Jackie the increase. He also gave his separately because it had been Goigel spoke in favor of the approval to the final proposal. Athletic Director and football coach State ·university Athletic Fees Gene McDowell, also I present, made no remarks. The original proposal for the fee increase would have required students on UC F's main campus to .!r pay $6.15 per credit hour. The revised proposal called for $5.50 per credit hour, and $4.50 for area Erle PanonalCENTAAL FLORIDA FUTURE campus students and BLAST FROM THE PAST those taking less than • $3.00/hr. plus S10 llat lee • six credit hours. The UCF students had the opportunity to buy a tie-dyed shirt last •• Season ticket OOJlS plus athletic fee fOf the lall and i;prlng week on The Green. last adjustment to the s6URCE: Jamoa Slnlth Jr~ Budget Olflce OlrectOf R. Scott Horner/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE SEE FEE PAGE 3 / Hosler: 'no reasoning' behind removal by Jamie Carte As for the decision itself, Hosler said "As far as I CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE know, there was no reasoning behind the decision." Whitehouse backed up his decision, saying, "This Dr. E. Ramon Hosler has been replaced as acting is only a temporary position. I based my decision on chairman of the mechanical engineering and aero­ my own judgment from an internal search [of depart­ space studies department. His replacement, James ment faculty] and Beck was my appropriate choice." K Beck, started the job at the beginning of the Whitehouse said the conflict began in September semester. when he appointed the last official chairman, Dr. Hosler held the position for one semester. Stephen L. Rice, to the position of Associate Dean of Dr. Gary Whitehouse, Dean of the College of the the College of Engineering. He then conducted a Engineering, made the decision to remove Hosler. series of interviews and surveys to help find a new He also handled the appointment of the new acting department chair. chairman, Beck. According to Whitehouse, the department first Whitehouse said the decision was not "a reflection chose to limit their selection to the senior members on Dr. Hosler. He has been very popular with the already in the department. Upon further examina­ students and he is a personal friend of mine. He just tion, a five person committee decided they would didn't have the support of the department at that rather hire a researcher to find a chairman from time." Mechanical Engineering major Dan Justin outside the university. agreed with Whitehouse's assessment of Hosle-r's Over the winter break, Whitehouse conducted a popularity among students, saying they "really liked poll of department faculty and Beck was chosen to be Dr. Hosler." temporary chairman. Whitehouse expects Beck's "His door was always open," Justin said. "He was term will last a year and a half or less. always willing to help you." During Beck's term, Whitehouse says, the depart­ The chairman oversees the daily administration ment will launch a national campaign, with the help of the department's operations . Hosler said he pre­ of a hired researcher, to find a new chairman. Accord­ sided over, "the efforts ofthe faculty and assisting the ing to Whitehouse, this researcher will place adver­ students in matters such as graduation requi~e ­ tisements in national engineering magazines and Erle Parsons/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE ments." other circulations. "The job had its good and bad points," He said. "I Whitehouse said he did not think the turnover was FORTUNE'S FINEST was not upset and I have no harsh feelings. I am unusual. James B. Hayes, publisher of Fortune and the vice­ simply free from the hassles of an administration "I feel that it [the replacement method] was the president of Time Inc. Magazine Group, spoke in the position and that makes me happy-or maybe I SCA last Tuesday. should say, not unhappy." SEE ENGINEERING PAGE 7 SPORTS OPl.NION >Ip I f?E.A u. y I ftAlL y NEWS CLIPS 3 l\Ll-Y RfALV ~~TE . • The UCF men's tennis • Opinion takes one (pas- I I OPINION 8 team is ready for a fresh sibly) final look at the start under new coach Lori whole athletic fee affair. COMICS 9 Burdell. See Page 12 for a Also, Andy Campanaro preview on this year's writes about the rise of CLASSIFIED 10 team and a look at the sports and the decline of team's new coach. academics in ourcolleg~s. SPORTS 12 • • • • • • Name Title References ----- - . If Budweiser is already your regular beer wed like to say thanks for the If like to business. it's not, then wed apply for the job. 99.fte._ • Of course our resume can only tell you who we are. To ~~~ discover just h~ ~d we taste, we suggest you set ~$..,.,~ up a personal mteMEw. \Otl ,~· . • WAYNE DENSCH, I.NC. as1-· .• ··.7100. ··· UCF REP. ERIC ·ERICSON • 425·7005 The Central Florida Future, January 31, 1989, 3 FEE showed his lack of regard for we can charge for tickets," the students at UCF." Goigel said. "But for now, FROM PAGE 1 What will you pay? Many students opposed the we're young, we're in the fee because they did not attend building stage and we have to Credit Current Fall 1989 Percent proposal put a $66 cap on the UCF athletic events. Goigel use this form of funding." Hours Fee $5.50/hr.* Change athletic fee. When asked countered that in her job as Proponents cited long term about the regents' lack of student regent, she meets benefits the additional money debate on the fee increase, taxpayers who oppose will provide. Goigel said, "at board supporting public schools. "I think students will meetings things aren't "I talk to students who say 'I benefit, whether they discussed much because, at don't go to football games, why participate or not, by the that point, there's been lots of should I pay?'and I talk to (recognition) UCF will gain in preliminary work." people who say, 'I don't attend Florida and the Southeast," Holly McN air, co-founder of a university, why should I pay Goigel said. * $4.50/hr for area campus students and students SOAP, said "the students taxes to support them?' Its a. taking less than 5 semester hours voiced their opinion with a tough call either way." Lance Turner contributed to • petition ... and McDowell "Hopefully, down the road this article. • SKIN CALENDARS EXCITE female students. Other campuses have been Cunningham will be the sub­ ham, who has been compared Aministrators at Louisana The photo's television ap­ troubled by the swimsuit-type ject of graduate level research to Grandma Moses, J.O.J. College have banned a fund­ pearance spurred an outburst calendar sales. at UCF, thanks to a grant Frost and Rousseau. raising calendar featuring of complaints and forced LC Penn State Universtiy from Michael and Marilyn Cunningham has been fea­ bathing-suit-clad students. President Robert L. Lynn to banned a calendar after objec­ Mennella of Winter Park. The tured in 13 exhibits through­ • "I was outraged", said Rev. look at the effect the calendar tions that it was offensive to two were Cunningham's pa­ out the U.S. and Florida. Charles Hutzler, pastor of the could have on the campus's women. Calendars featuring trons until his death in 1977. Seven additional exhibits are Alpine Baptist church. "It Christian image. nude and semi-nude students The grant will be funding scheduled in 1989-90. made us look like we're liberal Lynn, who said the "Men of provoked angry protests at the research on Cunningham's art or something." Louisianna College" calendar universities of Illinois and by an art history student.