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Central Florida Future. 1184. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1184 SPORTSp.12 ., uture Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 Vol. 25, No. 40 ° TUESDAY February 16, 1993 . 16 Pages Tuition may increase despite 25/75 rule BOR committee voted to reinstate the 25175 rule, but failed to eliminate differential tuition agree on the language." are UF and FSU, he said. by Cynthia Conlin The 25-75 rule, which puts a cap on tuition, and the "It will create an elitist system, and probably go CENTRAL FLORIDA ·FUTURE differential tuition proposal are two of 10 issues in a large backward in time ... and affect the minority students," In what Florida State Representative Bill Sublett billthefinancingandprogrammingsubcommitteeofbigher Dibona said. "This will create a real economic barrier. called "the most complicated committee meeting" he education voted on Thursday. Other issues in the bill were "This is a [proposed] stunt ofgrowth, and the UCF had ever attended, representatives argued Thursday less oontroversial, Sublett said students should realize this," Dibona over a bill that could result in an annual tuition Members of UCF's Student Govern- said. "Thiswilldonothingtoincrease increase of 10 percent for selected state universities. ment, including President Jason Dibona, ''It's a first step in the value of their degrees." The arguments will continue at a full committee have gone to Tallahassee for direct lobby- a flagship univer- Sublett and members ofSG are urg- meeting Wednesday, when representatives will decide ing against the tuition issues. ing students to write letters to Florida whether or not to keep the differential tuition amend­ "Two years ago, the legislature and the sity system.,, representatives and state senators. ment proposed. The committee vote~ 6-4 in favor ofthe Board of Regents decided 25 percent was Sublett said letters from parents are amendment Thursday. enough for student payment of tuition," •· Biii Sublett usually more effective because most "We succeeded in passing an amendment to rein-_ Dibona said, explaining the 25-75 rule. FLA. REPRESENTATIVE representativesfeelparentsaretheones state the old 25-75 rule," Sublett said of last week's "Apparently, budget cuts have changed paying the tuition, even though this is meeting in Tallahassee. However, he said, "We failed to people's reactions." •••••••- not always the case. pass an amendment to eliminate differential tuition." If the differential tuition amendment is passed, it "The representatives listen better to the parents," "That will mean a school like the University of will impact the state university system. Subleit said. · Florida or Florida State University can charge more t9 "The legislatures [who voted for differential tu- "We're going to do everything we can to continue the attend it," Sublett continued. "It's a first step in a ition] stated they were in favor of developing a fight," Dibona said. "We're. going to tie up their [the flagship university system. flagship university system, where one or two univer- legislators] phones; we're going to tie up their mail." "We're fighting over how the statute is interpreted," sitiesarefavoredovertherestofthem," Dibona said. Dibona said he wants to get UCF alumni as well as Sublett said. "It wouldn't-be so confusing if we could The two most likely to be affecte~ by raised tuition students involved. Students convert a car· to electric by Dave Bauer CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Thirteen UCF engineering students are in the process of turning an ordinary 1985 Mercury Lynx into a non-polluting electric car. The project will be entered in the Clean Air Grand Prix, a national competition for electric cars, to be held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in May. Bill Young, a Florida Solar Research Center engineer and faculty adviser to the group building the car, hopes the clean air vehicle will increase awareness of alterna­ tive-energy transportation. The clean-air association is organizing the event along with the U.S. Department of Energy. Its goal is to educate students about electric vehicles and show the com­ munity the benefits of using electric cars, Young said. The process of converting a car from a combustion engine to an electric motor is quite detailed. According to Steve Thomas, Junior Kerry Musante, a biology major, checks out a display about Orlando, the City of Light, at a student who is heading the project, the the University of Central Florida's Library. The display was presented to the library by the Dr. CAR continued page 3 Phillips Foundation. The display is one of many in the library. co.eo.r1FuruRE> Florida Sp0rts Hall of Fame inducts fonner UCF Coach Clark Florida Sports Hall of Fame. games, setting a school record. by Jiii Krueger During his 14-year career at UCF, the men's Clark coached basketball and football at Xavier High NEWS EDITOR basketball team won 277 games and lost 89. His School in WlSOOilsin before coming to UCF. His basketball Former University of Central Florida Running team also won 5 out of 8 Sunshine Championships team won 241 games out of 2.64 and 15 of 16 oonference Knights' head coach Gene "Torchy" Clark will be in­ and he was voted College Coach of the Year for four championships. ducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame April 19. consecutive years in Florida. Currently, Clark coaches boys basketball at Trin­ Clmk. will be the first UCF coach to make it into the Duringthe 1977-78season, Clark's team won24straight ity Prep. CLASSIFIEDS page 8 2 The Central Florida Future • February 16, 1993 • UCF plans "larger, more balanced" • course schedule for summer terms • • • Dear Students: We are making efforts to produce the summer schedule a bit earlier this I trust that by now you are well year. The printed schedule should be • settled into spring term courses. As available by mid-March. If earlier you may know, UCF added nearly information is essential, you might 400 additional class sections in the consult the academic departments or fall and spring terms so that you your faculty advisor. They should • would have greater opportunities to have a good understanding of enroll in the courses you need. summer offerings before publication_ of the schedule. • Our action-backed commitment I hope each of you is making to help you make timely progress • toward completion of your UCF solid educational progress this term. education will be evident in the UCF will continue to take steps to summer schedule of courses as well. UCF's success in ehhance that progress and to enrich your • meeting enrollment targets in the fall and spring terms educational experiences here. means we retain funding that would have been lost. dia ly yours, This will enable us to offer a larger and more balanced course schedule·this summer. As you begin to plan your <!. ~ summer, please consider that the 1993 summer offering hn C. 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