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Central Florida Future. 180. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/180 -·······••11111.A -" November 30, 1973 FTU Officials Reach Minorities The U.S. Department of Admissions officer Paul W. Health, Education and Welfare Leinbach said, "I know our has given the Florida Board of operations but not everyone Regents (BOR), 90 days to elese's." improve its state university The aim of the Admissions desegration plan. The present Office recruitment program is to BOR plan was rejected by the inform high school counselors of HEW Office of Civil Rights for the opportunities and new its lack of "sufficient specificity programs available at FTU. Last as to the processes which will be spring 50 high schools in a used to effect student and seven-county area were visited as faculty desegration." part of the program. Federal court orders require One little known fact is that an April 8 submission of final students who score below 300 desegregation plans. Failure to on the Florida State Twelfth comply with them could lead to Grade Test are being accepted at the suspension of federal FTU if their grade point averages funding or lawsuits seeking court are high enough to offset the orders for desegregation, said low scores, Leinbach said. Peter G. Holmes, HEW director But grades and scores are not of civiJ rights. the most powerful deterrents to The FTU fount.ain will not be seen again recommended the reflecting pond fountain Presently, FTU has no attending FTU. The fact that by most of us. A£corclin~ to Physical Plant be turned off indefinitely to conserve officiating body .to coordinate FTU is a commuter campus can Director R. N. l'eruf, the administration energy . (Photo by Chuck ~eithel) its recruiting efforts. .be a very real deterrent to Admissions, Cooperative students from low-income Education, Student families. A more widespread Government, Community utilization of the South Orlando Faculty Evaluations Knocked College Relations, The BJack ·Resident Center might help By Torrey Stewart developed under the resolution According to Dr. K. Phillip Student Union and individual side-step this problem, according would fail, Frank said. Taylor, chairman of the Faculty colleges recruit high school and to Leinbach. Admissions finds, Standardization should be on Senate, some departments may junior college students of too, that BJack students seem to A psychology professor a university-wide basis, decide to utilize the minority groups. But each prefer .junior colleges for their trained in constructing according to Frank, since university-wide evaluation from concern ·does so independently, economic feasibility, or more evaluation scales, questioned the promotions ar~ made on a currently being prepared by a enlisting the aid. of other sectors predominantly Black universities recent adoption of a resolution university-wide basis. recently-established committee. - of the University at different by the Faculty Senate calling for Dr. Leland H. Jackson, January is the deadline for the times. (Co.ntinued on Page 16) individual departments to assistant vice president for completed f~nn. develop their own evaluation academic affairs, indicated that processes. non-standarized evaluation Dr. Fredric D. Frank stated forms make evaluation difficult Child Development Center that he questions "whether each on the university-level when a department has the expertise to professor is up for promotion. come up with thei r own form," "Differing forms provide A Likely Addition To Campus" and that "some of the forms different types of information," assure students that their surpassing minimum standards that will be developed within the he said. departments could not be used By Torrey Stewart children are receiving excellent established by the county for Evaluation forms are used for care." child care c_enters, said Wilson. quantitatively." promotion, raises, . gaining of Student Government may Wilson, who has spearheaded As recommended, the pilot Dr. Frank explained that the tenure and feedback purposes. typical college professor is not fund the construction of a the campaign for funds, will program will include 40-50 Standardized evaluation attempt to obtain community children, 2-5 years old. A trained to develop the type of processes elsewhere are generally campus child development evaluating form needed, and that center which could increase the financial support for the ~enter, 2,000-square foot bu.ilding developed and used on a which has been in the embryonic would be required, which would few departments have people university- or state-wide married student enrollment, said trained in these areas. Dean of Women Carol Wilson. stage for several years. A be designed to expand with university basis, Frank said. growth, said Wilson. "Assuming the departments In mid-week it appeared that proposal for child care facilities Frank who has a Ph.D. in was presented in 1968 by the An unpublished survey sent could develop the form, I industrial psychology, said the Student Senate would pass a resolution allocating $2,000 of psychology department, but was to 2,200 married students last question if they know how to intra-department development spring netted over a 50 per cent standardize it," Frank SG funds to. a Day Care account, not approved because the young of evaluation scales "does not university had many other return. Fifty-one per cent of continued. Even departments improve things.,, "Some according to Michael Tororella, priorities at that time, according those answering the survey with 15-20 members are departments could operate the senator who introduced the funding request. to Wilson. questions indicated that they probably too small to (evaluate) by 'Gee, I heard two would utilize child care facilities adequately develop meaningful students say you were really a "I THINK we will be solving "There are so many children a dilemma in which many of non-students who need if they were available on standards, he said. good professor." campus. Over one third ( 33.9 Frank said that if the married students find services of the community The resolution passed by the per cent) indicated that their resolution is implemented, it themselves," said Wilson. "So centers, that we would be doing Faculty Senate provided that spouse would attend school if would be very difficult to many are torn between pursuing a disservice by askmg a "the procedures for obtaining day care facilities were provided compare individuals in different the assessment be standardized an education and quitting community center to take our departments. If such comparison school., . to stay home and take load," Wilson said. on campus. at the departmental level by the 35.4 per cent indicated they is the goal, the evaluation common consent of department care of children. By providing The center should "set an . (Co.ntinued on Page 8) methods which may be members." on-campus facilities, we could example for the community" bv Rep.·Frey Discussed Tapes With Students will give legislators a chance to By Marvin Clegg clean up politics. "Everybody has said at one Republican Congressman Lou time that all politicans are Frey informally discussed crooked," Frey said. matters ranging from the - "Somebody asked one of my Watergate tapes to the energy daughters if I was a politician crisis with two FTU classes last and she denied me three times. week. She isn't that old, but she knows In two lively sessions, the being a politician is 'bad'." Ninth Congressional District When questioned bout the Representative fielded questions Watergate tapes, Frey said that of the White House where no hours of tapes in that office's talk with Kissinger. from political science and in a recent meeting with taping is done by Nixon, Frey recorder each weekend and does · Sun day morning, in the engineering seminar students. President Nixon he asked the said. not check it again until Monday. middle of a lengthy conversation Frey, a congressman of five president about the two missing The second conversation was "That weekend Kissinger between Richard Kleindienst years, told his audience the most tapes. Nixon replied that the held in the president's executive came back from one of his trips and Nixon, the tapes ran out, important thing about Watergate first missing phone conversation office during a weekend. Frey or dates or whatever," Frey said, Frey was told. is the fact it was discovered and took place in the family quarters said the Secret Service puts six and the president held a long rr~ : ., ,, I,.,,, Page 7) Page 2- FuTUre- November 30, 1973 ''Friends'' FTU Village Players Planning Sponsor "Gratis I" The Village Players, a at 4 p.m. Details for Activation university theater group, is presentation on March 8 and 9 The executive pJannmg sponsoring a student-directed will be discussed. committee of "Friends of the night in the theater entitled University" met last week at the Although the directing will be "Gratis I." Students with done entirely by students, Ramada Ihn East to discuss original one-act plays, ideas for re-activating the organization. members of the faculty are films and any theatrically-related invited to participate as actors, The "Friends" group is talent are invited to participate.