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Sandspur, Vol 92 No 10, November 12, 1985, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Performing Arts Facility Requirements At Walt Disney World, Harrison Price Company

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

A mini-charrette was conducted by the Harrison Price Company (HPC) for the Disney Development Company to determine if a performing arts center at Disney World was a sound idea and how best to do it. Performing arts venues in Ashland, Oregon and Chautauqua, New York were selected as frames of reference for a proposed new performing arts facility at Disney World in Florida. HPC drew conclusions from the charrette discussion and the perspectives are expressed in the report.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 16, November 6, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Big companies open doors for student Anita Hogan; Building a better mousetrap: New use of computer speeds student transfer; Admissions office opens evenings and Saturdays; Faculty Senate meets Thursday.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 11, November 6, 1985

Central Florida Future

Library's books don't stack up: Lack of funding hinders services (with charts on "Where the books are" and "Spending on students"); Female professors get shortchanged (with photo of Dean Rollins); News: Complex for fine arts awaiting state approval; Greek gathering (photo captioned "Members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority gather around to watch the dedication of their new house--the first in UCF's Greek Park."); State lawmakers want to do away with 'turkeys'; Students voice complaints, ideas to senate; Test Debate; ROTC Review; Greek Notes; Fun & Games? (photo captioned "Sometimes the intensity of intramural football gets to be a little too …

Sandspur, Vol 92 No 09, November 5, 1985, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 10, October 30, 1985

Central Florida Future

Foul-ups hold up student aid; Students divided on housing solution; Shortage of full-time students could cost UCF state dollars (with chart on "how UCF's five colleges stand up against their FTE quotas."); News: State legislator talks education (with photo of Larry Hawkins); Student legislators plan activity fee allocation; Foreign students form group to 'bridge gap'; Monster machine (photo of physical plant worker cleans up the bond in front of the library); County prepares for area growth; For Leaders; Bucks for Software; CPR Classes; Spring Schedule Changes; Homecoming fun (with photos); Discoveries: Picking up the pieces of a lost Mayan Empire: …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 15, October 30, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

A three-year program for UCF: Regents okay $15.3 million plan for building; Chandra's solar energy find earns state, national awards; Phone directory due in November.

Sandspur, Vol 92 No 08, October 29, 1985, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Fans To Reduce Cooling Costs In The Southeast, Florida Solar Energy Center, Subrato Chandra

FSEC Energy Research Center®

During the hot, humid summer months in the southeastern U. S., air conditioning costs are a substantial part of the average home's utility bill. In Florida, for example, air conditioning accounts for about 30 percent of the annual utility bill for an all electric house. Fans can help lower air conditioning costs.

There are three generic types of fans to reduce summer air conditioning costs: air circulating fans to create air motion which increases comfort, whole house fans to promote fresh air exchange, and attic vent fans to lower attic temperatures.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 14, October 23, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

UCF develops low-cost oculomotor: Eye-activated computers provide opportunities for quadriplegics; Salvadoran policy subject of award winning journalist; UCF nears record United Way goal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 09, October 23, 1985

Central Florida Future

Homecoming 1985; Racoon & friends to perform in gym (with photos of Rondell Sheridan, Jeff Justice and Gary De Lena); Busboys bring working class rock 'n' roll to UCF (with photo captioned "The busboys are Brian O'Neal, Victor Johnson, Steve Felix, French and Reggie Leon."); Activities planned all week; News: Spring '86 schedule changes; 'Men at work' dampen business boom (with photo of the road-widening project on University Boulevard); Vandals keep library study rooms closed; News clips: Campus Source; Mayan Slides; Fires Continue; Clast Facts; Rock Diners; Ellis to step down, return to teaching (with photo of Dr. Leslie Ellis); …

Sandspur, Vol 92 No 07, October 22, 1985, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 08, October 16, 1985

Central Florida Future

Defense money may come here (with photo of Trevor Colbourn); Meal plan users may be losers in the lunch line; Uncle! Uncle! (photo of mud wrestling match sponsored by the Marketing Club); Senate confirms five justices, plans change in registration; News: 'Sinking' hall under repair; Modern art?? (photo captioned "No, It's only Susan Bendfelt preparing to use her horse as visual aid for speech class."); Micarelli named new VP; UCF engineers boast high GPAs; News clips: SWAT team; Assaulted; How to Cope; New V.A. Man; Crutch Crisis; Intern Seminar; UCF police: dormitories careless with property; Sex not as prominent on …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 13, October 16, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

DOD contracts the prize: Governor's help in Washington escalates UCF's research hopes; Holsenbeck named to UCF post; Provost Ellis tells plans to teach before retiring; UCF Theatre to open with British comedy; Faculty Senate to debate student complaint policy.

Sandspur, Vol 92, No 06, October 15, 1985, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 07, October 9, 1985

Central Florida Future

New dorm plan creating stir: Students meet, plan solution (with photos of Sen. William Dietz and IHC Vice President Wanda Flonnery); We can't be great without more dorms; Staff salaries here less than real world (with chart titled "Working for the state: does it pay"); News: Police bust two in auto thefts; Photo captioned "Zzzzzz... So you say you've got a few hours to kill. The area in front of the library offers several prime concrete benches that'll suit you just fine."); Greeks target of arson (taken from College Press Service); Some have the brains for college, but not enough …

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 12, October 9, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Undergraduate Studies is reorganized, Micarelli named associate vice president; Gate Crasher an epic success written by avid UCF boosters; PEP Squad to get evacuation drill; 3 Communication grads win awards; Free lecture.

The Ucf Report, Vol. 08 No. 11, October 2, 1985, University Of Central Florida

The UCF Report

Chase discoveries could rewrite history of Mayas; Kersten tells nation about UCF research; Career Service sick leave pool enrollment open.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 18 No. 06, October 2, 1985

Central Florida Future

'Tremendous' find: UCF couple discovers ancient ruins (with photo captioned "This figurine from a Late Postclassic cache found at Santa Rita Corozal in 1984 graphically illustrates a blood-letting event."); UCF area experiencing 'intense' growth (with diagram showing East Orange County growth); Referendum results (on creation of Student Union); News: UCF grabs $7 million grant; Students say OK to union construction; Contractor says Kiosk is finished ...sort of; Homecoming Plan; Flu Shots; More Scholarships; Big Apple Bound; Cobra gunship invades UCF (with photo captioned "Students investigate a U.S. Army Cobra helicopter on the Green Friday."); Souvenirs sales up, still room for …

Administering The Small College Program: An Introduction, Bonnie Wilson Buzza

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This introductory essay outlines the emergence of a coordinated national effort to strengthen speech communication programs at small colleges. It contextualizes the 1985 curriculum conference at Hope College as a significant point in the ongoing development of these programs. The essay explains that earlier initiatives established a foundation of shared concerns and collaborative activity through committees, conferences, and informal professional networks. The 1985 meeting marks a transition toward more deliberate work on curriculum design, faculty development, scholarly engagement, and improved relationships between small college programs and graduate institutions that supply future faculty. The introduction further summarizes the structure of the …

Administrative Style And The Small College Context, Joseph W. Macdoniels

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines the distinctive administrative challenges faced by leaders of small college communication programs and argues that prevailing managerial models are poorly suited to the values and structures of these institutions. It begins by distinguishing administration, management, and leadership, noting that contemporary higher education privileges managerial thinking oriented toward efficiency, control, and product driven outcomes. The discussion contends that this framework conflicts with the interpersonal, process oriented commitments of communication faculty and with the collegial traditions of small liberal arts colleges. The essay outlines the limitations of the management oriented model at the departmental level, where chairs are expected …

Departmental Administration Within The Small College Environment: Analysis And Extension, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This response essay evaluates preceding analyses of small college administration and extends their implications through a methodologically oriented lens. It begins by addressing the definitional challenges surrounding what constitutes a small department or small liberal arts college, noting that existing definitions remain imprecise and often subjective. Using Allan Tucker’s framework of chairperson responsibilities, the essay proposes a structured means of comparing administrative roles across institutional types. It then examines the claims raised in earlier papers, including the influence of managerial models, the limited authority of departmental leaders, the prevalence of informal communication networks, and the extensive teaching and service commitments …

Concerns, Questions, And Changes In Small Colleges, Dale M. Jackson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay analyzes the distinctive concerns facing faculty and administrators at small liberal arts colleges and considers the curricular developments likely to shape the communication discipline through the remainder of the decade. It argues that although faculty share universal issues such as salaries, tenure, and job security, the small college environment introduces unique pressures. These include heavy teaching loads, broad course preparation, intensive committee work, and heightened student expectations generated by close faculty student interaction. Faculty also express anxiety over the expanding influence of vocational demands and the potential displacement of liberal education, even as they work to help students …

An Exploration Of Some Problems Confronting Speech Communication Faculty, Sandra Manheimer

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This essay examines three persistent problem areas faced by speech communication faculty at small colleges that result from limited institutional resources. The analysis focuses first on the staffing of the basic communication course, noting that small institutions lack graduate teaching assistants and therefore must consider alternative instructional formats, technological delivery systems, undergraduate facilitators, part time instructors, communication across the curriculum initiatives, or the retraining of faculty from other disciplines. The essay then evaluates the challenges of offering upper level communication courses with low enrollments, particularly courses that require a minimum number of participants for effective skill development. It outlines strategies …

Staffing The Basic Course And Still Having Flexibility To Meet Program Needs, Alan Lerstrom

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article analyzes the use of undergraduate assistants as a strategy for staffing the basic communication course in small colleges while preserving faculty capacity to meet broader programmatic needs. It reviews literature across disciplines to identify recurrent considerations in employing student assistants, including selection criteria, training, laboratory activities, grading practices, and compensation. The analysis highlights pedagogical benefits associated with laboratory based instruction, particularly increased student participation, enhanced opportunities for practicing communication skills, and improved peer level feedback. It also addresses concerns about consistency and evaluation by describing an approach that standardizes laboratory activities while allowing individual assistants to shape group …

Approaches To The Basic Curriculum In Small College Departments, Roger Smitter, Joseph W. Macdoniels

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines required course structures in small college speech communication programs in order to determine whether curricular patterns reveal shared organizing principles for the major. Drawing on catalog data from sixty one institutions that are either small in enrollment or limited in speech communication faculty, the analysis categorizes required courses and identifies their frequency across programs. The findings demonstrate substantial variability in required curricula, with little consistency in course titles, sequences, or theoretical foundations. Public speaking emerges as the most common requirement, yet it is mandated at fewer than half of the institutions studied. Introductory courses vary widely in …

Burnout Syndrome: Fighting The Battle Between Inspiration And Desperation, David C. File

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the concept of burnout as it affects administrators of small college theatre programs and identifies the structural and psychological conditions that make these individuals particularly vulnerable. Burnout is defined as an emotional safeguard that emerges when the energy required to meet goal expectations exceeds an individual’s capacity, creating an imbalance between effort and perceived reward. Drawing on Freudenberger’s work and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the article argues that burnout develops when persistent striving toward unrealistic goals erodes the sense of self worth and shifts behavior from creative engagement to defensive self protection. The analysis explains how limited …

Integrating Forensics Into The Curriculum, Jay G. Verlinden

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article argues that intercollegiate forensics should be treated as an integral curricular component within small college speech communication programs rather than as an expendable extracurricular activity. Drawing on comparisons to laboratory requirements in the natural sciences, the discussion contends that forensics provides an essential laboratory experience through which students learn to select, analyze, and organize material in pursuit of varied rhetorical strategies. The article explains how tournament participation exposes students to diverse critical perspectives, motivates higher levels of performance, and develops confidence, poise, and credibility. It assigns primary responsibility for curricular integration to the director of forensics, who must …

Disciplinary Integrity, Credibility, And Scholarly Activity: Small College Revisited, Peter L. Settle

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article reexamines the conditions under which small college communication programs establish and maintain disciplinary integrity and credibility, focusing on the tension between teaching and research expectations. It argues that integrity depends on curricular fidelity, defined as the alignment between a program’s scope, content, and goals and broader disciplinary developments. Because small colleges often face limited personnel, financial constraints, and restricted access to professional networks, they are at increased risk of drifting from disciplinary trends or relying on outdated knowledge. The article identifies traditional mechanisms for staying current, including scholarly reading, conference participation, and engagement with colleagues, but notes that …

The Clinical Supervision Of Teaching In The Small College Communication Department, Ellen Hay

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines the applicability of the clinical supervision model to the evaluation and improvement of teaching in small college communication departments. It argues that traditional supervisory practices often fail to support instructional development because they emphasize identifying incompetence rather than fostering growth among capable instructors. Clinical supervision is presented as a structured, five step process consisting of a pre observation conference, classroom observation with systematic data collection, analysis of observed behaviors, a post observation conference, and a concluding critique of the supervision cycle. The article details how this model encourages cooperative goal setting, focuses attention on specific teaching behaviors …