University of Tampa - Moroccan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Controversy highlighted much of the beginning of this school year. Students were immediately greeted by the new UT Energy Surcharge. We were assured that every step would be taken to refund money leftover — but would there be any? Why was the charge so high, even for the commuters? Is the money really going to the electric company? CONTRO- VERSY ... Incoming freshman science majors got a look at the new bimester plan. These students were given the ‘‘block'' classes and became the UT guinea pigs of 1980. Our academic standards supposedly increased, yet students weren’t happy. Some students felt they were being cheated out of a chance to meet a larger group of people, and some simply could not handle the fast pace. Even professors voiced their opinions: some had to alter their whole teaching plans, while others realized that they just could never work with it. CONTROVERSY... Congress got a crazy idea that Florida drinking age should be raised to 19. Their idea became reality, and the Univer- sity was slapped in the face with it. New alcohol policies had to be drawn up. Legal drinking became but a dream to many underclassmen. Fraternity parties just didn’t seem right. Business in the Rat declined. How could the law take away a privilege that so many were accustomed to? Do we really need those ugly ink spots on our hands to prove that we are legal? Is it OK to have a fake ID? CONTROVERSY... Everything seemed political. The American hostages in Iran “celebrated their first year of captivity. Ironically, the anniversary came just at election time. Many Americans saw WAR printed across their voters' ballots. Is that the new American dream? If we do have a war, who is going to fight in it? Will there be a movie made about it starring our new president? CONTROVERSY... Back on campus, the Rivershore students suddenly found themselves without a parking lot. Whose fault was this? Res- idents thought they were being patient by putting up with the potholes in the lot. when really they were being buried in them. So students living in Rivershore Towers had to park on the main campus and “face the element on their way back to the dorm. The element was the famous group of drunks, homosexuals, bums, illiterates, perverts, and other- wise unique human beings who made the area between Rivershore and Plant Hill a dangerous place to be. UT and Tampa Police brought in more manpower and even dogpower. but that was only temporary. The novelty of safety eventually wore off. Is it really safe to be out at dark? Is the intramural parking lot to be the new Rivershore lot? CONTROVERSY... Speaking of losing things, whatever happened to the Pi Kappa house? The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, famous for its theme parties, found itself homeless this year. Those who were living in the house last year were given the option of moving off campus — or into a dorm, and the newly ranked Spartan Soccer Team moved into the house. Pi Kappa parties were never to be the same. Was it really because of debts owed, or was it just that the administration didn’t like those guys? CONTROVERSY ... The UT literary magazine. Quilt, learned quickly how hard it was to cut corners once their budget was minimized. Student Government voted not to give Quilt any more money because “UT doesn’t need the magazine.” But what about the English and writ- ing majors? Do some students really enjoy the magazine? What will be the destiny of Quilt? CONTROVERSY... Aye. yes. CONTROVERSY. But then, if we didn't have it. life would be boring, maybe even perfect. We couldn't have that at UT now. could we ... Opening 13