Miami Hurricane, March 01, 1968

              UM To Construct Undersea “Atlantis”
By LINDA KLEIN DEIN ST
Hurricane Staff Writer
Oceanographic engineers at UM have proposed a plan for a manned underseas station off Miami Beach, 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
“Project Atlantis,” as it has been christened, would be financed by government and industry, according to John H. Clotworthy, chairman of the Division of Ocean Engineering. It would cost millions, he said, but at the moment engineering talent is a more important need during the preliminary design phase.
The purpose of the project is to design, build, place, and operate a submerged station on the continental shelf, to be used as a research center for the study of underseas life and underwater mining techniques, and an anti-submarine command and control center as a part of national defense.
Engineers at UM have begun the planning of
such an underwater “habitat” for scientists, its placement, retrieval, and operation, experimental and training programs, and “logistics support," which, according to senior research scientist Lloyd Stover, would be supplied by a small research submarine similar to one of several types now in use. The sub would ferry men and supplies to the station from Virginia Key. The station would first be tested at depths of 100 and 1,000 feet, with a final goal of operation at a depth of 6,000 feet below the surface.
The advantages of such a program were enumerated by Clotworthy: 1) It would promote research in physical oceanography, biology, geology, and undersea training, and would permit a direct study of bottom-dwelling marine life and bottom waters, sediments, and currents. 2) It would provide a center for the development of more efficient equipment and methods of undersea drilling, mining, mineral extract-
ing, fishing, salvage, and construction. 3) The station would serve as an anti-submarine command and control center to aid in national defense, and provide a facility for the development of improved weapons, surface-tracking equipment, and deep-submergence vessels.
The present concept of Atlantis is a cylindrical pressure chamber with a docking hatch for the ferrying submarine, with a power plant and remote-control manipulating equipment. The station would also be used for the testing of anti-submarine weapon launchers, mines, and sonar equipment, and underwater strip-mining equipment, swimming devices, and seabed crawlers.
Project Atlantis, said Stover, is the result of the naval undersea programs that were instituted after the loss of the nuclear submarine Thresher, a tragedy which pointed out how little was known about the
depths of the ocean, and how much more study was needed.
A group of programs, with an original budget of $200 million was instituted to develop submersibles able to rescue trapped crews, recover small lost objects, and raise damaged submarines from depths of 6,-000 to 20,000 feet.
The Atlantis program came in with the final goal, the Deep Ocean Technology Program.
Financial aid from industry and government will be needed, said Stover. If this aid is forthcoming, the project should be ready for its first testing by the middle of 1971.
If project Atlantis proves successful, Clotworthy stated, the possibility of an oceanographic Cape Kennedy is also being considered.
Friday, March 1, 1968
Rights Analyzed
CG Police Return
Bv JOHN ASHFORD
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Declaration Of Student Rights, passed last Friday by U.S.G., is to be presented next week for approval to UM President Henry King Stanford by Dennis Richard, USG President.
The declaration, according to Richard, is “A broadly based positive document assuring the student basic rights inherent to our society.” It is a proposal designed to replace the existing due process policies encompassed by the present disciplinary committees.
The committees in question are the academic (Honor Council) and non-academic (disciplinary committee) bodies which try students under official accusation.
Richard considers the present disciplinary-committees’ procedures to be “inadequate, nebulous and incomplete.” In the Declaration he listed seven basic rights felt neglected by present procedure.
Major points cited included assertions that an accused student should have the right of freedom from involuntary detainment; representation during his trial; the right to subpoena witnesses on his behalf; his appeal procedures more definite and that student members sitting on the d i c i p 1 i n a r y committees should be selected through Student Government process.
Dr. William R. Butler, UM Vice President of Student Affairs, looks upon Richard’s proposition with some reservation. He does not believe it is “necessary or desirable” to copy mechanically all the characteristics of due process that belong to civil society.
“A university,” he contends, “is an intitution set in its own world of particular circumstance very much unlike those that govern our society’s legal system.” He continued, “It is an institution of culture and learning with a special relationship to the person it undertakes to correct, namely the student.
“The primary function of the administration of discipline in an undergraduate college,” Butler explains, “and of the judicial system that surrounds it is educational, not punitive.” The civil system, in his point of view, does not afford the personal relationship and subjective descretion needed to deal with the special circumstances relating to college cases.
The Federal Judiciary reflects this thinking in that they refuse to interfere with matters of university jurisdiction.
A recent well known case, Goldberg vs. The Regents of the University of California, asserted this philosophy. The decision rendered “upheld the university’s right to suspend and expel students who demonstrate against policies and standards set by the university."
Dickson vs. Alabama, and their recent federal judication, did establish though that the accused student must be guaranteed due process by the prosecuting university. The educational institution is required by law to “give adequate notice of an alleged infraction, provide a fair hearing where the student would be given a chance to defend himself and finally to enstate an appeal procedure.”
"The University of Miami, very sensitive to this area, has liberally expanded these points beyond conventional practice,” indicated Butler. “The UM submits a written notice specifying charges.
allowing time for the defendant to prepare a defense, at which time he may use advisors.” He added “during the hearing the accused student is allowed to face and question his accusers and finally a decision, which requires a 4-5 vote to determine guilt, is reached by a committee composed of students, faculty, administration members and the pertinent academic dean.
In a final point Butler pointed to the separation of powers which has been incorporated into UM’s present system. “The investigatory, hearing and appelant bodies are all autonomous organizations, with regulations restricting membership to only one committee at a time.”
Two examples relevant to this point were the recent Zoo and Ferguson cases. Charges were brought against those individuals by the Dean of Men's Office, which then was not represented on the judicating committee.
Richard singled out basic objections h e considered
important. He questions the reasoning behind the right of having a legal advisor before but not during a trial, indicating that it was during the trial when the accused most needs “a cool, objective mind not under pressue.” He further stated, shedding new light on another area “and the selection of all the members that sit on the judicating committee is completely controlled by the Administration, while the student members should be selected through U.S.G. procedures.”
In answer to Richard’s claims. Dean of Women, Dr. May A. Brunson, had apprehensive sentiments towards bringing in legal counselors during a trial. “Replacing a personal university-student relationship with elaborate, high pitched battles between attorneys.”
Dean Robert A. Hynes, Dean of Men, referring to the other issue posed by Richard, could see no reason why U.S.G. could not become a part of the deciding factor selecting membership of the committee.
A Potential Sniper
. . . shot holes in cam pus security. Story pg. 7
By FAYE LEVI
Hurricane Reporter
The third in a series of University Forums was held in the Upper Lounge of the j Student Union on Tuesday i night. The program centered around the controversial film, “Report From Cuba,” advertised as “the film Channel 2 wouldn't show.”
On hand to discuss the film were the distinguished Professor Fernando Penabaz, a former resident of Cuba who has worked closely with the U.S. Republican Party and is currently the editor of | the magazine "Inside the News," Ricardo Alanso, a former Cuban Ambassador to Great Britain, now a member of the staff of the University of Boston, and professor Ernst Halperin, a member of the History Department and
—Photo by BOB HART
l)rimis Richard
. . . presents Hill of Right* next week
Off The Wire
Compiled by Associated Pré»
VIETNAM
U.S. jets hit Hanoi targets for the second straight day as other planes work over North Vietnamese troop concentrations around Khe Sanh.
More American servicemen have been killed in action in Vietnam in the last four weeks than during all the first five years of the U.S involvement there.
ROMNEY REPUBLICANS
Gov. George Romney does not now plan an attmept to
transfer his admittedly sparse presidential support to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. He leaves the next move up to fellow moderate Republican governors.
WASHINGTON
President Johnson, meeting with the nation's governors to discuss a wide range of federal-state problems, stressed the need for a “crusade for law enforcement.”
At a departing salute for Secretary of Defense McNamara, he and President Johnson got stuck in an elevator, the public address system failed and rain washed out an aerial display.	•
Living costs jumped three-tenths of 1 per cent in January for the fourth month in a row, with grocery prices and doctor bills leading the way, the government reported.
NATIONAL
Teachers in various parts of the nation wage, settle or threaten strikes.
INTERNATIONAL
Romania angrily disrupted a meeting of 66 Communist parties and the session broke up without being able to resolve the dispute.
WARSAW — (AP) — CARE, the private American relief organization, is planning to end its operations in Poland by 1970.
Robert Linder, chief of the CARE office here, said Wednesday that the decision was made because Poland has reached a level of self-sufficiency making outside aid unnecessary. V	•
Red Mock Trial Held At GTV
World Communism has been indicted for "crimes against humanity” in a mock trial held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The trial was sponsored by the Georgetown chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, the Court of World Public opinion in Washington, D.C., and a conservative Catholic newspaper.
The prosecution subpoenaed U.S. Communist leaders and officials of some 20 Communist countries to come and defend their position. When none appeared, the Court appointed an attorney for the defense.
The Court was made up of a Federal Judge and two law professors. The trial ran from February 19 to Feburary 21. Witnesses for the prosecution included Constantine Boldyriff. director of Radio Free Russia; Professor Lev j Tobrainsky of Georgetown, i chairman of the National < Captive Nations Committee; | Major E. C. Bundy; Eugene Lyons, senior editor of Read- ; er’s Digest; and a former consultant of ex-President Diem of South Viet Nam.
The secondary purpose of the trial, according to Don Casper, News Editor of the Georgetown Hoya, was to test the university’s new Campus Speaker policy.
After a two-hour recess, the Court resumed with a speech stating that due to the great volume of material, j their verdict will not be re- ; leased until sometime next week.
Forum Views Cuba
Center for Advanced International Studies here at UM. Panel moderator was forum director Or. Vergil Shipley.
The film was an obvious plug for Castro. Depicted were building projects, new schools, the “newly emancipated” working women, cultural programs, carnivals, and, last but not least, the famed Isle of Pines, where happy Cuban teen-agers work tirelessly for the triumph of Communism. Such things as inflation, the transportation problem, the stringent food rationing, and the fact that over 1,000 people flee the country each week, were glossed over, or drowned out by a flood of words from pro-Castro writers, economists, and Castro’s speeches.
Professor Penabaz began the discussion with the observation that the film, “did not show a single real accomplishment of Castro’s regime, but that it consisted mostly of favorable word-age.” He then went on to explain that prior to the revolution Cuba was one of the wealthiest, most progressive nations in the world. Quoted were statistics showing that the average wages in Cuba during 1958 were higher than those in either West Germany and France, and that Cuba had been the second country in the world to have color television. He also pointed out the fact that the film’s producers were known Communist sympathizers.
Mr. Alonso agreed that the film did have a pro-Castro slant but explained that it had had to be produced under the watchful eye of Cuba’s governmen t-con-trolled film industry. According to Mr. Alonso, however, certain paradoxes were evident, among them being the many shots of Cuba’s wealthy upper class, the C.D.R.’s influence in rounding up Castro’s alleged supporters, and Cuba’s continued dependence on the rest of the world. He then warned the audience that, although the film attempted to show otherwise, "Castro is a dangerous man. He is basically an expansionist and is committed to help the countries of Latin America.”
Professor Halperin opened his remarks by stating, “this is a propaganda film, pure and simple, and has no business on educational T.V.” He commented on its brief historical aspect in skipping over the ’62 missile crisis, and stressed the fact that the real issue at stake is not Castro’s struggle to bring the good life to Cuba’s people, but the “ever present threat of Soviet influence.”
A short and lively question and answer period followed *he panel discussion.
By G. DAVIS BROWN
Hurricane News Editor
In a policy statement is-I sued on February 29 the administration of UM overturned its two-week old policy concerning the entrance of the Coral Gables police onto the UM campus.
The original policy, a reaction to alleged cases of police harassment in the Student Union, stated that the police may enter the campus only if in hot pursuit, if asked by the University officials, or if in possession of a warrant.
The new' policy statement has, according to Vice-Presi-j dent for Student Affairs, i William Butler, ‘gone back to i the original practice with the ! Coral Gables police.’
Butler “as a matter of clarification,” has issued the following statement: ‘The University of Miami is considered to be an integral part of the total Coral Gables community and, as such, the University depends upon the services of the Coral Gables Police Department to protect life and property within the confines of the University and to enforce the Ordi- j nances of the City of Coral Gables and the Laws of the State of Florida. This means that all property of UM within the city limits will be under the protection of the Coral Gables Police Department.’
Butler stated that the new policy was an “over-reaction to a non-typical case in our
relationship with the Coral Gables police.” The old policy was reinstituted due to a number of incidents concerning burglars, break-ins and bomb scares. According to Butler, the police had to be called in to handle these incidents on the special request of the University.
When the new policy was instituted, it was considered
/V if r
The UM department of nursing will become a School of Nursing next September.
The announcement was made by President Henry King Stanford following approval by the Board of Trustees of recommendations of the faculty of the nursing department and the UM Faculty Senate.
The department is now under the administration of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Effective in September, the Vice President for Medical Affairs will be the administrative officer.
Mrs. Barbara Buchanan is acting chairman of the 11-member faculty. A faculty committee of the nursing department will assist in the recruitment of a dean for the new school.
There are 120 students presently enrolled in the nursing program.
Courses in nursing were first offered at UM in 1948 for graduates of diploma programs. The 4-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing was established in 1953.
’temporary, until University policy can be examined and defined.’ At that time Butler stated that it would take a “few weeks to define the Gables police relationship with UM ... a policy that it is my responsibility to put together in a presentable form and submit to the President and his Cabinet for their approval"
Elevated
The nursing curriculum combines a liberal arts background with professional studies including areas of medicine surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry and public health. Students gain practical experience through the following affiliated agencies: Jack-son Memorial Hospital, Miami Heart Institute, South Miami Hospital, Variety Children’s Hospital, the Visiting Nurse Association and the Dade County Health Department.
The program admits quali fied high school graduates and Registered Nurses who are graduates of Associate Degree or Hospital diploma school programs. The latter may be granted advanced standing in the nursing major on an individual basis.
In the year 1950-67, 386 students graduated from the program with the B.S. degree. Of these, 242 entered the program as RNs. A 1965 survey of graduates revealed that 43 per cent were employed in hospital services, 20 per cent in community health services and 19 per cent in nursing education.
IWs Re ginning Razed
Anastasia Building lorn Down
The Anastasia Building, North Campus, the first roof of UM is now being razed to the ground.
Its ambitious plans and promises of endowment swept away by the devastating hurricane of September, 1926, and by the collapse of South Florida's frantic land boom, UM held onto its dream. It grasped at the op-
portunity to take over an unfinished hotel which also had been washed out by the early depression in South Florida. The bare hotel shell was hastily divided into fi-berboard-partitioned class-rooms and UM opened its doors for the first time on October 15, 1926.
Never satisfactory quarters
for the varied programs of a university, it did succeed m* arousing loyalty — one of its graduates called it “exasperated affection” — in its early student body.
The first 560 students enrolled in the fall of 1926 attended classes offered by a College of Liberal Arts, a School of Music and an Evening Division.
. . . The Anastasia building, first l \t rompus, romes down
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