Miami Hurricane, February 06, 1968

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**Pfyked Up Union
By ED SHOHAT
Humean* Stall Writer
Six UM freshmen and one sophomore will go on trial before the Men’s Disciplinary Committee on Thursday. The seven have been charged with smoking marijuana on campus during the fall semester 1967.
The boys were picked up by officials of the Dean of Men’s office during finals week. They were interrogated and asked not to leave town during semester break.
The seven are residents of Unger House and have their own group of rooms which they refer to as the “Zoo.”
The seven students involved are: sophomore, Ed (Chicago Fast) Berger and freshmen Alan (Wizard) Salzman, Dave (Dirty Dave) Yablon, Jeff (Mile-a-Minute) Wood, Cal (Calcutta Cal) W 11 k e n s, Rodney (Puppy Boy) Williams and Paul (Papo) Abramson.
Ed Berger was also indicted for providing marijuana to other students.
According to members of the “Zoo” they were first made aware of the investigations when they returned to their rooms after finals on January 17. There they found officials of the Dean of Men’s staff waiting in their rooms to usher them to the Dean’s office.
Ed Berger, "Zoo” spokesman, posed this question to the Dean of Men and his staff “Is it your privilege to cast such a shadow upon the integrity of the gentlemen of the “Zoo” when you have no scaffold on which to rig your evidence.”
Officials of the Dean’s staff declined comment on the matter of evidence saying only that they will attempt to uphold in the best fashion possible the rights of the suspects under due process.
Last Friday, February 2, the seven were called into the Dean’s office, at which time they were presented with the official charges against them.
Members of the “Zoo” told the Hurricane that at that time they engaged in a prolonged discussion over their right to be faced by their accuser during their trial. Rod Williams told the Hurricane that they “have the guaranteed word of Dean Hynes that they have the right to he faced by their accuser.”
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Week Long Program Probes Vietnam
KENNETH S ARMSTRONG
By LINDA KI.EINDIENST
Hurricane Stall Writer
“Insight Into Vietnam,” a program consisting of a lecture, movie, and forum dealing with the enigmatic Southeast Asian country, was kicked off last night by Kenneth S. Armstrong, an authority on Southeast Asia.
trees, and disabled helicopters sank to the earth.
He has jeeped through Vietnam villages, met with the Vietnamese people in cities and hamlets; interviewed their leaders; faced the crossbows of the primitive and unpredictable Montagnards. He has witnessed the endless circle from coup to coup, ambush to ambush, and crisis to crisis.
He showed some film, which he had taken while in Asia, in hopes of bringing the people and the country of Vietnam closer to UM students. Armstrong believes ' that only through deeper knowledge of the people, their history, religion and customs, can one understand the events in this chaotic area.
Graduated from the Uni-
versity of Michigan in 1948, Armstrong pursued his career as a journalist in depth for 13 years as Director of News and Public Affairs for WJW-TV of Cleveland, Ohio. From 1956 to 1960, his sphere of interest was Europe, concentrating on Russia and the satellite nations, with many months behind the Iron Curtain . . . journeys which were not without danger.
Since 1960, when the focus of world attention shifted to Asia, he has published articles about this rich and strategic area and shot 58,000 feet (11 miles!) of documentary film footage. In this way, he is trying to explain Vietnam and Asia to the people who still cannot understand them.
The second step of the
“Insight Into Vietnam” program is a movie entitled, “Vietnam — Journal of A War,” which will be shown continuously today, starting at 2 p.m. in the Upper Lounge of the Student Union.
A BBC-TV production, it probes the Vietnamese people, villages, and rehabilitation centers and shows the incalculable human agony that accompanies the war called “the battle for minds.”
The hour long documentary carries the viewer from U.S. carriers at sea to front line action with the Air Cavalry and the U.S. First Division, recording the deeds and the doubts of American fighting men. It meets U.S. civilians who are ready to give their lives — and often do — to build schools, hospitals, bridges and roads.
Sponsored by the Whitten Union Program Council, the program began with a Icture by Armstrong who has spent months in the mysterious and boiling country of South Vietnam, gathering information and witnessing firsthand accounts of the people, the land and the war.
Armstrong has participated in “contour flying” — a fleet of deafening “choppers” roaring along, above the death-filled rice paddies, hunting out the enemy. Before his eyes — sharpshooters were blasted from palm
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Alliert, Yircali Resign Positions
By G. DAVIS BROWN
Hurricane News Editor
Recently, two top members of Undergraduate Student Government resigned their positions. They were Arthur Joseph Albert, Special Assistant to the President, and A. Rona Yircali, Secretary for International Affairs.
Effective February 6, 1968, Albert’s letter of resignation cited personal reasons for his decision, and stated that policy disagreements with USG President Dennis Rich-
—Photo By ROBERT O. WARD
UM Expenditures Show Dependence On Dade
By CHUCK LEVE
Hurricane Sports Reporter
Ron Fraser, the University of Miami’s head baseball coach, was named last week as one of six college coaches to prepare a United States baseball team for the summer Olympics this year in Mexico City.
Fraser was named by the American Association of College Baseball Coaches at their annual Coach of the Year awards banquet last week in New York City.
His appointment is evidence and reward for the fine job he has done since coming to Miami six years ago. In that time the Hurricane baseballers have compiled the enviable record of 104 wins and 60 losses for a .634 percentage.
“I am very happy to have (Cont. on Pg. 14)
ard did not play a part in his resignation. He further stated that he had no future political ambitions.
Yircali officially resigned on January 9, 1968. His major duty while on the Cabinet was the chairmanship of the Symposium of the Americas project. Yircali stated that his resignation “bears no relation to you (Richard) or any member of your Administration.”
He stated confidence in the Symposium of the Americas project and hoped that the committee members would continue “in this fine manner.”
These resignations make the fourth and fifth from top USG positions this year, including four Cabinet members.
By NANCY HANDLER
HvrrKim Staff Writer
“The economic impact of the University of Miami on Dade County today exceeds $171 million a year,” stated UM President Henry King Stanford in an address January 18 to members of the Miami Rotary meeting.
Reporting on a survey by UM’s marketing department under the supervision of Prof. George W. (lubberly Jr., Associate Professor of Marketing, President Stanford said UM accounted for $108,-150,000 spent for goods and
services in Dade County in the last fiscal year.
The survey report was based on a study of expend!^ tures by the University, its' faculty and staff personnel, its students, and parents of students visiting them here. Information was obtained by using a random probability sample of approximately 800 students, 600 parents, and 100 UM employees of all descriptions.
Quoting from the report, Dr. Stanford said that ihe actual expenditure by the
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George Edwrard Stevenson, a UM freshman who was arrested for vagrancy on January 20th will go on trial tomorrow in the Circuit Court of Dade County. Stevenson was taken into cutody for vagrancy while standing in the hallway of the Whitten Union between the “Eye” and the Billiard Center.
Subsequent to his arrest for vagrancy, Stevenson was also charged with using marijuana. After more than twenty-four hours in jail, bond was set at $6500 and Stevenson was released into the custody of Miami attorney Tobias Simon. Shortly thereafter, Stevenson was again arrested by a unit of the Coral Gables police and charged with a violation of the city ordinance against vagrancy which is distinct from the State ordinance involved in the first arrest. He was then released on an additional bond of $35 into the custody of his father, George Edward Stevenson Sr.
In an Interview with attorney Simon, it was revealed that the amount of bond ($6500) was based not on Ihe vagrancy charge but on a charge involving marijuana
Simon has taken the case on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union and intends to challenge both the vagrancy law and the actions of the police as unconstitutional. Simon remarked. "The statute is on the face unconstitutional ... it is an anachronism.”
Another important issue Involves Stevenson’s arraignment. According to both Stevenson and Simon there was no arraignment. In other words, at no time was Stevenson ever charged by a magistrate with any violation of the law. Furthermore, according to Simon no preliminary hearing to determine if there is probable cause for a crime — enough to warrant a trial.”
Following tomorrow’s vagrancy trial, Simon will file suit against the city in the hope of effectively testing present procedures. He is looking for two changes:
First, he hopes to make It clear that students arrested for vagrancy on campus will sue the city. Simon considers the Union a place for student relaxation and freedom from vagrancy action. Secondly, Simon hopes that this action will spur the courts to rule that suspects brought Into custody must be arraigned without unreasonable delay. There is already a federal
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