Miami Hurricane, December 06, 1957

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The Miami
Hurricane
Vol. XXXIII
University of Mi(mi, Coral Gables, Fla., December 6, 1957
No. 9
Senate Debates Orientation
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GRANDMA, WHAT BIG EYES you have! exclaims Lynn Hanken, UM coed, as she views a prop from the movie “Invasion of Saucermen.” Lynn met her
Photo by Warner
bif eyed friend at the Theater Owners of America convention, which was held recently at Miami Beach.
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Feverish Deliberation Highlights Mickey Mouse Meeting Tuesday
By BETSY LISS
Hurricane Copy Editor
After feverish deliberation on what S0G Treasurer Dick Knight termed a “Mickey Mouse” situation, the Senate decided Tuesday to attempt building a better mousetrap in regard to the freshman orientation program.
Action began when Barbara Siegle (AC—Arts and Sciences), chairman of the Grievance Committee, included in her report six recommendations for improving orientation:
1)	Retain orientation course framework and credit offered, but concentrate on bringing subject contents up to academic standards of the University.
2)	Add to subject matter the roles and responsibilities of the student in the student community.
3)	Add subject matter discussing how the student should relate his own values to values of others on
this campus.
4)	Mandate SBG President Leroy Howe to appoint a committee to write material dealing with these subjects.
5)	Recommend to the administration that students be added to the present orientation committee which consists of administrators and faculty members.
6)	Mandate the Orientation Survey Committee to begin work on a semester seminar program to be given on a voluntary basis and conducted by student leaders.
After a crossfire of amendments and amended amendments, the Senate voted to approve the remainder of the committee's report, dealing with the Cafeteria, parking and dorm telephones, and to postpone consideration of the orientation recommendations until new business.
At that time, Knight, in what he termed a “circular manner,” suggested amending the first recommendation to read, “Be it resolved that the Senate heartily urges the Student Faculty Committee on the freshman orientation program to critically examine the course now being offered with a view toward drastically revising it in light of student body dissatisfaction with the current course.”
Knight referred to petitions he had circulated since last Sunday, with the aid of “Liberty Forum members, independents, dorm advisers and dorm students.” He said the petitions were “rather vague, because at the time I wrote them, I was not convinced as to the best course of action.
I wanted to ask for a resolution to change dramatically and drastically the present program." Knight estimated 4,000 students had signed.
Paul Seigel, Senate majority leader, asked Knight, “Do you believe (Continued on page 2)
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LEROY COLLINS, on a governor’s holiday, cheers at the UM-Florida game. At the right is the governor’s wife and to the far left Is his daughter.
MEETING OF THE MINDS—Stuart Symington, left, senator from Missouri, and George Smathers. senator from Florida, left their togas at home as they viewed the UM-Florida game last week.