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Friday, March 14, 1969
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Together between jungles of opposi. tion. Behind us, the natural: elephant leaves, visions of safaris and 4 brown skin. Ahead and in view: stone
Photo by JEFF ORLOFF
castles and polygons en masse. The seesaw of humanity. You and I are the centers of the Earth.
Manasa Is Candidate ' For USG Presidency
By LINDA KLEINDIENST
0* Tho Hurricano Staff
Norman Manasa, USG I Secretary of Community Affairs, announced his candidacy for the USG presidential race today.
A member of the USG cabinet since January, Manasa has initiated three serv-* ice projects in three months including the Biafra Drive, the Book Drive, and “Sign-in” week.
Manasa, a 22 year old junior in his first year at UM,
previously attended Catholic University in Washington D.C., and spent a semester at Miami Dade Junior
College.
UM issues which he is strongly in favor of include a vote on the Board of Trustees for the USG president, and student voice in decisions of tenure awarded to faculty members and continuing of contracts to faculty.
“Most of all, I want tp see the University give the stu-
ACLU Suggests . Voluntary ROTC
By TIM MURPHY
Of Th« HurrlctiM Staff
The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a statement of policy and “three ^ strong recommendations” to presidents of 325 state and private colleges regarding the status of ROTC on American campuses.
The recommendations of the statement, prepared by h the Academic Freedom Committee of the A.C.L.U. suggest that:
Where ROTC programs
exist, they should be com-« pletely voluntary.
Academic credit should be granted only for those ROTC courses which are acceptable to and under the control of the regular faculty.
ROTC instructors should not hold academic rank unless they are members of a normal academic department subject to regular procedures of appointment and dismissal.
4 The policy statements were accompanied by a letter from John de J. Pemberton, Executive Director of A.C.L.U., and Professor Samuel Hendel, Chairman of the Academic Freedom Committee.
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According to the letter, “T h e Academic Freedom Committee of the A.C.L.U. recently undertook an intensive study of the implications for academic freedom inherent in the presence of ROTC * to educational institutions.
“In the considered judgment of the American Civil Liberties Union, ROTC programs, as generally implemented today, threaten the values of free inquiry and % autonomy which are at the heart of academic freedom. We, therefore, recommend that the ROTC program be separated to the maximum feasible extent from academic institutions.”
The American Civil Liber-
ties Union is currently in the process of an intensive examination of ROTC by the national Board committee. This examination is concerned with answering what they consider the fundamental question: “Can ROTC, no matter how well designed, become compatible with the spirit of free inquiry, scholarship, and academic autonomy which must characterize a university community?”
The A.C.L.U. also added that “so-called Junior ROTC programs conducted in some
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Butler Grants New Hearing For Two UM Residents
Charged In Pot Incident
By MELANI van Petten
Of Tits HurrkiM Staff
Two UM coeds who were suspended last week for possession of marijuana have been granted a new hearing by Vice President for Student Affairs William R. Butler on grounds they were denied due process.
The girls have been temporarily reinstated until their second hearing, scheduled for next week, and are attending classes. The entire proceedings of the first hearing have been declared null and void.
The first appeal, made on
grounds of severity of punishment, was denied by Butler.
The girls, who have requested that their names be withheld, presented their case in an open forum at the USG meeting Monday. A seven-man committee was appointed to take the issue to President Henry King Stanford.
The committee and the two girls attempted to see Stanford at his home Monday night, but he was having a dinner party and was unable to talk to them. The com-
mittee then detoured to Dr. Butler’s home and spoke to him for an hour and a half.
“We presented him with several new facts about the case that we did not have at the time of the first appeal,” one of the girls said.
“We believe that there were many aspects of the search that did not comply with the university’s regulations.”
The girls said that they were awakened at 2 a.m. on Feb. 7 by the assistant head
resident of the dorm and four resident advisors, two male and two female. After an hour and a half search, during which the ceiling tiles were removed and a typewriter, a radio, and the telephone were dismantled, four joints of marijuana were found in a closet.
One of the girls said that prior to the search, she was approached by the assistant head resident of the dorm, who told her, "Your roommate is suspected of smoking marijuana. If you do not inform on her, you will be
Search, Seizure Policy Is Now Being Revised
dents an opportunity to be responsible not only in the realm of university decisionmaking, but very strongly in the area of community needs,” said Manasa, “because I think that the times are changing.”
“If there is any student right at all, it is the right to have your own successes and make your own mistakes,” he continued.
Manasa is a government major and an independent.
At the recent USG Day of Conscience, he spoke for student power and defended student rights and responsibilities.
He realized that there are traditional voting blocks, but says, “It’s the question of my getting to the voter first and trying to show him what I feel a USG president should be.”
By CRAIG PETERSON
01 Th* HurriciM Stiff
In the past two weeks, several cases have caused the questioning of UM’s search and seizure policy. The process is currently being revised. but the old policy, still in effect, is being enforced by UM disciplinary agencies.
A preface to the official document says, “The University sympathizes with the student’s natural desire for privacy and that desire will
be honored.” It also states that it is “sometimes necessary for the University to search student rooms or apartments.” Five typewritten pages follow, spelling out the precise circumstances and procedures for room searches.
Student rooms or apartments “will only be searched with cause.” There are two general situations where “cause” is sufficient for a search: “a clear indication
(more than hearsay) that a law or standards of health, conduct and safety are being violated,” and “emergency situations which make it necessary for a staff member to search a room for a particular reason, e.g., attempted suicide or acute illness.”
“Probable cause” justifying a search has been called vague in the past, and official interpretation of what constitutes “cause” varies from case to case. Two girls
Yasser’s Hat In Ring For Presidential Race
Norman .Manana
Jim Yasser, sophomore representative to the Undergraduate Student Government Council, declared his candidacy for student body president at a press conference yesterday afternoon.
When questioned about his running-mates for vice president and treasurer, Yasser stated that he had not yet finalized his choices for these two positions, but that he expected to make an announcement regarding the remainder of his slate at the beginning of next week.
Yasser began his career in student government last year as a freshman governor of Washington House and as chairman of the Eaton Hall Governor’s Council. As chairman of the Governor’s Council, Yasser initiated the elimination of regular room inspections by the residence hall staff.
Last spring, Yasser was elected to the position of
sophomore representative to the USG Council.
As a Council member, Yasser began the action which eliminated the Board of Review and replaced this body with a student Supreme Court.
Yasser also authored the USG resolution which called for the abolition of women’s curfews. This resolution was adopted by the Dean of Women’s office and will go into effect next fall.
Last fall, Yasser also introduced three resolutions calling for equity in parking among students, faculty, and administrators, and the elimination of parking fines.
Since the beginning of last fall, Yasser has been involved with the writing of a new basic document for student government in the capacity of chairman of the constitutional convention.
Yasser is also a member of the University Entertainment Committee, president pro tempore of the USG Council,
Jim Yasser
and a member of student-administration committee which is in the process of reviewing student disciplinary procedures.
suspended last week after marijuana was found in their room have charged that probable cause was lacking in their case and have asked for a new hearing.
According to the policy, every search has to be authorized by Resident Directors, Personnel Deans or the staffs of the personnel Deans.
Anyone whose room is searched should look for several preocedural steps to be followed:
“A diligent effort shall be made to have the search conducted in the presence and with the consent of the students involved.” If the students are not available, the house president or another house officer should be present. And, except in emergencies, at least one student should be present.
No room or apartment should be searched without knocking. ‘Pass keys are used only when admittance is denied or when it is necessary to enter the student’s room or apartment when the student is absent.”
The student whose possessions are being searched should be allowed to open closets drawers, luggage and other personal belongings.
If personal belongings are disturbed, the searchers and
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charged with the same offense.”
The girls were suspended after a hearing Feb. 26 befora Dean of Women May Brunson, Dean Abrams, and Mrs. Anne Brett, head of 730 Residence Hall.
“We were told that we had a choice between a hearing before the Disciplinary Committee and a private hearing before the personal dean,” one girl said.
“It was implied that a hearing before the Dean of Women would be better for us, but it only took them eight minutes to throw us out of school.”
The girls originally appealed March 4 on the basis of severity of punishment after discovering that another girl, charged with use of marijuana in the dorm, was given a year’s probation by the Disciplinary Committee, rather than suspension.
The girls and the USG committee met with Dr. Butler Tuesday and discussed the matter for five hours. In a release to the Hurricane, Dr. Butler stated:
“Because of significant information introduced on March 11, I am referring the entire matter to the investigator in the Dean of Women’s office with specific instructions that she is to begin a new investigation, and either drop charges or convene a new University Disciplinary Hearing Committee, completely different from the one which originally heard the case, so that the discipline proceedings would commence de novo."
The date of the second hearing has not yet been set. The case against the girls will be presented by Associate Dean of Women Louise Mills. None of the participants in the first hearing will be present at the second, and the girls will have 72 hours to present a statement in their own behalf.
“We would like to stay here," one of the girls said. “We feel that we are being made examples of because of our good records. They want the others who might possibly be breaking the rules to think, ‘If that can happen to them, what would happen to us?’"
Soph Wins 4Skin’ Contest; Given Trip, Suntan Lotion
Perimeter Road Motion Defeated
By STACY HORNSTE1N
Of Th# Humean# Staff
A move to encompass the University of Miami by means of a perimeter road was unanimously defeated at Monday’s Coral Gables City Commission meeting.
The proposed perimeter road would involve the enlarging of San Amaro and Campo Sano roads, the two main roads that surround the University.
Attending the meeting were about 50 university neighbors, many of whom are professors here. They came to voice their negative opinion.
According to Commissioner W. Keith Philbrick, the purpose of the perimeter road is to protect those neighboring residents. He said ‘This isn’t going to Increase traffic one iota.”
From the back of the room someone whispered "They’ll be using it for a
drag strip if it is widened.”
Leading the residents was UM Asst. Professor of Management Dr. Thomas A. Natiellp.
He felt that the residents main fear was that the expansion would become an East-West travis, linking up with Miller Road.
It would draw traffic from South Miami and Coral Gables through the campus, as a short-cut through to Miami.
If that happened the Gables residents along the roads would lose status as a residential area, and
become a commercial area.
They also brought to the attention of the Commission that they would lose 12 feet of property in front of their homes.
The property, grassy strips of land, between the sidewalk and the street known as side-parkways, are owned by the city.
They are maintained by the resident and they consider them their own.
The proposal called for the widening of the roads from 40 to 85 feet. They would remove the trees and use the side-parkways for expansion.
Commissioner Joe Mur-phey said that it would not be taking away any private lawns.
One woman said “I’d like to believe you, but I tell you why I’m nervous. Look at the homes south of Miller Road. They had their front lawns chopped off when they widened the street.”
City Manager L. W. Robinson said it would only take the parkways from the side of the road and put them in the middle.
The expansion called for the placing of center parkways in the road.
The plan appears within the University Master Plan, but the University
rejected the plan in favor of the residents.
William McLaughlin, the UM Business Manager said, “If the neighbors don’t want it, then we’ll be happy if they just repave the road and remove the potholes.”
McLaughlin represented the University at the meeting speaking for the administration.
The neighboring residents made counter proposals to the commission.
They proposed to either improve the roads by resurfacing them, or if they must be widened, not to take away the side parkways.
The Commission has called for a Public Hearing to decide what proposal to submit. A date has not been set yet.
The expense for the widening would have been shared with the University and its neighbors.
If the counter proposals are accepted, in way of repaving, the residents would also share the cost.
Sophomore Pam Talus, 20, was chosen Miss Sensitive Skin Wednesday night by a panel of seven judges.
Miss Talus, a drama major, has performed in Ring Theatre productions for two years, and is currently cutting a record with a singing group called “Motivation”, under their own label.
Among the prizes awarded to the winner were a cruise to Nassau for two, a year’s supply of Sungard, a new sunscreening lotion, and a gift certificate for Bikini sportswear.
“I’m very happy and excited,” said Miss Talus. “I think it’s nice that they have contests like this. It gives girls the opportunity to enter something that suits them.”
This was the first contest Miss Talus has entered since she came to UM.
First runner-up was sophomore Debbie Rodriguez, Ibis Princess, sophomore Homecoming Queen finalist a member of College Board, and Delta Gamma pledge.
Second runner up was Bonnie Ann Smith of Alpha Chi Omega. A senior, she is in Mortar Board, on the Dean’s List and is in Army R O.T.C. Princess Corps.
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Photo bv BUZZ BIRNBACH
Happy Pam Talus Cucitilo* Trophy
... a* she thinks of Nassau