Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1969

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Volume 44 No. 31
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Friday, February 14, 1969
’Cane Sponsors jFieldhouse Nite For Last Game
By TOM FOX
01 Tha Hurricane Staff
FIELDHOUSE NIGHT is here. The Miami Hurri-
ane is sponsoring a fieldhouse night in which prizes /ill be given away to people who attend UM’s last tome basketball game of the year against Florida State on March 1. The main prize will be a color tel-i evision set.
In a scene reminiscent of the drive led by the late Jimmy Burns, sports editor of the Miami Herald in his attempt to “Fill the Orange Bowl,” the Hurricanes will try to “Fill the Convention Hall” for the Canes last home game of the season.
The goal will be to surpass Miami’s all-time basketball attendance record of 6,524 set in 1965 against the same opponent, Florida State.
In the past year there has been, as in the last 25 9 years, concern over UM’s lack of an on-campus field-house. As a result, basketball attendance is down, concerts held outside in the patio have been rained out, and graduation must be held on Miami Beach.
The Hurricane feels that although the hardship certainly exists in arranging transportation to the * Beach, UM students should be able to band together for one night out of the year and jam the Convention hall — in effect saying, ‘If we did have a fieldhouse, this is the kind of spirit we would show.’
“It’s really very simple,” said Scott Bressler, sports editor. “It won’t cost anything to get in, it should be a great game, you might win some great prizes, and in the end it will benefit the entire student body.”
“The idea was originally Luther Evans’, sports writer for the Herald, who has covered UM sports for the last 23 years,” said Bressler. “He threw it into our laps as a challenge. We’ve accepted it, the only question in my mind is whether the student body can shake off the apathy long recognized with UM students and show up for one game.”
The idea has already been endorsed by several groups. The UM Sports Hall of Fame, which was formed last year with the goal of raising money for a fieldhouse, will be special guests.
Judge Tom E. Lee Jr., president of the group, said “this is a tremendous idea and we’re behind it 100 per cent.” In addition to pledging its full participation, the Hall of Fame has donated a color television as an award to be raffled off at halftime to a UM student.
Julian Cole, one of the first graduates of the UM Radio & TV dept., and publicity director for Tropical ’ Race Track, the Miami Floridians and Biscayne Dog Track, has also pledged his cooperation in raising some additional gifts to be raffled off.
On campus, USG President Mike Abrams, IFC, MRHA, and Panhellenic have all pledged their help thus far.
r Although the lack of a fieldhouse on campus has resulted in volleys of criticism for years, the situation has become critical this year for two main reasons.
The first is student involvement. With the advent of the Abrams administration, there has been an increasing amount of participation, in an attempt to prod the lazy and apathetic into some action. In the proposed “Day of Conscience”, in which all classes will be boycotted, the demand for more permanent action for a fieldhouse is listed, along with abolition of curfews and the adoption of a passfail system.
The second is the realization by both the administration and the students of the lack of unity on cam-, pus, and there Is no doubt that the construction of a fieldhouse would fortify this much needed unity.
Then remember that three concerts were rained out from the patio and forced in to the Ibis Cafeteria, which can only hold 500, which is pretty small when i you consider more than 8,000 students live on campus.
Let’s leave the Convention Hall for conventions and the Beach Auditorium to Jackie Gleason.
A child growing, experiencing
....and her guide, another child
who, as yet, need not care about
our turbulent world. Madonna and the child sits by the bank. Life flows gently, music for the soul.
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Student Group To Parody CSO
By MARJORIE GROSS
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USG passed a resolution Monday establishing a USG Student Committee on Faculty-Administrative Organizations.
The resolution, which was affirmed by a nine to seven vote of the USG Council, proposes that such a committee be structured on the same basis as the Faculty-Administrative Committee on Stu-
dent Organizations.
The committee, which would request lists of members, functions, purposes and constitutions from all faculty administrative organizations, was termed an “obvious attempt to show the ridiculousness of the present Faculty-Administration Organization,” by USG representative Jim Yasser.
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Honor Council Warns Students Of Plagiarism
At Closed Meeting
AWS Examines Curfews
By MELANI VAN PETTEN Of tim Hurricane Staff
Proposals for changes ih
women’s curfews made by the AWS Rules Revisions Committee were discussed by the Dean of Women and members of the AWS executive board yesterday morning in a closed meeting where even members of the rules revision committee were refused admittance.
The results of the meeting were not available at the time the Hurricane went to press.
“There is no reason for you to be here,” AWS president Cindy Hill said to the four committee members and a Hurricane reporter who attempted entry to the meeting.
When the girls objected, she continued “The chairman of rules revision is here. This meeting is closed to everyone except the chairman and the AWS executive board.
“I think we have the right to be there,” Randi Schneider one of the committee members told the Hurricane later.
"We did all the work and we have the right to know what’s going on.”
“This has been going on all semester,” Barbara Hirsch another member said.
“At the last rules revision meeting before the proposals
were presented, Cindy announced that she would allow four committee members to be present at the meeting with the dean December 13.
“We wanted the whole committee to be present,” she continued. "There were only twelve people who qualified as members. We argued with her and she kept saying ‘This is my decision. It’s my committee.’ Finally after we argued with her she agreed to allow eight.
“We just told everyone to come, and had no trouble then.”
“During the argument Cindy told me ‘If you open your mouth to the Dean, I'll personally throw you out!” Miss Schneider said.
“It was originally aimed at me, but then she directed it to the whole committee.”
Miss Hill denied making the statement. “I asked the girls to be more respectful to the dean this time,” she said.
“We were never informed about Thursday’s meeting, not even by Susie Robertson, the rules revision chairman,” said Miss Schneider.
By BARBARA GIESSER
Of The Hurricane Staff
“Most students are unaware of the seriousness of the crime, or how easily they can be caught," said Honor Council Chairman Steven Haas, speaking about the recent rise of cheating and plagiarism among students.
In an effort to aprise students of the penalties that may be levied against them if they are found guilty of cheating, the Honor Council has printed a letter explaining the definition of plagiarism, and the penalties, which include a grade of “E” in the course, or possible expulsion from school.
Haas comhiented that there have been eight cases of plagiarism and cheating since the semester started; five in one week. And due to the large number of cases of plagiarism brought before the Honor Council recently, Haas said that plagiarism (as ds-
Phi Delt Fined $400
By LINDA KLE1NDIENST
Of Ttia Hurricane Staff
Phi Delta Theta fraternity has been fined $400 by the Interfraternity Council judicial board for “violating the UM rule against hazing a member or members of their fraternity.”
The fraternity is also being required to postpone the initiation of its pledges for a period of over two months from the time of the infraction, December 16.
“Phi Delt appealed the decision to the Dean of Men’s office,” said Patrick Halloran, Dean of fraternities, “but the appeal was denied.
“Dr. Gennett felt that the decision passed by the IFC
hoard was adequate,” he continued.
The $400 will be put into the IFC scholarship fund.
“Fraternities have seriously viewed hazing as derogatory to their image in the last five to eight years, although there has always been some movement underway to abolish It,” said Halloran.
He believes that since thè system has been in the public eye for the past few decades, leaders have seen that hazing is not a constructive element in their goals as a social organization.
This, he pointed out, is why IFC was so severe with Phi Delt.
Student Busted For Possession
Florida New Press Aims To Bring More Liberalism To To State’s South
The Florida New Press was sold, without final Union authorization, Tuesday for the first time on the UM Campus.
A table set up in the Union breezeway for the purpose of soliciting members for the New Party, displayed copies of the new pubffcation.
A staff member of the New Press, Alyce Spohn, was sitting at the table and claimed afterwards that the paper was not being sold.
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Hurricane staff writer, Marjorie Gross purchased a copy for ten cents.
“We might have collected a few dimes,” Miss Spohn said Tuesday night.
The paper was termed a n o n-establishment political organ by sociology professor Ken Smith, a contributor in a recent issue.
Tulio Proni, staffer on the bi-weekly newspaper and president of the UM New Party said that although the Florida New Press is not formally affiliated with the New Party, it expresses some of the same views.
“One of the aims of the New Press is to bring more liberalism to South Florida,” Proni said.
The paper, which Proni said had leftist editorial views, was composed of articles ranging from the Washington, D.C. protests just prior to President Richard Nixon’s inauguration to activities of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
By CRAIG PETERSON Of Tha Hurricana Staff
A UM student and another man were arrested by Coral Gables police Wednesday and charged with two counts of sale and possession of LSD.
Michael Glass, 23, and Howard Lawrence, 23, both of Great Neck, New York, were arrested at the corner of Granada and U.S. 1 at 3:05 p.m. Officers making the arrest confiscated $1,000 worth of LSD from the car and seized a four-foot bayonet.
A spokesman for the Coral Gables Police said Glass told him he was a UM student but refused to offer any other information when first arrested. Lawrence made no statements to police other than his name, age, and home town.
A plainclothes police detective had bought LSD earlier in the week from the pair and arranged to buy $500 worth on Wednesday. The men were arrested en route to the scheduled sale.
After initial questioning by police, both were transferred to the Dade County Jail Wednesday night and held under $13,000 bond. As of press time, neither had posted bail.
Prior to checking FBI Information. police spokesmen were unable to say if either man had a prior arrest record involving narcotics charges.
Maximum penalty for repeat-offenders selling LSD is 20 years in a State prison.
fined by Webster’s Dictionary) is the “copying or imitating of the language, ideas, or thoughts of another author and passing off the same as one’s original work.”
If a student is found guilty of plagiarism, he may be penalized by warning, probation, awarding of an “E” in the course, suspension, or expulsion, said Haas.
"We feel that plagiarism is a very serious infraction of the Honor Code. In the future, strong penalties will be assessed for such violations.”
Haas suggested using a footnote to show the source from which you took the “language, ideas, or thoughts," whenever a student might be unsure of plagiarizing.
The Honor Council is a committee with student, faculty, and administration representatives, who hear and judge cases of “academic dishonesty” brought before them by students or faculty. The Council has been a standing committee of Dr. Henry King Stanford since 1957. Prior to that time it was a part of USG.
The members of the council serve for a two year term. Students must have a 2 5 average, and may apply in the second semester of their sophomore year.
The appellate power of the Council resides with Dr. William Butler, vice-president for student affairs. He has the authority to modify or even reverse a verdict or penalty.
The current members of the Honor Council are: Steven Haas, chairman, Ivan Metusek, Mary Alice Goetz, Alicia Juarero, Dan Kane, Rolando Sabion, Suzanne Venhorst, and Susan Kuhn. Faculty and Administration members are; Dr. Douglas Browning, of the Philosophy department, Dr. Roy James Hensley, Economics professor, George King, Social Sciences instructor, Dr. Schneider, Dean Halloran from the Dean of Men’s office, and Miss Marjorie Abrams, Dean of Women’s office.
sentatives Jim Yasser, John Dohm and Stu Weiss, the proposal also calls for ail existing and prospective faculty-administrative organizations to “follow all regulations set by this committee which shall have the authority to recognize or revoke organizational charters and constitutions.”
Termed an “effort at parody” by Yasser, the committee would have seven members: five students including a chairman appointed by the president of USG and two university faculty members appointed by the chairman of the Faculty Senate.
The existing Faculty-Administration Committee on Student Organizations consists of two students and five faculty members. This committee has been abolished in the new USG constitution.
Bob Dorlon, USG Sophomore Class Representative, and a member of the Faculty Administrative Committee on Student Organizations, called the resolution “Irrational and irresponsible.”
Board
Plan
Attacked
A resolution attacking the board plan was passed unanimously at Monday’s USG meeting after heated debate and unpredicted pressure was applied by freshman class representatives.
An addition to the resolution was that freshman be given an alternate between the 20 and 15 meal plan.
The six-point document included a demand for the abolition of the board plan, beginning with upperclassmen, to lessen overcrowding of the present facilities.
The resolution also included an appeal that no new cafeterias be built until absolutely necessary and that the Ibis cafeteria be used for the board plan.
USG’s action included two other provisions: that the Office of the Vice President honor its promise to provide alternatives to the board plan and that fraternity members residing on campus be allowed to eat at their fraternity houses.
USG President Mike Abrams said “This is an apparently feasible request that will be passed onto the administration in the board plan.”
Eight young ducklings were re. cently reunited with their mother in the Student Union lake. Born only
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last week, they survived their ordeal away from home, but were happy to ' e back in the lake again.