Miami Hurricane, March 28, 1969

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Clear today and tomorrow. High today, 75. Saturday will be sunny.
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Friday, March 28, 1969
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No Issue
Due to the coming Spring Va cation, there will be no Hurricane on Tuesday.
O’Boyle, Messing And Shohat Drop USG Candidacies
Bv SHARA PAVLOW
Of Th« Humean« Staff
Three contenders for the office of USG President have announced their withdrawal from the race.
Campus World Editor Bruce O’Boyle, varsity debater Ed Shohat, and Elliot Messing have all released to the Hurricane their decisions to withdraw from the executive campaign.
Said Shohat, “Actually, I was entered as a sort of devil’s advocate.’’
I wanted to make sure that all the candidates were forced into dealing with the important issues . . . especially the fraternity problems anJ structure of the honoraries,” he said.
High Court Ruling Lets Manassa Run
“I just don’t have the time to run a campaign,’’ he stated.
In his withdrawal, the UM senior expressed the desire that remaining candidates “face the significant issues that have been so ignored over the past few years.”
O’Boyle, along with his withdrawal from the Presidential race, officially entered his name as a contender for junior class representative.
“I believe I’ll be able to do a more effective job at the class level,” he explained.
"As junior representative, I will try to increase involvement and rid USG of any and all whose sole purpose is not one of sincerity and progress."
^	^	“USG right now is in a
stale of political uproar. I am hoping to instill some major changes in its operation for next year.”
Inability to find suitable running mates and financial difficulties were the reasons given by Elliot Messing for dropping his name from the list of candidates.
The Winds Of Fate took their toll on this unsuspecting vehicle last week with a gusty breath
. . . reducing a barren tree to timber and a car to scrap metal.
.Administration Search Policies Criticized For Inconsistencies
i By CRAIG PETERSON
Of Th* Hurncsn« Staff
The administration has been accused of trying to cover up alleged inconsistencies in a room search held last week in the 1968 dorm.
^ Two male residents of the dorm whose room was entered and searched by graduate residence advisors and dorm officials called the operation “a fiasco”, claim-
ing they were Held under guard for an hour for no reason.
“It’s a mess,” one said. “It’s hard for me to understand how this thing happened.”
The two claim that two dorm resident advisors entered their room at 7:30 pm with a pass key without waiting for the door to be opened, then began asking who was smoking marijuana.
Strom Thurmond Speaks To 500
By TIM MURPHY
Of Th« HurriMM Staff
Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican senator from South Carolina, was the guest speaker Wednesday 4 night from the University Lecture Series.
Appearing before a crowd of approximately 500 per-
•Bond Fund Proposed By Student
Rocky Walters, UM philos-«ophy student, has proposed a bond reserve referendum to be placed on the April election ballot.
Walter’s idea is to assess each student $1 at the beginning of the Fall, 1969 semester that would be placed in a * reserve for students who might need bond.
“Anybody can be arrested. There are 78 definitions of vagrancy alone, and a dollar is very cheap insurance,” he said.
^ Walters plans a committee of students to handle the fund which would amount to approximately $500 to $600 for each bond.
The fund would be limited to misdemeanors and would t be self-perpetuating since
*	bond is returned.
Walter’s has indicated that Richard Fabian, chairman of the Judicial Board and people in the philosophy department are in favor of the bond re-^ serve.
He invites all students interested in forming a committee to look into a bond fund to contact him.
The bond fund he plans would be handled entirely by and would be free to stu-
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sons, Thurmond spoke on issues such as the Electoral College, the voting age, the proposed Anti-Ballistic Mis-sle system, and “big government.”
Thurmond was first elected to the senate in 1954 in the nation’s first successful write-in campaign for a U.S. senator. He has since been re-elected twice as a Democrat and once as a Republican.
He serves on both the Armed Services and Judiciary committees of the Senate and in 1961 coined the term “no-win foreign policy.”
He describes himself as “calling the shots as I see them.” His description of his policies is one that is “best for the most people for the longest period of time.”
Commenting on the proposed changes for the Electoral College, Thurmond said:
“We should retain the Electoral College as a buffer between the states and the central government. We should pass a reform bill, however, and I favor the one based on the district sys-tern.”
Thurmond also commented on the proposal to lower the voting age:
“Eighteen year olds are as Continued on Page 2

Sen. Slrom Thurmond
One of the R.A.’s Lewis Mann, said he could smell smoke from the room and that he thought he saw one p[ the occupants throw something from their 8th-floor window as he entered the room.
The student accused of throwing the object said he was standing in front of the window adjusting the volume of a record player he said was located there when the R.A.’s walked in.
Mann later searched the grounds under th» window, and said he found two rolled-up pieces of tin foil, and a crumpled sheet of notebook paper, all containing traces of marijuana. Mann said he later matched the paper with the torn page of a notebook found in the students’ room.
The R.A.’s contacted graduate advisors of the dorm, asking for a search to be authorized. In the hour before the requested warrant arrived, via Richard Streeter, 960 dorm head and two other advisors, the students said they were held in the room and were not allowed to leave without having an R.A. as an escort.
‘They kept us there under guard,” one said.
Streeter arrived shortly before 8:30 p.m. with Tim Looney and Bruce Myers, bearing a search warrant. The search was about thirty minutes.
"They searched my side first, with my permission,” one student said. “Then they searched my roommate’s side without his permission." The roommate was absent from the room at the time, although his name was on the warrant.
The searchers confiscated a homemade pipe found in the ceiling, a wine bottle and some antibiotics and lozenges found in the drawers. “The wine bottle was my cousin's,” one said. “A n d that pipe had been in the ceiling for who knows how long.” Both students disclaimed knowledge that the pipe was hidden above the ceiling.
The two are charging that the search was inadequately organized and badly carried out.
Tim Looney, one of the searchers, said he could release no details, calling the event confidential between the students and the Dean of Men’s staff.
Both students say they have received no work from the Dean of Men about the search and have tried to contact one of the dorm officials. “We wanted to see a copy of the search warrant,” they said. “We got the runaround from everybody we
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went to. Finally we gave up.”
The students attribute the motive of the raid to what they termed “a hate going on between the R.A.’s room and ours.”
“He’s evidently cut to get us," they said. Both said they would prefer to let the matter drop, rather than demand a formal presentation of charges from the Dean of Men.
By SHARA PAVLOW
Of Th« Hurrlcan* Staff
In an unprecedented decision Wednesday night, the month-old USG Supreme Court handed down a constitutional interpretation allowing junior transfer student Norman Manasa to run for USG President.
Manasa then proceeded to announce Eric Petiprin, junior from Charleston, South Carolina, as his vice presidential running mate.
Petiprin, a government major, is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha political science honorary, Orange Key, and has served both as treasurer and IFC representative for his fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega.
session, the court found a stipulation requiring candidates to have completed at least 12 credit hours in each of the last two semesters preceding candidacy not to be “consistent with the basic intent of the Constitution.”
His pica was based on the fact two stipulations for council membership “are prejudiced against those who cannot afford the cost of the freshman and sophomore years at this University.”
The qualifications in question required candidates to have completed two semesters at the University with a minimum 2.3 cumulative grade average.
After a four-hour special He maintained that the
Merlin Curry Suspended For ’69 Spring Semester
By DAVE VAN SINDEREN Of Th* Hurricane Staff
Merlin Curry, cuhj'ct of a recent UBS sit-in at the Ashe Building, was suspended on disciplinary charges by the UM last week for the spring term in which he is not enrolled.
In a hearing before Dean of Men Nicholas D. Gennet, Curry admitted that he was guilty of violating apartment visitation regulations, and confessed involvement in a fist fight with several fellow students.
Curry was granted the right to petition for readmission to the University this summer.
A spokesman for UM claimed that the Office of the Dean of Men will look favorably upon such a petition, assuming a good citizenship record during the period of suspension.
Curry is still undecided about applying for readmission to UM in June, because he “cannot ignore the racism that exists on campus and in the local courts.”
He stated that his situation “ended up the way (he) figured it would.”
Curry was arrested and held for two months in jail on a rape charge until the Dade County Grand Jury handed down a no true bill March 4.
A UBS-sponsored demonstration demanded Curry’s
reinstatement as a full-time student on scholarship, but met without success.
Curry has not been allowed to register for the spring semester, and was denied financial aid in a deci-
sion by the president’s cabinet.
An anonyomous donor has provided funds for Curry's housing until he completes his first semester exams. He is currently living off campus near the University.
Dr. Stanford Clarifies Decisions On Curry
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See Special Travel Section By Hurricane Staffer« Oaig Peterson Ami Mike Neff.
To: The Faculty
From: Henry King Stanford
The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the actions of the Cabinet concerning the situation of Mr. Merlin Curry. As you may know, there has been a wide variation of reports on this matter in the news media. The facts are as follows:
On two separate meetings, March 11 and 19, the Cabinet made the following decisions.
The right of Mr. Curry to
make up the grades of “I” and "X” in the fall semester was reaffirmed. He had been informed of this on his return to the campus.
Inasmuch as Mr. Curry is
not currently enrolled as a student, through no fault of the University, the Cabinet ruled that the University’s policy should be maintained that no University scholarships or financial aid be provided for individuals who are not regularly enrolled in the University. Under the same conditions, Mr. Curry would not be eligible for housing on campus.
Since Mr. Curry is not
currently enrolled as a student, a “stop order” has been placed on his record by the Office of the Dean of Men. Two sets of disciplinary charges are pending which >
must be adjudicated before he may be considered for reenrollment in the University.
During the afternoon of March 20, the Cabinet held a special meeting to consider the demands of tha protesting students who were in the corridors and on the first floor stairway of the Ashe Building- These students demanded Mr. Curry’s Imme-
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Hurricane
Receives Top Rating
The fall term of the Miami Hurricane received an All-American rating by the Associated Collegiate Press last week.
The paper, under the editorship of Bob Fabricio, competed with ACP members of equal enrollment, frequency of publication and similar publishing techniques.
All-American is the highest rating bestowed by the ACP. It was the first time in several years that the Hurricane
was so rated.
constitution was written before the concept of junior colleges existed, and that “these stipulations make second-class citizens out of transfer students.”
Manasa petitioned the court after a proposed constitutional amendment failed to pass the USG Council ast Monday.
The vote was 7-1 in favor of the amendment with five council members abstaining. Six representatives were not present at Monday’s session.
Casting the sole negative vote against the amendment, Freshman representative Bill Council expressed his dissatisfaction with the manner in which the amendment was handled.
“I feel there was too much personal involvement for members of the Council to come up with any kind of a fair decision at this time.”
Said Marty Weinkle, junior representative, “While the concept of this amendment is a good one, it is unfortunate that it should arise at a time of such political haggling. The basic issues were masked by too many political aspirations.”
Acting Chief Justice Stuart Mirmella revealed the court conclusion “that the intent of the constitution was to allow for any full time student in good standing who meets other stated requirements to be eligible to run for elected office.”
Chief Justice Dave Hal-berg did not sit in on the court due to a "personal conflict of interest.” Halberg is a contender for the vice presidency.
The court supported its decision and interpretation on the basis of two statements laid down in the constitution itself.
The first of these is concerned with the purposes of USG. Article three proposes that USG is established to encourage responsible participation of students in campus affairs of a positive nature, and to promote the best interests of the undergraduate students of the University and of society.
Secondly, a provision was made allowing for exceptions in freshman and sophomore candidates. The court thus concluded that this “clearly shows the intent of the provision to allow for exceptions in such situations where it would otherwise be impossible for a student to meet this requirement."
“I’m excited as hell,” declared Manasa upon hearing the court ruling.
“It’s not just a question of my candidacy that is involved here,” he said. “There is a principle involved. Almost 900 transfer juniors were not being represented.”
“I plan on running for junior class representative,” Messing added to his letter of withdarawal.
“I hope to stay in student government by serving in this capacity.”
In his statement Messing publicly announced that he was throwing his support to t h e Yasser-Weinkle-Weiss ticket.
Four slates and one independent candidate now remain in the race for USG executive posts.
Running with Greg Sha-pley are Pete Hill and Stacy Hornstein.
Jim Yasser, as previously announced, has selected Mar ty Weinkle and Stuart Weiss as his running mates.
Bob Dorlon has chosen Dave Halberg and Neil Carver to run on his USG ticket.
Most recently entered into the race is Norman Manassa who will run with Eric Petir-pirn and a still unannounced treasurer.
Y asser Attacks Rivals
In a news conference Wednesday evening, USG presidential candidate Jim Yasser attacked the "attempts of certain unscrupulous politicians” who have depicted him as "trying to interfere with the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council via the new proposed USG constitution.”
Yasser, who served as chairman of the Constitutional Convention this year, issued the following statement to the Hurricane:
"The unanimous decision of the USG Council this fall was that the present USG constitution was outdated and a hindrance to effective seif government. We started a mammoth task last semester and after four months we have produced a preliminary document of 65 pages, an excellent but rough first draft.
“The committee consisted of myself and nine other students, and included Boh Dorlon and Dave Halberg, candidates for USG office.
"After four months of tedious work, some choose now to criticize the work which they helped produce. Why, 1 ask, did they not speak up earlier, in a responsible, constructive fashion? Now, when it is politically expedient, they strike out like snakes, bent on destroying a vital document.
“It is shocking that Dorlon, who co-authored the legislative section and Halberg, who co-authored the judicial section, choose now to condemn and denounce their own contributions,” Yasser continued.
“We are not going to inter-
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