Miami Hurricane, March 11, 1969

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Photo by BRUCE BIRNBACH
Kappa Kappa Gamma Provides A Little Song Ami Dance
. . . performance was one of many during Skii Mght
Photo by RICHARD BURTON
Alpha Epsilon Pi Brothers Edge Into Street
. . . to rolled money for ftig Brothers.
Big Brothers To Benefit From
‘Mile Of ’
By TERRY FETNER
Of Thu Hurricane Staff
Greeks monopolized Miracle Mile Friday, both the streets and sidewalks, in an attempt to collect money for the Big Brothers of America.
And they collected the money, $656 worth — in pennies from children, quarters from lady shoppers and dollars from Mile proprietors.
They lined the sidewalks with strips of adhesive and passersby taped donations to the walk . . . if they hadn’t already contributed to outstretched cups and hats.
The Greeks had aimed at collecting more than $1,000 but a fraternity spokesman said he was pleased with the results.
Each fraternity and sorority had a fifty foot area in which to solicit
funds . . . and they all came decked out to draw attention to their particular fifty feet. Clown costumes, grecian togs, hillbilly outfits and anything that the trunk back in the room would yield set the fashion for the stylish Mile.
The drive was the final to Greek Week fund raising projects which netted over $4,500. The money is being divided between an IFC scholarship fund, ($900), an eleven year old girl who is severely disabled, ($300) and a hemophiliac.
Activities during the week included a College Bowl, won by Alpha Tau Omega, a skit night, a Weigh-in, Olympic Day with relays and sports events, and the annual Grecian ball Saturday night.
Photo by ALAN VOLLWEILER
Donators For Mile Of Money
... even I tout showed up in sunglasses
Two Coeds Suspended
After Search Turns Up Marijuana In Room
By CRAIG PETERSON Of Th* Hurrieunu Staff
Five UM students have been suspended within the last two weeks for the possession or use of illegal drugs on campus.
Two of the students have discussed their cases with the HURRICANE, calling their suspensions “much too severe” in relation to the offense and complaining of gross inefficiency in the handling of their trial and appeal. They asked to remain anonymous.
“I already realize this was the biggest mistake of my
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover released the 1968 Uniform Crime Report yesterday, showing that serious crime in the United States rose 17 per cent over the 1967 rate.
Miami crime rates kept pace with the national average in most areas with murders up 17 per cent and forcible rape up 14 per cent. Both percentages are higher than those of other cities in the same geographical section of the country.
The number of murders rose from 57 in 1968 to 69 last year. Forcible rape jumped from 111 to 127. Robbery rates rose from 2,-103 in 1967 to 2,561 last year. Street robberies composed 61 per cent of all rob-b e r y offenses nationally, with burglaries in the Miami area rising from 7,449 to 7,-740.
Other U.S. cities in Mi-ami's population bracket registered increases of 18 per cent for murder, 30 per cent for forcible rape, 34 per cent in robberies, 15 per cent for both aggravated assault and burglary, 22 per cent in
life,” one said. “The «suspension won’t help anything.”
Both girls were officially suspended last Friday after four joints of marijuana were found in their room Fel > 7. by 960 dorm Resident Ad visors who walked in at 2 a.n l. and began searching the roo m.
The marijuana was '.found after ceiling tiles had been removed, personal belon gings searched and the telepht >ne. a typewriter, and a radii > had been dismantled.
“They left it a mess and wrecked the ceiling," one said. “One of the R.A.’s said
grand larceny, and 25 per cent in an auto theft
Northeastern states saw the largest rise in serious crimes, averaging 21 per cent. Western states followed, with 18 per cent. Southern states had a 16 per cent rise in crime, with the North Central states averaging the lowest increases — 13 per cent.
Biafra
Campaign
The total amount of money collected for the USG-Red Cross Biafran Relief Campaign now stands at $1,500. The boal of the drive is a minimim of $2,500.
Students, faculty, and administrators are urged to mail or bring contributions to: USG-Red Cross Biafran Relief Campaign, Undergraduate Student Government Office, Whitten Memorial Student Union, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florid:i, 33124.
“I think we found what we want,” then they left. The girls were given a receipt for the joints.
They came before a Women’s Disciplinary board Feb. 26, which included Dean of Women May Brunsdn, Dean Abrams, and Mrs. Anne Brett, head of 730 residence hall.
“We feel we were being made an example of," the girls said. “They already knew what the verdict was. It only took them eight minutes to come to their decision.”
Both girls had admitted
Numerous faculty members also have expressed support for SDS although many of the older members have declined to become ■ Involved in the activities.
SDS held a play last weekend, designed to parody the a dministration and the politics '»ns involved in the dispute. C ne character, entitled “the M arshali,” was dressed as a pn'ppet with strings leading fre'm his hands and feet to another character dressed as a p olitician.
A J1 59 members arrested last week were scheduled to go on trial yesterday on char.qes of contempt. A lawyer I rom the American Civil Libel ties Union has been retained to defend the members and additional legal counsel is being sought. Lawyers from the Tallahassee area ft ave been reluctant to take th e cases.
SDS members say they will continue to try to gain official recognition on the FSU campus. Militant members have been quoted as saying buildings should be occupied or burned to enforce their demands, but observers doubt that violence will be used.
their guilt; one admitted to ownership of the marijuana, *" the other to concealing the knowledge that the marijuana was in the room.
In an appeal before Dr. William Butler, Vice President for Student Affairs, the girls emphasized that it was their first offense. “1 said we always tried to live up to th* school’s expectations,” one said. “And we weren’t caught smoking, we were just caught with the joints.”
Butler toid the Hurricane that either ownership, use, or promotion of illegal drugs is grounds for suspension. “The possession, ownership, or concealing of narcotics in residence halls will more than likely result in suspension,” he said.
“Each case is judged on its own merits and there have been exceptions because of extenuating circumstances.”
“It was so unorganized in Butler’s office I couldn't believe it,” one of the girls said. They said they were told a letter advising them of the results of the appeal would be sent on Tuesday, following their appeal.
A copy arrived Friday morning at the New Jersey residence of one, but the other was unable to confirm that a copy had reached her parents. Neither girl was notified by Butler’s office of their suspension.
“If we wouldn’t have called them on Friday, we would never have known,” they said.
The parents of one of the girls flew to Miami to be present for the disciplinary hearing and said they received the impression that the father would be allowed to be present.
“That was the impression I got,” he said. "But after waiting outside the office, I was asked to step in and they had already had the hearing.”
The girl’s father said, “They deserve punishment; they received it both from the school and from us. But the penalty is too severe — it will cause a stigma for them, especially since they are from a small community. It will be difficult to live down.
I feel an example was made of them.”
Both girls are considering legal action to gain re-in-statement at UM. The parents of one are attempting to arrange a meeting with UM President Dr. Henry King Stanford this week to discuss the case.
Police Arrest At Florida State Unir.
By CRAIG PETERSON
Of Thu Hurrlcanu Stuff
Florida State University SDS members and the school administration have reached a stand-off over an SDS attempt to regain official recognition on the campus.
Fifty-nine members of the group were arrested last week on the orders of Acting President J. Stanley Mar-
shall, when they attended an SDS meeting in violation c f a court order.
Sources at the universii y, says Marshall is treading a line between student ai’d faculty opposition on one hand, and the Board of R e* gents on the other. The * > gents have come out strong! y against SDS although Mar -shall said they did not pres-
sure him into making the decision.
A student spokesman said Marshall’s action was “primarily a political move,” since the Acting President has already indicated his desire to accept the post on a full-time basis and wanted to appease the Board.
Estimates of student support for the SDS recognition run as high as 70 per cent although actual membership in the organization isn’t thought to exceed 250 members. The Student Senate said Marshall acted against their recommendation of recognizing SDS and vowed future support for the group.
Miami’s Still Top In Crime Rates
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By PAMELA AMLONG
Of Thu Hurrlcanu Stuff
Merlin Curry knows how to hate now.
“I’ve never killed anyone,” Merlin said Friday, four days after a Dade v County Grand Jury handed dow'n a no f true bill on him on charges of rape. “But yes, I could kill someone now.”
Merlin spent fifty-seven days in the Dade County jail nursing that hate, letting it fester behind the bars. 'It And now, it is all pent up inside him.
night now . . . not daring to sleep and live it all again in nightmare.
He is isolated behind an experience few people, if any understand, and their sympathy is next to meaningless to him without their understanding.
“The people who sit in the administration building think they have all answers and cures for everybody's ills,” Merlin said Friday after futilly attempting to get permission to make up his first semester exams.
It’s not the kind of hate that people confuse with being mad. It’s the kind of hate born from unjust punishment.
It’s the kind of hate that devours a ¿»person when he has his hands tied behind his back unable to help himself.
It’s the kind of hate that grabs at the gut and changes a person's eyes from gentle and understanding to cautious and deeply bitter.
Merlin walks around by himself at
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"I can only say they don't have the answer to Merlin Curry’s ills and won’t until they have tasted at least half of what I’ve tasted in the last two months."
Merlin had never gotten into any big trouble before ... a fight once, when he was arrested, and disciplinary charges at the University of Miami breaking an apartment window with a coconut one night. . . they were only
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rowdy things and he admits his guilt.
But this last trouble, the serious trouble which tangibly started the early morning hours of January 7, when he was arrested by Coral Gables police was thrown on him maliciously . . . and this time he was not guilty.
It all started during Christmas break. Merlin stayed at school because he really didn’t have any place to go, and he wanted to study. He has lived in -New York, but his parents died more than thirteen years ago, and his grandmother in Key West is aging rapidly. His grades had been taking a fast plummet first semester, when he didn’t care about studying and was contemplating dropping out of school.
But he had decided to stay at the University. And he started studying and participating in areas outside the United Black Students. He pledged Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity before
Christmas break, and it was Important to him now to keep his grades up so he could stay in . . . both the fraternity and school. He was really caring and starting to thirrjc of the importance of an education to his future.
Merlin is a smart guy, the book kind of smart coupled with the common sense kind of smart. At 21, he has taught as a teacher’« aide and assistant coach at a junior high school in Key West. . . and at night he went to school to get an academic diploma so he could go to a university.
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Earlier he had been selected into the Upward Bound p re-college program while he was in New York studying data processing. And he received a Martin Luthor King Merit Scholarship for his colle ge career.
Merlin stayed in Miiami over the break to study, and he did. In between
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Merlin Curry Charged With Rape
... was released Tuesday.
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