Miami Hurricane, February 10, 1970

              Committee Appointed to Study Calendar
Fall Term Could End By X-Mas
by Linda Kleindienst and John Reilly
Of Tha Hurrlctn* Staff
A university wide Ad Hoc. committee has been appointed by UM President Henry-King Stanford to study the possibility of ending the fall semester before Christmas.
The committee, composed of six administrators, three faculty and one student, was charged in a memorandum by Dr. Stanford to "take a hard look at the proposal to change the academic calendar."
Created by Stanford on January 27th, the committee has failed to meet as of this date.
According to USG Vice President Stu Weiss, Dr. Stanford had promised to announce his decision concerning the calendar by March 1st Weiss has asked the committee to meet as soon as possible in order that Dr. Stanford be able to meet his deadline.
Weiss feels that there is no question that the new calendar could be implemented by the coming fall semester.
"They could change the policy in 24 hours if they wanted to,” Weiss said. "I’m frustrated that the Administration is thwarting the attempts of students to change policy on this campus.”
Weiss, who has been working on the calendar for two and a half years, feels that the Administration will again put USG off until a new USG Administration takes office . . . then the cycle will start again.
"The favorite trick of the Administration is stalling," Weiss commented.
Weiss thinks that the Administration’s stalling is unfair to the students and faculty since 93 per cent of the students and nearly 60 per cent of the 400 faculty members questioned favor the new calendar.
“As long as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Armin Gropp and Dr. Frank Moya of the Medical Affairs division are on the new committee, Dr. William Butler, Vice President of Student Affairs should also be on the committee in order that it be truly representative,” Weiss said. Dr. Butler’s division had previously passed the calendar.
Dr. Stanford’s memorandum to the committee said, "I realize that Ad Hoc committees of both the Faculty Senate and the Deans’ Policy Council, as well as the standing Academic Calendar committee, have been working on this matter, but I am requesting that these committees hold their assignments in abeyance until the University wide committee has completed its task.”
Dr. Stanford feels that some of the questions that need to be considered are:
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The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, will lecture at the UM at 8 p.m. Thursday on the Union patio. The program is being sponsored by the University Lecture Series. Although the civil rights leader’s speech will not be open to the public because of limited seating, representatives of the media are welcome to attend the lecture and a coffee after-
With Student Delegates
UM Hosts Mock UN British Rep. Talks
By IRIS HOROWITZ Of Tht Hurrlcai*« Staff
Lord Caradon, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and permanent representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, will be the keynote speaker at UM’s Third Annual Invitational Model UN, February 26 through March 1. Repre-sentatives from colleges across the nation will participate.
Lord Caradon has previously served as permanent United Kingdom representative on the UN Trusteeship Council with the personal rank of Ambassador. He also represented the United Kingdom on the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly, and acted as principal adviser in the British Mission to the UN on matters concerning relations with newly independent nations.
He was appointed consultant to the United Nations Special Fund, with responsibility for dealing with governments of new countries, particularly In Africa, about economic development.
"We started out on a state level and then progressed to incorporate the entire South. This year we are involving the nation with hope for more and more participation in the future,” Szapiro said.
Szapiro said the main hindrance of the program now is the lack of proper facilities.
The model General Assembly will meet in the Brockway Lecture Hall, the model Economic and Social Council will meet in the International Lounge of the Student Union and the model Security Council will meet in the Flamingo Ballroom.
All students interested in participating in the model UN are requested to come to the meeting Feb. 10 at 9 p.m. in Room S237.
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Cumutt, wife of UM’s Rram per se, sponsored by top basketball star, the College Concert United on page. 11.	Nations, is to help various
participating students to
•	USG is planning a understand viewpoints of concert this Sunday other nations ” said Jacob featuring It * * Szapiro, Chancellor of the Beautiful ay. ee sponsoring organization, story on Page 8.
"When students send their
•	Do you know what registration blanks, they it’s like to be an reqUest certain countries and Army ROTC Prin- we ,et them represent the cess? Read about it country of their choice on a
on Page 3.	firat come, first serve basis,"
Editorial. ................ 4	Shapiro said.
Entertainment ............ 8	“Delegates must act as
EYE ....................... 2	though they are actually
Job Interviews..............3	representing various na-
Kleindienst ............... 4	tions,” he said.
C*n8 .................... I®	Szapiro will act as the
Letters ................... 5	President of the General
.................... 5	Assembly at the model UN.
_ The Permanent Delegate
RAP ....................... *	from the USSR to the UN.
Sports ................... 10	Jacob Malik has also been
Sussman ..................  4	asked to speak.
Lord Caradon
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Some Ex GlHm Some Cubans
Angry Students March On Stanford’s Office
wards in Ibis Cafeteria. Rev. Abernathy first gained prominence in the civil rights movement when he and the late Martin Luther King helped lead the 1955-56 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. He still serves as president emeritus of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the forerunner of the SCLC. Before assuming presidency of the conference after King's death, Abernathy was chief financial and budget officer and a close adviser to King. He has been pastor of the West Hunter St. Baptist Church in Atlanta since 1961.
Frats Aim Grievance
At WVUM
By LINDA KLEINDIENST
Hurrlcan* N«wt Sdltar
Forces of IFC and WVUM met yesterday afternoon to iron out problems dealing with the radio station’s first test case in "editorial responsibility.”
The case resulted fronT disc jockey Paul Robinson’s Thursday night show, when he was alleged to have made what some called defamatory remarks about the Fraternity system.
“I considered the remarks slanderous,” IFC President Tim Meaney said. “I am concerned about the statements that were made. They were cutting and low."
Robinson defended himself by saying that he had repented several times that his statements were one man’s opinion, therefore not the editorial policy of the radio station.
“I kept saying that it was tongue In cheek,” Robinson said. “I was just trying to get my point across. I admit I may have been wrong in the way I presented what I did. I don’t say that my beliefs are wrong.”
WVUM’s general manager John Emm, said that if the incident or one similar to it, ever reoccurs, the disc jockey concerned will be taken off the air immediately.
“Paul admitted that he was wrong in the presentation of his argument,” said James Grimm, Director of Housing and advisor to the radio station. “He said over the air that he was sorry. We suspended Paul until there was an investigation of the incident. We’ve satisfied our inquiries and we fell that Paul can go back on the air again.’*
The matter revolved around Robinson’s attack on the incident during the Richie Havens concert, when Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity let their band play while Melanie and Havens were per-From there he relaunched into a attack on frater-
forming. portedly general
nities.
“I didn’t mean it in bad taste,” Robinson said. “I just wanted it to open up peoples’
eyes.”
Both sides seemed satisfied with the outcome of yesterday’s meeting. As a result of the incident, WVUM has decided to buy an autolog — a machine which will record everything that goes out over the air.
“We also intend to insert little, well-labeled editorials within the progressive shows,” said Rick Hunter, WVUM program director. “This will give anyone on the staff a chance to write his own editorial as long as it is cleared through the executive board.
UM9s Parking Lot Fairg Tale...
Will There Be A llappg Ending?
Once upon a time UM had an extreme problem concerning its parking facilities. To alleviate this handicap, a new parking lot between Eaton Hall and the Student Union was planned as a possible solution. The virgin campus green gave way to the progress of asphalt and concrete. This
major event occurred in 1963 and offered temporary facilities to end the overcrowdedness. This is where the fairy tale ends, since UM now has an even worse parking crisis. See page 5 for Bob Drake's analysis of today’s fender-bending problem.
Anti-Curfew Freshmen Urged To Join Strike
By Fran Taradash or Tha Hurrlcan« Staff
Freshmen women are being encouraged to join in a boycott of sign-in books starting Saturday according to Sarah Palmer, co-author
with Christopher Anderson of a letter circulated to freshmen women calling for “co-operation in order to insure success.”
When asked of her reasons for distributing the letter and
UM Dean Knopf Dead At 59
By BARBARA WOODEN
Of Tha Hurricane Staff
Dr. William C. Knopf, Jr., Dean of the
UM School of Engineering, died Friday at Mercy Hospital following a week's illness. He was 59.
Dr. Knopf joined the UM faculty in 1963 as chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering, chairman of the Division of Ocean Engineering, and in 1965 Dean of the School of Engineering.
For ten years prior to returning to university teaching in 1969, Dr. Knopf was actively enga. d in industrial scientific research and development as technical director, U.S. Industries 'technical Center, and as assistant director of research and manager of the research and development activities of International Minerals and Chemical Corporation.
A native of Lorisville, Kentucky, he held
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a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Washington and Lee University, 1932; M.S. in physics from Vanderbilt University, 1941, and Ph.D. in physics from Northwestern University in 1950.
A memorial service was held Sunday, February 8, in Brockway Lecture Hall, main campus.
Dr. Knopf is survived by his wife, Mary Gene, and two daughters, Gene Knopf and Mrs* Katherine Stadelman of New York City, his parents Mr. and Mrs. William C. Knopf, Sr. of Leesburg, Florida, a sister, Mrs. Ernest T. Carr of Leesburg and two brothers, George S. Knopf of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Richard Knopf of SL Petersburg, Florida.
Dr. Donald Sawyer will be acting Dean of the School of Engineering until the administration appoints someone permanently.
Dr. Knopf
... former dean
initiating the boycott plans, Miss Palmer said, “We got kind of sick of the curfew.” She also said that “the opinion polls are not getting anywhere.”
“Residents of the dorms know that Uiere are numerous ways to get around the curfew and it is done quite regularly,” she said. “It’s easy to do it”
Miss Palmer stressed the fact that the proposed “boycott” was strictly an independent effort and in no way associated with USG.
Steve Burger, freshman representative to USG, has stated that curfews for second-semester freshman women will be abolished "pretty definitely.”
On December 5 a petition siqned by several hundred freshmen women was submitted to President Stanford. Burger said he received a letter from President Stanford indicating that he would discuss the matter with the cabinet.
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Protesting Viet Cong Flag Use
Bv LARRY H. SNYDER
and UNDA KLEINDIENST
Of Tha Hurrlcan« Staff
Tension continued to mount Friday as an impromptu coalition of some 70 angry students marched on President Stanford’s office to air grievances concerning a Viet Cong flag being displayed In the Student Union breeze-way. The group was heavily comprised of Cuban students and Ex-GI’s.
Ironically, however, Stanford had departed the night before to participate in a University Governance seminar in Oxford, England. Consequently the mass was met by Don Kubit, Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, William R. Butler, who was also absent from the Ashe Building at the time.
“We talked in the hall for about five minutes,” said Kubit, “after which we adjourned to the President’s conference room. I listened to their grievances and promised to bring them to the attention to Dr. Butler and other administrative officials.
“We agreed to schedule another meeting for 6 p.m. that evening at which other officials would be present,” Kubit said.
After leaving the Ashe Building the students marched en masse to the USG office in the Student Union where they hoped to make their grievances known to Student President Jim Yasser. Since Yasser was not available, the group addressed Vice President Marty Weinkle.
‘They all came marching into my office and told me that since I was their elected representative, I should tear down the flag,” said Weinkle. “I told them that I could not infringe on anyone’s right to do as they please.”
After 15 minutes of arguing, most of the students left the office.
“We were complaining about Yasser’s letter in the Hurricane,” said Luis Gonzalez, a spokesman for the group. “It was too one-sided.”
“He (Yasser) got upset about a few tomatoes being thrown at Abhie Hoffman, but yet he didn’t say anything about the fire bombings last week or The Movement’s’ letter approving the target of the bombings. Yasser doesn’t want to denounce subversive propaganda only because he doesn’t like us,” said Gonzalez.
The Cuban student described the mass of students as a “spontanous reaction.”
Meanwhile in the heated exchange of words Hurricane Photo Editor Buzz Birnbach was told by one unidentified member of the group:
“That’s a pretty expensive camera you have ... If you’d like to keep it* then don’t take anymore pictures.”
Referring to the students who jammed his office, USG President Yasser said:
“I’m getting a little tired of their facism. Until they learn what democracy is, they had better not come around here. I don’t like a vigilante committee coming
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