Miami Hurricane, September 16, 1969

              Cubans
Petition
Union
A petition for office space in the Student Union Building will he presented to the Union Board of Governors Thursday by the Federation of Cuban Students, FCS President Guillermo Socarras revealed this week.
“With our increasingly large membership it is impossible to continue working without some sort of central office,” Socarras commented.
“Every time the Cuban students have asked the University for something, we seem to run into political groups blo< ng our way. We are tired of being pushed around,” he said.
The Cuban students first applied for an office over a year ago. Their most recent application was submitted in July.
Upon questioning, Director of Student Activities William Sheeder revealed that his office is aware of the shortage of space in the Union building and has been investigating into the possibility of clearing out one of the storerooms for the renovation into more offices.
The problem is basically one of not enough space and lack of funds to build more offices, he explained.
Sheeder estimated that an additional floor for the Union would cost each student an approximate increase of $10 in his student activity fees.
"Students don’t seem to understand the tremendous operating costs of the Union," he commented.
He revealed that last year’s bill for utilities totaled over $150,000 of the $200,000 budget allocation.
“At least five dollars of the $10 per student allotment is spent strictly for Union air conditioning,” he went on.
One possible solution Sheeder sees in the squabble for office space is to draw up guidelines for space requests from student organizations.
“SAFAC already has these guidelines which must be met before applying for any funds, and it appears that something of the same idea might have to be done for Union space," he said.
At present, new office requests are handled by a committee consisting of of-f i c e-holding organizations and those requesting space The committee then makes recommendations to the Union Board who has final authority.
Group Opposes Jet Port
By PAUL BARGER Of tm Hurrlcan« Staff
In an effort to avert the destruction of the Everglades an organization called Environment took a stand here last week against the proposed jetport in West Dade County.
Literature and a petition against the Jetport were on a table in the breezeway.
The group feels that the Jetport and the consequential industrial development will greatly endanger that portion of the Everglades called the Great Cypress Swamp.
They ask of those interested to write to the Dade County Commission, which has so far shown no support for moving the Jetport, and urge them to take a stand against the contruction.
The group believes there are other suitable sites that would serve Dade County and are anxious to convince county officials of this.
If you are interested in more information about the group they can be contacted by writing to Environment, PO Box 631, Coconut Grove, Florida, 33133.
Bond
Explains
Absence
Julian Bond, noted civil rights leader scheduled to speak at the Student Union last week, failed to appear because of heavy traffic in Washington, D.C.
Bond, who was to electure to UM students on “The New Coalition," became bogged down in traffic and missed his plane to Miami.
The announcement came through the American Program Bureau, which handles Bond's scheduling.
At this time, negotiations are under way for rescheduling Bond.
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Voi. 45 No.

Tues., Sept. 16, 1969
284-4401
Radicals To Find Going Tough
As College Officials Crack Down
Cafeteria To Get Face-Lift
By ELIZABETH OSTROFF
Of Th« Hurrlcan* Staff
Work began Monday morning to give the Ibis cafeteria a new face.
Under the direction of the Student Union Board of Governors and with the “artistic talents” of assistant Dean of Men, Ron Koszuta, the cafeteria will take the atmosphere of an English baronial hall.
The goal of this UBOG initiated project, says Board president Jim Kimball, is “to create a better atmosphere for socializing and eating."
Shields modeled after those of the English nobility will bear the crests of 37 campus organizations and will be suspended over designated tables. These organizations will also provide flags that will line the cafeteria’s walls.
In addition, Kimball said that he hopes to have pennants and other old English artifacts to complete the
decor.
Funds for the project are being provided by the organizations involved.
The project would normally have been completed in the summer, but due to the administrative transition in UBOG, it should be completed later on in the fall semester.
“We hope that we’ll be through in one month,” said Kimball.
When the project is complete, all Ibis patrons will be permitted to use any table, regardless of its shield designation.
Timber
Like two lumbsrjac':s standing over a new.y fallen tree, Mike Fluchere (left) and Boh Silvaggi celebrate the destruction of a full-size piano they just hacked to bits. The *
UM’s contribution to campus dissent was a brief takeover of Ashe last year
. . . would administrator» let it happen again?
Freshmen Escape Penalty; 4M’ Squad Disintegrates
By TOM TOPOLSKI Of Th« Hurrlcan* staff
At a meeting of the 1969 M Squad, USG secretary of traditions, Jane Hershman, announced that there would be no M Squad this year. V Penalties for not wearing the dink will no longer be enforced.
For Opinions See Page 4
The squad itself will become a service organization to aid freshmen in becoming associated with school organizations.
In an official statement Miss Hershman said, “The Executive Board of the Traditions Committee has concluded that the restructuring of the M Squad is vital in order to promote spirit in freshmen.
“We have made a decision that there will be no M Squad this year. The freshmen are on their own. We know that they will come through and uphold the traditions of the University of Miami. We understand that
this is the greatest freshman class ever. We will help them to prove it,” the statement said.
“A new precedent will be established. We have laid the foundation for a constructive system which we will present to the council for approval. Our goal is to establish a positive attitude toward spirit in the incoming freshmen classes without the strong arm approach. With the aid of the freshmen, we can, we must, we will succeed,” it continued.
When asked his opinion on the new decision, Mark Hen-dler commented, “As an associate justice on the dink court I concur with Jane
Hershman on her stand against fines being imposed on incoming freshmen. Progress is a necessary ingredient in a University and I commend the traditions committee for having accepted their responsibility for setting the precedence for years to come.”
The new squad hopes to instill the spirit of university pride in the freshman class. Miss Hershman, who feels the freshmen possess such, defines spirit as the feeling that “the university will do something for them, and they will do something for the university.”
While not all of the committee was in complete agreement, it was generally conceded that freshmen must want to wear the dink, and compulsory wearing should not and cannot be enforced.
Credit Coupons Issued For Courses By Mistake
By LINDA KLEINDIENST
Of Tha Hurriean* Staff
Credit only coupons for required language courses were handed out by mistake during registration.
According to Dr. Robert Kirsner. chairman of the language department, the mistake was made because of a misinterpretation of the Faculty Senate’s credit only
Photo by BUZZ BIRNBACH
two are memers of SAM fraternity which was trying to brenk the world’s record Thursday for smashing up a p mo in 11 minutes and 24 seconds. The frat’s tina was 12:35 — a bit short. And so was the club’s treasury after shelling out $50 for the piano.
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Laurel and Hardyl Doubles Wanted i
Do you resemble Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and need $25? Then why not enter the Laurel and Hardy Look-a-Like Contest, September 24 on the Student Union Patio?
Jack Mitchell of Wometco Enterprises will judge the two male students who best resemble Laurel & Hardy and award them each $25. Wometco is premiering “The Crazy World of Laurel & Hardy” September 26 at the Mayfair and Sunset Theaters and will see that each entry, along with the winners, will be able to see the film free on opening night.
Judging will take place September 24 and all entrants can stop by the Hurricane Office and sign up. It might be worthy to those men who have constantly been told, “Gee, you know who you look like?” It might pay off if you do resembled these crazy, funny men,
ruling by the associate deans of the college of arts and
sciences.
“They had told us that it was our own decision as to which courses we would designate as available for credit only,” said Dr. Kirsner. “We thought we could apply it to regular courses, not only electives.”
He said that the mistake was caught by the dean’s office before too many students walked off with the
coupons.
“Actually, very few chose to take the credit only,” Dr. Kirsner said. “We will have to explain the situation to them and then change the records in the registrar’s office."
Dr. Richard Dandeneau, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said that the ruling, as passed by the faculty senate, states that only free electives may be taken as credit only.
“Each degree granting school may expand that ruling,” said Dr. Dandeneau, “but our school has not expanded on it because we haven’t met as a body yet this semester."
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — Radicals warming up for a new round of student upheavals can expect to find tougher ground rules on campus this fall.
A nationwide Associated Press survey shows that university and college admin-istrators, once helplessly baffled by violence behind ivy-covered walls, now are determined to deal decisively and firmly with forces seeking to obstruct the normal life of the academic community.
At the same time, the survey discloses that administrators have taken steps to accommodate constructive student demands for more involvement in the day-to-day conduct of college and university affairs.
Other survey findings:
•	Across the country there's been a loosening of restrictive campus regulations, such as rules forbidding men students from visiting coeds in dormitories.
•	An increasing number of institutions are moving to offer more opportunities to minority groups, and to widen the field of black s t u-dents.
•	Campus security forces have been beefed up at many schools. Administrators say they will rely more on court orders, such as injunctions, to curb radical activists. And many say they won’t hesitate to call police onto campus when necessary.
On a majority of the campuses, students this fall will be filling places on faculty and administrative councils previously off limits to them, according to a poll by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
No administratpr will predict, however, that these and other changes already put into effect are enough to head off disruption.
What emerges most strongly in the AP survey is the determination of administrators to avoid the image of the university president powerless in his own domain when violence strikes.
The stiffening attitude is reflected in beefed up security forces at many institutions.
The University of Maryland, for example, has installed a security supervisor with a background of work in police. He has a campus force of 47 officers and says he would like to add 10 more.
The University of Texas has increased its security force “partly because of our growth and partly because we want to be ready for anything,” says a university spokesman. The force includes some 50 officers trained in FBI sponsored schools for peace officers.
Temple University in Philadelphia, which once relied on retired men hired through a detective agency, has formed its own 125-man security staff.
A bombing incident led officials at Claremont Colleges — a cluster of six private institutions 40 miles from Los Angeles — to increase campus security patrols by two men bringing the total to 16.
Reflecting public impatience with recurring waves of campus turmoil is a series of bills passed in 20 state legislatures in the past four months.
Most of these measures prohibit blocking buildings, interfering with classes and intimidating members of the university community.
Illustrative of the tougher policies laid down by university administrators is a new set of guidelines from the University of North Carolina. At the outset, it declares:
“Any student or faculty member —including full time or part time instructors — who willfully by use of vi-o I e n c e, force, coercion, threat, intimidation or fear obstructs, disrupts or attempts to obstruct or disrupt the normal operations or
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Sheeder
Sheeder
Visiting
Capitol
SHARA PAVLOW
Of Th« Hurrlcan« Staff
UM’s Director for Student Activities William B. Sheeder is in Washington this week by special invitation from the White House for a session on student volunteer programs.
The workshop, entitled “Student Voluntary Action: The University and Its Role,”
Is a part of the newly formed National Program for Voluntary Action created by the Nixon administration.
It was created to stimulate and expand voluntary programs on the college campus.
"Most young people today have an intense desire to help solve the problems of our society,” Nixon com-mented in his letter creating the program.
“I will be attending as a representative of the University’s many volunteer programs such as SUMMON, Upward Bound, and American Studies," Sheeder said.
His letter of invitation described these programs as an outlet for student idealism, “a breakdown of the isolation of the academic world from its surrounding community,” and an aid to human and social problems by bridging cultural, economic, racial and generation gaps.
It also expressed the “Administration’s belief that the effectiveness of a student volunteer program depends basically upon the initiative and vigor of the students and their schools — not upon Federal support.”
Pick-Up
Schedules
All students must pickup enrollment slips in registration and scheduling office, Memorial Classroom Building Room SI24. This is your copy of your assignment to courses.
“Credit Only” Option (First Semester 1969-70 Students)
If you are enrolled in a a course for credit only (pass-fail) and your enrollment slip does not show a ‘‘CO’ adjacent to the course credits, please report to the registration and scheduling office in the Memorial Classroom Building Room S124 beginning September 17, 1969, through September 26,	1969, between the
hours nf 8:30 am. and 5:00 p.m.
Tempo
Editor
Selected
Mary Fiksel was elected new editor of TEMPO magazine during Thursday’s meeting of the UM Board of Publications.
Miss Fiksel was associate editor of the magazine for two semesters. During the spring semester, 1969, she served under editor Vic Fischer.
When Fischer resigned, Miss Fiksel was, in her words, "expected to take” the job of editor. She said that a “state of instability” would have occurred if someone had not “taken the reins of responsibility.”
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