Miami Hurricane, December 05, 1969

              Pop Coverage
For Pictures and a complete
report by Hurricane staffers
of the recent Palm Beach Pop
Festival, turn to the Entertainment Section on page 13.
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Vol. 45 No. 21
Friday, December 5, 1969
284-4
Swim Team
T~"lThe   UM   swimming   team
u"   "'tSWr f opens its season against the
Miami-Dade   North   Falcons
tomorrow at 2 p.m. For complete story see page 16.
DECS- 1969
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Uncle  Sam's  Lottery Shakes  Up  UM  Campus  Men
By CRAIG PETERSON
Hurrictnt Ntwt Editor
"Two is just as bad as one,
it's the loneliest number
since the number one." The
Three Dog Night may not
have had Monday night's
draft lottery in mind when
they sang the lyrics, but the
words reflected the feelings
of hundreds  of  UM   males
MMMHNMMm
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For More on the Draft, See Page 8
Tuesday.
Newsstand copies of The
Herald were selling briskly
and even copies of The News
were going fast as the first
lottery in almost three decades made every draft-elig
ible male more number-conscious than ever before.
Paul Buzinec a UM senior,
didn't have to look too far
for his number. His birthday
is Sept. 14. "I was a little
shocked at first," he said, but
I guess I've gotten accustomed to it."
Buzinec, an architecture
major, has another 20 credits
to complete before his deferment ends. "I'm going to try
my hardest to stay out of the
service then," he said.
Since the first third of the
Pub. Panel
To Name
Top Jobs
The University of Miami
Board of Student Publications announced finalized
procedures today for editorial and business positions on
two major publications.
Dean R. C. Benltez, Board
Chairman, said the following
procedures will govern elections to the positions of Editor, Associate Editor, and
Business Manager of the
'lurricane and Tempo for the
spring semester of 1970:
JA candidate, including
an incumbent, for any of the
above positions may initiate
the registration process by
filling out an Application
Form available in the Hurricane and Tempo offices.
•Completed forms of non-
incumbents must be delivered
to Miss Mary Jane Genovese,
Union Reservation Officer,
Room 224. Student Union,
not later than 12 p.m. on
Friday December 12, 1969.
Applications of incumbents
must be delivered to Miss
Genovese not later than 12
S.m. on Tuesday, December
These are the deadlines for
egistration, and applications
eceived subsequent to the
'.imes   and   dates   set  forth
above will not be considered,
lames of candidates will be
osted in the Student Activf-
ties Office as applications are
received.
• An Interview Committee composed of the three
advisors to the Board plus
two student members of the
Board will review the applications and interview all
applicants on Friday, December 12 at 3 p.m. in Root*
S-245 of the Student Union.
After all Interviews are completed, the Interview to the
Chairman of the Board with
one of two notations alongside each name, i.e. Recommended or Not Recommended.
#On Monday, December
15 at 3 p.m. in Room S-245
of the Student Union, the
Student Publication Board
will meet in executive session to hear each candidate
for a period of five minutes
during which the candidate
will present his views about
the position he seeks. Following the presentation, the
candidate will be questioned
by the Board for a time determined by the total timev
available for the meeting and
the number of candidates.
Each candidate's presentation and question and answer
period will be private, i.e. no
other candidate for the position being considered will be
allowed in the room during
individual presentations.
#When all candidates for
each position have been
heard, the. Board will proceed, through written ballot,
to elect one of the candidates
to the position being considered. A majority vote of the
Board is required for the
election.
>The results of the elections will be made known to
interested parties immediately following the decision of
the Board and will be posted
in the Student Activities
Office upon the adjournment
of the meeting on December
15.
©Members of the staff of
the Hurricane and Tempo not
subject to election will be
selected by the Editor of
each publication in association with the publications
Advisors and will be subject
to the approval of the Board.
#A copy of this election
procedure will be attached to
each application form.
Dean Benetlz said the
above procedure differs substantially from the previous
election procedures in that
candidates are not to discuss
their candidacy with individual Board members prior to
the election.
Flight Change
The Jefferson Airplane concert will be
switched from eight o'clock tonight to
five o'clock this afternoon on the soccer field. Folksinger Vince Martin will
open the show and will be followed by
the Jon Bartel Thing. The Airplane
will then go on to do their hour-and-a-
half set. See page 12 for more details.
Faculty Senate Kills
Drop Date Proposal
By PAUL BARGER
Of Tht Hurricum Staff
A proposal to extend the
drop date for courses right
up to final exam time was
killed this week in the Faculty Senate.
Coupled with the elimination of the WE and WP
grades, the proposal would
have allowed a student to
continue in a course and
drop it any time before the
exam without any penalty
other than having to repeat
the coutsc The grade recorded would be W.
The majority of the faculty
felt that the proposal presented problems in two major areas.
"If you do away with the
drop date, you may be penalizing the student who sticks
It out," Dr. Carl McKenry.
chairman of the Faculty Senate, said.
The Senate felt that there
was some question as to
student's right to go up to
the last day and then walk
away before the exam, while
another student gambles on
the exam and fails.
Secondly, it was felt that a
student needed some inducement to finish the course, the
theory being that one would
stick it out under penalty
and complete the course.
The previous system allowed for a first drop date
after which dropped courses
would be graded WE or WP.
After the second drop date,
courses could not be
dropped.
The Faculty Senate has
passed a resolution that
would eliminate the first
drop date and the grades WE
and WP.
As it now stands, the final
date would be December 19,
leaving only 10 school days
from the drop date to exams.
In the spring semester the
drop date would be May 8
and the exams being May 18,
again only a ten day difference from the proposed drop
date.
366 numbers have what the
Army terms "a very good
chance" of being inducted
following the lapse of their
deferments, those interviewed by the Hurricane
with numbers 1 through 122
expressed similar sentiments.
"My aunt called from Virginia; she couldn't remember
if my birthday was Sept. 14
or the 26th," UM junior Paul
Barger said. "I told her it
didn't matter a whole lot —
the 27th is number 18."
Barger, looking at the
bright side of it, admitted
there were a few advantages
to a low number. "You get a
lot of sympathy from the
broads," he said.
At the same time, USG
treasurer Stu Weiss was
doing handsprings. He
missed the magical number,
366, by a single digit. "This
has got to be the greatest
thing since sex," he said. "I
Counseling Increases
Draft counseling on the UM campus got a boost in
business early this week with the introduction of the
lottery system. Concerned students poured into counseling offices asking questions and looking hopefully for
answers.
One counselor, Ken Smith, said the reactions of
those seeking advice run from "total despair" to
"clutching at straws. There's an increased concern over
deferments, especially among those with low lottery
numbers," he said.
The counselors are hampered currently by a lack of
updated information from the national Selective Service
Board in Washington, creating doubts whether current
deferment standards and past directives will continue to
be employed.
"What we're really doing is waiting around for
advisements from Washington," Smith said.
Draft counseling is available on campus each Tuesday night in the Union as well as on an individual basis
with the counselors.
really   didn't   have   enough
cash to make it to Canada,
anyway."
Jefferson Brattle, a junior
transfer from Perkins College
in Monkey Run, Arkansas,
joined Buzinec for company
with a  number 2.  "I  been
thinking seriously about
going into business with my
dad to get a deferment," he
said. "He's a turkey farmer."
Things haven't been going
too well, though, Brattle
admitted. "Thing is, my draft
board says that unless we get
a defense contract or something, it won't work. I wonder if the Army needs any
turkeys for carrying messages or something. I mean,
they can carry a pretty big
load and they work cheap,
you know."
Another transfer student,
Jerry Vick, of Florida College
in Tampa, said his 185 number is like playing Russian
roulette with six bullets
"You know the damn thing is
loaded, but there's nothing
you can do about it," he said.
"I'm going to pack a lot of
living into the next two
years."
"This is supposed to be an educational institution, it's
no place for guns. We9re not dealing with primatives."
— Jim Yasser
USG President
Yasser Seeks Change
In UM Security Force
SAFAC
Rescues
WVIJM
An emergency request for
funds to replace equipment
was granted to WVUM, the
campus radio station, by the
Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee in its Tuesday meeting.
The station was granted
$3,245 to replace Its control
board which was destroyed
in an explosion shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday.
"If the board is not replaced, it is most likely that
WVUM will not be able to
remain on the air," station
general manager John Emm
told committee members.
Emm also submitted a
request for an additional $6,-
500 for more station equipment.
Unfortunately when the
station was first started two
yean ago, we were not In a
financial position to purchaser
equipment and so took used
and outdated machinery
which was donated. It has
not held up and we are not in
need to replace it if we are to
regain maintain FCC standards, he said.
The committee voted to
table the request until official recommendation could
be received from the University's department of purchasing concerning prices.
-Photo by KEN RATKlEWICZ
ROTC Officials Discuss Program
... prepare for Monday'* briefing
ROTC Briefing
Set For Monday
In an effort to make the
public more aware of the role
of the Army Reserve Officers
Training Corps, a brie ng
will be held in the Upper
Lounge of the Whitten Memorial Student Union at 8
p.m., Monday, December 8.
Colonel Arndt L. Mueller,
USG Studies New Constitution
USG Council has begun
discussion of a proposed
Student Body Government
Constitution, which, if
approved, will replace
USG.
SBG is designed for all
students registered at UM,
graduates included.
The proposal calls for
the establishment of a
student Senate that will
include representatives
from each class and Graduate School.
If the plan is adopted
freshmen and sophomore
senators will be elected
from living areas apportioned by districts.
Juniors, seniors, and
graduates will be elected
from their academic
schools and colleges.
Junior representative
USG REPORT
By Mark Berman
Ira Pollack said graduates
and undergraduates have
different problems and
enacting legislation would
be difficult with both
groups represented.
"Having graduate students in a UBG will help
get things accomplished,"
said UM Ombudsman Rod
Mackenzie.
"Graduates have had at
least four years of college
experience and their
knowledge can help bring
the University Community
together.
Council   also   approved
the appointment of Craig
Glassman to the Student
Entertainment Committee
and Maria Macias as secretary to USG Council.
Representatives also
passed a resolution Monday calling for the establishment of an ad hoc
committee to present an
improved library program
to administrators.
The resolution, introduced by freshman Peter
Sokoloff, states that the
present library hours are
"an insult to a university
which considers itself one
of the finest institutions
of higher learning in the
south."
During the meeting
AWS representative Lyn
Siegel asked Council to
reconsider senior Jane
Hershman's recent appointment to president pro
tempore of USG, but the
motion failed.
"Her job has not been
what we call exceptional," Miss Siegel said.
Responding to the USG
action. Miss Hershman
said the "political rat-race
within Council is really
ridiculous."
"I will retain my seat
on councfl for the sole
reason that I care what
happens," she said.
"All I have to offer is
3'/4 years of involvement
. . . what the hell do you
want?" Miss Hershman
s-id.
professor of military science,
said that officer instruction
on college campuses has
been a subject of some degree of controversy at literally every college or university
across the nation and has
been subjected to virulent
attack at several institutions
during the past year.
"The Department of Military Science at the UM feels
that many of the questions
raised about Army ROTC are
caused by lack of information by the general public on
the role of ROTC, its curriculum and structure."
The briefing, he said, will
consist of four short presentations by ROTC staff and
students. The subjects discussed will include the purpose of the ROTC, the structure of the ROTC curriculum,
and the value of ROTC to the
student. These presentations
will be followed by a period
during which audience questions will be directed to the
panel.
Added Col. Mueller: "The
public is invited and encouraged to attend this discussion
of a program so vital to our
nation's defense."
The panel will consist of
Col. Mueller, Lt. Col. Robert
W. Black, operations officers
and senior instructor; Staff
Sergeant Robert L. Adams,
administrative sergeant; and
cadets John K, Boles HI and
Kenneth L. Olsen.
Calls For
Firearms
Elimination
By PAUL BARGFR
Of tht Hurrlctnt Staff
USG President Jim Yasser
pleaded for a reconsideration
of the hiring of armed security guards last week in a
letter to Dr. Henry King
Stanford.
Yasser cited the results of
the referendum presented to
the student body concerning
the new proposed security
force. The results showed an
overwhelming majority of
students are against the presence of armed guards on
campus.
"Is it your intention to
entirely disregard their position?" Yasser queried in his
letter.
In an interview Yasser
questioned the value of the
security force being armed.
"This is supposed to be an
educational institution, it's
no place for guns," Yasser
said, "we're not dealing with
primitives."
The proposal has been
Informally discussed before
USG. Although there has
been no vote, the tenor of the
group is against the proposal,
according to Yasser.
Fred Doerner, Director of
Security, has maintained that
he would be unable to attract
ten competent men to the
force if they are to be
unarmed. Yasser felt that
this position was too rigid
and untested.
"A number of other major
campuses have security men
with police power, but not
guns," he said.
Yasser felt that the necessity for armed security
guards would be a rare occasion and in that event that it
occurred the Gables Police
are only five minutes away.
"Whenever you have guns
there is always the chance of
unwarranted trouble and
jomeone innocent getting
hurt," Yasser said.
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