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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Friday, December 5, 1969
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opens its season against the Miami-Dade North Falcons tomorrow at 2 p.m. For complete story see page 16.
Uncle Sam’s Lottery Shakes Up UM Campus Men
By CRAIG PETERSON
HurrtCMM New, 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
For More on the Draft, See Page 8
Tuesday.
Newsstand copies of The Herald were selling briskly and even copies of TTie 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 Buzlnec, 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. Benitez, Board Chairman, said the following procedures will govern elections to the positions of Editor, Associate Editor, and Business Manager of the Hurricane and Tempo for the spring semester of 1970:
•A 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.
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•Completed forms of nonincumbents 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 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9. These are the deadlines for registration, and applications received subsequent to the times and dates set iorth above will not be considered. Names of candidates will be posted in the Student Activities 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. m Roonjr 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 time\ 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 ia 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 Benetiz 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.
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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 Thi Humean* 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 course. 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 McHenry, 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 IS.”
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. “Pm 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. We're not dealing with primatives.”
-—Jim Yasser IJSG President
Yasser Seeks Change In UM Security Force
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Rescues
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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 years ago, we were not in a financial position to purchase 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.
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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 brieing 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 Giassman 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 council for the sole reason that I care what happens," she said.
"All I have to offer is 3*/i years of involvement . . . what the hell do you want?” Miss Hershman i.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 III and Kenneth L. Olsen.
Calls For Firearms Elimination
Bv PAUL BARGF.R
Of ttM Hurricane 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 referemdum 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 someone innocent getting hurt,” Yasser said.
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