Miami Hurricane, November 25, 1980

              The Hurricanes Made It To The Peach Bowl, By Winning Big On Saturday Over North Texas State
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Tuesday, November 25, 1980
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Stanford’s Report: 6Siempre Arriba
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By ANA M. LOPEZ
News Writer
The Spanish word "arriba" can have many meanings. It can mean "at or toward" a higher level, or it can simply mean "upstairs." Figuratively, the word also expresses "an accomplishment that is superior to previous efforts." Thus, "Siempre Arriba" (always upward) was both the title and the theme chosen by Dr. Henry King Stanford for what is to be his last annual report to the Board of Trustees on the accomplishments and progress of the University throughout the year.
Stanford said he felt that this title was in keeping with the University's performance during the past year. He stated that the slogan “carries the strong connotation of a successful effort in spite of impediments and obstructions of the moment,” and that that is the way he views the University — always moving in an upward direction and improving, regardless of the problems an institution of this size is bound to be faced with.
The report itself mentions many changes, which Stanford believes serve as examples to prove that the University is moving upwards.
According to Stanford, some of the more notable innovations and renovations which have been made during the past year are the following: the construction of the new School of Business Administration buildings, with the addition of 22 new “very fine" professors; the facelift given the Memorial Classroom Building; the signing of a contract to obtain two oceanographic vessels for the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science; the negotiations by the Department of Pathology to enter into a contract to take responsibility for operating the office of the medical examiner in Broward County; and the new conjunction program be-
Iween IIM and Tel Aviv University, for study in Israel.
The report, which took Stanford 10 to 60 days to complete, reflects not only the achievements of the University, but of its president as well. Stanford expressed his wish to put a little of himself and of his style of writing into the report. Up said that writing well is one of the hardest things that any individual can do. and that "the mother tongue is a motherlode. We are challenged to mine the nuggets ... to polish and arrange them in a pleasing setting
The report was written after Stanford read all the reports submitted to him by his academic and staff colleagues. When asked if it had been a difficult task to complete, Stanford said "Writing it was my summer hair-shirt."
In medieval times people were forced to wear uncomfortable things so that they would suffer and receive attonement. A “summer hair-shirt" would be a shirt made of horse-hair, which would be very hot to wear during the summer.
"My summer hair-shirt was very uncomfortable, but I made myself wear it ... as a penance for all my administrative sins of the past year," said Stanford
With the report completed and the academic year half over, Stanford looks with nostalgia at his 18 years at the University, but also with hopes for the institution to continue "siempre arriba," and maintain its position as a “trustee of the legacy of civilization."
Stanford concluded the report by expressing what the essence of a university is. "|T|he university does not, and cannot, exist of and for itself," he wrote. "The university was created by society; one of its reasons for being is service to society .. . Let us swing our gates inward to the time-honored commitment of objective study in a universal sense and outward to the timely needs of our community.”
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Deferment Interest Hiked
By SHARON HINSON
News Writer
Next semester, interest rates on deferred tuition payments will increase from 10 percent to 16.5 percent per year, said Bursar Paul Costello.
More and more students are using deferred payments, said Costello, because "the problem of meeting educational costs at registration is becoming larger, not smaller." But, an increasing number of students are failing to repay on time, he added.
“Students need to be encouraged to pay their bills in a timely fashion," Costello said, because giving deferrals has an impact on the University's cash flow. If enough funds are lacking, then UM has to borrow money to operate. This money is lent to the University at above the prime rate, he said.
Costello said UM raised the inter-
est rate in order to encourage repayment by students, to cover the costs of billing and collection, to reimburse the University for the costs of loans, and to ensure that students who pay their tuition are not subsidizing those who do not.
Costello was unable to say how much delinquent payments on deferrals cost the University. But he did say that it depends on what it costs UM to borrow, the amount due, and the reason payment was deferred.
“If it is a financial aid resource which does come through, it's relatively inexpensive to collect," he said.
The President's Cabinet raised the interest rate on deferrals based on a policy set in 1977, he said. This policy stipulated that interest rates be established annually.
It also established the formula for setting the rate, Costello said. The prime and consumer financing rates
Two Attacks Reported Within Past Week
By JOHN OUDENS
News Writer
Two attacks on UM residents occurred last week, according to Lieutenant Berford Bernard of the Department of Public Safety.
Bernard said each act involved nighttime thefts by black males. The victims in each case were women, he said. Public Safety has not released the names of any persons involved.
The first attack occurred at 9:02 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, between the School of Music and the 960 Complex. According to Bernard's report, the attackers were eight black males; they stole gold chains from two female students.
On Monday, Nov 17, one of the victims positively identified one of the attackers from a Public Safety file photograph. The suspect, who was arrested on Wednesday, is 16
years old, but. Public Safety said, he will be bound over to the Dade County Circuit Court as an adult.
Bernard explained that the alleged assailant had been previously bound over as an adult in another case. This fact made it mandatory that the suspect be considered an adult in this case, he said.
The second attack took place at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. in the parking lot of the Faculty Club. The victim, a faculty club employee who was leaving the club with two female colleagues, had her purse stolen by two black males.
The victim and the two witnesses described the assailants as being between 18 and 23 years old, one 5 feet 6 inches tall, and the other 5 feet 4 inches tall, and both weighing approximately 150 pounds.
Neither the victim nor the witnesses could positively identify the attackers, Bernard said.
are averaged together and rounded off to the nearest one quarter of 1 percent, he explained.
For instance, the new interest rate of 16.5 percent was determined, he said, by using the average prime rate of 14.9 percent for the year ending Sept. 1980, and the consumer financing rate of 18 per-’ cent for the same period.
In 1977, the prime was at 7.75 percent, and UM’s interest rate on deferrals stood at 10 percent in the Spring of 1978, he said. This works out to a charge of 0.83 percent per month. With the rate at 16.5 percent, the charge per month will now be I 37 percent.
However, if the students granted deferrals "get registered in January, and pay in February, then there is no interest," Costello said
After the first month, interest is charged on any balance in the student's account, he said.
Most deferrals are granted for 30 days, although some, like work-study deferrals, are for up to three months. A student receives a work-study deferral on the basis of his promise to finish paying his tuition, within three months, out of his work-study earnings, Costello said.
A high interest rate is not the only penalty for having a delinquent balance. Rick Artman, assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs, said, "If it |the deferral| is not cleared up by the end of the semester, the student’s registration is held.”
Costello agreed, "In no instance can we defer the payment to the end of the semester."
Interest rates on deferrals will not be the only rates to increase next semester. National Direct Student Loan (NDSL) rates will increase from 3 to 4 percent, while Guaranteed Student Loans (GSI.) rates will increase from 7 to 9 percent, Costello said.
Artman also urged students to return their financial aid forms as soon as possible for the 1981 fall semester. This decreases the chance that funds will be late, he said.
According to Artman, financial aid forms will be available in the financial aid office, building 37L, starting Jan. 2.
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A Pep Rally held at the Rock at noon on Friday drew a large crowd of curiosity seekers who were returning from class. Head Football Coach Howard Schnellenberger made a special appearance at the Rally, which featured a cavalcade of UM football players, who were drumming up support for the game on Saturday.
Asbestos Debate Continues
By MARTHA MARTIN
News Writer
An article on asbestos which appeared in the Nov. 14 issue of the Hurricane has stirred controversy on campus, and has brought the matter out into the open.
The cancer-causing fibers have reportedly been found in the television studio and projection pit of the Whitten Learning Center (LC building). According to John Fiske, director of Communication Services, the asbestos was installed for soundproofing
Wingfield9s Return To UM Doubtful
By MARK A. WOOSTER
News Editor
Dr. Clyde Wingfield, former provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at UM. currently on administative leave, is scheduled to return to the University next fall. But, “I'm not sure he will return,” said President Henry King Stanford.
"Dr. Wingfield, 1 know, is being considered for several presidential posts |al other universities! at the present time," said Stanford. "I think if Dr. Wingfield wants to be president somewhere else, in all likelihood he will be."
So at the present, “Dr. Wingfield is on leave of absence, with pay, from his administrative post, and will return as a distinguished professor of Politics and Public Affairs, and higher education," said Stanford
“He will receive some expenses

for a secretary and office operations," added Stanford. But because
of University policy, Stanford was not able to reveal the exact amount of Wingfield’s salary, or expenses.
Wingfield's leave is an "admnis-trative leave granted by the president of the University,” explained Stanford. “When he |Wingfield! resumes his professorship, he will qualify for leave only through regular academic procedures."
Stanford granted Wingfield the leave after last year's presidential search, which resulted in Stanford's being asked to remain as president for one more year.
"It seemed to me and Dr. Wingfield that it would be appropriate for him to withdraw from the central administration of the University," said Stanford, "because he had been an active candidate for president, his candidacy had been unsuccessful, and it seemed to us both that it was time to close ranks in the University around a new academic administrator. Dr Besvinick,
who is holding an Interim appointment |as vice president for academic affairs|.
“Dr. Wingfield and I also concluded It would be appropriate for him to be away from his administrative and professorial duties for a year,” added Stanford.
Stanford said that Wingfield's tenure as provost "were marked by both vigorous progress and vigorous controversy, the significance of which will be felt for some time to come. Dr. Wingfield never ceased to emphasize the academic mission of the institution |UM|.”
Wingfield was a tenured professor at UM while serving as provost. Previously, he had been a distinguished professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU). After resigning his post as provost, Wingfield's professorship "was changed to a distinguished professorship to accord with his previous position at SMU," said Stanford
In 1979 and 1980. the air in the LC building was tested. The amount of asbestos found was .03 percent; the level considered safe by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is .05 percent.
Last month, a student registered a complaint with OSHA concerning flaking particles which were falling from the walls of the Computer Center. OSHA sent representatives to sample the air in the building, and found no airborne asbestos. They concluded that no further tests had to be conducted
"Any time we were there, there was no evidence of it |asbestos! falling from the ceiling," said Jose Sanchez, area director for OSHA. "There probably is asbestos there, but as long as it's not airborne, it's not a hazard.”
But an anonymous source from the Computer Center has described the flaking particles as resembling falling snow. The source said the problem is aggravated by the construction taking place next to the Center.
The amount of airborne asbestos considered legal in industrial areas is two fibers per cubic centimeter, per eight-hour exposure.
Sanchez wrote a letter to the administration of the University suggesting that they hire someone to analyze the asbestos in the Computer Center. Sanchez said the letter has not been answered
“We are presently taking hulk samples of all buildings on campus, to check materials for asbestos,” said Oliver Bonnert, vice president for Business Affairs. "If there is |as-bestos|, we'll have air samplings taken to see if it's a safe level."
According to Bonnert, UM has contacted other universities with the same problem. These include Michigan State, Harvard. Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Florida State University.
The University has adopted some of the' precautionary steps taken at these schools; it follows certain testing procedures, observes OSHA standards, and spray-paints ceilings.
Hurricane Positions
The Hurricane is currently accepting applications from undergraduates who would interested in being editors and assistant editors next semester.
All applicants must have at least one semester of experience with the Hurricane, or two semesters of experience with another college publication.
All editors will receive a salary, and will be required to adhere to strict deadlines. The following positions are available: Managing F.di-tor, News Editor, Entertainment Editor, Editorials Editor, Sports Editor, Photo Editor, and Copy Editor
Depending upon the nature of the work, some editors will receive assistants. Those positions are negotiable and subject to change.
Interested students are urged to fill out an application. Forms are available in the "editor's box,” in room 221 of the Student Union Deadline for filing is Wednesday, Dec. 3
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