Miami Hurricane, April 15, 1980

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Volume 57, Number 48
Tuesday, April 15. 1980
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MARS Turn-Out Hits Record High
By LORI BARRISI
Na»t Editer
Approximately 4,200 students participated in the Manual Advanced Registration System (MARS) held in Brockway Hall last week.
According to Registrar Sid Weis-burd, the turn-out was very heavy, with 600 more people participating this year than last year.
“This is the third year of MARS and each year we've had a greater participation. I guess that's why it seemed to take longer. With so many more bodies participating, it’s bound to take longer.
“There seems to be a greater interest on the part of students in getting registered earlier so they know
Gunpoint Arrest Finds LSI)
By LORI BARRIST
New» Editor
In a continuing attempt to crack down on drug use at UM, Public Safety officers arrested a 1968 resident at gunpoint and charged him with obstructing a police officer and possession of LSO.
Public Safety responded to a call at approximately 1:55 a m. Friday and found Brendan English swinging a broom at residents on the eleventh floor.
“We believe he was under the influence of LSD," said eleventh floor resident assistant George Cardwell.
English then allegedly tried to hit the police officer with the broom and the officer pulled his gun.
Public Safety searched English and found a black 35mm film can-nister which contained a plastic bag with six hits of LSD in it.
According to director of law enforcement Curtis Ivy, the LSD was disguised in the shape of dragons. Ivy said that it's more difficult to recognize LSD when it isn’t in the shape of small dots.
Approximately 50 hits of LSD were found in a Pearson Hall bust last week.
“We've run into LSD a few times in the past, but there seems to be a resurgence of use on this campus and nationwide," Ivy said.
According to Joseph Frechette, director of Public Safety, English was violent. "He was taken down to the Dade County Jail and they won't take him, so he was put in Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ward D, the prison ward.
1968 Complex Director Shirley Goctde would not release any information concerning the arrest of English. "He may be under minor or major disciplinary action depending on the charges."
Goode said that whether English will be allowed back in the dorm when he is released from the hospital is "under question right now."
When asked whether Public Safety is adopting a stronger line towards drug use, Frechette said that “if it comes to our attention, we work on it. In the course of our investigations in the past few weeks, it has been brought to our attention.”
Ivy said that the reason there have been more more drug busts lately is because Public Safety has been patrolling the dorms more closely.
“And we're looking for it especially since It seems like we're seeing it more now," Ivy said.
Both Ivy and Frechette denied that there were any student "narcs” on campus.
what they are registering for before they leave the campus for summer break,” Weisburd said.
Weisburd said the presence of the academic deans made a big difference. "They were able to open sections to satisfy more of the students' needs on the spot.”
Most of the students interviewed were able to get all of their classes — even on the last day of the registration.
"Except for me. I'm already closed out of one class: Sociology 218 - Human Sexuality," said sophomore Jan Brill.
Brill, a computer systems major, said that MARS is good because "there’re not as many hassles as during the fall. I think they should have it twice a year."
Junior Glenn Siesser says that MARS alleviates the problem of having to come to school a week early for registration. “It’s good because it gives you time to decide whether you want to keep those classes you signed up for next year.”
Almost all of the students complained of having to wait two, three, and even four hours for their registration to be completed.
“I take seven credits at Miami-Dade Junior College and seven credits here. At Dade they have a computer and it takes me five minutes to register and here it takes over three hours. I think we should go on the computer system here,” said psychology major Thomas Gross.
Junior Debbie Ross said that registration was much slower than the two years before.
"Last time it was very quick I just walked in and got my cards. I'll be a senior next year, and I’m taking all senior level courses. Nobody else here wants those classes. There’s no reason I should have to wait two and a half hours.
"On a scale of one to 10, I’d rate MARS as zero," Ross said.
Sophomore Alberto Barnnet also complained that registration was "worse than last year. Last year I had to wait a half hour, maybe an hour. And this year, it’s more than two hours."
Barnnet, along with many of the other students interviewed, felt that See MARS Page 3

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Miami Hurricane BRIAN GAR1
The newest organization on campus, the Lake Club, meets in the center of Lake Osceola after Happy Hour in the Rathskellar on Friday afternoon. The members swim out in their underwear and meet to drink beers in the middle. The club is holding meetings every Friday, and membership is available to anyone who is interested in braving the bottles and barracudas.
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Students Wait For Keoistrut ion Packets
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Fire Leaves Med School Lab In Ruins
Med School Scores Dope
By PETER S. HAMM
Assistant Naws Editar
The first shipment of THC, marijuana's active ingredient, to be used for cancer patients, arrived last week at UM Medical School’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.
According to Dr. Lawrence Bro-der, who is in charge of the THC research project for the Cancer Center, the drug will probably be used starting this week.
The shipment, which was sent last Friday from Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is for three months’ use.
The drug, delta-9-tetrahydrocan-nabinal, was sent in a refrigerated vault for maximum potency.
UM received permission from the federal government last October to
use the synthetic form of marijuana to help older cancer patients overcome the nausea that is often the result of chemotherapy treatment.
UM and 32 other researchers nationwide are working to develop the drug’s medical use as a result of successful testing and reporting by major medical journals.
The exact plan of UM’s research is to compare the effect of the THC with that of Vlstarll, another drug used to control nausea. The two drugs will be tested to see which is more effective.
"Our study is going to compare THC with other standard anti-nausea drugs,” Broder said at the time the pot grant was approved last October.
According to medical authorities, some people who undergo chemo-
therapy have dry heaves for days.
In 1975 Boston cancer patients told their doctors that they didn't get sick from chemotherapy after smoking marijuana. After that, 17 states legalized medical research with marijuana.
The UM pot will be supplied free of charge to patients. The National Institute on Drug Abuse is being paid by the National Cancer Institute to promote manufacturing of marijuana for medical research.
The THC will produce a high, or "euphoria," in the patients that participate. Broder told the Miami Herald that the patients usually have no reservations about getting high to avoid throwing up.
“Patients having nausea associated with chemotherapy will try practically anything to alleviate it,” Broder said.
By MARK A. WOOSTER
Hurricant Staff Wrttar
The UM School of Medicine's toxicology laboratory was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The cause of the fire apparently was arson, and a suspect has been apprehended.
The toxicology lab was a two-story wood frame building. It was located at UM’s south campus at S.W. 152 Street and S.W. 126 Avenue. The location was formerly the site of the Richmond Air Base. Also located on the south campus are several research buildings and a hospital. None of these buildings was damaged by the fire.
The Metro Fire Department dispatched the first units to the blaze at 6:41 p m., according to Lieutenant Deason of the Department. The units arrived at 6:44. and a second alarm was sounded at 6:47 p.m. A total of 25 units were finally dispatched to the scene.
"The whole building was evolved in flames when the first units arrived," said Deason. “The cause of the fire was unknown at that time."
The toxicology laboratory was built mostly of pine, and it created flames so intense that the fire engines had to be hosed down so their paint would not peel off. The flames were visible from miles away.
According to the Miami News, it took two hours to bring the blaze under control. The building was completely consumed, as only the foundation remained. The remains were still smoldering as of Saturday.
There were no injuries reported
Arson Strikes Mahoney Hall Again
By LORI BARRIST
Maws Editar
Mahoney Hall residents woke to another dorm evacuation early Sunday morning as fire struck the seventh floor study lounge, forcing floor residents into a smoke-filled hall. Fire department officials have ruled the blaze arson.
According to police reports, at approximately 5:55 a m., a Public Safety officer was approached by an unknown male resident and advised that there was smoke on the seventh floor. The officer then no-
ticed a large amount of smoke coming out of the seventh floor lounge.
"He tried pulling the fire alarm and then began banging on the doors of the residents in the area where the smoke was coming from,” said Sargeant Dan Salerno.
Several dorm residents did not evacuate the building because they did not hear the alarm.
"It sounded like the elevator alarm. It rang, stopped, and then rang again. They didn’t even sound the general alarm until the smoke was so dense you couldn't see any-
Saga Con tra cl Ren
Board Prices In crease
By LOURDES BREZO
Hurrlcan* Staff Wrttar
Once again next fall, students on a UM meal plan will be served by Saga Food Services.
The contract with the University has been renewed, with some changes made to satisfy requests from the residence hall's food committees.
Meal plan prices will go up from 6.2 to 6.8 percent, depending on the plan. But included in the plans for the 1980-81 year are ten "steak nights," at no additional
cost.
One of the most common complaints from the committees was that students were getting the same soup at dinner that they were getting at lunch Students made the same complaint regarding the salad bar.
Laverne Farmer, director of Auxiliary Services, «aid students will now be getting different soups for lunch and dinner. The salad bar will have vegetables for lunch and fruit for dinner, or vice versa.
In the 960 cafeteria a line for seconds and another ft ice cream machine will be added
"This will permit students to go back for seconds ithout having to go back through the entire line," armer said.
"Recently, we reached a summer session board
plan agreement (with Saga) that is actually less than the one for the summer of 1979," Farmer said. "Rather than offer every different plan available, we offered only the 14 meal plan. We took a count of all the meals eaten last summer, and by far the majority were eaten by students on the 14 meal plan — about 75 or 80 percent."
Cost studies have been carried out by Saga and by UM to determine how much it costs to eat on a cash basis rather than by subscribing to a meal plan The Ibis Cafeteria was used as a representative of competition.
"When we request a price increase, we provide the University with a competition analysis." Roger Fry, director of food services, said. "We can't price ourselves out of the market."
Farmer recently compiled a list of 18 of the most popular items in the Ibis, including eggs, donuts, hamburgers, and roast beef sandwiches.
“Of the 18 items, the University was higher in four of the items, the biggest difference being ten cents on a roast beef sandwich with cheddar We were lower on nine items We are constantly making sure that we are staying lower than our competitors. Some of the items
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thing," said Jon Barrist. whose room (702) was closest to the fire.
"The alarm didn't start sounding right away. That's why the officer began banging on the doors. We've had problems with some of the alarms before," Salerno said.
Salerno said that the officer obtained a key to the study lounge and opened the door. “He was unable to enter. He attempted to pul out the fire but was unable to."
The Coral Gables Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire. They then used fans to clear out the smoke.
"It was definitely arson and it's probably someone on the floor. They'd have to have a key to the lounge since the door is kept locked,” Salerno said.
Someone reportedly lit a trash bag sitting on the couch. The vinyl couch melted, the lights exploded, and two other couches were destroyed.
"I put the trash bag in there because when 1 came home at 3 a m., it was sitting in the middle of the hall. I thought someone might set it on fire so I unlocked the lounge, put the trash on the couch, locked the door and went to bed," Barrist said.
Floor resident Teresa Shepherd was reportedly the first to notice the fire. "I got up to go to the bathroom and I smelled smoke. So I opened the door and saw smoke at the other end of the hall coming out of the study lounge.
"I don’t know why I didn't think to pull the fire alarm. I was half asleep. I called the desk and they sent up an RA (resident assistant)," she said.
Barrist said that an RA woke him up. “When I woke up the smoke in my room was so thick I couldn't see the other side. And it was heivy in the halls too When I opened the door all I could see was a figure of a cop. I heard him yelling to get out of the building.”
"It was a good thing the RA came banging on the door I would have suffocated. I could have been
dead,” said Sandy Goldstein whose room is next to Barrist's.
“It was definitely the worst fire in the dorm. It was pretty hectic. I ran down the hall and didn't know' where the fire was. I couldn't walk past Jon's room because the smoke was so thick. The hall still smells bad of smoke,” Goldstein said.
According to another seventh floor resident Bob Lidov, "we had a premonition there'd be a fire. We hadn't had a fire in a while and we hadn't had a fire drill either."
Floor residents are certain that this fire, as well as the five or six previous fires, are the work of a floor member.
"I would like to think that no one on our floor would do it, but it looks pretty bad." Shepherd said.
from the fire. No persons or animals were in the building, but there was a laboratory with Rhesus monkeys only a few hundred feet from the toxicology center.
According to Deason, the investigation of Lieutenant C. Zahaulka and Detective R. Wagner, with the aid of a citizen, led to a 16-year old male who confessed to setting the fire. He was released into the custody of his parents as the investigation continued.
The building had been abandoned for several months, according to the News. It had been used for different types of research. Any hazardous chemicals that were being stored in the building were consumed by the flames. According to the Miami Herald, several propane gas cannis-ters stored in the building exploded.
Accounting Exam Grades Tossed Out
By JANE L. MARCUS
Edllsr-ln-Chlat
An investigation is underway involving a stolen Accounting 211 examination. Department officials, who have not determined how or when the test was stolen, have decided to toss out the results from all 330 tests.
According to the Miami Herald,
Accounting Department Chairman Charles Calhoun said the stolen tests sold for about $50.
He also said that there were no signs of burglary and that there are only a few details as to how students obtained copies of the test.
There were approximately 25 or 30 students who admitted having copies of the test before it was administered April 3. Calhoun said that rumors persisted that other students are involved.
Calhoun told the Herald that he, the dean of the School of Business, and the professor coordinating the multi-section course decided to scrap the test results Wednesday after unsuccessfully asking students who purchased copies to turn themselves in without disciplinary penality-
Department officials first suspected that the test had been stolen after several students called professors to say they had seen the test.
The test will not be given over. Instead, the final exam will count for 60 percent of the course grade.
Cable T\ Sets Calare
By JANE MARCUS And AMY JACOVES
Of Th« Hurricane Staff
Video Tape Service (VTS) has recommended to the administration the installation of a campus-wide closed-circuit cable TV system.
According to Tod Seminoff, technical director of VTS, there are several ways in which the cost of cable TV can be distributed through time and throughout the University community, so that students will not have to bear immediately the installation cost of about $100,000.
The control facilities, close to another $100.000. have already been paid for through the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC), and the Graduate/Law Activity Fee Allocation Committee (GLAFAC).
Seminofl said that two student-operated University channels are being offered. A commercial chan-
nel will offer concerts, comedy, feature films, campus news, and other programs sponsored by University organizations. An educational channel will provide better service than is currently available in the Richter Library for viewing of videotape class material. Seminoff said that with the cooperation of various academic departments, students can have access to many classes, academic programs, and lectures on TV.
He also said the Public Broadcasting Service is also available, provid- j ing materia' from Shakespeare to Jacques Cousteau. The station can also provide the rebroadcasting of educational materials on specific days and times, as well as the opportunity for presenting editorial comment, student theatrical productions, and campus news.
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