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Volume 58, No. 14
Tuesday, October 13, 1981
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Pbr In k < reutor Stands Itrliiml Masks Ol (.upturn kirk and Mr. Speck
Roddenberry To Speak At [bis
By CHRISTOPHER SKEETE
News Writer
* 1 brate 16 years of Sfar Trek in a special live presenta-
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•" in Ruddcnberry, creator and producer of the original lr> television series and producer of the film version, 1	/ he Motion Picture, will appear at the Ibis Caf-
Ker:a Ihursday at 8 p.m..
Admission is free for University students and faculty P1'“ ■ : with a valid I.I).; the admission fee for all others is
|«at the door.
—- Th* t , in Mir presentation will cover the 16 years of Star I ^rom the very beginning down to the feature film.
I oekkors and Trekkies alike will also have the rare op-|*‘umi> to meet Roddenberry in person and ask him any ■“I an question* about Star Trch.
Of course, no celebration of Star Ircl; is complete with-I; ' "I the episodes. One film Roddenberry will he I 'A ‘-Ah him is the original award-winning Star I rek I. " ' P 1 I he Cage, which will be shown in its entirety. I •' ! which was considered too cerebral for mass audi |l L ''ever been shown on television in its original "	• considered to be a classic.
_	the Star Trek experience up to date. Roddenber-
lr. , how behind-the-scenes footage of the making of I	I he Motion Picture. Included in these never-be-
I. " n film clips is a look at the construction of the new Iciai 'o1 1	the creation of Vulcan, and several spe-
C effects sequences, including Vejur's first attack on the ' fpnse bridge.■
Mf-i 1 'Pcclal treat, the famous and hilarious / V ¡Hooper IriK * Section of outtakes and flubbed lines from the se-I ‘‘1 also be shown to provide an off-the-record look at I., /i avorite characters. This reel is always a big attraction
J,!nt e Fiction Conventions.
Ir.im?,f n crt,ated Star Trek, Roddenberry launched a phe-lwh-'nun man-v consider without equal in show business. I	•• can in 1966. Slur Irek ran for three seasons on
NBC The show then went Into world release in 47 other countries and into syndication in more than 160 markets throughout the United States.
As the Star Trek legend grew, its following expanded into the millions, including physicists, aerospace engineers, housewives, children, teenagers, teachers — and of course, its loyal band of “Trekkies.” It gave birth to hundreds of fan clubs and Star Trek conventions across the nation.
As a result of the Star Trek phenomenon, Roddenberry has been in steady demand as a lecturer, speaking on “The World of Star Trek” to audiences of 10,000 and more in major arenas across the country. It was only by a remarkable effort by the staff of the University Lecture Series that UM is able of be a part of the celebration of Star Trek.
M Student Writes
War
By JOHN OUDENS
Associate News Editor
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I Sant. M,on came home from Southeast Asia to his family m IWis/„„ on,ca in 19«9; but the smog drove him to relatives in ,TjUs.nsin' ,l(‘ thought of going to school there, but. he says, M„,fani,><1 my ass off for two or three years '
Ibtcau.,,"" )",ned Vietnam Veterans Against the War. no lt<pan_. Was in any way opposed to fighting Communis I know w! *,ut ^cause he wanted the American public . njf was really going on over there ”
| the M,, "l,mY veterans, he had troubles readjusting to life in
1	Vnmng the troubles were mental problems
guilt	Ins°mnia and nightmares,” he says. "And surviv
friende	he had tried to avoid friendships, a '
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come along, anyway Many of them had bien
"At the twilight of sleep — when you’re just about to doze off — I'd start to wonder, ‘Was there anything more I could have done?' "
The nightmares were about those he had killed.
"Death is not quick,” he says quietly. "If I were to shoot you in the chest with a .45 at the distance we’re at now” — about four feet — "you’d still take a few minutes to die.
“Sometimes, after shooting somebody, when I’d perform my ‘coup de gras' ” — say, a final shot to the head — “they'd look at me. I dreamed about that."
Newton says he was bright enough to realize what was happening to him; so he took a long trip and lived in Europe for several years, taking the time to sort out his problems.
He returned to the United States and settled in Fort Lauderdale in 1976.
By 1978, he had “put enough distance" between Vietnam experiences and the present to begin writing about his expe-
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UM Junior Crowned Orange Bowl Queen
By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE
Head News Writer
“1 had my eyes shut and the next thing 1 know there was a crown coming down my head, and I was so shocked that 1 did not cry or anything," said June Thomson, who was crowned Orange Bowl Queen Friday night.
For Thomson, a junior majoring in broadcasting, it was a lifelong dream come true.
“1 have lived in Miami all my life, and every year I have watched the queens in the parade and thought to myself how 1 would like to be up there,” said the 20-year-old queen.
Thomson is also one of the 14 finalists in the upcoming Miss UM Pageant.
Two other UM students, Elizabeth Kenyon and Jeanne Walsh, filled two of the four spots in the Queen's Court.
The modest Thomson, who beat out a field of 161 original contestants, said she did not give herself a good shot at winning the pageant.
“There were 161 girls and all of them were beautiful. They were mostly models, and they were all gorgeous. I did not expect to be crowned queen," she said.
“I said to myself, ‘Why bother since you are not going to win?'," Thomson said. “I thought I might as well pack my bag and leave.”
But when the field of 161 was trimmed to 30, Thomson was still around. When the five finalists were called, her name was third. And after the girls were told to close their eyes so that the queen could be crowned, Thomson’s head bore the crown
She almost did not enter at all.
As a finalist in the Miss UM Pageant, she was not sure if entering the Orange Bowl Pageant would create any conflicts. A clause in the Miss UM Pageant, which is held under the Miss America Pageant rules, prohibits any contestant to enter national or international pageants which are sanctioned by the Miss America Pageant. .
“I talked to the people on the Orange Bowl Committee, and they told me that there would be no problems," Thomson said.
Miss UM Pageant Director Jamie Cooper said there would not be any problems. "We checked |the Miss UM contract^ and there was no rule that said she could not compete," Cooper said
So one hour before deadline, Thomson turned in her application.
"I wrote it in the car on the way," she said.
The preliminaries consisted of a bathing suit contest and two sets of interviews. In the first interview, which lasted three minutes, the judges asked personal questions. The second, which lasted ten minutes, dealt with current events.
The judges, Thomson said, asked her
what she thought of President Reagan’s decision not to attend the funeral of slain Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. “I told them that it would have been a tragedy if our president was shot in Egypt, and we could not afford the security risk.”
The judges also asked her why she wanted to be the Orange Bowl Queen.
“I told them that first I had to tell them what I thought a good queen should be," she said. She did, and impressed the judges enough to be awarded the crown
Thomson transferred to UM from the University of Florida this year. "My original plan was to just come down here for one semester, but things have turned out pretty well for me. 1 have had luck with these pageants."
She said she plans to stay a lot longer.
“It still has not dawned upon me," she said. "It all happened so fast. It will probably all hit me Tuesday on the plane.” That is when she will fly to NBC Studios in New York to be photographed.
As queen, she will reign over the Orange Bowl Parade on Dec. 31. She is to receive $2,500 in cash as well as a $3,000 wardrobe. She will also be interviewed on NBC’s Today Show by Jane Pauley. All her expenses will be paid by the Orange Bowl Committee.
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Public Safety Cops Take To The Bikes
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
News Writer
Chuck Habermehl grips the handlebars, mounts his ten-speed bicycle and begins pedaling, as he often does, around the University of Miami campus. The sunlight is bright and harsh, as it often is, and beats down upon him as he rides.
For UM students with bikes, this scene may seem familiar.
But Chuck Habermehl isn't a student He’s a university police officer
Three weeks ago, a program was established in which two members of UM Public Safety Department (PSD) are using bicycles instead of police cars to patrol the campus The members are Habermehl and Bernard Norris.
Habermehl, the program's originator, got the idea from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which uses a bike patrol in Venice Beach, Calif.
“Venice Beach is a small area," Haber-mehl said, “and the program worked well there. It's also been successful in universities up north."
He also pointed out that the hike patrols up north are only seasonal, while the UM patrol can operate throughout the whole school year.
According to Habermehl, the PSD readily accepted the idea when he proposed it because it meant cheaper campus service — bicycles don’t use gas, and the costs of upkeep are much less than those of cars.
Each bike patrol officers has his own uniforms; a t-shirt with police patch above the left breast and the word “police" on the back, blue warm-up pants, jogging shoes, handcuffs (in the trousers' waistband), and a handgun, which is held in a holster strapped to the ankle or tucked inside the waistband. Each officer also carries a police radio in a pouch strapped to the bicycle handlebars.
“We can go undercover by simply changing our shirts and throwing a t-shirt over the radio," said Habermehl
Where and when they patrol depend on statistics. Said Habermehl: "Using the Au-gust/September crime statistics, we decide if more crimes occur in thr morning or afternoon, and we work those hours Also.
we patrol the areas with higher crime rates.
“We also assist other officers," he added "Once 1 was able to reach a patrol car in need quicker than another patrol car because I could cut through the campus.”
However, the bike-riding officers usually make their own calls, said Habermehl.
“We can patrol much slower and see more,” he explained. “Visibility is better, since you don't have doors that can block your view. This way we can report suspicious-looking persons."
Habermehl, who worked in a patrol car with the North Miami Police Department for three years, said he prefers bike patrolling.
"A bike blends in," he said, "whereas a police car gives some people a negative feeling.
“I like bike patrol more because in a car you have to handle all the calls, but on a bike you’re there to deter crimes and look for suspicious persons."
Habermehl also said he likes "being on the same turf as the students.” However, he said, being on the same turf has brought grimaces and questioning looks from some students.
“It’s all due to the fact that it's new to them," he said. “Once the concept is explained to them, they find that it’s a good idea."
Habermehl said that although he's had no big problems on the bike patrol, he admitted getting some skeptical reactions the first few times he tried to make arrests.
“They didn't believe I was a police officer until they saw the patch on the shirt or the radio," he said.
“It's untraditionai now," he said, “but bicycles and horses were used before cars ever existed. They’re not used | for patrol | now since cities are so large, but UM is a small community which can benefit from this."
As of last week, the bike patrol members had made three felony arrests and had confiscated a stolen bicycle.
Habermehl said that only two officers are on the hike patrol now becase the PSD is short of people. He said the possibility exists that more officers will be added to the bike patrol in the future.
"So far," he said, "it looks like we've proved it can work "