Miami Hurricane, March 13, 1981

              Improvement
By MARTHA MARTIN
News Writer
Following in the footsteps of the tuition hike, there will be an increase in student housing for next year.
The increase amount is for the deferred maintenance fund which pays for the improvements made in the dorms, apartments, and apartment area. If the money is not used one year, it is left for when the improvements are needed.
960 and 68 residents this year paid $550 for room and board each semester. Next year it will go up to $643, an increase of $93.
According to George Shoffner, director of Student Housing, most improvements that will be made are not ones which will be overwhelm-
housing "Tuition increase has nothing to do with housing. The money that comes into housing is what every student pays. Tuition and room and board are separate entities. We have to make up budget proposals like everyone else who has an administrative responsibility for a program."
The deferred maintenace and overhead charge are collected so that tuition fees do not have to contribute to housing. This makes them self-funding Residence Halls' total bill this year ran $6.1 million.
Closing down the towers for the summer poses a problem for Campus Sports and Recreation. CSR gets chilled water from the same place (the chilled water plant)
Shoffner says the anticipated total cost of improvements is $200,-
"Tuition increase has nothing to do with housing. The money that comes into housing is what every student pays. . .We have to make up budget proposals like everyone else who has an administrative responsibility for a program." — Shoffner
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UM Founders To Be Honored
ing or stand out to the students. "The improvements are not necessarily dramatic or new but (functional! things that have to be taken care of.”
Some of the improvements that will be made include:
• Exterior painting of some buildings and apartments
By ELIZABETH BABUN
News Writer
Eighty-three new members of the Society of University Founders will be honored Saturday. March 14, at the 15th annual banquet in the Omni International Hotel.
Each member of the Society has contributed a minimum of $50,000 to the University of Miami. The donations in the past have been through individuals, organizations, foundations, and corporations.
In 1980, the Undergraduate Student Body Government became an official member because of the 50/50 tuition rebate plan when money donated to UM.
Cyrus M. Jollivette, director of Public Affairs, said that some members have given several million dollars.
Traditionally, the Society of University Founders Banquet has been provided at no charge. This year, members of the Society and new members will be guests for the evening. Other guests have the option of providing a voluntary contribution to help finance the event.
Since the founding of the Society in 1966 by the Board of Trustees, membership has grown to an excess of 730.
Approximately 800 guests are expected to attend.
“The University has many outstanding friends in the community and beyond. It is at this event that the University pauses to recognize their support for the institution’s long-range development," Jolivette stated
“I am thrilled that this year we have a record number of new founders being inducted." said UM Trustee Neil Schiff
"I feel these people recognize the value of the university to the Miami area and that their generous giving is recognition of some of the academic improvements that have occurred here,” he said
"There is no greater institution that a philanthropic person or corporation can support than one which educates young people, supports extensive research programs, is a cultural resource for the community, and provides adult education for those who wish to improve their knowledge and skills," Schiff said
Stanford will be master of ceremonies and Schiff will assist him at the ceremony
The UM Jazz Band III , under the direction of Gary Lindsay, will provide entertainment for the evening.
• Renovation of Lounge in Eaton Hall
• Plumbing in the apartment area, which is considered critical in some cases
• Replacing of jalousie dows in Mahoney/Pearson
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Rape Task Force Is There To Help
By JOHN OUDENS
Assistant News Editor
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The University of Miami Women’s Commission has established an , Assault Task Force of women vol-1 unteers to assist victims of rapes and attempted rapes reported to 1 UM Public Safety.
■ According to Dr. Dorothy Hicks, gynecologist and director of the IV Jackson Memorial Hospital Rape !» Treatment Center, the volunteers M will not act as medical workers M with victims.
"In no way are these people ex- j K pected to react as health profession-| als," Hicks said. "Many times, that's not what's needed immediately."
Jane Gailey, Public Safety park-jgt ing coordinator and a member of W the Task Force, explained that what K is needed immediately is a "little jj hand-holding."
"A |UM( victim may be uncom-I fortable about going back to her roommate or a friend on her floor," Gailey said, “but she needs someone just to be there — for a little hand-| holding."
According to a report prepared | by Maggie Blake, assistant director 1 of the UM News Bureau and member of the Task F'orce, the new program will work with Public Safety officers responding to rape and attempted rape calls. The report stated that the different members, to be assigned weekly duties, will be available to help any victim. Officers handling calls will ask victims if they would like another woman to come and help; if so, then Public [Safety will notify an on-duty volunteer
Ida Pemenia, Task F'orce coordi-
nator, said that the idea of a force was first discussed last fall by the executive board of the Women’s Commission after the commission had heard of the plight of one particular attemted rape victim.
"One young lady needed someone to be with her" after an attack, Pe-menta said, "but there was just no one around
“When this was discussed at the meeting, some women immediately volunteered |to be part of a force]." Pementa further explained that the discussion led to a volunteer sign-up sheet which was passed around; this sheet collected quite a few names of women interested in joining a force.
The Women’s Commission next
set up an Ocober 18 training session for the volunteers with Hicks and Denise Moon, a social worker at the Rape Treatment Center. At the session, according to Blake's report. Hicks gave the volunteers advice about their roles as ’ empathetic listeners” in rape cases. She explained
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•	Improving of the landscape in such areas as the apartments to make it more attractive, with recreation facilities like a barbecue pit and volleyball court
•	Renovation of some of the family apartments along Ponce de Leon Boulevard
•	Repair of bathrooms and lobbies (where leaks are occuring) in 960 and 68
•	Remodeling of cafeterias
•	Handrails in the stairs of the apartments
•	Fire alarm systems and security at external doors in 960 and 68
•	Tenting buildings for termites
•	Number of practice rooms for music in Mahoney in conjunction with the Music School
Shoffner said the tuition hike has nothing to do with the increase in
000. He says that just about everything mentioned can be done by summer, Some will have to be done during the summer months because they can t be completed while students are in the buildings For this reason, 68 and 960 Complexes will be closed tor summer sessions
"There's always a long list of improvements every year. The question is whether you do it this year, next year, or the next." Shoffner said.
An overhead charge of two and one half percent applied to housing amounts to $30, which helps to offset costs of services on campus for students who live here, where 960 and '68 get theirs. But as Norm Parson, director of CSR explained, the Lane center is not powerful enough to run without help from the towers.
"They want to close the towers for the summer and move everyone to Mahoney/Pearson and Eaton Hall, but we [air conditioning unit} are not big enough to run by ourselves " Parson said.
Parson said things are not yet at a state to cause alarm But the possibility exists that CSR may have to close down for the summer. One option they are considering to stay cool and open this summer is to build a chiller plant just for the recreation center. Parson said this would provide the best results.
Another option is to cool just one of the Towers. Parson is now waiting for the figures from energy manager Rafael Ross, to see what would be in the best interests of the students and the school
"Whatever the costs turn out to be, it will cost CSR lots of money we didn't anticipate to spend," Parson said. The least amount of money it will cost them has been roughly estimated at $15,000, and as high as $60,000.
Art Festival At Lowe
By DON LAWSON
News Writer
The 30th annual Beaux Arts' Festival Of Art will come to the University of Miami this Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15. The Festival is traditionally a place where art of all kinds can be seen, enjoyed and purchased.
All work in the Festival was screened by a panel of prominent judges, so everything will be of the highest quality.
On sale will be paintings, sculptures, graphics, ceramics, jewelry, weavings, and photography. Beaux Arts receives no money from the sales, but raises money by leasing space to the artists. All proceeds from the Festival go directly toward supporting new exhibitions and programs at the Lowe Art Museum.
A new addition to this year's Festival will be a selection of international foods on sale for those hun-
gry art patrons. The food will include dishes from the women of St. Cecilia's Greek Orthodox Church, Eastern Sun Burritos. Chalor’s Thai Hut, Williams' Southern barbecue and fried chicken, Natural Eats' health food, Naomi Chapter of Ha-dassah's bagels and lox and cream cheese, and a seafood raw bar.
Activities for children such as special classes and Walt Disney films will run throughout the Festival to entertain the little ones, giving their parents the leisure to shop.
Inside the Lowe, exhibitions of Chinese album-leaf painting, the Treasures of the Royal Photographic Society, and pre-Columbian ceramics will be on display, in addition to the permanent Kress Collection of renaissance and baroque paintings.
The Lowe is located at 1301 Stanford Drive and the festival booths will be set up between the Lowj and the canal adjacent to the Meri .ck Building
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