Miami Hurricane, March 27, 1981

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Volume 57, No.<Q   <__. u
Friday. March 27, 1981
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Weather Halts 'Pippin9 Cold-
1200 Show Up On The Patio
By PETER 8. HAMM
Martui.'itil' Editor
While 1200 students sat and listened on
Tuesday night, the announcement came that
Pippin wasn't going to happen.
According to Barbara Leibovitz of the Student Entertainment Committee. Mr. Bernard
Tansey. in charge of the production for International Lectures said that the performers could
not work in less than 60-degree weather.
He told the Committee this at 5 p.m.
At 7 p.m., Tansey said that the show
couldn't go on. He wouldn't agreed to wait until
8, Leibovitz said.
At 8 p.m., the temperature wa.s t>3 degrees,
and the show did not go on.
"He didn't come out on his part of the bargain, Leibovitz said. "The conditions were fine
for performing."
The University will not pay the company for
the non-performance, Leibovitz said. "No one is
ever paid until after the performance."
The SEC is also trying to recover $2500 in
expenses, for a sound system rental, lighting,
spotlights, chairs, labor and promotion.
In the fall of 1979, the SEC brought Chicago
to the patio. The show did not go on.
Furgatch And Wilker Elected Again
By CATHY HICKEY
\■ ■ i::,nii ly'ews Editor
In the elections for Hurricane
business manager and editor,
Andrew Furgatch and Debbie
Wilker were re-elected, respectively, last Wednesday.
Furgatch will begin serving
his third term as business manager this summer when he begins work on the Summer Mailaway edition of The Hurricane.
Furgatch. an accounting
major from New York City is
looking forward to his third
term.
Chairperson Wanted
The Student Activities Office announces the opening of the
position of Homecoming Chairperson 1981.
All registered students at UM are elegible for the position.
The minimum grade-point average permitted is 2.0.
The selection meeting will take place on Friday, April 3.
The meeting will consist of a ten-to-fifteen minute presentation
made by each candidate, followed by a ten-to-fifteen minute
question-and-answer session.
Presentations should address such issues as what to keep
for Homecoming 1981. worthwhile changes, and new and unusual ideas — in short, how Homecoming should be.
Any student interested in applying for the position should
fill out an application in the Student Activites Office, room 2.'.2
of the Student Union, before 5 p.m. Tuesday.
For further information, contact the Student Activities Office a' "'5646 between 9 a.m. .met*', p.m.
"We recently installed a state
of the art computer system
which will put us right up there
with all the major newspapers
in terms of advertising. This is
very exciting to me, as it is
something I hoped The Hurricane could obtain use of for a
long time," said Furgatch.
"This system will save us
time and money along with improving thf advertising quality.
The results should be evident in
a few weeks," added F'urgatch.
Wilker, who ran for office
unopposed, was re-elected to
her second term in office and
will begin that term with work
on the Summer mailaway as
well.
A communication/broadcast
major from New York, Wilker
hopes she can continue to improve the quality of The Hurricane while making it more pertinent to student life.
"lt is difficult to find a balance between the news that is
necessary to print and printing
iwhat some students think is
.lecessary," said Wilker.
ACTION
WINS
FINALLY
Miami Hun.o_n.7S II   HA V.fi
By PETER S. HAMM
M_IHI_lM_ Editor
Following all Ihe allegations,
penalty points for breaking election
rules, thc results were released and
stood on Monday night. Bill Mullowney of ACTION was elected
President of the Undergraduate Student Body Government, defeating
C.A.U.S.E.'s Bill Estevez. 1,055 to
933.
For vice-president, Joy Hodges
defeated John Nagle. 1.022 to 974.
Annette Yelin, running unopposed
for treasurer, received 1,524 votes.
In the senatorial races, it was
Keith Chambers and Wendy Rolle
of ACTION. overcoming the
C.A.U.S.E. candidates Michael Molinaro and Aida Santoni for the two
seats for senior senator.
For junior senator. Slacv Wein ol
ACTION and Scott Wood of
C.A.U.S.E beat out Fred Kam of
ACTION and Joyce Hurad of
C.A.U.S.E.
The Engineering and Architecture senatorial seat went to Espi
Caceras of ACTION, overcoming
Geoffre\ Roberts of C.A.U.S.E.
The three Arts and Sciences seats
went to Aurelio Quinones. Lucy
Salas and Barbara Stevens of ACTION over Judy Hoffman, Charles
Ronshugen and Gussie Waller of
C.A.U.S.E.
ln the Business School, it was
Mitchel Levy and Lisa Oender of
ACTION over Greg Buxton and
Rudy Pitlaluga of C.A.U.S.E.
The school of education atid  the
general studies seat were unopposed. Debra Moyer of C.A.U.S.E
and Mark Cheskin of ACTION won
those seats, respectively.
Evelyn Torres of A'CTION beat
Ellen Matowik of CAUSE for the
Music school seat.
Wendy Friedman of ACTION
beat Mary Lou Fraumeni of
C.A.U.S.E. for the Nursing school
seat.
For Student Entertainment Committee, Howie Burns, Jason Haikara
and MacKenzie Kearnev of ACTION and Susan Liss of C.A.U.S.E.
won seats.
Ritchie Lucas, campaign manager
for the ACTION ticket, was ecstatic
about the results.
"It has to be one of the greatest
moments of my life, Lucas said. I
was proud when I heard my candidates names called out."
At the senate meeting Wednesday, all the winners were sworn in,
and the senate elected Armando
Rodriguez, an ACTION supporter
Speaker of the Senate. Rodriguez
defeated Bill Estevez, C.A.U.S.E.
candidate for president, for that position.
Lucas did not say whether he
thought that ACTION would win as
many seats as they did. "You always go in expecting to win everything, though." Lucas satfl.
"The constitution definitely
needs to be revamped," Lucas said,
commenting on the rules fights in
the elections this year. "Regardless
of whether 1 won or lost, I still respect Benny |Goodman. C.A.U.S.E.
campaign manager|."
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"An editor often makes unpopular decisions and sometimes that means alienating people. But when a student makes a
request about a lack that he sees
in the paper I do everything I
can in an attempt to remedy it."
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Greeks Hit The Pres.ses
In Week Of Activities
By PETER S. HAMM
MunuKinj' Editor
When was the last time vein weni
greek for a week?
No. that's not what Greek Week
is about. Shame on you
Greek Week 1881 is "Greeks Hit
The Press." The theme is directly or
indirectly related lo a week worth
of races, special events and outrageous contests.
Last Sunday, all thc Frats and Sororities at UM competed in "Olympic Day." which pitted the best runups, tug-of-war teams and throw
ing arms against one another in a
large assortment of athletic competitions, ln the fraternity competition. Sigma Pi. the University's
youngest frat came in first place
Kappa Kappa Gamma won it over
the other sororities
Special Events night at the
Rathskellar was on Sunday eve
ning. Results are nut yet released
On Monday, representatives frum
each greek society competed in
"God and Goddess." Each representative acted out the ultimate in
whal is a god. in frats. and goddess,
in -sororities. Patty Toro of Chi
Ortega won for the sororities, and
Tim "Guido'' Stone of Pi Kappa
Alpha won it for the fraternities
Tuesday's College Bowl contest
was won bv Sigma Chi and Sigma
Delta Tau.
Thursday night wa.s the scheduled time for skits by each gpeek
society on the Patio of the Student
Union
The cle.sing ..( the week is scheduled for tomorrow evening, when
all greeks will gather at the Hotel
Intercontinental. 801 S. Bayshore
Drive. Tickets for non-greeks arp
$11), and can be purchased through
Amv Jacoves. X2751 or Wendv
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