Miami Hurricane, September 05, 1980

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Volume 56, No.3
Friday, September 5,1980
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Enrollment Too Low To Justify Rebate
By MARK A. WOOSTER
Assistant News Editor
Students will not he receiving a tuition rebate this semester, according to Alan Rubin, president of Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG)
Last spring, the USBG Senate voted in favor of a rebate this semester. Ruhin met Sept. 2 with President Henry King Stanford, Vice President for Student Affairs William Butler, Vice President for Einancial Affairs David Lieherman, and USBG Treasurer Bill Mullow-ney to discuss the prospects for a rehate.
The results were "sort of what I expected,” said Rubin. "It was ob-
vious that enrollment was not sufficient to enable the University to give students a tuition rebate.”
Rubin anticipated that there would be no rebate when the Senate voted on the matter last spring. "When the Senate voted for a rebate. I told them we were voting on a moot point. A rebate would be based on enrollment in excess of that projected, and due to the tuition increase, I said there would not be an increase in enrollment.
"And I was right. Because of the tuition hike, there was not any excess enrollment."
Butler has a slightly different view. "There never was an agreement that there would he a rebate," he said. "The concept of a rebate
was based on two principles: that student government would take an active role in recruiting new students, and that student government would act to increase retention of students. No programs really were presented to the president for consideration. The rebate sort of died under its own weight.
"The challenge is whether or not student government, and I, can come up with some very timely projects and programs that will address the problem of student retention on campus," said Butler.
Students have received a tuition rebate twice in the past In the spring semester, 1979, tuition was decreased $85 after a USBG-led retention and recruitment program
helped increase enrollment. Students received a $100 rebate in the spring, 1980 — $50 in a tuition decrease, and $50 designated for campus improvements.
Also covered at the meeting was the general concept of a rebate, and the possibilities of future rebates.
“One point 1 made at the meeting was that we would not ignore our responsibility to the students to represent them and inform them about problems around campus, or be intimidated on tough issues in order to insure a future rebate," said Rubin. "We won't let the rebate be a bribe.
“fn a way, we’re walking a tightrope, but we did it last year," continued Rubin. "We met our respon-
sibilities to the students by representing them, and wc met our obligations under the rebate by instituting the improvements we made. "
There was also a question as to whether a future rebate should he a cash rebate, or in the form of money earmarked for campus improvements. "1 believe any future rebate should be strictly a cash rebate," said Rubin, "the Senate, when voting for a rebate, felt the same way. The feeling was that if it could not be in cash, they did not want one at all."
Butler does not agree. "I think the mood of the University is such that a cash rebate in the future would be impossible to get the trus-
tees to approve." he said. "1 think the only type of rebate possible is a campus improvements program, as we had in the past year: that is. a program in which if enrollment reached a certain level, a certain amount of dollars would be earmarked for improvements, as decided by student government and President Stanford."
So what are the chances of a rebate in the future? "I don't want to sound pessimistic about the idea." said Butler, "but I think the challenge is to come up with something fresh, innovative, and creative. The last rebate program was right for the time three years ago. Now it is time to find a program for the '80s."
Reno Defends Actions At Pre-Legal Lecture
Behavioral Research Earns Acclaim
By MARK A. WOOSTER
Assistant Naurs Editor
An area of medical research in which UM has been a leader is behavioral medicine. The director of the behavioral medicine research program is Dr. Neil Schneiderman, who is also director of the graduate psychological sciences programs in the Department of Psychology.
The research program is operating under a five-year grant from the National Heart. Lung and Blood Institute. The grant has four years left to run.
Behavioral medicine is a relatively new field of medicine, according to Schneiderman. It studies the relationships between aspects of lifestyle such as emotional stress, smoking, overeating, or physical inactivity and disease. It also involves research on the potential applications of psychological principles such as self-directed change and social communication to the prevention and treatment of physical illness.
UM's program trains doctoral and post-doctoral scientists in behavioral medicine approaches to cardiovascular disease. Undergraduates also can participate in the program. "The program involves taking classes in such subjects as
psychophysiology and behavioral medicine, as well as participating in direct research experience," said Schneiderman. "Undergraduates work as assistants, or take certain courses, write an honors thesis, or work-study.”
"A decade or two ago. the role of behavior in medicine was considered to be minimal," said Schneiderman. “Today it's been increasingly accepted into almost all areas of medicine, not only in psychiatry, but also in pediatrics, internal medicine. neurology, and rehabilitative medicine."
Several other behavioral research programs have received grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, but according to Schneiderman, UM's is more comprehensive than the other programs. "We go all the way from basic research in social sciences and biological sciences to .studies of the behavioral aspects of clinical medicine. This is possible because of the support and close cooperation which we've gotten from basic scientists and clinicians in the University community. We have a reasonably young and progressive medical school, and it has been possible to collaborate across boundaries in ways that really haven't been possible in more traditional settings "
Because of this comprehensiveness and the innovative research being performed, UM's behavioral science program has received considerable national and international acclaim. "The program itself has gotten a lot of acceptance both within the University and nationally. I've been invited to give a lot of addresses in a lot of places " On Sept. 4, Schneiderman presented an invited address in Montreal to the American Psychological Association on the biobehavioral bases of cardiovascular pathology.
In one set of experiments Schneiderman has been working with graduate students Bill l.e-Blanc, Marc Gellman, and Jov Harrison. They have identified specific regions of the brain which, when stimulated, cause aggressive behavior. increases in heart rate and blood pressure, and damage to the linings of the major arteries this semester the group will begin looking at various types of cardiovascular changes and blood vessel damage.
Other collaborators with Schneiderman have used nenroana tomical and electrophysiological techniques to study the pathways and mechanisms causing the changes in cardiovascular performance and behavior.
in other experiments, Schneider-
man and his co-workers are examining the differential effects of emotional behavior and exercise on the functions of the cardiovascular system.
in still another area of research, Schneiderman is examining the differential effects of emotional behavior and exercise on the functions of the cardiovascular system. Researchers in the field, including Schneiderman. have found that energy-providing chemical constitu-tents in the blood that are mobilized by struggle are utilized appropriately during exercise, but are not fully’ used during emotional situations that preclude exercise.
"Most emergency situations encountered by our ancestors, such as fighting fires or saddling a horse to fetch the doctor, required a physical expenditure of energy accompanied by changes in cardiovascular function," Schneiderman explained. "Today we dial the phone and then wait for the fire department or the doctor. Thus our bodies become mobilized for life and death struggles, but the need for and possibility of muscular exertion is decreased.
"We spent millions of years in the forests, a few hundred thousand on farms, and now we live in industrial society. Those evolutionary
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but entered LaLleur's by mistake. LaLleur claimed that he and his son were beaten by the officers. Speaking of the case, Reno said the officers were “negligent and sloppy," but. "I think they had no criminal intent in going into the wrong house."
"We went to every length we could to identify some excessive force, and we could not find any." she added. The case was investigated by a grand jury consisting of 1! whites and seven blacks.
According to Reno, the public has a misperception that her office can control police operations. One of the problems, Reno said, is that some policemen have racist feelings and that it is "very difficult to fire bad policemen."
The acquittal of four white officers accused of the beating death of black insurance salesman Arthur McDuffie was followed, within hours, by violent riots in Liberty City and other areas of Dade County. Reno, who came under fire as a result the acquittals, said she considered the case to be one of the most important of her career. "I think the verdict was one of the great tragedies (to affect Dade County)," she remarked.
Reno reiterated that public perceptions that she could control the entire process were responsible for much of the anger directed at her office. “There is no certainty in prosecution.” she stated, adding that much of the evidence presented in the media was inadmissible in court. Above all. Reno said. "I don't think we picked the right jury."
The acquittals in the McDuffie case were preceded by the conviction of former Dade School Superintendent Dr. Johnny L, Jones. The two diverse decisions were "more than the community could take." Many blacks felt that Jones, probably the most powerful black official in Dade County at that time, had been singled out. Reno observed that she had prosecuted several white officials long before the Jones case.
The major complaint against tie state attorney's office was that it had used preemptory challenges to exclude blacks from the jury
"People say 'you're a racist.
Reno, because you have an all-white jury,' " Reno said. She maintained that even friends of hers who are black lawyers agree that preemptory challenges are necessary. The answer, she said, lies, not in establishing quotas for juries |for example, two Anglos, two 1 atins, and two blacks', but in broadening the base from which to choose prospective jury members Currently, only a list of registered voters is used.
Reno cautioned that "before you pass judgment on those cases, you have to look at them in their entirety"
After outlining these cases. Reno turned to identifying ways to improve the justice system. First. improvements could be made in police training and discipline, she observed. "Complaints lagainst police offlcers| are difficult to sustain." she said
Another way to better the criminal justice system is to "develop a greater sense of certainty " Reno explained that this involves establishing guidelines for both law enforcement and parole decisions. She offered the case of Kimberly Powers as an example of the problems with the present system of parole. Powers was given a long-term sentence after being convicted of leading a gang that terrorized local neighborhoods. She was recently released on parole.
“I think that case makes it clear to us that the sentencing process really doesn't make sense," Reno said.
Among the problems Reno identified as contributing to the difficulties of the criminal justice system are the dramatic increase in crime and the widespread abuse of drugs.
"This community has got to recognize, right now, that law enforcement is simply being drowned by drugs," she asserted.
Reno said it is imperative that the community either establish stiffer penalties or else legalize marijuana use.
A consequence of the increase in crime, Reno said, is a contempt for the law that develops among 10- to
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By TERRA LEIN
Editorials Editor
By JACKIE HALLIFAX
News Writer
The model for an official entrance to UM's campus sits in the office of Alan Rubin, president of Undergraduate Student Body Government.
Ruhin expects the model to be converted to a $20,000 six-foot-high reality sometime this semester. The entrance will consist of a sculptured "UM" with a plaque around Ihe bottom saying "University of Miami.”
"The whole purpose of this is to identify that you're now entering the University of Miami." Rubin said. Although Rubin feels that President Stanford would rather have the new official logo instead of just “UM." he said he "doesn't anticipate a problem" in getting Stanford’s approval.
“It's the students' money,” Rubin said, "and if this is what they want
Rubin W’as referring to the $400,-000 from the 50/50 student rebate program initiated by USBG last spring. The $20,000 will come from that source.
The Campus Beautification Com-
mittee, made up of both students and administrators, approved the corner of Stanford Drive and Ponce de I.eon as an appropriate site. And although a permit has yet to be obtained from the city of Coral Gables to go ahead with the project, a landscape artist has been hired for lighting and shrubbery effects.
The entrance was designed by Freda Tschumy. Tschumy has also been commissioned to design any sculpture connected with Metrorail, the rapid transit system which will run along Ponce de I.eon across from the University. The structure will be made from a special metal similar to what is used in the contraction of airplanes.
Rubin said it's as indestructible as they could find. "You know’ our students," he joked.
The Committee has until Sept. 15 to sign a contractor or the funds will revert to the Senate for redistribution. Ruhin said that construction shouldn't take more than a couple of months.
“If students are interested." Rubin said, “if they want to voice an opinion, they can come up (to the office)." The USBG office is located on the second floor of Ihe Student Union.
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Dade County State Attorney Janet Reno defended her office's actions in recent cases involving blacks, and presented her views on how to improve the criminal justice system, Wednesday night at a meeting of the Pre-Legal Society.
Reno cited several cases within the last year that have created a feeling in the black community that the justice system is systematically biased against minorities. Of these cases, the three that received the most publicity were those involving Nathaniel LaLleur, Arthur McDuffie, and Dr. Johnny L. Jones.
LaLleur is a black school teacher whose house was raided by five white policemen. The policemen, with a warrant to search for narcotics, meant to raid another home
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