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Volume 58. No. 16
Tuesday, October 20, 1981
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Hundreds Trek To See Roddenberry
By i.i i ilti.l   HAJ
Nm '   Writer
Discussing the world of science fiction and
the realm of science fact, Gene Roddenberry.
creator and executive producer of thc .Slur Trek
television series, spoke before some 2,000 students Thursday night in the Ibis Cafeteria.
The Ibis was filled to capacity, and many
students had to stand along the walls or sit on
the floor to hear Roddenberry speak as this
year's first guest of the University Lecture Series.
Roddenberry. whose series spawned a film
and attracted thousands of dedicated fans
known as "trekkies," spoke of the series, the
movie, and the philosophy behind Star Trek.
He showed three films before the actual lecture began. The first was a series of bloopers
from the out-takes of Star Trek episodes. The
second was about the making of "Star Trek —
The Motion Picture," and the third showed actual NASA footage of man in space and on the
moon.
After his lecture, the audience was treated
to a showing of the original pilot for the Star
Trek series, "The Cage," which has never been
seen on television in its entirety.
Responding to a question about the status of
the popular Star Trek character Mr. Spock,
Roddenberry announced that the emotionless
Vulcan would indeed be killed off during "Star
Trek II," the upcoming sequel to the 1979 film.
He said that decision came at the request of
actor Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the
series and in the first film.
Roddenberry stated: "Nimoy feels that the
chani.ter of Spock is such a powerful character
that it's really ruining his career."
However. Roddenberry said, he would like
to have Spock die in such a way that his character could be revived, either with Nimoy or another character retaining Spock's personality.
In the next film, Roddenberry will not be
the producer, but the executive consultant:
"I decided I don't want to do Star Trek again
unless I had the same creative controls that 1
had during the series," he said.
"I won't interfere in their (directors and
producers! creative decisions, though, because 1
didn't want anyone to interfere with mine, although there are certain things I will not permil
them to do. One of those is to change any of the
philosophy of Slur Trek."
But. he continued, nothing would please him
more "than to have new directors and producers come along and make Star Trek as meaningful to the 1980s as we tried to make ours to the
60s."
Roddenberry said the show, which emphasized nonviolence and non-interference with
alien cultures, paralleled what was happening
in America during that time.
He stated during a press conference earier in
the day: "All of us making the show at that time
were very anti-Vietnam War, and we knew our
audience was the colleges at that time.
"Of course . . . there were people there who
were about to die and took a great interest in
something concerning Vietnam. Our prime directive was really the Vietnam directive.
"We had it adapted for Star Trek." he said.
"Nobody has the right for any reason to move in
and change an evolving people You don't have
the right to move into a Polaris Nine or Vietnam, either one."
During the lecture, he said the show was
able to talk about current events by couching
them in its futuristic plots.
"And it worked," he said. "The kids all
knew what we were talking about, but it went
right over the television executives' heads."
Not only did the series go over the heads of
the television executives. Roddenberry said, but
many television stations refused to air the show
its first year "because the idea of a mixed racial
crew in the 23rd century was unacceptable."
Asked why the show was taken off the air.
he said, "It wasn't that popular. When we came
on the air. man wasn't yet into space, hadn't
landed on the moon. . . . And most people
thought it was just the wildest form of fantasy"
Roddenberry then spoke of the future, advocating space travel and colonization of other
planets as the solution to many of man's problems.
"We as humanity are beginning to push up
against the limits of our planet," he said. "But
up there — in what we call the final frontier —
is an answer to every limit that is imposed upon
us by earth. It is not too far away to get up
there, it is not too expensive, and it is not too
dangerous.
"For those who say we can't afford to go up
there," he concluded,"I submit to you that any
nation that can spend six billion dollars a year
on cosmetics can damn well afford a space program."
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Ex-Officer: Florida Prisons Corrupt
By STEVEN A. BOYER
Sews U'riler
Julian G. Riehter. a former correctional officer of the Klorida prison system and a man who was once
accused by a prison warden of
maintaining an "overabundance of
social conscience," spoke to a
sparse audience Wednesday night al
the Ruth King Stanford International Lounge of the Student Union.
His topics ranged from how the
convicts really run the prisons to
the corruptness of judges, vicious
slayings within the prisons, and
polygraph tests.
Richter's service in the Klorida
prison system — which included
Belle Glade, Raiford and Klorida
City prisons — spanned almost
three years between 1978 and June
1980. A fine chef and author of
"The Single Man's Guide to Kun and
Games" cookbook, Riehter ran the
food service programs al the various prisons he has worked at
Riehter was relieved of his duties
al Belle Glade last year after he uncovered an illegal deal between inmates and guards After the daily
ration of food was distributed
among the men, some of the inmates who worked in the kitchen
would take additional food, give a
portion to the guards, eat some of it
themselves, and sell the rest to
other inmates for profit.
When Riehter approached one ol
the prison officials with the information, he happened to be talking
to one of those InvolVWl la «•*
scam. Three days later, he was
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transferred to another less desirable
position in another correctional institution.
Riehter contended that Raiford
prison is probably one of the
worst-run correctional institutions
in the country.
"Convicts run Raiford." he said
"The guards just hang around."
He related two separate episodes,
one successful escape and one ridiculously close attempt. In the first,
convicts in the machine shop at Raiford built an armored car turret
which they attached to a fork lift.
They broke through a wall, and according to Riehter. "they haven't
been seen since."
The other incident occured at
Polk Prison, where inmates volunteered to remove dirt from an excavation site in order to level out their
baseball field. Where the dirt was
actually removed was from a 100-
foot tunnel out under the gales of
the prison One very observant
guard prevented the planned escape
from becoming a reality.
Riehter cited a lack of communication between inmates and prison
officials as the major reason for
mass riots, such as the Attica and
New Mexico uprisings.
"There's too much concern for
petty offenses, and not enough for
the real crimes," he said. "An effective system of communication must
be established so that conflicts of
interest can be aired.
"If the important problems can
be worked out. these riots and seditious  acts  of   violence   within   the
prison system ean be alleviated."
Riehter talked about several
graphic incidents of violence during
his time at Raiford and Belle Glade.
"Most of the vicious crimes committed inside prisons are sexually
related incidents," he said. "One
convict may be caught using another's 'sissy.' " a term Riehter said describes a con's homosexual partner.
According to Riehter, a large percentage of inmates participate in
this activity, with results ranging
from brutal stabbings to boobytrap-
ped rooms to cafeteria melees.
"Vengeful convicts will normally
take action in the cafeteria," said
Riehter, "because the hustle and
bustle gives them the opportunity
to act without being suspected."
Riehter   recalled   one   such   epi
sode, in which an inmate eating dinner suddenly slumped over, his face
landing in his tray of food.
"No one knew who did it." he
said, "but everyone noticed the
sharpened spoon protruding from
the dead man's back."
Riehter spoke for almosl two
hours on the Klorida prison system,
which, incidentally, maintains more
inmates on Death Row (located in
the Klorida State Penitentiary) than
any other state in the nation.
Richter's final topic deall with
anyone fortunate enough to be released from prison.
"Don't let those prison buildings
be the last things you see when
you're released," he said. The horrible memories will forever be
etched in vour mind if vou do."
Doctor Fears
Bad Drugs
On Campus
By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE
llrad Ntrw Writer
Two separate cases of bad drug
experiences have led members of
the UM Counseling Center and the
Open Door to believe that someone
may be distributing bad drugs on
campus.
The lasl couple of weeks, we
became aware of two instances in
which students have had bad reaction! to drugs they have thought to
be Mescaline or LSD," Dr Barn
Zwilberman told the Miami Hum
cane
Zwilberman. a psychologist at
the UM Counseling Center and Ihe
director of the Open Door, said he
could not reveal the identity of the
sludents because of professional
confidentiality. He did say they
were resident students
Zwilberman said that the Counseling Center did nol want to pul
out scare stories, bul the isolated incidents have given cause for concern to sludents who purchase
drugs.
"I am sure that not all the bad
cases have been brotighl to our attention." he said. In fact, "we hear
about a very small proportion of all
the bad drug reactions.
"The potential is there lhat there
may be more people who had bad
reactions," Zwilberman continued
"This would indeed have raised the
possibility that other people have
been buying the same thing."
In most cases, the problem is
handled by the student's friends, or
the victim is taken to a doctor without the knowledge of anyone at the
University. Zwilberman said
"LSD is very common to manufacture by an amateur." he said
"Therefore, il is very common for
these drugs lo have other substances mixed with them."
Ur "it may be thai somebody is
more   interested   in   profiting   Irom
selling the drug thai they have no
interest as to whal goes in the
drugs — so long as Ihey i an make a
profit off it
"In this particular stt nation." said
Zwilberman, "we sre concerned
that these two students seemed to
have had a rathei extreme reaction
to the drug
"The}  were still experiencing the
effects of the drug up to two days
after they took il "
Because it lakes a very small
amount ol the drug to produce an
effect, it   is  unlikcK   that   overdose
was   the   cause,   the   psychologist
said
Zwilberman   said   Ihe   drug   was
taken   in   form   of   "microdots,"
small, square pieces nl paper treated wilh a drop of a liquid form ol a
drug The person who buys the
drug in the microdot form licks the
paper, or just swallows it whole
Both LSD and Mescaline fall
under the class of hallucinogens, or
psychedelic drugs
These drugs alfect the user's
emotional state and the user's perception ot his or her surroundings,
producing an exaggerated and distorted view of what the person is
thinking, feeling or seeing
Zwilberman said there mav he
another cause for a possible sudden
rash of bad drug use.
"1 have heard that commonlv
used drugs such as quaaludes and
speed are currently hard to get." he
said, "so these students might be
turning toother drugs, such as I SI),
if ii is more available
The Open Door director warns
that this may be deadly.
"LSD and quaaludes produce
very different reactions and inexperienced drug users may nol he
aware of that." he said
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Stroking to the finish is Kim Kinkead, a participant in the first annual Super Swim Classic held Sunday at the UM pool. Kinkead swam 50 laps in the
event, sponsored by Florida National Bonks. Proceeds went to the Leukemia Society.
Severed Pipe Forces Mahoney Evacuation
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By JEAN CLAUDE de la ERANCE
Head News Writer
The Coral Gables fire chief is investigating a
gas leak that forced the evacuation of Mahoney
Hall early Sunday morning
Potentially dangerous gaseous matter was
released when someone cut the gas pipe on one
of the drying machines on top of the complex
sometime between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.. according
to the fire chief. The laundry room has been ordered closed until emergency repairs are made
"That was malicious and intentional, and
there is no two ways about it," said Complex
Director Beth  1 eVIne, alter talking lo lhe fire
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chief
"The fire chiel said we were very luckv lhat
no one lit a match." LeVine said.
Many students who heard the alarm failed
to respond until being awakened by resident assistants. According to LeVine. certain students
interfered with the operation of the fire alarm
As a result, lhe alarm went on and off several
times, giving residents the impression that it
was a false alarm
Another problem. LeVine noted, was that illegal parking of residents' cars in the fire lanes
created a safetv ha/zard The presence of I I
cars in the lire lane Sunday morning Forced lhe
fire truck to double park
"Our fire lanes are not ticketed as often as
we would like them to be." she said, adding that
illegal parking in fire lanes is a problem common to all the campus dormitories. The police.
she said, are sometimes reluctant to ticket cars
or have them towed away from the fire lanes
At press time, police had identified no sus
pect or moi ive
The last student seen m the room left sometime around 2::iO am. He told police that he noticed nothing unusual in the room and smelled
no fumes. The drying machine with the severed
gas pipe, he said, did not work
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