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Senate Backs Rubin
For Committee Seat
By MARY CRONIN
Nawl Writer
The Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) Senate voted unanimously Wednesday night in favor of a new bill which states that the USBG president should be the representative of the entire UM student body at Budget Committee meetings.
The controversy over who would represent UM students at the meet-
ings began when the student government representatives from the Graduate Student Association (GSA), law school, and medical school protested the administration’s decision to allow only one student representative at the Budget Committee meetings.
In October, the student representatives drew up a proposal to the administration asking that they elect the one representative. USBG President Alan Rubin did not sign
the proposal. He said that he saw no need to sign it, since the president of USBG had been the student representative to the Budget Committee for the past three years.
According to Rubin, GSA President Norma Banas suggested that Rubin should not attend any more of the Budget Committee meetings until a student representative was chosen. Rubin felt that not attending the meetings would be injurious to the students, and thus attended
the first meeting on Oct. 17, despite Banas’ request.
After the meeting. President Henry King Stanford asked Rubin not to attend any more meetings until the conflict of representation between the four student governments was resolved.
The USBG Senate reacted to the conflict by proposing the bill. Rubin said that the Senate would not have passed the bill if it did not feel that he is the most qualified person to
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In celebration of Beaux-Arts Domino Week, students in the Department of Architecture and Planning decorated the interior and extérior of the Engineering and Architecture Building. The assignment, completed for Halloween, was equal to one week of class design projects. Among the materials used for the facade (pictured) were black plastic bags, and old issues of the Hurricane.
represent the students at UM.
According to Armando Rodriguez, speaker of the Senate, the Senate proposed the bill because the senators feel that it is "ridiculous” for the four student governments to be fighting among themselves over this issue.
Rodriguez stated that Rubin is the most qualified person for the job of student representative to the Budget Committee. The reasons Rodriguez cited were that Rubin has more experience and more contacts, and that he is on campus more often than any of the other three presidents.
However, Rodriguez stressed that Rubin should form a subcom-
CAUSE
V ictors
By JOHN OUDENS
N«ws Write,
Don Mercer, CAUSE (Communicating Among Undergraduate Students Effectively) candidate for the 1968 Complex Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate seat, defeated SUN (Students’ Ultimate Needs) candidate Mark Cheskin, in a special second runoff election held Friday outside the 1968 Complex.
On Thursday, Cathy Voss. CAUSE candidate for the 960 Complex Senate seat, defeated SUN opponent Jackie Galicia in the first runoff election.
As reported in the Hurricane, the Election Commission declared Tuesday night that a runoff election would be necessary to decide both Senate races
In the original election last Tuesday, the 960 race was considered a tie by the commission, while the 1968 race was voided when it was discovered that Cheskin’s name had been left off the ballot.
The first runoff was held Thursday in the Student Union Breezeway. Voss defeated Galicia, $2-18, but in the 1968 race, each ticket candidate received 68 votes.
The independent candidate for the seat, M. Scott Irving, received six votes, and under the special election rules, was eliminated from the competition
After it had been discovered that the 1968 race had ended in a tie. the Election Commission conferred
mittee and work together with the other three presidents. He believes they should meet before and after Budget Committee meetings.
"Last year, the Graduate Student Association worked continuously with |former USBG president! Paul Novack." said Rodriguez. ’’There weia- no complaints when they were working together The other three presidents should sit down with Alan and say to him 'This is what we want done — let’s do it.'
"Until they sit down with Alan, the arguments will continue If the president of USBG is the representative, every student will be represented," concluded Rodriguez.
with both candidates on what would be the proper course of action. The candidates agreed to a special second runoff election on Friday.
The election was held outside the 1968 commons from 9 a m. to 2 p.m More than 200 residents of 1968 took part in the election, nearly twice the number who voted in Thursday's election In this election, Mercer received 197 votes to Ches-kin's 132.
Mercer was unavailable for comment after the election.
Cheskin, after Friday’s election, said that, although he was "disappointed at the loss,” he was “grateful to all the people who voted for me.”
Mercer will be sworn in by Armando Rodriguez, speaker of the Senate, at the Senate meeting tomorrow afternoon.
The two CAUSE victories in the runoff elections completed CAUSE'S almost perfect 1980 election record. In all nine races in which the party entered candidates, every CAUSE candidate, except one, won a Senate seat
The exception was Mark Molina-ro, the CAUSE Mahonev-Pearson candidate who was disqualified Tuesday by the Election Commission because his grade point average was below the minimum average required to run for office
CAUSE is trying to appeal the decision
Candidates In Runoffs
U.S. Mideast Policy In	Disarray, Prof Says
Study Links Dyslexia To Genetic Disorder
By MARY CRONIN
Nm Writar
America’s shaky presence in the Middle East today cannot entirely be attributed to President Jimmy Carter, according to Richard Pfau, professor at the UM School of International Studies. The problem, he said, is also due to “disarray In our policy in the Mideast."
Pfau was stationed in Iran from 1969-71 as an advisor to the Iranian Air Force. Pfau said he is more than a political scientist; he is a historian of Arab-American affairs, and particularly lranian-American affairs.
Pfau feels that the ptesident does not have a "world view," but that he "is very good with narrow situations and specific details."
Our problems of diplomacy in the Mideast extend far past the Iranian troubles, according to Pfau.
“Since 1948 |when Israel was created |, there has been the problem of Israel's claim of American support, and Arab claim of the same support. Israel has cultural and personal ties |to the U.S.|, whereas the Arabs' ties are strongly material aod economic,” said Pfau.
Because of this conflict of interests, Pfau feels that the American position in the Mideast today is weaker than it was four years ago. He stated that Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, and Iran trusted the U.S. more in the past. However, “today there is a lessening of trust on the part of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan." said Pfau.
This trust has been totally depleted in Iran, according to Pfau. In the future, he predicts that "a congruity of interests" will bring Iran and America back together
"Iran needs to sell its oil, and the West does not have enoilgh," Pfau said. Due to the Iraqi-Iranian war, Iran is currently involved in a vicious cycle of needing oil money to rebuild refineries, pipelines, and wells, and needing oil to produce these funds, claims Pfau
Plau said that the U.S. has the technology to help Iran rebuild, and this may be one of the key interests in joining the two countries again.
Pfau feels that the war between Iran and Iraq has been beneficial to the U.S. because, “it has made the |hostage| situation very fluid."
However, said Pfau, the hostage situation is too oo-mHcated to allow the Americans to b* r»- ».. c My. According to Pfau, it i< -met . i, • • sne for Avatollah Kho-',i 1 '«lit* c *t-1 arrle-i p.m at once lb»	’’ • s vig <* ily viise of the
lease only some of the hostages| — each side has to show good faith.
"There has to be instant action on both sides. The weapons that Iran has purchased are ready to go. I believe that the assets can be freed by presidential order as well," said Pfau.
The delivery of these weapons will cause additional strains in American-Arab relations, according to Pfau, but at the same time could help Iranians achieve their goal of defeating the Iraqis in the Iraqi-Iranian war.
"The release of the hostages, plus the release of Iran’s assets, will seem in the eyes of the Arabs as help to Iran from America,” stated Pfau "Neither side can now achieve its goals. Iraq lacks power and will to achieve victory; the same is true of Iran.”
Pfau also feels the public statement made by Frank Moore, legislative aid to the president, was a mistake and could hurt American diplomatic processes. Moore said that Khomeini was dying of cancer.
"The release of the hostages is like a train with great speed on the tracks. Moore's comment was a rock on the tracks. It may be a pebble or a boulder — it's too soon to say," said Pfau.
"The unfortunate strain in American diplomacy is the exact thing that George Washington warned us against — mixing ideology, morality, and rhetoric into international relations," concluded Pfau.
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By CHARLES LAVIN
News Writer
Researchers at IJM s Mailman Center for Child Development believe that there is a “good chance” that they have discovered an inheritance pattern in dyslexia, a disorder that affects more than one million children, and many adults.
Dyslexia is "a specific reading disability that can’t be attributed to factors such as low intelligence, visual or emotional problems,” said Dr. Shelley Smith, head of the research project.
According to Smith, people with dyslexia can possess high skills in other areas, such as mathematics, but have serious reading and spelling problems.
The project started in Denver in 1975, when Smith was asked to show that dyslexia was a genetic disorder. After finding a way to diagnose it, she and her colleagues studied eight Denver families in which more than one member had a serious reading disability. Six of the families studied showed the inheritance pattern
The technique being used by the UM team is called "linkage analysis,” and is a standard method of proving that a trait is genetically inherited. The trait is examined in many families and traced as far back as possible to see if it is present in any other member of the
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Few Students Left In Motel
By WENDELL GAERTNER
News Writ,»
UM students who haw been staying at the University Inn because of a lack of on-campus housing have mixed feelings about their stay.
At one point this semester, the Inn had housed about 100 students who applied late for on-campus housing According to the Inn, that number is now down to "about 15.” The remaining students, all males, will be re-located on-campus "as quick as we can," according to a Residence Halls employee.
"1 like it here," said Larry Larocca, a UM student staying at the Inn. Larocca said he likes the maid service, color T V., and that he Is close to campus but is far enough away so "I can get away if I want to."
Larocca said he also likes the kitchenette in the room, and the fact that he can keep pets.
"I really don’t mind it." said Mark Frenkel. He feels the distance from campus might bother those without a car. but he has a car, so the only thing he does not like about the Inn is not knowing ^vhen he will have to move out.
Frenkel claimed that Residence Halls was disorgan-
ized about the situation According to Frenkel, he was sent to one room which already had two people in it, and to a room with a girl.
He said the hotel rooms were nicer than the dorms and were "more private" and easier to study in.
Not being part of the school spirit and having a long walk to classes were the complaints of transfer student Jose Sulbaran. "I felt bad at first, being out of the school spirit, but after over half a semester you get used to it," said Sulbaran.
He said the walk to classes was especially long for him. since he is an architecture major and must carry a lot of supplies to class.
Sulbaran moved into the 1968 Complex last week According to Sulbaran, he had applied to live in Maho-ney-Pearson, and several students who did not apply for Mahon•’y-Pearson were sent there. He said he did not think that was fair, but “What else can f do?" he asked.
According to the University Inn management, they have not had as many problems with students as in past years. They vtid the only major problem was one female student wmo broke some windows and furniture.
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If the tests show that it is. the next steps are to find out what causes it, and what can be done about it. Smith said that at the present time there Is no "key" for instantly diagnosing genetic dyslexia Nor is there a cure for the disorder The only solution is intensive tutoring, which is most effective when the disorder is diagnosed early in a child’s life. The sooner the child receives rehabilitative tutoring, the better his chances are of overcoming the handicap
At present, various families in the Miami area are part of the study. However, genetic study requires that many cases be investigated in order to have statistically-significant proof
Smith's group does not claim to have the answers to all cases of dyslexia There are other causes that can lead to this disorder, such as environment. poor diet, and subtle brain damage at birth
The group's main objective is to find one particular kind of dyslexia — "at least get something we can define.” said Smith
Smith is still looking for families with two or more children, where at least one parent and one child over eight years old have dyslexia. Interested families can call Smith or her colleague. Dr. Diane Coleman, at 547-6006
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