Miami Hurricane, September 29, 1981

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Volume 58, No. 10
Tuesday, September 29 1981
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Pageant Finalists Show Looks, Talent

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The Miss University Of Miami Pageant finalists were selected Saturday night. Front row (from left to right): Deborah Fowler, Bina Mirchandani, Deborah Ann Cichan, June Thomson, and Nancy Liu. Back row: Pageant Director Evelyn Torres, Suzanne Burkarter, Leslie Voogd, Daisy Olivera, Reigning Queen Marriette Jeffers, Barbara Ferreiro, llena Perez, and Pageant Director Jamie Cooper.
Queen Out Of School Hut Retains Crown
By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE
Head News Writer
Sign on the throne. "The Queen is temporarily out She will return next semester "
"P S. She took her crown with her ."
Changes will be made in the rules governing the Miss University of Miami Pageant following troubles that surfaced this year when it was discovered that last year's queen, Marriette Jeffers, no longer attends school here
Controversy stirred over Jeffers' eligibilty to reign as UM queen without being enrolled at the University. But nothing in the current guidelines justifies taking away her crown
The Miss UM Pageant is guided both by the rules of the Miss America Pageant and by University regulations. According to the l'M rules, contestants "must be full-time undergraduates "
The rules also stipulate that the "entrant agrees if she should win the local pageant finals, she will fulfill the required duties and represent the local pageant at the state finals and throughout the entire year of her reign."
The present regulations, however, do not specify that the queen must he a registered UM student in order to retain the title Homecoming Committee members said that this is an oversight which they will take care of this year
"Each of the ten finalists will all sign a contract to say that she needs to be here in school in order to Keep the position." if she wins it. said John Stofan. adviser to Homecoming
"It is not a matter of being right or wrong." Stofan said. "It makes it easier for us if she is in school
Stofan said that there never was a question as to whether or not Jeffers could keep her title, the only difficulty, he said, was in locating her at the beginning of the year
"She is and always has been Miss U of M; we just did not know where she was," Stofan said
Jeffers said she is not in school due to an accident last year. Last semester, she burned her thumb, and it became so lacerated that --he could not play the \iolin Forced to take an incomplete in a course, she lost her music scholarship
"They informed me that in order to get my scholarship back, I would have to go to school one full semester first," she said.
"I went to summer school, but then 1 found out that it was not going to be enough So I stayed out of school this semester, but I will definitely be back in January
Jeffers said she has been working in order to earn the money to pay for school and has been very preoc-cupied.
"I have been very, very busy she said "I was mainly waiting to have a permanent address and phone where I could be reached," said Jeffers, who now lives with her brother.	. .	...
“But as soon as I settled down, 1 called them I the Homecoming Committee|." she said
Jeffers said she does not see how her not being registered as a student affects her eligibility under the existing rules. "If I had been a senior. I would not have been in school anyway." she said The UM pageant does not prohibit seniors from competing because such an exclusion would be in conflict with the guidelines set down hv the Miss America Pageant
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"I was not even aware |of all the controversy]. It was all so unnecessary; I had an obligation, and I am going to do my part," Jeffers said
"Officials of the Miss Florida Pageant said I had every right to sue, and they were going to back me up That does not mean that I would gone through with it. but I could have had," she said
"I know the rules; we all know the rules," said the queen, who will hand over her crown to this year's winner on October 26.
Had Jeffers been unavailable, last year's first runner up, Martica Baghdoian, who is also Miss Congeniality. would have been crowned, according to the rules of the contest
Baghdoian said several people within the Homecoming Committee told her that she had inherited the crown, "but that was because they did not know about all the rules."
“They were getting upset about not reaching her
|Jeffers|," Baghdoian said.
She said she had been asked to perform at this year's pageant a solo dance that had been reserved for the queen
"Last year's court is going to be featured in the program, and that is what was being talked about,” Stofan said Pageant Director Jamie Cooper asked Baghdoian to do the number as Miss Congeniality. Stofan said
Baghdoian said that the committee decided to go ahead to go with the dance number as a token
"That was like a little agreement made between them all They decided on that afterwards," she said She said she will gave away the Miss Congeniality title at the pageant but will not do the dance
Bv JEAN CLAUDE de la I RAM I AND TRISHA SINDLER
Of The Hurricane Staff
They were nervous, and they were anxious. They had butterflies, and they were confident And at thr end. ten of them were glad they had dared
Ten young women who admitted that they did not need a lot of prodding to go after the title ol Miss University of Miami for 1981-82 were selected out of 53 entrants Saturday night to compete in the finals on October 26
The selection of the 10 finalists culminated a day of interviews and talent routines before judges chosen from the UM faculty and the community
“It seems to me that we have even more beautiful girls than ever.” said Jeff Becker. Homecoming chairman. "They seem to have more talent than any other group 1 can remember.”
Deborah Cichan typifies what Becker described. A virtuoso on several instruments, the 20-vear-old junior performed a jazz number on her saxophone for the talent section of the pageant preliminaries.
"I have had nine year of playing experience, so I was not nervous at all.” Cichan said later. I was very comfortable.”
The pre-legal finance major explained why she is seeking the title.
“I am running because UM’s standards are improv ing. and I fell I can be a definite asset to that improvement.” she said. "This is a new experience for me I think it is going to be fun ”
Nineteen-year-old sophomore Leslie Voogd displayed another aspect of the versatility of this year's contestants. A finance major with a minor in psychology. Voodg is also an accomplished artist who decided to give the judges a display in her specialty: pencil drawing.
The New Jersey native said that although she was excited about running for Miss UM. she remained calm through the day's events
“I am confident about my work.” she said, “so I just brought my portfolio case, relaxed and talked about my work." Voogd said she had no prepared speech.
Eigteen-year-old freshman Nancy Liu is not only a ravishingly beautiful, but she stands out in a crowd that blends good looks and brains to an art form
Sponsored by the Honors Student Association, the vouug lady from Jeffersonville, Indiana, was accepted to the UM medical school as a senior in high school Liu is on a special six-year medical program, where she will spend two years as and undergraduate then proceed to medical school.
“I have never been judged by my looks before.” she said. “I had not realized that there was so many talented and pretty girls here.” Liu played a George Gershwin piece on the piano to fulfill the talent requirements of the competition
Daisy Olivera, 22. a senior, also gave the judges a recital on the piano. Olivera would like for people to see that beyond her sense of humor she also has a serious side.
The assistant entertainment editor of the Hurricane, she also writes for a Spanish language magazine. She will leave the university with a degree in broadcast journalism
“Nothing beats doing and experiencing things for yourself," she said “Once you start something, you have to finish it."
Bina Mirchandani shares the same viewpoint as Olivera. “One should follow one’s instincts. I think a person sould take risks,” the sleek, dark-haired beauty said
“I'd rather feel bad or good than not feel at all. and I like what I write about everything I feel.” said Mur-chandani. who holds the honor of being the only independent contestant to have made it into the finals
The multi-talented 20-year-old has worked as a dancer, a free-lance model, and an actress Shi* has also been writing for three years
Small wonder that she recited two of her poems for the judges Saturday
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Laic And Economics Center Combines Tiro Discinlines
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By GEORGE HAJ
News Writer
Hidden across from the baseball stadium on Brescia Avenue, the little known (among UM students) but highly respected Law and Economics ( i nter provides important research and instruction in the combined disciplines of law and economics
"The Law and Economics ( enter brings together the disciplines of law and economics into teaching, research. and scholarly endeavors." said Dr Kenneth Clarkson, director of the Center
The Center is one of a dozen for the study of law and economics in the country, but Clarkson said there."aren't a large number of centers that have a full balance of programs such as we have at the University of Miami
Clarkson, who has been director ol the Center since June, came to the University of Miami front the University of Virginia in 1975 He received his Ph D from UCI.A. and was a Brookings Economic Policy Fellow in the early 1970's. That fellowship involved an assignment with the Office of Management and Budget in Washington. D C
He has published extensively, authoring or co-authoring approximately 14 books or monographs and about three dozen articles
Clarkson said that although the I aw and Economics Center does not directly provide any degree programs in the field, the faculty of the Center combines the two disciplines when they teach
"For example." said Clarkson."approximately half of our faculty teach in the Law School and about half teach in the School of Business, and when those professors teach In their respective schools, they bring the two disciplines together In the classroom
"That means that the law professor will bring in economics as a way of explaining legal rules or court decisions, while the economics professor would use legal institutions, legal rules, as a way of identifying the incentive structures facing decision makers "
In order to supplement this leaching, the Center will be working with the Department of Economics in the School of Business Administration to provide a master's degree program in economics that is especially designed for individuals with a background in law
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