Miami Hurricane, January 25, 1980

              Volume 55, Number 29
Friday, January 25, 1980
Phone 284-4401
Hundreds Protest Tuition Increase
Miami Hurncane/KERRY P1TTENGER
Students («allier Around The Rock
. . . protesting the proposed $.)U0 tuition increate
CARS Program Gets $125,000
Bv RICK HERMIDA
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Computer Advanced Registration System (CARS) is one step nearer to implementation, as an extra $125,000 has been allocated towards its completion.
According to Sid Weisburd, Registrar, this year's steps toward the approval of such a system — in the proposal stage since 1972 — have been quite successful.
"There's finally more than just an affirmative nod to the CARS program. Now we have a substantial amount of money to work with," Weisburd said.
The new system would eliminate the presently long registration lines, and an infinite number of lines would be reduced to two —
"I will not approve a system that's as good as the one we currently have. If the new system benefits the student - and I'm sure it will - it's worth it."
Sid Weisburd, Registrar
the actual registration line and the payment line.
“I'm moving ahead — money or no money — to get this thing through. For instance. I'm going to Nashville this weekend to check out alternate computer systems," Weisburd commented.
If all goes well, the long-awaited CARS system may be implemented as early as Fall 1981.
An added feature of the CARS system would be to allow the student to register for future semesters in advance and to be assured of a position in ail classes pre-scheduled.
Students Respond To Rally
By MARK A. WOOSTER
Hurrican* Staff Wrltar
The reaction of students who attended the tuition increase protest rally was mixed.
All of the students interviewed attended the rally because they were opposed to the proposed tuition increase. Some expressed doubt that they could attend UM next year if the increase were approved.
Mark Sandhouse. a junior who spoke at the rally, said he was not opposed to a minimal increase in tuition, but he was "concerned about a $500 increase." He said he could not afford to pay the extra money, and that if such a large increase were adopted, "half the people (students) would leave.”
Cinzia Nicoloso, an international student and a sophomore, was also quite worried. "My father’s life insurance is paying my way through college As a foreign student I can't get financial aid, and as a non-resident I can’t get a job here. With air fares going up in price. I may have to stay home and get a job if tuition is raised."
Rob Cole, a junior, said he could not afford to come back next year if tuition were raised $500 and that it would be difficult for him to transfer to another school.
Ed Miessner, a freshman, said he attended the rally because he did not think an increase was justifiable unless greater financial aid was provided.
But while all the interviewed students were against the proposed raise, they had differing opinions as to the effect the rally would have. .
Joe Levine, a junior, felt progress was being made at the rally. "I think President Stanford was shocked at the number of people who came He knows they are not .going to take it sitting down
Tom Morey, a senior, also hoped that the rally would be effective. “If it stirs people up, and makes them realize what’s going on, then it will have an effect."
Nicoloso was encouraged at the number of people who attended the rally. She said that since "this time the rally was held before the decision was made, maybe something could be done.*’ Linda Colson, a j
freshman, expressed similar feelings.
Scott Burin, a graduate student, was less optimistic. He felt that President Stanford was not at all affected by the rally, and that the administration would do what it wants to do. “It was just another day for Henry King Stanford to earn a dollar,” said Burin.
No one who was interviewed said that the administration representatives at the rally properly answered student concerns.
Rob Cole said that the administration avoided the issue, and was “waiting until it was too late for students to transfer or they were just not going to change their plans.”
"This doesn't mean the students are going to get every course they request; there will still be some left out, although the number will probably be lower.”
CARS, in other words, is for those students who can plan ahead.
The CARS system will also allow administrators to plan ahead and provide enough class sections to meet demand.
The CARS project is moving ahead in a positive, forward direction, Weisburd believes, and will be implemented in two years, after “one. Dr. Butler appoints a task force. Two, the task force decides what policy decisions must be approved by the management committee. and three, the Management Committee will then select the bid most benificial to the University,” Weisburd said.
“Even while the new CARS system is being implemented, the old manual system will be running for mostly late comers and mop-up registration.
"I will not approve a system that's as good as the one we currently have, for example, eight hour lines. If the new system benefits the student — and I'm sure it will — it’s worth it,” Weisburd said.
"We can go on doing what we have been doing for another 50 years, wasting thousands of dollars per year, but we don’t have to.”
By PETER S. HAMM
AMlUant N.wi editor
A student demonstration was held Wednesday on the rock in an attempt to convince University administrators to keep a planned tuition increase for next semester as small as possible. The proposed tuition increase may be as high as $500.
Administrators and students spoke to an estimated crowd of 1,000 who gathered to protest the rising cost of tuition and to state their own views on other existing problems.
The demonstration was sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) before the Board of Trustees decision on Feb. 21 so that students’ views could have an impact on that decision..
“We wanted to express our concern, and we felt that we would have a positive effect on the decision,” said Michael Chisner, speaker of the USBG Senate.
Among those present at the rally were UM President Henry King Stanford, Provost Clyde Wingfield, Student Affairs Vice President William Butler, and USBG President Paul Novack.
“No matter what amount tuition goes up, financial aid will go up in a related fashion,” Stanford said.
Stanford made several other major announcements at the rally, admitting that the administration has been "dragging its feet" on several issues, and directed Vice President for Financial Affairs Dave Leiberman to institute bi-weekly student paychecks by June 1.
In addition, he announced that $125,000 in additional funding has been allocated for Computer Advanced Registration (CARS), to be included in next year's budget. He again directed the Athletic Department to straighten out its financial problems.
"I did ask the new director of athletics to bring me a budget for five years ... (to eliminate the deficit). Unfortunately he has been confronted with one surprise after another,” Stanford said.
• Novack spoke briefly to the crowd, saying that "the undergraduate program should get the benefit from the millions of dollars that we put in ... I think that the Athletic-Department should pay for itself and the medical school should pay for itself ... the University needs no more than a four percent tuition increase, or $158 a year."
“Let’s fight,” shouted one Alpha Tau Omega fraternity member.
According to another student, UM is not meeting students’ needs "by pricing us out of the University."
Carlos Hazday, USBG secretary of Community Affairs said that "if
Ten Years Ago
The Student Activity Fee was hiked by $2 so that more money ould be given to the Student Entertainment Committee (SEC). The Hurricane reported that SEC had been operating since July on a temporary basis.
UM Trustees felt that students at UM should fund their own concerts. In a referendum, students agreed by a vote of 744-318.
In other news of the day, housing prices went up by 10 percent. Students had to pay $320 to live on ampus.
there are no students, there's no reason for the University to exist,” referring to the fact that if tuition continues to climb, fewer students will be at UM.
Alan Rubin, chairman of the University Affairs Committee, said that the administration tried to pressure USBG into getting the student body to back a tuition increase.
"They want us ... to sell the tuition increase ... (if there is a large increase), I won’t be here to participate with it."
Paul Cohen, president of the In-See PROTEST Page 2
UM Saga Contract
Studied
By CHUCK RABIN
Hurnctn« Sta« Wrltar
The Saga Food Service contract with UM is up for renewal in June and unless Saga and the University come to terms concerning the increase in the cost of food and utilities, UM will be in the market for a new food service.
UM has contracted with Saga for the past four years. Previously, ARA Food Service handled the contract. Each year there is a renegotiation of the contract due to price increases.
"We feel Saga has room for improvement in the area of the board plan," said Oliver Bonnert, UM business manager.
If UM and Saga do not come to terms, UM will ask for bids from other food services.
"There are more than half a dozen groups willing to put in a bid. We're one of the largest board plans in the southeast, servicing between 3,000 and 3,500 students," Bonnert said.
"Hopefully, there will be no more than a seven and a half to eight percent increase. Part of the increase is due to the rising costs of food; the rest goes to utilities and maintenance. Utilities have gone up 25 percent,” Bonnert said.
According to Bonnert, when comparing UM's current food program to that of most schools, UM has more options available.
Some of those options include the snack bar. more commonly known as the “Eye” and the extra hours the cafeterias put in, including the late afternoon delicatessen.
Bonnert said that he realizes that some of the students are dissatisfied with the current program and asks for input from students.
“When you're serving that many people it's almost impossible to satisfy everyone," Bonnert said.
Bonnert added that food and equipment costs will inevitably keep rising, but the preparation of the food and the condition of the facilities could lean more towards the students’ needs, if the students display enough input.
“There have been food commit- ' tees all year, but there has been a lack of student participation. We need input to help us improve," Bonnert said.
US. Loses Influence In The Middle East
By NEAL FUTERFAS
Humean* Staff Writar
In recent weeks, the American public has heard much concerning the United States' strategic position in the Middle East. The main thrust of the news and commentary has been to the effect that the U.S.'s strength and influence in that region has seriously eroded. Is this analysis correct, and if so, what are its implications?
Ever since the late 18th centuiy, the great powers have been vying for influence in the Middle East. This is so, because, among other things, it contains numerous geographic peculiarities of paramount importance (like the Straits of Hormuz) to those aspiring to regional stature. The Middle East provides routes to other areas of the globe which avoid much longer voyages, and, a more recently appreciated feature, it contains a lot of oil.
Until fairly recently, the U.S. was firmly entrenched (so U.S. planners thought) in the Middle East: The Shah of Iran was supposed to “police the gulf" and help insure Western interests, the regimes in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states were pro-Western, and Turkey was another buffer between the Soviet Union and the Mediterranean region. Thus, at least a structure of ordered defense was in place.
But things have changed radically; Afghanistan has fallen to the Soviets, bringing them much closer to their goal of a warm water port and an outlet on the Persian gulf. Iran is
( News Analysis )
in the throes of revolution and probably much weakened in its turmoil. Turkey seems to be taking a decided turn toward the left, and the possibility of a military takeover looms large on the horizon. And, perhaps most telling of all. some of the major Middle East oil exporting nations themselves show signs of internal strain due to radicalizing tendencies in the societies themselves and other pressures from without.
In light of all these facors, plus the fact that the Soviets have mark-dly increased the number and effectiveness of all branches of their armed forces, it appears that the gloomy picture being painted these days of the U.S. position in the Middle East is indeed well justified.
And according to Dr. Bernard Schecterman of the UM Politics and Public Affairs Department, things won't get better soon, if at all. In his view, assured access to what is considered the backbone of Western economic might - energy in the form of oil - will be jeopardized if current trends continue
Because of a "dissipation of American credibility and ability to apply power in the Middle East, regimes there are more prone to reconsider their friendships just to preserve their independence,"
Schechterrtian said.
Saudi Arabia, says Schechter-man, is in the midst of a "revolutionary dynamic," because certain sectors of its people “are dissatisfied with the way oil wealth has been distributed," and because certain sectors of more ancient ethnic differences.
Even so. U.S. prestige is so low
"we may eventually come to the point where the Saudis will have to get courageous enough to invite us in ... .We have to appreciate their position. Why should anyone want to be the sacrificial lamb for the U.S.? Why should they be supportive (of us) if we’re failing them?"
Schechterman feels that a shift in the policy of Saudi Arabia toward increased neutrality has taken place and notes that there have been specific efforts on the part of the Saudis to open up relations with the Soviet Union.
Schechterman said that the
“most positive thing we can hope for is that the Islamic Conference (to be held tomorrow) will result in a sufficient representation among the participants to try to help themselves vis-a-vis the Soviet threat, and use it as a jumping point to approach the U.S.......to start func-
tioning in terms of mutual Muslim and U.S. interests.”
To Schechterman. the Iranian and Afghani crises are just "specifics of a broader crisis in American foreign policy, namely, the shift in the world balance of power in favor of the Soviets, plus the loss of American credibility.”
Draft Registration Revived: Women May Have To Sign-l p
By LORI BARRIST
Ntwl Editor
President Carter announced Wednesday evening in his State of the Union address that registration for the draft would be reinstated The president said that he will send legislation and budget proposals to Congress next month so that registration can begin.
All males between the ages of 18 and 26. including UM students will be required to register. Whether women will be required to register as well has not been determined, but a decision is expected within the month.
Carter's announcement does not mean that the draft will be resumed White House officials say that registration is all that’s being considered
"I hope that it will not become necessary to impose the draft. However, we must be prepared for that possibility. F’or this reason, I have determined that the Selective Service System must now be revitalized," Carter said.
The president has the power to order an immediate registration of all 18-year-olds, but he chose not to exercise that authority Instead, he will ask Congress to pass a law reinstating draft registration.
Carter can also order the resumption of physical examinations and draft classifications, but he needs the approval of Congress before he can actually begin drafting men. An act of Congress will also be required before women can be ordered to register for the draft
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