Miami Hurricane, September 10, 1982

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1982
Hopes Dashed For Tropical Expansion

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Because Of The County Commission’s Decision Tuesday, Tropical Park Is No Longer Under Consideration As A Home For The Hurricane Football Team
Statistics Show Crime Is Down
By TRISHA SINDLER
Hurricane Staff Writer
UM's Public Safety Department has released figures which show that crime on campus during the 1981-82 school year was sharply down from those statistics taken in 1980-81.
However, the first homicide to ever happen on campus took place just a few weeks ago, when a well-known community leader was murdered in the Faculty Club parking lot after attending a reception there.
When interviewed, Public Safety Executive Director Joseph Frechette first said: "I don’t care to comment much on this because it’s been rehashed in every article.”
He did say, however, that the murder was an “unfortunate incident" and was not a result of lack of lighting or lack of vigilance. “The area has always been patrolled. We can't be everywhere at once," he said. "We’ll continue to do what we’ve been doing.”
Crime Prevention Officer Pat Hayden said there are various reasons for this year’s drop in campus crime; three additional police officers were assigned to the department, there was heavier patrol duty, and stronger crime prevention programs were instituted in university offices and in residence halls.
Detailed reports show that from June, 1981 to May, 1982, 20 incidents of robbery, including chain and purse snatchings. were reported, while from June, 1980 to May, 1981, 43 such occurrences were reported.
Sexual offenses numbered 15 last year, down from 29 the previous year.
Grand larceny offenses, which include items stolen which were valued at over $100, numbered 297 individual incidents in which $153,-844 worth of property was stolen. The year before, there were 370 incidents, with $171,381 worth of valuables stolen.
Hayden said that despite frequent warnings to obey simple safety procedures such as locking their doors and guarding their personal property, students often disregard the advice.
“One day, for instance, I was walking in the library in plain clothes and I saw nine purses unattended, which anyone could have easily taken,” she said.
This year, Hayden is hoping for grater student involvement in crime watch programs. During the summer she had meetings with resident coordinators, where programs for the upcoming school year were outlined.
These programs include selling bike locks to students at prices lower than in most stores, and the continuation of crime watch days in the residence halls.
“We want students to be active in crime prevention," Hayden stressed. "But that will depend on the amount of cooperation we get."
Monday night, Hayden will visit residents of the 12th floor in the East Tower of 1968 complex to talk with the students about services offered by the safety department, 8've a brief presentation, and engrave personal property, such as ti?* r,ecorders and television sets. : his floor was the first to request an early appointment with Hayden.
if any floor or building wants an appointment with me, I’ll be t0 arrange one,” Hayden »•la. Usually at these meetings, we e a question-and-answer session
and leave it up to the students, in regard to what they want to know.”
Hayden, along with Lieutenant B.M. Bernard, urged students to read crime watch articles, submitted each week to the Hurricane, informing them of on-campus crimes and what precautions they might take.
One important program the safety department is implementing this year will be officers doing regular foot patrols in dorm halls, at no specific time. Last year, foot patrols were done outside the residence halls.
“This will cut down on drugs,” predicted Barnard. "It will also discourage thieves because they'll know we’re here and when students see us, it will make them think whether or not they’ve locked their doors. Overall, it will discourage off-campus people from prowling in the dorms.
So far this week. University police have issued tresspass warnings to two subjects who were on campus with no legitimate reason
Also, an employee of the School of Nursing reported to police that a black male exposed himself to her and then fled. The subject was identified, but the victim chose not to press charges.
And $260 worth of clothing and cash were taken from a student's room in Pearson Hall. There was no sign of forced entry into the room.
An unsecured, unattended bicycle was stolen from outside the Hecht Athletic Center. The bicycle was valued at $250.
How Campus Crime Has Decreased
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	82	81	CHG.
Robbery	20	43	46
Sexual Offenses	15	29	-52
Grand Larceny	297	370	80
Miami Hurricane/GINA MOUNARO
The Faculty Club Parking Lot Was The Scene Of A Murder Some Weeks Ago
UM Committee Works To Free Jews Held In Soviet Union
By ANTHONY TRULLENQUE
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RICHARD ALTMAN
Hurricane Staff Writers
The UM Soviet Jewry Committee has taken part in an attempt to bring Soviet citizens that wish to emigrate to the United States. Lee Pravder and Elizabeth Cohn, two members of the committee, are heading this effort.
One Russian citizen, Sergei Khaimchayev, has been accepted to the University as an international student in the School of Continuing Studies. The Soviet Union, however, refuses to grant permission for his release.
“We're trying to bring attention as well as help to the families involved.” Pravder said.
In an attempt to generate concern for Soviet Jews in Washington, Pravder and his associates have appealed to Senator Paula Hawkins.
In a letter to Khaimchayev, Hawkins wrote: “I share the belief of my friends at the University of Miami that it is important to develop a relationship with students in foreign countries in order to understand foreign cultures and lifestyles. I support foreign educational contacts because they promote global understanding.”
Pravder said he became involved because he is interested in human rights. Said Pravder: "Getting them out is our primary goal. What we try to do is to provide them with hope and show them that people in the western world do care.”
The Soviet Jewry Committee, which is sponsored by Hillel and the Jewish Student Union, has been working on the project since January. Pravder said that “as long as there is enough interest, the Soviet Jewry Committee will sponsor another family.”
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in Israel, wrote about his pain on being seperated from his son: "I am turning to you to help me be reunited with my son and his family ... I came to Israel on October, 1973 . . . and I beg you, hear my plea, the cry of my soul. I am weak and old and I wish to spend at least the last days of my life with my son. My life is slowly being extinguished "
The committee, though, has run into problems since the major telephone links to the USSR have been drastically reduced and letters do not reach their destination because the government stops them.
"According to statistics, now is the most desperate time for Jews as well as other minorities living in the Soviet Union.” said Pravder. “To me, the Jews living in the Soviet Union in particular are experiencing what I would call a “spiritual holocaust’ because they know nothing of their culture and are treated like third-class citizens."
When the Soviet Union first became a nation, the Jewish people were a major influence on public policy. A state-supported Jewish educational and cultural system was implemented in Yiddish. As late as 1940, about 100,000 Jewish children were enrolled in Yiddish schools.
But by 1948, all Jewish schools and institutions were no longer in operation. In addition, the world-known Yiddish Theatre was closed.
In 1956, there were approximately 460 synagogues operating in the USSR. At last count, there were only 45, which accommodates an estimated three to four million Jews.
And in the past few years, there has been a decrease of over 50 percent of Jews from Russia. Another Soviet citizen, Anatoli Sheranki, has been trying to leave Russia for the past ten years and join his wife in Israel.
“I hate to sound so pessimistic, but the situation is extremely critical at this time," said Pravder.
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By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane News Editor
Hopes for an expanded Tropical Park Stadium were dashed Tuesday when the Dade County Commission voted to leave the proposal off the South Florida Sports Authority's package of sports and cultural facilities.
UM had hopes that Tropical Park, located one mile from campus, would be expanded, with Dade County paying half the costs through a one-cent temporary increase in the sales tax. The tax increase is primarily designed to build a new football stadium for the Miami Dolphins.
At Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners said that the tax increase should be used to fund a new football stadium on the Dade-Broward line and a Miami indoor sports arena. They put the rest of the projects on hold, while totally rejecting Tropical Park.
The commission ’ decided that Dade would be committed to building the stadium, a sports arena and a performing arts complex, but not necessarily anything else.
UM officials were both surprised and discouraged at the outcome of the commission meeting.
“Naturally we are disappointed," said Coach Howard Schnellenber-ger. “As far as choosing another site is concerned, we had pretty much eliminated everything within five miles of here and gone ahead with Tropical Park," he said.
“We are disappointed, of course," added Athletic Director Harry Mall-ios. “The university is positive that UM and the Hurricanes are an asset to the entire community, and not just UM.
“We had hoped that the public officials had our interests at heart and that we would not be lost in left field and left without a home," he said.
Mallios said that he was "very ‘surprised" by the commission’s decision. “We were looking forward to Tropical Park as a new stadium close to campus." Mallios said. “We had made it known that a less proximate facility is less desirable We find it difficult to go to North Dade We were hoping to have our interests served, but the latest decision has left us in a quandry."
University General Counsel Paul Dee attended Tuesday’s commission meeting. “They (the county commission) had a bigger problem, that of the primary football stadium They began prioritizing the projects," Dee said.
Dee explained that the commission committed themselves to building a stadium, an arena in downtown Miami, and improving the Theater of the Performing Arts. If money became available, other projects would be considered. The Tropical Park proposal was not among the projects that would be considered.
However, Dee said that there is a section in the referendum that reads that money can be used to fund public school and college facilities. Should funds become available, UM may apply for such funds.
‘As far as choosing another site is concerned, we had pretty much eliminated everything within five miles of here and gone ahead with Tropical Park.’
Football Coach Howard Schnellenbcrger
Dee was surprised by the commission’s move, but not astonished “I would have to say that it came as a surprise that Tropical Park will not be a part of the project. When they changed priorities, none of the other projects was guaranteed We were surpised, but not caught flat-footed,” Dee said.
"UM would obviously prefer a nearby stadium," Dee said, "because our students come from the Coral Gables/South Dade area, as do many of our alumni There is a direct relationship between a more removed stadium and being less desirable for fans."
There are four options in regards to a UM stadium. Dee said, of which two have already been ruled out The first was an on-campus stadium. which the trustees have already rejected; the second was Tropical Park, which has now been removed from consideration, the third is the Orange Bowl; the fourth is the proposed stadium on the Dade-Broward line. "The closest stadium is best, becoming less desirable as you move further away," he said.
Dee said that if the referendum does not pass in November, “we’ll have to see what can be done with the Orange Bowl. We are in a holding pattern until the election is over ”
Art Building Changes Will Cost $1 Million
By RICHARD ALTMAN
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ANTHONY TRULLENQUE
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After several months of debate with the City of Coral Gables, the University of Miami, by a 3-2 vote of the city commission, has received permission to renovate three tw*its eight existing wooden buildings The two-story art building, the art annex, and the Li Building will all be refurbished at some point this year, at a cost of one million dollars.
The buildings were originally constructed in the 1940’s to be used as military facilities for the training of U.S. Army personnel. After the army was finished with the buildings, they were used as the offices of the UM President, and later housed the art and communications departments.
According to Colonel Richard Banks, assistant dean of operations, the city commission yielded to the university's request to improve the existing structures because of two major factors:
1. The structures were built before any code was established; thus the buildings are within the legal limi-
tations even though they do not measure up to the current standards.
2. The estimated cost of complete refurbishment is approximately one million dollars as opposed to an estimated five million dollars for the replacement of the facilities. Banks said.Since the cost of renovation is one-fifth the cost of replacement it was decided that renovation would be more feasible.
As it stands, the refurbishment would provide for the replacement of existing roofs as well as internal and external painting Moreover, the major improvements would include the installation of a fire sprinkler system and the replacement of all wiring Lastly, additional landscaping will be done by the university's beautification committee When referring to the Art Build-1, ing. Banks said: “The building suffices for them, it’s nice for an art building and I believe when it's renovated it will be a beautiful building. Right now it’s a damned eyesore because of all that paint peeling off of it... it looks like hell "
The alterations will modernize the buildings to the point where they are as close to meeting the South Florida Building Code as con-cievably possible.
Index
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A Look At The Controversy Over Colleges That Use Animals For Scientific Research /PAGE 3
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An Insight into The Changes Proposed In President Foote’s Master Plan /PAGE 4
Howard To Howard
The Weekly Interview Series With Editor-In-Chief Howard Bums And Football Coach Howard Schnelienberger/PAGE 8
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The Latest On The Status Of This Long-Standing Rivalry / PAGES
Opinion /PAGE 4	Entertainment /PAGE 6
Sports /PAGE 8	Classifieds /'PAGE 10