Miami Hurricane, October 07, 1983

              MIAMI AND THE MEDIA — SPECIAL
Volume 60 Number 12
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Friday, October 7, 1983
Gala Event Benefits UM
A spectacular debut of fashion and a gala benefit for the School of Medicine was part of the opening of Macy’s Aventura store
By LOURDES FERRER
Hurricane Associate News Editor
It was an evening filled with style — a gala extravaganza.
As the black-tie crowd strolled to the In-store gala event in their Rolls Royces and Cadillacs, they were welcomed by a fountain'of dancing waters, a red carpet and music from the classics to contemporary sounds.
Tuesday night's affair was an evening of pomp and circumstance — a touch of class — to benefit the University of Miami’s School of Medicine and to celebrate the opening of the new Macy's in Aventura Mall.
The guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’ouevres, a fashion show with Calvin Klein himself showing his latest collection, and a dinner dance with the jazz tunes of Billy Rolle.
Among the honored guests were UM President Edward T. Foote II, James W McLamore, chairman of the board of trustees, and Dr. Bernard J. Fogel, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.
Arthur E. Reiner, chairman of the board of Macy's New York, expressed enthusiasm at the opening of the company's newest store in the
Aventura Mall.
“I predict Miami will be one of the two fastest growing cities in the next 20 years and it was vital to come down," Reiner said.
When Macy's decided to open up in Miami, it wanted to honor someone in the community and chose UM’s Medical School, said Fogel.
"Obviously, we were thrilled," he added.
The gala dinner dance cost $150 per person and about 400 guests attended.
The funds received from the events — approximately $45,000 — will be used to provide UM's Medical School with financial aid for academically gifted students, purchase necessary medical equipment, enhance research facilities and attract prestigious scholar physicians to the School's faculty.
Several students were selected to represent the Medical School in this benefit.
"The event is unique," said Dennis Ford, class president of those with doctoral degrees. “It is a good fundraiser for loans and scholarships."
Another student, Juan Carlos Verdeja from the yearbook, said the benefit was both “good for Macy's and UM."
Others who attended from UM were Provost William Lee, Vice President of Business and Finance David Lieberman and Associate Vice President of Business Affairs Oliver Bonnert.
Macy’s was founded in 1858 by Rowland H. Macy and was acquired 38 years later by the Straus family.
Macy's stores are found throughout the country in major cities.
The first branch store opened in Parkchester in 1941 and today the 16 stores of Macy’s New York division are located in New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Albany, Connecticut and now, Miami
Macy’s three-story department store opened yesterday in Aventura Mall with fashions for men, women, children and the home

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Calvin Klein and model show his latest collection at a benefit for the Medical School
Sometimes a little accident —a broken bag of soil, for instance — can result in mischievous play. Paula Albanese sits in dirt scattered on the floor of Pearson Hall as Jim Springer looks on.
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Ferrari: Islands need protection
By ALEXANDER SAITTA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Dr. Maxime Ferrari, Minister for Planning and External Relations of the Republic of Seychelles, addressed the need for protecting the environment of the Seychelle Islands in a presentation Wednesday morning at the Graduate School of International Studies.
The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands, located 660 miles north of Madagascar, with a total land mass of 177 square miles and a population of approximately 65,000. Forty percent of the country’s land area has been declared a wildlife reserve, and the government boasts the distinction of having established the world's first
marine national park.
No more than 2,500 tourists are permitted on the islands at one time, and fire arms and spear-guns are banned from the region.
"We wish to promote tourism — tourism provides 40 percent of our GNP |gross national product] and 70 percent of our foreign exchange,"said Ferrari. "But we are conscious of the damage done by tourists ... it is a matter that has given our government much food for thought.”
Ferrari treated his audience to a slide presentation depicting the various species unique to his country — such as the magpie robin (only 33 are known to exist), the tiger chamelion, the black
parrot, the blue pidgion, and the paradise flycatcher.
Of special scientific interest is the 62-square mile atoll of Aldabra, which was designated as a World Heritage Sight by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This large ring of nearly 2,000 Islets, with a population of 12, is the world's only example of a reptile-dominated eco-system, and, other than Galapagos, the only natural habitat of the giant tortoise.
Ferrari described as battles his countries conservationist efforts."We are forced to be conservative-minded," he said. "We are a small country, but we are big in our stand against predators, polluters, and all forms of exploitation."
School outward hound
By PETER P. PERMUY
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Looks like upward — and outward — bound for the UM School of Architecture. Pending, that is, the approval of the Academic Planning Committee.
The school has proposed to begin a new four-year undergraduate bachelors degree in landscape architecture as part of its Strategy Plan to indicate its future direction
If approved, the program will be the only one of its kind in South Florida and one of only two in the state — the other being in the University of Florida.
Designing outdoor spaces in a tropical fashion will be emphasized to help make the program unique nationally and attractive internationally
School of Architecture Dean Nicholas Patricios said the proposal is on the Academic Planning Committee’s agenda for this semester They’ll know whether or not it passed by the end of the year. The Board of Trustees must also approve, since it is a new degree program.
Patricios anticipates the program's arrival and stresses its future efficacy.
"It will be growing more important in the future because people are concerned with visual and environmental issues in Florida," he said "I feel (the graduates of the landscaping architecture program] can meet societies’ and professional needs."
Since "the federal and state governments are pc ■ ■ mor< ,.nv garding the environment, the program will assist in mti ting the new re-quirements," added Patricios
Debate ranked second
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane Managing Editor
The University of Miami debate team is ranked second in the nation after their first tournament last weekend. UM sent two teams, one of which finished second in the tournament, with the other finishing fifth. As a school, UM won the overall competition, garnering more ballots than any other school present.
UM also defeated their inter-state rivals, the University of FTorida, two out of three rounds, with one win coming in the crucial semi-final round In ballots, UM beat Florida, four four ballots to one
According to director of forensics Dr. Thompson Biggers, Florida’s losses to their major inter-state rival Miami angered their debate coach so much that "Florida decided that one goal for the year will be to beat the University of Miami."
The Florida coach, Monty Stokes, "has put a bounty on the UM debate team,” Biggers explained. "He has offered to give each member of his team an extra $5 a day in food money each time they defeat UM."
The UM team competed last weekend at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The team of Wayne Firestone and Margaret McManus placed second in the tournament, beating South Carolina in the quarterfinals, Florida in the semifinals, but lost the final round, 2-1, to Southern Illinois University
The team of Jon Schneiderman and Eddie Cruz lost in quarterfinals to the Southern Illinois University team that defeated their counterparts.
At the end of eight preliminary rounds, the team of Schneiderman and Cruz were second, with a record of 7-1. Firestone and McManus were fourth, with a record of 6-2.
"UM was the only school with two teams in the elimination rounds," said Biggers
Although the team didn't win the tournament, the performance of both teams earned them the overall title in the competition
“We are trying to develop a high quality debate program as part of the overall improvement in the university." Biggers said
Academic contracting: higher education tug-of-war
RONNIE RAMOS
Hurricane Editor in chief
Editor's Note: This is part of a series on higher education in Florida. This article focuses on programs and majors.
Have you ever wondered why the University of Miami is the only university in South Florida, public or private, with a major school of medicine? Why does Florida State University (FSU) and not — say — the University of Florida, have the
only School of Criminology in the state?
Probably equally surprising to those not in nursing is that any Florida resident can attend the UM School of Nursing for the same amount he would pay if he went to the University of Florida's School of Nursing. How?
The answer, quite simply, is academic contracting, which has become a multi-million dollar tug-of-war between public and private universities. The intricacies of academic contracting evolved from a
special committee, which formulated the idea, then proceeded through the Florida Legislature and developed into a policy that now has a direct bearing on the rise — and fall
—	of each university in the state.
The philosophy behind academic
contracting is quite simple — economics. It is cheaper for the state of Florida to pay a private school, with an already established program, the difference between their tuition and that of a state school than to invest in establishing and funding the same program in a state school.
If a student from Miami wanted to go to nursing school in Miami rather than Gainesville — the location of the state’s other major nursing school — he could do so for the same price. The student pays what he would at the University of Florida, and the state will pay UM the difference in tuition
For example, UM has a medical school which last year received $8,-395,000 in state support. This year, the state will give UM $8,410,726
—	a $46,646 increase Florida International University, now the largest public four-year university in South Florida, will probably not receive that kind of financial support for a medical school — at least not as long as UM has its school and Florida's master plan for post-secondary education continues in its present direction.
Academic contracting, and the philosophy behind it, is not unique to Florida North Carolina, California. Michigan and Wisconsin all have similar plans in effect
In 1981, Gov. Bob Graham
formed the Post-secondary Education Planning Committee (PEPC). In 1982, a master plan was adopted for post-secondary education in the state.
In their master plan, from which the PEPC Bill was formulated and passed this past legislative session. PEPC "encourages institutions to focus on a limited number of priorities, making it more likely that each priority will receive the emphasis needed for a strong program.”
The result, PEPC says "would limit unnecessary duplication and use the full range of post-secondary education resources — pubic and independent."
The report went further. "A worthy goal is for the state to work toward a time when each major program and level of study is nationally known for excellence and offered somewhere in Florida postsecondary education.”
The PEPC master plan also emphasized the need to work with private universities toward this goal.
"Existing programs at private universities should be recognized in planning to meet the needs for the applied doctoral programs in each region," the report said.
This pro-private school attitude began in 1979 with the passage of the FTorida Tuition Voucher "It ¡Florida Tuition Voucher] was a milestone in this state toward state support of the private sector." said Bob Kauzlarich, UM director of govermental relations (in laymen's terms, UM's full-time lobbyist)
The Florida Tuition Voucher provides up to $750 per academic year, on the basis of need, for students to
attend private, post-secondary educational institutions.
Kauzlarich used to represent UM on both the state and national level, but with UM's increased role as a financial recipient to Tallahassee, Kauzlarich now worries only about state funding
He has a lot to watch over Last year, UM received $13,679,582 from the state This year, UM will receive over $14 million. Of that $14 million, over $10 million will be in the form of academic contracting That is the most of any private
institution in the state But, then, PEPC has big plans for UM
The PEPC master plan equated UM with the three large state universities — UF. FSU, and USE — as the four state schools with “broad, general purposes, degrees at all levels, professional schools, and doctoral programs in a large number of disciplines "
Sidney Besvinick. associate provost for external affairs, said that is the way the state should view UM “The University of Miami is a state resource," he said "We are a valuable asset, and the state ought to be thinking outright of how to make use of this resource "
So far, they are. UM currently has four academic contracts with the state — Computer Engineering (for 1983-84, it will be for $375,627), Bachelor of Science in Nursing ($294.918) Industrial (man-
ufactunng) Engineering ($97,000) and the Medical School ($8,410,726). UM's industrial engineering contract was approved during this past legislative session UM is far and away the early leader in the state-dollars sweep-stakes.
Other private schools do not have the facilities or specialization to compete. Barry University does have a minor contract (under $50,000) for social-work education Public schools do not receive academic contracts as such, since the
whole school is part of the state system However, with the PEPC view of not duplicating programs in the same region, public and private schools are competing for the same state dollars in a given program UM has proposals before PEPC for two additional contracts for next year — a masters-level contract in nursing and an additional baccalaureate degree contract in industrial engineering
PEPC has taken steps recently to assign what university officials call "franchises" to specific universities in a given area By allocating funds to a university for a given program, they are. in effect, nof giving the money to another university in the same region for that program Thus the competition
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Inside
Student and Citizen
Andrew Rryer, UM senior, was selected as Kendall Citizen of the Month for his efforts in building a park for the children of that community. /Page 3
SAFAC
Do you know where your money is? Opinion Editor John Crout provides insight into the group that distributes student activity fees. /Page 4
Night at the Rat
Dance Night at the Rathgkeller had an extra twist last Wednesday — winners of a contest will be able to participate in a Y-100 contest. /Page 6
Media Conference
A special section reports on a Metro-Dade Conference that took place last Saturday at the UM Faculty Club. /Tabloid Section
Higher Education
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