Miami Hurricane, November 04, 1983

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Elections Dominated By One Ticket
Pineda*s move forces changes in Student Union
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane Opinion Editor
The Student Union has been reorganized in the wake of Joseph Pineda's departure to the athletics department. The reorganization creates from the department of Student Union/ Student Activities three departments: the Whitten Student Union, Student Activities and Student Development Services.
department within the Union will be created, that of Student Development Services.
This department will offer programs designed not only to strengthen student organizations but also to address the developmental needs of students outside the classroom through such means as leadership development workshops and human potential seminars.
Sheeder explained that this per-
‘The student development department is being put in the Student Union because the Union is the hub of campus activity.’
Dean William Sheeder
"This won't put that much of a burden on administrators to raise tu-tion," he said.
Other issues U-TURN is concerned with include the Student Activity Fee He doesn't think it should be raised, but the money should be redirected to just school get-togethers.
On "Sun Tan U.” he said that although the term appears derogatory,"honors students and sun are compatible.” He defends the influx of honors students, saying that the more honors students are here, the more clout UM will have.
At press time, STUDENT had not yet released its platform to the Hur
ricarte.
The following seats are uncontested: freshman senator, sophomore senator, Student Entertainment Committee, off-campus central senator, off-campus south senator, Eaton Hall senator, 1960 senator, 1968 senator, and apartments senator.
Elections take place from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. at various polling places throughout campus. This year, the Dade County polling machines will not be available, so students will have to use bubble sheets
Miami Hurricane/JEFF GOTTLIEB
Clowning around
Anne Cohen and other staff members at the registrar's office decided to have some fun on Halloween and dress for the occasion.________________________________________________________
Registrar wins Miami Beach seat
By LOURDES FERRER
Hurricane Associate News Editor
Miami Beach voters liked what they saw in Sidney (Sid) Weisburd.
Weisburd, who ran for commissioner and competed with four other candidates in his group, led the race throughout the night, winning Tuesday’s elections with 27.9 percent of the votes
Weisburd	"That's the
name of the game,” said Weisburd.“The people have spoken.”
"I continually asked that the intelligent voter come out and vote,” he said. "What we needed was to get people to go out and vote and make sure that they chose the right candidate and pick people that could work together.”
Weisburd	said he	stressed
throughout his campaign the importance of a “spirit of cooperation" between the commissioners, residents and voters of Miami Beach.
“I believe in unity and continuity and in the importance of working together,” he said. “We have the kind of individuals [the six commissioners elected| that will work together."
Of himself he said,"Sidney Weisburd has a track record for getting the tob done."
To Weisburd, being a UM administrator and a commissioner will have a positive effect.
“It's a credit to UM to have a registrar who's a city commissioner,” said Weisburd. "It's also good public relations, since I'm out in the community and serving the community."
Among his goals, Weisburd wants to expand the Miami Beach Convention Center, renovate the Theater of the Performing Arts, form new hotels and provide for adequate housing for both the young and old.
He also wants to intitiate a new economic development council of businessmen, who would meet the commissioners periodically to discuss items of importance within the Miami Beach community.
Weisburd would like to see more special events like the Fourth of July celebration on the beach this summer and have a Springiest to simulate Fort Lauderdale's spring-break phenomenon.
He is also in favor of the beautification and landscaping of Miami Beach to "pretty up the place for residents and for tourists to come to Miami Beach."
"I want people to take pride in their city. If they feel good, tourists will also feel good," Weisburd said.
Weisburd received the endorsement of The Miami Herald. He was sworn in on Wednesday at the Miami Beach commissioners' meeting.
During the summer, a few UM students volunteered to help in Weisburd's campaign. Among them were Scott Kornspan, USBG attorney general, and Aurelio Quiñones, a law student and former USBG president.
Both students agree that the key to Weisburd’s victory was the time and dedication he put into it.
With the help of his family and the backing of some key figures in the Miami Beach community, said Quiñones, Weisburd was able to "put together a winning campaign." Quiñones feels that the reason Weisburd won was that he got a lot of people to believe in him.
“Any family that works together gets the most," explained Weisburd of the influence his family had in his campaign for commissioner.
Jeff Zirulnick has been appointed the director ot the Union, continuing for the most part in his present duties as associate director of the Student Union/Student Activities. Zirulnick’s responsibilities will be to supervise the operation of the actual building, grounds, game room, room reservations and Program Council.
John Stofan, who is currently the program director of Student Activities and the Whitten Student Union, has been named interim director of Student Activities. Stofan will be in charge of his existing areas, which include overseeing the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee and the Undergraduate Student Body Government.
Stofan has indicated that he intends to leave at the end of the academic year.
Acting Assistant Director of Student Activities Brenda Smith will continue her present functions, which include acting as advisor to the USBG Senate and the elections commission.
According to Dean William Sheeder, who made these announcements Wednesday, a new
son will be able to work directly with students and organizations in order to help them reach their maximum potential.
Sheeder said, "I am enthused that Dr. Butler and Dr. Lee recognized the merits of this reorganization which will be implemented without any increase in university budgetary allocations. The contributions of the new department of Student Development Services offer the potential for significantly improving our total student life offerings.
"The student development department is being put in the Student Union because the Union is the hub of campus activity."
The new structure is a change from the Pineda's former position as director of the Student Union and Student Activities. The jobs used to be separate a few years ago, but were consolidated under Pineda in 1977.
Whether the Union/Activities should be divided "depends on the people we have at the given time," Sheeder said. He explained that the position has been consolidated and separated numerous times over the past 20 years.
Lecturer highlights role of all educators
By MARLENE EGUIZABAL
Hurricane Staff Writer
The student body must be stirred, because higher education institutions are facing a crisis of values and ideals, said Dr. Robert Shaffer at a Student Affairs topic luncheon last Tuesday.
"Society is holding higher education responsible for the moral tone of the present, and they're asking us to transmit true values more strongly,” he said.
Shaffer, who is a member of the university visiting committee on higher education, spoke to a group of about 75 administrators, students and faculty members during the lecture.
He said educators must instill in students the desire to inquire, doubt and question, rather than passively accept what is presented.
"Higher education has turned into a legalistic process." he said “Students pay, take classes, do homework and then demand grades. Professors are reluctant to take firm stands or issues for legal and personal reasons. Higher education is leaving a terrible void by not dealing face to face with important issues of our time.”
Shaffer urged administrators and leaders to:
•	Encourage "open discussions of values and beliefs."
•	Institutionalize formal discussions and debate by presenting open forums and debates on important national issues.
•	Improve faculty-student relations.
•	Recognize and reward faculty members who voluntarily participate in faculty-student activities.
Shaffer also said university ad-
ministrators must devise original and creative ways to pursue excellence and “seek truths" in order to guide students of a rapidly changing society, where values and ideals change from day to day.
University leaders must firmly stand by "their beliefs and exemplify the tenets of their faith in the daily operations of the institution."
Shaffer added that, today more than ever, higher learning institutions need to re-assess and decide their role in society.
“Are we [higher learning institutions) to provide services for contractual demand, or is our role to motivate and inspire? This is a decision businesses must make every day, yet one we have difficulty deciding upon," he said.
Although stating he did not have the answers to many of the problems in higher education, Shaffer
emphasized that the educational system's main responsibility lies in motivating students to excell.
"We must remember that many people can be excellent who are not so-labeled today." he said. "Our role is to motivate students to desire that excellence.
“We better get involved. If we want to get the best and brightest, we must take firm stands and not play the part of the unconcerned cool cats for which we were so well trained
"A monotonous process should and can be stimulated by active and objective inquiry," he said, "Are all human relations to be reduced to legal transactions? They need not be. Education is not a legalistic process, but a common search for truth between professors and students.”
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane News Editor
This fall selection, which had promised to be a contest between two aimost-full tickets, has taken a different twist. Now, most of the candidates running Monday and Tuesday will be from one party.
Because so many candidates of one party, U-TURN, missed the candi-dates first meeting, there was the possibility that whichever party they filed under would be disqualified.
Individual points against candidates are totaled for the party; five points per person are assessed for missing a mandatory meeting. Only 10
points are needed for disqualification.	6	3
The other party, STUDENT, has 17 candidates — 12 running lor uncontested seats.	6
Xavier Cortada, founder of U-TURN and the only one to file under that name, blames the mix-up on lack of experience. He says he filed under that name because he wanted to keep the ideals of that party
“It means we want USBG to make a sharp U-TURN," he said.
Many of the others planning to run on his ticket filed as independents, while others withdrew from the race. Robert Kaplan, seeking the fraternity seat, is the only candidate never belonging to any party.
U-TURN, which would have been composed mostly of newcomers to USBG, would like to make changes in the student government.
"The student government, in our opinion, wasn't too active," said Cortada. “So many bills have been passed just on how student government officers should conduct themselves — concerning things like officer absentees and office hours.”
“The problem with USBG is that all they know how to do is bitch, instead of taking direct action."
He says the manner in which the fight against tuition has been handled by USBG in the past has been “ineffective" and "nothing has been done.”
He says tuition can be lowered by bringing more students in. He proposes to do this by visiting high schools.
Inside
USBG elections
Profiles on candidates running for fall elections /Page 5
Our choice
Endorsements for the contested seats in the upcoming USBG elections /Page 6
Are you trendy?
Entertainment editor Scott Rixford introduces a Hurricane five-part series on trends for the ’80s /Page 8
The game
Will the Hurricanes’ eight-win streak continue? A complete preview of the UM-East Carolina game /Page 12
New building earns praise
By JAN HIPPMAN
Hurricane Staff Wriler
The dedication of the Behavioral Medicine Research Building took place Wednesday afternoon on the green adjacent to the new building
Faculty, alumni, donors and members of the community gathered for the dedication ceremony.
Dean Arthur Brown of the College of Arts and Sciences opened the ceremony and introduced James McLamore, chairman of the Board of Trustees. McLamore said that $1,100,000 had been pledged by the Board, but about $400,000 more is needed.
UM President Edward T. Foote; Dr. Clyde Hendrick, chairman of the department of psychology; Dr. Neil Schneiderman, professor and director of Psychological Services; and Dr. Mary Jane Jesse, vice chairman of the Child Health Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, all spoke in praise of the new building and new program that it represents.
Jesse introduced the speaker, Dr. Stephen M. Weiss, chief of the Behavioral Medicine branch at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Weiss praised the university for its research and praised Jesse for her work at the National Institutes of Health.
A reception was held at the Lowe Art Museum after the dedication ceremony.
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Stephen M. Weiss was the keynote speaker at the dedication of a new building on campus