Miami Hurricane, February 18, 1983

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1983
Tuition Climbing By $650
By HOWARD BURNS
Editor in Chief
The University of Miami s Board of Trustees approved on Wednesday a budget for fiscal year 1983-84 which will exceed $290 million. As a result. undergraduate tuition will increase $325 per semester, which will bring the cost of a semester’s tuition to $3,175. This constitutes a hike of 11.4 percent.
In addition, Residence Halls’ room and board rates will increase by $70 and $42, respectively. Spelled out, this means that the cost of an on-campus double room will increase to $795 a semester while the cost for the 20-meal plan will jump to $596 per semester.
President Edward T. Foote, along with Vice President for Business and Finance David Lieberman, Vice President for Student Affairs William R. Butler and Associate Provost for Research and Administration George Gilpin, held a press conference Thursday morning to comment on the new budget.
Foote said that the balanced budget approved by the board was a "strong” one, adding that it "allows us [the university] to get on with the business of doing good quality work in teaching and in research .. . for the coming year."
Despite the new hike, Foote said that the tuition at the University of Miami “remains among the very lowest, if not the lowest, at any major independent university in the United States.”
Foote said that while tuition will be rising by 11.4 percent, funding for financial aid and scholarships will be rising at a greater rate — 15.9 percent. Lieberman said that 12.5 percent of tuition revenues would be put into financial aid, which is estimated at $8.5 million.
The increase in financial aid was pinpointed as one of the major elements in helping to retain students that already attend the university.
Gilpin said that while the administration is forecasting a decline in enrollment of about 184 students, retention should be strengthened by the aid being provided in the new budget.
Financial aid planning is also to be enhanced through opportunities for student employment through the College Work-Study Program, Students Earn and Learn Program, and the new Florida Career Work Experience Program.
Faculty salaries are also to go up on the basis of merit and performance. Foote said that faculty members “are the heart of any university,” adding that they be “as competitively compensated as possible."
Funding for the university’s development efforts is also being significantly increased in order to raise the amount of gift revenue to the university. Foote said that this is being done to help relieve the dependency on tuition dollars as a source of income.
Lieberman said that even though we are in “risky" financial times, the university has picked a good time to increase its development potential, citing an article in Esquire magazine which analogizes Miami to Los Angeles and New York as major business centers.
Another priority outlined by both Lieberman and Gilpin was the need to enhance the university's computer services, especially in the area of computerized registration.
Butler said that he was satisfied with the new budget for the Division of Student Affairs, saying that “in view of the austere approach |taken by the university in making up the budget] ... I am pleased that we are not going to have to make any major cuts."
Both Foote and Butler made references to the efforts by members of the Undergraduate Student Body Government in trying to keep the tuition at a stable level.
Negotiations with the student government were characterized as constructive, but Foote said that the USBG proposal, which called for only a 9.9 percent tuition increase, would have presented the university with the prospect of having to make up an $800,000 shortfall by pulling money out of financial aid and faculty salaries.
Foote said that he felt the USBG plan was ¡’reasonable," but the prospect of a balanced budget was more attractive. 1
Foote said that in the long run, the student government proposal would be unacceptable in accordance with the university’s goals
Other highlights of the budget from the administration’s standpoint that were outlined by the president include: improved student/faculty teaching ratio, particularly in the College of Arts and Sciences; enlarged allocations for the library; and expansion of the course offerings in the Honors Program.
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President Foote (left) and Vice President for Student Affairs William R. Butler discuss the tuition increase at press conference
Panel discusses censorship
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editorial Board
Censorship in America — especially the banning of books for children — was the topic of a public forum held last Tuesday in the Flamingo Ballroom as part of a series sponsored by the Wesley Center.
The panel, composed of five professors and one university chaplain, was moderated by Presbyterian Chaplain Tom Davis.
The first speaker. Dr. Arnold Cheyney of the elementary education department, spoke on the need of shielding young children from certain information.
“I was working with one second grader who was telling me of movies she had seen,” said Cheyney. “One of them made a great impression on her; in the movie one motorcycle gang ran over their rivals."
He added that there should be some parent responsibility involved in instances such as this one.
Cheyney also talked on recent young adult books. “Fifteen years ago, children’s books went up to the sixth grade. Then there was a gap and they would begin reading adult books. Publishers thought they could fill that gap with books on romance, such as the Harlequin novels,” he said. “The problem is, when is a child mature enough to take this in?”
Steven Mailloux, of the English department, said he was "struck by the cliche that as much as things change, they remain the same.” He cited instances in the 1800’s when children's books were banned and then talked of how some of those same books are being banned in this century.
“In the 1980’s, censorship — from both the right and the left — is on the rise.”
Communication Professor David Gordon spoke on censorship overall. He said endangering national security, such as releasing sensitive information during wartime, and obscenity fall outside first amendment protection.
Gordon added that there has been difficulty in defining ‘obscenity’ and that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said about a movie that came up before them for obscenity: “I know what hard-core pornography is when I see it and this movie is not it.”
Alan Goldman, philosophy professor, said about choosing literature for children: “The issue is controversial not because children are harmed by books, but because children are not knowledgeable enough to choose. To some degree, someone has to choose books for them."
He said that the choosing should be in the hands of the teachers, not parents or political organizations, like the School Board, because teachers have some sort of expertise.
“There is a need for diversity of the influences on the children,” he said. “Its scary to have children programmed with no view.”
Professor Steve Sapp, of the religion department, said that in our society, there is a “veritable smor-gasboard of political and religious creeds to choose from. People are even free to ignore morals."
He added that a pluralistic society, such as ours, is peculiarly prone to make the "psychological jump that individuals should make up their own minds to every person's
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decision is as good as any other; that free choice is good choice.
"Removal of certain bans and the elimination of coercion provide the possibility for moral decision-making," said Sapp. “But such opening-up Is to open the door — not necessarily the right door. With all these doors open, people will submit to the new conformity, the reigning popular taste.
The last panelist, Methodist Chaplain Phil Sageser spoke of the book Snow White, which one group wanted to ban because of the "strange situation of a single woman living with seven men.”
Concerning the responsibility of parents checking what their children read or which movies they see, Sageser said: “I’m not personally sure that what parents should be involved in is in forbidding. They should be involved in reading or watching television with their children; in knowing what they are reading and offering suggestions.”
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Financial
By PETER PERMUY
Hurricane Staff Writer
Some students are not applying for financial aid this year because they feel that due to recent federal aid cutbacks, they are ineligible for aid, according to student fina-nicial aid experts.
This is of serious concern for the University of Miami. Currently, about 70 percent of the student body receives financial assistance, totaling nearly $35 million annually-
Ron Hammond, director of UM Financial Aid, advises students to apply for assistance, despite their income level, if they feel any need.
“There is no magic formula that determines a ceiling to prevent any student from qualifying for financial aid," Hammond said.
To offset the recent federal financial aid cutbacks. UM has increased its financial assistance budget. The university has established $1.5 million financial aid dollars for 1982-83 and will continue to provide additional support for the 1983-84 academic year.
University officials also announced a $1.1 million increase in the money allocated to merit scholarships, bringing the 1983-84 total to $6.8 million. The Isaac Bashevis Singer, Henry King Stanford, and Jay F.W. Pearson merit scholarships, ranging from full to quarter-tuition stipends, will be awarded.
They are renewable each year as long as the recipient maintains the required grade point average.
Scholarship recipients will be notified of their rewards and any other financial assistance beginning March 28.
Aurelio Quiones, USBG President
The tuition increase announced at Wednesday’s meeting of the University of Miami’s Board of Trustees was not the best of news as far as members of the Undergraduate Student Body Government were concerned.
It is quite possible that no one at USBG was more disappointed and frustrated than President Aurelio Quiñones, who along with other government people, lobbied to have tuition kept at a reasonable level.
Quiñones went before the Budget and Finance Committee on Tuesday to present USBG’s 9.99 percent, or $565, proposal.
Aitnough it was only an $80 difference, Quiñones believed that with the USBG proposal, along with more disciplinary measures the following year, tuition would be stabilized within the next three years.
Quiñones said that the Board of Trustees seemed very interested in the student government's proposal, but that they did not receive any "viable alternative ’’ from Vice President for Financial Affairs David Lieberman or from UM President Edward T. Foote.
“Lieberman, in particular, has been spoiled for years and years by tuition increases ... which have hurt students and which have been very superficial,” Quiñones said.
According to Quiñones, last year's tuition supposedly rose because of the rise in inflation. Although inflation dropped this year, the tuition levels continue to rise. “Each year there is a different excuse," he said.
Quiñones said that he felt that the main reason the USBG proposal
was rejected was because of the lack of support from the administration: “I don't think there was a real effort to listen and to support us.”
Quiñones and other members of USBG had tjpen negotiating with the administcitors for some time in efforts to keep the tuition hike as low as possible.
"We bent over backwards on making proposals and we went as high as we would go. Although it was only an $80 difference, it was the first step,” he said.
Quiñones believes that USBG’s efforts may have paid off, since the administration was formerly considering an $800 increase.
Although they received some support from the members of the faculty and administration, Quiñones said that the majority of the administration “has the mentality that tuition has to go up.
“Since we are so tuition dependent, anything that the university does affects tuition.”
He explained that UM has numerous plans for smaller enrollment, higher academics, new buidlings, campus beautificaion projects, and big development campaigns. “All of these things are fine but when they’re balanced against tuition, there has to be a trade-off,” Quiñones said.
He stated that the administation was not willing to barter into this trade-off. "They are spoiled by tuition increases," he said.
While speaking to President Foote on Wednesday morning, Quiñones stated that “if you want the budget to be flexible then it will [be flexible].”
Quinones believes that the budget is flexible enough to redistribute $800,000, especially, when "at a whim last year they spent $750,000 on the fountain and the royal palms."
Although the USBG package was not accepted by the board. Quiñones feels positive about the future of other student governments. “I plan on addressing the new leaders on how to go about it. We expect next year to be a lot more effective.”
Because Quiñones has traveled through all of the steps on the tuition issue, he can now look back and spot the trouble areas and improve upon them for the following years. “We are going to have to reassess this approach.”
Although the battle was not won, Quiñones still believes that the students should be included in the budgetary processes and be able to work alongside the administration.
"We are not coming from a negative point of view, but we want to know, before we ¡the students and the adminstration) work together, that they |the administration) are going to be concerned,” Quiñones said.
Quiñones was grateful, however, that they were able to see the budgetary guidelines before presenting their material to the board.
aid increases its assistance
In addition, the graduate student fellowship program and the graduate teaching assistantships will receive more money.
The Guaranteed Student Loan Program, threatened by Reagan's cutback, remains fairly safe. Students will be required to take a “needs test” this year which — if the student’s family earns more than $30,000 per year — could have a “reducing effect,” according to Hammond. Still, students should apply, he said.
A law was recently passed which stated that any male student, 18 years or older and born after December 31, 1959, who wishes to receive federal financial aid, must be registered for the draft. Furthermore, he is required to show proof — in the form of an acknowledgement letter — that he has registered.
However, since it takes 60-90 days for the student to receive the acknowledgement letter, delays in distributing aid will result.
The UM financial aid office opposes the implementation of this law because it places them in a “police position” in forcing students to register, according to Hammond. It is therefore unconstitutional, he asserts.
But, UM will follow the program to avoid delays and problems. Already, the Selective Service System has sent proof that certain students have registered.
Hammond urges students to cooperate with the draft registration requirement. If they want to protest the law, they should do so by another way than refusing to register, he added.
When asked about the effect of a pending tuition increase for the
vidual student." Hammond said.
Hammond's final advice is: “Students should not be dismayed by higher costs of attendance at UM, but should make sure to take advantage of all sorts of student financial assistance through timely submission of applications and other requirements."
1983-84 school year, Hammond said that the financial aid office will retain its commitment to provide student aid to the maximum extent feasible.
“This will not take place in the form of an automatic increase in the same percentage by which tuition increases, but will depend on the demonstrated need of the indi-
Ron Hammond