Miami Hurricane, October 08, 1982

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1982
Foote Answers AH At Town
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President Foote (Right) Answers Questions From Panelists Howard Burns And Amy Jacoves During The “Town Meeting” ________________________________________
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
UM President Edward T. Foote addressed the issues affecting the university in the first “Hurricane Town Meeting" Tuesday when representatives of the student media questioned him concerning topics such as parking, the campus beautification plan, Foote's letter to Iron Arrow, and the possibility of an on-campus stadium.
The first topic addressed was registration. Foote said he was dissatisfied with the fall registration. Fie said there was a committee formed of both administrators and students which is studying alternatives for registration.
"There are no firm proposals yet. I am committed to making sure the next registration is more effective. I was embarassed by the last one," Foote said.
When asked about the lack of parking spaces, Foote said this was because of the campus beautification plan, which resulted in the loss of 100 parking spaces.
"This caused some disruption and disconvenience," he said. "We regret that."
Foote said the campus plan is only in the beginning stages and nothing else has been decided. He added that the “overall goal is to move to perimeter parking."
Speaker Discusses Rape Prevention
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By TEQUESTA BRYANT
Hurricane Staff Writer
Internationally acclaimed rape prevention speaker Frederick Storaska spoke Monday night in the Ibis Cafeteria, bringing the Student Rights Agency's Crime Awareness Week to an end.
The lecture was sponsored by the Student Rights Agency (SKA), Public Safety, and Lecture Scries.
Storaska is the author of a book, a series of lectures, and a film, all entitled How To Say No to a Rapist and Survive. A large portion of the audience had seen his film elsewhere before attending the lecture.
Storaska blames society for rape, saying that men are encouraged to be aggressive and forceful and women are encouraged to be passive and submissive. He said that although he is not a feminist, he believes that it will take sexual equality to put an end to rape.
He reminded the audience that men are also the victims of rape, and although the thought may be intriguing to some men, he warned that sometimes women rapists castrate their victims.
He recommended that women take lessons in self-defense and the martial arts and, if they are ever in a defense situation, that they use common sense and ingenuity in deciding how to handle the attacker.
Storaska called his technique "psychological karate" and said the idea is to outthink the attacker. He said that while the attacker, if male, may have some strength, he is not necessarily smarter. To survive a crime of violence, the victim must first "diffuse the violence" and bring it down to a manageable level.
The victim, Storaska said, should take some action that has
the least possible chance ot causing personal harm and will allow the victim to try something else if the first action fails. The rapist should not be aware that the victim has tried anything.
Storaska gave examples of what some women have done to persuade the rapist to let them go. Storaska believes that the imagination of the victim is the only limit to the tactics available to make the rapist see the victim as a person and not an object.
Some women contrived stories of pregnancy, incest in childhood, or serious illness. The purpose was to make the rapist feel that he did not have to humiliate the victim in order to make himself feel superior.
Storaska began speaking about rape prevention 18 years ago by accident. He was a senior at North Carolina State, studying to be a clinical psychologist.
In June 1964, he interrupted the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl. He dispersed the gang and took the girl to her home, where he tried to explain what had happened to her parents. He was shocked by the parent's attitude toward rape victims and began speaking to the public because no one was informing the public about rape prevention.
He had planned to lecture for a year or two, but has been doing it ever since. He is skilled in karate and judo, as well as other forms of the martial arts.
Storaska showed the audience two physical techniques guaranteed to cause the attacker serious harm.
The first one involves putting the attacker's eyes out with one's fingers. The other involves crushing the testicles, as opposed to kicking or hitting the groin area.
He warned that the rapist could die from shock alone from either one of these techniques. He does not recommend screaming or trying to stab the rapist because one will only succeed in
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Rape Prevention Expert Fred Storaska Demonstrates How To Put A Rapist’s Eye Out
angering him even more.
Some main points to know about rape, according to him, are that the rapist usually hates women, that a rapist is usually an emotionally disturbed person.
and that rapists don’t rape people; they rape objects, symbols, or surrogates.
The rapist must be viewed as a human being, not as a monster, in order to be effectively dealt with, Storaska said.
National SAT Scores On The Rise
(CPS) — Standardized test scores for college-bound seniors rose again after a 19-year decline, but educators are still uncertain what caused the two-decade decline or why this year's scores suddenly went up.
Still, an abundance of theories has surfaced to explain the fluctuation. They range from the schools' re-emphasis on "back to basics" classes to the banning of aboveground nuclear testing.
When test scores leveled out one year ago. experts were hopeful then that it signaled an upturn in the long-running decline, but few were ready to predict scores would increase this year.
Yet performances on a variety of standardized tests — the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of Standard Written English, and the 15-subject College Board Achievement Tests — indicate test scores may finally be on the path to recovery. the College Board reports.
"This year’s rise, combined with last year's holding steady, is a welcome sign for educators, parents, and students that serious efforts by the nation's schools and their students to improve the quality of education are taking effect.” said
George Hanford, president of the College Board.
Hanford remains non-committal, however, on whether the rise is an ongoing trend or only a temporary interruption in the test score decline which began in 1963.
“There are several signs we think are encouraging," said Fred Moreno, spokesman for College Board.
"Teachers have been reporting for some time that students are more interested in academic subjects and in good grades. And we know that the class of ‘82 had more math and physical science courses than ever before. Since most of the tests deal with these subjects, we think students were better prepared to answer the questions in these areas.
Schools have also “tightened up in terms of basic academics," said Dr. Larry Loesch, president of the Association for Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance.
"I think there's a growing emphasis on traditional academics — math, science, and English — from the 'back to basic' movement," Loesch said. “In the 60's and 70’s, we had a more liberal attitude toward education. But as times have
gotten tougher we’ve moved back to traditional courses."
Indeed, a recent study from the University of Iowa noted that in larger high schools where more traditional courses were offered, students also scored higher on standardized tests such as the SAT.
Not everyone is convinced better education is responsible for the rising test scores.
"The decline in SAT scores which began in 1963 can be directly correlated with the beginning of above-ground nuclear testing," said Ernest Sternglass, professor of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Several years ago Sternglass predicted this year's rise in test scores based on the end of above-ground testing in 1963. And, he said, "there will be an upturn in scores for at least the next generation, except in areas very close to dirty, leaky nuclear reactors."
Sternglass claims that mothers who were pregnant between the years of above-ground nuclear testing — roughly 1945 through 1963
‘I’m determined to solve any problems in communication.
Nobody’s ever completely happy ... We’re not here to make each other happy, but to understand each other’s differences’
UM President Edward T. Foote
More commuter students are attending the university, resulting in pressures not anticipated, according to Foote There is a committee studying parking and one possibility, Foote said, is to build a high-rise parking lot. He added that these are expensive, costing $8,000 per space, but “may be something we have to do."
Because of the opening of a me-trorail station on South Dixie Highway, Foote predicts that it "will forever change the flow of human beings through the campus." He said spaces, only partly funded by UM, will probably be needed in front of the university for non-students. He added that anything done will probably be funded through a bond issue, not tuition money.
In, speaking on the campus beautification plan, he again stated that tuition money is not being used for it now, but that the money came from the remainder of a bond issue.
"When you have a budget that is big, there is a float of several hundreds of thousands of dollars," Foote said. That float, which resulted in excess money, was partly used for what has been done, according to him.
“We don't have any plans to use tuition to finance future plans. It will probably be funded through either long-range bonding or by gifts," Foote said. “We have several projects which are appealing to those that would like to donate "
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Foote also spoke about the USBG bill regarding the grandfather clause in the Student Bulletin that was approved by Clarence Stuck-wisch, the former provost, and himself, but which the Faculty Senate later said was not university policy because they still had to approve it.
"I believe the issue will be resolved in a reasonable way," Foote said. "It went by in a quick way since the provost was leaving and it was in the haste of my first year This is one we could have handled better." He added that he expected an answer very soon now that there is new leadership in the Faculty Senate.
"I think the main point is that we all have a job to do. Sometimes they overlap, sometimes they are vague, but they're always noble The liveliness of being with a faculty that speaks its mind is a good idea and a fun idea. And if it's untidy, forgive us."
Foote disagreed with the response of Rhea Warren, Iron Arrow chief, towards the letter Foote wrote to the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta (which recently ruled that Iron Arrow does not have to allow women).
Warren had stated that the atmosphere at UM was poisioned Said
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— gave birth to children who were mildly contaminated by radioactive iodine. Those children mark the beginning and apparent end of the 19-year slump in SAT scores.
"The kids who take the SAT are typically 17 to 19-years-old," Sternglass said. "Children born in 1945 would have taken the SAT in 1963, the beginning of the SAT score decline. And children born in 1963, when the last above-ground explosion took place in the U.S., would have taken the test in 1980 or 1981. This year’s rise in test scores took place because it is the beginning of the first group of kids not exposed to the radioactive iodine.”
Sternglass says the iodine causes a mild form of retardation called hypothyriodism, which isn't actually identified until the childen are tested in high school on examinations such as the SAT.
“I really can't comment on a theory like that," said College Board's Moreno. “For now, I think it’s fair to say we really don't know for sure what single event or events are responsible for the increase."
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane News Editor
The USBG Senate voted Wednesday to recommend that a representative of the international students on campus be given a seat on the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee(SAFAC).
The Category D legislation, which must now be approved by Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, asks the administration to add a representative from COISO (the Council Of International Student Organizations).
The bill passed by a vote of 19 to two. with seven abstentions. The two voting against the bill were business senators Ron Simmers and Stu Berger. Berger said that all groups are already represented on SAFAC and additional representation by select groups would be unnecessary.
Not all members of SAFAC knew the bill was forthcoming. SAFAC member Marc Cannon said: "1 think they should have waited until the committee was selected or until at-large positions were selected I don’t know how much difference it would make I'm not against it if it’s necessary — but they should have consulted us.
"I think the sponsors of the bill should have approached the administration to get a clear understanding of the way SAFAC works in selection."
The bill, authored by COISO President Colin Gabay and Senator
Mark Cheskin states that “as international students represent a large and viable part of this university." and "there is no real guarantee that international students will be fairly represented in SAFAC," they asked that the treasurer of COISO be named to SAFAC.
Gabay said that "in the past three years we've been having trouble with SAFAC. All the international organizations have complained about their funding |from SAFAC|. Two years ago. the senate approved a referendum asking $.20 per student be spent on international week. That is $3,000 for the entire International Week
There are eight voting members of SAFAC. They are the treasurer of USBG, the business manager of student publications, an athletics representative, two students elected from student activities by the other student organizations, and three students selected at large — a sophomore, junior, and senior representative.
Joe Pineda, director of the Student Union and the SAFAC advisor sympathized with COISO’s complaints. "I understand where they are coming from," he said. "All organizations would like money, especially those not receiving money by referendum
“SAFAC has withstood the test of time," Pineda said. The composition of the committee has not been changed since the SAFAC constitution was drafted in 1968
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Index
‘Here And Now’
The syndicated column by Washington based columnists Maxwell Glen and Cody Shearer begins its run in the Hurricane with a look at who’s to blame for the current National Football league strike /PAGE 6
All That Jazz
The Hurricane takes you backstage with the UM Concert Jazz Band /PAGE 8
Pass Protection
Profiles of the men who make the Hurridane offense click / PAGES 10-11
Hurricane Sport* Lof
The complete roundup of UM sports happenings /PAGE 12
Opinion /PAGE 6	Entertainment /PAGE 8
Sport« /PAGE 10	Classifieds /PAGE 12