Miami Hurricane, October 15, 1982

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1982
Leaflets May Violate Residence Statutes
Miami Hurricune/JORGE GONZALEZ
Congressional Candidate Glenn Rinker Answers Questions Wednesday Afternoon On The Patio
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane News Editor
Leaflets urging students to vote
for congressional candidate Glenn
Rinker may have been distributed
in violation of residence halls policies, said residence halls officials.
USBG Senator Eric Gebaide also
challenged whether distribution of
such political literature might harm
UM's tax exempt status.
The leaflets, which urged students to vote for Rinker in the
mock election sponsored by USBG
Wednesday, were placed under
dorm doors and in their jambs, and
in the mailboxes of the Mahoney-
Pearson complex. Distribution took
place either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning; it was done without any authorization from residence halls personnel.
Gebaide's concern, expressed in a
memo sent to Dean William Sandler, is that "distribution of political
literature in mailboxes is not in conformance with existing regulations
The leaflets, which extolled the
virtues of Rinker and urged students to vote for him in the mock
election, were distributed under the
auspices of the College Republicans.
The leaflet was written by Marc
Cannon.
Since no literature Is permitted to
be placed in mailboxes without express consent of administrators, and
none was given, Gebaide wrote to
Sandler that: "Either Mr. Cannon or
one of his associates were permitted behind the desk, or the residence halts personnel placed (the
leaflets] in the boxes for him.
"The first situation would surely
pose security problems for who
knows what Mr. Cannon or an associate might place or take out of a
student's mailbox."
Gebaide also charged that University employees may have distributed the literature.
"Either that or' residence halls
personnel took time out from their
other duties to distribute this literature," he said.
Gebaide wrote that both UM's
tax exempt status and government
funding could be jeopardized by the
action. The Hurricane was unable
to verify lhe impact of such distribution with University officials late
Thursday.
Several hundred leaflets were
distributed across campus, although
the figures vary. Mike Johns, president of the College Republicans,
said between 700 and 1,000 leaflets
were distributed. However, Cannon
stated that between 250 and 500
leaflets were distributed.
Gebaide said that the leaflets
were put "In every Mahoney-Pearson mailbox, as far as I know."
Soviet Jewry Holds Hunger Strike
By TRISHA SINDLER
Hurricane Staff Writer
The issue of a repressed Soviet
Jewry has long been a concern of
free-world nations. Now, with Jewish Soviet emigration at an all-time
low, it Is a concern at the University of Miami.
To bring awareness to the existing plight of Jews wishing for, yet
being denied, the right to leave Russia, a 10-kilometer walk-a-thon will
take place at 1 p.m. this Sunday.
Su-Su Silberberg, chairperson of
World Jewry Week (which took
place this past week), estimated
that 500 people will participate in
the walk-a-thon.
"One of the main focuses of the
walk-a-thon is to bring attention to
the situation of Jews in the Soviet
Union who can't get out," said Silberberg. "For instance, Anatoly
Scharansky, who has been trying to
leave Russia for ten years, has been
on a hunger strike unsuccessfully
since Yom Kippur, the evening of
September 26."
Recently, Scharansky has been
denied the right to receive Incoming
letters from family members, and
his health has been deteriorating.
UM student Elisabeth Cohn started a Soviet Jewry group on campus
last January. This group, operating
under the auspices of Hillel and the
Jewish Student Union (JSU), has
succeeded in adopting a family in
the Soviet Union and publicizing
the Soviet Jewish plight on the UM
campus.
Soviet Jewry Co-chairman Lee
Pravder praised Silberberg as being
instrumental in organizing the
walk-a-thon and stressed the urgency of community action.
"In regards to Scharansky, I'm
fasting for him because I don't
want to take my freedom for granted," said Pravder, referring to
Thursday's national hunger strike
for Scharansky, which was declared by the National Conference
on Soviet Jewry Md the Union of
Councils on Soviet Jewry.
A group of UM students participated In the fast by abstaining from
food and water the entire day and
by wearing stickers reading "I am
on a hunger strike for Scharansky."
Silberberg said that students
wishing to participate in the walk-
a-thon may pick up sponsor sheets
and other information at Hillel until
4 p.m. today. Those walking will be
required  to register at Hillel  by
noon Sunday.
Several dignitaries, including
State Senator Joe Gersten and U.S.
congressional' candidate Larry
Smith, will be on hand at the walk-
a-thon. Rabbi Mark Kram will give
a small speech at the JSU-Hillel-
sponsored walk-a-thon opening.
"It is important at this time that
people put pressure on our government to raise, the issue of Soviet
Jewry," said Pravder. "Within our
own powers, we must become
aware and take action. Soviet Jewish emigration is at an all-time
low."
Proceeds will go towards four organizations: South Florida Confer-
ece on Soviet Jewry, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Union of
Councils for Soviet Jewry, and Soviet Jewry Program at UM. Refreshments will be served, and Hil-
lel's Israeli dance group will perform. In addition, the American Zionist Youth Organization, the Soviet Jewry Committee, Hillel and JSU
will set up information tables.
The walk will begin and end at
'Hillel with a party on the patio
afterwards. Prizes will be awarded
for the individual or organization
with the most pledges and for the
individual or organization collecting
the most money.
Board Votes Not To Certify
FalwelVs College Teachers
RICHMOND, Va. (CPS) — In a
"political" decision, the Virginia
Board of Education has momentarily stopped teachers who have
graduated from Rev. Jerry Fal-
well's Liberty Baptist College
from pursuing a mission to "go
out into the classrooms and teach
creationism."
The Sept. 24th decision not to
certify teachers from Liberty
Baptist, however, is not final,
and could be overturned by a
subcommittee of the same board.
Falwell started the controversy last spring when he announced on his "Old Time Gospel
Hour" television show that education majors graduating from
Liberty Baptist would teach the
biblical version of the origin of
life to their own students.
The American Civil Liberties
Union immediately sued to deny
teaching certificates to those students, whose main purpose, the
,ACLU charged, was to teach fundamentalist Christian ideology in
science classrooms.
The state board originally
agreed with the ACLU, but Liberty Baptist appealed. Upon re-
consideratioon last week, the
board sent the matter back to the
subcommittee that had earlier
denied certification to Liberty
Baptist grads.
"It was strictly politietal," says
a National Education Association
organizer who wished to remain
anonymous because the NEA
"doesn't have an official position
on the case."
Fal well's connection to power-
ful conservative political action
'The members of Liberty Baptist
College, students and faculty alike,
have made a number of statements
that they only receive training in
creationism.>
Judy Goldberg
committees was "certainly in the
back of [board members') minds.
Otherwise, why didn't they just
tell Falwell to teach his people to
teach, not proselytize?"
A board spokesman says the
decision to give the matter back
to the committee was "procedural, not political. The issue more
properly belongs with the Teacher Education Advisory Committee, not the full board. I think the
board [reconsidered] the [issue]
more as a courtesy than anything
else."
A final decision by the committee, which earlier voted 17-0
to deny Liberty Baptist grads biology teacher certification, is due
"by December," according to
Judy Goldbery, the ACLU lawyer
who presented the case.
The members of Liberty Baptist College, students and faculty
alike, have made a number of
statements that they only receive
training in creationism," she argues. "Their only concern with
evolution is why it ts false and
invalid."
Liberty Baptist natural science
department chairman Dr. Terry
Weaver counters that, "The state
can require us to meet certain educational standards, but it cannot
force us to believe in evolution."
Weaver contends Liberty Baptist education majors learn all the
relevant theories "in the same
way it might be taught elsewhere."
Goldberg disagrees. "The two
textbooks they use are creationist texts," she asserts. Besides, in
the college's prospectus, one of
the five stated goals of the department is to show the scientific
basis for biblical creation. Creationism is not a science."
Weaver says "Pastor Falwell
said he may have overstated his
case" on the TV show, and adds
"there is no voodoo or Christian
methodology on campus."
Nevertheless, a September
1982 Gallup Poll showed 44 percent of those surveyed believe
the human species is less than
10,000 years old and was created
In its present form by God.
'Based on information given me by
Ken Posner [Residence Halls
Coordinator for Mahoney Hall], no
political literature can be distributed
in the mailboxes, put under doors, or
in doors.'
USBG Senator Eric Gebaide
Cannon refused comment as to
which members of the College Republicans handled the distribution
in Mahoney-Pearson. He also said
he did not know how the others
would be distributing the literature.
He stated that he did not tell the
people how to distribute the leaflets.
Having never dealt with Residence Halls before, Cannon asserted
that he is not familiar with dorm
policies. He said he knew that the
leaflets could not be put under
doors, so he personally put them in
the side of the doors.
"I was not aware you had to get
approval to put [the leaflets] it in
the mailboxes," he said.
However, the Hurricane has
learned that certain members of the
College Republicans were told
Tuesday morning that such actions
were against Residence Halls policy.
"Based on information given me
by Ken Posner [Residence Halls Coordinator for Mahoney Hall], no political literature can be distributed
In the mailboxes, put under doors,
or in doors," Gebaide said.
Posner said that authorization is
necessary for any kind of literature
distribution in the dorms. He declined to elaborate on residence
halls policy, however, referring the
Hurricane to other residence halls
officials. None could be reached as
of yesterday afternoon.
While Gebaide said Wednesday
that Posner would be entering disciplinary action against Cannon, Pos-
l
ner said yesterday that he did not
yet know what action would be
taken against him.
Posner said a desk assistant must
have either given a member of the
College Republicans access to the
mailboxes or the desk assistant
must have placed the leaflets in the
mailboxes himself, neither of which
are allowed without authorization.
Posner refused to say what action would be taken against the
desk assistants involved, saying
"it's a confidential matter between
me and my staff."
In his letter to Sandler, Gebaide
asks what action is to be taken in
regards to the Glenn Rinker campaign and their campus representatives.
Johns refused to give the names
of those handling the distribution
Tuesday evening. His only comment
was that "even if there is any truth
to the charges, there shouldn't be
any publicity until everything is
aired."
Gebaide said that the responsibility for this act should not rest solely
on Cannon.
"If this was a case where Mr.
Cannon tried to subvert the rules, I
feel he would bear a greater responsibility. As it was, he was
wrong, but Residence Halls were
the ones who permitted this mistake. Residence .Halls must bear the
responsibility for telling Mr. Cannon what he can't do when he approaches them to distribute literature," Gebaide said.
Rinker Wins In
Mock Election
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Assittant News Ediior
Glenn Rinker, who beat incumbent Rep. Dante Fascell in a mock
election held Wednesday at UM, appeared at the university a few hours
after the results were tabulated.
The election, which was sponsored by the USBG Elections Affairs Agency, took place In the
breezeway between 10 a.m. and 3
p.m.
Rinker, former channel 10 anchorman, and Fascell are running
for the 19th district United States
congressional seat.
Of the 286 students that voted,
64.7 percent voted for Rinker and
35.3 percent for Fascell.
According to Electoral Affairs
Agency Chairman Ivo Riveiro, the
mock election was held to let candidates know that students care and
to persuade the two candidates to
speak at the university.
"Basically, this is the biggest race
in Miami," he said. "We're going to
have other mock elections for all
the other races."
"I think it's great," said Rinker.
"Hopefully, it's a portender of
things to come.
"It's good to see the students involved in the political process, especially when many of the students
are from out of town, although it
does have national significance," he
said.
When asked why he thought he
had won, Rinker said he hoped the
students "looked at the candidates
and made their choice on that."
He added that there was a national trend to replace old policies with
new ones.
"It's a new, young, fresh look,"
Rinker said. "And I like that."
According to Rinker, Fascell is
"vulnerable," and "young people
are supporting administration policies."
The USBG Is planning to have
Rinker and Fascell speak at UM on
Oct. 20.
Riveiro said that one of the reasons Rinker may have won was
that "people can identify with him
and are used to hearing hjm speak
on the news."
He added that he thought this
should make other candidates take
the university more seriously.
USBG Vice President Stacy Wein
said about the turnout: "I was surprised that so many people would
vote in a mock election. It proves
that students do care."
Marc Cannon, campus chairman
of Youth For Rinker, said he was
also very surprised at the number
of people who voted and by the gap
of votes between the two candidates.
"Most people couldn't identify
with Fascell," he added. "I hope he
does that well in general elections."
Mike Johns, president of College
Republicans, said, "Today, the University of Miami made a critical decision In its future political direction in the 19th district.
"Glenn Rinker stands for a
change against the policies that
have misguided this area in the past
28 years," he said. "This mock election is an indication that the students here are ready for a change in
Dade County. And Glenn Rinker is
tbe man for that change."
index
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Lewis Without Martin
Jerry Lewis was at the Omni this week to publicize his new
autobiography, and the Hurricane was there /PAGE 8
Ain't Just Whistiin* Dixie
McDonald's is planning a big giveaway at this Saturday's
Miami-Mississippi State game /PAGE 11
Opinion /PAGE 6 Entertainment /PAGE 8
Sporta /PAGE 11 Classifieds /PAGE 12