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Volume 58, No.29	Tuesday, February 2, 1982	Phone 284-4401
Foote Keeps Vow; Task Force Formed
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Head Sews Writer
When University of Miami President Edward T Foote was inaugurated, he announced that a committee would be formed to offer "assistance to those working to solve our immediate community problems."
In a recent interview. Foote said that he was prompted to establish such a committee because he thought that the University of Miami could aid the community. “The University of Miami is a major institution. South Florida has problems and we ought to help, like every other major institution,” said Foote.
The committee, named the University of Miami-Greater Miami Task Force, has just been established. The 15-member task force held its first meeting January 18. Meetings will probably be held biweekly, said James W. Mcl.amore, chairman of the task force and Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The task force wilF focus its attention on the most pressing community problems, such as crime, drug traffic, and illegal aliens, said McUamore.
“Our purpose is to conduct a study on presently existing connections between the university and Greater Miami,” said McLamore. “We have asked each dean to take an inventory of goings-on in their school regarding this matter."
McLamore also said that the task force will then decide how the university can assist in solving community problems and how present UM services to the community and cooperative efforts might be improved
Said F'oote, “We are just conducting an inventory of the number of contacts going on now and trying to come to an understanding of how we are presently helping the community.”
"We're not involved in a political battle,” said McLamore. "We just plan to use our expertise and faculties to help Miami.”
In a memorandum to the university community, Foote stated that the role of the task force is not to "duplicate initiatives already taken.” Instead, it will identify what else can be done so UM can offer assistance to other groups, agencies, and individuals.
Assistance will come in the form of the university’s facilities, contacts with experts elsewhere, facilities for meetings, symposia, and the goodwill of those in the university community, according to Foote’s memorandum.
The task force will relate its findings in a preliminary report to the Board of Trustees meeting in March.
The task force will probably be disbanded in the spring of 1983, since it will have already reached a decision and will no longer be needed, said Foote.
Other members of the task force are Vice-Chairperson Audrey Finkelstein. trustee; Vice Chairperson Cyrus Jollivette, public affairs; M. Robert Allen, continuing studies; Geoffrey Alpert, sociology; Evelyn Bar-ritt, nursing; Michael Mllakovich, business administration; Azorides Morales, medicine; Neil Schiff, trustee; Ira Sheskin, geography; Robert Simpson, education; Alan Swan, law; Roosevelt Thomas, personnel affairs; and two students not yet named.
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Speaker of the Senate Armando Rodriguez swears in Richard Lawrence as USBG Treasurer. Also ratified by the Senate were (clockwise) Ira Shapiro, Lynda Lurie and Theo Sofia.
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semester, leaving the USBG books in the hands of people not in the USBG.
The USBG Senate ratified six appointees to the cabinet and elections commission at their weekly meeting last Wednesday afternoon.
Even though the books have been balanced by Student Union personnel, Lawrence says that there’s still a lot of work to do.
Richard Lawrence was approved as USBG treasurer, Ira Shapiro as academic services secretary, Theo Sofia as student services secretary. Linda Lurie as elections commission chairperson, and Sylvia Rosabel and Amy McKendrick as elections com-misioners.
The appointments were all made by Undergraduate Student Body Government President Bill Mullow-ney and Vice-President Joy Hodges.
After appointed, canidates are brought in front of a screening committee made up of the chairpersons of the various Senate subcommittees, chaired by Speaker Pro Tempore Aurelio Quinones.
“We want to instill a new sense of fiscal responsibility and frugali-ty”in USBG, said Lawrence. "Without a treasurer, expenditures have been uncontrolled. We want to regain control."
Newly appointed student services secretary Theo Sofia feels the office was badly run last semester, and that he can improve it. The student services department runs the bike and boat loan, dental plan and other services provided by USBG to the student body
Sofia said he'd like to add a referral service to direct students to the best banking, insurance, and medical services available in the Miami area.
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Special Olympians took part Saturday in a day of sport and activities held at the Intramural Field, Student Union, and Lane Recreation Center. Each Olympian was sponsored by a UM student. For all the details, see page 8 in Sports.
Health Center To Be Renovated
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By NANCY FROHLICH
News Writer
The Student Health Advisory Committee met last Thursday to discuss renovations in the Health Center and the health issues that affect UM students. Held in the law room of the Rathskeller, committee members also discussed the committee's goals and objectives for 1982.
Among those attending were Hugo Fernandez, Dr. M. Eugene Flipse, director of health services at the Health Center, Marc Friedland, and Dani Belleveau.
A major goal of the committee is to provide input into the policies and practices of the UM Health Center. The committee also deals with the basic health issues on hand at the University of Miami. They work so that students can have a better, healthier outlook on life.
Students also have input into the running of the Health Center.
On the agenda for Thursday’s meeting was the renovation of the main health center, located near Mahoney/Pearson. It has been closed for the past year and a half due to major leaking in the walls. State inspectors have also said the center did not meet hospital licensing standards
The university has hired architects and engineers to plan corrections in the center.
Within a week to 10 days the university will get the completed plans and specifications for renovations. After this the university has one to two weeks to make any necessary changes, then bids go out to contractors, which takes another three weeks After that the bids go to the university’s trustees for approval of the contract.
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The renovations were hoped to be completed by August, but according to Flipse, "There is no i way the project can be completed until Thanksgiving."
The earliest the redone health center is expected to reopen is the Spring of 1983.
Money for the renovation will come from prior savings of health fee money. The health service has put these funds away under the direction of the Student Health Committee. It has been saved for at least the past three to five years for this specific purpose. No general fund or tuition money will be used.
Most of the money is to be spent on the first floor of the health center. The installation of modern offices and improved x-ray facilities is also being undertaken. Also included is the beautification of the building's exterior.
The total project cost is $600,000 , which includes the architects, construction, and landscaping. If the contractors cannot do the renovation for that figure, Flipse said UM will have to cut some of the improvements. “That is because we will not exceed the budget the trustees set out when the project idea came about." said Flipse.
The health center will be an out-patient clinic, not a hospital facility and construction will begin in approximately two months.
Flipse says they arc looking at decreased enrollment, which means cutting back in staff but hopefully not in programs affecting UM students.
After the project is over, Flipse said the health center will have approximately $20,000 to $30,000, which will be put into a contigency fund to be used in an emergency situation.
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This semester, the health center will be closed on Sundays. In terms of both staff and patients, it wasn't paying to stay open. Saturdays, the health center will be open with a physician, but without a nurse. This will save the salary of a clerk and nurse. Two other topics discussed at the meeting were workmen’s compensation for UM employees, and the Jones Act. which covers the marine seamen who work on UM's ships. The health center still takes care of the marine seamen.
“We used to take care of other injured employees as well,” Flipse said. “About three or four years ago they were sent out to community hospitals. Now the administration and UM's insurance carrier wants us to do it again," he said
The move could generate anywhere from $2,000 to $6,000 and will save tuition dollars, Flipse explained.
Student insurance was yet another topic on the SHAC’s agenda. The committee and the university spent two years trying to mandate students' purchasing health insurance. The administration rejected that idea because it did not want the students to feel health insurance was an increased cost of attending the university, Flipse said.
He also said that he “felt there was a particular need for the international students to have this type of insurance because most of them don't have any way of paying if they have a serious illness or need emergency surgery at all."
If the students want or are interested in such insurance, it can be checked into at a much
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The committee then decides whether each candidate is unprepared, prepared, or well prepared. Only appointees found well prepared or prepared are brought in front of the entire senate for ratification.
There was some argument during the Senate meeting over the difference between being prepared and well prepared, a seemingly objective judgement. One senator, who asked not to be identified, was hard put to explain the difference.
“It has a lot to do with the attitude they have when they come before the committee,” he said.
Lawrence, the new treasurer, is a senior double-majoring in political science and history. He is president of the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity.
The Senate almost failed to approve Lawrence. Had there been one more abstention or vote against him, there would not have been the two-thirds majority vote neccesary for ratification
One senator. Mark Cheskin, said he felt that Lawrence was well qualified for the job. and would do a good job as treasurer.
His job is particularly difficult because the last treasurer, Annette Yelin, resigned in the middle of last
Ira Shapiro, a senior majoring in international finance and marketing, will be in charge of the academic affairs committee. They run faculty evaluations and give the professor of the year award
“The previous committee," said Shapiro,"didn't work closely with the Senate. We’ve got lots of good ideas, and we're willing to work with the Senate to get them implemented.”
He would like to revive the idea of a textbook exchange service, and would like to extend the faculty evaluation service to include professors in the School of Business, who are not currently evaluated by USBG.
Linda Lurie, the new elections comission chairperson, was an elections commissioner last semester. A senator expressed at the Senate meeting that he was very impressed with her performance last semester, and that she woud be very good as the chairperson.
Cabinet members' terms run until the end of the school year, while election comissioners may remain for as long as they are still undergraduates at UM.
"Most,” said one senator, “quit after one election."