Miami Hurricane, February 01, 1983

              Volume 59 Number 30 Phone 284-4401
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1983
Inside
War and Peace
UM's theology department holds a lecture series on “Nuclear War/ Nuclear Peace”/PAGE 3
‘Here and Now’
Maxwell Glen and Cody Shearer report from Washington on college student* facing up to lhe realities of hard financial times PAGE 4
Shakespeare Festival at Vizcaya
Vizcaya is transformed to Stratford-on-Avon for the six-week festival /PAGE 6
USFL doesn’t impress Hurricanes
UM’s football players hvpass the USE t, draft /PAGE 9
Special Olympics 1983
300 student volunteers turned out for Special Olympics run Day /PAGE 9
Replacement named for Haim Shaked
Jaime	Suchlicki to head UftfLatin American studies
Opinion /PAGE 4 Sports /'PAGE 8
Entertainment /PAGE 6 Classifieds /PAGE 10
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
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Dr Jaime Suchlicki. a professor of history at UM since 1967, has been named associate director of the UM Center for Advanced International Studies (CAIS). in charge of Latin American Studies.
Suchlicki is also director of the Institute for Interamerican Studies and the Institute for Caribbean Studies at CAIS.
As director of the Institute of Interamerican Studies, he is in charge of the masters and doctorate program in Interamerican Studies and coordinates a number ci activities with other universities. The Institute also supervises the publication of the Journal of Interamerican Studies, the third most respected journal in the area of inter-Ameri-
can contemporary affairs
His responsibilities as director of Caribbean studies include directing all research concerning the Caribbean
As a graduate student at UM. Su-chlicki participated in the founding and organizing of CAIS and in coordinating its initial growth and programs. Suchlicki was a graduate assistant for Mose Harvey, a retired senior member of the state department who founded CAIS.
"I did everything from moving furniture to helping him prepare his book." said Suchlicki
He said he became interested in Latin America because of his cultural background and the importance of Latin America to the United States "It was partly because of the impact the Cuban revolution
had on m.v own life." said Suchlicki. who was born in Cuba and came to the U.S. in 1960
Future plans for CAIS include converting n into a school, accord ing to Suchlicki "This would give us better visibility at UM." he said "A school is a natural outgrowth of this university and of the significance of this city to Latin America We're in an ideal position to capitalize in this field
"We would investigate not only the internal aspects of Latfp America. but also the external aspects; not only how the l.atin American countries interact with each other, but also with other countries, including the United States "
Suchlicki earned a bachelor's degree in Hispanic American Studies, a master's in history from UM. and
his Ph D from Texas Christian University.
Recently, he directed two U.S
International Communications Agency seminars in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic He is also a consultant to the U.S Information Agency, which dissiminates information throughout the world on U.S policy.
He is presently working on a hook about contemporary Cuba for Stanford University’s Hoover Institute and a historical dictionary of Cuba tor Grolier Press
Said CAIS Interim Director Haim Shaked: "I hope Dr Suehlicki's appointment will serve to emphasize and enhance the centrality of Latin American studies at the graduate level within UM "
Blacks hope
Schedule of events/2
By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE
Hurricane News Editor
Black students are hoping to show the community that they are "somebody and they have something to contribute" as they begin celebrating February as Black History Month
“Lots of times I feel that our [veers do not have faith in the future and do not believe in themselves as much as they should,” said United Black Students president Arthur Hammond
“This |Black History Month | is to prove that there is some hope and there is a future for us. We need to show that to the younger people who are coming behind us."
On the eve of the opening ceremonies, scheduled for noon today on the Rock in front of the Whitten Student Union. Hammond said he is hoping to rally support from every facet of the University.
“Last year was the first year that we really tried Black History Month and we had a very positive response. This year we’ve got more publicity out — letters to all students and administrators and to the community — so we are expecting an even better response
How UM compares
By ODA LIS RODRIGl EZ
Hurricane Stuff Writer
A recent survey conducted by Public Safety Sergeant Pat Condon shows that the number of University of Miami security officers is significantly less than in other comparable universities
The study shows that four other major Florida universities outnumber UM's present manpower of 26 rotating officers by as much as 50 in one school
UM does not compare favorably with Florida International University where there are 34 officers, Florida State University which employs 50 policemen, the University of Florida which has 60 and the University of South Florida which has 76 sworn officers on its payroll.
"We feel we could use more police officers," said Condon,
"but 1 don't know whether this is economically feasible."
Additional officers have been Please turn to page 3/CRIME
			
UNIVERSITY	NO OF	STUDENT OFFICER	
	SWORN	ENROLL STUOENT	
	OEFI	MENT	RATIO
	CERS		
LJ. of South Florida	7f>	•25.357	\ .334 .
Florid* Vnt'l. VJ	■XA	\ U..44ACV	\-.A®\ \
F lorida State U	50	•22.551	1:451
U. of Florida	60	•34.022	1:567
V. of Miami	26	15,100	1:580
•Source 1981 Florida Statist*.a.	Abstract ~ 1982 figures from UM and		
FIU courtesy UM, FIU Departments of PuWk		afoty	
to ‘Never Forget’ during February
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Jorge: Cuba has problems
from the university community." Hammond said
Author Louise Meriwhether will be the featured speaker at the opening ceremonies Meriwhether, writer of Dadd\ Wa.s a Slumber Runner, will expound on the theme “May We Never Forget "
The month-long festivities are aimed at "trying to instill into not just blacks, but into people in the community and the university in general, |a sense of awareness) as far as the contributions that the black heritage has made to this country as well as to the world," Hammond said
The leader of the largest group of blacks on campus assessed the state of black affairs on campus as ''not very good but not terrible either."
Cuts in educational financial aid nationwide will make it tougher on blacks to attend school here. Hammond said. In addition, with UM president Edward T Foote's "determination to improve the quality of the university and to reduce the population of the student body, I see it as being a challenge to black students to continue to study here," the UBS president said.
“I have seen quite an improvement among black students here as far as their studies and their commitments to their goals |are concerned!." he said.
Blacks have made important strides in education and economics, but need to make more in order to sur-
By ANGELA GREGORY
Hurricane Stuff Writer
The poor performance of the Cuban economy is due to strategic, human-related and ideological problems, said Professor Antonio Jorge. Wednesday evening.
Speaking at the Center for Advanced International Studies on “Cuba and Problems of Socialist Development," Jorge said that the past commitments of Castro's regime to the development of a single main commodity is one source of Cuba's economic problems.
The author of several books, including Competition. Cooperation, efficiency, and Social Organization, Jorge said that this single commodity system had been adopted five times in the last 20 years. It has failed each time, bringing ill effects on the Cuban economy
Jorge pointed out that "at the beginning of the seventies. Cuba's main export item was sugar Then an unexpected turn on the market sent the price of sugar downward which devastated the economy " Another problem with Cuba was that "the characteristic of the Cuban officials after the revolution was that of impatience."Jorge said "The Cuban government is hierarchical. stratified and an oligarchy that leaves out the masses." he said After the Cuban Revolution. Castro
wanted to increase economic development and tried lo convert the economy to aid his new program of social and political goals Unfortunately, when the economy becomes a tool to obtain social and political goals, the economy becomes a secondary matter of concern.
A change from moral to material incentives are being initiated to raise the productivity on the island The problem is,"Cuba has a 2.5 billion dollar deficit yearly that the Soviet Union incurs." said Jorge That being the case then, how can Cuba afford to reward production in such a costly manner, especially at a time when the Soviets are insisting on a betier degree of economic stability in Cuba’
In response. Professor Jorge suggested that employing material incentives as a means to increase pro-dutivity would probably be a temporary experiment in Cuba
Today Cuba experiences less that 21) percent the rate of growth of all other latin countries "The Soviet Union absorbs 50 percent of the Cuban sugar export at three times the world market price." Jorge said
"The literacy rate has only experienced a reduction of 13 percent since 1959. while at the same time the life expectancy rate in Cuba has only had a modest increase "
vive. Hammond said
"The fact is that even with the Civil Rights Act and integration, there still is a need for more blacks in the job market — not just in the job market, but in managerial positions," he said
Hammond pointed out that the population of blacks in the United States is 13 jvercent — yet only three percent of the doctors, lawyers and managerial positions are filled by blacks.
"There should be more role models for young blacks in order to show the upcoming blacks that there are jxissibilities and avenues open for them to advance in.
"It is imjvortant that we put more blacks in those positions," he said
Such display of unity is important in order to signal to the nation "that blacks played a very imjvortant role in the building of America to the strong nation that it is today," Hammond said
It is equally imjvortant to blacks themselves because it will show them that we have "been denied access to our heritage.
"We felt that as UBS it's our responsibility to give the student body and the community, which we've invited to many of thvse events, an idea and a display in the continuation of our heritage."
Meriwether will be featured speaker

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Pictured is one of the 285 Special Olympians who were on campus Saturday, to spend the day with some equally special friends. In what one student called “a rewarding experience,” 300 UM voulunteers, led by Chairperson of the UM Special Olympics Executive Board Greta DeRafelle, chaperoned three groups of special citizens through the Student Union, the Intramural field, and the Campus Sports and Recreation facilities.
The Mahoney-Pearson Students' Organization spearheaded the first Special Olympics Appreciation Day a year ago. This year, campus groups such as the soccer team, the Ultimate Frisbee team, the cheerleaders, Circle K, Pike, ATO, AEPHI, the Up Beat dancers and members of the varsity football team all participated. See page 9 for our coverage of the second annual Special Olympics Appreciation Day.