Miami Hurricane, September 03, 1982

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Volume 59 Number 2 Phone 284-4401
Clashes With USBG Bill

Miami Hurricane photograph* by GAYLE WALD
The UM football team, pictured above, will be traveling to Gainesville for Saturday's game against the University of Florida Gators. The UM coaches, right, are expecting a tough game between the two nationally ranked teams, The Hurricanes will be trying to make it five in a row against the Gators this weekend. Complete coverage of the football game, including rosters of both teams, begins on page 11.
By CHARYSE SINDLER
Hurricane Stafi Writer
The pioneer residents of the new International Center on floors two to six of Pentland tower (1968 Complex) come from 25 countries, representing a wide potpourri of cultures, interests and ideas.
While many of the residents reflect a very positive experience towards living in the Center, many are disappointed that many promises made to them last spring have not yet been fulfilled. Perhaps the most important promise broken, and one of the reasons many students moved to the Center, is the promise of individual kitchen facilities on each floor.
Though happy with the general enviroment generated by the International Center, Merjorie Desrou-leaux, an undergraduate from Haiti, expressed concern over the lack of kitchen facilities.
“I moved here because they promised us kitchens. I'm not used to eating American food," she said "1 didn’t want to buy a meal card, but was forced to. Now I’m bound to the meal plan for the entire semester. Perhaps there should have been a temporary meal plan in which the contract could be terminated when kitchens would be installed."
Most students believe that no matter who was at fault, kitchen facilities should not have been promised if they could not be delivered on time. Many students are eager to have kitchen facilities in order to share foods from different cultures.
One student, Mayleng Yau. expressed discontent about the entire facilities. "The International Center is a big disapointment where the furniture and facilities are concerned," she said. "Whatever happened to the renovation that was supposed to have taken place over the summer?"
The reason for the delays, said administrators, is that a city ordinance requires vertical ventilation as opposed to horizontal ventilation for cooking facilities. Since there are twelve floors, and this problem had not been anticipated, it required extra expense and planning. Richard Dansoh, graduate assistant and co-coordinator of the International Center, said that though there is a delay in the installment of the kitchenettes, it is only a delay and the kitchenettes would be installed as soon as possible.
The paperwork for the kitchen-.(Work could have begun earlier, but ettes was given to Facilities Plan-g|administrators decided that it ning on June 17, administrators would be in the best interest of the said. As of yet, the housing office students to wait until check-in was
has not been given any estimates on the project or any go-ahead to start the project. Jack Sargent of the Residence Halls Office said that the stoves and refrigerators are on hand, and that only the contract work, such as electricity, needs to be done. This cannot be started, however, until the go-ahead has been given by Facilities Planning, Sargent said.
When asked why there was a delay in construction of the kitchens, and when it would be started, George Chipporous, of Facilities Planning, declined comment.
There was a delay in the construction of the kitchen planned for the second floor commons area because the paperwork was lost. Construction of the first floor resource center and social lounge should begin soon, housing officials said.
completed, Dansoh explained. One project that was completed was the installation of shower partitions to help insure privacy and new sinks in the bathrooms.
In spite of the disappointments due to the lack of kitchen facilities, many students feel that living in the International Center lends itself to a positive, intercultural experience.
“I've met people from all over," said Jose Manzanerio, of Honduras. “It’s a good opportunity to have international contact. I signed up to live here to get kitchens, but once I was here I found out that it presented a good opportunity to interact with different nationalities "
Laura Morgan, International Student and Scholar Advisor, believes that the International Center at
present appears to be nothing more than a place to live."I don't know that there’s anything to establish it as an International Center.”
The International Center should have a brochure to explain the philosophy of the center, as does the International House, Morgan said She said she hopes the International Center will work out, but expresses concern that it would be followed with the closing of International House. Her main concern is with the "lack of communication.” Morgan said the International Center should have called upon the resources available at her office.
When asked whether the International Center provided more than a place to live, Frank Rodriguez, from New York, replied: “I think it is enriching to know people from around the world. Learning about all the different cultures is an experience I couldn’t get from a classroom.
UM To Get Phi Beta Kappa
By AMY JACOVES
Hurricane Staff Writer
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and most prestigious arts and sciences honor society, will now be sheltered on the University of Miami campus.
Dr. Arthur W. Brown, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences said: “Phi Beta Kappa represents the longest tradition of academic excellence and we’re very happy to have them on our campus."
Only six of the 78 schools across the country that applied for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter were selected as delegates at the 33rd Triennial Council of Phi Beta Kappa, which met August 19-22 in Boston.
Dr. Ronald Randolph, who served as chairman of UM’s Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Committee, attended the Council meeting, along with Dr. Henry King Stanford. UM President Emeritus.
“I’m a Phi Beta Kappa myself," Stanford said. “I’ve always coveted a chapter for the University of Miami. I’m tremendously gratified and pleased that the University has been so recognized."
To obtain the right to shelter the Phi Beta Kappa chapter, the faculty committee submitted a 183-page report in October, 1980. A visiting committee came to UM in January 1981 for two days and met with students, faculty and administrators in an effort to get an accurate picture of the University.
The committee noted in the Delegate's Manual distributed to the Council that " . . a remarkable esprit de corps exists in the student body of the University. The honors students appeared especially bright, fluent and highly motivated."
"We are pleased, if not wholly surprised, that distinguished colleagues elsewhere in higher education confirm in this time-honored way the quality of our programs,’’said UM President Edward T. Foote II.
UM first applied for a chapter in 1973. According to Stanford, the visiting committee and the Senate of Phi Beta Kappa approved UM at that time. But the general membership decided at that time to limit the new membership on the grounds that the Senate was endorsing a too rapid expansion.
In 1976, UM again applied for a chapter. The visiting committee once again approved UM. But, ’ ... the Senate didn't take the petition forward because of a deficit incurred in University operations," Stanford said.
UM did not reapply in 1979, but began to update information to apply again at the triennial conference in 1982, where a chapter was granted. Members of UM's faculty committee included Randolph, Dr. James Clegg. Dr. Armin H. Gropp, Dr. Roy J. Hensley, Dr. Joseph G. Hirschberg, Dr. Ramon M. Lemos, and Dr. Francis Skipp.
"Phi Beta Kappa is very careful about who it admits to its ranks. It's been a long, long process,” Skipp said.
He asserted that they "have to maintain the standards of excellence imposed on the teachers of arts and sciences and bring students up to that standard.”
Skipp added that he feels the establishment of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter "is going to inspire a number of students at the outset of their career to achieve the required grade point average.”
Randolph said that the University is now awaiting instructions from Phi Beta Kappa National Secretary Kenneth Greene about the procedures for setting up a chapter and guidelines for admission into the organization.
Phi Beta Kappa National President Catherine Sims, who chaired the visiting committee at UM, will be here once again at a yet undetermined time to preside over a formal installation ceremony.
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Assistant Sews Editor
Clashes in the constitutions of the Faculty Senate and the USBG Senate have created a dichotomy in university policy and two answers to the question "Is USBG Bill #82012 (D) now university policy?"
Just when USBG thought one of their bills would be integrated into the university’s policy this fall, members of the Faculty Senate stated i|t had to be approved by them first. The Senate Council, composed of 12 members who screen all bills and make recommendations to the full Senate, recommended that the bill not be approved.
The bill, approved by President Edward T. Foote II and former Provost Clarence Stuckwisch (who retired in May), stated that once a student enters UM, he should abide only by the rules and regulations stated in the bulletin of the year he enters; if those rules are changed, the student has no obligation to follow them.
During a Faculty Senate meeting Monday, Professor Robert Zaller said the bill still had to be approved by the faculty. “It does not matter if the provost or president or God Almighty signs it, the [Faculty Senate! body still has to approve it," he said.
After the student government passes a bill, the administration is given 30 days to respond. If after that time, there is no response, the bill becomes university policy.
All USBG bills are sent to the vice president of student affairs, who refers the bill to the appropriate office — in this case to the provost.
The faculty charter states that the faculty members are “authorized to enact regulations and to formulate rules for the immediate government of the university in such matters as: curriculum, scholastic standards, graduation and honors ... The University faculty is authorized to share with the President in decisions regarding the institution of new schools, degrees, departments, curricula, and the like."
But USBG President Aurelio Quinones says the Faculty Senate does not have jurisdiction over the the bill because it does not recommend any academic changes, but instead pertains to changes in policy.
“Our bill only states that new changes are to be implemented gradually,” he said. "Then they would affect only the new students, not the ones that have been here two or three years.”
He added that the Faculty Senate was “asking the administration to go back on a policy they made. The faculty had a chance to discuss it before and ignored the chance.”
In an April memo to USBG. the provost had asked for an extension
of time and had written that a copy of this memo had been sent to the Faculty Senate for recommendations.
On May 10, the bill came up for consideration in the Faculty Senate However, according to the minutes of that meeting, a vote on the bill was deferred until “further discussion can take place.” On May 24, the Faculty Senate had their last meeting for the academic year — the bill was never discussed
On May 25, both the provost and Foote approved the bill. Faculty Senate Chairman Eugene Clasby was sent a copy of the memo notif-
‘It does not matter if the provost or president or God Almighty signs it, the (Faculty Senate] body still has to approve it.’
Robert Zaller, Faculty Senator
ying USBG of the bill’s approval.
Said Clasby: “We did act a bit too slow in response to legislation, but the fact is Stuckwisch just blew it."
Zaller stated that 30 days is not enough time for them to debate it. much less vote on it.
Quiñones said the bill was passed to "give students a fair deal during their four years" and that policy changes could be gradually implemented for incoming students
But Dr. Murray Mantel, Faculty Senate member, said this would not be practical because one set of students would have one set of rules, while other students would have another set.
Dean Lee, the new provost, said that the USBG bill has always been university policy and that the bulletin states that a student's requirements are "those stated in the Bulletin in force at the time of the student's admission to degree status."
“I see no reason to argue." Lee said. “It’s unbelievable. I guess nobody ever bothered to read it."
The bill, passed by USBG in February, was presented to try to reverse policy changes such as the drop date, repeat class, and academic standards for students already at UM.
The USBG bill stated that the Bulletin would serve as "an academic contract between the school and the student."
Because there was no quorum at the Faculty Senate meeting, further discussion and voting were tabled for the next meeting. Zaller added that “lack of a quorum seems to be becoming a serious problem" since it has happened before.
Foote Names
Two Deans
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane News Editor
UM President Edward T. Foote II named deans for the Schools of
Medicine and Business Administration last week. Dr.
Bernard Fogel, who has served as acting dean of the Medical School, was named permanent dean Monday. For dean of the School of Business Administration, Borsting Foote selected Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Jack R. Borsting
Borsting. who presently serves as the chief financial officer at the Department of Defense, is responsible for preparing and presenting to the President and the Congress the department's $220 billion annual budget and has responsibility for all management systems and contract audits for the DOD
Borsting. reached at his office at the Pentagon Wednesday evening, said he is looking forward to his position at UM. "There is a lot of po-
tential to build on this base that's here and make the business school at the University of Miami one of the leading business schools, certainly in the Southeast, and eventually in the country," Borsting said.
Foote announced Borsting's ap-pontment Wednesday. "Dr. Borsting brings to us a rare mixture of experience as a leader, from serving in almost every leadership position one can hold in an academic institution to bearing national responsibility for a multi-billion dollar public budget,” Foote said.
As for the appointmen of Fogel as Medical School dean, Foote said: "This is one of the most important appointments I will have made as President of the University of Miami, whatever else I may do, and I could not be more pleased. Our School of Medicine, in the year of its thirtieth anniversary, is not only an institution of immense importance to South Florida, but also a leading research and teaching center in the Nation."
Fogel, a nationally recognized researcher, educator and administrator, has been associated with the School of Medicine for 25 years, as a student, pediatrics house officer and faculty member, as well a.: associate dean for medical education, admissions and research
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