Miami Hurricane, January 25, 1983

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1983
Architecture Bidding To Become School
By SALLY SPITZ
Hurricane Assistant Sews Editor
The Department of Architecture may soon become a school.
This would break up the current merger between Architecture and Engineering as a single schot . At the present time the Department of Architecture is in a school with five engineering departments.
“Architecture is a separately licensed, protected profession. So, we feel, on principle alone, that it should be recognized as an independent unit,” said John A. Steffian, Chairman of Architecture and Planning«	1
Several steps must be taken before a department can become a school and Steffian explained that the Department of Architecture has gone through six of them.
Dean Norman G. Einspruch of the School of Engineering and Architecture appointed a committee from the school which looked into the feasibility of the proposal. and, according to Steffian, approved it unanimously.
He said that the School Academic Council, the Graduate School Council, and the school's entire facul-
ty approved it.
On Jan. 13, the Academic Planning Committee, made up of the deans of the university’s various schools and colleges, and the chief academic officer of the university, Provost William Lee, approved the proposal unanimously.
UM President Edward T. Foote called this "an opportunity to add true distinction to the University, and I am very excited about this ... I am very much in favor of this and would hope it can be launched with bells on."
Associate Provost and member of the Academic Planning Committee, Dr. Sidney Besvinick, said he felt that this change was needed.
"Architecture, as a field of study, has a part of its work that is related to engineering. But a great deal of its curriculum is not.
"They must be concerned about things that engineered aren’t ¡concerned with| such as aesthetics, form, landscaping, interior design, and a great many others,” he said.
The proposal is now awaiting approval from the Faculty Senate Council, where it is expected to pass. From there it will go on to Foote, who will present it to
the Board of Trustees. "If they approve it, then we can become a school,” Steffian said.
Steffian said that there are many benefits to becoming a school. “We would develop our own identity. We can more readily contact and serve the community and develop a national reputation," he said
Appearing before the Academic Planning Committee, Steffian said that recent reports list the University of Miami among the top architectural schools in the United States. "It is a national problem for us because we would like to compete witl} other top-notch schools for faculty,” Steffian said
In an interview, Steffian spoke of the present difficult economical problems and said that "we could do our share in supporting ourselves financially through the professional organizations."
Steffian pointed out that the school would not be departmentalized. He said that the undergraduate program, the masters program, and the masters program of Urban and Regional Planning would ail be run by directors.
“The reason for that is that each segment and the entire faculty are interdependent; to departmentalize
means that you begin to separate one discipline from another,” he said
Steffian said that the architecture department is also working on its summer programs which in the past have been in Mexico and Venice.
"At this time we're looking for a complete connection w'ith the University of Venice." He noted that as a school they could negotiate on a stronger level.
At the present time, the architecture department is working on two projects in Latin America. Students and faculty have just completed a design for a new town in Lima and are presently designing a town in Venezuela.
Steffian added that as a school their needs would be communicated through their own dean. Under the present system, the chairman of the architecture department must first go through Einspruch, the head of the engineering department
“We think all of those |aforementined| things warrant becoming a school and we think, because of those things, we can sustain ourselves," he said
Besvinick agreed:"Because it is sufficiently different from engineering, it should stand alone "
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Jonathan Kessler gives the victory sign Thursday night
Kessler: American Jews need to unite
By SALLY SPITZ
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
American Jews on college campuses must unite to wipe out misconceptions created about them by Arab lobbyists, said Jonathan Kessler, of the American Public Affairs Committed^APAC).
Speaking Thursday night at Hillel on behalf of its campaign for the United Jewish Appeal (UJA), Kos-sier said that Arabs are bringing Jewush representatives to college campuses to attract the Jewish students. He said that the Arabs are not trying to advocate the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or turn the Jews against Israel, but rather to "neutralize" the Jewish students.
"They are challenging your conventional wisdom. By planting seeds over a long period of time, they can confuse the American Jewish student,” he declared.
Kessler urged the college audience to take a stand on campus, although the rewards will not be tangible. However, the final reward, he said, will be "a secure and viable State of Israel."
One wav in which students can show
their “passionate involvement" towards the State of Israel, he said, is by sending signals to Washington
“Members of Congress . . . know how much money the American community gives to UJA," he said. This acts as a signal to representatives that the Jewish community is supporting Israel, he added.
Kessler pointed out that donations to UJA increase every year and that if representatives in Washington see that donations have dropped or even remained the same, then a message is communicated that the American Jews do not care as much as in the past.
“This can cause ramifications on Israel’s security and viability," he said.
Kessler, who has been involved in many forms of political activism, spoke of the stressful period following the turmoil between Lebanon and Israel.
"This was a difficult summer in Washington. We were hoping, in terms of crisis management, that we could take a breather following the war in Lebanon," he said.
However, he reiterated that the Jewish people are constantly dealing with some type of crisis.
Jack Levine, who has served in many different capacities on the Greater Miami Jewish Federation for the past 10 years, joined with Kessler in stating that the Jews have a "responsibility to the community.”
Levine explained the insides of UJA and how students can help. UJA is an organization through which Jewish communities give their support for different types of programs in Israel and throughout Jewish communities in the world.
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is trying to meet the needs of thousands of people locally, nationally, and overseas. Made up of many agencies, the Federation is serving Jewish people of all ages, social and economic levels, and providing for the future for a viable Jewish community.
“We are not raising money for the Federation but for many different purposes We as Jews are not islands from the community we live in " he said.
Kessler also spoke about dedication to the community: “Our community must remain involved in the struggle and there is not a more compelling time than now "
W eisskopf Manhattan
By JAN HIPPMAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Scientists involved in the three-year Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb believed they would be saving lives, said one of the creators of the weapon
Addressing a class in the Learning Center building, Wednesday night, professor Victor F. Weisskopf said the head of the project, Robert Oppenheimer, thought that creating nuclear arms would mean an end to war because no one would dare start a war with someone who possessed such powerful weapons.
History seemed to bear out this theory briefly, because by dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the war with Japan ended quickly without forcing an all-out campaign that would have cost more lives.
However, within three years Russia was able to assemble an atomic bomb and the arms race had begun, said Weisskopf, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the Manhattan Project In constructing the atomic Immh.
Prior to World War II, Weisskopf and other scientists knew about the possibility of nuclear power, but they did not know if it would work. Weisskopf said that he and the group of scientists, "found it neccessarv to do something scientists do not normally like to do.” He also stated that the Manhattan Project was neccessary to insure that Hitler would not discover the power and then use it.
The Manhattan Project was an international effort that took three years to make the.“terrible instruments called nuclear bombs," said Weisskopf. “If one were to be dropped on a city, the survivors will envy the dead," he said
Weisskopf stated that some of thp effects of a detonated bomb are known, but “the unknown effects are probably worse than the ones we can foresee."
He said the bomb was used against Japan in two cities and not on Hitler because by that time Hitler had been defeated
The scientist called the making of the bomb “a questionable achievement "
Weisskopf said that the arms race is "based on false logic.” because a nuclear war “can only end in the holocaust."
Throughout the lecture Weisskopf
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stressed the idea that the United States and the Soviet Union have far too many bombs than would be neccessary to destroy all important nerve centers and cities. "A few hundred on both sides is enough." he said There exists today, "three pounds of TNT for every inhabitant of this world," the scientist told the audience.
He said that the United States and the Soviet Union are building arms in the fear of a first attack where one side would bomb the other's supply of nuclear weapons and that there will be no means for retaliation. He pointed out that both sides have submarines that are loaded with nuclear arms and are nearly impossible to locate.
The first strike fear is partly behind the possibility of a new system that is being considered by the United States called "launch on warning," Weisskopf said
Under the new system, bombs would be launched when an alarm goes off warning that the United States is under nuclear attack. “We live in constant danger because of a possible mishap," he stated
According to Weisskopf's figures, the So-viet Union is not stronger than the United States. The Russians have larger bombs, hut the U S. has more accurate bombs. “We are leading the qualitative race,” he said
In order to avoid nuclear war, Weisskopf said, a reduction of nuclear weapons is important. He went on to say that trade between the United States and the Soviet Union would also help to relieve tensions between the two countries
Acts-of-good-will have to be seen by Russia as acts, “to their advantage," he stated. Weisskopf added that a symbiotic relationship is also neccessary so that the two nations "depend on each other."
Weisskopf also stated that, "good treaties based on mutual interest makes for good neighbors, and leads to a less belligerent world.”
Praised the different organizations that are fighting the nuclear weapons build-up, Weisskopf said that "the worst thing is to think nuclear war is unavoidable. There will be no nuclear war." he said, "but this is only so if you work with us."
Weisskopf's lecture, entitled “How to Avoid Nuclear War," was part of a lecture series for the experimental class. “Nuclear War. Nuclear Peace."
Student earns fellowship
By JHANDRA ANDERSON
Hurricane Staff Writer
Scott Batcheller, a University of Miami senior chemistry major was selected as a recipient of a 1983 Undergraduate Fellowship awarded by the Alpha Tau Omega Foundation.
He is one of 10 recipients nationwide that are sharing grants totalling $5000 this year.
Batcheller. whose current G.P.A is about 3.8, will receive a $500 grant, supervised by Dr. R.E. Gawley of UM's chemistry department, to conduct laboratory experiments dealing with synthetic organic chemistry.
Established in 1976, the Alpha Tau Omega Foundation’s Undergraduate Fellows program supplements formal classroom study within an undergraduate ATO's major field of study.
Qualifications are: (1) undergraduate doing scientific research and (2) ATO fraternity member in good standing.
“We are trying to establish the theory that an organic chemical synthesis can be made without a lot of waste. If it proves to be feasible it may be one of the methods used to synthesize something that is used commonly, like a drug or an important plastic," Batcheller said
In addition to maintaining a high G.P.A, Batcheller is active in his fraternity and other organizations. His activities have included: treasurer of UM’s Interfraternity Council and treasurer, secretary, public relations officer, and scholarship chairmen for ATO fraternity. He is also the current president of the Order of Omega. Batcheller’s immediate plans upon graduation are to continue his studies in graduate school.
Inside
‘1982: The Year In Review’
Part two of the series on the top national and international news stories of 1982 /PAGE 3
‘Here and Now’
Maxwell Glen and Codv Shearer report from Washington on the advent of personal computers /PAGE 4
Sneak preview
A look at the upcoming movies to he shown at DM s Beaumont Cinema this semester /PAGE 6
Deadheads unite
A commentary on the how the Greatful Dead and thetr fans have endured into the 80s /PAGE 7
Making a pitch
The Hurricane previews the Miami Hurricanes pitching staff for the upcoming season /PAGE 9
Opinion /PAGE 4	Entertainment /PAGE 6
Sports /PAGS 9	Classifieds /PAGE 10
UM music jazzes Lindsay’s life
By ANNE RODRIGUEZ
Hurricane Staff Writer
Music is known as the universal language. There is a special “something" in many tunes which just make one’s toes tap and fingers snap to the beat of the music.
That magic bursts forth at the UM Foster Building jazz center as the big band tunes its instruments and plays its first beat.
Amidst the blaring of trumpets and saxophones, Gary Lindsay overlooks the studio in his smail office. He is one of the men that makes the jazz ensemble tick.
“Jazz is the true American art form." Lindsay said. “It’s music that encompasses many different styles. There is a history to jazz just like there is one to rock and roll and classical music."
Lindsay came to UM in 1976 as a graduate student and has been an assistant professor at the School of Music for three years.
“I came to Miami because of the excellent reputation of the jazz program. I was even more impressed when I experienced it for myself,” he said
Lindsay, who is also a composer and performer, now directs a new graduate program at the School of Music in studio jazz writing.
The program consists of four semesters and emphasizes scoring for studio orchestras, small jazz ensembles and jazz vocal ensembles. It aiso includes film scoring, jazz composition, and advanced writing techniques for the big band.
"The new program was created because UM is known for having one qf the best jazz ensembles in
the country, yet it lacked the studio writing courses which are so important for a well rounded education. Now we can compete with other schools,” Lindsay said
Lindsay based the program on the writing sequences at the Flast-man School of Music in Rochester and the Berkeley College of Music in Boston. These schools are noted for their strength in jazz writing
“We don't have the number of jazz writing courses that Berkeley does but we now have enough courses to constitute a full curriculum," he said.
Admission to this new program is selective. Students must have a bachelor's degree and some expe-
rience in writing. They must also submit a tape as an example of their work.
"Basically what I look for when I listen to the tape is creativity," Lindsay said "I can teach the students the skills if they are creative; vet creativity is something that cannot be taught "
This semester there are two students in the writing program and Lindsay said the number will be limited depending on the talent of the applicants
These students will have the opportunity to hear their music performed all over the nation by-all of the University's four jazz ensembles.
The undergraduate jazz program presently has 100 undergraduate students and 25 graduate students, the majority of whom are male.
"I just think it comes down to tradition. But, there are many important women jazz performers. We’ve also had some women in our Studio Music and Production sequence who've done really well," he said
Versatility is the key word to the music program at UM. says Lindsay. The students are given the opportunity to write and play all types of music to prepare them for the future.
Lindsay himself has performed for the Sunrise Musical Theater and the Diplomat Hotel in Miami Beach.
His musical background is extensive. Prior to coming to UM. he graduated from the University of Rhode Island Aside from his assistant professorship, he also occupies his time working as a composer and performer Much of the recent music performed bv the UM jazz concert band was composed and arranged by Lindsay
The National F.ndowment of the Arts also awarded him a grant tor his composition. "Portraits in Jazz," and he has also composed and arranged for the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.
Lindsay said the new graduate program is an effort to keep UM ranked among the top in jazz education.
"I think students will choose UM over other schools because of the levels of our ensembles, the reputation of the school, and hopefully the reputation of the future graduates of this program." he said
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Composer, performer, Lindsay is also a force in the classroom