Miami Hurricane, November 12, 1985

              Easy money
Credit companies are wooing college students for long-term results as students are finding it easier to obtain credit while still in college _____	News — page 3
An animated curriculum
Part of the fun at the film shack is Frank Gladstone’s animation course — complete with Bugs Bunny clips
Entertainment —page 6
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The University of Miami football team completed its six-game road schedule Saturday in Maryland. And you know, they did it with another win
Sports — page 8
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Volume 63 , Number 19
University of Miami
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1985
189 students vote in USBG elections
According to the Elections Commission, 189 University of Miami students voted in this years fall Undergraduate Student Body Government elections held Nov. 5 and 6.
Magic, the only ticket running, had 17 candidates in these elections. There were 27 write-in candidates where students put themselves on the ballot the day of the elections. Of these 27, 18 were
S.E.C. Senator Erica A. Arkin (Magic) 108 votes
Mitchell M. Morales (Magic)
Eaton Hall Senator Brian Flach (Magic) 5 HRC Senator Raj Agarwal (Magic) 36 960 Complex Senator Paula Anderson (Magic) 11 Mahoney/Pearson Senator Tanya Scott (Magic) 19 Apartment Area Senator Casey Hoban (MaRic) 6
Election Winners
Fraternity Row Senator Robert J. Ruano (Magic) 10 Off Campus North Senator Jose Garcia (Magic) 19 Maria Lorenzo (Magic) 17 Off Campus Central Senator Nely Fernandez (Magic) 19 Ellen Goldstein 1
Freshman Senator
Marc Oster (Magic) 42 Robert A. Trinchet (Magic) 27 Sophomore Senator Eric Trew Nelson (Magic) 32 Scott Swafford (Magic) 25
disqualified for varying reasons.
All Student Entertainment Committee write-ins were disqualified because all students running for SEC must first be screened — none of the write-ins were screened. Other students were disqualified because of having written themselves in as candidates for conflicting seats.
At the time of publication, the winner for the Off Campus South seat is unofficial pending further Investigation by the Elections Commission concerning a discrepancy in candidate qualifications.
The unofficial winner is Mario Yanez from the Magic ticket with 17 votes. Amy Landa who received 20 votes was also on the Magic ticket. As a write-in candidate, Carlos Delatorre was disqualified.
—MARIILYN GARATE1X
UM offers variety of programs abroad
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Aaeociate New* Editor
Currently, the University of Miami offer«
and year-long studies in four countries. But this is the first year UM Is seriously going into the study abroad program, according to Dr. Steve Stein, director of the Academic Exchange Program to Great Britain and Latin America.
"There ia a great irony," he said. “UM claims to be a ‘global university,' yet with few exceptions in the past has offered no study abroad,”
UM's first study abroad program, that has run for seven years, was to Israel, according to Dr. Henry Green, director of Judaic Studies and the Israel study abroad program.
Through UM’s study abroad program, a UM student may study, for credit, at universities in Great Britain, Colombia, Peru and Israel.
While studying abroad means a new environment and experience, the mechanics of attending school are the same.
According to Stein, students pay UM tuition, receive the same financial aid, take between 15 and 18 credits, choose their own classes and can have an internship.
"Officially speaking, the students are at UM, Stein said.
Green said the biggest fear students and parents have about studying in Israel is the war. But, he said, that is a myth.
"Israel is much safer than Miami," he said. “It s a totally new experience with a new language . .. It's going back to your roots."
Every course a UM student takes abroad will count as credit toward graduation and will become part of his cumulative grade point average, according to Stein. However, individual departments and schools have courses listed that are eligible for major credit.
But Stein said the program is designed more for students to take core courses at UM and then take electives abroad, usually in the junior year of college.
While abroad, UM students take the same classes at the universities that students In those countries attend. There are no special classes, except In Israel, for American students who speak only English
Students also follow the same class structure as any student attending the university — including taking tests and receiving grades.
The major purpose is to "immerse [the student | in the life of the country |they're| in," Stein said.
There are no courses that a student studying abroad is required to take, and all courses offered at the«« universities are open to UM students.
But as In Miami, all schedules are different.
"There is not just one study abroad program,” Stein said. “Everyone is different. We try to make the courses meet |each students') needs.”
According to Stein, the UM student begins the program by selecting courses offered by the abroad universities at UM, only foi registration purposes. The student may take 15 to 18 credits a semester for a year program or a semester.
The universities and programs a UM student has to choose from include a one year program at Kent University in England and a semester or year-long program at Queen Mary College.
A student can also choose to go to Hebrew University inlsrael, which includes a crash course in Hebrew and a full year program, or the University of Tel Aviv for one or two semesters.
The universities in Israel also take students on biweekly tours of historical sites.
In Latin America, the program Includes a two-week orientation program before classes begin for either a semester or year-long program at two Columbian and two Peruvian universities.
Admissions are different for each study abroad program. For example, acceptance for admission to the Latin American programs takes place at UM.
In the Great Britain program, applications are sent to UM to be reviewed. If chosen, the applications are sent to the department in the British school which then decides whether a student will be accepted.
Although legally a student cannot work in another country, the program can arrange for a student to teach English in both Israel and Latin America. Also, internships and independent research projects are available.
Stein said there is a variety of courses offered abroad that would not be found in American universities.	„
He also cited the advantage of many small seminars and few large lectures in England.
"The intensity of the faculty to student ratio is much greater than you would have here |in Americal,” Stein said.
Stein said next year the study abroad program will extend to Costa Rica. In the future, the program will expand to more universities in Great Britain, Latin America and Europe, he said.
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Clowning around
Kevin Kinney, a freshman marine science major and president of the University of Miami's Juggling Club, practices his routine. The club meets at 8 p.m. every Monday night at the Lane Recreation Center
Three attend model UN conference
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane Hews Editor
For the first time in almost 10 years, the University of Miami sent three students to a National Conference on Model International Organizations.
The conferences are models of the real United Nations, an organization of independent sovereign states that does not legislate, comprised of the Security Council, general assembly and other councils.
Scott Swafford, who instigated the project, Karen Kravolenic. and Mark Voigts represented UM at the conference held at Daytona Beach this past weekend.
Kravolenic and Voigts both received awards for best delegations in their area and Swafford received an outstanding delegate award for his role as a representative of France on the Security Council.
Kravolenic represented France in the Council of Europe, which dealt with the subject of terrorism. Voigts represented Palestine in the Islamic Conference.
According to Swafford, participating In the conference provided Insight Into other countries and provided the opportunity to see things from the other side.
Students had to learn about the policies, economics, beliefs and people of the countries In order to argue effectively and lustily the
acts of the countries.
Funding for the conference. which covered registration, housing and transportation, was provided by Dr. wiliilam Butler, vice resident of Student Affairs. Dave rown, director of Student Activities, and William Sheeder, assistant vice president and dean of student affairs.
Swafford plans to get a delegation together to attend another conference at the University of South Florida Feb. II —15 and one at Georgetown University next November.
Attending the conference, said Swafford, is beneficial to UM because it establishes a reputation for the University at these academic conference.
It's a realistic conference," said Swafford. "When you start caring you forget you're a student and really become an ambassador from that country.”
Committee finalizes festivities
With only a few days left before the University of Miami's week-long 1985 Homecoming festivities are set to begin, Homecoming committee members are busy finalizing details.
According to Barbara Wagner, co-chairperson of the committee in charge of midday events, a professional approach to the task at hand has made work since September easier.
In addition to keeping office hours, she said the committee requires each of its members to work a set amount of time a week on the event, whose theme is “U Ought to be in Pictures."
"It's good that way because I know I always have a specific time allotted to Homecoming," she said.
She also cited the importance weekly meetings have been with other organizations involved in the festivities because "it's a way to keep in constant communication with each other."
Homecoming's opening ceremonies, followed by the Miss UM Pageant, will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Gusman Hall.
The UM vs. Colorado State game Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Orange Bowl will be the last event
A full preview of the 1985 Homecoming will be in the next issue of the Hurricane.
— PATRICK McCREERY
Tenure should be abolished, profs say
By College Press Service
About a third of all college teachers think students would get a better education if tenure was abolished, a survey conducted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching of faculty members from around the nation revealed.
The survey also said that four out of every 10 college teachers are thinking about changing their careers within the next five years.	.	.	„ _
Acquiring tenure traditionally has been one of college teachers' primary goals because it protects them from being fired without cause.
But tenure is more difficult to get now than it was five years ago, about two-thirds of the professors polled said.
“Today, with fewer opportunities available, they |teachers| feel locked in and filled with doubt about their capacity to ascend to the academic ladder,” said foundation president Ernest Boyer.
Other professors, however feel differently.
“I feel that tenure is critically important as a safeguard, said David Wilson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. We see a peculiar situation at UM because we've gone against the national trend.	....
"This means that since UM has become a more competitive University, we are attracting a more scholarly student body and therefore attracting many outstanding professors as well, Wilson said.
"At most universities those tenured have survived a testing
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School has too few minorities: Hecker
By PATRICK McCREERY
Hurricane Staff Writer
This is the fifth and last of a there were not as many as white males.
‘It’s not that we didn’t want minorities, it is just
series on the University of Miami Graduate School.
There are still too few minority graduate students at the University of Miami, according to an official from the University's Graduate School.
This year, about 200 of 2,500 graduate students are minorities, Jo Anne Hecker. associate dean of the Graduate School, said. However. she said that ideally, blacks. Puerto Ricans and other nonwhites should comprise about 20 percent of all graduates, a number equal to their percentage of the national population.
Hecker points to the high cost of tuition and, to a lesser extent, a lack of preparedness among some minority students as reasons for their low numbers.
In 1978, when funding for minority graduate students was first applied for, minorities comprised only 2 to 3 percent of all graduates, Hecker said.
"It's not that we didn't want minorities," she said. It Is just that ere were not as many as white
Jo Anne Hecker, associate dean of the Grad School
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males, the majority, she said.
The 1978 bid for funding failed because the federal program, which awarded the money, did not see a large enough commitment on the part of the University to help minority graduate students. Hecker said.
The grants sought were the Graduate and Professional Study Fellowships, which cover full tuition plus a $4,500 stipend, that are renewable for up to three years. UM did not receive any of these grants until 1984.
This year, Hecker said, GPOPs allow 10 minority students (two Puerto Ricans, three women and five blacks) to attend UM.
Additionally, the McKnight Fellowship Program aids black doctoral students in Florida by paying their tuition and giving them a $10,000 living allowance
The University's first three McKnight Fellows were awarded this year, according to Hecker.
According to Hecker, none of the 40 UM Fellowships are cur-
rently held by blacks, mainly because department heads nominate students on a purely grade-based method.
Many black students, Hecker said, have been the victims of an educational system which does not treat them as well as whites and which requires that they now have more individual attention.
Jane Whitehead, secretary of the Graduate Student Association, said the University still does not have enough of a formal commitment to help solve the problems of minority graduates.
She cited as examples Mills College and Stanford University, both in California, which were mandated by their board of trustees to increase minorities attending their schools.
UM. with no such decree, is moving toward a fair number of minority graduate students much more slowly than its Western counterparts. Whitehead said.
A black female graduate student. who asked not to be identi-
fied, said the administration is somewhat callous toward the needs of non-white graduate students.
"They have an office for minority undergraduates." she said, "but none for us."
While It is not a problem yet, she warned that because black graduates are older, often have work experience and sometimes have families, the lack of a support system could cause some of them to eventually leave the University.
Other than some feelings of social isolation, however, and the wish that minorities were better represented on campus, she said she has not experienced problems much different than those of all graduate students — hard work and financial aid thatbarely makes It.
She credits Hecker with being the most receptive to the needs of the minority graduate students.
"It’s all so important," Hecker said. “My response to people who throw stones and smash windshields on 1-95 is that they need educators, counselors and doctors to serve as role models. We can help them."
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