Miami Hurricane, November 08, 1985

              Through the eyes off children
For Audrey, 11, and Justin Murfin, 9, UM is a home with a unique backyard and set of neighbors
News — page 4
The power off the pen
UM’s Lester Goran puts novel No. 9 on his roster
Entertainment — page 8
Gospel according to Foster
Basketball Coach Bill Foster names his early season’s Top Eight players. They’re not permanent, but for now they’re the ones.
Sports — page 10
Volume 63, Number 18
University of Miami
Friday, Nov. 8, 1985
Computer problems delay schedule books
By STACEY GABY
Hurricane Staff Writer
Academic advising for the spring semester began for freshman Nov. 4, but schedule books listing classes won’t be available until at least the fourth week of November, according to William Fuerst, director of academic services for the University of Miami.
Upperclassmen advising is slated for Nov. 18.
A University-wide computing system plan being implemented as part of the Long Range Information System Program is causing the delay of schedule books.
Registration is among the first University functions to be computerized by the LRISP.
"Each department at UM is putting their departmental class schedules In the computer (main frame|, and because of this new computerized system, it’s going to take time to get all the technicalities taken care of," Fuerst said.
“In the LRISP system, a check is run on the input which in turn goes back to the academic services office. Finally, the corrections are made by my office,” he said. “I think that the lateness of the books is due to a mere technical problem that wasn’t anticipated.”
However, according to informed sources, incomplete instructions were given to some departmental staffers responsible for putting in their departments' course listings for the upcoming semester.
Moreover, according to Maureen Biggers, director of academic advising for the College of Arts and Sciences — the largest of UM's
‘We knew we were going to miss the date.
Things don’t (always) get done when you expect them to. We didn’t consider using the old system.’
William Fuerst, director of academic services
schools and colleges — a "question of planning” needs to be raised about the Implementation of the new computer system.
“It is my understanding that they decided to go with the new system without the backup of the old one," she said.
Despite the fact that Biggers’ concerns are shared by sources who wish to remain anonymous, Fuerst maintained that the old schedule processing system was available for use if necessary.
He was reluctant, though, to abandon the new system, even if it would have meant getting the schedule books done in time for advising.
“We knew we were going to miss the date," he said. "Things don’t |always] get done when you expect them to. We didn’t consider using the old system.
“There shouldn't be any problem |with advising],” Fuerst said,
although he admitted that "it makes it ladvisingl a little bit more difficult."
But Biggers does foresee some problems if the schedule books aren’t available shortly after the beginning of upperclassmen advising.
"I think the biggest problem is going to be with upperclassmen." she said, adding that the “crunch is going to be on the departments — especially the big ones."
Biggers said that one possible solution to the problem of advising upperclassmen may be to ask juniors and seniors that are not advised before the end of this semester to return to campus just before registration to get advised.
Undergraduate Student Body Government President Scott Korn-span suggested the advising period be extended.
“We need to find out a little bit more information,” Kornspan said. "If the books aren't in, someone's got to be at fault."
According to Biggers, the smaller departments, which do not require lengthy periods for advising, and freshmen, whose advising emphasizes general education requirements, should be able to handle the delay.
However, no "schedule building" for the spring semester — making a schedule with sections — has begun as of yet.
“We needed to do it |get freshmen advising underway|," she said “We need at least four weeks to put all the freshmen through advising."
Managing Editor Ahmed Shoreibah contributed to this article.
Ticket sales for Ball low
By JUAN CARLOS COTO
Hurricane Entertainment Editor
Organizers of the 1985 University of Miami Homecoming Ball are concerned over ticket sales on the event. After more than a week of presales, 16 of the 750 tickets necessary to break even have been sold.
Ball Chairperson Erica Arkin.
who believes the event’spubliclty
should have already elicited greater response, attributed lack of sales to student apathy.
"... the whole apathy that’s been killing everything all along,” she added. “Same thing that killed |last year’s| Hurricane Howl |andl Carni Gras. Pretty soon there will just be no programming left in UM if it’s up to the students.”
However, Arkin sees no threat of the ball’s cancellation.
Of the Greek organizations on campus, who are traditionally the Ball’s main support, only three — Zeta Beta Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Pi — have reserved tables.
Arkin noted that all campus organizations knew about ticket sales when they began last Thursday — letters were placed in all organizational mail boxes.
Xavier Cortada, rush chairman for Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said. “We’re too busy planning Homecoming to be worrying about the ball.” He added that he feels ticket sales will pick up during Homecoming week; the ball is still over two weeks away.
"Maybe they’re waiting until the last minute," said Arkin, “but I hope that’s not what they’re doing.”
Ticket sales have seen no response from faculty, either.
Arkin stressed the ball is for everyone, and called on independent students to participate as well.
“I would think that students would want to shed their shorts and flip-flops, get dressed up and go out. It's a school event, it should be supported by the students.”
The ball will be held at the Omni Hotel In downtown Miami on Friday, Nov. 22 from 9 a m. to 2 pm.
Grad School lacks permanent dean
GEORGE ALVAREZ/Hurricane Staff
Country music was UM’s President Edward T. Foote’s first link with UM
Guitarist comes back to UM to take charge
By TONY FINS
Hurricane Slafl Writer
In 1957, a country/western group used money it made from cutting an album to come to South Florida. The group played a gig at the University of Miami and spent the night in one of the school’s dorms.
While history is oblivious to this event, it is still remembered by one of the guitarists in the band — Edward Thaddeus Foote II.
While it would seem this event forebode an unavoidable destiny, it did not.
In fact, few happenings in the life of the future UM president seemed to have been planned the way they came out.
In fact, few happenings in the life of the future UM president seemed to have been planned the way they came out.
Two years after the spring trip to Miami, Foote graduated from Yale University. It was at Yale that Foote met Norman Benford, a Miami lawyer and friend of 30 years.
According to Benford, Foote came from an upper-middle class family. His father was a well-regarded physician and his mother was from a prominent Missouri family and related to Adlai Stevenson.
“I never really knew his father,” Benford said, "but his mother was just an incredible gal. After Tad’s father died in a long bout against cancer, she
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UM to establish Cuban data base
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Editor in Chief
This is the fourth of a series on the University of Miami Graduate School.
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In 1980, Clarence Stuckwlsch, the last permanent dean, took on the position of acting provost after former Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Claude Wingfield retired from the University.
Stuckwisch remained both dean of Graduate Studies and Research and acting provost until 1982 when William F. Lee was chosen provost.
"He’d run over and say hi once a week, but that was about it,” said Jo Anne K. Hecker, associate dean of the Graduate School.
Current Vice Provost George Gilpin took over the helm in 1982 as interim dean of the Graduate School and associate provost for research and administration.
From 1983 to 1985, David Wilson served as interim dean and vice president for research while continuing as professor of physiology and deputy dean for academic affairs at UM’s School of Medicine.
In 1984, a nationwide search for a new dean was conducted and narrowed to three candidates; however, neither candidate proved suitable for the job.
“Part of the problem has been defining the position," said Sidney Besvinick, current interim dean of the School. “Over the years, there’ve been two plans: two separate positions for dean of Graduate School and dean of research. Then the provost decided not to have a separate dean."
Hecker said, "They want a scientist who’s had research grants and who’s a strong negotiator. It’s usually someone who’s held grants but is now on the tired side.’7
According to Provost William F. Lee, “We were not fortunate enough to find a person that was entrepreneurial to handle the research program and who had the background to be a dean.”
In 1985, Besvinick. then-associate provost for External Affairs, was chosen to serve as interim dean for research and graduate studies for two years.
"Jo Anne |Hecker[ has been shouldering the whole load for eight years," said Jane Whitehead, secretary of the Graduate Student Association. "She’s had to take care of everything.”
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Provost William F. Lee
Besvinick said that another search will begin when a new provost is selected. "The new provost will be the individual to initiate the search for the dean of the Graduate School. It was supposed to have been done, but it didn’t work out."
A committee headed by Dean of the School of Nursing Melanie Dreher also recommended that no action be taken until a new provost is named.
"They don’t want a new dean to come in before a provost," Hecker said. “The provost can impart power to the dean with more fellowship monies or can take it away as it has been for many years."
Hecker feels that the lack of a dean has hurt the development of the Graduate School.
"We can’t develop without a dean for five years." said Hecker. "We don’t have a power person here and we even lost ground from ’72 to ’80. If a dean caves in to other deans, you have no quality To impose quality you have to negotiate.
"A new dean coming in here will never understand how low we’ve sunk."
Lee feels differently. "The University is mature enough now where It no longer needs a graduate dean, where the individual departments can handle their own programs — that’s my own personal opinion.
“The fact that the School’s survived and done as well as it has speaks for itself."
Wilson said, "Just being dean of the Graduate School is not a full-time position. I don’t like multiplying administrators beyond the minimum necessary to do the job."
“If they can get away with me on my salary until I say bye bye, then the deans will do what they want to do.” said Hecker. “I’ll fight as long as I can."
By CHIQUI CARTAGENA
Special to the Hurricane
The Institute of Interamerican Studies received an $83,000 grant from the United States Information Agency to establish an external data base on Cuba at the University of Miami.
“The University of Miami was selected not only because of the extensive resources we currently hold on Cuba, but also because of all the research on Cuba that is currently being conducted under the auspices of the Cuban Studies Program,” said Dr. Jaime Suchlicki, director of the Institute and coordinator of the Cuban Studies Program.
The data base project, which will be primarily used by Radio Marti, is headed by Graciela Cruz Taura, a UM graduate who received a Ph D in Latin American History.	„	. ,	_ . „
"Richter has probably the best collection of materials on Cuba, Cruz Taura said. "Through this project, we have developed and are continuously improving an Index of terms that describe the content of the articles we are indexing.”
Cruz Taura works with a staff of three researchers who read, index
and classify articles from Granma, Cuba's official party newspaper; Bohemia, a weekly news magazine; and Verde Olivo, the armed forces magazine.	...	.	.
"In the future, we hope to index all the Cuban publications both pre- and post-revolutionary.” Cruz Taura said. "The potential for inclusion in the data base is limitless."
According to Suchlicki, the data base will consist of a subject/author index of selected Cuban periodicals, a subject index for the monitoring of Cuban news broadcasts and interviews with recent Cuban exiles.
It will also have a computerized, quick reference file system containing summaries of biographies, bibliographies and other historical or statistical information.
The index of terms will be used as a reference guide to the data base which will be housed at UM’s Graduate School of International Studies.
The computer system for the data base, which will be available to the academic community and the public, is currently being installed.
Election results revealed today
Results for the 1985 fall Undergraduate Student Body Goverment elections will be announced today at 5 p.m. at the Rathskeller.
According to the Constitution and by-laws of USBG, a 24-hour grace period must be allotted after elections are over to bring any violations to the attention of the Elections Commision. Violations may be lodged by an undergraduate University of Miami student.
An appeal may be lodged against any action by the Elections Commission with the Student Supreme Court According to the by-laws, "the Student Supreme Court has final jurisdiction in any Elections Commission action."
Two class days must occur between the time elections are over and the official results of the elections are released.
Fall elections were held Tuesday and Wednesday. Magic was the only ticket running.
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