Miami Hurricane, October 30, 1984

              PI KAPPA ALPHA WINS
A low turnout for the Budweiser Super Sports didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants
SPORTS, p. 12
HALLOWEEN AT THE RAT
Costumes, 50 cent beer and music this Wednesday night at the Rathskeller
ENTERTAINMENT, p. 8
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Tuesday, October 30, 1984
Shaffer Strikes the Slight Chord
Miami Hurricane/JULIO PESTUNIT
Paul Shaffer lectured to a crowd of over 400
By DEBORAH FRANK
Hurricane Stall Writer
Playing gigs and being heard will get a good musician into show business, according to Paul Shaffer, musical conductor for "Late Night with David Letter-man.”
About 400 people packed Gusman Hall Thursday night to hear Shaffer's philosophy on music, how he got started in show business and what he does on the David Letterman show.
As he appeared on stage, the roaring crowd gave him a standing ovation. "I am unbelievably thrilled to be here,” Shaffer said 'This is a swinging school!”
Shaffer, 35, a graduate of the University of Toronto, was impressed with UM’s music department. “I had the opportunity to sit in on a class for the Concert Jazz Band . . . what a band!" he exclaimed. "And what a school! Students are coming out of here knowing what they’re supposed to do and knowing how to be a professional musician in the real world. It’s great!"
Shaffer explained that when he went to school.
courses for record producing and rock management were not offered. “It’s a terrific opportunity to be studying all these new courses,” he said. “I didn’t really have a lot of formal school training like this. The only training I had was private piano lessons that my parents forced me to take when I was a kid.” Shaffer majored in sociology and studied philosophy and psychology. “I didn't think that a real person could actually get into show business,” he said.
The music business and show business are one and the same, according to Shaffer. "Everybody wants to say that musicians are different, and that they're not just like comedians or actors,” he said. “They say that they have a craft and they study, but it’s really all the same. All musicians, unfortunately, have to deal with club owners, agents and managers.”
Shaffer thought about going to law school. “My father was a lawyer in Canada, and that’s what he really wanted me to do," he explained
But Shaffer wanted to play his music and perform. So during his third year at school, he started playing with a jazz band on the side. He got his de-
gree and gave show business a try.
"1 realized very early in the game that it's important to do everything,” he said. "Try to do everything you can in the music business. Try to keep playing.
and maybe somebody will hear you.”
Shaffer played at bar mitzvah parties, in lounge show acts at Holiday Inns, and even in a gig at a top-
Please turn to page 5/LECTURE
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane Staff Writer
“Need legal assistance? We're there when you need us." The "we" in this statement refers to the Student Rights Agency.
Using this question and answer to catch students' eyes, SRA tries to inform students and make them aware that they have a place to go to when they need legal advice or have questions concerning their
Campus
rights as students.
"Before, you were very lost about your rights; now, you have help,” said Mark Hendricks, chairman of SRA.
"It | SRA) aides students with their legal concerns both on- and off-campus," said Scott Komspan, Undergraduate Student Body Government president. As an agency actively concerned with the student, SRA has established some programs to aid students, since
many students are far away from home and may need help.
A bail-bond program serves those full-time undergraduate students who find themselves in trouble with the law and are arrested. A 24-hour answering service at 284-6626 informs SRA of a student’s arrest.
The agency then pays the approximate 10 percent premium needed to have the student released; students pay the amount
back as soon as possible. Those students who do not repay the amount owed within the required time may have all their records, including grades, put on hold.
Limitations are placed on the amount of bail that can be posted. For single charges, $2,100 can be posted; for multiple charges, the amount is $2,850.
The majority of the cases that SRA handles deal with minor
for
UM
life gets easier handicapped students at
By MICHELLE KAUFMAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Fifteen years ago, handicapped students at the University of Miami may have found campus life difficult. Today, due to the efforts of dedicated individuals, many problems have been solved and new facilities are being created for the blind and wheelchair-bound students.
Elevators and ramps have been installed, walkways repaved, and doors, phones and desks modified to the needs of the disabled. Aside from the physical remodeling, there has been a concerted effort to remove the barriers that had constrained relations between the handicapped, their colleagues and teachers.
Dr. Eugene Flipse, director of Student Health Services and coordinator of Disabled Services, said, “There has been full cooperation on the part of UM to help these disabled students. Almost every classroom is now accessible and the faculty's concern for these individuals is tremendous.”
Since 1976, when disabled graduate student Harvey Bodansky first prepared a campus guide to handicap accessibility, there have been significant changes throughout the campus.
The magazine, Rolling Along, is now being revised with the help of Flipse and Dr. Jerry Askew, Vice President of Student Affairs. Bodan-sky's continued effort led to many of the improvements and new services now offered to the handicapped.
Community service groups have helped by providing tape recorded books, transportation and vocational training. Some of these organizations include: The Florida Paraplegic Association, The Lion's Club, Special Transportation Services and the Lighthouse for the Blind.
Campus Sports and Recreation sponsors the Handicapped Olympics, work-study aides help with homework, and Shepherds International, a group started by Nigerian transfer student Julius Adegunloye, assists in any way possible.
Professors have continually adapted teaching techniques to facilitate learning for the handicapped. Examples of this are teachers who allow students to tape record lectures and teachers who administer exams orally for those students who cannot write.
Professors are encouraged to read a faculty handbook titled, The College Student with a Disability. In this pamphlet, professors are given ideas of how to teach disabled students more effectively.
The handicapped students take advantage of all of these services, but for the most part they like to be independent. “We encourage the handicapped students to do things on their own," said Flipse, "But they know that if they ever have a problem we are here to help."
Flipse is now trying to obtain reading machines for the blind and learning disabled which would allow the student to place any book in a slot and have it read aloud. An equipment loan service is also being improved for wheelchairs, tape recorders and crutches.
This year there are 25 handicapped students at UM. Many of them were drawn to Miami because of the mild climate and flat terrain.
The biggest barrier a handicapped student must face, according to Flipse, is "the insecurity of the non-handicapped in their dealings with the disabled. Their uneasiness causes the handicapped student to feel uneasy tod."
Workshops have been conducted during the past few years to help the university community become more sensitive to the needs of the handicapped, and students are encouraged to treat the disabled student as a normal part of the student body.
crimes.
Another program that SRA has developed is the lawyer-on-retain-er program, referred to simply as “program,” whereby a lawyer provides free legal advice to students.
Students are first required to sign a contract which will inform them of the “dos and don'ts” re garding their questions and will clear the University of any liability. SRA is also authorized to "advise undergraduate students of their rights and responsibilities in the University disciplinary systems."
"We take the University stance, but we try to help the students," said Hendricks.
Hendricks emphasized that the laywers "can't do the actual physical representation; they can only advise." This Is also stated in the contract signed by the student. However, as stated by the contract, "the program Attorneys and/or SRA shall supply Student with a referral list of local attorneys when necessary."
Once informed of this, the students have the freedom to ask a variety of questions regarding their troubles and are treated with the courtesy due any professional client.
"In the past, we had to refer students to other places to get Information; now we don't," said Hendricks. The program was securely established this semester after SRA spent approximately a year and a half trying to get the service approved and operational.
SRA has been among the services provided to students since it was reestablished in 1976 after a brief period of inactivity.
Approximately $8,250 have been allotted to SRA from student activity fees.
In an article regarding its rebirth, the Miami Herald described SRA as a " '70s outgrowth of '60s policies." As a result of the controversial politics of the '60s and the
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increasing number of students who were being arrested with no means of raising bail money, SRA was reactivated.
SRA is comprised of two officers — Mark Hendricks, chairman, and Paula Fields, vice chairman — and 11 commissioners and appointees. Hendricks states that '‘oiure members are in the process of joining" and stresses that anyone is welcome to join.
As an organization, SRA is heavily involved in various activities and is constantly looking for activities that will help the student exercise his rights in any way.
A project is being organized, with the help of SRA, to have voter registration available to all students throughout the year. SRA has also been involved in Crime Awareness Week, Under the Influence days and Public Safety Week.
SRA considers itself an "information center." The agency publishes a handbook for students with extensive information concerning the students’ legal position regarding everything from traffic violations to landlord/tenant disputes. The handbook also contains various referral services such as the citizens' service directory with important local phone numbers
Georgina Aguas, an active member of SRA, said, “It's worthwhile because it acts, it helps, and it gets results."
A branch of USBG, SRA is located in Student Union 244 and can be reached by calling 284-2953
Hurricane* cable station hold debate
The Miami Hurricane and the University of Miami student-operated cable station will sponsor a debate between members of the UM Young Democrats and College Republicans. The debate, to be taped Wednesday, will be shown throughout the next two weeks.
"The debate is an opportunity for the members of both parties to debate professionally. Hopefully, this sort of exchange will be such a success that there will be more in the future," said Hurricane Editor in Chief Lourdes Fernandez.
18 positions open to ticket. Independents
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Sews Fditnr
Elections for senate positions for the Undergraduate Student Body Government will be held today and tomorrow from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
One organized ticket, SPIRIT, and two independent candidates will vie for the 18 open seats, only two of which are opposed.
Scott Swafford and Gary Lane of SPIRIT and Adam Rabinowitz are running for freshman senator; Raj Agarwal and Eddie Wang of SPIRIT and Independent Michael Moritz are running for sophomore senator.