Miami Hurricane, February 21, 1984

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Tuesday, February 21, 1984
SAFAC: $14,000 for International Week
By TFQUEST A BRYANT
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Thr Student Activities l ee Allocations Committee recommended a cut of more than $10,000 of an original emergency request from the Council of International Students and Organizations.
COISO went before SAFAC last Thursday night to seek funding for their annual International Week
COISO’s written request was for $25.091, hut SAFAC cut the request to $20.090 by deducting $3,100 provided to COISO through regular referendum. $1,200 provided verbally by the Student Entertainment Committee for entertainment and $700 from Student Activities This left the final request at $20.090 for International Week.
SAFAC Chairman Roy Robert said the committee recommended to Dean of Students William Sheeder, who must authorize all grants, to award COISO $1 1.101 of their original request. The committee also included recommendations they felt might help COISO in this year’s International Week and provide guidance for next year’s officers.
“Friendly ret ommendations’’ presented by SAFAC to COISO are as follows:
1)	Go before SFC to ask for help off-setting the entertainment cost.
2)	Take into consideration the amount of money that COISO has already been granted and use part of it so that the cultural food to be provided during International Week can be sold at a very reasonable price to students. Robert said the goal of the food bazaar should be to break even, not to raise money.
3)	Next year’s International Week committee begin working on the 1985 International Week immediately after the elections of new COISO officers Robert said that SAFAC believes this will enable COISO to raise
funds more effectively, inside and outside the University
Robert said that one point in the COISO request that impressed him was that the COISO member organizations, instead of paying a fee to participate in International Week, are responsible for providing an activity or event.
The African. Arab. Malaysian. Venezuelan and Haitian students member organizations have invited lecturers from their various countries to speak during the week The only money COISO asked for in connection with three of the five speakers was money to cover transportation, housing and meals.
The Venezuelan and Haitian students will be providing speakers at no cost, since their speakers are in the area Sabri Ismail, president of COISO. said groups get a free speaker to come rather than a contribution.
There will be exhibits from 17 countries, w'ith the student organizations from each country covering the cost for clothing and other display items. COISO asked for no money toward this event
Ismail explained that COISO was covering half the cost for the food and wanted SAFAC to match their money SAFAC suggested that COISO search for a better price on the food to be prepared for the food bazaar
Entertainment was a rough spot in the discussion. COISO asked for a total of $14.800 to provide international entertainment. Ismail said the costs for 10 bands and other entertainment was high because they would have to provide equipment and lighting for a few of the bands
SAFAC had a hard time judging the worth of the bands with which they were not familiar John Stofan. Student Union director, suggested that COISO provide the committee with some information on the bands to help in their decision
SAFAC did, however, recommend that COISO go before SFC and ask
them to cover the cost of at least some of the entertainment Ismail said that SFC had agreed to cover the SI.200 charge for the latin band. Salsa Express, or some other latin band in its place; and SAI AC subtracted that amount from the amount requested SFC still needs to vote on that decision
SAFAC could not understand Ismail s statement that the president s office and the Student Affairs office did not make contribution's to International Week
COISO advisor I.aura Morgan said culturally, international students equate seeking contributions with begging, and therefore have not in »he past asked those offices for money
Ismail said COISO did approach the Student Affairs office about two weeks ago but was turned down SAFAC suggested COISO seek contributions in the preceeding vear to prevent the available funding from running out before International Week
SAFAC also suggested cuts in the area of publicity COISO had plan ned to get much, if not all of the material from the campus bookstore, but SAFAC members recommended off-campus suppliers saying that thev generally have much lower prices
^ It was brought up in the SAFAC meeting that COISO was awarded $5.735 in regular fund and 20 per student (83.100) bv a iqsO referendum specifically for International Week
l ast year COISO received $2,850 in the regular allocation and was then awarded $15.000 in a SAI AC emergency allocation This vear. COISO received $2.835 in the regular allocation and	for $25.091 in
emergency funding
COISO spent $18.273 on International Week last vear and returned $2.882 to the committee.
Miami Hurrir ane/KARl \ PIKE
A student samples the desserts at the Ibis cafeteria
Ibis cafeteria rates high in variety and quality; high prices a drawback
By I RIC SEIDEL
Hurricane St aft Writer
Editor's note This is thp second in a series of articles evaluating the different plates to eat on campus the order of the places evaluated and times were picked at random. To maintain consistency, all places were reviewed during lunch hour, none were notified ahead of time, and all meals were paid for in cash.
virtually cornucopian when compared to that of its next-door neighbor.
On the menu was roast beef ($ 1.99), southern fried chicken ($1.85), lasagna ($1.80), veal par-mesan (SI 85) and roast duck with rice ($3.10). General surveys were favorable for most of these dishes (no one had tried the duck) and the pasta dishes got the highest marks
Campus eateries
Today thr review of campus food srrvirrs leads us to the Ibis cafeteria Situated next to the Hurricane Cafeteria in the Student Union, the Ihis differs from its counterpart by having pav-per-item formal, eliminating meal cards and opening it up to anyone.
fins offers a pleasant surprise in the way of variety, service and quality. The lunchtime menu was
Of course, as quality increases so does price When a drink and salad are figured in, most meals will come to around $ 1 Nowhere is the burden of quality more evident than at the salad bar which costs 20/ an ounce. This gets io he an expensive proposition, especially if you pick a heavy vegetable or use salad dressing
The service at Ibis received very favorable comments and ohserva-
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The Graduate School of International Studies hosts a two-dav seminar on the rutilili revolution /PAGE .1
Another Voice
Annie Ortega, IISBG speaker pro tempore, discusses the weaknesses of IISBG /PAGE 4
Godspell
A review of the student production (lodsprll in Pulse / PAGE fi
Three in a row
, The women’s tennis team wins three games on its way to the top /PAGE 7
tion confirmed them The motherly woman at the serving line calls students "honey." Comment cards are set on each table to solicit input There is no salary variance for this staff as compared to that of the drudging Hurricane cafeteria's and no special bonuses are given Why. then, the conspicuously friendly service? The congeniality was almost too Irrpsistable to investigate It appears there is an employee cohesion to be found here that is rare The lady at the line who calls students "honey," Sweet Rolls Hurst, said. "I call everybody sweetheart or honey or somethin'!" She also likes to quote her own poetry and invites everyone to "come one, come all to this fantastic Ibis Ball."
A little more subdued was Mattie Spann, who does the baking and Is proud of her pies, cakes and rolls Both ladles praised Johnny the salad maker' and other co-workers, each with their own specialties
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Rating ratrncs
The Miami Hurricane will rale the on campus eateries on u scale from one to III with III as the highest rating, in llw follow ing four areas
Variety — What choice does the student have in what to eat? Quality — How good is the food!1
Service — How friendly and cooperative are the employees ’ Do they care about the student? Atmosphere — How clean is the cafeteria!’ Is it decoratrcP Are chairs broken, utensils missing, or the ice cream machine working’’
Ratings: 1-3 poor: 4*5 average: ti-h excellent; 9-llt superior
Ibis Cafeteria
Variety ..................8
Quality ..................4
Service ..................7
Atmosphere................6
Solidarity. Day
Hillel aids Soviet Jews
By USA GIBBS
Hurricane Assnimlc News t.dilnr
Student Solidarity Day for Soviet Jewry, protesting the persecution of Soviet Jews, will be sponsored, hy Hillel Student Jewish Center on Thursday.
In its second year at I'M. Student Solidarity Day is recognized at over 70 college campuses nationwide and abroad.
In a resolution passed hy the Undergraduate Student Body Government last Wednesday. Student Solidarity Day was acknow lodged as "a day formulated for students to dedicate themselves to the creation of human rights for all mankind throughout the Soviet Union and the world."
According to the USUG resolution and the Hillel committee, many Jews currently living in the Soviet Union wish lo leave the country for their homeland, Israel They wish to be united with their relatives, their people and their culture
l or these wishes, they are persecuted, exiled and sent to labor camp prisons by the Soviet government
The Hillel Soviet Jewry Commuter was formed at CM by a group of students w ho wanted to help the Soviet Jews.
The committee, made up of Hillel members and currently headed hy Danny Wachsstock. sends letters to Washington. DC and coordinates functions such as Student Solidarity Day
Hillel groups from all over the country have sent letters, not only to U S. senators and Washington officials. hul also lo former Soviet president Yuri Andropov
According to David Levinson, a member of Hillel and the committee on Soviet Jewry, the letters are meant to put pressure on both the U.S. and the Soviet governments sn that affirmative action will be taken
In the past. Hillel has sponsored Bagel Brunches and a march protesting the plight of the Jews
They have also adopted a Jewish family currently living in Moscow, the Shayev family Chaim Shayev, head of the family, had been arrested for "anti-state functions" — wanting to leave the Soviet Union for Israel The members of Hillel send fixid, clothing and dozens of letters to the family which, most of
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The oldest son. 21*year-old Ser gei Shayev, has been made an honorary student at the l niversitv oi Miami
The Hillel committee works with other committees to inform Mu dents and faculties atro.ss the United States about the plight of the Soviet Jews, because, as I evinson said. ‘What s happening to them should not he forgotten "
compete at tournament
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By I Ol 'RDF.S F
Hurricane \cu* Editor
The Whitten Student Union will he the site of a regional tournament that will bring college student unions to UM to compete in different events. This will be the first time UM has hosted this tournament
The tournament will rake place in the Student Union this weekend and will feature events such as bowling. billiards, table tennis, chess, backgammon, foosball, and darts Jack Maurer, assistant director in charge of the game room, said UM still needs participants in backgammon and darts.
About 300 students are expected from 30-35 schools, according to Maurer. He added that the Whitten Union volunteered its facilities because it is a major recreation event.
“It costs us )to host the tournament | what it w otild to travel.*' hr said
The Program Council has contributed $1.000 toward the event
The Association of College Unions, which each year has a national competition in addition to the regional ones, is composed of 15 regions Miami is in region six. which also includes Alabama. Georgia, and Mississippi.
The tournaments begin on the local level with each campus running a tournament l oca! winners are sent to the regional competition The nun her of regional entries depends on the number participating in the campus tournament
If a campus does not run a tournament, the school can enter a contestant for an additional fee.
All are invited to watch the tournament
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may have saved toddler
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By AI.FX ANDF R SAITTA
Hurricane Opinion Editor
The quick action of a work-study employee Sunday may have saved a young fever victim At 5:0.3 p m Sunday, Diane Rhatigan. a desk assistant in the UM Student Union, saw 18- month-old Beniamin DeVarax collapse into convulsions, and alerted campus securitv The baby’s sitter. Stephanie.1 evame. said the child had had a fever the entire day. according to Rhatigan I t Buford Barnard of Public Safety said Sgt James Smith was on the scene within three minutes and at
tended to the child, who had hern 'out for a stroll with his babysitter "
A Coral Gables Emergent v Medical unit arrived at 5:12 and transported the unconscious Benjamin to Variety Children's Hospital, where he was immediatelv admitted to intensive care for treatment
The child's mother. Patrice DeVarax. said. I hp fever must have come on very quickly Doctors at the hospital performed a spinal tap to test for meningitis Tests proved negative, and Benjamin u'as released at 9 Sunday night At last report. Mrs DeVarax s.nd the child was sleeping comfortahlv
¡\obel laureate to speak Thursday
Nobel Prize winner Issae B. Sinner will speak on why he is a writer
B\ LOl RDfcS t-LRNANDt /
Humcanr News Editor
Issac Bashevis Singer, w inner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1978, will speak on "Why I Am a Writer at 8pm Thursday in th* Brock way Theater
Singer's lecture is sponsored by Phi Rappa Phi. an academic honor society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship in all fields of the study
The let ture Singer will give is the same he read in 1978 to an an audience that included the king and queen of Sweden
Singer, a distinguished professor of English at UM. writes in Yiddish about fools, thieves and lovers Some of his well-known stones m-i lude Gimpel the	1 hr Magi
elan of I uhlin. I he Tanul\ \/oshut and Yentl. the Yoshiva Box. which recently was made into a movie b\ Barbra Streisand
The lecture is open to tho public free of charge