Miami Hurricane, March 05, 1985

              CRIMES OF THE HEART’
Top-notch acting and a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway comedy make for good entertainment at Brockway Theatre
________ ENTERTAINMENT — page 5
INJURED
A look at athletes and injuries and how they cope
SPORTS — page 7
Volume 61 Number 41
HURRICANES SINK PRIVATEERS
A three-game sweep against New Orleans was not without problems, as Head Baseball Coach Ron Fraser was ejected from Thursday nights game
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By MARA DONAHOE
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Soviet Studies program at the Graduate School of International Studies may soon undergo an administrative change.
Dr. Carl G. Jacobsen, director of Soviet studies, plans to leave at the end of the semester, when his five-year contract expires.
Jacobsen was hired as a visiting professor through the Center For Advanced International Studies, now the GSIS.
New policy states that Jacobsen must be tenured through another department, politics and public affairs, to remain at UM, since the University cannot pay visiting professors.
Although Jacobsen has not applied for the job, Janet Martin, assistant professor of history, has submitted his nomination.
“The University has not offered me a follow-up contract,” said Jacobsen. “The University has been unable to realize some of the
promises made to me: expanded personnel and library holdings in the field. Economic problems have affected all fields.”
Martin said that when Jacobsen came, he was told he would be given institutional support and faculty. “He brought together good students and a viable program with little sources," said Martin.
Jacobsen said that people interested in pure academics are hesitant to apply for the job. "Due to the financial scarcity, it is tempting to have someone with ties to defense department contracts,” he added. “These days, that is where the money is."
He adds that the person hired will probably have close ties to the Pentagon. “The University has suffered in the past because previous experts were closely tied to the state department, and as a result, the University is perceived in academic circles as a Pentagon-associated think-tank specialist," said Jacobsen.
Ambler H. Moss Jr., dean of GSIS, said when asked if political views have anything to do with hiring, "There is a healthy divergence of political views among professors on campus. I don’t think that they
would consider someone because of political views ."
Moss also commented that the new position is a "different type of appointment."
Many of Jacobsen’s students are upset by his departure, since they came to UM to study under him.
Craig Simon, GSIS graduate assistant, said. "I applied because he was here. 1 would be disappointed to see him go."
Said Simon, regarding Jacobsen’s political views: "I don't mind people expressing political views in class. It's what makes it livelier Students are concerned in not going back to an extremely conservative program. They want a balance.”
Tom O'Brien, another student, said that Jacobsen’s departure is a problem for people working on their dissertations. "If he does leave and is replaced by someone with completely different viewpoints, it could create a lot of problems," said O'Brien.
A search committee is reviewing four applicants for the position
Garni Gras ’85
Miami Hurricane/GEORGE ALVAREZ
(Left): Martin Sampson and Mike Del Castillo hide their fears well on the Cobra at Carni Gras. Frank Jimenez clowns around in a game of Simon Says (right). For more on Carni Gras, see page 5.
Disabled accept challenges of life
By PETER P. PERMUY
Hurricane Opinion Editor
This is the third part in a series on handicapped students and their needs.
“It’s like Ortega and Gasset said, 'Yo soy yo y mis circumstancias,’ — I am me and my circumstances,” said Bill Schütz, a senior majoring in foreign languages who shuns labels such as "disabled” and “handicapped." He insists that his cerebral palsy simply presents a different set of problems than someone else’s, not some tragic affliction that is cause for despair.
Blonde, blue-eyed and soft-skinned Debbie Davis awaits her next dance. The sophomore international business and finance major was a longtime student of dance and began teaching it at 16. She was learning more up in Washington, D.C., until an auto accident about a year and a half ago. Her spinal cord injury, she says, is a temporary situation.
She speaks out against pessimist and defeatist attitudes, referring to some fellow handicapped people’s attitudes and those of overly negative doctors. She also talks of a friend she recently encountered, a man she met in Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she goes for therapy. His name is Alvaro, an 18-year-old champion bullfighter from Spain who would have needed one more win to compete for the national championship. That honor, which brings with it the esteem equal to that given a famous American quarterback or champion boxer, might have been bestowed upon Alvaro, had that bull not upended him as violently as it did and cause him to snap his neck. “He’s a defeatist,” says Debbie, an unwavering optimist, who seldom lets him get away with cynical sneers.
Cheryl Sedei, a graduate music
therapy major complains only of people not knowing or acknowledging that her guide dog, Ines, is allowed by law to enter any place where the public is allowed to enter. Before finding out she had Stargardt's Disease, an irreversible retinal degeneration disease, she performed as a pianist for the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Colorado State University Symphony Orchestra. She looks you straight in the eye to make you feel comfortable, she says, although she can see you better peripherally.
These three all have one thing in common: they don’t feel handicapped.
Bill quotes Rene Descartes: "The
only thing that is certain is that we live in uncertainty,” saying that life is a challenge for each individual, a challenge that each individual must accept and undertake to the best of his ability.
Debbie contemplates what matters most to her. “Living day to day, getting the most out of life," she says. “Some people think it’s shallow, but it's that simple."
Sedei talks of two things that matter most to her. "First is people and having quality relations with them — enjoying being with them and having respect for them. Second is my professional goals.” Sedei's dream is to found a multi-modal clinic for treating terminally-ill children
Bill talks of how his physical condition has improved since his childhood. He attributes everything to a positive, loving and supportive mother and family. From a wheelchair he progressed to 40-pound leg braces, then to knee braces, and now to only crutches, which is all he needs to get around. He talks about friends he has found at the University of Miami and which he'll miss after he graduates. He quotes LaRoche Foucauld: “Sincerity is the opening of the heart."
Cheryl tries to simplify what her doctoral thesis will be about: "The efficacy of music and biofeedback on migraine headaches and tension headaches."
Tickets vie for spring election
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Lightning, Action and Blind Faith are the three tickets which will vie for control of the Undergraduate Student Body Government in the spring election
"Our purpose is to serve the students to the best of our ability,” said Eric Robinson, one of the campaign managers for Lightning, “and to make the University a better place to live for them."
Campaign Manager for Action Annie Ortega said that the goal of Action is "to get students to be on student government that are people that are leaders on campus and that will have an effect in student government."
Lightning candidates and their postions desired include: Scott Komspan, president; Frank Jimenez, vice president; Ana Gonzalez, treasurer; Juan Diaz and Wanda Furs, senior senator; Elissa Lieberman, Julio Pestonit and Suelyn Hall, Arts and Sciences senator; Dennis Quintana and Carmelo Palomino, School of Business senator; Robyn Kerzner, School of Education senator; Grisel Elarresta, School of Music senator; Leonard LaForest, School of Architecture senator; Orestes Pablos. School of Engineering
senator; Donnie Perkins, School of Nursing senator; Tony Cioe and Elizabeth Armengol, junior senator; Martin Applebaum, Richard Halke, Ana Puga and Suzanne Gale, Student Entertainment Committee
The Action ticket includes; Jose Garcia, president; Amy Greenwald, vice president; Christine Dillon, treasurer; Carmine Parente and Jill Levin, senior senator; Jonathan Pototshy and Roland S Medina, junior senator; Richard John Kopituh. Music senator; Rafael Ciordia, Gloria Varela and Barry Kates, Arts and Sciences senator; Alicia M Brown, Education senator; Lisa A. Lee, Emilio San Pedro, Leigh Vones and Barry Fink, SEC; Susan Reeves, and Mario A. Aedo, Business senator; Carlos Mewdia, Engineering senator; Thomas Krivick, Architecture senator; Laura Dominguez, Nursing senator.
The Blind Faith ticket consists of: David Ring, president; Curt Watkins, vice president; Webster Wong, treasurer; John Fornash and Janet Vodra. Arts and Sciences senator; John Graves, Engineering senator; Tom Forness, junior senator; Jeff O'Sullivan, senior senator.
One independent, Dennis S. Lamm, is running for SEC seat.
Accidents at
Carni festival
mar weekend
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
Two separate events marred this weekend’s Carni Gras.
An 18-year-old Auburn student visiting University of Miami friends was in critical but stable condition at South Miami Hospital after being struck while crossing Ponce deLeon Boulevard Friday night.
The student, who witnesses believe was leaving Carni Gras, broke both legs and his pelvis. According to witnesses, he stepped in front of the car. The
driver, not associated with UM. was not charged.
"It’s really a terrible situation, said Dr William Butler, vice president for student affairs “Wi are all grieving."
Also on Friday, near midnight, a loose cable on one of the rides gave several festival-goers a scare The ferris wheel with cages was shut down and the people on the ride evacuated when a cable (ami loose and sparks began to fly from the ride. No one was seriously injured, and the ride was opened the next day.
Engineers to hold student eon
By SANDRA JARAMILLO
Hurricane Copy Editor
While many students already have visions of spring break dancing in their heads, members of the University of Miami Student Chapter of the American Institute of Industrial Engineers are still preparing for one of their biggest events in the last few years.
Wednesday will mark the start of the 1985 Institute of Industrial Engineers Regions III & IV Student Conference, which will run through Saturday. An estimated 150 students and faculty from LI student chapters, including UM’s, from six states in the Southeastern United States and Puerto Rico are expected to attend
According to Dr. Tarek Khalil, chairman of the Industrial Engineering department at UM. the last time the UM chapter hosted a regional student conference was about eight or nine years ago. "It's an honor to host this program," said Khalil. "It's a good reflection on our program," he added, explaining that this is especially true since bidding takes place to host the event.
UM was chosen over the University of Florida at last year’s conference in North Carolina In order to host a conference of this magnitude, the College of Engineering administration has to be 100 percent behind you — and they have been very supportive," said Jorge Duyos, a senior and president of the AIIE student chapter.
"The purpose of this conference is to stimulate technical thinking as well as social interaction among the industrial engineering students from the universities in the Southeast," said Duyos.
One of the ways technical thinking is being expressed is through a technical paper competition, to be judged by three professional industrial engineers Along with plaques awarded to the top three places, the first place winner will receive $50, second place $25 and third place $10. Also, the first place winner will get his paper entered in the national conference May 19-23.
‘It’s an honor to host this program. It's a good reflection on our program.’
Dr. Tarek Khalil
Duyos sees the conference as an opportunity for industries in South Florida to recruit high-quality industrial engineering students from schools such as the University of Florida, Georgia Institute of Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Clemson University and the University of Puerto Rico
In turn, said Duyos. "The student will be made aware of the South Florida job market."
The theme of this year’s conference is "IE’s: Exploring New Frontiers," and this will be expressed by showing the diversification of today's industrial engineers. Speakers include Larry E. Kagemann. the current product manufacturing engineering manager at Racal-Milgo Electronics and the keynote speaker at the conference. Kagemann will discuss the role of today's manufacturing engineer.
Additionally, plant tours will be conducted of Racal-Milgo Electronics, makers of computer modems; Cordis Corporation, makers of pacemakers; Harris Corporation, makers of computers; and Suave Shoe Corporation
According to Dr David Su-manth. associate professor in the industrial engineering department and faculty advisor to the AIIE student chapter, the conference will serve to enhance the image and the visibilty of the department nationally
Costs for the event are being defrayed by funds from the national chapter, revenue from fees and donations from industry.
The event is open to the administration, faculty, industry and industrial engineering students and will be taking place at the Holiday Inn, 1350 South Dixie Highway.
Ibis Elections
Elections for the editor of the Ibis yearbook will take place March 18 at 3 p.m. Candidates must be full-time undergraduate students with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 All candidates must be interviewed by financial advisor Raymonde Bilger by noon of that day. Applications can be obtained from Arlene Watts in Student Union 221

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