Miami Hurricane, April 02, 1985

              PIKE, KAPPA WIN
A zany Greek Week of contests, skits, and fun ends with a hall and the announcements that Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Kappa Gamma are the overall winners
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Tuesday April 2, 1985
Action disqualified in USBG elections
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
For the Iirst time in the history of Undergraduate Student Body Government elections, an entire ticket has been disqualified
The Action ticket was disqualified last week by the Elections Commission because of campaigning violations. The Supreme Court upheld the disqualification in an all-night meeting that began Thursday and ended Friday morning.
According to Lynne Ventry, chairman of the elections commission, Action was disqualified after accumulating 11 points for violations of campaign rules in the USBG constitution. Ventry said the commission had submitted over 30 points to the Supreme Court, but the Court only upheld 11 Ten points are needed to disqualify a ticket.
The ticket was disqualified for violations such as campaigning 100 yards before thp polls and for not altering campaign materials sufficiently when Barry Fink, Student Entertainment Committee candidate on Action, was disqualified before elections because he was not properly screened by Student Activities Director Dave Brown
Two tickets vie in UBS elections
According to Action campaign managers Fernando Rojas and Annie Ortega, they were not notified that Barry Fink was ineligible until the night before elections, even though Brown had talked to Fink almost a month earlier.
According to Brown, he informed Action presidential candidate Jose Garcia that Fink was ineligible on March 21
F'lnk, who on March 4 told Brown he was indecisive about running, never told Action he might not run, according to Ortega
According to Brown. F'ink promised to tell his ticket that he was dropping out. F'ink. however, said he left Brown’s office thinking he could still run if he changed his mind But when he spoke to Brown a second time, it was too late Brown told him he had already sent a letter to the Elections Commission, since he had not screened Fink
Ortega also added that all the SEC screenings were unconstitutional because they consisted only of Brown, instead of the 12 required members. Brown also violated the Constitution by not notifying the Commission immediately of Fink’s ineligibility, said Ortega.
‘I wasn't real pleased with being the only one [in the interview process|," said Brown. "Students should be in the interview process. But because of Carni Gras and Spring Break, the whole interview process
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
Two tickets will be vying for positions in United Black Students this Wednesday. UBS will be holding elections from f) a m -4 p.m. in their office, Student Union 214. Any full-time student with a grade point average of 2.0 or above is eligible to vote
Momentum, headed by presidential candidate Valria Screen, has a full ticket Running with Screen is Manuel Cox (vice president seat), Michele Chong (treasurer seal). Parrinda Stewart (recording secretary seat) and O’Neil Canton (historian seal). Metamorphosis consists of presidential candidate Faith Taylor and vice presidential candidate Joy Little.
Metamorphosis has on its platform creation of a “campus-pals" system to aid incoming freshmen in the registration process and mandatory orientation for all black freshmen and transfer stu-
dents Momentum also proposes to help in the entrance and retention of black students by providing academic advising.
Also included in the Metamorphosis platform is creation of a phone bank to inform students about upcoming events, revision of the UBS test files, creation of peer-study groups within particular majors, rejuvenation of a UBS scholarship and community work (such as tutoring at elementary schools)
The Momentum ticket hopes to establish an active fundraising panel, host membership drives and redesign the current program policy
Both tickets propose to set up a newsletter and re-open lines of communication with the faculty and administration. They both plan to support the newly-formed Federation of Black Greeks and hope to use it as a bridge with Panhellenic and the Inter-fraternl-tv Council
Profs travel to India
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Three University of Miami engineers were among DOscientists who attended the U.S.-India Symposium on Remote Sensing at the Indian Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad, India this past month
The conference was planned after Dr llomer W Hiser, director of the UM Remote Sensing Laboratory and Dr T Nejat Veziroglu, director of the UM Clean Energy Institute visited India in 1982 Representing both the United States and the University of Miami, they lectured and went to
remote sensing facilities and as a result, “it was decided that a symposium would benefit both countries," said Veziroglu, who co-chalred the symposium along with Hiser and Indian official P.D. Bhavasar.
“This symposium was held in order to exchange the latest information on remote sensing,” he said. “And UM had a major input from the United States."
Remote sensing is a way of measuring surface conditions of the earth or atmosphere by using spacecraft, radar or aircraft which return photographs or computer
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Augustine Omeben basks in his own glory after eating glass. That's right, Omeben ate some glass during a dance which was part of last week's International Week celebration.
Bita coordinates UM poetry festival
By CATHERINE MALLINAS
Hurricane Staff Writer
The International Poetry F'esti-val, part of the University's celebration, begins today and will continue April 9 and April 16. The festival begins tonight at 8:30 in the International Lounge. Poetry will be read in five languages: Spanish (Cuban. Chilean, Bolivian), Italian, French, Hnglish (Irish.
Scottish. British), and African.
On April 9 at 8:30 p.m. at the Honors Residential College, poetry w’ill be read in Greek, Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, and Indian On April 16, the last poetry readings will take place in the International Lounge with Turkish, Arabic, Malaysian, Hungarian, and German poetry.
The coordinator of the festival is Lili Bita, who recently performed
Tlw Grech Woman Through the Ages, a one-woman show that will be performed at the Beaumont Cinema on April 5-7 at 7 p m. and who performed at the HRC last year. Bita graduated from the Greek Conservatory of Music and the Athens School of Drama and holds a masters in drama from the University of Miami Numerous professors will be working with students for the
festival Each professor will read a poem in the original language, and three students will read the English translations Each person will choose and recite poems he feels arerepresen-tative of his own country. “Since the University wants to project the image of a global university, I feel this poetry reading is an important contribution to the slogan. ” said Bita.
Honors Day recognizes outstanding seniors
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By MARIA STANONIS
Hurricane Staff Writer
The fourth annual Honors Day Convocation was held last Friday at the Gusman Concert Hall
The formal ceremony recognized seniors who have done superior scholastic work and shown outstanding dedication in their respective fields of studs
The departmental, college and school awards were presented first by University of Miami President Edward T Foote, who was assisted by the eight deans of the various colleges and schools of the University
The convocation address, “Further Confessions of a Knife,” was then given by Dr Richard A Seltzer
Seltzer, a distinguished and renowned surgeon, has also written such award-winning books as Mortal Lessons and Confessions of a Knife
The address consisted large!) of Seltzer's own personal reflections on his career as a surgeon and his relatively new career as an author
Following Seltzer's talk, Foote, assisted by Provost William F Lee, presented the honor society awards
Richard E Kirschner received the last award presented — the Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship and Service Award.
Foote personally recognized Kirschner. who accumulated four other awards including the Biology Award, a Gerrit and Schipper Award and the Honors Students' Association Award
"We as teachers have no happier day than this kind of day," said Foote
Raymond Augustin, president of the Council of International Student Organizations, agrees that this project is one of the better international and inter-cultural projects of the University.
"We are committed to furthering the interaction and integration of the diversified cultures, and this presents a unique opportunity for the enhancement of such ideas even more interesting is that the faculty and studpnts are involved in this effort jointly "
was fouled up. I would have liked it to have been handled correctly, but because of the circumstances, it happened that way."
Ortega and Rojas maintain that they should not have received points in the Barry Fink affair "First, we were not aware of Fink's ineligibility." said Ortega. "Second, the Flections Commission authorized our literature the Friday before elections. Third, we thought |SF.C candidate] Lee Schnabel might be ineligible, so we did not include her. That proves there was no malicious intent "
Added Rojas: "If the whole constitutional procedure was not followed, why are we being held to technicalities?”
Last Friday, Action filed about 25 complaints against Lightning “We didn't file until Friday because we did not want this to be a muddy election But we found ourselves barraged by unnecessary charges,” said Ortega "What we're trying to do is maintain the integrity and procedure of elections.”
The Elections Commission met yesterday — after The Miami Hurricane went to press — to go over the complaints. If enough violations are found. Lightning could also be disqualified. Action was also planning to appeal last night before the Supreme Court It was planned that election results would he announced after the meeting
Continuing Studies gains new dean
By ROLAND S. MEDINA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Dennis L. Tarr has been selected as the new dean of the School of Continuing Studies, University of Miami President Edward T. Foote announced March 15.
Tarr will replace the current interim dean Calvin Leonard
“Dennis Tarr is one of our nation's outstanding leaders in continuing studies," said UM Provost William F Lee "He brings to his new post vast experience, great vitality and a fresh brush of creativity."
Tarr comes to UM from, Temple in Phii«a»lp(M» mè—
hr served as dean of the Center City Campus from 1973 to 1980 and as dean of the School of Continuing Education, which he founded, since 1980.
Tarr was selected after a consultative committee and a search committee eliminated 115 other applicants. The head of the search committee. Arthur Brown, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said that the choice of Tarr stemmed from his "thorough experience in the field of continuing studies and . his broad education
al background.”
Tarr's education includes a B A degree in international relations from the University of Redlands in California in 1962, a Master of Divinity degree in political ethics from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey in 1965, an M A. degree in American politics from The Fagieton Institute of Politics of Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1966 Tarr also studied French at the University of Dijon in France and at Laval University in St Foy, Quebec/ Canada
Tarr is currently a PhD candi-
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The Maxwell Graduate School at Syracuse University and expects to complete requirements for that degree by June, 1985
The Continuing Studies school serves several thousand students through many degree and non-degree programs, workshops, seminars and certificate and degree programs The programs are run through Allen Hall on the Coral Gables campus, the Koubek Center on S.W 3rd St and the UM Conference Center in the James L Knight International Center
HRC to have few openings
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
Entering honors freshmen may not he able to live in the Honors Residential College next year because there will not be enough openings
According lo Dr Ross Murfin, HRC master, most of the present residents are freshmen (and some sophomores) who will be returning. HRC has only one graduating senior at the moment, Honors Students' Association President Richard Kirschner Murfin said that he would like the next USA president to live in the college also, so that room will probably be taken
"Last year, 300 of the 400 freshmen who applied [to HKC| got to live here," said Murfin "We will be slotting freshmen into any openings we have."
However, these spots may be as few as 10, so entering freshmen will probably have to live in one of two places: the second residential college (non-honors) opening this fall in the 960 (300 spots have been reserved for freshmen) dormitory or in the Mahoney/Pearson dorm
Returning honors students who have never lived in the honors college may also have a hard time getting in
These freshmen, however, are being told about the honors college during recruiting trips, according to Murfin
The popularity of the honors college has created a glitch in a system that was supposed to incorporate students from all classes.
I he popularity of the honors
college has created a glitch in a system that was supposed to incorporate students from all classes As it is now, only the majority of one class (this year's freshmen) is benefiting from it
Murfin added that "we can t get away with another residential college for honors students," since the entire dormitory system will eventually be converted into a residential college system
“I predict that the honors college as we know it won’t be called that in a few years and won’t be all honors students," said Murfin. "It was a pilot project to get the concept off the ground."
The residential college system offers students more contact with faculty members who live in the same dorm, education-based programs. common meals, single rooms, and computer labs
Hurricane elections
Elections for The Miami Hurricane editor in chief and business manager will take place April 10 at 2 p.m. Candidates must be full-time undergraduate students with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 Candidates for editor must be interviewed by senior advisor Jerry Askew by noon of that day; candidates for business manager must be interviewed by financial advisor Raymonde Bilger by noon of that day. Applications can be obtained from Arlene Watts in Student Union 221, or from the toilet paper dispenser in any washroom