Miami Hurricane, April 02, 1985

              PIKE, KAPPA WIN
A zany Greek Week of contests, skits, and fun
ends with a ball and the announcements that Pi
Kappa Alpha and  Kappa Kappa   Gamma
are   the  overall winners
ENTERTAINMENT   —    page
MIAMI BEACH
First in a six-part ge
rics ahout one ol
South Florida's most
famed areas
ENTERTAINMENT
—  page 5
UM DIVERS SCORE
At the NCAA nationals last week, diver Daphne
Jongejans took a third place finish in the 1-meter
springboard to win the title ol All American
SPORTS—page?
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Tuesday
April 2, 1985
Action disqualified in USBG elections
By 1OURDESFERNANDEZ
Hume eeeie   I ,lll,,r III  Chief
For the first time in the history of Undergraduate Student Body-
Government elections, an entire ticket has been disqualified
The Action tie ket 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 1 ynne 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 point! are needed to disqualify a ticket.
The ticket was disqualified for violations such as campaigning 100
yards before the polls and for not altering campaign materials
sufficiently when Harry Kink. 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 e ampalgn managers Fernando Rojas and Annie
Ortega, they were neit 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 2\
F'ink. who on March 1 told Brown he was indecisive about running,
never told Action he might not run, according to Ortega.
According to Brown, Fink promised to tell his ticket that he was
dropping out. Fink, 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.
1 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 t-ditnr m ('hicf
Two tickets will be vying for
positions in United Black Students
this Wednesday. UBS will be
holding elections from 9 a.m.-4
p.m. in their office, Student Union
214. Any full-time studeni with a
grade point average of 2.0 or
above is eligible to voir
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 fur 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 lo support the newly-formed
Federation of Black Greeks and
hope to use it as a bridge with
Panhellenic and Ihe lnter-fraterni-
ty Coiiiu il
Profs travel lo India
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Aaiatant New. tditor
Three University of Miami engineers were among 90scientists
who attended the U.S.-India Symposium on Remote Sensing at the
Indian Space Applications Centre
in Ahmedahad, India this past
month
The conference was planned
after Dr. Homer W Hiser. director
of the UM Remote Sensing I abo-
ratory and Dr T Netal Vezlroglu,
director of the UM ("lean Energy
Institute visited India in 1982
Representing both the I'nited
States and the I'niversity of
Miami, thev  lectured and  went tei
remote sensing facilities and as a
result, "it was decided that a
symposium would benefit both
countries," said Veziroglu, who
co-chaired the symposium along
with Hiser and Indian official I'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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was feeuled 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 I ledums Commission authorized our literature the Friday before elections Third, we theiught |SEC
candidate] I ee Schnabel might be ineligible, so we did nol include her.
That proves there was no malicious intent."
Added Rojas: "If the whole constitutional procedure was nol
followed, why are we being held to technicalities?"
I ast 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 hy unnecessary charges." said
Ortega "What were 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 Slatf IVriler
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 experleni e,
great vitality and a fresh brush eel
creativity."
Tarr comes to UM from Temple
Uiiniiiiil'ii in Philaislphu »»>»«».
he 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 ot
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 breead education*
al background."
Tarr's education includes a BA
degree in international relations
fneni Ihe 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
MA degree in American politics
from The Fagleton Institute ol
Politics of Rutgers University in
New Jersey in 1966 Tarr alsei
studied French at the University nl
Dijon    in    1 ran, c    and    at    1 aval
i niversity   in   St    Foy,   Quebec.
Canada
1 arr is currently a Ph.I' candi-
,i ,i„   e,,   i»^r„,i,,.„ .i   p^tti;.
The* Maxwell Graduate School al
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 (nd certificate and degree
programs The programs are run
through Allen Hall on the Coral
(e,i!ilcs campus, the Koubek Center
on S.W 3rd St and the UM
Conference Center in the James I
Knight International Center
Miami Hurrican, 'cl IIRG1   u VAR1.'
A sure way to get heartburn ...
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.
HRC to have
few openings
Bita coordinates UM poetry festival
By CATHERINE MALLINAS
Hurricane? Staff Writer
The International Poetry Festival, part of the University's celebration, begins today and will
continue April 'I and April IK. The
festival begins tonight at 8:30 in
the International I ounge Poetry
will be read in five languages:
Spanish (Cuban. Chilean. Bolivi
an). Italian. French, English (Irish.
Scottish. British), and African.
On April 9 at 8:30 p.m. at the
Honors Residential College, poetry
will be read in Greek, Hebrew,
Yiddish. Russian, and Indian. On
April IK, the last poetry readings
will take place in the International
Lounge wilh Turkish. Arabic.
Malaysian, Hungarian, and German poetry.
The coordinator of the festival is
I iii Bita. who recently performed
The Greek Woman Through the
Ages, a one-woman show that will
be performed at the Beaumont
Cinema on April 5-7 at 7 pm. and
who performed at the HRC last
year Hita graduated from Ihe
Greek Conservatory eef Music and
the Athens Scheieel of Drama and
hoids a masters in drama from the
University uf Miami
Numerous    professors    will    be
working   with   students   fur   the
festival  Each professor will read a
poem in the original language, and
three  students  will  read  th.   I n
glish translations
Each   person   will   choose   and
poems hi feels arerepresen-
tative uf his own country   "Since
the i 'ni\ ersity wants to project the
ef a global university, I feel
thi*. poetry reading is an important
contribution to the slogan," said
Bita
Honors Dav recognizes outstanding seniors
Fae
Dav
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ulty and administrators file during tho Honors
procession
By MARIA STANONIS
Hurricane Staff Writer
The fourth annual Honors Day
Convocation was held last Friday
al the Gusman Concert Hall
The    formal    ceremony    I
ni/ecl    seniors    who    have    done
superior    scholastic     work     and
shown   outstanding   dedication   in
Iheir respective fields of sludv
The departmental, college and
school awards were presented
first hy Universit) ol Miami
President Edward 1 Foote, whee
was assisted by the eight de ,e
the various colleges and schools ol
the University
The convocation address, "Further Confessions of a Knife." was
then given hv Dr Richard A
Seltzer.
Seltzer, a distinguished and renowned surgeon, has also written
such    award-winning    nooks    ...
Morlal Lessons einel (    I
a Knife
The address consisted l.ir, i
Seltzer's own personal r< fit
on his career .is ,i surgeon and his
rei.itlvel\ new e.i. author
Following Seltzers talk, Foote,
assisted by Provost William F
Lee. presented the honor society
awards
Richard I. Kirschner received
the last award presented — the
Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship and
Ser\ j, e Award
Foote pel ionall. recognized Kir-
u ho   .ie e umulated   four
other awards including the Biology Award, a Gerrii and Schippei
: .em! the llieiieirs Students'
Assoc iation Award
"We as leac he rs have no happier
da) than this kind of day.'' said
Foote
Raymond Augustin. president eef
ouncll uf International Student nrg.nn/ations, agrees that
this project is one of the better
international and mter-i ultural
projects 'if the* University
"We are committed tn furthering the inierae tion and integration
nt the diversified i uh ires, and this
presents a unique Opportunity for
the enhancement uf -uch ideas
even   more  inten  iting   is  that  the
lents   ire  involved
in thi nth " 	
By LOURDES FERNANDI /
Ihirr;, an,    I (lit,,,   m   f hltf
Fntering  honors   freshmen   mav
nol he able to live m the Honors
Residential College next vear because there will mu he enough
openings
According to Ilr 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 Presidi nl
Richard Kirschner Murfin said
that he would like the next HSA
president   to   live   in   the   I
also, so that room will probably be
taken
I asi year, »)H e,f the 100
freshmen who applied Itn HRC|
,- • in live hen ," said Murfin "We
will he slotting freshmen into anv
openings we have "
However, these spots mav 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
■   may also have a hard time
getting in
These freshmen, however, are
being told ahout the homers college
during recruiting trips, according
te.  Murfin
The popularity of the
honors college has created a glitch in a system that was supposed
to incorporate students from all classes.
lhe popularity of the honors
college has created a glitch in a
that was supposed to
incorporate students from all classes As il is now, only the majority
uf one i lass (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 pro
grams, 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 bv
senior advisor Jerry Askew by noon of that dav; candidates for
business manager must be interviewed hy financial advisor
Raymonde Bilger by noon of that dav Applications can be
obtained from Arlene Watts in Student Union 221. or from the
toilet paper dispenser in any washroom