Miami Hurricane, April 05, 1985

              hurricanes hit the road
I he No. 1-ranked baseball team will play its next 15 out of 18 on the road this weekend, the KNOR Oklahoma Shootout Classic at Oklahoma.
SPORTS — page 8
Volume 61 Number 47
MIAMI BEACH’S CROWING YEARS
The second of a six-part series on Miami Beach takes a look at its move upward — renovations, develop ments and the revitalization of South Beach
ENTERTAINMENT — page 6
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Student government elections in turmoil
By SHERYL STEIN
Hurricane News Editor
In an attempt to overturn the Undergraduate Student Body Government Supreme Court decision on Tuesday (which upheld their previous decision calling for a new election), the USBG Senate passed bills validating the USBG elections on March 26 and 27
In a related action, five students filed papers asking for the impeachment of the Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice Martha Diaz, who deliberated on election decisions A committee of non-biased students must be formed by the Speaker of the Senate to review the impeachment papers.
However, at press time, the presidents of LIGHTNING and Action were meeting to work out a compromise before the Supreme Court which would validate the elections
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court overruled the Elections Commission's decision to disqualify the Action ticket and then invalidated the elections According to their official decision, they believed that the ‘capital lettering in the
LIGHTNING party’s name |on the ballot] may have influenced voters.”
The Supreme Court also ruled to suspend a part of the USBG Constitution that does not permit elections to take place within four weeks of the beginning of finals and ordered a new election with all names printed equally on ballots to occur on April 9 and 10. They later revoked their prior suspension of the Constitution and recommended that elections take place on those dates
Reaction to the ruling ranged from elation to anger “After everything was gone through, all the unfairness ... we’re glad to to see the [Supreme Court| has deliberated justly,” said Annie Ortega, campaign manager for the Action ticket. "The students will benefit in a legitimate student government through legitimate elections.”
Xavier Cortada, campaign manager for the LIGHTNING ticket, disagreed. "The Supreme Court has abused its power and in doing so has disregarded the rights of the students of the University.”
The bills passed in the Senate
Wednesday attempted to nullify the Supreme Court decisions One bill provided that April 6 would be the last day that anyone elected could enter office; no new elections could feasibly take place Another bill stated that there could not be another USBG election and that results would be read before midnight, April 3.
“According to |the Constitution!, we cannot have elections four weeks before finals," said Senator Frank Jimenez, L1GNTN-ING vice presidential candidate.“There’s only one body where It’s in their power to add, delete, or suspend part of the Constitution — the Senate "
Senator James Schultz expressed fears about whether students would vote a second time. "Students went out of their way to vote for USBG officers If we tell them to go out and vote again due to our incompetence, they'll feel we don't know what we're doing ”
By passing the bills, “we are violating the Supreme Court's due process,’’ said Senator Fernando Rojas, campaign manager for Action.
Students react
to election
By MARILYN GARATF.IX
Hurricane Staff Writer
Student reactions regarding the Supreme Court's decision to declare the Undergraduate Student Body Government elections, held March 26 and 27, void and to hold a new election vary
Getting students to vote again will be one of the obstacles the parties will have to face in the new election. About 1,900 students voted in last month's election.
"I think they’re going to have a hard time finding people to vote again,” said computer science major Albert Barbosa
Students are also critical of the decision to declare the first election void.
“Maybe they should have better safeguards,’' said Shawn Marcotte, a political science major
“I think it shows poor management of the elections,” agreed Patricia Shupert, a general business management and English major
"They should have kept an eye on what was happening," said Arthur Borbolla, a politics and public affairs major
Yet some feel that if the rules require it, elections should be held again
"At least they're following procedures said Rodney Garcia, a criminal justice major
“If people are going to be elected illegally, they shouldn't be in office,” said Shupert
For many students, one election was enough “I have no intention of voting in the second election because I object to the harrassment inflicted on innocent bystanders by both parties, and if I do vote again, it will be for Blind Faith." said Cathy Albisa, a philosophy major
However, confidence in USBG and what it stands for apparently still exists among many University of Miami students
Borbolla, a previous member of USBG. feels the student body government is "pretty efficient "
“There's always going to be some problems,' he said
Some students are willing to take the time to vote again “Yes, I would vote again." said George Sedano, a psychology and sociology major
Others do not feel that it will be worth the effort to exercise their right to vote "I don't have time to waste,” said Garcia
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Music student forms protest
By ELIZABETH CUPPARI
Hurricane Staff Writer
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
Among the thousands of students at the University of Miami, there is at least one student working to make the voice of the student body heard George Feldner, a sophomore music engineering major, is trying to get students involved in a peaceful protest for student rights.
The purpose of organizing this demonstration is “to unite students so we can represent ourselves" and to make the administration aware of the students' feelings, said Feldner He wants the demonstration to be a peaceful one, with signs and petitions "My objective is to overcome student apathy by standing together in a peaceful demonstration to protest the administration's violation of students' rights,” he said Feldner is protesting three issues: the increase in tuition and in room and board costs, the lack of student representation, and the change in the University’s calendar
According to Feldner’s calculations, the cost for a double room has increased 18 percent; for a super single, 13 percent; and for a regular single, 15 percent.
The meal plans at UM have had an even greater increase. The 20-meal plan for students living in the Residential Colleges has increased 28 percent, while for students living elsewhere on campus, it has increased only 10 percent The 14-meal plan has increased 31 percent for students in the Residential Colleges, and for students living in the other dorms it has risen 12.5 percent.
Feldner said that the Office of Residence Halls reported only a 14 percent increase for room and board
Feldner also protests the Undergraduate Student Body Government’s lack of student representation because of the problems with this year’s elections. USBG has not served the students in the past, he said, because there have not been any student referendums during the last two tuition increases.
Feldman's third point is the change in the University calendar In the fall of 1985, the calendar will be shortened by one week and three days Feldner feels the students are paying more money for less education and that students will have to learn the same amount of material in less time Feldner is now in the process of finding out if students arc interested in organizing the demonstration. He will be publicizing his idea by putting signs up in all the residence halls, and then by setting up a meeting for all who are interested. He wants to let students know that they can do something to try and change the present situation.
"This is a University of apathy; nothing is being done," Feldner said. “The point of the demonstration is to show that students stand together and that they care."
By AHMED SHOREIBAH
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
The former governor of Washington. Dixy Lee Ray. came out strongly in support of the peaceful use of nuclear energy in a lecture given Wednesday entitled “In Praise of Technology."
Ray, former chairperson of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, pointed out that there has never been an accident involving the nuciear energy industry in which anyone has been killed or injured. Said Ray, “|The nuclear power industry! has a record of safety that no other industry can even come close to matching."
Ray also maintained that there are a number of advantages of nuclear energy over conventional enery sources such as fossil fuels or hydroelectric dams. For one thing, said Ray. there are no other uses for uranium besides its use in nuclear energy production whereas productive use of fossil fuels could be mude in several areas, such as petroleum's necessity in the petrochemical industries, not related to electricity production Further, nuclear power is very-efficient as an energy source when compared to fossil fuels, particularly coal.
As for the supposed risks that critics of nuclear power often cite as reasons to ban nuclear energy. Ray contended that “we live on a radioactive planet” and that there would have to be a meltdown every two weeks somewhere in the United States in order for the risk of the nuclear power industry to comparable to that of coal-using industries.
Moreover, according to Ray, the average natural yearly exposure to radioactivity of someone living in tin U.S is about ISO mlllirems while the limit set by the U.S Atomic Energy Commission for nuclear power plants on the
amount of radioactivity a nuclear power plant can give off is about five miilirems.
Aside from her discussion of nuclear energy, Ray also talked at length about the positive effects of technology on mankind since our first technological leap — the discovery of fire by primitive man Since then, said Ray, our history has been a succession of technological advancements Our technological movement forward has, in turn, led to social as well as economic advancement
One example discussed by Ray is the advent of the spinning wheel, which allowed women, for the first time, to earn money on their own; they thus became socially less dependent on men Women could then earn their own livelihoods, possess their own property, and so forth.
Today, said Ray, “we have the best society we have ever known" because “our society is technically advanced "
But she cautioned against "emotionalism" and "hysteria" borne of what she considers to he ignorance "We're not afraid of what's really dangerous," she said, ". we’re afraid of what we don't know "

Holidays — a celebration
By LISA GIBBS
HurrHanv Managing I
• . • , This is the first article in a senes on students and their religions
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I During the week of Passover, please i do not bring any non-kosher food products into the building." reads a i f notice on the door of the Hillel Jewish I Student Center
' Certainly. Passover is not a religious holiday many Jews take lightly From the first seder (ordered meal) to the I seventh day, specific customs are ’ followed and only certain foods are I eaten
^ "If you keep kosher at all. you keep it during Passover," said Lois Silver, Hillers office manager. Among the foods Jews .cannot eat during Passover are bread and soy products, beans, corn, peanuts, pasta — anything leavened (made to rise).
It s not always easy to Keep kosher, especially for students living away from
"I’ve been on campus three years," said Marla Buschel, a member of Hillel °lt s impossible to keep kosher through the cafeterias
•It s tough." she said. "A lot of kids go home but... once you leave home, you’ve got the choice whether to . observe it or not."
This year, as in the past. Hillel is having a first and second seder and kosher lunches and dinners throughout the week. Last year, over 100 students participated in Hlllel’s Passover activities.
During the week of Passover, the Poolside Eye and the Lakeside Deli will sell sheets of matzah for 20 cents Toppings, including butter and cream cheese, will be available. Also,
University Dining Services will provide a Passover dinner Saturday night in the cafeterias	t -v.V^
Passover celebrates the beginning of Jewish independence
Easter
On the day Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem to celebrate Passover — He was in trouble with the authorities — He was greeted with cries of "Hosanna, Hosanna.” a religious greeting for the Messiah That day became known as Palm Sunday.
Five days later, Jesus was crucified Two days later, He was resurrected, and that day became known as Easter Sunday.
"Easter is the most important holiday for Christians," said Dr. Thomas Davis, director of the Presbyterian Campus Ministry, "theologically, more important than Christmas — the Church was born because of the Resurrection "
Davis expects a large turnout for the Wesley Center s sunrise service Sunday: "We’ve had better attendance on Easter than any other time — you’d think that at 6 in the morning the students wouldn't turn out "
Lecturer favors nuclear energy
Doctor-writer
a rare breed
By PETER PF.RMUY
Hurricane Opinion Editor
Richard Selzer is a surgeon Richard Selzer is a writer. He is of a rare breed, but he doesn’t think he is rare
The gaunt, bespectacled Selzer from Troy, N Y., delivered ihe lecture, “The Surgeon as Writer." on March 25 and gave the Honors Day convocation address the next day
It was in Troy, in the study of his father's general practice office, that Selzer made his date with the surgical half of his destiny
He said that an early interest in obstetrics and gynecology inspired him to look at his father's medical books Reading the word "colo-je-junostomy” (an operation) made him want to become a surgeon, he recalled. "I read it over and over again," he said "Wow! If that’s the way surgeons talk, I'm gonna be one of them, I thought "
Selzer attended Union College and Albany Medical School. He did his internship and residency at Yale University, where he was a faculty member for 20 years until he met the other, unexplored part of his destiny — writing — at age 40
He began writing short stories because, he said, they have a beginning, a middle, and an end Every night, Selzer worked on horror stories to learn the craft of writing. He recommends the hor ror genre to beginning writers because they require the writer to only “evoke a single shudder in the reader" for success
Selzer
The horror stories were good practice for Selzer They wen first published in Ellen> Queen mystery magazine After Selzer had written about 60 stories, a publisher approached him about novel. Soon, his first book. Ritual of Surgery, was published. The award-winning books Mortal l.c-sons and Confessions of A Knife, as well as Letters to a Young Doctor, followed Selzer takes his writing personally He uses the precision of a surgeon, selecting the keenest language possible and choosing all his words carefully "I want the Please turn to page 2/SELZF.R
Federation uels diarlcr
By HILDA JACKSON
Hurricane Staff Wnler
In response to the University ol Miami's new emphasis on revamping Greek life on campus, the Federation of Black Greek Organizations was recognized and chartered as a University organization
FBG, which has been in formation tor over a year, was organized to serve as a governing body for the black sororities and fraterni ties on campus
According to Delores Wright, founder and current president. "The Federation of Black Greeks was formed due to the different needs and cultural differences of black Greeks "
However, one of the main goals of the organization is to coordinate activities in conjunction with the Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council
At the beginning of the tall semester, the organization will consist of approximately 75 members
FBG's purpose is to assist members and chapters in achieving their educational, social, and cultural objectives. It hopes to serve as a forum for the consideration ot mutual interest to member organi zations and to serve as a standard-setting and -implementing body for affiliated organizalions in the areas of rushing and pledging
FBG will also sponsor joint activities with the United Black Students organization "Most of our philanthropic activities will be targeted toward the UM/JMH Sickle Cell Comprehensive Research Center, Dade County Chapter of the NAACP, and the Community Action Agency," said Wright
At present, the Greek organizations which are part of FBG include Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and /.eta Phi Beta Sororities and Alpha Phi Alpha Phi Beta Sigma, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternities
The organization's constitution makes provisions for the addition of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, in the event that a member wishes to charter the organization on this campus
Publications receive award
Ihe Miami Hurriiane and the Ibis received All-American Awards, the highest rating, from the American Collegiate Press The Hurricane's award was for last semester, and the Ibis received one for last year
The Hurricane was awarded marks of distinction in all five categories; coverage and content; writing and editing; opinion content; design; and photography, art and graphics
If the Hurricane receives an All-American rating next semester, it will be in the running for the Pacemaker, an award given to a select few
"The Miami Hurricane is a quality publication," wrote the judge in his critique "Each area of journalism reflects sound accomplishments and commendable achievements I enjoyed reading the Hurricane "
The minimum score in first class is 3,100 The Hurricane received a
score of 3,905.
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