Miami Hurricane, October 16, 1984

              HOMECOMING GAME '04
Hurricanes face Pitt Saturday after their 49-25 Cincinnatti
stomp
SPORTS, p. 11
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Three artists showcase at the Lowe Art Museum
Volume 61
Number 15
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Tuesday, October 16, 1984
Bailey crowned Miss UM
By JUAN CARLOS COTO
Hurnce_n_ AutttUM Entertainment Editor
Laura Gail Bailey, a 21-year-old senior majoring in speech communication, was crowned Miss University of Miami, 1984-85, Friday night
at the Miss UM Pageant Program.
Along with the honor of being Homecoming Queen and representing the University throughout the year, Bailey received a $1,000 scholarship, a modeling scholarship from John Robert Powers, two tickets to
the Homecoming dance, flowers from Exotic Gardens and, of course, a
crown.
"I would like to change the image universities sometimes get," Bailey said."There really are caring professors here in the Communication
Department itself. The faculty is very personable; they have helped me a
lot in my four years here."
First runner-up was junior Karolyn Dickinson, a math and computer science major. Dickinson was awarded a $500 scholarship, a seat on
next year's advisory board, a homecoming plaque, flowers and tickets to
the dance.
Jaene Garcia, the second runner-up, received a $300 scholarship, a
plaque, flowers and dance tickets. "The talent part of the pageant was a
great way for me to test myself solo in front of an audience," said Garcia, a member of UM's Dansemble Gold dance company.
Garcia also received an award for selling the most ads in the pag
eant's program.
Recipient of a $200 scholarship, a plaque, flowers and tickets was
third runner-up Michele Kevorkian, who told the audience during the
personal interview segment of the program that growing up in Miami is
an advantage. "The multi-ethnic influence makes for an excellent background," she said.
Lisa Bishoff, fourth runner-up, received a $100 scholarship, a
plaque, flowers and tickets. An international politics major, she looks toward a future as an international corporate lawyer.
The other contestants were freshman music major Aimee Gaus,
Marilyn Walker, named Miss Congeniality for the pageant, freshman
honors biology major Susan Masten, senior music education major Robin
Campbell and freshman electrical engineering major Eva Strelka.
Gaus performed a Puccini aria during the talent competition. Walker sang Duke Ellington's .Solitude and Masten played an interpretation of
Beethoven's Fuer Elise.
Strelka hopes for a future in the field of aerospace technology.
Cambell told the audience during her personal interview that her choice
of a stuffed animal would be Miss Piggy "because she's so loving and
caring."
The recent decision to eliminate the swimsuit competiton from the
program, thereby ending Miss UM's affiliation with the Miss Florida and
Miss America pageants, was the cause of some extra attention from the
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Laura Bailey: New Miss UM
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Miami Hurricane/MARTIN APPLEBAUM
Perfect landing
The shuttle Challenger touched down at Cape Canaveral Saturday after Its
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Hispanics contribute to
UM campus population
By CATHERINE H. MALLINAS
Hurricane Staff Writer
There is no doubt that Hispanic
students constitute a large number
of the students at the University of
Miami. As well as the Cuban students who reside in Miami, there
are numerous international students who make up a large proportion of the current Hispanic enrollment.
Cuban-American students who
are now permanent residents of
the United States compose about
2,837(31 percent) of the 9,151 students currently enrolled at UM,
according to Judy Marty of Student Financial Aid Services.
This gives a total of 3,460 Hispanic students currently enrolled
at UM or about 38 percent of the
entire student body.
According to figures obtained
by Laura Morgan, director of
International Student and Scholar
Services, an estimated 662 (35 percent) of the 1,800 international
students on campus claim Spanish
as their native tongue.
Students from South America
— Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,
Peru, Suriname and Venezuela —
total 338.
Central American students, including students from Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama,
total 127.
The Caribbean Islands, although
not entirely Hispanic, contribute a
good number of the Hispanic students enrolled at UM. There are
217 Caribbean students whose native tongue is Spanish, which
means that they are from Antigua,
Aruba, Barbados, Cuba, Curacao,
the Dominican Republic, Grenada
or Trinidad/Tobago.
In addition, approximately 22
students from Spain and 40 from
Puerto Rico are enrolled.
Morgan explained that last semester's figures showed a decline
in the number of latin American
students due to the devaluation of
several currencies. "But," she said,
"many programs are being developed to increase the number again.
"Dr. [Robert! Levine and Dr.
|Steve] Stein of the history department are working on student exchanges.   Furthermore,   wo   >ur-
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Number of Malaysians
on the increase at UM
By BRIAN WAITE
Hurricane Staff Writer
They come from Malaysia, a
country located in southeast Asia.
Bordered by the Indonesian islands
of Sumatia to the south, Thailand
to the north and by the Indian
Ocean and South China Sea, Malaysia is a developing country
which gained its independence
from British rule on Aug. 31, 1967
Malaysia is the home of three
basic ethnic groups — the Malav,
the Chinese Malay and the Indian
or Pakistani Malay, each of which
represent a distinct period in Malaysian history.
Why are there so many Malaysians at the University of Miami?
In 1980, Josef Silny, who is currently UM director of international admissions, went to Malaysia
with the intention of convincing
peilitical officials and education administrators of the advantages of
having their students educated at
UM.
"At that time," said Dr. Cheng
Wang, professor of electrical engineering and faculty advisor to the
Malaysian Students' Association,
"many students were being sent to
Britain, Canada and America.
"Because of problems in Britain,
there has been a significant increase in those students coming to
America in contrast to the dc-
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Iron Arrow taps today;
honorary changes in 80s
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
This is the last in a series on the
history of Iron Arrow.
Iron Arrow, which will tap ten
student members and an alumnus
today, has changed much in this
decade.
The beginning of the 1980s saw
Iron Arrow go through numerous
court trials and appeals in the hope
of getting back on campus without
admitting women. They had some
successes — in the summer of
1982, the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a lower court decision that
instructed Iron Arrow to admit
women.
However, in September of 1982,
University of Miami President Edward T. Foote sent a letter to
then-chief Rhea Warren asking
Iron Arrow to alter their position
and admit women if it wanted to
become a campus organization
again.
"Times change," wrote Foote.
"The 1980s are not the 1920s
when the University and Iron
Arrow began. Regardless of laws
or customs of the past, it is time, I
respectfully urge, that Iron Arrow
change its policy of limiting membership to men only."
Iron Arrow members were surprised that the University would
take a stand before the circuit
court in Atlanta came up with a
ruling.
Said Warren to the Miami Hurricane after he received Foote's
letter: "I think the president made
the point In his letter that Iron
Arrow was not fair to al students.
Iron Arrow was not supposed to
be fair to all students. If we're
going to be another face in the
crowd and be fair to everybody,
then we're going to disappear like
"We have been, as other organizations have been, harassed at the
University of Miami. We have
been harassed, in particular, over
the last 15 years . . . This University is a hard place to survive in."
In April of 1983, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that
the court order permitting the
government to withhold federal
funding to UM because of Iron Arrow's practices could legally be
upheld Stated the ruling: "... the
all-male honor society . . . unavoidably and necessarily taints
each and every federally assisted
program at the University.
"Thus, while the University itself may believe it is acting in a
non-discriminatory manner, the
effect of Iron Arrow's discriminatory practices is such that all the
University's programs and activities are. in the end, discriminatory."
Later that year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Iron
Arrow appeal was moot and ordered the case sent back to the appeals circuit court with Instructions to dismiss it. The Supreme
Court had declared the case moot
because UM's Board of Trusted
had already adopted a policy seating that Iron Arrow not he allowed back on campus until it admitted women. The ruling ended
the seven-year court battle.
However, there was to be another battle — a battle within the
organization. In May of 1M3,
Warren sent out a referendum to
amend the constitution so members could vote for new officers
by mail. This, some members have
said, would probably have guaranteed that Warren, or another
alumni, would always be elected
chief.
When Warren failed to call an
election, claiming the referendum
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opportunity to call an election. Although Warren said the meeting
was illegal and tried to cancell it,
the membership attended and
voted student Ken I.ise the new
chief.
Says Rev. Henry Minich, advisor to Iron Arrow,"I've always believed Iron Arrow should be student-operated The older members
should see themselves as secondary. In recent years, too many
alumni have been tapped.
"The whole emphasis of Iron
Arrow is on singling out students.
On occasion, we could honor those
considered worthy of being honor-
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ARROW
Students swim
for charity
at UM pool
By MAYADE ALMASHAT
Hu.ricanc Staff Wrttt •
About 224 students swam to
raise over (8.000 for cerebral
paNy on Sunday at the Student
Union pool The' Swim feer Cerebral Palsy 1984, om ol this year's
Heimecoming events, was organized by Bill Schutz, a University of
Miami senior majoring in French
and Spanish.
The pledges for each completed
lap generally came from students,
(acuity and major corporations.
Students fulfilling these pledges
included members of various fraternities, sororities and independent organizations
Some members of the UM swim
team also participated in the
event. "I thank the UM swimmers
for their moral and physical sup-
port because thev were behind me
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