Miami Hurricane, January 25, 1985

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Volume 61 Number 30
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January 25, 1985
UM phone system
experiences abuse
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane Staff Writer
The University of Miami long-distance service is experiencing some growing pains this semester — including an estimated few hundred to a few thousand dollars worth of telephone abuse.
The system, implemented in August, is one of AT&T’s largest and is similar to ones found at the University of Mississippi and Tulane.
Students on this service make an initial payment of $50 or $100, are issued an access number and may use the service until their money runs out, when they must once again pay $50 or $100.
Abuse occurs when students’ access numbers are obtained and used without their knowledge. Each university department also has an access number; some of these have been obtained and tampered with.
Abuse of the service can also be accomplished through experimentation of different combinations of the six-digit number.
Associate Vice President of Business Affairs Oliver Bonnert agreed that “there is more abuse this semester, and it has increased since students were put on the system."
UM has had a data point long-distance phone service for approximately five years. A new and upgraded system was purchased from AT & T and implemented at a cost of $6 million.
At the moment there are approximately 300 to 400 students on this phone system Some of these students are being billed and charged for iong-distance calls that they are not making.
A projected amount of abuse was worked into the long-distance rates, Bonnert said, and so far the amount of abuse has not exceeded that estimation enough to increase rates or cause worry.
However, the abuse has prompted an increase in security measures. Long-distance phone calls are now being checked for frequency. If an access number is used five to six times a day, the number will be monitored and someone will follow through checking to see if the correct student is using the number.
According to Bonnert. a computer monitoring system which allows phone calls to be traced soon will be implemented.
"Those who are abusing the system are dealt with severely,” said Bonnert.	.
Students who are caught in the act are asked to cooperate and make restitution. Those who are not willing to do so are turned over to campus security.
“We just found that several students have been abusing the system and have been identified," said Bonnert. This particular case is now being handled by Student Affairs.
According to Susan P. Mullane, Associate Dean of Student
Personnel, some police reports have been filed regarding phone abuse, and these cases are pending investigation
UM policy states that the student is responsible for the access number. Those students who are being charged for calls they did not make must report it to telecommunications, where the old number is discontinued and a new number is issued to the student
Some students are encountering difficulties when they find that their accounts have been depleted — the no refund policy lias made it difficult for some students to continue using the system '
According to Bonnert, each case of reported abuse is being handled on an individual basis to best suit the needs of the student.
“We want to be fair to all the students and we also want to make sure we are providing a good long-distance service," said Bonnert, who feels that the majority of the students using the service are satisfied.
“The system is successful, but not without its problems,” said David A. Lieberman, vice president of Business and Finance, at an Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate meeting Wednesday.
An ad hoc committee was formed recently to review long-distance telephone procedures and recommended that the service be continued throughout the year instead of being cut off a month before school ends.
The committee also recommended that the increase rate of $100 not be made mandatory but remain optional at $50 or $100. These recommendations are in the process of being reviewed.
Iron Arrow will vote oil women again
Miami Hurricanc/JULIO PESTOSIT
Illegal parking
Although probably no one was planning to park there anyway, a “no parking" sign somehow found its way to Lake Osceola. The sign appeared several days ago and is still standing, to the amusement of students crossing the bridge.
UM. professor McCollum
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By MARY STAPP
Hurricane Staff Writer
Dr John McCollum, former English department chairman and a distinguished University of Miami professor, died this week of injuries from a fall suffered after a stroke last month while vacationing in Ocala, Florida. McCollum was comatose since Dec. 30.
McCollum, born Oct. 13, 1919, joined the department of English in 1946 as an instructor imm^i-ately after getting his undergraduate degree from UM.
He went on to earn his master's degree from UM in 1949,and he received his doctorate from Duke University, in 1956.
In 1951, he became assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and held this position for three years. From 1961 to 1973, he was chairman of the department of English but stepped down in order to resume teaching.
He then served as director of graduate studies from 1975 to
1982.
"He was well-known and loved by his students," said Walter Van Thiel, assistant to the chairman.
“The 42-year period in which he was associated with the University was our great heroic period. He saw us through growth and refinement. In this time period,we went from being a small, regional
college to an internationally recognized and acclaimed University.
“Dr. McCollum played a key role in the development of this department's notoriety, and we honor him for that,” said Dr. John Paul Russo, present chairman of the English department.
“McCollum projected confidence — always with a sense of the positive. He always seemed to have a clear course, which is a rare quality. He also had a serenity of soul that was most admirable," Russo added.
McCollum served on a wide variety of UM committees including the master’s thesis committees of the departments of history, philosophy and English. He also served on the dissertation committee for the School of Education as well as for the departments of philosophy and English.
He was a member of a number of professional associations and honorary fraternities, including the Modern Language Association, the Renaissance Society of America, Iron Arrow and Phi Kappa Phi.
He also had extensive responsibilities in his church, The United Church of Christ.
In the 1960s, McCollum published several books in his areas of interest — Renaissance literature and Restoration drama — including Age of Fli:ahrth 11960), Resfo-
Grammar (1966), and Hen John son's the Alchemist (1967).
McCollum is scheduled to be buried today in a private ceremony
in Oklawaha, Florida. There will be a service in Miami at a later date. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
Iron Arrow, the all-male honor society that was forced off the University of Miami campus in 1976 for not allowing women into it’s society, will vote next month on whether to accept women According to Fr. Henry Minich, Iron Arrow Advisor, the vote represents a “great deal of conversation" on the part of the Council of Elders and Indians, and "represents an appropriate approach to addressing the issue at this point.” The Feb. 21 vote w-ill not be the first one. In 1977, 75 out of 144 members voted against women, and therefore had to move off campus. Last year another vote was held. The amendment, which needed a two-thirds vote, failed, 107-96. Thirty-five more votes would have been needed to pass Jim Weber, Iron Arrow medicine man, said the amendment which will be voted on has been approved by "both sides" — those who voted for and those who against women in previous votes “The amendment has been backed and endorsed by the officers and Council of Elders, including members who have voted both ways," said Weber. "It's settled everyone's fears, and it's something the (University) administration will probably like."
Iron Arrow's self-removal came about when UM was told by the U S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare that it was in danger of violating Title IX of the Education Acts because a campus organization discriminated on the basis of sex. Then-UM President Henry King Stanford was given an ultimatum from the government: remove all University affiliation as long as Iron Arrow discriminates or risk the loss of federal funds.
The organization has been battling the courts since then in an attempt to return to campus without allowing women.
Iron Arrow, during it's heyday at UM, was considered the highest honor a male student could achieve. Selection is based on love of alma mater, character, leader-
ship, scholarship and humility. It was first established in 1926 by Bowman Foster Ashe, the first president. Ashe based the concept on Seminole Indian practices.
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By SANDRA JARAMILLO
Hurricane Staff Writer
If you've never had the opportunity to catch a ride on the sleek, $1.05 billion Metrorail, now may just be your chance.
Metrorail's operating hours have expanded and now include evening and weekend service. Trains start running from the Dadeland station at 6 a m and stop running at 12:25 a m seven days a week On weekdays, trains run every 12 minutes until 7 p m. and every 30 minutes until shutdown. On weekends, trains will run every 30 minutes all day
Students wishing to park in Metrorail's lots will be able to do so for free until March 31, according to Janet Martin, a Metrorail spokesperson.
A recommendation to slash the current $1 one-way fare in half for a 30-day period by Metro Tran portation Director Joe Fletchi r was not endorsed by the Miti Commission last week That recommendation, along with others designed to get more people to use Metrorail. will be reconsidered at the Metro Commission meeting next month A fare cut for college students also might be considered in the future Meanwhile, current •I'erat-ing hours will continue for an unspecified time period Students who find their week-to try out
Metrorail can now use it on i I >.ide land, visit Vizcaya. iauh a laser show at the Planetarium or for a host of other activities.
Organizations protest abortion issue
By DEBBIE MORGAN
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SCOTT BERGSMA
Of the Hurricane Staff
Lining the median of U S. 1 in front of the University of Miami, over 80 people picketed, making their opposing viewpoints on abortion known to passing traffic.
Recognizing the 12th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that made abortion both legal and safe in the United States, the National Organization ol Women, in conjunction with other pro-choice groups, staged a rally on Tuesday.
Picketers also protested the recent bombings of abortion clinics around the country, as well as opposing any legislative acts the Reagan administration may propose which are not in favor of abortion, according to Sally Star-rett, NOW member.
UM student Ann Decker read about the rally in the newspaper and decided to counter-demon-strate and voice her opposition to
never offer abortion as civilized murder," she said.
Shouting "Keep abortion legal," Miami Jackson High School teacher Chris Kirshner stated a more personal reason for demonstrating. "I teach mostly 16- and 17-year-old women," she said, "and I try to show them a way out of poverty and to further their future by going to college. They can't do that if they are raising babies."
Kirshner went on to say that Miami Jackson has the highest dropout rate of students in Dade County because of teenage pregnancy. The school has also had two deaths due to suicide caused by unwanted pregnancy. "The right needs to be there," she said
Another man who works for a child care center stated: "These pro-lifers never give any money to pay for the care of these unwanted children or offer to adopt any of them."
Commented a man passing by in a car, "They (womenj should have
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Evelyn Mansct, a GG-vear-old Miami Reach, pickets on U.S.
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