Miami Hurricane, February 26, 1985

              TOPNOTCH TENNIS
Although the Hurricanes didn’t win the Fourth Annual Ryder Classic, they beat lOth-ranked Clemson 9-0
SPORTS — page 8
A FESTIVAL OF COLORS!
Rides, food, music and lots of fun! Panache previews Carni Gras, which begins this weekend
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Iron Arrow votes to include women
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
The words "new beginning" were spoken by many Iron Arrow members last Thursday night when the all-male honorary voted to admit women.
The 71-25 vote, more than the two-thirds needed, was reached after a little more than an hour of discussion at the Holiday Inn.
Said Lee Tiger of the Miccosukee Indian tribe with which Iron Arrow is affiliated, “A weight has been lifted and a new day is here.”
Iron Arrow Chief Dagoberto Quintana said that Tiger has been very supportive of the organization.
Said Quintana about Iron Arrow: “The tribe has set a very positive tone towards re-affirming our relationship with the University of Miami. We are very encouraged by the extremely positive response and cooperation of the University and look forward to further efforts in solidifying Iron Arrow’s place on the University of Miami campus."
Ken Lise, who was Iron Arrow chief last year, said that the vote passed this year because there was "a greater understanding of what it would mean if the vote passed. Everyone understood it was in the best interest of the University and Iron Arrow.”
He added that there wasn’t much discussion since “everyone knew what they were voting for.”
Last year, Lise was committed to holding a vote. However, it failed, 107-96.
Said Bob Rosen, another member of Iron Arrow, “As an alumnus who’s been very involved in campus activities. I’m glad the University and Iron Arrow will once again be together ... it shows Iron Arrow, in the future, will not exlude anyone on any basis.”
Said Fr. Henry Minich, faculty advisor to Iron Arrow, “A terrific thing has come out of it |the vote). Iron Arrow will be the better for it.”
Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs and Iron
Arrow member, said that he was delighted and inspired. “Both the University and Iron Arrow have shown that they want Iron Arrow back on campus," he said.
Said UM President Edward T. Foote: “I’m pleased. I think it’s very healthy and a good development in the history of my favorite university."
Iron Arrow was, in its early history, traditionally sponsored by the Presidents Office. But according to Foote, a decision to sponsor Iron Arrow has not yet been made by his office.
“There are still some ambiguities about what the vote means," said Foote. “Until it is resolved, it would be premature to say anything. We have to move cautiously now. We don’t want any misunderstandings; we’ve already had too many misunderstandings in the past."
The vote means that Iron Arrow, founded in 1926 by UM’s first president, may once again be able to tap and conduct its rituals on campus. The group had to leave campus when the University received an ultimatum in 1976 that it remove affiliation with Iron Arrow as long as the honorary discriminated — or UM would lose federal education funds.
That November, Iron Arrow voted on whether to admit women. The vote failed, and Iron Arrow entered nearly a decade of lawsuits against the government. Then, in 1982, UM President Edward T. Foote wrote a letter stating that Iron Arrow would not be allowed back on campus unless it included women.
There will be some differences in the initiation process for women and in the dress (women will wear vests instead of the traditional Seminole jackets).
Iron Arrow selects their initiates based on love of alma mater, scholarship, humility, and leadership to the University of Miami. The organization taps during Homecoming and Carni Gras. New members will be tapped this week.
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Iron Arrow Chief Dagoberto Quintana (left) and former chief Ken Lise after the vote
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Going for it!
University of Miami triple jumper Anthony Scheller gives it his all at the South Florida Invitational held Saturday at Tropical Park.
Circle K sponsors event for Ethiopia
Dean steps down to teach
Presidents
discuss future of higher ed
By PETER P. PERMUY
Hurricane Opinion Editor
“Are we gonna survive? You better believe it,” said Sister Jeanne O’Laughlin, president of Barry University. She, three South Florida university presidents and one vice-president for administration addressed the future of higher education in a panel discussion last Thursday sponsored by the University of Miami chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi.
The administrators addressed the topic of “Higher Education in Dade County — Survival in the 80s,” asserting that higher education would weather any storms that could obstruct its smooth entry into the 21st century.
Cost containment, scholarships to Latin students, and inter-university cooperation were among the subjects brought up by the five UM student panelists. Perhaps the issue the administrators expressed the most concern about, however, was the proposed federal financial assistance cutbacks. They unanimously denounced the proposed cuts and recognized the peril they presented higher education.
University of Miami President Edward T. Foote, II said the policies in Washington regarding higher education presented a threat to higher education “of the first magnitude" and spoke of the necessity to consider the well-being of future generations when local, state and national policy is being constructed.
Florida International University President Gregory B. Wolfe downplayed the importance of the proposals, confident that the “United States government won’t pass all the reprehensible recommendations from this elderly gentleman who is our leader today, who has forgotten the importance of what free public education used to mean and still ought to mean."
St. Thomas University Vice president of administration Thomas Murphy, replacing St. Thomas president Father Patrick O’Neill who was lobbying in Washington against the cuts, insisted that the lower- and lower middle- income people who need or want an education not be “priced out of the market.”
Robinson called for effective lobbying and again addressed diversity, saying “we need a pattern that speaks to the diversity of the population. O’Laughlin noted that for the first time Barry University monies earmarked for financial aid surpassed federal money going into her institution. She will resist the cutbacks, she added. “I’m trying to politik, I’m trying to lobby, I’m trying to say, ’Don’t let this happen.’ ”
In their opening statements they each expressed what they emphasized most about higher education.
Foote was the evening's optimist. He stressed that the goals of the universities were synonymous with the entire community’s goals.
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By CARMEN PEREZ
Hurricane Staff Writer
On Saturday, Circle K sponsored a scavenger hunt to raise money for the Ethiopian Relief Fund. Forty participants helped raise $80 by looking for such items as an autographed picture of UM President Edward T. Foote, Mickey Mouse sunglasses and a 1960 penny.
Prizes included free aerobics classes, T-shirts, free dinners, and beer, according to club president Michael Belnavis.
Circle K is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Miami and, through its fund-raising activities, is dedicated to serving the campus and community.
The popularity of the organization is due to the unity of its members, a quality it tries to achieve through service to others. “All the money we raised throughout the year has gone to some charity," said Belnavis.
The 50-member club, which was started at UM in the 1960s, has raised funds and donated its time to such causes as: the United Way, Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy and Adopt-A-Grandparent.
In addition, its members aid in
inspecting campus facilities and help handicapped students find their way around.
Circle K had recent success raising $400 through highway donations for the Diabetes Foundation of UM.
I M student wins leader of the year
Senior Sherra Greenspan, president of the University of Miami circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, was honored as “leader of the year" at ODK’s regional conference this weekend in Tallahassee.
Brian Hayes, also a UM student, was elected student director for the province. In that position, he will serve as a member of the general council.
ODK is a leadership honorary with circles in 12 provinces throughout the country. UM belongs to province four, which is composed of all the Florida circles.
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By SANDRA JARAMILLO
Hurricane Copy Editor
An international search for a new dean for the School of Law is expected to begin soon after Dr William F. Lee, executive vice president and provost, appoints a search committee by the end of this week.
In a letter to Lee dated Feb.
15, Dr. Claude R. Sowle, current dean of the School of Law, announced his intent to become a full-time faculty member on June 1, 1986, exactly four years after he became dean. At the time Sowle accepted the deanship in early 1982, it was done with the intention that his role as an administrator would not exceed four years.
Sowle said in the letter his nearly three years as dean have been “exciting and rewarding,” yet “I consider my primary occupation to be that of a faculty member, and therefore I am unwilling to function as an administrator for protracted periods.”
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By PETER P. PERMUY
Hurricane Opinion Editor
This is the first in a three part series on handicapped students and their needs.
The Special Students Organization, a new group for handicapped students, held their first meeting Feb. 18 at the University of Miami Health Center lobby.
“Basically, our mission is to make central to the University the needs of the handicapped,” said Esther Sterental, a graduate psychology major who is a co-chair-person of the Student Health Advisory Committee, an independent student organization that advises the administration on University health needs.
Sterental and fellow UM students Harvey Bodansky, Bill Schütz and Cheryl Sedei believe that most of the UM population lack one thing when it came to understanding their handicapped peers: awareness. So they planned the beginning of the Handicap:» (I Students Association and drew up some goals:
•	To provide a peer support group to all handicapped students
•	To promote awareness of handicaps and the unique needs of the handicapped, on campus and the community at large.
•	To provide a central office for handicapped students to call upon for resources
•	To exchange ideas, to come to resolutions, and to act upon them in order to organize and/or raise the quality of services available to handicapped students at the University.
•	To work with the administration, faculty, staff, and graduate student body population and sensi-
Furthermore, Sowle said his notice was sent earlier than usual so that the search for a new dean could begin as soon as possible.
According to Lee, Sowle’s intent to return to teaching full time is not unusual, and as a matter of fact, faculty work is where the “fun and the energy" is. (Prior to corning to the University ol Miami, Sowle was a professor of law
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•	To eliminate barriers, physical or other, on campus.
•	To provide the opportunity for all people on campus to socialize.
•	To serve as an advocacy group for the handicapped and their needs.
There are about 25 disabled students enrolled at UM. excluding the learning disabled, said .Sterental. This low number accounts for handicapped students’ low visibility and forces the administration to deal with their problems on an ad hoc basis. Since handicapped students’ needs change as different handicapped individuals come and go, the University does not necessarily accomodate their particular problems.(UM was commended, however, by an officer of the Office Civil Rights in Atlanta who inspected UM’s services for the handicapped in 1984, according to Jerry Askew, assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs)
The 12 who attended the meeting voiced their individual concerns and called for proper administrative channels to fix them Though they expressed anger at deficiency in services provided handicapped students, they said the administration did help, particularly by easing registration They also agreed that individual initiative on the handicapped students' part was necessary
Maria Olivera’s case exemplifies the deficiency that sometimes arises with the ad-hoc UM policy. Maria is able to use only one arm and is orthopedically handicapped Because some stairwells have a rail on only one side, she can go
at Ohio State University.)
Lee praised Sowle for his work with the alumni and professionals in the area. “He |Sowle| has provided excellent leadership and he will continue to," said Lee.
The search committee will be meeting in March to get organizational plans together, and they will proceed to look International ly for the best qualified person.
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only either up or down some stairs, depending which side the the rail is on The problem is whether the fact that one student has this difficulty warrants a structural or architectural change in University facilities.
Debbie Davis said the absence of a ramp to the sidewalk alongside the right side of Stanford Drive is dangerous, especially at night, for those bound to wheelchairs, who are forced to commute on the street.
Jerome Thompson, a blind student, requested a railing be put outside the front of Mahoney Pearson Cafeteria to ensure he would not fall, as another blind student did. He also requested braille labels be installed inside elevators and outside them in the halls, indicating floor numbers
A motion was made to inform Public Safety to watch for cars parked on ramps Sedei mentioned people should be made aware that seeing-eye guide dogs should not be disturbed It was unanimously agreed that transportation for wheelchair-bound and neurologi-cally and orthopedically handicapped students to UM-sponsored activities, such as football games and the President's Senior Party, was inadequate.
Also discussed were the necessity of reading machines in the library and the inclusion of handicapped students' needs as the library changed. Discussion about forming assertiveness training workshops for members and the need for the organization to inform the public about the needs of handicapped people ended the meeting.
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By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Editor in Chief
Of the 14 deans that will be at the University of Miami next year, only two will not have been appointed by President Edward T. Foote.
Lou Kleinman, dean of the School of Education, and Norm Einspruch, dean of the College of Engineering, were in those positions before F'oote arrived at UM four years ago.
Since then, Foote has appointed Dr. Alan Berman (Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences); Dr. Jack Borsting (School ?,, nUSlne.s.S Administration); Dr. Bernard Fogel (School of Medicine); Dr William Hipp (School of Music); Dr. Ambler Moss (Graduate School of International Studies); John Regan (School of Architecture, created after Foote s arrival); and Dr. Claude Sowle (School of Law), who has just announced he will resign as dean.	'
Searches are also underway for five other deans — College of Arts and Sciences, School of Continuing Studies. Graduate School, School of Nursing, and School of Communication, recently created.
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