Miami Hurricane, March 16, 1984

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Volume 60 Number 41
Closure of Center Due To Budget Cuts
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane News Editor
Once again student services budget cuts have struck — this time resulting in the closing of the Reading and Learning Skills Center, effective the end of this semester RLSC is operated by the Guidance Center.
There will be a reorganization within the Counseling and Testing Centers to encompass the work now done by RLSC, said Guidance Center Director Arthur Brucker.
A committee of the Board of Trustees had recommended a cut in student services of $150,000 According to Vice President tor Student Affairs William Butler, they were able to meet overall reductions in the area by internally rearranging residence halls and implementing the Health Center fee.
No other area in student services was cut this year; however, this is the second year in a row the Guidance Center has shrunk. Last May, the Reading Clinic — which served both students and the outside community
— w as closed
Although RLSC Director Fritzi Chownmg and the graduate assistant will no longer be with the Guidance Center, employees Ken Lingswiler and Rose Mayhugh will stay on, said Brucker
Lingswiler will continue teaching some of his programs, such as the speed-reading course and some study skills courses. "We’ll be working to provide as many programs as our resources allow," said Brucker.
Some programs, however, will be cut. he said Although the decisions of which programs will be cut have not yet been made, they will mostly likely be the tutoring and one-on-one basis programs, said Brucker. Only a "handful of students" will be affected by the elimination of these programs, he added.
"The tutoring program was never essential," said Brucker. He said tutors are provided through the Dean of Students office.
The test-taking courses can be done in conjunction with the psychologists in the Counseling Center and with the Testing Center, said Brucker
The continuing programs will still exist in the present facilities with the equipment now used by RLSC
Other programs currents givrn ai the Center include team-learning workshops, graduate and professional school test preparation (GRI MCAT. and I SAT), computer-enhanced learning tutorials and individualized reading/studv strategy instruction
According to Chowning. almost 500 students have been served over the past four years since the opening of the Center — for an approximate total of 2.000 hours. She said the personalized sessions worked verv well.
Chowning s plan to develop a peer network for tutoring within R! SC will probably not be implemented "At this point, I don't see how we will do that." said Brucker
Chowning will be accepting an offer elsewhere, although she did not wish to disclose the job She said her job at RLSC had been "one of my best in my teaching life. The students made the program I tried to speak to their needs."
Said Brucker. "1 here is no question that when we lose a person of the quality of Ms. Chowning, it is not something of no consequence "
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Mark Cheskin speaks at the rally
USBO President
Students protest tuition hike
decision-making processes and by informing them of the basis for those decisions.
Cheskin dedicated the "mound of dirt" that is to become part of the new parking lot on Ponce de Leon Blvd., naming it ‘Mount St. Tuition ’ The mound will join the tuition fountain, dedicated last year, as a sign of student frustration over increasing tuition.
"Like tuition, it rises toward the sky," Cheskin said
Bob Simon of Roadrunners said over one-third of the students attending the university are commun-ter students. He fears his fellow-commuters will join their friends at tIM’s Florida rival schools if the tuition continues to increase.
Former LISBG president Alan Rubin (1980-81) emphatically voiced his concern about where the university will get its future alumni
By TEQUESTA BRYANT
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
USBG president Mark Cheskin welcomed students and visitors — which included media people from channels 4, 6, 7, 10 and 23 — to what he called "a protest In favor of the student bodies' right to have a voice," rather than a protest against the University of Miami.
Standing behind a podium bearing a sign from the Tuition Awareness Day (TAD), speakers from various student groups took the microphone to voice their dismay over the tuition increase and the refusal of the university administration to reveal the UM budget.
"By keeping everything secret, we are rightfully suspicious," Cheskin said. He asked that the university ease the suspicions of the student body by including students in the
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Students Mike Bclnavis (left) and Jim Oppenborn, organizer of the rally, express their views
donations, with students feeling that money had been "sucked" money out of them for four years Rubin predicted that graduates will not want to donate to their alma mater.
Rubin commented on the small student turn-out for the rally and equated this with apathy in the hearts of the student body. He told the crowd they don't have to just accept the increase and increases to follow, but can protest.
Jim Oppenborn. rally organizer, addressed the lack of student participation by saying that with few students on campus and no newspaper published during spring break, it was hard to publicize the rally. He said the rally was small but it served to express the the opinions of the student body on the tuition increase
Sabri Ismail, president of the Council of International Student Organizations, reminded his fellow-students that international students must adjust to the tuition increase as well as bear the burden of inflation when American prices are
translated into foreign currency. He
said many of the countries are experiencing extremely high inflation He joined the other speakers in calling for an explaination of the increase and asked that the administration comply with student request to review the budget
Frank Mercado, treasurer for
United Black Students, mentioned in his speech that President Edward T. Foote was not at the rally to answer the questions the students had justifiably raised. He asked if a raise in tuition was the way to improve general retention of students and increase black enrollment Cheskin commended the university for its improvements in past years but added that he believed that many of the improvements "have been in the administration's mind" andsaid the fountain near the science building is such an example “How does it improve the quality of our education? I know how because President I oote says it does," Cheskin said
Cheskin decided to follow this example by declaring "dirty, old, smelly Lake Osceola" to be beautiful Lake Osceola "Why is it beautiful?" he asked " Because we say it is.”
According to Oppenborn. when he went to ask Cheskin for help in organizing the rally they both agreed that it might not he a good time to have the rally Oppenborr said they did not want any adverse publicity or unfavorable press cov
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They deemed to have the rally after speaking to the ,-cministration He said he saw channel 7 and channel 10 coverage of the event and felt that channel 7 did a very thorough job Oppenborn added that he does not consider himself too radical and now that the rally is over, he is glad he did it
Elections
Coverage on those students who filed for seats for the Undergraduate Student Body Government elections and on the referendum proposed to hike the student activity fee this election on page three
Third campus paper
to appear
By USA GIBBS
Hurricane associate News Fdltor
The Guardian, the University of Miami's first black-oriented newspaper, will provide yet another alternative publication for UM students. The first issue will be published next week.
The Guardian, according to editor-in-chief Frank Mercado, will address both campus and local issues from a different perspective, combining the formats of The Miami Hurricane and The Miami Tribune Mercado said that he hopes the Guardian will unify the black student body and promote an awareness of campus issues from a different perspective while complementing the Tribune and the Hurricane Mercado came up with the idea for the newspaper last November when he decided that the university-needed a black-oriented publication He said his involvement with the Tribune and Tribune editor Mike Johns gave him encouragement "Mike John's initiative made me realize that a paper could be started." said Mercado In January. Mercado met with administrators and began the search for funds The first issue will
next week
be funded by Garth Reeves, owner of the black newspaper The Miami Times. Mercado hopes that advertisements will cover future costs.
Mercado stressed that the Guardian is meant to complement the other campus newspapers
“We're on friendly relations with both newspapers," Mercado said. "I'd like to thank Ronnie Ramos and Mike Johns who have been very cooperative and given me a lot of advice and help."
The eight-page tabloid has been approved by the Board of Student Publications pending the receipt of letters from United Black Students President Kevin Morris and their advisor, Assistant Dean of Students Jerry Houston.
Whittington Johnson of UM's history department will be the advisor for the Guardian Johnson also came up with the newspaper's title “Hopefully he'll see to it that the paper continues," said Mercado
While the Guardian is UBS-spon-sored and has a predominantly black staff. Mercado makes it quite clear that the Guardian is not a black newspaper
"We are UBS-sponsored bul not UBS-funded." Mercado said. "Our intention is not to polarize the black
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Upcoming elections
This semester's Undergraduate Student Body Government elections will include a relendum for a student Hitivity fee hike /'PAGE 3
New kid on block
A column on the new newspaper on campus and its great potential /PAGE 4
Big sound
The group Big Country plays on the UM pntio this Sunday /PAGE fi
Spring? break baseball
A recap on the Spring Break baseball games. /PAGE 11
New cable stai ion dedicated
Mercado
and white communities and not to separate whites and blacks.
"We just want to print the news. It |the Guardian| will inform the general public about things they normally wouldn’t know' about from a different angle
"As soon as the negative in black society comes out, the white newspapers up-play it." added Mercado "We want to give all students, particularly white students, the opportunity to understand things from a different perspective."
The Guardian will be published monthly and distributed both on campus and throughout the state.
Ibis clcclioiis
Elections for the editor of the Ibis yearbook will be held March 20 at 4:30 p m. in Student Union Room 241 Applicants must have a minimum grade-point average of 2.5 and two letters of recommendation They must also set up an appointment before the election For further information, call 28 ',-4922
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane .News Editor
Dynamic Cablevision and the University of Miami dedicated their new on-campus cable station at a ceremony Tuesday.
The venture between UM. a private industry, and the city of Coral Gables is the first of its kind in the U.S., said President Edward T Foote during the dedication
located behind the Learning Center, the television studio and teaching facility was established through a $500,000 grant from Dynamic Cablevision. whose parent company is Colony Communications in Providence, Rhode Island Colony Communications is the publisher of the Providence Journal and the operator of several radio and television stations.
The grant provides Ihe department of communications with a cable television studio and post production facility, in addition io a 21-hour cable channel (51) on the Dynamic Cablevision system serving Coral Gables
The facilities include a 30 by 40-foot studio complex with a state-of-the-art control room, two other editing suites and a teletext sy stem
"We are very excited about working with the University of Miami and the outstanding students and faculty that make it a great university," said Jack Clifford, chairman of Colony Communication "We feel having this studio on campus, and the internship proram. will enhance our service to our subscribers and io the Coral Gables community
"I dun't consider it a responsibility, but an honor '
The primary function of the facility is to support the new telecommunication curriculum recently developed within the department of communications
Communications students will be able to gain experience by working on all phases of cable programming
Communications professor Tony Bond, who supervised the design of the university's studio complex will be the director of the facility
The control room at the new
• Ihe University of Miami now has the rare opportunity to expand its role in the telecommunications age." said Bond
"Students will be completely responsible for administering and operating the cable facility This is the best possible experience for building career aspirations into preparation for positions in television production and news and public affairs programming
James McLamore, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said the cable station will continue the tradition of excellence in the department
"The department of communications has always been known for its spartan facilities, yet over the decades it has produced excellent students " said McLamore
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"We call ourselves City Beautiful.' said William Chapman, mayor of Coral Gables "One of the prime reasons is we attract beautiful people."
/Xccordmg to department chairman David Gordon, among the sur-vices the new facility can offer is local educational programming (and maybe national through syndication); arts, cultural and scientific programming from I'M. entertainment and sports programming, teletext and teleconferencing communication activities; and a research facility for students and fac ultv
I he first student program will be a debate between presidential candidates for the I'ndergraduate Student Body Government Moderators will he students from the Hurra ane and WVt’M
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