Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1984

              REVIEW OF COMMODORES CONCERT — PAGE 6
Volume 60 Number 36
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Tuesday, February 14, 1984
Miss Black UM
Chéri Grant Takes Title
Black Awareness Month coverage/3
By LISA ROSS
Hurricane Staff Writer
Cheri Lyn Grant took the 1984 Miss Black UM title Friday night at the Miss Black University of Miami Scholarship Pageant, sponsored by UBS and held during Black Awareness Month.
The pageant, revloving around the theme "In Praise of the Black Wo-man"and coordinated by Showanda Brimm, opened with a performance by the Negro National anthem.
The contestants introduced themselves and then performed a very interesting number to the song by Donna Summer entitled She works hard
for the money.
The girls were dressed in uniforms representing different professions. Tanva Phillips, a contestant unable to participate due to a leg injury, appeared before the enthusiastic crowd to thank them and to wish the others luck.
At this time, the master and mistress of ceremonies were introduced. They were Stonewall Jackson of radio channel WMBM and Gail Anderson of Channel 10, two noted black personalities.
This was followed by the swimsuit competition, during which the eight contesants revealed their physical attributes to the judges.
The girls displayed their talent in the form of dancing, singing, dramatic monologues and a musical piece by Mozart performed on the cello.
During the intermission the audience was entertained by Gary Simms as he sang On the Wings of Love.
When the show resumed, the audience was treated to a presentation entitled “In Praise of the Black Woman." which was also the title of the dramatic monologue written and performed by the new Miss Black UM, Cheri Grant.
Karen Walwyn then took her final walk as reigning Miss Black UM and the new Miss Black UM was crowned.
The pageant was followed by a reception at the faculty club.
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New Miss Black UM Cheri Grant
The Iron Arrow Honor Society has moved one step closer to voting on whether to admit women into its ranks and return to campus.
At the group’s meeting Thursday, an amendment to the Iron Arrow constitution was proposed which would allow women to be selected as members. The proposal was the necessary first step toward a vote.
According to Iron Arrow Chief Ken Lise, the vote will take place sometime in March or April, "definitely before the end of the semes-ter."
Should the organization Iron Arrow vote to admit women, it then will be allowed to return to campus.
Iron Arrow left campus in 1976 after the Department of Health, Ed ucation and Welfare threatened to withdraw UM’s federal education funds if the society wasn't removed from campus. HEW ruled that Iron Arrow was a discriminatory orga nization because it did not admit women.
Iron Arrow then began a seven-year court battle contesting the right of the federal government to interfere with a campus organization's policies if that organization did not receive any federal funds.
The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court twice. In November, the Supreme Court declared the case moot and ordered it dismissed, since UM President Edward T. Foote had told Iron Arrow that it would not be allowed back on campus until it admitted women. University policy had been vague on the question while the case was in the courts.
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Commanding Commodores
The Commodores played to an enthusiastic Student Union Patio crowd last Thursday. Story on page 6.
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Associate News Editar
Here’s a chance for parents to learn all about UM — the Second Annual Parents' Weekend, which will take place Feb. 23 through Feb. 26.
The purpose of the weekend, according to Parents' Weekend chairperson Scott Meyer, is to "show the parents a little bit about UM give them a general overview of what goes on here."
The Undergraduate Student Body Government is sponsoring the weekend
Parents will be given the chance to satisfy their curiosity about the university.
They will be introduced to members of the administration and fac-
ulty and given tours of the campus They also will be able to participate in a wide variety of activities, including Carni Gras. Sunshine Celebration, a special Parents' Happy Hour, a Hurricane baseball game and the Ring Theater musical Hun aways.
Parents will also be allowed to sit in on classes.
The weekend costs $20 per person. which includes all the planned activities and meals, except for the Saturday night baseball game
Discount rates are being offered by Eastern Airlines, Holiday Inn. Howard Johnson's, University Inn, and Budget and Hertz Rent-a-Car for all Parents’ Weekend participants.
For further information, contact Scott Meyer in Student Union 210 or call 284-3082.
Nuclear arms treaty , says Wald
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Hews Editor
“We're not programmed, we’re humans," was the opening statement of George Wald, Harvard University professor and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physiology in 1967. Wald, at UM on Wednesday and Thursday, spoke as part of the Center for Theoretical Studies' lecture series.
He tried to dispel what he felt were misleading notions held by the public, beginning with the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which he said was “dead as a doornail and has been for years and never existed."
The treaty, he added, was something the superpowers wanted to enforce in order to gain a monopoly of weapons. Article Six of the treaty limits proliferation of weapons, but ever since then the number of weapons have been escalating, he said.
“The arms race, my fellow students, is not a symmetrical thing. It is our thing," he said. “Ever since 1945, we have remained five years ahead of the Soviets. Right now we are five years ahead. Since the beginning, we have led the arms race."
The "window of vulnerability” has affected the Soviets more than
the Americans, he said. The U.S. only has 25-26 percent of their nuclear weapons land-based, whereas the Soviets have 75 percent of their ICBM's land-based, therefore making them more vulnerable.
Also, all of the Soviet weapons are within the borders of the country, while U.S. has weapons in 11 other countries, according to Wald
Wald attacked one of Carter’s presidential directives, which in essence changed the U.S. strategies from deterrence to counter-force.
"It was pictured as something the public should be relieved of because it didn't aim a cities but silos,” he said. However, he added, even if the Soviet Union were to aim only at U.S. silos, about 20,000,000 Americans and 1,000,000 Canadians would still be killed.
"Americans have been disinformed and brainwashed about the Soviets," said Wald. "There is no good evidence that the Soviet Union has violated testing agreements |that testing not exceed a 150 kilo-ton limit). Our side, though, is very anxious to exceed the limit.”
The Pershing II missile, said to be the most accurate nuclear weapon ever devised, has failed four of the last five tests in the U.S. "In the last one, it disintegrated in air. Nobody
knows if Pershing II works."
Soviet targets for the Pershing II include the Soviet command post. Said Wald: "If you knock them out, how do you stop the war, how do you deal with them?"
Wald also discredited the thesis that the USSR is using biological warfare in Afghanistan and southeast Asia through yellow rain He said government samples given to a fellow Harvard professor “turned out to be bee shit."
He said there may be two functions for these stories. The first is that the U.S. is trying to cover up what they are doing in the area of biological warfare.
The second, he said, is that the government wants the people to think that "Russians can’t be trusted ... there is no bargaining or making agreements because they will be broken. All of you have grown up with that thesis. Try to have someone lay it out for you," he said.
Lastly, Wald said the American Warning System, a satellite system which picks up passing missiies by radar, had close to 4,000 false alarms in a period of one and a half years. Of that number, 69 reached the point were they had to be taken seriously and four reached a point of major alert.
Elections workshop: first for commission
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Sews Editor
For the first time, the Elections Commission will hold workshops for those interested in running for Undergraduate Student Body Government seats, said commission Chairman Larry Wickenheiser
Wickenheiser said many students do not know all of the responsibilities and details of a campaign. The workshops will cover topics such as party names, pamphlets, T-shirts, forms and financial statements.
He added that the idea for the workshop stemmed from an editorial in the Miami Hurricane. He hopes this will help those students who have never worked in a campaign before and are interested in student government.
The commission will entertain questions after the meeting. Also, the commission announced that those running for the Student Entertainment Committee must be screened
The workshop will be held Feb. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Flamingo Ballroom. Other dates in the USBG elections are:
Feb. 28 March 2 March 12 March 15 March 15 March 19 March 19 March 19 March 21 March 22 March 22 March 26 March 27 March 29
SEC screening begins SEC screening ends Filing for candidacy begins at 9 a m Filing for candidacy ends at 4:30 p.m First candidates’ meeting at 7 p.m Graphic campaigning begins Initial financial statements due at 4:30 p.m Party affiliations due by 4:30 p.m Absentee ballots available in SU233 Second mandatory meeting at 7 p m Final financial statements due by 7:30 p m USBG elections 9 a m.-5 p m USBG elections 9 a m.-5 p.m Run-offs (if necessary) 9 a m.-5 p.m
Inside
■lack Awareness Month
An article on one of the month's lectures, and a review of a ntted Black Student fashion show /PAGE 3
Iniversity Inn
A novel idea on another use for the recently purchased Uni-ersity Inn /PAGE 4
lommodores Concert
levi™ of the Student Entertainment Commit tee-spon-
tred concert /PAGE 6
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'AGE 9 hai,ebn11 team »weeps UCLA in a three game set /
Seabolt praised, awarded UM "Officer of the Year*
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Associate News Editor
Consistency, dependability and authority were words used to describe Officer Juan Seabolt, chosen Officer of the Year at a ceremony last Thursday in the Faculty Club.
A police officer for 11 years, UM public safety officer for five. Seabolt has worked the midnight shift for Public Safety since he's been at UM. His record is impressive: three-fourths of the arrests made on his shift are his doing.
According to Officer Ed Hudak, also a campus police officer, Seabolt "has exemplified in this community exactly what a good cop can do. He has done an outstanding job in dealing with crisis situations "
Seabolt was named Officer of the Year by a committee of three: chief Curtis Ivy and lieutenants Chuck Habermehl and Berford Barnard.
Habermehl had nothing but praise for Seabolt. "He is dependable and a good street police officer. He's good at being fair and knows when to use his authority."
Seabolt was chosen from a group of officers previously named Officers of the Quarter (a three-month period). Besides Seabolt, other Officers of the Quarter were Terrell Davis and Greg Malinger
This is the first year that such an award program has been in existence at Public Safety.
According to Habermehl, the program was "initiated to spotlight those officers who have performed outstanding work during the quarter and during the year.
"It gives people something to strive for — it's a motivational tool. The awards are opportunities for the department to show the officers that their hard work does not go unnoticed."
Seabolt was surprised and happy to receive the award
"Em proud of what I do," he said. "We deal with armed robberies and people on drugs every day. The award goes as much to my shift as it does me."
Miami Humcanc/AIXA MONTE
Seabolt was named “Officer of the Year” at the Fa ulty Club
Iron Arrow moves toward historic vote
By GEORGE HAJ
Hurricane Staff Writer
Parents to visit for a weekend