Miami Hurricane, January 24, 1985

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Volume 5* Number V-
University of Miami
Friday, Jan. 24, 1985
UM tuition to increase 9.9%
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane News Editor
University of Miami tuition will Increase 9.9 percent in the next academic year 1986-87, effective June 1, 1986, according to University officials.
Approved by the Executive and Finance and Audit committees of the University's Board of Trustees, a month ahead of schedule on Tuesday, the increase calls for the raising of tuition for full-time undergraduate students $794, making the tuition for next year at UM $8,840.
"We tried to keep the increase jelow a double digit number," said
William F. Lee, executive vice president and provost.
Room and board at the University will also experience an increase of six percent as the total rates will be increased by $200.
Last year, tuition at UM was increased 12 percent and UM has been increasing its tuition over the past several years steadily between 9 and 12 percent.
Included in this increase are such University fees as the health, guidance, the Student Union and Lane Center fees. The Student Activies fee will continue to remain separate. The Athletic fee for next year has still not been determined, according to Lee, Vice
President of Student Affairs William Butler and Vice Provost George Gilpin.
The major reasons for the increase cited by Lee, Butler and Gilpin are overhead costs, the rise in insurance rates in the residence halls and the new University telephone system installed last year which the University is still paying for.
“We had to defer the costs of the telephone system to students next year," said Butler.
Money to be generated from the increase has also been earmarked for a $1 million fund for teaching and research programs, $3 million for new computers, the creation of
the third residential college and support for the library.
In conjunction with the tuition Increase, the University will contribute $1,392,000 to student financial aid brining the total University contribution to $10.8 million. These figures include financial aid based soielt on need and merit scholarships only. Athletic scholarships are not included.
These figures are based on an average full-time undergraduate student at the University
On Friday, Jan 17, the University's Undergraduate Student Body Government had proposed to the University’s budget committees
GEORGE ALV AREZAturricane Staff
Phil Scuder waves the checkered flag as the Dodge Daytona burns rubber at a commuter lot, all part of Alcohol Awareness Week at UM
Students can now turn on cable
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Associate News Editor
Starting tomorrow, people with televisions on the University of Miami main campus will be able to watch cable channels for $25.25 per month.
Although students were told the cable service would be available last September in the dorms, Ken Fuchs, general manager for Dynamic Cablevision, said the company is actually eight months ahead of schedule.
Dynamic, the company responsible for cable services and wiring of the campus, predicted they would finish a year ahead of schedule but ran into “unforseen delays and complications.” Fuchs said.
Th^ cable company was also responsible for wiring the local area data network system, a two-way communication between computer systems on campus that had to be wired with the cable which added to the delay, according to Oliver Bonnert, associate
vice president of Business Affairs.
Students will be able to use this network system with their own personal computers toward the end of the semester, Bonnert said.
"The local area network system had to be wired with the cable,” Bonnert said. “One could not go without the other."
Dynamic offers UM students a package that includes basic cable service and Home Box Office for $25.25 (including tax) until Sept. 21, according to Fuchs.
Also, a $74.75 deposit is re-
quired for a converter box. The deposit will be refunded if the box is returned In working order and shows no signs of being tampered with, Fuchs said.
Basic cable service consists of receiving all local channels. UHF and VHF as well as C-Span, The Weather Channel. CNN, CNN Headline News, MTV. ESPN. USA Network, WOR-NY. WPIX-NY, Lifetime. Nickelodeon, the Arts and Entertainment Network and
Please turn to page 4/CABLE
Crime rises 71% for December
By PATRICK McCREERY
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
During this past December, the University of Miami experienced a 71 percent increase in crime over Dec. 1984, said Curtis K. Ivy, Jr., director of Law Enforcement for UM's Department of Public Safety.
Forty-five crimes were reported during Dec. 1984, Ivy said. During 1985, the number rose to 77.
According to police reports, between Dec. 12 and 31, 1985, the Department of Public Safety responded to 40 thefts ranging from gym bags and hubcaps to automobiles, two crimes of mischief, one shooting (of an automobile], two counts of attempted theft and one count of arson when the Hurricane Ca ;teria was set on fire.
•Jght rooms on the third floor of Eaton Hall also had their doors kicked in sometime between Dec. 20 and Jan. 2. Police reports stated that two stereos and an equalizer were taken. The robberies remain unsolved.
Although much of the crime took place over the holidays.Ivy said that during the time UM was closed, regular patrols were maintained and manpower was not ' reduced. ^
However, he said that because the students who are Involved in campus security were on vacation, the actual number of people who patrol the campus was diminished.
Despite the rise in crime, Ivy said no additional officers will be added to the force.
“The budget just does not allow for more people.” he said.
Instead of having more patrols. Ivy said Public Safety is changing its strategy about catching criminals.
“We're trying to target ourselves better,” he said. “We’re using stake outs and things like that."
According to Ivy a suspect spotted in one recent stake out was chased on foot. Although the suspect eluded the police, through an informant. Ivy said they learned the name of the suspect, and eventually attributed 11 crimes to him and another criminal.
"There's minimal chance for arrest,” he said,“we don't have enough for a warrant.”
Although 11 of the large number of crimes can now be accounted for, Ivy said that a practical view of crime is the best deterrent to becoming a victim.
"Most of the thefts occur when people don't take their purses with them when they go into the stacks,” he said, “or when they don't lock their door when they
By PATRICK McCREERY
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
A Dec. 26, two-alarm fire at the University of Miami Hurricane and Ibis Cafeterias resulted in approximately $250,OOQ worth of damage, according to Inspector Richard Dunn of the Cora) Gables Fire Department.
In a UM Department of Public Safety report, Dunn said the blaze was "definitely arson." According to the report there had been extensive fire and electrical damage done to the Hurricane Cafeteria and smoke damage to the entire building.
The report also said that before being set on fire, the cafeteria had beex^Vobbed. The cash drawers
take a shower."
He said guards in the dormitories are not a practical way to solving crime.
were emptied and a few windows and doors had been broken.
According to Curtis K. Ivy, Jr., Public Safety's director of law enforcement, the fire was probably the work of vandals or someone disgruntled with the University or cafeteria. He said that the fire had probably not been set to hide the robbery.
Ed Hover, the general manager of Dining Service, said that the fire did cause some disruption.
“We had to make a lot of last minute decisions when it came to registration,” Hover said,"and we were not sure if we could accomodate the Bursar s Office until the last mintxe. ■>
Cafeteria fire causes $250,000 in damages
Increases for 1986-87
Tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate students will be $8,840, up $794 from this year
Room and board prices, on the average, will increase six percent
that the University adopt a "graduated tuition payment plan." The plan called for different payment rates to be set for different students based on their status at the university.
According to USBG’s plan, tuition would be increased 13 percent for incoming students, freshmen and transfers, 10 percent for sophomores, 7.6 percent for juniors and only 6 percent for
seniors.
According to Lee. Gilpin and Butler, the USBG proposal was given serious consideration within the budget committees.
"They presented a very innovative idea," said Lee.
In conclusion, the committee said they would study the implications of the proposal, but that it would be impossible to implement for the next year.
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School of Communication which has a relatively small budget felt the sting of fewer funds this year, but “the money wasn't targeted for anything yet,” according to Acting Dean David Gordon. “The money would have unquestionably been spent, but at the time [that it was taken back| it wasn't earmarked for anything.”
Gordon said the school is now "grappling" with the possibility of once again not having those funds available, but he is remaining optimistic that there could be a “dramatic turnaround."
According to Jack Borsting, dean of the School of Business Administration, “A 2.5% cut is going to affect everybody. It has about the same effect on most schools regardless of the size of their budget."
The business school, which has a budget of about $7.7 million, may have to look at cutting some programs and having more part time professors, Borsting said.
Lee said that while the University’s budget, currently about $350 million, continues to grow because of increased overhead costs and higher faculty salaries, the University’s long range plans are to become smaller and better.
Details of the proposed 1986-1987 budget which was approved Tuesday by the executive and the business and finance committees of the Board of Trustees are currently being discussed among University administrators and officials, according to Lee.
Beginning today and through next week, deans will be submitting plans to the provost's office on how they are going to deal with the fact that the 2.5% cut from this year will not be reinstated next year.
“Funds we've recaptured 12.5% of the 1985-1986 budget of each school and college) aren't going to be reinstated,” said William F. Lee, UM executive vice president and provost.“They won't be in the permanent base of the 1986-1987 budget.
“In our judgement at this time, rather than ask the schools to set aside the 2.5%, it Just won't be there."
But Lee said a number of details are still being worked out before the Board of Trustees votes on the final budget sometime in May, and so the budget as it now stands could change.
Several deans interviewed yesterday said that continuation of the cut would mean fewer full time professors or a reduction in the numper of part time professors, cut backs in some existing programs and generally the unavailability of money used for a variety of purposes.
Funds taken back from the College of Arts and Sciences this fiscal year, which began June 1 and will end May 31, amounted to $400,000, according to David Wilson, dean of the largest school at UM In terms of enrollment. Wilson said one reason for the cut was a lower enrollment figure in the fall than had been expected.
In addition to reducing the number of part time professors the college can retain, Wilson said money from the departments which used to go toward bringing visiting professors to the University will no longer be there.
Wilson said a carry over of this year's cut to next year was "a real possibility,” but he added: "I don’t expect the College of Arts and Sciences to be cut more than 2.5%.”
The possibility that some of the
GEORGE ALVAREZ/Hurricane Staff
Emily Ziblich, sophomore, contemplates her ,
next step as she faced the trials of registration
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