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Friday, February 10, 1984
UM Wants To Spearhead Latin Plan
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane News Editor
A sc|'olarshiP program proposed by the Kissinger Commission Report that wottld bring 10,000 Central American students to the United States could be coordinated at the University of Miami, announced President Edward T. Foote.
The Kissinger Commission Report on Central America was released last month. The scholarship program was one of the commission's ideas for combating what it feels is a growing Soviet and Cuban influence in Latin America.
A UM proposal to manage the program was unveiled in testimony Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ambler Moss, professor at the Graduate School of International Studies and former U.S. ambassador to Panama, presented the plan.
UM's plan says it would train the first 500 students in English and acculturation in a six-week summer course. Those students would then be prepared to enroll at other U.S. universities.
Although the majority of the students would come from Central America, some would come from South America and Caribbean nations.
There are currently 137 UM students from Central America — a slight decrease from last year — and 407 from South America, according to Laura Morgan, director of International Student and Scholar Services.
Last year, there were 166 students from Central America. Of all Latin American countries, Venezuela has the largest number of students here.
Some of these students, such as those from Panama, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Honduras, are on scholarships from their governments.
UM has not offered any special scholarships for Latin American students. However, a program begun last year offers scholarships to students from the Caribbean.
The program is operated in conjunction with the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. Students receive full tuition from UM and half of their maintenence (room and board, books, expenses) from the Chamber of Commerce and their native country.
Josef Silney, director of international admissions, has been involved in this program. Last year, Rosa Verdeja of Santo Domingo was the first participant. Silney hopes to have two students from Jamaica, two from Santo Domingo and two from Haiti next year.
Out of this program grew the proposal for students from Central America, according to President Foote.
"It got us to thinking of a broader scholarship program," said Foote, who visited the three Caribbean countries with Moss and trustee Luis Boti-foll.
Foote became aware of the increasing number of scholarships available from the USSR and communist countries. "We investigated the alternatives to the free world and found virtually none," said Foote.
States the UM draft: “The USSR and other Communist countries use
scholarships in Latin America to exert influence. This calculated attempt to win the minds and loyalties of tomorrow's leaders in Central and Latin America is a ticking time bomb of grave danger to the free world."
To have such a program, UM proposes to set up a permanent office to coordinate a national network of colleges and students. Foote said that he has already spoken to the American Council of Education and other universities, who have expressed interest in participating.
Also needed would be scholarship funding from private industry, federal agencies, and U.S. chambers of commerce. UM would also work with Latin chambers of commerce, U.S. ambassadors and educators in Latin America to bring students into the program.
UM would only play a leadership role and coordinate scholarships, said Foote. The 10,000 students would not all come to UM.
The university, said Foote, would be a "natural point of first contact" and a good transition into U.S. culture because of Miami's Latin population. He added that the Intensive English Program would be expanded to meet the needs of those students.
Foote will discuss the UM proposal with government officials during the next few days.
Said Silney: "I think it’s an outstanding idea. The Soviets are flooding Central America and the Caribbean. The United States has not done much to stop this. Once these students receive an education here, they will return and help their countries become democratic."
Fires
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UM inaugurates history institute
By CYNTHIA HUDSON
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Institute for Public History, designed to encourage, coordinate and sponsor projects which advance public knowledge of the history of South Florida, was inaugurated Jan. 19.
The inauguration was attended by UM President Edward T. Foote and Robert Levine, chairman of the department of history. The Institute is under the auspices of the history department.
"We envision the new Institute for Public History as a way of making the South Florida community into a laboratory, a living archive — by taking the study of history beyond the classroom and back into our community, which has one of the richest histories in the United States." said Levine.
The new institute is creating a South Florida Media History Program and Archive as a repository for local print and visual media. UM, along with various historical groups, will offer its resources to the community.
Said Victoria Stuart of the Office of Public Affairs: "Right now it is still in the working stages; it is actually more for community use because students have these resources more readily available."
Topics of public concern will be taken and related to the public. The first project the Institute will deal with is the impact of World War II on South Florida. History Professor Greg Bush is producing a film that expounds on the various factors that affected Miami during the war.
During World War II, Air Force troops camped out in luxury resort hotels while Miami Beach became the headquarters for the Air Force Officers Candidate School. Another film planned for late summer will consider the impact of massive refugee immigration.
Expo sneak	preview
a chance to show off
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Associate News Editor
Members of the community, UM administration and students gathered Tuesday for a sneak preview of Talent Expo ’84 in the Flamingo Ballroom.
Selected students in the areas of art, music, dance and drama displayed their talent in a special advance showing of the Talent Expo, to be held March 17 and 18 in the Student Union.
Cosponsored by Student Entertainment Committee and Undergraduate Student Body Government, the Talent Expo will display university talent to both the on-campus and off-campus communities.
The sneak preview was an attempt to bring the Talent Expo to the attention of the students, the administration and the general public. It has been in preparation since October.
Among those participating in the preview were members of Dansem-ble; Cynthia Klegg, performing a monologue from Runaways); Pat Arpaia, singing his own composition, Never Say Goodbye; David Hindman, performing opera; and Hilary Hemingway, showing one of her film creations, narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
By MARY CRONIN
Hurricane Stall Writer
Tomorow night UM will be the site of a nuclear-peace reunion concert starring folksinger Mark Levy.
Levy and his wife, Helene Op-penheimer, have covered 50,000 miles of the U.S. in the past two years, bringing Levy’s own brand of anti-nuclear music to colleges, churches and community groups.
The 33-year-old Levy has been writing songs for the past 12 years. He also has been involved in environmental and political issues since the 1960s.
“During the late '60s I was involved in protesting Vietnam," he said. "Throughout most of the '70s I was in California experiencing part of what we are losing |the environment! to chemical and other forms of pollution.”
His interest in nuclear issues was piqued, he said, by the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.
Although folk singing is not as commercially popular in the 1980s as it was in the 1960s, Levy said
there are actually more folk singers today than there were during the Woodstock era.
“Folk singing is not as commercially popular now because of conservatism within the music industry,” he said. “Major record companies stopped signing singer-songwriter solo acts, maybe because people were tired of hearing so many anti-war songs. But folk music will never die because folk music is where all music comes from.
“I may not be popular commercially, but my message is no less relevant, and I'm gaining strength and audience."
Levy currently has three albums out on his own label, New Clear Records: Leviathan: In the Heart of the Beast, fit»In’ Wind and Mark Levy: Live and Nuclear-Free!.
When he is not singing. Levy also lectures and works with anti-nuclear groups such as United Campuses Against Nuclear War, the nearest chapter of which is at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
Although Levy said he finds his
work often difficult, it is also rewarding. “I'm able to get the message out to a lot more people now that I'm traveling and have records out," he said.
Levy readily acknowledged that
there are many people besides himself trying to stop the arms race.
"Most people recognize the issue as beyond partisan politics, " he said. “It's a question of survival."
F oik singer Levy to appear at W esley
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A gift to the Lowe
The I,owe Art Museum gets a $9,000 word processor / PAGE 3
dorms
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane News Editor
In the past few weeks there has been a rash of trash chute fires in the Mahoney/Pearson dorms — more than the usual number occurring around this time of the semester, according to Chuck Habermehl of UM Public Safety.
Of all the dorms, Pearson is the one hit the most. Last year, four fires were reported, all in the last four months of the year.
According to Habermehl, there have already been four this year — three of them in January, one last Tuesday. Residence Halls coordinators met early Wednesday to discuss the fires.
Sheryl McDaniel, residence coordinator at Pearson, had a higher number for trash chute fires. She said there has been 10 or 11 this semester.
The 960 Complex, which had five trash chute fires last year, has had none this year
Habermehl said that some fires may not have been reported.
“This particular time, it seems like more than last semester," said Habermehl. "It's always been a problem at the beginning and end of the semester, but usually not around this time."
Although Public Safety could not pinpoint a time or day of the
School of Education
The School of Education implements curriculum changes for the better /PAGE 4
Miami Film Festival
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Coral Gables firemen leave the scene of a fire last Monday at Eaton Hall
week when the fires were usually set, Residence Halls put the time at early afternoon.
The fires have led Public Safety to post stakeouts near the trash chutes. However, the tactic was unsuccessful — probably, said Habermehl, because students knew that the police officers were there.
According to Habermehl, Public Safety has not determined
whether the perpetrator is only one person. “So far we have run into only dead ends," he said.
The Coral Gables Fire Department, which investigates all of the fires, determined that most of them are set purposefully.
"Some of the fires might be accidental, like someone flicking a cigarette, but the vast majority are intentional," said Habermehl.
McDaniel, who has been counting the days since the last fire, said the fires are "real sporadic."
Eaton Hall also had a scare early Monday morning. But according to Resident Assistant Jim Trompeter, the scare turned out to be a smoking short circuit in a hallway light on the third floor.
Miami Hurricanc/ROBERT MANN
Folk singer Mark Levy will perforin at Wesley tomorrow
Miami Hurricane /MIKE BELNAVIS
Lowe gets computer
Anthony LeVecchio (left) of Philips Corporation presents Lowe Art Museum Director tra Licht with a word processor system. Story on page 3 --------------------------------------------------
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