Miami Hurricane, February 04, 1986

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Chief Justice discusses prisons
By PATRICK McCREERY
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
"I realize that this is not a conventional topic for a college address, but these are not conventional times," said U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in a speech about prison systems to students, faculty and administrators Friday afternoon at the University of Miami’s Gusman Hall.
Burger’s speech, “The High Cost of Prison Tuition,” was a 50-minute call for prison reform which he gave in an auditorium filled to capacity.
Burger was brought to UM as the inaugural speaker of the Robert B. Cole Distinguished Lecture Series, an annual event that is sponsored by UM’s School of Law.
During the speech, the Chief Justice envisioned a type of prison system in which the guilty would, by manufacturing goods, help to pay for their keep while, at the same time, come to see themselves as worthwhile citizens.
“Once these people learn how to rely on themselves, to make their own way, will they return to crime?" Burger asked.
He answered the question by saying that there were no guarantees that his idea would work, but that "the odds are favorable."
He cited Minnesota, his home state, and Florida as two of the few states that have any sort of program that allows prisoners to work at a craft while they
are incarcerated.
According to Burger, in Minnesota, Control Data Systems had trained prisoners to assemble computers. While the recent business climate has forced the operation to close. Burger said he was confident it would soon be reopened.
Burger also spoke of Florida's Prisoner Rehabilitation by Industrial and Diversified Enterprises, a program he said employs 1,800 inmates in 22 fields.
"Florida's PRIDE program is a real success," he said.“It is converting prisons into factories — with fences around them.
"If we had begun to do these things 25 years ago, the word recidivist |one who returns to crime) might not be in our vocabulary," he said.
Burger said he had traveled all over the world, including the Soviet Union and China, inspecting prisons to see how they dealt with the problems of crime and incarceration.
"In Scandinavia," Burger said,"all prisoners work. All get paid."
Burger also said that some of those earnings were Impounded by the state to pay the cost of keeping the prisoner, some were sent home to the prisoners family and some were kept for the prisoner until he was released.
The actual cost of incarceration is a very important topic, Burger said, pointing out that in the United States the cost of keeping a prisoner exceeded the cost of even the most expensive graduate school.
Another advantage of working prisoners is that it keeps them occupied.
“It helps to reduce violence and tension in prison," he said.
American prisons discharge people who were more brutal than when they entered, proving the adage that "idleness Is the devils handmaiden." Burger said.
However, the extent to which a prisoner's freedom could be maintained is very unsure.
“No nation goes to such lengths or such safeguards to protect the rights of the guilty,” Burger said.
“But if the government fails in its basic duty of protecting the rights of all the people, is it redeemed by protecting the rights of the guilty?
"We are still struggling to achieve the fair balance and type of liberty our founding fathers hoped for,” he said.
Rosemap' Barkett, a Florida Supreme Court Justice, said she agreed with most of what Burger had to say about keeping prisoners occupied.
She said something had to be done about the idleness that a prisoner endures because it so often leads to violence.
Robert Cole, the lawyer for whom the lecture series that brought Burger to UM was named, also agreed with Burger that something needed to be done about the current state of the country's prison systems.
Cole, honored to have the series named after him.
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Chief Justice Warren Burger
was also surprised
'Tve done the legal work for the University for a long time,” he said, "but I was surprised that they were doing this for me."
Registration to be computerized
By ERICA MELE
and
DORCAS PEREZ
Of the Hurricane Staff
A new IBM computer system, to
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will be accessible through the new hardware.
Testing of the computerized registration system will take place during the summer and fall of 1987.
The computerized registration will eliminate many of the tedious
steps now utilized. UM students will register by computer and will later receive a bill. A Registration Task Force of approximately 20 people, including students, will

upervise this process.
It is a possibility that
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facilitated,” said Dr. M. Lewis Temares, associate vice president of Information Systems, Planning and Institutional Research.
In the new system a registration representative will be able to
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six systems:” student records," de7
velopment and University relations, enrollment management, accounts receivable, admission and recruiting and financial reporting.
"The new system will be much easier for students and administrators, and budget decisions will be
The University's IBM 4381 and the IBM 4341 will be sold to accommodate the two new computers: the IBM 3081 KX and the
DEC 8600.
have been filling out but changing grades will be quicker.
Efficiency and simplicity are the goals of the new system.
"The University of Miami is Jumping from the 1970s computer age to the 1990s," said Temares.
costs "and space.
million budget. ~’i
funds were designated for comput er hardware to aid academic and administrative computing According to Temares, “This is a giant step for UM and a phenomenal long-range change "
Despite dry rush, pledges increase
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By PAUL THALLER
Hurricane Staff Writer
The numbers are not in yet, but it looks like fraternities at the University of Miami have had another successful rush.
"This rush will not be as big as last semester’s" said Inter-Fraternity Coudl President Dan Troutman, “but there should still be an Increase in pledging over last spring."
Despite the Implementation of a partially “dry" rush in the past two rushes, there has been an Increase In pledging over the previous years.
Many fraternities are required by their national organizations to use alcohol-free rushing programs, but it was not until the fall of 1985 that there was any evidence of the
firactice at UM. That was when FC first required dry nights during rush week.
"When IFC voted to implement a partially dry rush, many fraternities were skeptical of the idea," Troutman said. “But when the result was a 45 percent increase In pledging. I didn't hear much complaining.”
Two of the more successful dry night themes were Lambda Chi Alpha's “Casino Night," and Alpha Tau Omega's "A Night in Hollywood.”
Most fraternities conduct their own alcohol awareness programs, including guest speakers from Boost Alcohol Conciousness Concerning Health of University Students.
A part of this program is the newly founded Brothers Against Driving Drunk. Initiators of the BADD program take an oath “to never drive drunk, nor let a brother drive drunk."
Andrea Goldblum, former president of BACCHUS, is leading the
campaign and expects to conduct initiations into the program at each fraternity before the end of the semester
Already initiated into the program are the members of IFC, and brothers at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
Liability is the main issue though, according to Student Personnel Dean William Sandler.
“Liability suits against fraternities have been held up in the courts for years,” Sandler said
"The decisions on these cases are just coming out now |and| the decisions are against fraternities " Most of these law suits involved alcohol abuse, so to protect the fraternities, the University, and themselves, the IFC Introduced a partially dry rush "The fraternities at UM have adapted very well, which is encouraging," Troutman said "It shows the quality of people involved in fraternities, and with the drinking age at 21. next year's rush may be completely dry "
Series committee to confirm lectures
GEORGE ALVAKIZ/Humcane Staff
I'd rather be biking
David Lehman, a junior business major, balances on his 6-foot giraffe unicycle while he rides on the University Center Patio
The University of Miami's Lecture Series Committee has contracted a speaker for April and tentatively scheduled two other lectures for this month and April.
David Halberstam, a Journalist and author, will speak on the Japanese challenge of business on April 10.
According to Sandi Richards, chairperson of the Lecture Series Committee, final approval by votes from the committee members is needed before the proposed speakers can be contracted. Two members of the committee did not come to the last meeting and, therefore, could not vote on the
proposed dates for the two other iectures.
On Feb. 25, the committee has proposed to schedule a lecture by Margaret Avery, who portrays the lusty blues singer Shug Avery in The Color Purple
In addition. Richard Selzer, an author who spoke at UM last year has been asked to lecture here again in the beginning of April. He has written such books as Confessions of the Knife.
The Selzer lecture is planned to be co-sponsored by the committee and the UM School of Medicine.
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Maniac the diver
The Miami Maniac bounces on a diving board at the University Center Pool during a diving competition held here as part of the Miami Winter Games For more on the Winter Games, see Sports page 6
Broadcast student chosen to attend conference
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By MARA DONAHOE
Hurricane Staff Writer
A senior broadcasting communication major has been chosen as one of 30 college students nationwide to attend the International Radio and Television Society College Conference in New York this month.
Susie Kolber, sports director for the University of Miami cable
station, will attend the conference at which faculty and students from around the nation gather with top leaders in the communication industry to exchange Ideas concerning the broadcasting business.
Mitch Shapiro, assistant professor of the School of Communication, has also been selected as one of 75 faculty members from around the nation to attend.
This will be his seventh year at the conference.
“It is a great educational opportunity," Shapiro said.
The first two days of the conference consist of discussions and presentations that are related to group projects that will be prepared later.
The students are then divided
into four groups with one group leader. They prepare a presentation to be Judged by the industry Judges on the last day of the conference. This year's theme is "Merger Mania."
Ten out of the 30 students in attendance are chosen for summer internships to wherever they would like to go.
for Susie," Shapiro said "Susie knows what she wants to do and how to go about getting it."
Kolber has a 4 0 average and has been actively involved in sports reporting
She has interned since May 1985 at Channel 4, helping produce the p.m. sports segments, and assistant producer of the
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"The conference is a chance of a lifetime to come face to face with top people and make connections," Kolber said
She said she would ultimately like to work for a major netwont and change the image of <a,.imd sport scaslers
"They |women sport-a4grs are just hired for their images gn-
not respected," she said