Miami Hurricane, October 24, 1986

              Wholly Moses
SEC will present comedienne Denise Moses at the first Lakeside Dessert Cafe of the year Sunday at
8 p.m.
Entertainment — page 6
Task force update
UM President Edward T. Foote II speaks about the investigation into the football teams’ problems and reports its progress.
Sports — page 8
Dying to Rock
The controversy continues: is rock music evil or not?
Insight — page 5
Volume 64, Number 14
University of Miami
Friday, Oct. 24, 1986
$27.5 million
to fund center
The Harcourt M. and Virginia W. Sylvester Foundation is giving the University of Miami $27.5 million over the next five years to establish a cancer screening, clinical reseach and treatment center at the UM/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.
The gift, the largest in the history of the University.should generate more than $72' million over the next 30 years.
"If my mother and father were alive today. I'm sure they would be just as elated as I am to be able to make this gift, to help the fight against cancer," said Harcourt M Sylvester Jr., president of the
foundation which bears the names of his parents.
Construction and maintenance of the clinic will use $12.5 million of the gift, and immediate support for faculty is allotted $5 million
The remaining $10 million will he placed in an endowment, which should generate $45 million for faculty support over the next 30 years.
The gift will endow chairs for the Dean of the School of Medicine. the Chief of Surgical Oncology. and the Director of the Papanicolaou Comprehensive Cancer Center.
ERIK COCKVHumcan« SIaff
All filled up
As part of Alcohol Awareness Week, BACCHUS sponsored a contest in which students guess how many beer cans were in a car parked in front of the University Center. First place went to Melissa Fischler, who guessed there were 863 cans. The car, which actually had 867 cans, came from Southland Towing, Co. which said the car was wrecked in drunk-driving accident.
Foote: Frat row houses	w
Student competes for seat on Dade Fire Commission
By JOHNNY TAYLOR
Hurricane Staff Writer
Many know Juan Mas-Canosa as
a 20-year-old University of Miami marketing student who is a member of the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee and president of the Federación de Estudiantes Cubanos.
Now. Mas-Canosa is pursuing something else. He is running for a seat on the newly-established Dade County Fire Commission. If elected, he will be the youngest commissioner in the history of Dade County.
Mas-Canosa. who spent three years in Washington, D C. lobbying for the Cuban-American National Foundation, said he has "acquired a liking for the political system."
Originally, he had no plans for running as a commission candidate. He said, however, he realized that he owed something to the community that had given him so
many opportunities.
Just one month prior to the Nov. 4 election, Mas-Canosa launched a serious campaign. He will compete against 102 candidates for five available seats.
His campaign staff is distributing information cards and posters throughout the community and has organized a telephone campaign with six part-time volunteers.
Mas-Canosa said he represents the taxpayers who like to know where their money is going.
"Fire and rescue service is essential,” Mas-Canosa said. “But I would like to know that the money is being used properly.”
Because the office fails under the jurisdiction of Metro-Dade County, residents of Coral Gables, Miami, Miami Beach and Hialeah cannot vote for the office, since those cities have their own fire departments.
Other areas such as Kendall, Sweetwater, Homestead, Florida
City, North Miami and North Miami Beach have no fire department, so those residents are eligible to vote for the office.
Mas-Canosa does not view his age as a hindrance.
"I know that my age does linger in the back of some minds," Mas-Canosa said. "I realize that I will have to work twice as hard, but 1 want to be good. It’s the price that I’m willing to pay."
Mas-Canosa said he believes that he has the support of his family and community and is using that as his primary motivation.
He has received the endorse-
Mas-Canosa
ment of Dade County Mayor Steve Clark and County Commissioner Sherman Winn.
"It’s like a football game — the adrenaline is pumping," said Mas-Canosa. “It’s exciting."
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane Editor in Chief
University of Miami President Edward T. Foote II told The Miami Hurricane Wednesday that, even if it wanted to, the University could not tear down Greek houses at this time.
The controversy during the past few weeks has centered around a comment made by Foote at an Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate meeting, lie said there was the possibility of tearing down the houses on fraternity row.
“I don’t think 1 spoke as clearly as I should have," Foote said
According to Foote, the University cannot legally get rid of the Greeks.
“So long as they are fraterni-tites, they have a legal right to stay," he said. "Even if the University wanted to get rid of them, which it does not, but if it did, we couldn’t do it.
"The Greek system at this University has been a wonderful part of its life for decades and that should continue for decades as far as I’m concerned," Foote said. "Forever, so long as students want, and have associations with, fraternities and sororities."
According to Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, there are three land arrangements for the fraternity houses
Sigma Alpha Epsilon owns the property that its house is on. The property that the Pi Kappa Alpha house is on is deeded to the fraternity.
"If Pi Kappa Alpha ceases to exist in the future, there is a revert clause where the land goes back to the University. ’’ Butler said
The rest of the fraternities also have the property their houses are on deeded to them However, if they cease to exist for one year as a fraternity, then the University is required to enter into an agreement to buy back the property in question on the basis of a property appraisal.
This appraisal would be done jointly by someone from the University, someone from the fraternity’s national organization and a third person appointed mutually by the other two.
Butler met with the Greeks on Oct. 16, and students asked for reassurances of their continued existence from Foote.
As part of UM’s five-year strategic plan, the University is looking into using the land, called University endowment land, including and surrounding fraternity row to construct more on-campus housing. However, no definite plans have been made
"The University's plans for that whole area over there, as I've said, are for housing of one kind or another. Graduate, probably, maybe apartments, maybe junior faculty members, but the fraternities are part of the housing plans,” Foote said.
"So long as those fraternities and sororities are viable, strong, students want them to exist, they will exist in this University," Foote said.
Moslem group prays, discusses issues
Former Dolphin Morris to lecture on drugs
Mercury Morris, a former Miami Dolphin convicted on cocaine charges, will speak on drug abuse at 8 tonight in the Whitten University Center Flamingo Ballroom.
Morris said his subject will be "somewhat different than the norm" because he plans to focus more on the human aspect of drug abuse, rather than just dealing with figures and statistics.
He said that it is important that people realize they are able to choose to not use drugs and that he wants to "enlighten the person to make the choice.”
Also, he said drug abuse is an aspect of the abuser's behavior
and that each case should be treated differently. Also, he said the focus needs to be on the person rather than the drug.
According to Morris, the “level of understanding" about drugs needs to be increased and people need to learn how to make their own decisions.
Morris' lecture will be presented by the Undergraduate Student Body Government in cooperation with Lecture Series, the Athletic Department, the Health Center and Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs.
—MARA DONAHOE
By MARA DONAHOE
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
This is the third story of a series on the part religion plays in the lives of University of Miami students.
"We want to increase the knowledge of Islam and get these people |Moslemsl together” said Adel Abed-Rabbo, president of the Moslem Student Organization.
The group consists of various students of the Moslem faith who get together to pray, socialize and discuss problems facing the Moslem world.
Although the group is composed mostly of Moslems, anyone is welcome to come to the meetings. Presently, the group is consists of 75 registered members: 50 men and 25 women.
The group meets in the Mahoney/Pearson Great Lounge for services every Friday at 1:15 p.m. Many members meet in Building 21Q daily for prayer, since Moslems are required to pray five times daily.
A dinner, meeting and prayer are also held Friday evening in University Center 226. Members discuss cultural topics and problems in the Moslem world and a guest lecturer is also featured
A typical dinner includes a meal, usually chicken and rice or sometimes lamb. Both the men and women prepare the food.
According to dietary law. Moslems can eat any animal as long as it does not eat another animal. They do not eat pork and their religion does not permit alcohol consumption.
Following the meal, one person stands and calls for the opening prayer, which is then followed by silent prayer. The people prepare to pray by washing their arms and legs. Then the actual prayer can begin.
The prayer leader steps forward and the rest of the group lines up in rows behind him. They pray five times all together, reading verses from the Quran.
All prayer is read in Arabic. According to Abed-Rabbo, most of the members can read and understand the prayer. For those who do not. lessons are offered.
Then the meeting moves into social and cultural discussions. Typical topics are "how to argue with a person who says there is no good" and "Islamic belief and the hereafter."
The group also uses the time to "get to know each other," Abed-Rabbo said.
He said many people are not aware of the many Moslem cultural differences. For instance, in the Gulf area, which includes the countries of Saudia Arabia and Kuwait, Moslems wear white robes that look like dresses. Farther away from the Gulf, the color of the robes change.
When Moslems greet one another they embrace and kiss, rather than shaking hands. It
is not considered appropriate for men to shake the hands of women.
“We are very close in physiological and psychological aspects," Abed-Rabbo said
Abed-Rabbo said one lady he knew went to Jerusalem and came to him mistakenly saying "the place was full of homosexuals."
The organization also participates in International Week and has a table in the University Center Breezeway to try to increase public awareness and clear misconceptions that people in the West have about Moslems.
"We are in a very bad spot politically,” Abed-Rabbo said "Many issues have to be put into perspective."
Abed-Rabbo said that because of what is shown about Moslems on television, people attribute all terrorists and hijackers that are Moslem as representative of the Moslems world as a whole.
"You can't generalize," Abed-Rabbo said "One member does not act for a whole group."
Hatim Aboalsamh, vice president of the Moslem Student Organization, said that its most important goal is to clear up misconceptions such as these.
"People do not understand the nature of the way we think." Aboalsamh said. "Calling all Moslems terorists is like saying all Christians are gays.”
"People need to know the facts," Abed-Rabbo said.
Enrollment
figures
Freshmen
1985	1986
1.482	1,691
Upperclassmen
1985	1986
8.485	8,501
Total enrollment
1985	1986
13,838	13,398
Freshmen demographics	
Dade and Broward counties	•10% 679
Other Florida counties	10% 166
Other states	44% 738
Other countries	6% 108
Graduate, law and medical enrollments remained essentially steady. Combines SAT scores for entering freshment at the University of Miami has reached 1106.
Enrollment rises
This year’s freshmen represent quality and quantity
If you thought that University of Miami's increased selectivity in admissions would decrease student enrollment, think again.
The mean combined SAT score for entering freshmen has reached 1106, a 26 point increase over last year’s figure.
The number of freshmen also increased, by more than 200 students, from 1,482 to 1,691. The number of students seeking undergraduate degrees was up slightly from 8,485 to 8,501.
James Ash, associate provost for undergraduate studies, cites “UM’s innovative programs . . . the Honors program and the residential colleges" as some of the factors responsible for increasing interest among high school students in the University of Miami.
"Perception is catching up with reality,” Ash said.
There is an increase of 33 percent in the number of new freshmen from states other than Florida, Ash said. The numbers from Dade and Broward Counties increased, as did the number from other counties in Florida.
More black students attend UM than did last year.
Approximately 40 percent (679) of UM’s freshmen come from Dade and Broward Counties: 10 percent (166) are from other counties in Florida; 44 percent (738) are from states other than Florida; and 6 percent (108) are from other countries.
Graduate, law and medical enrollments remained essentially the same, and the number of non-degree students declined slightly.
Total enrollment at UM this fall is 13,383 compared to 13,398 a year ago.
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