Miami Hurricane, March 11, 1986

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Volume 63, Number 39
University of Miami
Tuesday, March 11, 1986
Art festival no help to Carni Gras
By PATRICK McCRFERY
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
The money and crowds that patrons of the University of Miami's Uowe Art Museum's Beaux Arts Festival of Art were expected to bring to Carni Gras, a two-day music (estival, did not materialize, said Carni Gras Committee Chairperson Clayton Randall
While Carni Gras was not helped by the art festival, it was not hurt by it either, Carni Gras Associate Chairperson Laurie Mer-vis said.
She said that the two festivals were completely separate entities.
Randall said the lack of interaction between the two groups was a result of poor publicity and, to a lesser extent, Carni Gras’ location
On Saturday, the one day the two events coincided, Randall and members of his organization had walked over to the art festival and had asked that Carni Gras be promoted over the Lowe’s loudspeaker, he said
"If they did announce it. I didn't hear it," Randall said,
Unless patrons of the art festival knew about Carni Gras or strained their ears to hear the jazz music played Saturday, he said they might not even have known Carni Gras existed.
Some of the problems would not have occured, Randall said, if Carni Gras had been held on the green between the Ashe building and the UM bookstore, as the Carni Gras Committee had originally requested.
“We were hurt by the gap ¡of space) between the events," Randall said.
In the final layout of Carni Gras, music was played on the University Center patio and food was sold under a tent in front of the S hoof of Business Administration.
Mervis said that the organizations who held concessions would probaly have liked to had Carni Gras held on the green so the food and music would not be separated.
The concession stands at the art festival also hurt Cat Gra Randall said, because thoy were situated amidst a larger crowd.
Types of food, notably Greek cuisine, were duplicated by vendors at each festival, he said.
Before the festivals began. Nancy Taylor, Beaux Arts Festival chairperson, predicted that the art festival, which ran Saturday and Sunday, would draw about 35,000 people each of its two days.
Randall predicted that Carni Gras would bring in about 15,000 people altogether.
The number of admission tickets sold is used to count attendance, Randall said, but this year admission was free and no accurate assessment of attendance can be made.
He said that on Friday “organizations were just cleaning up on people" because they had no competition selling food.
On Saturday, however, people who did come from the art festival to Carni Gras did not buy refreshments because they had already eaten, Randall said.
Regardless of the competition, the 36 campus organizations that held concessions at Carni Gras made money, Randall said.
“The organizations were happy," Mervis said. "I heard nothing but praise."
Next year, though, if Carni Gras becomes a part of the art festival, as Randall said might happen, campus organizations would do best by buying all refreshment concessions from the art festival.
He said that without competition from the art festival, organizations could make a profit and still afford to pay the Carni Gras Committee a 10 to 15 percent cut of the organizations’ gross income.
Because Carni Gras was not considered by UM administrators to be a money-making event this year, it was not given a cut, Randall said.
Next year, if given the organizations' cut. Randall said Carni Gras could make a profit.
Randall said another way to better Carni Gras would be to reduce the number of people on the Carni Gras Committee.
Fifteen people (instead of this year's 50) would be able to plan and coordinate Carni Gras effectively, he said.
"Carni Gras was run by a handful of dedicated people.Sixty or 70 people were not needed to run a festival of this proportion," Mervis said.
Despite the problems that arose, Randal! said this year's Carni Gras was "easily the best one that I have taken part in."
He said the Friday night rock music bands "packed" the University Center patio.
"I’ve not seen," Randall said, "a larger crowd at any |Student Entertainment Committee! concert In the past few years."
Chinese neurologist researches at UM
By OLYMPIA ROSS
Hurricane Staff Writer
Despite his difficulties with the language, Dr Zicai Feng, a visiting University of Miami neurological professor, said he feels he's lucky to be in America.
“Most people want to do this [come to America) but don’t have this chance. I have this chance. I fee! I am very lucky." he said.
Feng said his luck has no political basis, and in no way docs he feel he is escaping from his Chinese homeland. He has come to America solely for scientific reasons: neurological research.
"The language Is difficult, but the research is very close to my
		
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heart," Feng said.
In China, nearly 10 million people live in extremely high altitudes and suffer from an acute mountain sickness which is characterized by a lack of oxygen to the brain, known as hypoxia.
When the brain cells suffer from lack of oxygen, they quickly die. Unlike other cells in the body, the brain cells do not have the ability to regenerate Lack of brain cells may lead to severe headaches and mentation defects
Feng will take his research findings back to China and use his research to treat and prevent hypoxic-induced brain damage.
Feng, an assistant professor at the Tian Gin Medical Institute In China, conducted observational st itiies for some time there.
Granted a sabbatical leave by the institute. Feng has been conducting studies at the University of Miami on brain metabolism for over a year He is recognized as a visiting scholar in the department of Ni urology
“In general it’s always been my belief that we learn as much from visiting professors as they learn from us,” said Dr. Myron Rosenthal, professor of neurology at UM, and mentor to Feng. "In Dr. Feng's ase, that certainly has been proven to be true."
Feng his vouched for the value of his res-arch at UM
"Here. 1 learn new techniques," Feng said.
He also said that he looks forward to his return to China so that he can make use of his new findings ar.d help 20 percent of the Chinese population which suffers from Hypoxi. condition;
"In China, 1 researched moun tain sickness" Feng said. In addition, he Slid he "wanted to research brain matabolistn
He will make his first / menean presentation at the Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology in St. Lculs during Apr'I
With the recommendation from Zhang Xiang To. g, director of brain research at the Tian Gin Medical Institute in China, Feng was allowed to take a leave from the Insiiute and come to UM for further research.
Tong is also the leader of all brain research in China. He conducted studies at Yale University In the 1950s and returned to China.
Feng said he Is very grateful to Tong. He said that Tong has always been “very, very supportive ”
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UM supporter - of Feng and his research include President Edward T. Foote, Vice President of student Affairs Dr. William Butler and Laura Morgan, of the International Scholars and Service* office.
Also credited by Feng for much assistance is the Chinese government.
“My government will support me as I continue to do this research," Feng said.
But for now he said he is excited about his involvement In the University.
Feng's interaction with the university community has just be-
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Complaints filed against tickets
Complaints have been filed against both the Super and Phoenix tickets in the Undergraduate Student Body Government elections, san! Brenda Smith, assistant direct ir of Student Activities According to Jordan Stout, Flections Commission tha rperson, two complaints were filed, one to him and one to Smith Sm.th said, however, that several complaints had been filed and botn parties had filed against the other
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