Miami Hurricane, February 25, 1986

              Spring Break hits Florida
Even though state laws have toughened, students continue to hit the beaches in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach
________ News — page 3
Got a sweet tooth?
The Lakeside Dessert Cafe will offer University of Miami students a taste of the sweet life.
Entertainment — page 6
Irish stew
The University of Miami basketball team got a beating from Notre Dame Saturday, but they’ll be back on the court tomorrow against American
Sports — page 8
Volume 63, Number 35
University of Miami
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1986
JIM ROBIDOUX/Miami Hurricane
Buddy language
Miami Hurricane placektcker Mark Seelig (on ground) plays with his “buddy J.J. Robertson at the Special Olympics Fun Ony neld et ttre University of Miami on Saturday
UM students help ‘special’ people
By ERICK JOHNSON
Hurricane Stall Writer
Hundreds of University of Miami students gave up hours of sunbathing on the beach Saturday afternoon to spend time with mentally retarded victims at the annual Special Olympics Fun Day held at UM.
The olympic-style day, with the theme of “reach out and hug someone," featured games of frisbee, football, soccer, volleyball and bowling.
A barbeque was held at the University Center Patio where participants ate hamburgers and were greeted not only by food, but music as well. Other activities included a movie, aerobics and art and crafts displays.
Robert Baskin, a victim of mental retardation, expressed his feelings toward Fun Day as he delivered a speech in the opening ceremonies.
“I look forward to the Fun Day activities and to the memories that are made," Baskin
said.
Baskin's determination to succeed in life is reflected in his active participation at UM. He has served as a library aide and is general manager of the women’s basketball team along with other activities.
The Fun Day teams were divided into five different teams according to the color of their shirts — gold, red, pink, aqua and blue.
"I enjoy coming out and participating in the games," said UM football player Rob Canai who along with several other players, cheerleaders and students, participated in Fun Day, working one-on-one with Special Olympians and acting as buddy volunteers.
"I participate every year," Canai said.
Willie the clown, who was clad in multi-colored clothes, also partook in the festivities as he entertained the Special Olympic participants.
At the bowling game, Joe Sanders became discouraged because his ball would often slide into the gutter. His volunteer, Peter
Permuy, a history and English major, went over and gave Sanders a few pointers.
“You’ve got to let your body move freely," Permuy advised Sanders, “let go of the ball as soon as your right leg crosses over your left."
Sanders, a cerebral palsy victim, followed Permuy's instructions, knocking down six pins and expressing a sigh of relief, saying, "Boy, was that close."
Losing is just as good as winning, Permuy said, “as long as you have a good time.”
Special Olympian Jose Diaz agreed and said he also enjoyed the competition.
"You get a chance to win more points," Diaz said.
Diaz bowled and knocked down four pins as he was cheered on by a group of friends nearby.
“Come on Jose you can do it!" shouted the spectators.
Diaz, in his second attempt, saw the six remaining pins fall down, and was overjoyed.
Faculty Senate to review code
By DEBORAH KIRK
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Faculty Senate Council was expected to finalize its review of the student-proposed honor code at a closed meeting yesterday.
Dr. John Knoblock, chairman of the Senate, authorized a Senate committee to submit a report on the status of the honor code
The committee consists of faculty senators who voiced objections to certain aspects or procedures of the code.
The deadline for their first report was yesterday, after The Miami Hurricane's press deadline.
According to Dr. John Fitzgerald, chairman of Academic Affairs, what happens to the honor code "depends a lot on the outcome of that meeting."
Knoblock declined to make a guess on the outcome of the meeting.
Likewise, Fitzgerald said, “Anything can happen."
He urged against having expectations. The outcome, he said, "is not something that you can predict with any kind of confidence."
Until firm decisions have been made by the Faculty Senate, the honor code remains a floating issue.
In the past. Faculty Senate members and proponents of the student-run. University-wide hon-
or code system have diaa»ree<l on
certain details of the code.
Some of the objections of the honor code by faculty members concern the legal mechanisms of the code. Dr. Fitzgerald said the committee wants to be sure that the code does not violate anyone's civil rights.
Alex Tachmes, Undergraduate Student Body Government’s chief of staff, is hopeful about coming to an agreement with the Senate Council.
Tachmes said as long as the basics are not changed. USBG is open to compromise on the honor code.
He said. “We're |USBG is] flexible, but up to a certain point.*'
Elissa Lieberman, the USBG senator who has initiated most of the work that has gone into the honor code, said. “The general principles (of the honor code] have to be agreed upon.”
Tachmes said the committee's decisions about the honor code will be "an indication of which direction the faculty Is moving in."
Tachmes also stated that most of the faculty will probably wait until April to vote on the honor code. By then the students will have voted in the March referendum and the faculty will know how the students feel about the honor code.
Tachmes said he believes this is a good sign concerning faculty
aupport.
UM administration continues to study decentralization
By AHMED SHOREIBAH
Hurricane Contributing Editor
According to Dr. William F. Lee, executive vice president and provost, the University of Miami administration is “continuing to study the problem" of whether to proceed with a proposal outlined last week to decentralize the University’s Graduate School and to slash its budget by a reported 59 percent.
Lee said nothing definite was decided on at a meeting held last Tuesday to discuss the decentral-
ization proposal. Beyond that, Lee, as well as other administrators, are reluctant to reveal the specifics of what went on at the Feb. 19 meeting.
Lee did confirm, however, that plans to appoint a permanent dean of the Graduate School were "put on the back burner" for the time being. Lee did not say when these plans would be taken up again
While the future of the Graduate School is uncertain for now, the situation should begin to clear up by about mid-March, Lee said.
Student’s play generates letters to aid Soviet Jew
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Hurricane News Editor
“The play is finished, but the drama continues.”
To University of Miami student Wayne Firestone, this is the most significant line in the play. Trial and Error, he has written.
Firestone wrote a play about the trial of a Soviet Jew, Yuli Edelstein, based on a transcript that was smuggled out by an American tourist.
According to Firestone, whose play has been performed in Tel Aviv, Boston, Washington and UM, about 1,000 letters have already been generated by the performances and have been sent to the Soviet Union to Edelstein and his wife, Tatania.
At UM alone, 275 letters were written, Firestone said, and he's been getting more.
Edelstein, who taught in an underground Hebrew school in the Soviet Union, was arrested on drug charges, tried in December
Series to
Margaret Avery, the actress who portrayed blues singer Shug Avery in The Color Purple, will speak at 8 p.m. today in the University of Miami’s Ibis Cafeteria.
Avery was nominated for a best-supporting actress Academy Award for her work in the movie.
The lecture, sponsored by the University Lecture Series, is free
1984, and sentenced to three years in jail.
Firestone said his main goal now is to make sure the political side of the issue is discussed and people get involved.
"If it’s |the play] to be more than entertainment, the link is their [the audience's] involvement," Firestone said.
Firestone’s play was performed at UM at the Beaumont Cinema on Feb. 11. After the play, Firestone, a senior double majoring In politics and judaic studies, came on stage and asked the audience to take a few minutes and write letters to Edelstein and his wife.
Firestone does not know if any of the letters that have been sent so far have reached Edelstein or his wife. The U.S. General Postmaster recently released a report stating that "there are major interruptions” in the flow of mail between the United States and the Soviet Union, he said.
As many letters as possible are sent through registered mail
only to UM students.
F. Lee Bailey will also be lecturing today at 12:30 p.m. at UM Law School 109. Bailey, a criminal defense lawyer, will speak on "Training for Trial Lawyers." The lecture is free and open to the public.
On Thursday, Timothy S. Healy, president of Georgetown University, will lecture at UM on the
where the recipient of the letter has to sign for it and a copy is returned to the sender, Firestone
said.
However, Firestone said handwriting analysts In Washington, D.C., have concluded that the signature returned is not Edel-stein’s and it is assumed that some prison official has been signing for it.
Firestone said he thinks the letters being sent to Edelstein are vitally important and the key to Edelstein's future in the Soviet
prison.
For Firestone, the best evidence that the letters can make the difference is the story he heard from a refusenik who was finally allowed to leave Russia.
“A Soviet guard taunted a Soviet Jew who was in prison by showing him letters he would never let him read. The guard said to him, 'When these stop coming, you're dead.' "
subject of “Academics and Athletics.”
The presentation will be given at 4 p.m. in Brockway Hall in the Otto G. Richter Library.
Sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi, an inter-disciplinary honor society, the lecture is free and open to the general public.
—PATRICK McCREERY
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sponsor free lectures
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Dream on ...
Bassist Cedric Napoleon of Pieces of a Dream, performed with the group at the University Center Patio Sunday night in honor of Black Awareness Month. For more on the concert, see page 6