Miami Hurricane, February 24, 1987

              Money for nothing?
Next year s tuition increase of 9.9 percent draws criticism trom students, justification from administrators.
News — page 3
What are you, a comedian?
Tonight at 7 is your chance for the “Big Time" at the Rathskeller when campus comedians compete for prizes.
Accent — page (>
Batteryman changes style
Miami catcher Frank Dominguez is on a tear of late and has already matched his 1986 homerun output.
Sports — page 8
Volume 64, Number 35
University of Miami
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1987
Garcia advises elimination of SAFAC
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Managing Editor
Undergraduate Student Body Government president Jose Garcia hes developed a preliminary proposal obtained by The Miami Hurricane advising the USBG Presidential Committee on SAFAC to eliminate the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee.
According to Jose Garcia, USBG president, the SAFAC “system does not work,” and Garcia is proposing an alternative method to distribute activity fee funds to organizations.
"There have been huge flucta-tions, a lack of checks and balances and they (SAFAC haven’t been able to function,” he said.
As of yet, the proposal has not been presented to any committee members although Garcia said he has discussed his ideas with a few of those who may be on the committee.
The memorandum however, is addressed to President Edward T. Foote, Dr. William Butler, vice presient for student affairs and William Sheeder, dean of student.
The report lists problems with SAFAC, including at-large members, larger organizational influence, undue influence of SAFAC advisor, inconsistent decisions and unaccountability of members to the student body.
Garcia »«id another problem Is a low turnout rate of SAFAC members at meetings, making the decisions based on unequal representation of organizations.
In the USBG plan, a Senate Allocations Committee would be set up to hear presentations of organizations requesting funding from the student activity fee money.
Eight senators would comprise the committee. They would be the United Black Student senator, the Council of Student Organization senator, a Student Acitivies senator and the Sports and Recreation senator as well as a senator representing each of the classes
for the fourat-large member seats.
The treasurer of USBG would act as the chairperson of the committee.
Presently, SAFAC is made up of representatives from the above organizations including an additional student acitivity seat, a publications seat. The four at-large members are now selected through a random computer process.
The committee would then submit a bill to the USBG Senate who would then vote on the bill. The bill would need a majority vote to pass.
“Student government will do no allocating for itself, ” Garcia said “The government allocation will be put on a referendum or will be decided by (administrators).”
Under the Garcia’s proposal, the USBG president would have the power to pass or veto the bill’s recommendations and send it back to the Senate. Final approval for all recommendations would be up to the vice president for Student Affairs, as it is now under SA-FAC's present set up. The Senate could either override the veto with a two-thirds vote or deliberate the bill.
He also said this new idea would be beneficial to student organizations since Senators are elected by the students from different con-utituency.
“All government people are elected and have to keep their constitiuents happy or they will not be reelected," Garcia said.
He also said the Senate has open meetings, so if students want something, they can hear what the Senate is doing.
Garcia added that University of Miami is unique in having a committee like SAFAC.
“At any other major university, SAFAC is student government,” he said.
SAFAC own internal report is expected to be released today. Garcia said USBG is waiting for this before releasing the final draft of its own report.
Buddies forced to double up
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Ricardo Smith, left, and Tracy Ritch relax on the patio during Fun Day.
By SHAWNA SERIG
Hurricane Staff Writer
“A Time to Share" was the theme of Fun Day, an annual on-campus event that brings together University of Miami students and mentally retarded and physically handicapped citizens.
I The theme proved to be appropriate, since there were about 200 more participant rs
than student volunteers.
About 450 UM students signed up last week to be "buddies" who accompany and help the participants complete the various athletic and recreational events scheduled for Saturday, according to Funday Chairperson Rebecca Gilman.
But only about 250 of those who signed up showed up for the 470 participants from 14 schools. To compensate for the lack of buddy power, each buddy accompanied two or three participants in the events of the day.
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“(Funday| came about when they [retarded and handicapped citizens| wanted to participate in more than just the district and county games,” said Susan Crawford, special coordinator for the Dade County Special Olympics. “This day was designed to help prep them for the other uames without the
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they could enjoy other activities not usually available to them.”
The participants and their buddies took part in events such as the obstacle course and soccer on the Intramural field, arts and crafts inside the University Center and dancing on the patio to music courtesy of WVUM.
They also watched karate demonstrations and played volleyball and basketball at the I.ane Recreation Center. The excitement in the air was evident, as buddies scrambled to keep order amidst flying
volleyballs and air-cutting karate kicks.
Lela Ferguson, a participant from Haven Center, ran by, yelling, “This is so much fun Can you get my volleyball,
please?”
Every participant received a blue ribbon, regardless of their physical ability.
“This way, everybody is a winner, and no one feels left out," Gilman said. “We're here to make sure everybody goes home a winner."
Some of the buddies said
they were winners as well. David Flum, a second-year medical student, said, “This is the best thing you could ever do for a person. I’m a buddy to the end!"
A smile on the face of Susan Taylor. Flum's partner, indicated that she thought her buddy was the best "The absolute best," she said
UM President Edward T, Foote II said in his opening speech, “Of all the campus events that take place each year here, this is the one I am most proud of," he said_______
USBG elections
do not attract many voters
‘If we get 3,000 voters, it will be a lot.'
Tulio Quirantes, elections commission chairperson
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Spring elections for the Undergraduate Student Body Government draw more students to the polls than the fall elections, but many of the University of Miami’s 8,500 undergraduate students still do not exercise their right to vote.
"If we get 3,000 voters, it will be a lot," said Tulio Quirantes, chairperson of the Elections Committee. Only about 300 of the -ludents eligible to vote in the fall flections did so, he said.
“People were winning with four cotes,” Quirantes said.
Elections will be held in the University Center breezeway and
outside Memorial Building 111 on March 24 and 25. All students can vote for USBG president, vice president and treasurer, Student Entertainment Committee officers and their class and school senators.
SEC members must go through a screening process, which began this week, before running for office. F'iling for candidacy begins on Monday.
After students return from spring break, graphic campaigning begins; this means that candidates can then display posters or wear T-shirts to promote their campaigns. The candidates pay for these materials and must keep a record of the costs.
Failure to file financial statements can disqualify candidates; some candidates were disqualified for this reason during the fall elections.
In the spring elections, each official ticket is allowed to spend only $500 on the entire campaign. Independent candidates are allowed to spend $75 for campaigns for the major offices and $50 for senate seats.
"Candidates on tickets already
have an advantage, so we don’t want them to have even more by letting them use too much money," Quirantes said.
The Elections Committee is responsible for organizing election schedules and ballots, attending the polls and addressing complaints.
The committee consists of a chairperson, six voting members and two nonvoting members. All nine members serve one-year
terms and are appointed by the USBG president and ratified by the USBG senate.
Part of running the elections is "policing” them, Quirantes said. "We investigate and prosecute violators of the election regulations."
The committee investigates any complaints against a candidate or party. If a complaint is found to be valid, points are assessed against the candidate or the entire party.
“Ten points is automatic disqualification from the election,” Quirantes said
If students decide to run in the elections as write-in candidates, Quintaras said they are still expected to know the rules.
ter with the elections committee, but they have to know that they are not allowed to participate in graphic campaigning without filing a financial statement," he said “It is their democratic right to run as write-ins, but they can't have the advantages without the responsibilities."
Regulations concerning candidacy appear in the USBG constitution. which is available from the USBG Office or the Student Acti\ ities Office, which are located m the second floor of the University Center. All students running fot office are responsible for following these regulations.
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Whale initiated into frat
Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity hooked a whale of a girl for a little sister Sunday at the Miami Sea-quarium.
Lolita, the killer whale, was initiated into AEPi fraternity by president Doug Eiaton during an afternoon service.
“We wanted somebody really big and famous to be our little
sister, and we couldn’t get much bigger than Lolita," said freshman ,loe Rutansky.
“This has to be the most outrageous ceremony that I have (>ver witnessed at the fraternity,”
said Vice President-elect Jonathan Berger. "It was very touching and ceremonial."
Rutansky presented Lolita with a jersey with the number 8,000 on the back, representing the whale’s weight in pounds. Eaton also presented her with a pin.
Graduate advisor Arden Taber
came up with the idea several weeks ago.
“It is very outrageous," said Taber, a graduate student in psychology. “She will always be an AEPi. It's a life-long commitment that she has made."
—SCOTT SALOMON
New physics/geology building planned
Plans have been finalized for the construction of a physics/geology building on the University of Miami campus in the area of the Cox Science Center, according to David Lieberman, vice president for business affairs.
The $15 million building will be located in what is now a parking area behind the Cox Science Center.
According to physics Professor Stewart Barnes, the present phvs-
ics research facilities are inadequate.
"We have possibly the worst physics research facilities in the Western world,” Barnes said.
Spillos and Candela, a Miami architecture firm, is currently designing the building. The University is searching for a landscaping firm to study the area surrounding the site of the building.
A new engineering building will also be built in the area, eventually connecting with the science center
and the physics/geology building.
Lieberman also said that if the project progresses as scheduled, construction can be expected to start sometime in July or August.
The physics building Is one of the first construction projects of the first phase of the campus master plan, which also includes the engineering building, a convocation center and the conversion of Pearson Hall to a residential college.
— ITM TARTY
Arsonist started Eaton hallway fire
An unknown arsonist started a fire at around 5 a m. Sunday in a hallway trash can on the fourth floor of Eaton Residential College, according to a report by the department of Public Safety.
The report states that resident assistant Roman Frillarte extinguished the fire, but freshman Amy Sirignano said that she put out the fire when Frillarte could not.
Sirgignano said the sounds of
running footsteps and breaking glass woke her. When she opened her door, she saw Frillarte trying to put out the garbage can fire with a fire extinguisher.
When Frillarte failed to work the extinguisher, he told Sirignano to get some water. She said she put out the fire after throwing two buckets of water on it.
The report states that the alarm was "subsequently" activated but not at what time. After a general
evacuation, residents were allowed to re-enter the dorm at about 5:30 a m.
"I was back in my room ... the whole fire was out before the alarm went off," Sirignano said “I don't think it’s accurate. That thing should have been generated 10 minutes before."
But Frillarte said, “The alarr.. went off when it was supposed to.”
—KAREN PLAVE
students
cases are in the proceedings.
"The Honor Council is becoming very busy, and students are coming forward with cases," Mullow-ney said. "It’s encouraging. It represents a new awareness of the importance of academic integrity and honesty in classes."
Mullowney also said that students should know the results of cases so they know the type of violations coming before the Honor Council and the penalties imposed.
“It lets them know the Honor Council is working for them," he said.
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Council suspends 2
The University of Miami Honor Council has suspended two students who pled guilty to charges brought against them by the council, according to Bill Mullowney, secretary of the Honor Council-
In the first case, a junior business student pled guilty to a charge of attempting to procure a teacher edition and test questions from a course textbook. Based on the testimony and evidence, the council suspended the student for one semester.
In the second case, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences
pled guilty to attending classes and taking examinations for another student in exchange for financial reinbursement. The student was suspended from the University for two years.
Disciplinary action against the student who was paying the other to attend classes is being handled by William Sandler, dean of Student Personnel.
"Normally, both students would go before the Honor Council," Mullowney said. "In this case, the other student is being handled by Dean Sandler's office."
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