Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1986

              The inn’ eatery		Love, lust and UM		Class of 1990
The Hurricane Harbor Restaurant at the Untversi-		A full-fledged soap opera is in the works and stu-		Sixteen high school seniors signed with the Uni-
ty Inn reopens		dents are looking to be a part of it		versity of Miami football team Wednesday
News — page 3		Entertainment — page 6		Sports — page 8
THE MIAMI
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Volume 63, Number 32
University of Miami
Friday, Feb. 14, 1986
Faculty Senate rejects honor code
By DLBORAH KIRK
Hurricane Stuff Writer
The Faculty Senate rejected a University-wide. student-administered honor code prepared by the Honor Code Committee at its meeting Monday and developed plans to form an ad-hoc committee to research the situation.
Members of the Faculty Senate disagreed on how much input students should have in I he proposed student-run honor court and on whether or not the code should be University-wide or formulated by individual schools, as it is now.
Undergraduate Student Body Government Senator Elissa Lieberman and Chief of Staff Alex Tachmes have worked on a University Honor Code Committee for four months with University of Miami adminis-
trators and faculty to develop ihe honor code.
The committee fashioned the system after those of such schools as Rice and Princeton. According to Tachmes. the committee's proposed honor system has stipulations which give faculty members more provisions and safegaurds against student abuse than they would normally receive at other colleges.
Tachmes said USBG was shocked and upset by the Faculty Senate's opposition to the committee's proposed honor code.
Tachmes said his meeting with the "insensitive Senate" went very poorly
Dr. John Knoblock, chairman of the Faculty Senate, gave no indication that the Senate had killed the Honor Code Commit-lee’s proposal. He said the Faculty Senate had yet to decide on the issue of letting
students or administrators, or both, sanction the honor code.
“The intent |of the Monday meeting| was to open discussion," Knoblock said.
Some senators disagreed on whether the code should be University-wide. However, Knoblock said, "there was a strong feeling among faculty that a University-wide system was desirable."
Tachmes said there was also apprehension on the part of some faculty senators about giving up too much control to the students.
"There is a fear that the students can't handle the honor code," he said.
Lieberman, who initiated work on the honor code proposal, said that a lot of hard work has gone into developing the system and most faculty have supported it.
Because of this support, she said she is surprised that the Faculty Senate has greeted the committee’s proposed code with opposition
Lieberman and Tachmes are both concerned about the Senate's plans to derive their own honor code.
Tachmes said that if the Senate does prepare an honor code without student input, USBG will not recognize it and will put their own honor code on the referendum in the upcoming USBG elections in March.
A vote by students to support the University-wide, student-run code will indicate that students wish to have input in the self-imposed honor system
"I hope that |USBG| and the faculty come to a mutual agreement,” Lieberman said
Lieberman Tachmes
‘I hope | USBG | and the faculty come to a mutual agreement'
Elissa Lieberman,
USBG Senator
Carni Gras revises budget; loses location
Garni Gras' proposed budget has been revised and decreased while the festival as of yet has no location
The $27,000 budget for this year's Garni Gras, to be allocated by the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee, has been revised and decreased to $18,850. according to Dean of Students William Sheeder.
The planned location, on the green where graduation ceremonies are normally held, will not materialize, according to Garni Gras Associate Chairperson Laurie Mervis.
In a telephone convmuiion
yesterday with Dr. William Butler, vice president of Student Affairs, Mervis was told Garni Gras could not be held on the green due to library hours and disturbances that would be caused.
The Committee has yet to decide on a new location.
The revised budget, prepared by Sheeder, Garni Gras Chairperson Clayton Randall, SAFAC Chairperson Izhar Haq and others, is subject to increase or decrease depending on additional Physical Plant costs or outside revenues, said Sheeder.
"What we try to do is get the budget to the rock bottom minimum necessary to operate the program," Sheeder said
A SAFAC allocation is needed because the festival will feature no rides due to disagreements between the University of Miami and Megerle Bros., a Miami ride company.
Garni Gras will run on March 7-8, after originally being scheduled for March 6-9.
— LISA GIBBS
Take One
UM film student Carlos Gonzalez, far right, shoots Leo Casino on the saxophone and Calvin Fields, bassist as part of an anti-apartheid video titled Soweto filmed at Fire and lee Tuesday and directed by Ralph Clemente, UM professor
Ticket rule a guideline, not quota
A "one-licket-per-day-per-of fleer" program at the University of Miami Department of Public Safety is a guideline, not a quota, said Curtis K. Ivy Jr., director of law enforcement at Public Safety
According to a memorandum obtained by The Miami Hurricane, the practice that each parking ticket officer must ticket at leas! one car each day became effective Sept. 9, 1985
Ivy said that the one-ticket-a-day rule is not a steadfast rule
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Ivy said that the memorandum was only pertinent to parking tickets, not speeding tickets While both offenses are ticketed by Public Safety. Ivy said that parking tickets are usually made out in the name of UM and speeding tickets are generally made out in the name of the county.
fie said that the practice was a reactive response to complaints from the fire marshal, who was upset about cars parked in the fire lanes.
"Most people don't realize that the fire marshals drive around and look at these things," Ivv said
In January. Ivy said, the average number of officers working during the day was 2.8, during the afternoon 3.6, and on the midnight shift 3.5
Hazardous parking tickets. Ivy said, were $25 apiece He said that the money went toward maintenance of the parking lots
— PATRICK McCRF.F.RY
USBG proposal protests high insurance
rates
By FRICK JOHNSON
Hurricane Stuff Writer
Outraged by insurance rates of the ride company Megerle Brothers, the Undergraduate Student Body Government passed a proposal asking the Florida Legislature to inhibit companies to amplify insurance rates without justification.
The company's high insurance rates resulted in the cancellation of rides at Carni Gras this year.
The proposal, which was passed by acclamation, calls for an allocation of $200 for creating,
publicizing and circulating a petition for students and faculty in an effort to urge the Legislature's approval of Ihe legislation.
USBG Vice President Frank Jimenez will delegate a committee to draft, publicize and circulate the petition.
The proposal was one of several passed at the USBG Senate meeting Wednesday.
Jimenez and Senator Carolyn Campbell raised a bill to prevent discrimination against freshman commuter students who will be subject to restricted parking on Walsh Ave. next year.
The bill argued that freshman commuters are being discriminated againsl and action should be taken instead to prevent congested areas in the student parking lot.
Jimenez and Cambpell said one reason why the University places such limitations on freshmen is that "the University thinks that freshmen don't know any better. The University is taking advantage of a vulnerable group of people."
The Division of Business Affairs shall meet as soon as possible with representatives to assure that the parking rule will not violate the rights of undergrad-
uate students
Another subject on the Senate's agenda included a proposition to the proposed Honor Code which will remain tabled until next week's meeting.
The Senate passed a proposal stating it was opposed to the implementation of the proposed 12-point grading scale because it was changed without students' knowledge
Few senators argued that the plus-minus system should be rewarded under the discretion of the professor.
New Miss Black UM crowned
‘The title gives me a chance to represent the black students on campus in a positive way and a chance to unite the students.'
Junior Francine Thomas, Miss Black UM
By OLYMPIA ROSS
Hurricane Staff Writer
"Getting involved and trying to encourage students to get involved" is what junior Francine Thomas said she will accomplish In the ensuing year as the 1986-87 Miss Black University ot Miami
Thomas was crowned Wednesday night at the 12th Annual Miss Black University of Miami Pageant, held in Gusman Hall.
The United Black Students sponsored the event as one of the many activities held in F'ebruary to celebrate Black Awareness Month.
"Miss Black University of Miami Pageant is an annual event, started pretty much to show the University community that there are talented, articulate, and poised black women on campus,” said UBS President Faith Taylor.
This year’s pageant theme was "Global’ Essence of Black Beauty" and five young women competed for the title of Miss Black UM In addition to holding the title tor a year, the winner also received a
crown, a trophy and a $500 scholarship.
Junior Donnie M. Perkins won the title of first runner-up Freshman Charlene Frances Barr was voted Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants. Other contestants include freshman Joanne B. Campbell and sophomore Parrinder Ann Stewart.
Cedric A Mickels, who served as choreographer on the pageant committee, stated that all of the contestants were deserving of the title "I worked with the girls and I really enjoyed it," he said “They are all great."
Mickpls was not the only person impressed with the conlestants in Wednesdav night’s pageant. "I
was completely impressed. I cannot believe the black women on campus are so talented," said freshman Andrea Jordan who attended the pageant.
Sophomore Ivan Yaeger felt that "the level of talent that was displayed was not only representative of the black students but of the University of Miami as a whole "
The new Miss Black UM was preceded by senior Valria Screen Screen crowned Thomas and also appeared for the traditional Farewell Walk at the end of the program
Highlights of the program include the swimsuit competition, the talent showcase, and the
gown-projection competition. Several other students — including a trio from Miami Norhwestern Sr High — also performed.
Serving as Mistress and Master of Ceremonies for the night's production was Jane Carnegie and James T, both disc jockeys from WEDR radio station
Dr. Nobleza Pilar, a professor of Music at UM, served as one of the judges for the pageant. Also serving as judges were Clinton Pitts, a senior partner in a local law firm; Laura O'Brien, a beauty consultant; Ellis Moncur, a cosme-tologv instructor; and a former Miss Black UM, Lisa Marion
Thomas surpassed her opponents in talent, poise and beauty. Her dramatic interpretation during the talent competition was. perhaps. one of the most moving events of the evening
A native of Brooklyn, N Y . Ihe English major plans to become an
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Newly-crowned Miss Black UM l'.)M>-N7 Francine Thomas (left) stands with PaRcant Coordinator Marilyn Walker