Miami Hurricane, December 06, 1988

              UM may give Army the boot
By GLORIA GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
Seeking to expand, the University of Miami is asking the U.S. government to withdraw its Army Reserve units from the armory located at 5601 San Amaro Drive.
UM hopes to use the property for academic expansion, said Alan Fish, assistant vice president for business services.
"On June 7, 1950, we leased three acres of land on campus to the federal government at the cost of one dollar. The lease on the land will expire June 30, 2000,” Fish said.
The government built the armory on the land to train cadets in the Army Reserve.
“This arrangement was mutually beneficial to both the government and UM,” Fish said. "It provided the government a facility for the Army Reserve and UM a conduit for the cadets to enroll in school."
This occurred at a time when the school was very young and needed more students to enroll, Fish said. Now, UM wants the six Army Reserve units currently using the armory to leave so it can use the land.
“We want the land because we will be needing it for our Master Plan,” Fish said. Although Fish was not sure what would replace the armory, he explained, “this is a current revision of our Master Plan, hut it has always been the University’s intention to utilize property for academic purposes.”
Lt. Col. Robert Graf, chairperson of the military sciences department, said, “No one is really sure what it |UM | would use the land for. Some feel that it would be used for a new enrollment building or as an expansion to one of the colleges."
According to Fish, the University made an unsuccessful attempt to relocate the Army Reserve units to Homestead in 1985.
“At that time, the government was in the process of building new reserve facilities in the Per-rine area. The government said that it did not want to make two moves at the same time,” Fish said.
Although the new facility should be ready for occupancy in the first quarter of 1989, “It still isn't clear what government intentions are concerning the armory on campus,” Fish said.
Besides the reserve units, whose members are actually officers, the Reserve Officers Training Corps, comprised of students, also uses the armory for training and storage. The ROTC is a department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Cdrrently, over 200 UM students are Army ROTC cadets. They use the armory facilities more than twice a week, Graf said.
Graf also said because the ROTC is part of UM, it does not have any claim or guarantees to use the armory. Instead, the government allows the ROTC to lease space and use government equipment and facilities when not in government use.
“This arrangement only guarantees us the space that we actually lease, but the government allows us to use things like field equipment when it is not being used," Graf said. “We would need our own repelling tower and large open areas for drilling ceremonies. Instead, we use the armory to fill a lot of those needs.”
Graf explained that although the UM community may think the armory is hardly used, “We get a tremendous amount of use out of the armory and its facilities.”
If the government vacates the armory and UM uses the land for other purposes, it would "have a detrimental impact on our pro-
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Library to close for repairs
By AMY ELLIS
Assistant News Editor
In order to install a new air conditioning system and replace lights and ceiling tiles on the first three floors, the University of Miami Otto G. Richter Library will close for two weeks over the winter break, according to Director of Libraries Frank Rodgers.
Rodgers said the decision to close completely from Dec. 19 through Jan. 2 was made to ensure the work would be completed as quickly as possible.
“We just weren’t convinced of the service we could give under these conditions," Rodgers said.
The renovations will cpst the University about $2.2 million, Rodgers said.
According to Rodgers, the present air conditioning system is obsolete and needs to be replaced.
“It’s a very dangerous situation when most of the equipment, if it were to break down, could not be replaced,” Rodgers said.
This danger was realized two summers ago when a large fan in the system malfunctioned and no replacement parts were available. Rodgers said a new part had to be manufactured.
“We knew before the mess of two years ago that the system was old and inefficient, but the fan breakdown really sent the message that something needed to be done," Rodgers said.
“The University is financing this project, knowing that with every year of operation, we will be generating savings because it’s going to cost a lot less to run,” Rodgers said.
In addition to the new air conditioning system, the renovation will include replacing the lights and ceiling tiles on the first three floors.
Rodgers said the new lights will be better for studying and will also eventually pay for themselves through more efficient operation. The new ceiling tiles should reduce noise in the library.
“The present tiles do not do anything to absorb sound,” Rodgers said. “The high quality, acoustic tiles won’t pay for themselves, but they will give us a better library.”
In order to accommodate students who need to use library materials, Rodgers said the hours on Dec. 17 and 18 have been extended. The library will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 17 and from noon to 9 p.m. Dec. 18.
The library will reopen in time for Intersession on Jan. 3. However, the new air conditioning system will not be in operation until the start of the spring semester on Jan. 17, and the completion of the new ceiling tiles and lights is expected to take an additional four to six weeks.
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Happy days
This is last issue of The Miami Hurricane for the fall semester, tviembers of the staff wish everyone a happy ano sate winter break. The paper’s next edition will appear Jan. 20,1989.
New adult
degree
offered
By LIA FISH
and
SUSAN M. SMITH
Of the staff
More than 700 people have responded to an ad publicizing a bachelor of continuing studies degree which the University of Miami placed in The Miami Herald.
The School of Continuing Studies will offer the degree this spring to adult part-time students at a substantially reduced rate of tuition, said Dr. Arthur Brown, director of collegiate studies at the School of Continuing Studies.
The bachelor of continuing studies will offer courses from several colleges and schools within the University. The program is designed for adults who have been unable to attend college because of work or who started college but never completed their undergraduate degrees.
“We want to make UM accessible to local adults who can only attend courses at night,” said Dr. Dennis Tarr, dean of the School of Continuing Studies. “Adult, part-time students between the ages of 25 and 45 are becoming a new majority in higher education.”
Brown said more than 20 applications have already been pro-
UUMUlf. Met emití he hop«?» for a to-
tal of 50 to 60 students for the spring semester.
Classes will be offered in the late afternoon and evening to enable those who work full-time to attend school part-time, Brown said. To be eligible, students must have been away from school for at least one year.
UM first offered the program about five years ago, but discontinued it because of lack of participants, Brown said.
“The program has been completely overhauled,” Brown said. "Forty-seven percent of all students in the United States are in schools of continuing studies."
The cost is $495 per three credit course, Brown said, adding that many UM employees will probably join the Bachelor of Continuing Studies program, since they receive tuition remission.
The normal course load for continuing students is six to nine credits. Students often take five to seven years to earn their degrees, Brown said.
Brown added that the school may offer weekend classes and off-campus classes during future semesters.
Although the program does not offer a major as other undergraduate programs do, it offers a 30-credit area of concentration comparable to a major. Concentration areas include: literature and language, politics and public affairs, economics and business, behavioral studies, Latin American studies and women's studies.
Distribution requirements comprise 54 to 60 credits, including courses in English, math, foreign language, history, science, humanities, fine arts, philosophy and literature.
The remaining credits are interdisciplinary courses in five categories: ideas and inquiry, the creative imagination, science and human values, historical understanding and senior seminar. Students also have 15 free elective credits.
A 2.0 or higher cumulative grade point average is required for graduation, and students must maintain a 2.5 or higher GPA in their concentration area.
Placements tests in English, math and foreign languages and up to 27 CLEP examination credits are available to students who have acquired knowledge from work experience or previous school courses.
The School of Continuing Studies will have two open houses to promote the undergraduate degree: one at 5:30 p.m. tomorro-wat Faculty Club, 1550 Brescia Ave., and the other at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 at Allen Hall.
For more information call the Adult Student Assistance Program at 284-2727 or the School of Continuing Studies at 284-4000.
MIKE ROY/Hurricune Stag
Battlin' baskets
University of Miami forward Eric Brown deflects a shot made by UCLA guard Kevin Williams at Thursday’s game. For more on the game, please see page 10.
Class schedule revised
Classes will begin later starting in fall 1989
By MAUREEN McDERMOTT
Contributing Editor
University of Miami administrators decided Friday to eliminate the Tuesday/Thursday free period and to change time slots for all class sections effective fall 1989.
Administrators designed the free period, from 12:05 to 1:10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and implemented it this semester to provide meeting times for programs such as the University Lecture Series.
Dr. Thompson Biggers, associate dean of enrollments, said the changes resulted from complaints from various schools.
“If you take out a block of classes, it is hard to schedule music ensembles and engineering labs," Biggers said. “The elimination of the free period will insure better utilization of classroom space.”
Three weeks ago, Associate Provost Dr. James Ash circulated the final proposal to the academic deans of UM’s various schools and colleges.
The proposal stated changes would be implemented unless any dean complained that the new schedule would be unworkable. As of Friday, no complaints had been received and the proposal was made final.
The proposal also included changing the starting time of each class section. In the fall, classes will begin at 8:30 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. Biggers projected a higher probability of students enrolling in classes that begin later.
Proposals submitted by Student Government would have moved the free period to 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays.
SG President Freddie Stebbins said he was disappointed that administrators eliminated the free period.
“Student organizations are best served by the free hour,” Stebbins said. He explained that many groups held meetings during that time.
Stebbins said he was looking forward to seeing how the change would work, as SG had also received complaints about the current free period.
New times
Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes
Section Time A 8:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
B 9:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.
C 10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
D 11:30 a.m to 12:20 p.m.
E 12:30 p.m to 1:20 p.m.
F 1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.
G 2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. .
H 3:30 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.
I5p.m. to 6:15p.m.
J 6:25 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.
K 7:50 p.m. to 9:05 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday classes N 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
0 9:55 a.m. to 11:10 a.m.
P 11:20 a.m. to 12:35 p.m.
Q 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
R 2:10 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
S 3:35 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.
T 5 p.m. to 6:25 p.m.
U 6:25 p.m. to 7:40 p.m.
V 7:50 p.m. to 9:05 p.m.
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