Miami Hurricane, March 22, 1988

              Stressed out
Teachers learned how to deal with their own and their students’ stress at a seminar this weekend.
News — page 3
The gods must be crazy
The Great American Greek Week continues, with University of Miami Greeks at their wackiest.
Accent — page 8
Stunned
The sixth-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team is upset by unranked Texas A&M.
Sports — page 10
Volume 65, Number 41
University of Miami
Tuesday, March 22, 1988
Center expansion needs funds
Students to vote on proposed recreation allocation increase
By AMY ELLIS
Staff Writer
Efforts are currently underway to raise between $6 and 7 million to begin the proposed expansion of the University of Miami Lane Recreation Center.
To pay for the maintenance and operation of the facility once it is completed, students will be asked to vote March 29 or 30 on a referendum in the Student Government elections. The referen-
dum calls for a temporary $10 increase per semester in the student activity fee.
Once expansion is completed, students will be able to use the expanded facility, which will includes such features as a biofeedback lab, aerobic dance room, health bar, sauna and jacuzzi.
Norm Parsons, director of Campus Sports and Recreation, said the new facility could be completed within the next year and a half, depending on the success of the
fund-raising efforts.
“The new center will be a world-class facility with something for everyone, not Just athletes,” Parsons said.
The expansion of the center has been an on-going process since Phase I was completed in 1975 with the opening of the indoor gym and two exercise rooms.
The newest renovation plans call for an addition of about 50,000 square feet of space to the existing 26,000 and would include 10 racquetball courts, two squash courts, a martial arts room, a floor hockey and indoor soccer room, and an expanded weightlifting and fitness room.
The new center would also provide educational seminars in wellness, stress management and nutrition, as well as traditional instruction in aerobics and weight training.
Currently, UM is behind other private institutions in developing such a multi-faceted indoor and outdoor recreational sports facility. Schools such as Emory and the University of California at Berkeley have spent up to $20 million on such facilities.
The funds for expanding the center will be generated through private donations. A committee chaired by Lonnie Kantor, a UM graduate, has been organized to raise the necessary funds.
The $10 Increase in the student activity fee would not be collected until the semester after construction begins and would be used only to cover maintenance and
operation costs for the newly-expanded center.
Also, the fee would be collected for no more than two semesters.
Student Government Speaker of the Senate Dean Furman authored a resolution urging the UM Board of Trustees to support the expansion. He also supported placing the referendum on the ballot.
"I was very impressed with Mr. Parsons’ proposed expansions, and I hope students will show their support also by voting in favor of the referendum," Furman said.
A similar referendum was passed by students in 1973 when Phase I of the Lane Center was planned.
According to Parsons, student support of the referendum will be instrumental in generating private donations.
“The best scenario would be for the referendum to be passed by 100 percent of the student body.” Parsons said. "There is no doubt in my mind that the more students support it. the more the need for it will be recognized.”
Helen Eastman, a junior majoring in politics and public affairs, said she has never been to the center, but would support the referendum.
"I'd vote for it. And with the changes. I would go more often,” Eastman said.
Student Government polling booths for the March 29 and 30 elections will be located in the University Center, Memorial Classroom Building and Eaton Residential College.
MIKE ROV/Hurricane Staff
A multi-million dollar wellness facility may be added to the William A. Lane Campus Sports and Recreation Center.
Convocation Honors students
Classes cancelled Thursday afternoon
By JEFFREY SCHWARTZ
Staff Writer
Outstanding senior students will be honored Thursday at the annual Honors Day Convocation, and all afternoon classes will be cancelled.
The program, which starts at 2:30 p m. with a procession from the Cox Science Center to Gusman Concert Hall, honors the best senior from every school or department on campus based on their grade point average, said Administrative Assistant of the Honors Pro-
gram Eileen Campbell.
Various honor societies that have grade point average requirements will nominate their outstanding members.
Also, the Harrison Book Prize, the Wilson Honors Scholarship Prize, and the Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship and Service Award will be presented during the ceremony.
Students recognized in the convocation receive an engraved certificate, Campbell said. Many students will also be awarded plaques, books or modest checks.
Guest speaker for the event will be Catharine MacKinnon, a feminist lawyer, teacher, writer and activist who invented sexual harassment as a legal claim for sex discrimination.
MacKinnon will speak at 8 p.m. tomorrow
in the Lowe Art Museum. Her lecture topics usually cover pornography, sex discrimination and sexual harassment.
MacKinnon graduated front Yale Law School in 1977 and has just completed a doctorate in political science from Yale. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio shows, and has also spoken extensively throughout the United States.
"The Honors Day Convocation has been an annual event for the University since its revival in 1981,” Campbell said.
The convocation and the lecture are open to all students.
UM President Edward T. Foote II’s reception will follow the convocation in the Cox Science Center lobby.
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Dancing the day away
Delta Gamma sorority member Heidi Baker and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity member Mike Gerson danced for 12 hours straight during the Dance-a-thon Saturday at the Rathskeller. The event was part of Greek Week and raised money for United Cerebral Palsy.
enrollment on the rise
Com munication
By MARA DONAHOE
News Editor
Benchmark figures remain stable
Enrollment at the University of Miami for the spring semester is just about the same as last year, estimated Associate Dean of Enrollments Dr. Thompson Biggers.
Recently released benchmark enrollment figures comparing spring 1987 to spring 1988 show similar figures, except for a small increase in the number of students in the School of Communication and Continuing Studies.
Currently there are 7,876 degree-seeking undergraduate students, compared to 7,925 last year.
There are 792 degree- and non-degree-seeking communication students, compared to 657 last year. This is over a 20 percent increase.
Biggers said the increased communication enrollment is a national trend.
"Communication seems tp be a very popular program that attracts people nationwide," Biggers said. "In terms of academic training and job preparation, it is a hot field.”
According to Biggers, communication majors have doubled in the past three to four years.
School of Communication Dean Edward Pfister
said students have a great deal of interest in communication as a profession. “It is a stepping stone
to a career," he said.
Pfister said the recently established school is "fairly quickly distinguishing itself."
He also said communication students are finding more employment after graduation. “Our students are finding threshold employment,” he said, referring to the availability of jobs to graduates.
Deborah Triol Peri7, dean of enrollments, said she has seen a substantial increase in the number of inquiries about the communication major. But she also said the other schools are holding their own.
She attributes the rise In communication majors to the newness of the school. “Since the school is new, we do more intensive recruitment," Perry said.
Perry also said the enrollment of students from Dade County has dropped a small amount. “People in Dade County are looking at their options more than before,” she said.
Many local students are looking outside the county, while some are choosing to attend other universities within Dade, according to Perry.
"Florida International University has grown in both size and statute and is helping to educate students that they do have options," Perry said.
The recruitment process at UM has also changed.
"Many new students visit the University before they enroll,” said Perry. "It makes their |the students’l choice better informed."
Enrollment for degree and non-degree candidates in the School of Continuing Studies has also risen by about five percent. There are 243 students in the school, compared to 231 last year.
Calvin Leonard, associate dean of the School of Continuing Studies, attributes the rise in enrollment in the school to new marketing efforts, the quality of the courses and the wide range of courses offered.
“The new majority in higher education is the adult — students who are coming back to upgrade their skills and proficiency and train for a new vocation," he said.
Leonard said the University also has satellite education programs in areas throughout Florida, including Naples and Orlando. He said the first group of students will graduate from a program in the
Cayman Islands.
Biggers said since enrollment is remaining constant, the University's major concern now is the retention rate, keeping the students here.
People are slowly learning that the University has increased its academic standards. "Some still think this is not a rigorous University academically,” Biggers said.
Mary Sapp, director of Planning and Instutitional Research, said retention is improving because the recruitment methodology has been changed drastically since the fall semester 1984 when higher academic standards were first implemented.
Sapp said the class of 1988 will be the first to graduate under these standards. “We have better caliber students than before — the first fruits of the major change in recruiting strategy," Sapp said
UM is becoming more responsible to student concerns and is especially helping students with academics.
Sapp also said there are many new faculty members and a variety of new mentor programs. Sapp said the more improved quality of the students, the easier they will be able to handle the academics.
“The University is recruiting in a responsible way," she said. “People know what to expect."
’Cane Card to replace current identification cards
ID’s provide access to all facilities
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Associate News Editor
The University of Miami is introducing one new identification card that will replace all other
form of campus ID.
Director of Academic Services Bob Furst said the new 'Cane Card should replace at least nine different forms of identification presently used by students. “It's making it very convenient for everyone," Furst said.
The unified campus-wide ID card will provide access to the
library, health center, dining facilities. recreation center and athletic
events.
The cards will have a student’s signature and photo. Eventually, all University personnel will have 'Cane Cards. "We will start with students, and phase in faculty, administration and employees,” Furst said.
The cards use a “high energy magnetic stripe, as on charge cards," Furst explained.
The cards will serve as a meal card In the cafeterias. The system will also be used in dorms, activating the entrances on fire escape doors.
"Initially, there will be a trial period in Eaton (Residential College) to see how well it works," Furst said. The system will then expand to the other four residential colleges.
Eventually, the cards may be used as debit cards, the opposite of charge cards.
"The money Is deposited In your name and you draw against it,” Furst said. He said the University
is considering approaching parents to ask them to deposit funds. This system could be used at the University Rathskeller, bookstore, the Eye in the University Center and the Law School snack bar.
The cards will be produced as part of this semester’s registration process. The computerized system will start the second summer session and will be in full operation in the fall.
Furst said that the value of the system "expands tremendously; there are all kinds of uses they have discovered." At Duke University, for example, the cards are used for services at a University barber shop.
The UM Copy Center is Interested in the student accounts, Furst said, and the library will need the magnetic cards as part of the computerizing of book checkout.
Furst said the athletic department is happy with the uses of the card. At the Orange Bowl it will "prevent counterfeiting and gross misuse of cards,” he said. "If you're entitled to a seat at the
game, you will Ret one."
Furst said the cards can also be used at the Lane Recreation Center to prevent theft. “It will help control access to the equipment."
Student Government has expressed interest in the card as a way to verify voting, and Furst said he plans to use the system in all aspects of the University.
"We intend to go into the Law School, and we're waiting to hear
from the medical school,” he said.
Special student groups registering this week, such as athletes and honor students, will have their cards produced at this time. Furst said his department will later visit the residence halls to get to students.
Furst advises students to hold on to the cards because a replacement costs $15.
Xane Card locations
This week, 10 a m. to 7 p.m.. Memorial 111: All students with registration appointment times for the week March 28-29, noon to 6 p.m., Eaton Residential College lobby; Eaton and apartment area residents * March 30-31, noon to 6 p.m., Mahoney/Pearson lobby: Mahoney/Pearson residents
April 4-5, noon to 6 p.m., Hecht Residential College lobby; Hecht residents
April 8-7, noon to 6 p.m., Stanford Residential College lobby: Stanford residents
April 11-22, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial 111: Commuter students
Publications elections to be held
Elections will be held at 3:30 p.m. April 5 for the positions of business manager and editor in chief of The Miami Hurricane and editor of the Ibis yearbook. Applications can be obtained at the Hurricane office, University Center 221, and are due April 1. All students may apply.
For more information, call Pam Hernandez at 284-4401.
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