Miami Hurricane, April 11, 1989

              Your money's worth?
Students discuss the value of a degree from the
University of Miami.
News—page 5
Real life ?m_xMm
Handling a local singer gives a public relations
class a real education.
Accent — page 10
Miranda rule»^^^^^^^^^
Once again.the baseball team's bats remained silent and, as a result, UM lost two of three at FSU.
Sports — page 12
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Volume 66, Number 4* ,
Commission
to re-hear
Liberty case
By ROBERT S. MARHSALL
Associate News Editor
The University of Miami Student Government
Supreme Court has dropped its decision to disqualify the Liberty ticket, but has asked UM's elections
commission to re-hear charges against the group.
The court's action means, barring unforeseen occurences, SG will have its new president tomorrow
afternoon, said Marc Oster, speaker of SG's senate.
Who the president will be, however, is unclear.
The election commission was scheduled to hear a
case pending against the Liberty ticket last night at
8 p.m., after The Miami Hurricane's deadline.
The commission's decision will determine
whether or not Troy Bell and the Liberty ticket are
disqualified from the spring SG elections. If they
are, the Impact ticket candidates will be inaugurated into their respective seats.
The case concerns an alleged violation of cam-
Ppaigning rules by Liberty ticket members, who are
accused of displaying balloons at the Rathskeller,
where campaigning is not allowed.
The commission originally dismissed the complaint.
Impact appealed the dismissal to the supreme
court, which assessed Liberty two violation points,
puting the ticket over the 20 points required for disqualification.
Liberty presidential candidate Troy Bell alleged
the court overstepped its authority and acted unfairly, so Manny Anon, chief justice of the court, remanded the case to the commission.
Laura Adams, election commission chairperson,
said of the Supreme Court: "I know they acted in
good faith, but they simply should have reverted tbe
case back |to the election commission) for a decK
sion. There Is a very grey area In the constitution aa
to whether or not the Supreme Court can assess
points."
Anon said that, after further review of the ca»e
upon the request of Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler, the court felt It would be
appropriate to remand the case back to the election
commission with specific instructions as to how the
case is to be handled.
"Everything has to be written out as to what the
accusations are and who the witnesses will be,"
Anon said. "After that, the decision is up to the election commission."
Anon added that the only appeals allowable
would be on the basis of procedure or severity.
"With the instructions I provided, I don't think
that there will be a question of procedure. As to severity, I doubt that would be appealed either." Anon
added that regardless of the decision, Impact will
probably not be able to appeal.
"The problem is that in the summer the (election]
rules were changed and they're rather complicated.
We thought we were in a position to rule in final
apellate jurisdiction and according to what we believed the wording meant, we were right."
Oster said he would wait to swear in the new
president until tomorrow to allow 24 hours for appeal after the decision. Oster said he is also considering holding the ceremony in the office of SG President Freddie Stebbins to avoid interuption or
disturbance of the ceremony.
"Nowhere is it written the oath has to be administered any particualar place. I could even do it in a
dormitory room," Oster said.
URRICANE
MIKE DlBAHUStaff Photographer
Dirty, dirty dancing I	
Marc Chaykin and Julie Duncan get down and dirty Saturday night
during Greek Week's Dance-a-thon at the Rathskeller, which
raised money for United Cerebral Palsy. For more photos of Greek
Week events, see Accent, page 10.
Sapp appointed Eaton master
By CL. BISHOP
Staff Writer
After six years of involvement
with the University of Miami residential college system, Dr. Stephen Sapp, associate professor of
religion, will assume the role of
Eaton master.
His appointment follows the
departure of Dr. Pamela Ferguson, who has completed her
three-year stint as master.
Sapp will be joined by his wife,
Dr. Mary Sapp, UM's director of
planning and institutional research, who will unofficially
serve as his co-master. Their two
sons, Eric, 13, and David, 10, will
also share the Eaton master's residence.
Sapp said he and his wife will
both be acting as masters. The
reason they were not both offi-
cally appointed is because the
master must be a tenured faculty
member, according to Sapp. He
said it is "a technicality in the organization chart."
Mary Sapp said they will both
be coming up with ideas and executing them.
"We will be working as a
team," she said.
Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, said he
was "delighted with President
(Edward T.( Foote's appointment
of the Sapps."
Butler also said they were free
to act as co-masters and asserted
that it was "an ideal arrangement." He cited the masters of
Pearson Residential College, Dr.
Thompson and Mrs. Maureen Big
gers, as an identical situation.
C. Dean Furman, a resident of
Eaton, said the Sapps will bring a
new sense of enthusiasm to the
college.
"Dr. Sapp's style of leadership
will be a change that will continue the great traditions of Eaton
Residential College," Furman
said.
The Sapps have been at UM
since fall 1981. They served as
faculty fellows at Hecht during
the 1983-84 academic year, when
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Weinberger criticizes War Powers Act
By LAURIE L. THOMAS
Assistant News Editor
Former Secretary of Defense
Caspar Weinberger told a UM audience Thursday that the legislative branch of government currently has an unfair amount of
power.
Weinberger spoke to a capacity
crowd of more than 600 at Gusman Concert Hall as part of the
Charles E. Cobb Jr. Leadership
Lecture Series, sponsored by the
School of Business.
"At the moment there is a rather substantial, unfair tipping of
power to Congress," Weinberger
said, referring to the War Powers
'Congress has too much authority at the expense
of the executive branch.'
Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense
Act passed in 1972.
Continued Weinberger, the
current publisher of Forbes magazine: "Congress has too much
authority at the expense of the
executive branch."
Weinberger said he finds the
War Powers Act "difficult to accept." The WPA states troops
must be withdrawn from an occupied territory within 90 days
unless a formal declaration of
war is made by the President and
Congress approves the measure.
While the statute was enacted
in response to Vietnam, Weinberger added he thinks the WPA
is "unnecessary and unconstitutional," and said every U.S. President has thought the same thing.
"The War Powers Act usurps
the power of the President,"
Weinberger said.
"Peace through strength is not
a motto," said Weinberger. "It is
a hard, vital, important fact for
military strength. The President
can't be fettered while things are
changing every year, every
month, every day.
"Out of 200 situations, only six
have been declarations of war,"
Weinberger continued. "If we're
going to have a strong foreign
policy, troops have to be involved."
According to Weinberger,
however, there is a lesson America can learn from the Vietnam experience.
"I hope we have learned we
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 t      Ne,
 Tuesday, Apijprj 1,1989
Parking fee
may increase
Cost could go to $75 per year
By AMY ELLIS
News Editor
Students at the University of
Miami could be paying $75 to
park on campus next year if a
proposal to increase the annual
parking fee is acccepted by Provost Luis Glaser.
The proposed increase of $25
over the current $50 fee wouldbe
used to fund the construction of
an on-campus parking garage, according to Joe Frechette, director
of Public Safety.
On Thursday, Frechette proposed the increase to UM's parking advisory committee and appeals board, which makes
suggestions to the provost about
the parking situation and also
hears parking ticket appeals.
The committee, which lacked
quorum last Thursday, will reconsider the proposal this Thursday.
Provost Glaser was unavailable
for comment.
According to Frechette, the In-
ciease is the only way to raise
enouah mow to MU th* «■*■
he long range
to Mt stids money for a garage
that Is coins to cost between
S8.000.md $10,000 per space to
build."
Robert Fuerst, director of academic services and chairperson of
the parkins committee, said he is
against the Increase.
"It's too much money for stu-
dents, employees and faculty to
be expected to pay, and the time
frame is not realistic," Fuerst
said. "How manv years will it
take to come up with enough
money for the garage? I don't
think it (the increase| is the answer."
Carolyn Salisbury, president of
Roadrunners Commuter Student
Organization and a student representative on the parking committee, said students will not stand
for the increase.
"The student body has gotten
the short end of the stick when it
comes to parking, and I refuse to
let it happen again," Salisbury
said. "A 50 percent increase is
outrageous. I feel confident the
students, faculty and employees
will unite and defeat this insulting proposal."
As a member of last year's
parking committee, Salisbury authored a proposal to set aside $10
of each student's parking fee for a
"seed fund" to build a garage.
The proposal has already generated close to $100,000 for the
garage, Salisbury said, and waa
done with the hope the administration would ad* to the fund.
Salisbury aaid It la not fair to
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Salisbury added that the funds
for the garage should be taken
from the over $400 million generated by the University's ongoing
fund-raising campaign.
"Palm trees are great, but this
campus needs a parking garage,"
Salisbury said.
Registration update
Registration for fall 1989 ends at 5 p.m. Friday. Students
should have received an appointment card with the time and
place of registration and may register at any time after the
date and time listed on the card.
Duplicate cards are available from the registration office
across from the Rathskeller in University Center 121 A.
Students may choose to register at either the assigned
center or at the registration office.
Students must have an appointment card and a completed course request form signed by their faculty advisor.Registration offices will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students failing to register during this period will have to
do so this fall before classes begin.
Students say
SG irrelevant
ByYVONNE ALVAREZ
Staff Writer
For some students at the University of Miami, knowing the
latest Student Government
news is not a major concern.
As the controversy over the
SG presidency continues, most
students are unaware any problem exists.
The turmoil began after Liberty candidate Troy Bell was
declared the winner of the
March 23 and 24 SG elections
with 58 percent of the vote.
Bell defeated C. Dean Furman,
presidential candidate on the
Impact ticket.
SG's supreme court later disqualified Bell for breaking campaign rules. However, the court
later vacated its decision and
remanded the case to SG's election commission, which heard
the case yesterday evening after The Miami Hurricane's
deadline.
Lisa Bankson, a senior majoring in public relations, said, "I
don't really pay attention to
Student Government. I know
the presidency is up in the air,
but I don't know why."
Gary Pelczer, a freshman,
gave a similar response: "I read
about it, but I'm not following
it."
This apparent lack of interest
was best illustrated by the 11
percent turnout for the recent
SG election.
David Faerman, a senior majoring in industrial engineering,
said of the turnout, "I think it's
kind of silly when only half of
the 11 percent of the students
can elect a president. It shows
that there is a lack of a good
reason to vote."
Faerman said he didn't vote
because "I didn't see a difference between Troy or Dean. No
changes are ever made on the
promises they make."
Current SG President Freddie
Stebbins called the turnout
"disappointing" and said several factors were involved.
"The candidates didn't take it
[the election] very seriously,"
Stebbins said. "A lot was taken
for granted."
Despite the students' lack of
involvement, many agree the
events of the past few weeks
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