Miami Hurricane, April 21, 1989

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Volume 66, Number 50
University of Miami
Friday, April 21,1969
SG election controversy continues
Administration influenced court’s decision, ex-chief justice says
By ROBERT MILLER
Staff Writer
The controversy surrounding the Student Government presidential elections may not be over.
Sources in the SG Supreme Court say they believe justice was not served by the Election Commission's ruling on April 11 in favor of Liberty candidate Troy Bell.
Former Chief Justice Manny Anon said that during closed questioning by the court Damian Sflvera had confessed to bringing balloons into the Rathskeller just before the election.
Campaigning In the Rathskeller is illegal. Before his private testimony to the Supreme Court, Silvera, a Liberty supporter, had publicly testified he had never carried balloons into the Rathskeller
One other justice present at the hearing supported Anon’s statements, but asked to remain anonymous.
According to Anon, Silvera’s confession was the basis for the court's original decision to assess the Liberty ticket two penalty points. The two points gave Bell and his ticket 21 points, enough to disqualify him and the ticket from the race.
Anon said It was only days later, after local media covered the story and the NAACP was called,
that UM administrators decided to step in to avoid any negative publicity for the University.
On April 6, Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, met with Anon, Associate Justice Mike Tyler, Election Commission Chairperson Laura Adams, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Bill Mullowney, SG advisor Dr. Craig Ullom, UM Assistant General Counsel Lourdes Lapaz and Jody Kalman, assistant director of student activities, to discuss the court’s ruling.
“My reading of the [SG| Constitution and the bylaws convinced me that fair play had not been invoked," Butler said. “I suggested to all parties that a re-examination had to take place.”
At issue was whether the Supreme Court had the, power to assess points against a ticket.
After seven hours of discussion on the matter, Anon said administrators advised him to relinquish the court’s verdict and remand the case to the commission.
Anon said he and other high court members thought their original decision was fair and correct.
Adams said under the circumstances either one of the decisions the court could have made could have been considered correct, given the loopholes in the
Please see page 7/ELECT
An architect’s rendering of the quadrangle which will be created between the new James L. Knight Physics Building and the McArthur College of Engineering. At left is the physics building.
Physics building to open in fall 1990
By STEPHANIE WHITE
Staff Writer
By fall 1990, the University of Miami College of Engineering will have one new ana one improved facility. -
Construction began in early March on a 113.2 million project which will add a wing to the McArthur Engineering Building and erect a new physics building.
The new wing will contain undergraduate laboratories,
Engineering building expanded
classrooms and faculty offices. The 20,000-square-foot addition will be linked to the McArthur Building by a walkway.
Engineering Dean Norman Einspruch said he is looking forward to the wing’s completion because current conditions are crowded.
“It will provide additional space for our work,” Einspruch said.
Marcia Fair, director of development for the College of Engineering, said with the additions, the college will be better able to accommodate the students.
“This project has been in the planning stages for four years, and it’s wonderful," Fair said. "It will provide needed classroom space, and we’ll be able to expand our labs.”
The wing is expected to be
completed by spring 1990. The money for the project is being provided by Gene Davis McArthur, a UM trustee, whose father provided the money to build and equip the McArthur Building.
The James L. Knight Physics Building is set for completion in fall 1990. The new physics complex will be located behind McArthur. It will include a 150-seat auditorium, laborato-
Please see page 5/ENGINEER
Community fights to save arboretum
By AMY ELLIS
Newt Editor
l&lefls Kathy Gaubatz gets her way, a small spot of paradise on the University of Miami campus where rare tropical trees once flourished will probably become UM's next parking lot.
Gaubatz, a Coral Gables resident whose husband John is a law professor at UM, has been fighting to save UM’s Gifford Arboretum from poor management and possible destruction for nine years and is now trying to get the city to enforce restrictions regarding the removal of trees of
any kind.
Since her words have fallen upon deaf ears at UM, Gaubatz says she is turning to the city as a last resort.
“It is becoming clear that their |UM administrators's] intent all along was to use this area for parking,” Gaubatz said. “But you can’t just move a tree in the Gables. We're hoping the city will enforce its ordinance.”
The arboretum, located at the northwest tip.of campus, just w-est of the McArthur Engineering Building and behind the Art Buildings, has been a part of the University since 1948 when Pro-
fessor Frank Rimoldi, formerly of the biology department, planted and labeled trees and shrubs by biological family.
In 1949, the arboretum was named for the late John Gifford,the first tropical forester in the U.S., who taught tropical conservation and forestry at UM for 16 years.
Now the University is planning to pave over the arboretum by the fail of 1990 to provide needed parking space for the newphysics building and addition to the McArthur Building now under construction.
According to Rafael Peruyera,
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This is last issue of The, Miami Hurricane before September.
Staffers wish everyone a happy and safe summer, A s on all their exams and jobs which offer much pay for little work.
UBS elects new officers
JACQUELINE BECERRA
Staff Writer
The University of Miami United Black Students elected Jacqueline Levermore as its new president for the 1989-90 school year during the spring election held April 5 and 6.
Levermore, a junior majoring in psychology and philosophy, said she wants to promote the UBS image in the UM community.
“UBS is a viable organization at UM, Levermore
Football player on probation
NoUM action taken yet
By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Auoctata Newt Editor
Michael Barrow, a University of Miami Hurricane linebacker, declared no contest Wednesday to charges of simple battery against a Domino's Pizza deliveryman last November.
Judge Arthur Winton sen-
Barrow complained the Cokes were hot, but Dzamba walked away and got into his car.
Dzamba told police Barrow followed him, opened the car door, grabbed him around the neck and punched him in the left eye.
However, Barrow claims when he walked over to the car, Dzamba threw a soda at him and yelled,
dance at a special advocate program for anger control.
Lawrence Doug Johnson, associate athletic director, Said Bar-row will still be on the football team, but he could not comment on any disciplinary action that would me taken by the University-
Johnson stressed that Barrow was not actually convicted of a misdemeanor but did not defend against the charge. “All disciplinary action is internal and (information! would not be released,” Johnson said.
According to a UM police report, Dietrich Dzamba, the deliveryman, told police he delivered a pizza and soft drinks to Barrow.
Dzamba was getting something 'from under his seat so Barrow pulled him out from his car. Charles Pharms, a defensive back, and Randy BetheL a tight end, concurred with Barrow’s version of the story.
Dean of Students William Sandler said Wednesday afternoon he didn't know the case had gone to court and could not comment as to what University disciplinary action might be taken. He said the decision to either suspend or dismiss Barrow from the team “is up to the football coach,”
“I know the case, and I know it hasn’t been settled oh here at the University,” Sandler said.
Fund drive benefits medical school most
UM’s director of planning and design, the University has to provide a certain number of parking spaces for the new buildings to satisfy city requirements.
"But we also want to be sensitive to the needs of the arboretum," Peruyera said. “We want to provide as much parking as possible, but we also want to preserve the rare and exotic trees.”
Peruyera said some trees will be removed, but others will be left in green islands in between parking spaces.
According to Gaubatz, such a Please see page 6/ARBORETUM
By PATRICK McCREERY
Editor in chief
The University of Miami has updated figures for its capital campaign drive.
By March, according to a memo distributed at an April 14 board of trustees meeting, the fund drive had generated $465,176,133.
The drive will end in December. Its original goal was $400 million, a figure it surpassed last spring.
Of the money already collected, $186,386,224 is in gifts or grants, $145,597,274 is in pledges and $133,192,653 is in planned giving — gifts whose income UM receives over several years.
UM’s School of Medicine received the most money by far — 62.5 percent of the total amount the drive generated.
Percentage figures for other schools, colleges and departments:
•	Architecture: .3
•	Arts and Sciences: 5.1
•	Athletics: 4.2
•	Business: 3.4
•	Communication: .7
•	Continuing Studies: .2
•	Education: .5
•	Engineering: 1.8
•	Graduate School: .1
•	International Studies: .8
•	Law: 2.6
•	Richter Library: .2
•	Music: 1.9
•	Nursing: .5
•	Rosenstiel: 1.3
•	Unrestricted gifts: 5.3
College of Arts and Sciences
Dean David Wilson said medical schools usually get more gifts than other university departments because they are high-profile establishments.
“Unfortunately, Arts and Sciences doesn't have any grateful patients," Wilson said.
He explained that because donors have specified where 94.7 percent of the drive’s money is going, undergraduate schools and colleges can usually only be envious of the medical campus.
However, some donors allow University officials to decide where the money is most needed.
Wilson lauded UM President Edward T. Foote II for persuading publishing magnate James L. Knight to fund a new physics building, something the College of Arts and Sciences had wanted to build for years.
said. When I achieve the goals of my platform next year, I will not be solely responsible. The members will be the ones who are truly the victors. Next year UBS will be united, working toward success.” Levermore's platform includes extending the lecture series to one lecture per month, providing campus tours to predominantly black high schools and hosting a workshop to cultivate the leadership skills
Please see page 6/VBS
The Ibis has landed
The 1988-89 Ibis yearbook should be ready for distribution Tuesday, said Ibis Editor In chief Darren Dupriest.
Students can collect their books at the University Center Rock. The book is free to undergraduate students with validated 'Cane Cards. Graduate students can have books If there are extras.
If Tuesday’s shipment is delayed, the books will be made available as soon as possible, Dupriest said.