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Volume 66, Number 8
University of Miami
Tuesday, Sept. 27,1988
Crowding
disrupts
lunches
Students gripe
about cafeterias'
lines, service
By DEANNA KLESH
Staff Writer
The one hour lunch break from
12:05 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays has been
jamming food lines across campus.
Michael Mahaffey, director of
resident dining said, "T'te problem is 600 people all come in
within the hour. It's difficult to
handle."
Every year the food facilities
across campus face lines at certain peak times. Mahaffey said,
"This naturally occurs until students get used to spreading out
their schedules."
If students would come in at
different times rather than all at
once the problem would not be as
bad. "It's amazing what 15 minutes will do," Mahaffey said.
In the beginning of the year
some new studevi*,**. t_o wot know
they can go ta other places on
campus and use their meal cards.
Meal cards are not accepted
from noon to 1 p.m. at the Ibis
cafeteria, Eye snack bar or Rathskeller because off-campusstu-
dents enter at those times and
these facilities cannot accommodate that kind of business, Mahaffey said.
Mahaffey said, "It |the Rathskeller j is very popular this year."
Don Wygand, building manager for the Rathskeller said, "We
definitely had to get another register."
"It | the new break | really
doesn't affect me as much as
some other people on campus, but
on Tuesdays and Thursdays we
feel it," Wyngand said.
"You have to wait forever in
line. I feel it's gotten worse," said
sophomore Ted Smiley.
The overcrowding and longer
cash lines are also partly due to
employees taking breaks at that
time.
"To alleviate some of the cash
operation problems it would be
nicer if employees could go a little later or earlier if their schedule allows it," Mahaffey said.
He said people will find the dining halls to be more relaxed with
smaller lines and more seating.
Other problems can cause the
overcrowded dining halls.
"The tie up in the Hurricane
|cafeteria| occurs while people
get in line because of the set-up of
beverages at the front of the
line," Mahaffey said.
Some students are trying to
avoid the whole problem.
'This naturally occurs
until students get used
to spreading out their
schedules.'
Michael Mahaffey, director
of residenl dining
Freshman Barbara Mooney
said, "Sometimes I just go eat at
the Eye and pay for it."
Junior Susan Walsh said, "I try
to go to lunch early to miss the
crowd."
The problem aoes not seem to
be just at the one hour break. According to Mahaffey, "We don't
face a problem Just at the one
hour break but at dinner from
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. also."
MICHAEL ROY/Hurricane Staff
Party on the patio
University of Miami cheerleaders Dale McLean, Joe Garcia and Val Henry dance
it up on the Whitten University Center patio during Friday's pep rally.
Soviet analyzes debate
Gorbachev advisor compares countries
By LIA FISH
Stuff Writer
While the two party leaders were bashing it out
In the Presidential debate Sunday night, students at
the University of Miami were getting a different
view of the issues — a Russian perspective.
"I was surprised," said Dr. Fyodor Burlatsky, a
Soviet writer and advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev,
who spoke to about 60 students in the Whitten University Center's International Lounge. "In spite of
differences, we discuss the same issues."
Burlatsky, senior advisor to Nikita Khrushchev
during the Cuban Missile Crisis In 1962, spoke on
the crisis for about an hour before the debate began
and then commented on the debate afterward.
"I like this style of debate," said Burlatsky, who
was invited to the University by Stanford Residential College, the Institute for Soviet and East Europe
Studies and the Graduate School of International
Studies. "The national interests of the US and Soviets are the same."
The military budget, civil programs, human
rights, the death penalty, socialized medicine,
crime, narcotics and abortion were some of the topics from the presidential debate that Burlatsky discussed.
"I believe our next election may be something
like this," Burlatsky said, adding that the Soviets
are moving toward a free market under Gorbachev.
"All population can compare views."
Although Burlatsky did not proclaim a winner of
the debate or even pick a favorite, he did have a few
comments about both candidates.
"I sympathize with Dukakis with my heart, but I
sympathize with Bush in my conscience," said Burlatsky, senior fellow at the George F. Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies and senior fellow
at Harvard University. He added that Gov. Dukakis
is more liberal than Vice President Bush, but Bush
has more experience with international negotiations.
"We are prepared to negotiate with any American president elected," Burlatsky said, adding that
he liked John Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt, but
that the Soviets could "negotiate with Republicans."
"However, it is impossible to do anything with
someone who hates Communism," he said in heavily accented English.
"I am happy that we have had such agreements,"
aaid Burlatsky, who attended the summit meetings
with Gorbachev. "I am happy that we continue negotiations."
"It's a big step to a new world of civilized relations between communist and capitalist countries,"
Burlatsky said.
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UM provides
blue books
Honor Council believes
move will deter cheating
By ANGELA BROOKS
Staff Writer
In an effort to deter cheating
and save students time at the
bookstore, the University of Miami has instituted a new policy of
providing blue books to students.
On February 18,1988, a memorandum sent by Student Government to Dr. William Butler, vice
president for student affairs,
called for a bill to end the sale of
blue books at the University. According to the memorandum, the
change in blue book policy will
cost the University approximately $6,000 annually and involve
"some relatively simple administrative details."
Bill Mullowney, assistant to the
vice president for student affairs
and executive secretary to the
Honor Council said, "Honors violations were definitely a consideration."
A summary of Honor Council
cases showed that of the 25 cases
heard by the council, 10 of them
involved cheating on an examination.
The bill was co-authored by
Marc Osier, president of the Honor Council and speaker of the SG
senate and by Vice President of
the Honor Council Lisa Silverberg.
SG President Freddie Stebbins
said the bill's passage is "another
step toward making this University a better academic institution
all around."
Mullowney said one of the
goals of the Honor Council is to
"identify for faculty ways to minimize opportunities for cheating."
Mullowney also said students
should not tolerate cheating. He
said the Honor Code "protects the
integrity of your degree." Students who get good grades by
cheating and subsequently land
prestigious jobs negatively affect
the marketability of a degree
from UM.
Besides stopping the abuse of
cheating through blue books, the
Honor Council is sending out a
memorandum to the faculty reminding them of the importance
of spaced seating during exams,
giving different sets of questions
to the same class and emphasizing the importance of proctoring.
Some students will not be as
concerned with the reasons involving cheating as much as saving time at the bookstore. Stebbins said the new policy was also
issued "to save students the hassle of having to go the bookstore."
Some students were not impressed one way or the other.
Sophomore Randy Bethel said,
"Doesn't matter to me. f don't
cheat anyway!"
The departments will take a
few weeks to adjust to storing
and transferring blue books. Norma Tassler, secretary to the dean
of Arts and Sciences said, "If students will benefit, then the administrative problems come under the category of 'so what.'"
Advertisements
plague campus
Businesses do not get licenses
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By PHYLLIS GYAMFI
Staff Writer
University of Miami bulletin
boards are being bombarded with
unapproved off-campus advertising, according to William Sandler, dean of student personnel.
"Visitors to the campus complain of the poor taste," Sandler
said. A new policy has been
adopted this year to try to control
the number of unapproved flyers.
According to the University
Business Affairs Policies and Procedures Manual, advertising by
any restaurants, bars, or lounges
in the form of posters, handbills
or leaflets on any area of campus
is prohibited except with prior
approval by the Director of Business Services Alan Fish.
According to Sandler, a prospective advertiser must submit a
written request seven days prior
to the date of the beginning of the
ad. The request must include: a
copy of the ad, the location and
date in which the ad is to be distributed and the number of ads to
be posted. The ad is then examined for acceptable taste and the
request is signed and approved.
The Policies and Procedures
Manual states that flyers will not
be approved if they are larger
than 14 by 22 inches. Also, an advertiser must agree not to advertise more than one week prior to
the event and must remove all
handbills and leaflets littering
campus 24 hours after the event
has occurred.
Robert Devine, Student Government senator for Campus
Sports and Recreation, discussed
the issue of off-campus poster
policies at the second meeting of
SG.
According to Devine, the flyers
get in the way of campus activity
posters such as membership information for CSR. "The posters
'I
should be limited to at least one or
two," he said.
Martha Zimmerman, chairman
of Student Government's University Affairs Committee, has been
investigating the problem.
"Anyone can staple anything
on the billboards, and it's ridiculous," she said.
Zimmerman said some groups
that have been advertising on
campus bulletin boards without
approval are Club Manhattan,
Club 94 and Club Oz.
These groups are advertising
on private grounds without the
support of the University, Sandler said. Attempts to contact
these clubs by telephone were unsuccessful.
Different facilities on campus
have their own procedures for
dealing with billboard advertising. For example, the Whitten
University Center does not allow
more than four posters pertaining
to the same event. Also, no posters can be displayed which solicit
funds for causes unrelated to the
University.
According to the Policies and
Procedures Manual, distribution
of handbills on private property is
restricted by Coral Gables ordinances, and the University adheres to such restrictions.
The manual also states that any
student who assists in posting or
distributing posters, leaflets or
handbills under this new policy
may be subjected to disciplinary
action under section B.12 of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
This section states that vandalism of property belonging to the
University may require disciplinary and/or legal action.
Fish said that this is an awareness campaign.
"We are trying to monitor billboards not affiliated with student
organizations," he said.