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team to win 23 of Its first 30 games.
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THE MIAMI
URRICAN
VOLUME 68. NUMBER 40
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. CORAL GABLES. FLA.
FRIDAY. MARCH 22,1991
NEWSBRIEFS
International Weak
cetebratee 25th year
The 25th annual International
Week will kick off on Tuesdsy on
the University Center Plaza.
The event, organized by the
Council of International Students
Organizations, will highlight different campus organizations
every day until April 5. This
year s theme ia "Please Peace:
For the Earth and Her Environment," emphasizing the importance of world peace and environmental issues for all human
beings.
Sandra Parras, COISO president, said International Week will
be "a fun-filled two weeks of
events where international organizations will display their cultures and bring concerts for students' enjoyment and cultural
learning." For more information,
contract Pirns it 284-3548.
Volunteer Servlcae
forme coalition
Volunteer Services is searching
for local organisers for Into the
Streets, a national community
service day to be held on Nov. 1.
A diverse campus coalition of students, student organization representatives, faculty, administrators and community representatives will organise the University
i't-i
recruitment an- placement of volunteers for thia day of service.
Members of the coalition will also
be responsible for organizing programs that heighten awareness of
social, environmental and other
service-related issues.
A separate committee, the Hub
Campus committee, will be
selected to help organize pro-
grama at other colleges and universities in the region. This group
will work with regional and
national Into the Streets staff to
promote the program.
Applications tor the program
are available at the Volunteer
Services Center, UC 236.
Several col legee
cutting back aM
The recession claimed more
campus victims last week, as
more schools announced they
were cutting back student services.
The University of Arizona eliminated student jobs for the Student Union payroll in late February, and cut employee hours.
"These are tough times," said
Union Director Bob Ernstein.
"There are some difficult decisions being made."
In Iowa, Muscatine Community
College will stall extending
library and computer hours until
next fall, when officials hope to
have more money to pay for
them.
Northwest Missouri State University announced it would freeze
wages and minimize campus
scholarships to ssve money.
Point Park College in Pittsburgh announced it will eliminate
majors in its French, Spanish and
math departments.
From College Press Service
FACE THE FACTS
The University of Miami will
Increase the parking fee to
$115 for the 1991-92 year
The following are the fees for
other universities around the
country, In comparison:
Faculty: University lowering its standards
Report claims too many 'weak' applicants being accepted
By AMY ELLIS
Editor In Chief
The University of Miami has lowered its admissions
standarda in an attempt to increase revenue, according
to a report recently prepared by the Faculty Senate.
The Annual Report on Admissions, presented to the
administration at the end of January, claims that the
"sharp decline in selectivity" between 1989 and 1990
could cause serious long-term injury to the University's reputation.
"It would appear that the administration has in
effect told the Admissions Office to do whatever it
must do to bring in tuition revenue in order to balance
the budget," the report states. "... but a policy of generating income by dropping admissions standards cannot succeed in the long run."
Although the report was not released publicly, it
wss circulated among members of the faculty.
UM Provost Luis Glaser disagreed with the conclusions of the report, saying it offers a "very limited outlook" of the situation. "I am very wary of a one-year
analysis of anything. Looked at in the proper context, I
don't see a problem."
Terming current admissions standards the "lowest
in a decade," the report demonstrates how the quality
of the 1990 class is "substantially poorer" than the
class of 1989. Based on SAT scores and high school
ranking, that class was the best ever enrolled in UM's
history.
The report used the number of students rejected by
the University as an indicator of its selectivity.
For example, last year's rejection rate was the lowest in the laat 17 vein. In 1990, the University rejected 4.9 percent of its applications, compared with 12.5
percent the previous year. Before 1990, the report
states, the rate had not dropped below 9.9 percent
since 1978.
In addition to overall rates of rejection, the report
also provides rejection rates for certain "weak" applicants, such as students whose combined SAT scores
are below 800. Last year, the University admitted
about 60 percent of these students who applied, com-
Please see page .-/ADMISSIONS
Tht grtph btlow tiiowt tht ptrcantagt of
applicants with t combined 8AT tcort btlow
800 accepted by tht Univeraity of Mltml ovar
tht pttt thrtt yttrt.
60.70%
$115 parking fee approved for next year
HONOR MARCH
DAVE BERGMAN /Photo Editor
.DIFFERENT BEAT: Jonathan Berger, right, a third-year medical student, beats the Iron Arrow ceremonial drum, followed
by seniors Carrie Edmondson and Darren Dupriest. Iron Arrow, the highest honor attainable at the University, tapped new
members yesterday. For a complete list of tappees, see page 2.
Raij: increase unfair
For more student reaction to the parking fee
increase, see Opinion page 5.
By AMY ELLIS
campus may soon be earner, but It will a_» be mot—
expensive.
A plan for solving the parking problem recently
approved by the UM Board of Trustees calls for an
increase in the annual parking fee from $50 to $1 IS.
According to Vice President for Business Affairs
Alan Fish, the money generated by the increase will be
used to fund the construction of new parking facilities,
including a 650-space parking garage and two new surface lots.
"We have a serious parking problem here, and this
is the solution," Fish said. "This plan will cover us until
1995. At that point, we will reassess the need for parking depending on the University's growth and the
expansion of facilities."
The project, which will cost about $4 million, still
must be approved by the Coral Gables City Commission, along with the rest of the University's five-year
Master Plan. The University is hoping to have the plan
approved by April or May.
"It is our intention to start the two surface lots and
complete them this summer," Fish said. "The parking
garage would be begun in March of 1992 and would
take six months to complete."
If approved by the city, the $3 million garage will be
built next to the Memorial Building and behind Allen
Hall where a parking lot now sits. Tm net result would
be an additional 300 spots for commuters and faculty,
Fish said.
The two surface lots would cost about $975,000.
One would be constructed along Dickinson Drive West
where married student housing now exists. The lot
would provide 300 spots for residents and commuters.
According to Fish, married student housing would
be phased out and coordinated with the new student
apartments to be built on Red Road.
The other lot would add 150 spaces for faculty and
commuters and would be built north of the Knight
Physics Building where the Gifford Arboretum is now.
Other aspects of the plan include:
Please see page 2IPARK1NG
HIRAM HENRIQUE- / Graphic Arttet
SG candidates prepare
for upcoming elections
By GREG ELDRED
Staff Writer
The time has come for University of Miami students to make
their collective voice heard in the
Student Government spring elections.
According to Mark Chiappone,
chairman of the SG Elections
Commission, election booths will
be located outside of the University Center and at the Memorial
Classroom Building. The election
will be held Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Chiappone said for the most
part election procedures will
remain unchanged.
Students must bring their valid
Cane Card to the polling place of
their choice. The Validine system
will be utilised to determine
whether s student is a registered
undergraduate who haa paid the
undergraduate activity fee.
The election has already seen
some controversy with one ticket
snd one candidate disqualified.
The Elvis Lives ticket was
dropped from the race after missing one of two mandatory candidate meetings and placing two
personal ads in The Miami Hurricane.
According to Chiappone, an
appeal has been filed by the Elvis
Lives ticket.
Candidate Jason Gross was also
disqualified from the race for failure to meet grade point average
requirements. A 2.5 GPA is
required to run for the offices of
SG president, vice pesident and
treasurer. A 2.0 GPA is required
for an SG Senate seat.
Chiappone expressed some disappointment over laat fall's general turnout of about 1,200
undergraduate students.
"This past fall wis embarass-
Please see page ..-/ELECTIONS
Wheelchair tour yields improvements
By ALLETTA BOWERS
Associate News Editor
Improvements in handicapped
accessibility have begun as a direct
result of a campus tour in wheelchairs taken by i
administrators!
and students on |
March 8.
According to I
Dr. William But-1
ler, vice president for student |
affairs, approximately $50,000
has   been   set
aside   to  make
structural
changes to cam-
pus     buildings Butler
either to create accessibility or
make present accessibility safer.
"These changes are a direct
result of the tour we took," Butler
said. "Many improvements were
made immediately."
These immediate improvements
include the repaying of paths where
cracks or holes made it dangerous
for students in wheelchairs, fai addi-
\m
SG sets aside funds to improve
handicapped access on campus
ByJONDEESLIE
Staff Writer
The University of Miami Student Government Senate
approved a bill Wednesday allocating $2,000 to improve handicapped accessibility on campus.
The funds appropriated by the
bill will be matched by the UM
Division of Student Affairs and
the Physical Plaut for i total of
$6,000. The proposed improvements will be reviewed within the
next two weeks by a committee
led by Vic Atherton, assistant
vice president of facilities administration and SG President Irwin
Ran.
Once reviewed, the funds,
along with $50,000 already
approved by the administration,
will be earmarked for handicapped bathrooms and drinking
fountains. The effects could be
seen is early as the beginning of
next semester.
"We should be willing to stand
up for what we think is right,"
Raij sud. "But I don't want to
send the money out until we know
exactly where it's going."
tion, the walkway in front of the
Ashe Administration Building was
repaved during spring break.
Plans call for modificatk'.i of present accessibility of the University
Center with the installation of pow
er doors on the canal aide. The
modification of two UC bathrooms
currently unaccessible are in the
planning stages.      .
Next fall, a shuttle, fully equipped
for use by students in wheelchairs,
will be running.