Miami Hurricane, February 01, 1991

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Fourth-ranked Miami begins its quest for the College World Series tonight with its season opener against California.
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Rally to Md for U.8. troop«
Operation Homefront and the UM Program Council are hosting a rally to support the troops in the Middle East at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the University Center Pie* aa.
Operation Homefront is a nonprofit organization which supports the troops in the Middle East snd their families which are still here in the United States.
Wsnds Serrano, vice president of the organisation, said they are coming on campus to support those who need the help and to encourage volunteers.
Accoraing to Serrano, students can expect a warm atmosphere fostering acceptance and caring.
"We want the troops and their families to know we re here for them,” she said.
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United Black Students Will kick off Black Awareness Month at 10 a.m. today in the UC Breesewsy with a book sale and a balloon giveaway. The entire month will be filled with activities open to the entire University of Miami community. Events coming up
• The Laugh Olympics at 10 a.m. tomorrow behind the 11
the UC International Lounge, UBS will host "Blues Pest Part
One."
•	At noon on Feb. 8 on the UC Plaza, UBS will be sponsoring the Midday Recess featuring jazz and blues music.
•	At 7:30 p.m. the same evening “Gospel Explosion," will take place in Gusman Concert Hall.
Several other events will take place throughout February including a talent show, Miss Black UM and the Black and White Ball aboard the Discovery Cruise Line.
For more Information about the month's events, stop by the UBS office in UC 214 or call 284-2683.
Rap concart fight brings out pollca
Administrators from Pennsylvania's Lincoln University said state police overreacted when they searched campus dormitories for students who had been involved in fights at a rap concert last semester.
About 60 state, local and campus police, some dressed in riot gear and armed with shotguns and nightsticks, sought members of the 2.500 students and guests who had been "orderly and lively,” until someone sprayed a chemical like tear gas into the crowd and people rushed for the doors. Seven people were injured and no one was arrested.
"The alarming presence and display of firearms [by police) was uncalled for by circumstances,” university officials said in a prepared statement.
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FACE THE FACTS
Fall 1990 student enrollment at the undergraduate level at the University of Miami:
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY l, 1991
Tuition will increase 7.89 percent
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By KAREN BKKNSTKIN
Stall Writer
• Following a tradition of yearly increases, Jniversity of Miami administration has announced a 7.89 percent hike in undergraduate tuition for the fall of 1991. With the increase, annual tuition to attend the University will total more than $14,000.
According to Dr. Luis Glaser, UM executive vice president and provost, student concerns were heard and taken into consideration in reference to the tuition increase.
“There was pressure to keep tuition as low as possible, Glaser said.
According to Student Government President Irwin Raii, SG has been negotiating with the administration since September regard-ina the tuition increase.
"This is the first time in a long while student voices were heard,” Ray said. "I am very happy with the amount of input."
Glaser, this year’s tuition rM originally proposed as an
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increase of 8.4 percent, ahows a significant decrease over last year’s 9.8percent hike.
“We pushed it down aa much as we could. We minimised our contingency,” Glaser said. “This increase is justified and is essential. If we could run this University with any less of an increase efficiently, we would.”
Glaser said personnel will be streamlined in order to keep costa as low as possible.
Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, added there will be some cuts within the department of student affairs, but said he was not prepared to elaborate.
“Announcements will be made in a few weeks,” he said.
Manny Ochoa, president of the Cane Commuter Organization, said he hopes the money from the increase in tuition will be used to improve academics and increase student ser-vices.
“If they’re going to increase tuition, they shouldn’t skimp on the students,” Ochoa said.
According to Glaser, student services will
not be jeopardized. The increase in revenue will allow tor the implementation of additional student services, Glaser said.
Ray said budget plans are continuing.
“We are trying to negotiate the moat we can,” he laid. “We are working to try to get as many projects as possible.”
A number of proposals have been approved for funding under the new budget.
"Included will be a $3.6 million increase in the financial aid budget for undergraduate students,” Glaser said
Additional funds will be allocated to improve security on campus. In addition to increased police officers, the five residential B will be equipped with electronic systems which control access to the buildings.
These security measures will be implemented for the fall semester, Glaser said.
According to Butler, Stanford and Hecht Residential Colleges are to begin remodeling addition to the renovation of four college computer labs.
Abo included are plana to develop an addi-onal computer lab in the Ungar Computing Center and the completion of the computerization of bbrary services, Glaser said.
SG leaders proposed the creation of a career counselor for seniors at the Office of Career Planning and Placement. The new appointment will aid graduates with career placement, Ray said.
Another service SG members encouraged is the installation of more interna) telephone
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al lines wilTbe placed in the Otto G. Richter Library, the Memorial Classroom Building, the Cox Science Center, the Whitten Learning Center and the McArthur Engineering Building.
Glaser said he plana to address student concerns and questions in an open letter to the editor of The Miami Hurricane within the next two weeks.
Joah Katz, a sophomore majoring in entre^ preneurthip, said the increase b too much for students to
Yale professor to teach at UM
Historian known world-wide
By ERICK JOHNSON
Assistant News Edttw
Vincent Scully Jr., a Yale University professor and architectural historian, will teach part-time at the Uni-
DAVE BERGMAN/ Photo Editor
MOON OVER MIAMI: UM graduate student Kevin Ruth streaks In front of Eaton Residential College early Wednesday morning. It was his 23rd birthday
Birthday boy suits up for jog around lake
By ALLETTA BOWERS Associât« News Editor
Kevin Ruth celebrated his 23rd birthday early Wednesday morning by running «round Lake Osceola in his birthday suit.
A graduate student and teaching assistant in the department of mathematics, Ruth b a University of Miami international student from Winnipeg, Canada.
Ruth laid he has a top 10 list of reasons why he bared all.
"Basically, my heart was broken in
25 places and it was just my way of saying ‘hi’ to a girl not speaking to me,” Ruth said. “I was bored. I had too many Long Isbnd Iced Teas. It was a demonstration for peace around the world. I wanted my picture on the front page of The Miami Hurricane. It was an attention-getter. I thought it would be a good way to meet girls. My tension was relieved. I wanted to moon the entire University. It was my birthday. My reasons are not necessarily in that order.” He said he has done this before. “I’m considering making it a weekly thing,” Ruthaaid.
Donald Meyer, a Public Safety dispatcher, said streaking is a minor offense aa far the department is concerned.
"Anyone caught streaking would be disciplined through the deans office,” Meyer said.
No charges were filed against Ruth by Public Safety, according to the dispatcher on duty the night of the incident.
“My only fear b being deported back to Winnipeg,” Ruth said. "If the police arretted me, I would have a hard time paying the fine, though."
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Scully will teach the history of architecture, a course he said has been given to standing-room-only crowds of students at Yale since 1947.
One of those students was UM President Edward T. Foote II, who studied under Scully in the bte 1950s.
Scully's wife, Catherine Lynn, will also come to UM to establish a historic preservation program.
A prolific and versatile author on subjects ranging from Anasazi Indians to the emergence of post-mod emism, Scully won the prestigious 1984 Thomas Jefferson Architecture Award from the University of Virginia. 1
Scully is currently writing a book focusing on the relationship between architecture and the landscape. The book, entitled Architecture, the Natural and the Man-Made, will be used in Scully’s UM ebaa.
Scully said he picked UM because of the school’s commitment to teamwork, as well aa its ethnic diversity.
"The [UM] School of Architecture b special."
a who received his doctorate from Yale, said. ‘‘I M) because they really care about making students work together aa a group, rather than as individ-
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Survey: students proud of University
Athletics rated high
By TOM B. HIGGINS
Staff Writ«
University of Miami students generally like and are proud of their school, according to a recent glimpse at results of a survey taken by the institution's administration.
Although exact results will not be released publicly, Dr. William Butter, vice president for student affairs, and Dr. Philip Mann, director of the center for substance abuse prevention and education, •aid they were pleated with atu-
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“There’s a lot wrong with other architectural schools," Scully continued. “They train architects in artificial areas which have little to do with the need* of society."
Miami’s Spanish and South American cultures have Scully and his wife eager to come to Miami.
“We can hardly wait,” Scully said. “We’re really excited.”
Scully’s presence will improve the quality of the architectural school, according to Dr. Nicholas Patri-cios, ■ UM design and graphics professor.
“By having him [Scully| here, it will expand the reach of architecture to other communities in the area,” Patrick» said.
UM architecture students are eager for Scully’s arrival.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Dave Lee, a junior majoring in architecture, said. "It’s exciting to nave hi I’m still here.”
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New physics facility, grounds financed by $50 million gift
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By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Contributing EdMor
With the University of Miami’s new physics building nearing completion and the official dedication set to occur on Feb. 14, some students have expressed concent over the apparent extravagance in the construction of the facility. Examples include the courtyard and the copper roof.
Nelson Perez, a sophomore majoring in architecture, said, “It's nice, but it seems like a big waste of money. They could have put it to something else."
Professor George Atexandrakw, chairman of the department of physics, said the costs of the building did not come from the University budget or from student tuition.
According to AJexandrakis, James L. Knight, one of the founders of the Knight-Ridoer news organization, has donated $50 million to the University to be paid over the next 20 years.
"The University borrowed the amount to pay for the building, and this [Knight] fund
will be used to pay off the mortgage," Alex-andrakis said. The additional money will go toward the building’s maintenance and equipment.
Atexandralus said there are about 30 undergraduate physics majors, but both he and UM President Edward T. Foote II stressed the facilities would be used by a much larger number of students.
Alexandrakis said there are at least 1,000 students enrolled in physics courses at the Univeraity.
"The measure of importance [of a facility) it not only the number of students in a program but the larger picture of who will benefit from it,’’Foote said.
However, the money donated by Knight was not initially earmarked for a physics building. According to Foote, the money was donated for the purpoae of assisting a angle facility or program aa determined by the Board of Trustees.
"Since I’ve been here, the physics build-t a top priority,” Foote Mid.
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