Miami Hurricane, February 06, 1990

              3y MAUREEN McDEKMOTT
Insight Editor
Although the University Center's 6 percent budget cut does not take effect until June 1, the UC has already reduced building and personnel hours. This semester will be “a testing ground to find what would be an acceptable level of service to the University,” said UC Director Craig Ullom.
“The challenge of management is to make the most of what we have, not cut back the quality of our service," Ullom said. “We can still maintain a high level of performance.”
Provost Luis Glaser said the UM Board of Trustees thought the UC could "stand the loss in favor of other areas of the system that need the money more."
"The re-allocation of funds resulted in significant cuts in some areas and increases to fund other things," Glaser said, citing the support of the new physics and engineering buildings and the Writing Center.
Ullom said a positive step would be to hire more work-study students because UM is responsible for only 30 percent of their salaries,
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"If we don t staff the rec area we don't open,” Ullom said. “I would really be upset if we had to cut people who work with others.”
Gilbert Acosta, chairman of UC Board, said he had not heard complaints about the reduction of hours at the pool and the UC Macintosh Lab, elimination of weekend personnel at the information desk and less staff at the bowling alley.
However, Acosta anticipates the reduction of hours at the pool may cause problems for graduate and > medical students who usually swim early in the morning.
The pool will open one hour later and close one hour earlier. The new hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
Last month the UM Board of Trustees approved a 9.8 percent increase in undergraduate and gra-dute tuition, an 8 percent increase in room and board costs and re-allocated funds for many departments.
Volume 67, Number 30
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Tuesday, February 6, 1990
Budget cuts reduce UC hours
They just did it.
Photos by RANDY SHHUPSHiHt /Stan Photograph« (Above) The Mutaat Ninja Chicken Patties cheer on HRC at Saturday’s opening ceremonies.
Eaton dominates
WMkdnd of coorts
By TODD WRIGHT
Contributing Edit«
Last year about this time, a big sign in the lobby of Eaton Residential College had the letters “HRC” circled, with a red slash through them.
The international sign for “not permitted,” which singled out Hecht Residential College as the unwanted party, was inappropriate at the time. Hecht went on to win its fourth Sportsfest title in as many years.
Turns out the sign was a year early. In 1990, Hecht’s fate could be summed up in one word.
Busted.
In the shadow of the two towers that stood above all others since the event’s beginning in 1986, Eaton jumped out to an early lead and won the Sportsfest championship this weekend.
All around campus, students who cal) the residential colleges home were scrambling to a potpourri of athletic ana not-so-athletic competitions in the biggest residential college event at the University of Miami.
In fact, if Sportsfest and Greek Week, the other big-time spring extravaganza, were described sizewise in terms of the physical stature of celebrities, Sportsfest
Please see page 7/SPORTSFEST
(Top) Jason Masters, front and Matthew Cooper of Hecht Residential College give it their all but their college still placed second in the rankings. (Above) Pam Bloom, front, and Toni McGraw of the Stanford Stacked team row their canoe en route to a first-place finish in the women’s competition.
Choose how you see the world
Jacqueline Levermore, a senior majoring in psychology, is president of United Black Students of the University of Miami.
Students In Action, a continuing series of reports by UM student leaders, f oc uses on collegiate issues.
If all the
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world could be seen in black and white, then everyone and everything would be black, white or shades of gray. The majority of the people would be gray, since brown and tanned individuals would look gray in a black and white world.
I ask myself if racism would exist in this different, black and white world.
Different cultures, different backgrounds and experiences help to shape our personalities and bulid character and integrity. These may be the forces working to separate the races as if they were oil and water and they could not mix.
But there are many commonalities between races; first, we are all people, but the
most salient point is that we all must die. Don’t wait for death to realize we are all the same, for in death we may not have the capability to conciously recognize anything.
Negro, colored, black and African-American; all names which have been ascribed to identify a race of people whose skins are brown to black. It is odd we all must ascribe a name to something which is different from the majority color (white] and it is also ironic that we group negative connotations or feelings with the words.
Fear of the unknown and ignorance breeds racism. Fear of another culture’s practices, characteristics, superiority or inferiority also breeds racism. Fear of someone who is not like oneself and a lack of knowledge of another breeds discrimination.
Our world is colored with brilliant reds, vibrant yellows, ghostly whites and hypnotic blacks. A colored world filled with differences, not similarities, adding to the variety of life. Only you can choose how you want to see the world. You can focus on the similarities or you can focus on the differences. You can live in a different world, or you can live in a colored world.
A call to arms
Get out the brooms
Hidden talent
A non-violent protest of the tuition increase is a necessity.
Opinion — page 4
Ron Fraser & Co. sweep Seton Hall in season-opening series.
Three 'M stuaent oands work their wav toward stardom
Accent — page 5
aporta — page 7
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UC survey: Mural yes, smoking no
Icarus restoration recommended by UCB
By MAUREEN MCDERMOTT
Insight Edito/
Icarus won’t fall again. Not if nearly three-fourths ofparticipants in a University Center Board survey concerning the multi-colored mural depicting Icarus’ mythical flight have anything to say about it
Thursday, UCB released the results of last semester’s survey concerning the fate of the controversial painting located on the building's stairwell.
UCB is composed of 11 voting and 12 non-voting members representing various interests around campus who recommend changes to Craig Ullom, director of Student Life and the University Center.
People were asked to choose one of four suggestions concerning the mural: restored to original condition and preserved (54 percent), removal and replacement with some other form of public art (18 percent), painted over (9 percent) and remaining as it is (19 percent).
UCB voting members unanimously agreed to recommend to Ullom pursuing renovation and preservaton costs.
The colorful mural depicting the mythical flight of Icarus was officially dedicated on Oct. 1, 1967. It was a gift from creator Rafael Rive-ra-Garcia, a student pursuing a doctoral degree in art.
In June, 1985, art expert Glenn Long appraised the work at $10,000. He noted the value of the
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The Icarus mural, dedicated in 1967, will be restored and preserved to Its original condition according to the Univeraity Canter Board survey.
painting correlated with the historical evolution of the University of Miami.
Ullom said he hopes to find funding to restore Icarus.
"It will all depend on how much it will coat,” Ullom said.
The questionnaires, completed by 319 students, were distributed by Student Government, the School of Business and UCB. Board members polled people in the Breese-way laat semester. The survey alee
contained questions about smoking policies, entertainment program-—, gnd levels of service in the
Sixty-four percent of those surveyed voted to continue prohibiting smoking in sll indoor UC areas while 22 percent favored smoking an both floors in designated areas. Sevan percent favored smoking m all areas and da parcaat recom-unnkmg oe the Brat floor ia primarily •
area. Two percent voted in favor of smoking only on the second floor, which is primarily offices and lounges.
Ninety-seven percent oi the participants voted in favor of retaining a vartey of programs scheduled in UC lounges.
Services such as the Eye Snack Bar, Lakeside Copy Center. Ticket-Master and the Bookstore all received ratings ia the upper half at a scale designed te rale the adequacy* «