Miami Hurricane, April 12, 1991

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HERE TO STAY
Although UM was supposed to be a temporary job, Bob Wyner, director of men’s intramurals, has been here for 14 years and has no intention of leaving
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OFF THE MARK
The Ring’s latest production is not one of its most memorable On the Town, which is supposed to be lively and quick, suffers from an overall lack of sharpness.
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TODAY’S FORECAST
HIGH: 83
LOW: 74 Partly Cloudy
INSIDE
NEWS: Beginning tomorrow. UM students will do their part to light hunger and homeieacnees. Page]
THE MIAMI
VOLUME 68, NUMBER 46
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLA.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991
NEWSBRIEFS
Students offer tax assistance
Tax forms must be in the mail by Monday. If you have not filled yours yet, University of Miami accounting majors will be available to help you. Beta Alpha Psi and the Internal Revenue Service are sponsoring the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Each volunteer has received eight hours of training and passed an IRS examination.
The program will run through Monday. Volunteers will be available Monday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Government office, UC 240.
VITA is not limited to UM students, and the volunteers will have the tax forms available. For more information call Ilyne Sbar at 284-5492.
Faculty scholars to locturs at symposium
Friday Faculty Forum, a symposium dedicated to creative scholarship in arts, humanities and sciences, will be held at 4 p.m. on April 19 at the Faculty Club, 1550 Brescia Ave.
Faculty, administrators, and doctoral and honors students are invited to attend.
Three faculty scholars will give
Darby Bannard of the department of art and art history will speak on, "What It’s Like To Be An Artist."
Deborah Mash, assistant professor in the department of neurology, will deliver a lecture entitled, “Epidemic of Cocaine-Related Deaths in Dade County: Potential Lethal Mix of Cocaine and Alcohol.”
Department of civil and architectural engineering Professor Tom Waite will deliver an address on "Pollution Gets Tougher — New Technology Needed.’’
Refreshments will be served.
Speaker to discus* Israel and Qulf War
Hillel Jewish Student Center is hosting a discussion by John Roth-mann, a political and foreign policy consultant specializing in Middle East and Soviet Affairs, at noon on Monday at the University Center Rock.
The discussion, entitled, “Israel: A Right to Exist,” will follow a breakfast reception to be held at 9 a.m. in the Hillel Jewish Student Center. During the breakfast, there will be a discussion on "Israel After the Gulf War.”
Rothman has served on the National Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America and serves as president of the Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews.
This ia part of a week long series of events celebrating Israel's 43rd birthday. Other events scheduled for next week include a special Israel Shabbat service and dinner at 6:30 p.m. on April 19. Cost is $5 for sponsors, $7 for non-sponsors.
For more information call 665-6948.
FACE THE FACTS
Total number of parking spaces on the University of
Women at UM still seek change
Commission reports numbers in top positions too tow
The number of women in administrative positions has increased only slightly since 1973
By SABINA RAHIM
Stall Writer
The current status of women at the University of Miami is an area of growing concern, according to many members of the University community. Statistics show the overall advancement of women in faculty and administrative positions within the past 20 years has not achieved the expected goals.
According to Rita Deutsch, director of the College of Arts and Sciences Center for Student Academic Services and faculty adviser for the UM chapter of the National Organisation for Women (NOW), additional
changes need to take place.
"There have been some good changes in the past 20 years, but the numbers never seem to be good enough,” Deutsch said. “There is more of an awareness of the need for women faculty and administrators, but I would like to see it move faster.”
“Women’s status has risen, but there is still plenty of room for improvement,” Rhonda DuBord, president of the UM Women’s Commission, said. “Women students take it for granted. When they go out into the real world and face the obstacles, they will be in for a
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Department Assodate Deans Assistant Deans Deans Chairpersons___________
Murfin named dean of Arts and Sciences
By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Contributing Editor
TRACY MACK/Stalf Photographer
POLICY TALK: Dr. Martin Palous, left, discusses Czechoslovakian foreign policy at Albert Pick Hall on Tuesday as Dr. Jirl Valenta, director of the Institute for Soviet East European Studies, looks on.
Czech: Economic survival top priority
By PATRICK MASALA
Stall Writer
After decades of bitter dictatorship, fascism and unparalleled totalitarianism, the government in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is committed to “signing a pact with the devil” in order to survive the world economic turbulence, according to the country’s deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Martin Palous spoke Tuesday at Albert Pick Hall on campus, explaining three new trends in Czechoslovakian foreign policies in the wake of the country’s 1989 revolution.
He discussed Czech economic foreign policies with a special focus on Cuba, South Africa, Israel and Taiwan.
“Our two major problems are capital and raw material,” Palous said.
He said the capital was vital to support the country's liberalization process. He said economic trade with the Soviet bloc, with the largest dependence on the Soviet Union, has dwindled to about 30 percent since the revolution.
The deputy minister said capital was also important because the country must transact in hard currency.
Czechoslovakia used to trade its military hardware in exchange for oil from oil-producing Arab countries, Palous said.
The second problem, according to Palous, is raw materials, like oil, which are vital to the economic lifeline of a country.
Palous said repeatedly his government was committed to "keeping channels of communication open” with anyone, including Cuba, South Africa, Israel and Taiwan, for economic survival.
"We are in a dilemma, to make a diplomatic stance without losing or at the risk of offsetting our economic viability,” Palous said.
"Despite universal political constraints, we believe there must be concerted efforts toward [universal] awareness of cultural diversity which either play a vital role or transcend mere economic interests," Palous said.	\
In short, Czechosolvakia will deal with Israel and the Arabs and the South African government and all its opponents as long as there are economic benefits.
Palous, who is responsible for his country’s Third World policies, narrated case studies of the long established bilateral ties between his government and the aforementioned countries.
tkxi of vice provost in August year, said he had many goals for the College of Arts and Sciences.
His primary focus would be to initiate a fundraising drive centered on the college itself.
“The campaign has to come first.
It is as much about morale aa it is about money,” Murfin commented. “Obviously it is eaaier to raise money for a building or particular program and other things along those lines. I know he [Foote] wouldn’t have agreed to this if he didn’t think we could succeed.”
Murfin said his first step would be to plan for the allocation of the money in order to give the drive tome focus. He added that it is too soon to comment on any possible new facilities.
Murfin will officially replace Wil-
Foote emphasized, “I do not believe I have made or will have made as important a decision as this in my presidency. ”
At the annual University Board of Trustees retreat this weekend, Foote said he intends to announce his current five-year plan that will include details of the program to raise revenues far the College of Arts and Sciences.
UM faculty: Research and teaching balanced
By FRANK RECIO
Staff Writer
Despite recent announcements from several universities nationwide that research funding will be cut, the University of Miami plans to continue its research output, according to Robert Rubin, vice provost for research administration at UM.
According to University records, UM ranks 40th in the nation in terms of funds received for research. Last year, the University acquired $133,520,000 for research, while Emory University in Atlanta received just over $78 million and the University of Florida received $2 million.
In a report released last December, Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
claimed, “On far too many campuses, teaching is not well rewarded [compared with research], and faculty who spend too much time competing and advising students may diminish their prospects for tenure and promotion.
“We strongly affirm the importance of research,” Boyer added. “But to define the work of the professoriate narrowly — chiefly in terms of the research model — is to deny many powerful realities. It is our central premise, therefore, that other forms of scholarship — teaching, integration and application — must be fully acknowledged and placed on a more equal footing with discovery [research]."
Rubin said he believes the amount of research and teaching ia well balanced at UM.
“In theory, every profesaor here
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Publications select new leaders
SWEARING IN
By TRACY KRAMER Assistant News Editor
The University of Miami Board of Publications recently selected 1991-92 editors for the Ibis yearbook and The Miami Hurricane and business manager for both publications.
The board members made their decisions on Tuesday morning, following presentations by each of the candidates.
David Bergman was selected as yearbook editor. Tiffany Bost will be serving as the business manager and Robert Miller was chosen as the new Hurricane editor.
Bost is a sophomore majoring in advertising and English literature. She has worked as an advertising production assistant and in sales.
As business manager, she will be working in the field she intends to enter following graduation: advertising.
“It’s a good stepping stone,” Bost said. “Dealing with advertisers, managing accounts ia about the best experience you can get as a student.”
Her plana as business manager include, “recruiting heavily for a sales staff to increase sales and keeping [the paper) in good financial standing.’’

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Miller
Bergman, a junior photocommunication and music major, has been the photo editor for the Hurricane for the past year and has done outside freelance photography.
He wanted the position as yearbook editor because he “likes to work with people, has watched what [the current staff) has done and wanted to become a part of it.
“My knowledge of photography will help me make the yearbook a more dynamic one/’ he said.
Miller, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism, has held editorial positions in the Hurricane news and opinion departments. Last fall, he served as managing editor and
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CHRIS CARL ISLE/Assistant Photo Editor
ON MY HONOR: Bhanu Pocha, SG treasurer, left, Winston Warrior, vice president, and Irwin Raij, president, were sworn in to their respective SG offices Wednesday In the UC Flamingo Ballroom.
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