Miami Hurricane, February 16, 1990

              Free at last
Changes in South Africa are only the beginning of the end of Apartheid.
Opinion — page 4

What’s cooking?	
Lambda Chi’s Chef Bezzie prepares three meals a day	
for over 80 brothers.	Accent — page 6
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Time for Texas
Ron Fraser & Co. host the No.l-ranked Longhorns this weekend at Mark Light.
SpojTts — page 8
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Volume 67, Number 33
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Friday, February 16, 1990
Where’s
the
money?
Students demand tuition input
By MICHAEL K. MORRIS
Contributing Editor
A black-clad Troy Bell, Student Government president, stood behind a coffin symbolizing the death of affordable tuition and issued a list of demands on the tuition increase to a cheering crowd Thursday afternoon at a protest rally in front of the Ashe Administration Building.
“Where’s the money going?” Bell asked the crowd of approximately 150 people, who answered "Nowhere.”
Students had been sitting in protest in front of Ashe since 10 a.m.
Bell’s list of demands ranges from a rolling tuition plan to using alternative sources of energy. The crowd responded loudly and enthusiastically to demands calling for a student representative with voting rights on the UM Board of Trustees and the rolling tuition plan.
Dr. William Butler, vice pesi-dent for student affairs, came out and listened to the students. He said he was impressed by the energy the students were putting forth but was concerned about some of the content of the rally.
"I think there is a lot of misinformation being expressed here,” Butler said. He committed himself to spreading accurate information to the students.
Butler also said students should get involved earlier in the budget process.
“Input into tuition has to come early in the fall, not early in the spring,” Butler said. SG has not expressed its feelings about tuition to the administration in either a formal or informal manner, according to Butler.
He added that it was people who make the difference, not nec-
cesarily structure. He also said it was possible SG has had its mind on other things.
Before the 2 p.m. rally, a group of students, including Bell and SG Attorney General Max Adams took the coffin and went to the Memorial Building. With shouts of "We won't pay, tuition sucks,” the crowd banged on the walls, opened classroom doors and called on students to join them.
Adams acknowledged that, by
It'.-ivinK the iirea in front of Ashe, the protestors had broken University policy on protesting.
“It probably is a violation of the policy," Adams said.
Leaving the Memorial Building, the group went to the Learning Center, where students carried the coffin into several classrooms, including one in which an exam was being held. By this time, Bell and Adams were no longer leading the procession, and one protestor called out, “The leaders have been overrun.”
Bell said he was “happy with the turnout,” and that he had expected only 15 people to show up. lie said he could not estimate the crowd size because he was too short to see over the crowd. Bell acknowledged that the protest events hadn’t been publicized to the fullest extent, but said it was unavoidable.
MICHAEL ROY/Photo Editor
DAVE BERGMAN /Assistant Photo Editor
(Top) SG President Troy Bell, left, and Jerome Ballard, ex-president of the University of Miami Student Bar Association, express their displeasure over the tuition increase. (Above) About 150 students attended the protest rally held yesterday in front of the Ashe Building.
“It would have been impossible for us to put out flyers and get them approved by the administration that said, ‘Take a knife out of the cafeteria,’ ” Bell said. “The fact that people are asking questions was actually the goal.”
Dean of Students William Sandler, who is responsible for approving protests, said he told
Bell the protesters were in violation of University policy. Bell then brought the group back to its place in front of Ashe.
Bell also called for UM President Edward T. Foote 11 to come and speak with the crowd. While Foote did put in a morning appearance, he only looked on and did not speak.
UM campaign garners over half billion
$23 million funds scholarships
By TOM B. HIGGINS
News Editor
Similar to the intergalactic crew of the Starship Enterprise, the University of Miami administration also entered a five-year mission. To seek out new funds and contributions. To boldly go where no Southeastern university had gone before.
The five-year campaign to raise funds for the University came to an end Wednesday, and officials report $517.5 million in total commitments.
When the drive to raise funds began, organizers chose $400 million as their target figure for total commitments by the close of the campaign. The University reached its goal in April 1988, almost two years before expected.
University of Miami President Edward T. Foote II said he owes the success of the campaign to “a big dream and a lot of hard work."
Dr. Rita Bornstein, vice president for development, said most of the commitments came from the South Florida community.
"We «rt* the predominant institution in South F'loridu,” said Horn-
Stein. “We touch so many people’s
lives in this community, which cannot be said of some of the northern cities where there is one university among many, many, many other universities.
"The University of Miami truly dominates in this community the cultural, the social and the educational life of the community,” Bornstein said. “I think it’s been a case that we've been able to make strongly that people need to support their institution, no matter where they graduated from.”
The money contributed to the University will be spread out over an array of interests. The majority of the funds, 63 percent, will be directed toward the medical school. The remainder of contributions will be split among $23 million for student scholarships, $76 million for the expansion of endowments, 14
‘We will continue to work hard to raise a lot of money, targeting the areas that need it.'
Edward T. Foote II, University ol Miami provident
new construction projects and 45
new endowed professorships.
Foote said although this fundraising effort is over, there will be an on-going quest for additional monetary commitments.
“We will continue to work hard to raise a lot of money,” Foote said, "targeting areas that need it.
"The University is taking a breather on major campaigns,” Foote added, "but UM will never stop fund raising.”
Bornstein said a major strategy of the campaign was to target contributions from major donors, noting that 86 contributions are of $1 million or more.
Foote said the campaign’s efforts will bring a heightened awareness of the University in the South Florida community.
“Overall, we are very pleased and thankful,” Foote concluded.
Event to bolster Cuban democracy
Human chain links Miami, Key West
By ANGELA CLAY
Statt Writer
Feb. 24 marks the first-ever “Chain for Democracy,” according to Vivian Gonzalez, vice president of the University of Miami Federación de Estudiantes Cubanos.
The event will consist of a human chain beginning in Marathon, Key West and ending on the shores of Miami. Augustine P.oman, Archbishop of Miami, will be the link connecting land to sea.
The purpose of the chain is to provide Cubans with literature on democracy that will persuade them to support the basic democratic ideology.
Roman will join hands with boatmen who will release waterproof pamphlets into international waters. This hand-off/release technique will feature approximately 100 boats, including coast guard vessels.
The boatmen will free thousands
of balloons filled with the pamphlets which will burst at a certain altitude, raining thousands of pamphlets will over Cuba.
FEC members will participate in the chain. Gonzalez said that although FEC is solely responsible for recruiting student demonstrators, their efforts are non-partisan.
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UM administrator: Tuition will go up
By MICHAEL R. MORRIS
Contributing Editor
Tuition will continue to increase over the next few years, said Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs, at Wednesday's Student Government Senate meeting. The meeting served as a forum for the administration and SG President Troy Bell, to speak on the tuition increase.
Undergraduate Student Association booster Howard Rubin also spoke at the meeting, which adjourned before any legislation was considered.
As a result of what Bell called a "last-minute invitation," meeting attendees included Butler, Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Luis Glaser, Vice President for Business and FTnance David Lie-
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DAVE BERGMAN/ Assistant Photo Editor
Owner of the Tropical Storm Cafe Norman Alley, front, and employee Robert Melendez wonder what will happen to the popular establishment.
Pizza vendor asked to move
Something’s brewing at the popular campus food vendor, the Tropical Storm Cafe.
The Cafe is a permanent structure with umbrella-covered picnic tables stationed between the Merrick and Ferre buildings. Last week, the University of Miami administration asked owner Norman Alley to remove his business.
"They felt it was an eyesore,” said Alley.
Alley will be allowed to continue operations in a different location, providing the cafe is portable and removed from campus each night.
Alley said he finds the restrictions unfair, adding he thinks the Cafe should stay in its present location. "We have a great atmosphere," he said. "It’s one of the true melting pots on campus, where football players eat next to exchange students. Business classics meet there; psychology classes take >wr-
veys. It’s much more than a food situation, it’s a creative environment.”
Protests about the proposed relocation are planned. Approximately 500 students and faculty members have signed a support petition, and a bill to support the cafe will be proposed to Student Government by Commuter Senator Raquel Egusquiza.
Alan Fish, head of UM Business Operations, could not be reached for comment.
In addition, the Hurricane Cafeteria in the University Center will be closed Fridays starting today. The reasoning behind the new Hurricane schedule is simple: the cafeteria is losing money.
"It’s not worth it to stay open,” said Garcia. "The student numbers on Friday are really bad.”
i-BETH EILERS
Business
dean
named
Quaker Oats exec to lead school
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Managing Editor
Dr. Kenneth Fedor, former Quaker Oats Co. executive, has been selected to head the University of Miami School of Business Administration, according to UM Provost and Executive Vice President Luis Glaser.
Fedor arrived in Miami Tuesday and will begin his term in March. He has 15 years of top management experience, including two years as president of Quaker Oats’ U.S. Convenience Foods Division.
Fedor said he wants to communicate with members of the business school community to plan the direction to lead the school. He said he’ll continue the emphasis on international business due to his expertise in the area and also emphasize preparation of the school’s graduates.
“He's a good leader with good ideas and lots of energy,” Glaser had said during Fedor’s consideration. "He’s very interested in students, which is important in a candidate with a non-traditional background.”
Glaser said the choice reflects a recent trend for schools to hire leaders with credentials in both academia and business.
Seeking to bridge Miami's business community and the University, Fedor said, "So much of busi-ness today is not just limited to traditional business disciplines. We PI,The see page 2/ DEAN