Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1992

              INSIDE
J.C RIDLEY/Stafl Photographer
LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION
Riding a seven-game losing streak, Miami faces Alonzo Mourning and the formidable Georgetown Hoyas in the Arena Saturday.
■ Sports — page 6
VALENTINE’S DAY NIGHTMARES
Not everyone looks forward to Valentine’s Day. Some people dread it.
■ Accent — page 5
NEWSBRIEFS
Tournament tickets on sale
Tickets for the 1992 Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament, held March 12 to 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, will be on sale today and tomorrow at the information desk of the University Center. There is a limit of one ticket per student.
According to the UM ticket office, when a student goes to the information desk, they will not receive the actual tickets.
‘‘They can pick up tickets at Madison Square Garden by showing their vouchers and their Cane Card,” Stephen Dangerfield, UM ticket manager, said.
Students will purchase a voucher for the first session for $10. If the Hurricanes participate in additional sessions, an extra $10 per session will be required.
A total of 363 vouchers will be issued.
— PAMELA WILFINGER
Wellness Center up for vote
The Student Government Senate unanimously passed a bill yesterday placing a referendum on the spring election ballot allowing students to vote on the construction of a Wellness Center on campus.
The referendum will ask undergraduate students to allow a mandatory fee of $85 per semester to be charged upon completion of the approximately 110,000-square-foot center.
Those graduating before the completion of the center, which is scheduled for the fall of 1994, will not be affected by the referendum but can still vote on it. The fee will go into effect when the facility opens.
“The $85 doesn’t get us to where we really need to be," Norm Parsons, director of Campus Sports and Recreation, said. Parsons said donors will be paying for additional expenses.
Parsons said some of the features of the center will be a 10,000-square-foot weight room, indoor lap pool, juice bar and lounge, racquetball courts, gymnasium and a suspended jogging track.
— DEBORAH L. MOSKOWITZ
TODAY’S FORECAST
MOSTLY SUNNY
Wind: Southeast at 10-15 mph HIGH: 76 LOW: 63
Sour»: National Weather Service
FACE THE FACTS
The following shows the amount of money spent by six of the top 100 universities in the country on research and development during the 1990 fiscal year:
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SOURCE: National Sctonc« Foundation.
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Fraser to retire
■ The winningest active coach in college baseball announced Tuesday that he would be leaving the University of Miami at the end of this season.
By MARTIN EMENO
Assistant Sports Editor
There are some things in life that you take for granted when you become associated with the University of Miami: sunny skies, national championship football teams and Ron Fraser coaching the baseball team to another NCAA post-season bid.
This week, one of these UM traditions decided to leave.
After 30 years as head baseball coach, Ron Fraser ended months of speculation
Tuesday afternoon by announcing his retirement from the sport he has made popular at the University.
“I’ve gone back and forth about retiring, but after thinking it over it’s best to go now,” Fraser said. “It is a good feeling to know you can go out on top.”
“The University of Miami has been my life. My gratitude to the University and my indebtedness is not measurable,” he said.
Fraser, 55, will honor the remaining three years of his contract as the honorary chairman for the Cornerstone Campaign to raise money for the Otto G. Richter Library and the College of Arts and Sciences.
“We look forward to expanding his role in this venture,” Roy J. Nirschel Jr., vice-president for University Advancement, said. “Ron has always appreciated the education his student-athletes received and the importance of higher education
for all young people.”
UM President Edward T. Foote II also expressed his gratitude.
"Coach Fraser has meant more to this University than you realize,” Foote said. “He loves this institution. There will be a successor for Fraser, but not a replacement.”
According to Athletic Director Dave Maggard, a new coach will be chosen later this year.
“We will begin a search pretty soon, but it will take a while,” Maggard said. "I will certainly be visiting Ron about the applicants. We will try to find the very best person possible.”
One of the top candidates for the job is current pitching coach Brad Kelley.
Kelley has been affiliated with UM baseball since coming to the school from
SAYING GOOD BYE: Coach Ron Fraser speaks during a press conference announcing his retire-
Seepage 6/FRASER ment.
Graduate programs are not in jeopardy
Subcommittee to discuss reorganization
By FERNANDO BATTAGLIA
Associate News Editor
Subcommittees of the Faculty Senate Council and the Graduate Council will meet in the next few weeks to discuss the possible future reorganization of the Graduate School, said Paul Sugrue, interim dean of the Graduate School and senior vice provost.
The Faculty Senate Council is an arm of the Faculty Senate composed of tenured faculty which advises the senate. The Graduate Council is a committee of administrators and faculty from the Graduate School.
An ad hoc committee of the Senate Council suggested several possible changes in the administration of graduate programs in a report to the Senate Council last October.
However, graduate programs will stay the same, according to Sugrue.
“The functions of the Graduate School will not change. ... [There will be| no effect on any program,” Sugrue said.
According to Daniel Baden, chairman of the Senate Council committee, no further action was taken after the release of the report.
“All parties concerned are getting together to talk about it,” Baden said.
Sugrue said he recommended the committees meet but that no meeting has been scheduled.
According to Sugrue, the principle issue is the role of the dean of the Graduate School.
The Senate Council committee suggested in its report the dean be replaced by someone who answers directly to the provost’s office.
“It’s possible that it might not be called a dean,” Sugrue said.
The position would still hold essentially the; same responsibilities.
“My position is that Dr. Sugrue has too much work now,” Kau-Fui Vincent Wong said. Wong is a member of the Graduate Council’s subcommittee which was formed to discuss the issue.
Another subject under discussion is the definition of a graduate faculty.
“There is a subset of the faculty that is the graduate faculty,” Sugrue said. “One of the issues involved is whether or not we should have a graduate faculty or if the entire faculty should be the graduate faculty.”
Wong said he doesn’t think the graduate faculty should be made up of the entire University faculty.
"Anybody who is active in the Graduate School should be in the Graduate School. ... If they’re not [active], then why bother?” Wong said.
Bookstore’s textbook sales decrease slightly
By STEVE SABO
Stall Writer
Despite a slight decrease in textbook sales, University Bookstore officials say the effects of this semester’s student book exchange have been minimal.
Charles Canfield, director of the bookstore, said the results of the sales figures do not show any significant changes from the previous years.
“New text sales were down $1,700 from the same time last year,” Canfield said. “Used books were up $5,700. Compared to the fall, sales of new books were down $75,000, but the sale of used books were up $50,000.”
Total store sales in January increased $20,000, Canfield said.
"Psychologically, I like the fact that they lost money because of us,” Pamit Surana, student book exchange organizer, said. "We now
know for sure that 602 books were sold, which means 1,200 students saved money. One book sold is money that the bookstore does not get.”
Surana said the impact is even more significant than the 602 books sold.
“There were 1,400 books on our list," Surana said. “That’s 1,400 books that the bookstore did not get back into their inventory and that’s important too.”
The sales did have some influence, however it’s hard to determine the effect from a realistic view, Canfield said.
“If the students are happy with it, it’s a good thing for them,” Can-field said.
Canfield said the money they make might not be worth the effort involved tracking down the books they need.
MISS BLACK UM
J.C. RIDLEY/Stafl Photographer
REIGNING BEAUTY: Cheryl Green, junior, beat out nine other contestants to become Miss Black UM 1992 Tuesday night in Gusman Hall. The pageant was sponsored by United Black Students. For more on Miss Black UM, see Accent — page 5
UM law professors fight to keep Haitians in U.S.
By JULIUS WHIGHAM
Staff Writer
University of Miami law professors are stepping up their efforts to stop the repatriation of Haitian refugees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
UM adjunct professor Ira Kurzban, along with law professors Bruce Winick and Irwin Stotzky, filed a petition certiari Monday with the United States Supreme Court.
"I think there is a grave risk of persecu-
tion for those being returned,” Winick said.
The professors are seeking to have the Supreme Court review an earlier decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court. The decision gave the U.S. government permission to return the refugees back to their homeland.
“We are asking them to review the merits of the case,” Winick said.
For a case to be reviewed by the Supreme
See page 2! HAITIANS
CHRISTENSEN:	Automobile
antidheft devices are not 100 percent effective.
Car thefts on campus decrease in ’91
By JOE CALAPAI
Stall Writer
The number of cars stolen on the University of Miami campus has decreased over the past year, despite Miami's recent ranking by the FBI as the city with the most car thefts.
There were 21 auto thefts reported on campus from Sept. 1 to Jan. 31, down from 29 during the same period last year, according to Capt. Henry Christensen of the Department of Public Safety.
Christensen said extra measures taken to curb auto theft in Pearson Residential College’s lot 308, such as closing off the Carillo Street entrance, seem to be working. The lot had a high number of auto thefts last year, according to Christensen.
Public Safety has added additional foot patrols to walk through parking lots to give an increased police presence. The school has also added uniformed private security guards.
According to Christensen, car owners can take "common sense measures” to help protect themselves against theft, such as locking doors, and trying to park in well-lit areas.
Car owners should invest in deterrent devices, such as an alarm or "The Club,” a device which locks the steering wheel, Christensen said.
Sgt. Mitch Fry. Public Information Officer for the Coral Gables Police Department, said “LOJACK,” a system which aids in the recovery of stolen cars,
is worthwhile. A transmitter is installed in a car, and when the car is reported stolen, the police tune into the signal and track down the car.
However, both Fry and Christensen said no device is 100 percent effective.
“These are deterrents. They can be defeated,” Christensen said.
David Henry, junior, discovered his 1983 Honda Civic was stolen on the afternoon of Jan. 17. He said an alarm system was activated on his car at the time.
Miami ranks No. 1 in the nation with 1,888 car thefts per 100,000 residents, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports for 1990, the latest data available. New York City ranked second with 1,804 car thefts per 100,000 residents.
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