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Voi. 45 No. 46
Friday, April 17, 1970
284-4401
UBS Sit-In Defendants’ Motion Ove
By KATHY WILSON
01 T1m Hurrican* Stiff
The University Hearing Committee overruled seven motions presented to them Monday by the legal advisor for the eight students charged with violation of University Policy in the United Black Students Demonstration February 19 at the Dean of Men’s office.
In a seven page memorandum Professor James C. Va-dakin, chairman of the committee explained the committee’s position on the rulings.
The rulings will affect John Bailey, Barbara Clancy, Earl DeVeaux, Bernice Mc-Dade, Walter Mitchell. Bill Pratt, Bob Rolle, and Jimmy
Week To Highlight UM Blacks
UM’s second annual Black Culture Week runs Sunday, April 26th through Saturday, May 1st.
This year’s schedule dedicated to all "black people whose culture has made them beautiful," carries the theme "to be young, gifted and black."
Activities include:
• SUNDAY-A BLACK MAN’S MUSIC
11:00 a.m. Black Church Service with the Florida Memorial Choir
4:30 p.m. Jazz and gospel
The Joan Storr Singers
The Charlie Austin Quartet
Soloist Barbara Ann Hall UM black singers
Macedonia Baptist Church Choir
Goldenaires
8:00 p.m. Afro-American Studies at American Universities
Nathan Hare, Professor of Black Studies at San Francisco Univ.
«MONDAY-SAMMY DAVIS BENEFIT SHOW
8:00 p.m. Miami Marine Stadium
•TUESDAY-BLACK THEATRE
12 noon Soul lunch
8:00 p.m. Black Theatre Local dramatic groups
•WEDNESDAY -BLACK TALENT ON CAMPUS
8:00 p.m. Jazz improvisation Leon Dixon Edward Crawford Elvis Paschal Willie Rogers Jerome Trapp
8:30 p.m. F a s h i on Show - African & Aquarian Fashions modeled by UM Sisters
8:45 a.m. Sandra Williams
(vocal) >
9:00 p.m. Cecil Bell & Company (vocal)
9:15 a.m. Skit by black athletes Ray Bellamy Willie Allen Chuck Foreman Burgess Owens Tom Sullivan Lionel Harris
9:30 p.m. Dance improvisation Retha Sally
9:45 p.m. Poetry interpretation
Debra Butler Renee Wilcox
10:00 p.m. Dance skit Beverly Bell Joan Gordon Pat Barnes
10:20 p.m. Short excerpt from “Raisin in the Sun"
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The committee first met on March 19, at which time, continuance for the hearing was granted on the arguments that the defendants did not have enough time to prepare their defense and that a number of important procedural questions were in need of clarification.
April 13 was set as a "pre-hearing” date, so that Bruce S. Rogow, legal counsel for the defendants could argue the seven motions. The “pre-hearing" was necessary because legal counsel is forbidden to be present at the official hearings.
may also assess a warning, probation, or suspension, or rule "not-guilty.”
Rogow also stated that “nothing» in the Procedural Standards gives the Committee the power to remove financial aid.” The committee
ruled that “the decision of whether or not to implement the Disruptive Demonstrations policy through the removal of financial aid rests with the University Administration.”
The fourth point that Rogow argued was “the
The memorandum men ted on each of the seven motions quoted from a letter from Rogow to Vad akin dated March 26. Here are the main points that were covered.
Rogow argued that the exact nature of the charges against the eight students, was unclear. He stated that his defendants had been charged with violation of two distinct University policies that carried different penalties. He was referring to the "Policy on Mass Assembly and Demonstrations” and “Disruptive Demonstrations" as written in the Student Handbook.
The Hearing Committee ruled that the confusion had arisen under informal circumstances, and that the appropriate charges were contained in the formal “Notice of Charge," that each defendant received. That notice read: “You are charged by the University of Miami with: Violation of the University of Miami Policy on Mass Assembly and Demonstrations . . .”
Rogow'* second argument was “the question of jurisdiction of the Hearing Committee to hear the charges, once it has been established what the charges are.”
The memorandum cited that, “It is the opinion of the Committee that its jurisdiction is clear-cut,” as written in the last paragraph under the Mass Assembly and Demonstrations section. This passage reads, “Undergraduate students charged with violating this policy will be the University Hearing Com-
referred to Discipline mittee.” Rogow’s questioned
third motion the maximum punishment that could be imposed and who could impose it.
The Committee responded that under Article IX (B) of the Procedural Standard* a precedent set in former cases, it had the authority to impose a maximum penalty of expulsion. The committee
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Mort Rapped Almost Everything
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Sahl Goes From Salad Oil To CIA
By LINDA ORMES
Of TIM Hurrictn* Staff
“Remember the days when musicians used to be the users, well, now they have to get in line behind the high school kids!”
This was one of the many observations Mort Sahl, comedian and lecturer, made during his appearance at UM’s patio Wednesday. He was sponsored by Program Council and USG.
Sahl who has performed before leadership benefits, hotel shows and television programs, spoke to an audience of about 700 people.
He spoke on subjects ranging from liberals who love to pour salad oil on ducks to get going, to Nixon who “has been a loyal government employee.”
Sahl went into a description of Nixon’s life before his presidency.
“His big step to the presidency occurred when he became attorney for Pepsi Cola-Frito Lay,” he commented.
In discussing his “American History Rewritten,” Sahl commented on Agnew — who doesn’t bother Sahl.
“How can a guy who can be programmed bother me?” he quipped.
Sahl not only satirized liberals, government officials, and press representatives, but he also spoke seriously
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method by which it is determined that a charge is a serious offense or minor offense." Rogow pointed out that the regulations provide no guidelines for the making of this decision.
The Committee opinion was that the matter of serious versus minor offenses did not pose a problem in this proceeding.
The fifth motion questioned "the method by which the Hearing Committee decides motions prior to the actual hearing.” This point would clarify the procedures involved with a pre-hearing, which had never taken place before.
The committee ruled that
it would devise its own method “with a view to ensuring fairness.” The committee decided that voting would be by majority rule. Each of the four regular members of the committee (Dr. John Maguire of the School of Education, Vadakin, and two students Deborah Aronson and Ray Almonte) will have one vote. Each of the four representatives of the Academic Deans would have V4 vote each.
The sixth motion questioned ‘the method by which a committee member may be challenged for cause.”
The committee answered that “defendants should have the right to challenge members for cause.” They ruled
that if such a challenge was made, it would be hoped that the member involved would disqualify himself if the challenge has substance.
The last motion questioned “whether or not the denial of counsel at the actual hearing deprives a student of fundamental fairness.”
litis is the only issue that Rogow will appeal to the appellate officer in the case, Frederick D. Lewis Dean of the Law School.
The Committee ruled that the motion concerned a subjective or judgmental question. The memorandum stated that “the majority of the Committee is of the opinion that the lack of counsel at
the hearing proper, after the motions have been disposed of, does not constitute a denial of fundamental fairness.”
This was the only issue which the committee members did not unanimously
support.
“My interpretation of the rulings is that the procedures written in the student handbook are the ones we will have to work with,” Assistant Dean of Men, Ronald Koszuta, investigator of the case, said of the rulings.
The eight students charged could not comment on the rulings, for they had not been informed of the committee’s report as of deadline Wednesday.
Coititeli Acts Today
Campaign Theft May Stall Election
Trustees Give Okay . In Fraternity Visitation
Candidates j Attention
All candidates running 1 for office in the USG elec- I tions must fill out a ques- j tionnaire in the Hurricane |
office no later than noon 1 today if they want their | platform to appear in our future special election
issue.
By LINDA ORMES
Of TIM Humean* Staff
The UM Board of Trustees approved Interfraternity Council’s visitation policy at their Tuesday meeting.
The revised proposal is parallel to the new Residence Hall procedure for visitation.
Visitation in tha fraternity houses will be allowed from noon to midnight every night The enforcement will be supervised by the president of each fraternity, the graduate supervisor or housemother in charge, and the Assistant Dean of Men.
“The visitation may go into effect this weekend or a few days later,” Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler said.
Dr. Butler said that before the procedure can go into effect, parents of fraternity men must be notified, the policy must be sent to fraternity groups for discussion, and an evaluation committee must be appointed.
“We feel we have proved that through pre-existence and working channels in cooperation with the administration we can accomplish our goals,” President of IFC Ron Stone said.
The Board of Trustees will meet again with IFC on April 28 to discuss the alcoholic beverages issue.
“The basic proposal would allow drinking by people 21 years and over at fraternity functions and in fraternity houses,” Stone said.
“We hope that we will be successful with our drinking proposal as we were with visitation,” he added.
The alcoholic beverages proposal has been written and submitted to the Trustes’ Student Affairs Committee for review.
By SHARA T. PAVLOW
Bxtcutiv* Cdltcr
The Undergraduate Student Government Council will meet in emergency session today at 5:00 p.m. to decide on a recommendation made by the Elections Commission to postpone Spring Elections until April 29 and 30.
After two days of conflict and emergency meetings regarding the theft of ten thousand campaign brochures from a Hialeah print shop late Wednesday, the Commission Issued a halt on all campaigning and decided to request that Council approve a change in election dates.
The decision for postponement of all campaigning reversed one made Wednesday to continue with voting for class representatives and referendum questions. Commission members decided that voter turn-out would be seriously inhibited if elections were to be held on two separate dates.
The Commission consensus was that one of the candidates had been either directly or indirectly involved with the thefts.
“I just can’t see the student body electing someone who might later be associated with grand larceny,” Commission member Lynn McGulfry said.
She explained that if the Commission were to continue with elections as scheduled, and the victorious candidates or someone closely associated with them were to be found guilty or even suspected of the theft, the credibility of student government would be In jeopardy.
“The administration would always wonder how much they could trust USG, and be constantly doubting our honesty — that is, if they didn’t decide to completely abolish us,” she said.
Other Commission mem-
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R.I.P.
Is Robert Frost really resting in peace outside the Memori-
—Photo by MELANI VANPETTEN
al Classroom Building? Students on their way to classes may find some company like this one seeking some inspiration for a poetry assignment he failed to do.
MRHA Code Called ‘Invalid’
By JOHN REILLY
Of Urn Hurrican* Staff
President of the 960 Co-Ed Congress and MRHA presidential hopeful, Dave Smith, has charged in a letter to MRHA president Mark Krasnow that the whole of Part 1 of the MRHA election code is unconstitutional and invalid.
Article 10 of the MRHA
Could Serum Immunize Astronaut?
A one cubic centimeter vial containing a pinkish liquid could have prevented the indecision which marked the launching of the Apollo-13 moonshot due to Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly’s exposure to German measles.
The liquid is a recently licensed rubella virus vaccine, which could have immunized Mattingly.
Dr. M. Michael Sigel, professor of microbiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, pointed out this fact In an Interview. Working in cooperation with Dr. Louis Grant, professor and chairman of microbiology at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Sigel conducted tests of the new vaccine on 30,000 Jamaican children and adults under a grant from its producers, Smith Kline and French Laboratories.
The investigation revealed the vaccine to be safe and 95 per cent effective in producing effective antibodies, Dr. Sigel said.
In contrast to some other rubella vaccines which have been investigated, it produced only a low and relatively mild discomfort in women. Dr. Sigel noted.
“For some reason,” Dr. Sigel said, "up to 40 per cent of women inoculated with some other vaccines developed arthritis or arthritis-like symptoms in the joints of their hands. This did not occur in males, or in children.
“With the new vaccine only about 10 per cent of the women reported this symptom, and if was much milder.”
The German measles vaccine gives the medical profession a highly important weapon to combat a disease which
Apollo 13
can be crippling. Although it usually causes only a benign illness in adults, if it strikes a woman during the first three months of pregnancy it can produce miscarriage, stillbirth or, if the child survives, congenital defects. Defects include heart damage, deafness, cataracts and mental retardation.
“Not only is the newborn damaged, but with congenital rubella he carries the virus for a long period of time and therefore becomes a source of infection,” Dr. Sigel said.
An important part of the testing made by Dr. Sigel and his associates concerned the possible spread of the disease by those vaccinated. The vaccine is prepared from attenuated live virus in cultures of rabbit kidney cells.
Dr. Sigel and his colleagues are continuing their studies of the vaccine, since it is still too early to determine how long the immunity lasts.
“Right now we’re boosting some of the children with secondary shots to see if repeating immunization is needed to maintain tha antibody level,” he said
constitution states that the purpose of the election code is to establish election procedure only.
“Since Part 1 of the MRHA election code defines the qualifications of a candidate running for the MRHA executive board it is unconstitutional,” Smith said.
Smith is also contesting the fact that Part 1 of the MRHA election code stipulates that a candidate running for the MRHA executive board must be a member in the MRHA legislature.
“Nowhere in the constitution does it mention that a qualification for running fhr executive office is membership in the legislature," said Smith in the letter to Krasnow.
“MRHA is a self-perpetu-atlng clique,” Smith said, “because you have to b* a member of the legislature to run for an office on the MRHA executive board.”
Smith said the MRHA legislature re-wrote the election code to eliminate the competition in the upcoming MRHA election.
“Because of a stupid rule people are being kept off of the ballot,” Smith said.
“It is a travesty of democracy,” Smith said. “There is no way an effective visual campaign can be run under the campaign limitations.”
Protesters To March Tomorrow
By MELANI VAN PE1TEN
Ot Th* Hurrictn* Staff
A state-wide mobilization to end the war in Vietnam has been set for tomorrow morning in St. Petersburg.
Movement, SDS, Women’s Liberation, Black Liberation, the Third World Liberation Movement, and other groups have joined with Tampa’s Community Liberation Movent e n t and the Junta of Militant Organizations to demand that all troops be withdrawn from Vietnam immediately.
The goal is to get 25.000 people to march from Campbell Park to the Police Department, City Hall, and the Federal Building.
“There are so many different groups Involved that the march is politically sterile,” a student involved In the protest said. “The major theme is simply to get all troops out of Vietnam. If we were all working from our different political points of view, there would . be so much conflict that the whole thing would fall apart.”
The march will begin at Campbell Park at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The various groups involved will have tables and speakers present, and carpools are being organized to transport marchers from Miami to St. Petersburg.
Circle K Marches
The UM Circle K club will kick off its “March for Environment” at noon on Tuesday with a rally on the steps of the Dade County Courthouse.
The rally will feature a reading of environmental grievances, endangered species, and greater Miami Polluters, after which charts and demonstrations on the population problem, water and air pollution, and the dangers of DDT will be available.
At 12:36 pm the march down Flagler Street will begin as participants hand out pollution fact sheets and invitations to the “Teach In” being held on campus Wednesday.
As Parade Marshals pick up litter, the marchers will head down Flagler Street to the North Lawn of the Miami Public Library at Bay Front Park.
At 1 pm speakers and discussion groups will hold a model teach in and at 3 pm the marchers will return to the court house picking up litter and distributing fact sheets before dispersing.
Volunteer marchers may now sign up in the Student Union breezeway.