Miami Hurricane, September 29, 1992

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Dee denied those allegations, saying that the salary stemmed from “private settlement discussions between Kruger and the University.”
Jack Borsting, a former dean of the School of Business Administration, is charged with defamation in the complaint.
“Borsting said I had AIDS,” Kruger said.
Borsting was unavailable for comment.
Kruger needed a liver transplant to alleviate his condition but he alleges that he was told the transplants are not covered by the University health insurance policy.
“There was not such a benefit initially, but Blue Cross got back to us and approved the procedure,” Samuel Greenfeder, who was director of Employee Benefits at the time, said.
Kruger said that he had to obtain legal counsel in order to get insurance to cover his surgery.
Kruger alleges he received a letter saying his employee health benefits had been ended due to his termination by the University. Greenfeder denies sending any such letter and the University denies Kruger was fired.
"I do not recall ever sending such a letter,” he said.
“He was never terminated,” Dee said.
Employee Benefits, citing computer problems, could neither confirm nor deny the existence of the letter.
When he tried to return to work,' Kruger said he was told to stay home and rest. He was permitted to return to work in January of this year, but at a salary that he claims is one-half that of anyone else in his department, despite being with UM since 1970.
Upon returning to UM, Kruger said that he was not permitted to teach: “They assigned me to sitting down and doing nothing.”
Kruger was permitted to return to his teaching duties on June 20, and filed suit against UM in the Dade County Circuit Court on June 22.
UM, which is being represented by a law firm from Atlanta, denied all of Kruger’s allegations in a response filed in court. The University immediately moved that die suit be placed in federal court instead of state, where it was filed.
Joel Stutz, chairman of Computer Information Systems and Luis Glaser, UM executive vice president and provost, had no comment. Lawrence Phillips, former dean of the business school, was unavailable for comment.
LILUANE SUBIRATS/Statf Photographer
LEGAL BATTLE: Professor Irwin Krueger, a computer information systems professor, is suing the University.
By ANNETTE GALLAGHER
Staff Writer
Irwin Kruger, a 61-year-old professor in the Computer Information Systems Department, is suing the University of Miami for discrimination, fraud, harassment, defamation and several counts of breach of contract.
“The essence of my problem is that the University was hoping I would die before they had to pay for a liver transplant,” Kruger said.
Kruger said that, in 1985, he contracted liver disease from a blood transfusion. Kruger said he continued teaching until 1988, when a bleeding ulcer required emergency hospitalization and forced him to stop.
His complaint alleges that UM attempted to place Kruger on disability in order to avoid paying his salary while he was ill, a practice he claims is standard UM procedure for tenured faculty.
“He was paid for several years while he was ill. There did come a period of time when we believed he should go on disability,” said Paul Dee, UM vice president and general counsel.
Kruger also charges the University with fraud regarding his salary of $31,600 which Kruger claims has not been raised since 1985.
CORAL GABLES. FLORID«_____________________TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29,1992
Professor sues UM for breach of contract
The UM football team came within a foot of losing their first game in the Orange Bowl in seven years.
■ Sports — page 8
SINGING SENSATION
Sophomore Yvonne Arana, a Puerto Rican singing star, has already had a taste of the limelight.
■ Accent — page 6
NEWSBRIEFS
Blood drive begins
A university-wide blood drive will be held this week to help replenish the Red Cross's supply
Due to Hurricane Andrew, many community organizations and businesses have canceled scheduled blood drives. Now the Red Cross has declared a blood shortage. The area Red Cross provides an average 500 pints of blood daily to 66 health care institutions in Smith Florida.
William Butler, vice president for Student Affairs, said the efforts of volunteers need to be continued.
“I am now asking for your help in another way,” Butler said “As vital as are decent housing and plentiful jobs to a healthy and economically sound South Florida so too is a strong community blood program.”
Donations can be given from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 and until 1 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Brock-way Hall in the Otto G. Richter Library.
For more information contact William Sandler, dean of students, at 284-5353.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
Coffee machine stolen
A School of Nursing employee reported the theft of a coffee machine ana its cabinet located near their office in the 1500 block of Brescia Avenue on Sept 23.
The coffee machine and cabinet were originally located in a building on the 1700 block of Northwest 12th Avenue, but, according to the employee, it was transferred to the Brescia Avenue address for pick up by John Saxon’s Coffee Service.
The coffee service, a former UM vendor, claims they never picked up the property.
Total loss is approximately $300.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
Voter registration deadline nearing
By JUDITH MOREL
Staff Writer
With the Oct. 3 deadline to register for the November election less than a week away, elections officials in Dade County are stressing how easy it is to register.
“If you need to register, all you have to do is call the [Dade Countyl Elections Office
and give a Clerk your addnu
They’ll tell you the location closest to your home,” Milton Collins, assistant supervisor of elections, said.
There 529 registration sites m the county.
Dade County requires a person to be at least 18 years of age, a United States citizen and a resident FI CpTinil ’(M°f the county in order to register. tLCUIIUH v£ Patricia Graves, voter registra-tion outreach training assistant, said the only thing needed to be considered a resident of the county is an address; this includes college dormitories.
"The address of a dormitory is valid proof of residency,” Graves said. She cautioned, however, that if an out-of-state student registers in Dade County, registration in their home state will automatically be can-cclcd«
Once a student returns to his or her home state they can re-register there and their Dade registration will automatically be canceled as well, she said.
According to statistics provided by the Elections Office, as of July 6, there were 66,837 registered voters between the ages of 18 and 24 in Dade County.
The Elections Department sets up registration booths in a variety of shopping malls two weeks prior to the closing date. All sites are run by volunteers. Graves said. Independent groups may also hold registration drives she added.
Organizations such as Student Government, the College Democrats and the College Republicans have also held voter registration drives on campus throughout the semester.
According to Graves, any person who registers in Florida must specify a party affiliation when doing so.
"If you don't note an affiliation you cannot vote in any primary elections or any other partisan elections. You can only vote on non-partisan issues and general elections,” Graves said. Labeling oneself as an independent is counted as a party affiliation, she added.
Registered voters who cannot make it to the polls can cast an absentee ballot.
"Absentee ballots are only for those who are not here or are infirmed for the election,” Jim Kohanek, assistant supervisor of elections, said.
UM not in list of top 50 colleges
FACE THE FACTS
The size of UM's faculty grew last year 1.7 percent to «total of1.822.
Of these, S31 are tenured, 231 are on the tenure track and the rest hold full-time teaching or research poeltlons.
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231 on tenure Sack
Source: Sept. It, 1M2 memo lo leculty Irom Precider« Edward T. Forte II
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sity of Miami failed to rank as one of the top 50 univer-
THE WAITING GAME
J.C. RIDLEY / Special to The Hurricane
YOUR TURN: UM students Jim Collins and Andrew Phillips entertain themselves with a game of Candy Land while waiting to buy guest passes for the FSU game on Saturday. Students slept out Sunday night with the hopes of getting one of the 500 tickets available.
Recycling bins take up parking spots
By JULIUS WHK2HAM
Assistant News Editor
Students in the Apartment Area competing
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not only find themselves cor . for spaces with other students, but now some of the parking spaces are being occupied by recycling bins.
“We’re not wild about taking spaces. [The recycling bins] were placed there for a number of reasons,” Alan Weber, landscape manager, said.
The bins were placed in parking spaces mainly because they provide easy access for trucks to pick them up and so they would be in a highly visible area, Weber said.
“In the parking spots they are
seeable. We’d like to get everyone used to the idea that the cans are there and to use them,” Weber said.
It is important that everyone, students included, participate in the University’s efforts to increase recycling, Weber said.
Students, however, say parking their cars is also important.
“We need more parking spaces on campus anyway. I really feel they shouldn’t be doing that,” Janelle Roessler, sophomore, said. “Maybe they should move them.”
Other options are now being considered to free up the parking spaces. Weber estimates that the bins will remain in the spaces for about
30 days.
“There could be other places,” he said. “Building 44,1 would like to build a recycling area there. Building 33, the grass area by the Mahoney-Pearson parking lot are being considered,” he said.
It also possible that they would remain in the Apartment Area but would be placed in the general vicinity of the parking lots and not on the lots themselves, he said.
“I would much rather have the bins there than not have them on campus. I’m not concerned about four parking spaces,” Matt Lewan-dowski, a member of EarthAlert,. said.
TANYA O A. 110 RE / Graphic« Editor
By FRANK RECK)
Contributing Editor
U.S. News and World Reports 1993 College Guide is out and for the second consecutive year, the University of Miami failed t< sities in the country.
“We get better every year and I don’t think those rankings are a good measure of if we are improving or not,” Luis Glaser, executive vice president and provost, said.
To determine its rankings, U.S. Netvs surveyed 2,527 college presidents, deans and admissions directors about Hie "academic reputation” of colleges and universities and used statistics provided by the schools.
“Those rankings are somewhat arbitrary. I don’t know to what extent they look at the numbers,” Glaser said. “They send scorecards out and ask admissions people to evaluate other universities. I don’t think this is a very scientific way of doit
According to the magazine, “1)
COLLEGE RANKINGS					
I Coltege US New« AC-9 Rank B.y.y.y g.y.y.*.y.x.;»Hs-x-x-x-x.x-X-:^x-x-x-x-x-x,Xy.y.y.-.		*	WÊÊÊÊÈÊÈ » „	Freshmen Retention Rate	Grad. ■SS
Emory U.	Top 25	64%	1200	90%	81%
U. of Florida	Quartile one (26-50)	71%	1125	90%	51%
Boston U.	Quartile two (51-100)	73%	1150	84%	65%
U. of Miami	Quartile two (51-100)	79%	1060	80%	53%
ci Atlanti«* 11 Quartile three FL Atlantic U. (101-150)		62%	1002	89%	41%
Source: U.S. Newt & World Report
“While U.S. News is
aware that not even college presidents can make precise judgements about schools other than their own, the survey is designed to measure not academic quality as such but academic reputation — which is so critical to opening doors for students in both graduate schools and the job market”
TANYA OLMORE1 On0*c* E
“I think sometimes academic reputation lags behind reality and I think it does so in this particular list,” Deborah Perry, vice provost and dean of enrollments, said.
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