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VOLUME 69, NUMBER 26
HI HO. HI HO. IT’S BACK TO WORK WE GO
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21.1992
IN FRIDAY’S HURRICANE
SPORTS EXTRA: The Hurricanes took their fourth national championship in nine years with a 22-0 shutout of Nebraska in the 58th Annual Federal Express Orange Bowl Classic. Our special souvenir section takes a look back at the game, the 1991 season and the last decade in UM football.
NEWSBRIEFS
Parade to be held Friday
A ticker-tape parade in honor of the University of Miami’s fourth national championship in football will be held in downtown Miami Friday at 11:45 a.m.
The Associated Press sportswriters poll trophy and the Federal Express Orange Bowl Classic trophy will be presented to the team at a ceremony on the steps of the Dade County Courthouse following the parade.
The parade will begin at the comer of Flagler Street and Biscayne Boulevard and end at the courthouse steps, according to Connie Nickel, assistant events manager of the Athletic Department.
A Metrorail express train will leave the University station at 11:30 a.m. and go to the Government Center stop. The train ride will be free to all staff and students.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
Nursing names associate dean
Judith Jezek, the former associate dean of education programs at the College of Nursing at Rush University in Chicago, was named the new associate dean of the University of Miami School of Nursing last month.
One of the primary goals Jezek hopes to achieve at UM is making nursing a more appealing occupation for students with previous degrees.
"One of the first goals is to develop curriculum alternative for students. 1 am also looking at creating curriculum options with an emphasis on graduate programs,” Jezek said.
Jezek's history in the nursing field ranges from administration, continuing education, teaching, advising, various leadership positions with the American Nurses Association and coordinating positions for the National League for Nursing.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
TODAY’S FORECAST
PARTLY CLOUDY
Wind: Northeast at 5-15 mph HIGH: 75 LOW: 57
Source : National Weather Service
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UM tuition to increase 6.9 percent
By DEBORAH L. MOSKOWITZ
Staff Writer
Tuition for the 1992-93 academic year will increase 6.9 percent, while room and board costs will increase 6.5 percent next year. The increase is smaller than those of recent years, which averaged between 7 and 8 percent.
Luis Glaser, executive vice president and provost, said the University of Miami is trying to charge just enough to cover expenses. “These are the lowest increases in 10 years,” he said.
Glaser said because the weak economy puts a strain on students, he doubts there will be a tuition increase over 7 percent during the next few years.
These increases are well above the national rate of inflation for 1991, however, which was 3.1 percent. But, administration officials say the increases are necessary.
UM is dependent on tuition because it
is a private university, R. Ray Goode, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said.
The Board of Trustees approves proposed tuition and pay increases at UM. Goode said UM is trying to raise tuition as little as possible without sacrificing any programs offered by the University.
“What we do every year is we look at every item in our budget and see if we can ... make it cheaper," Glaser said.
Student Government President Irwin Raij said he and other SG officers have been meeting with Glaser since August concerning the tuition increase.
"In the beginning, we were hoping for only a 6.4 percent increase," Raij said. “We felt the negotiations went as successful as they could considering we were talking about an increase.”
Goode attributed the lower rate of tuition increase to the state of the economy and the decrease of grants received from the Federal and State governments
“UM is sometimes portrayed as I'Rich-kid U.’,” Goode said. "Almost all kids have to have aid to attend here.”
According to Ron Stubbs, associate 'director of budgets for the Florida Department of Education, state school tuition will increase by 3.2 percent.
"Last year, the legislation established the current index based on financial expenditures, and by their language, this was the recommended increase,” Stubbs said.
Tuition at other private universities around the country is rising as well. Tuition at Boston University will increase 4 percent from $15,950 this year to $16,590 next year, according to Rod Dudley, a Boston University student accounts representative.
Dudley said Boston University will not be increasing the price for housing next year, however, because they want to try and coax students into enrolling and living on campus.
Response from UM students was
mixed.
“I work full-time during the summer to pay for tuition. I’m not hit as hard as most because my UM scholarship pays for half my tuition,” Jennifer Adams, sophomore, said.
Byron D’Jan, junior, said the tuition increase will affect him next semester. "It certainly poses a problem,” D’Jan
said.
D’Jan said he feels there are many wasted resources on campus and the school needs to change its priorities.
Natalia Con, an international student, said the tuition increase will cause problems for her.
“We have to pay everything in dollars and the exchange rate is not stable,” Con said. "This semester, when I came back, they told me they canceled my courses. I had to re-register and wait in lines for a long time.”
NO. 1 AGAIN
J.C. RIDLEY/Staff Photographer
IN RECOGNITION: Senior Derrick Golden, linebacker for the University of basketball game Friday night. Over 10,000 people came to the game, setting Miami’s football team, gives a speech during a celebration of the team’s a new UM basketball attendance record, national championship victory at the UM-University of Connecticut men's
Attorney: Patton pressured to testify in Pell Grant case
By KEVIN BROCKWAY
Contributing Editor
The attorney for University of Miami running back Martin Patton is somewhat skeptical of the methods of federal investigators. Patton was arrested last month for credit card fraud.
Alan Ross, Patton’s attorney, is claiming Patton is being pressured by federal investigators to testify in the Miami Pell Grant fraud case in which one Athletic Department official is accused of having helped several student-athletes falsify federal financial aid forms
“The government is attempting to use the power of the governmental prosecution to compel cooperation in the Pell Grant investigation,” Ross said.
Patton and teammate Solomon Moore were arrested on Dec. 18 and charged by U.S. Postal Inspectors with running up $3,000 on a credit card that did not belong to them.
Ross said credit card fraud cases involving less than $10,000 are usually not tried in federal court. Because of this, Ross said he is attempting to change the site of the trial to a state court.
For Patton, a 6-1, 196-pound redshirt sophomore from Missouri City, Tx., it was the second time he was arrested in the span of two months.
University of Miami head coach Dennis Erickson said he will not make a decision on Patton’s suspension until after the trial. A trial date has been set for Feb. 3.
UM Master Plan approved
■ Despite protests from
neighbors, the Coral Gables City Commission gives UM’s plan the nod.
By DAMARIS LASA
Staff Writer
The University of Miami’s Master Plan was approved in a four to one decision on Dec. 10 by the Coral Gables City Commission. Construction is set to begin in late summer.
Projects given priority include:
■	The Ziff Tower, which will house classrooms, meeting rooms and jury rooms for architecture students.
■	The Austin Weaks Recital Hal) and Music Studio.
According to David Liebe.man, UM senior vice president, both will be facing Lake Osceola, making it the heart of the University.
Lieberman said the plan was approved partly because major concessions were made by the University.
“We agreed to change the location of the parking garage from Campo Sano to Ponce de Leon Boulevard,” Lieberman said.
Concessions were also made in the height of the University Village apartments. The apartments on Lataro Drive will be two stories high instead of three or four stories, said Lieberman.
Some Coral Gables residents are still unhappy with the plan. According to Lieberman, they want the city to rescind approval for the plan.
“Some of the residents feel that the plan is incompatible with Coral Gables zoning law - the City disagrees and. the University disagrees,” Lieberman said.
“It's a great plan,” Rafael Peruy-era, director of Facilities Planning and Design, said.
Handicapped student injured at bookstore
By CONNIE PILOTO
Associate News Editor
A handicapped student was severely injured when she fell while getting off a freight elevator at the University Bookstore on Jan. 10.
Natasha Alvarez was released Friday from Baptist Hospital after a week long stay for slightly collapsed lungs and fractures of her hip and ribs.
Alvarez was injured while returning to the first floor after buying her books. According to Alvarez, a woman waiting at the bottom opened the door of the elevator before it was even with the floor.
According to University of Miami Public Safety reports, Alvarez fell forward causing the chair to come down on top of her. Alvarez later said she did not realize the elevator was not level with the floor.
When Coral Gables Fire Rescue arrived, reports say Alvarez refused treatment and only allowed paramedics to place her in her chair.
“I refused treatment because I thought I was Fine. I was in shock and just wanted to go home,” Alvarez said.
Her doctor has informed her that she must stay in bed for approximately three months.
Alvarez was scheduled to graduate this semester, but she says she will not be able to attend classes.
“I’m not happy that I’m losing a
‘I'm not happy that I’m losi ng a year of school because I took an elevator that was not meant for people.’
Natasha Alvarez, senior
year of school because I took an elevator that was not meant foi people,” Alvarez said.
According to the director of the bookstore, Charles Canfield, handicapped students should use the elevator in the Breezeway, but students who have been at UM before the bookstore was remodeled still use the freight elevator.
"Nobody in a wheelchair knows about that Breezeway elevator. Everybody uses the same elevator I use," Alvarez said. "I was told to use that elevator when 1 was a freshman and was never told to use the other one.”
“It was bound to happen in the bookstore. It is awful that we have to use a freight elevator. They try to accomodate us, but there are a lot of things they have to do,” Jodie Barker, sophomore, said.
“I had heard the elevator was not supposed to be used, that it was for their staff, but they don’t give us another choice," Jennifer Lenoir, sophomore, said.
Lenoir said bookstore personnel should assist the handicapped students.