Miami Hurricane, October 10, 1972

              Mitchell Introduces Text
—Hurricarw Photo by STEPHEN DIEHL
By ERIC BALOFF
Hurhcan* Editor
Spurred on by the results of a Hurricane investigation, Bookstore Manager George Mitchell has renewed his efforts to have UM book buying
policies revised.
According to Mitchell, UM professors change 60'V, of all book titles every semester making one of his priorities the inclusion in the book buying policy a guaranteed adoption for textbooks for a minimum of two years. In other words, a book adopted in the Fall of 1972 must be used until the end of the Spring semester of 1974.
Changes prior to the two year period may be made in the event of scientific, technological or sociological change in method or materials.
"There are enough loopholes in the policy so that it is not totally inflexible,” Mitchell said.
According to Mitchell, a professor can request a variance of the policy with the consent of the department chairman and the approval of the
Dean after consultation with the Bookstore as to the financial hardship that could result in the change.
Other provisions of the guaranteed adoption policy would call for no changes in titles until after one year’s use and the use of books scheduled for revision or books going out of print for two years if knowledge of revision or the stopping of publication is known at the time of selection. This would’require a professor to continue to use a book for two years even if a new edition of that book were printed, or if the book were to go out of print within the two year period.
The list of priorities was sent by Mitchell to Vice President for Academic Affairs John Harrison.
Mitchell feels his recommendations can reduce the amount of book returns by 90% (there were $460,000 in returns during the last fiscal year).
The bookstore inventory could be reduced by a minimum of $100,000, and the Bookstore could
On a yearly basis, students would save around $100,000 a year in purchases.
A policy already adopted by the Bookstore gives students a 50% refund on book return based on the cost of a new book, whether the book is new or not.
reduce mark-downs, which last year totaled over $100,000, to a bare minimum.

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If the recommendations are accepted, the Bookstore would realize an additional gross profit of $100,000, a savings In overhead of $25,000 and a freight savings on returns of $5,265, all resulting in a student saving money on the actual cost of books.
Mitchell also called for the elimination of the multiplicity of titles for individual courses, a limitation of the amount of books that a professor may order for one course (Mitchell cited an example of one course which required $200.00 worth of hooks), and strict adherence to the time schedule of book lists required by the Bookstore.
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Vol. 48 No. 8	Tuesday, October 10, 1972	284-4401
—Hurricane Photo by SUE ANN MILLER
Checkmate!
Bobby Fischer is ready and waiting for this UM student to make his next move. This potential world champion is pondering whether to move his pawn or knight at a week-
ly meeting of the Chess Club, one of the many special interest clubs which meet weekly at the Student Union. Check with the information desk for times and places. Discover the interesting things happening at the Union and meet students with interests like your own.
Volunteer Researchers
To Study Lake Osceola
By BILL QUINN
Humean, navorttr
A research study to determine the problems concerning Lake Osceola will begin this week. It will be conduct-
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ed by Dr. Waite and Dr. Fogarty of the UM School of Engineering, and a group of student volunteers.
UM has committed one-third of the $30,000 for the two-year project to clean up the lake. The county and the Department of Interior are each slated to contribute one-third but no definite decision has been reached.
"But even though UM is the only one to have put up the money so far. I don’t see any problems with the other two, I’m confident that they will help with the funding,” Waite said.
Waite said that he knows of no sewage being discharged into the waterway leading to the lake
“The main problem,” he said, “lies with the runoff of fertilizers from lawns. This causes an overgrowth of plants, and the lake ages more rapidly than normal (eutrophication).”
When the research is completed they will start on the second part of the project to put the findings into effect.
After studying the side effects, the group will probably use a chemical to precipitate the nutriments, and bind it to the bottom mud.
“The sludge on the bottom may he a problem though. It has never been measured, and that will be part of the project,” Waite said. “If the sludge is 15 feet or more deep, it will have to be removed. It should be removed if it is over five feet deep, but then there is the problem of cost.”
“The water in the lake is naturally dirty because it comes from the swamp, and the problem is compounded because of the mixing of fresh and saltwater in the lake. The nutrients sometimes act differently when exposed to the saltwater,” he said.
Investigation
Uncovers
Book Buying Violations
Bv ERIC BALOFF And SHUYLER PULFORD
Of Th« Hurrican« Staff
The release of a recently completed Hurricane investigation of the book-buying practices of several faculty members has raised hopes among students for a revamping and realignment of UM book-buying policies.
The two-week investigation uncovered violations of existing book-huytng policies, inconsistencies in book prices, cases of over-ordering and under-ordering, and instances of irresponsibility in book ordering.
Students
Assist
Security
By CHUCK GOMEZ
Humean« fat porter
A man was arrested by UM Security Officers last Wednesday night for breaking into a car after two students reported the incident.
Security Officer G. A. Hunt apprehended Rufus Dixon Jr. of Ft. Pierce after he had already entered a car in the parking lot behind Pearson Hall shortly after 4 a.m.
Although the faculty members involved numbered only 50, it may end up costing the UM student body more than $150,000 in the form of Bookstore losses, not to mention the personal monetary loss to individual students who suffered by the infractions.
The investigation was the result of a complaint by Bookstore Manager Geoerge Mitchell regarding the number of students who were returning to the bookstore to sell back books during the first week of school.
“The Bookstore was besieged by requests for full refunds of books. We eventually had a list of forty professors who were involved.” Mitchell said. “I think that this is the first time in the six years I have been associated here, that the students actually rebelled about the costs of the books for their courses.”
Dixon was charged on counts of breaking and entering and loitering on university grounds.
“It’s another example of the excellent cooperation we get from students," said Fred Doerner, campus security director. "With help from students like these, we’re able to render better service to all students.”
The two students, who asked not to be identified, had seen the man prowling in the parking lot for 10 minutes before one of them called security.
Officer Hunt said Dixon told him he was looking for a friend of his and decided to wait in his car. Hunt arrested Dixon and took him to the Coral Gables police department.
Doerner said the students’ action showed that UM students as a whole are less apathetic than many people think.
“I have never thought students here didn’t care about the University’s security,” Doerner said. “There have been innumerable times students have helped our officers.”
Doerner added that the two students’ report of the crime showed that cooperation is possible between students and security personnel without harassment.
Doerner asked that students wishing to report crimes call the security unit at 6666 any time, day or night.
An examination into bookstore records revealed that an English professor with a class enrollment of more than 2,000 students, required his class to purchase a workbook for $3.75. The workbook includes 29 pages of instruction of theme composition, previously sold in the bookstore for 25c, and more than 150 pages of blank composition paper which can be purchased separately for 69c. Therefore, the current price is a $2.80 increase on the value of the book.
When the Hurricane called Mnemosyne Publishing Company, publisher of the composition workbook, the Hurricane was told that the professor who authorized the book in question and is now requiring it for all his classes, also owns the publishing company.
The professor is now on sabbatical in Europe.
Another instance of com-
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Doerner
Elected
UM Security Director, Fred W. Doerner, Jr. has been elected president of the Pan American Chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Doerner, who is also a member of the law school faculty, succeeded Vincent K. Antle, Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida.
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Student Majority Chooses McGovern
By NANCY LUCAS
Hurrican« Reporter
With only four weeks left before the national elections the majority of the 300 UM students polled this week plan to vote for George McGovern. This will be the first time 18-21-year- olds will be taking part in a presidential election and for the most part they intend to voice their opinions. Those who don’t have any preference for the most part plan to wait another four years.
Here’s how it went:
Do you plan to vote November 7?
Yes — 89%, No — 10%, Undecided 1 %.
A majority of those who plan not to vote said that although they were registered they wouldn't vote for a candidate just for the sake of voting However some students felt it was their duty.
“It is the duty of every citizen to vote. It’s the same people who complained when the 18-year-olds couldn’t vote who are not registered,” one student said.
How would you rate your political philosophy?
Radical — 1%; Liberal — 50%; Moderate — 39%; Conservative — 10%.
"I’m a liberal like most kids today, and if you're liberal, you’re for McGovern,” one student said.
One student classified himself a moderate but added that today’s issues are not really relevant to the populace.
If the presidential election was held today for whom would you vote?
Students’ Choice For President
... Sm. McGovern
McGovern — 55%; Nixon — 35%; Other — 6%; Undecided — 4%,
Some students fe(t that there was no real difference between George McGovern and Richard Nixon or any other politician for that matter.
“It's a matter of choosing between the lesser of two evils and at this point in the game nobody knows who the lesser of the two evils is,” one coed said.
“We know Nixon, but we really don’t know McGovern,” one Nixon supporter said.
A conservative student expressed disappointment with Nixon saying. “I shall have to vote outside my party. I can't subscribe to the popular feeling of voting for the lesser of two evils.”
"I believe McGovern could uplift the country morally and spiritually,’’ a coed said.
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