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Vol. 47 No. 37
Tuesday, March 14,  1972
284-4401
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■ Florida Votes Today
In State Primar
Carni-liras Offers Many Features
. . . but beware of pick-pockets
Carni-Gras Opens Thursday
With 'Assortment Of Fun9
By F. .1. MIZZLES JR.
Ot The Hurricane Stall
Carni-Gras,    the    annual
fund raising contest sponsored by UM students will
take place on I lie Intramural
Field Thursday March 1H.
■Get into the spirit of
things early this year and be
at the Breezeway Tuesday
and Wednesday from 1:00
until 3:00 p.m. for your free
ice cream cones. We are
using this as part of our promotional campaign and it
might be a good way of
breaking the ice with all of
the students. In the evening
we will hold a pie Olympics
(pie eating contest) 8:30
p.m. at the Intramural Field,"
Sue Engel, publicity chairman of Carni-Gras said.
"From March 13-15 The
Ugly Man Contesl will be
held, contenders for the contest must be endorsed by a
recognized UM organization.
The sponsoring organization
will submit an 8x10 color
photo on or before March 10.
All Droceeds from the contesl
will he given to the Children's  Variety  Hospital.
"Sororities may also enter
the event. Whoever wins will
receive a 'trophy and spirit
points," Miss Engel said.
Miss Engel said that there
will be tapping for several of
the fraternities this week.
"ODK, the highest national
fraternity for leadership and
scholarship will tap from 8 to
noon on Wednesday. On
Thursday, from 8 to noon
Iron Arrow will tap. Iron
Arrow is the highest honor
men of UM may achieve for
service," Miss Engle said.
Miss Engel said that there
would also be a ski show on
lake Osceola Wednesday at
I p.m.
"On Thursday the SEC will
present I indisfarne on Ihe
Patio in the afternoon. At 7
p.m. the official opening of
Carni - Gras '72 ribbon cut-
t i n g ceremony by Iron
Arrow," Miss  Kneel said.
Miss Engel said that the
Carni-Gras opens or* Saturday at 2 p.m. for a day of tun
and excitement.
"For an added treat we
have the Mahavishnu Orchestra performing a concert on
the Patio Sunday al 1 p.m.,"
Miss Engel said.
Miss Engel said that there
will be approximately 90
booths at Carni-Gras. "Some
of will be 'wreck the wreck'
sponsored by Phi Alpha Mu.
At this one vou will be able
to vent your hostilities on a
car via the use of a sledge
hammer. Grant House will
hold a win-the-mug contest
Zeta Beta Tau will hold a
rope ladder climb contest
and these are only a few."
"Carni-Gras is recognized
as one of the spring semester's biggest events. It's a
time for frolicking and enjoyment. And the madness of the
carnival atmosphere prevails
over all. Tempting foods,
games, fun and surprises are
the order nf the day. But the
most important thing is that
Continued On Page 2
Positions
Available
In SBG
By MARK TARGE
Aeelilent  Newa  Cdlrer
All eligible students applying for spring SBG offices
should pick-up their Declaration of Candidacy applications in the SBG office today
through Monday, March 20.
Monday is the deadline
and the eligible candidates
list will be posted on Wednesday, March 22.
To be an eligible candidate
you must be a full time undergraduate student, be carrying at least 12 credit hours,
and have a 2.0 cumulative
grade point average.
Sophomore candidates
must have completed at least
28 credit hours but not more
than 50 credit hours by the
end of the present semester.
Junior candidates must
have completed at least 56
credit hours but not more
than 88 credit hours by the
end of the present semester.
Senior candidates must
have completed at least 89
credit hours by the end of
the present semester.
Freshman students now
who will be freshman in the
fall may only run for Student
Entertainment Committee.
An individual candidate
may run for only one office
and only for that office he
declares.
Election positions available are: School of Music 1,
School of Engineering 1,
School of Education 4,
School of Business Administration 4, College of Arts and
Sciences 7, University At
large 4, Executive Offices,
(President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer) 4, Student Entertainment Committee 5. There are 30 available
positions in all.
Weather:
Snow?
Ski conditions on the
UM campus slopes near
"Mount Rock" were very
wet last Thursday as Ort
Pengue's skiing demonstration was quickly
snowed under when students broke into a hearty
snowball fight.
There were sporadic
skirmishes when a second line of snow was put
down, which created a
no-man's land in front of
the Merrick Building.
As a last ditch effort,
approximately 75 students gathered up their
ammunition and attacked the Breezeway.
-Hurricane Photo by JON RIVERA.
"The electoral college isn't representative of the views of the
people," — C.aryn
Itam el in.
Inside
I
Today's
Cane
Florida basketball player
speaks on Black Identity,
p. 10
Baseball team finishes
four-game series against
St. Josephs, p. 8
Ring Theatre goes to
JFK Art Center in D.C, p.
6
• Berger..- 8
• EYE 2
• Frank & Maud 7
• Horowitz 4
• Letters S
• Lang -...4
• Morris .1
Carry n Damelin
"The most important issue facing this
country is Civil liberties; therefore I'm in
favor of Senator Mr-
Govern" — Stuart
hy.
H'cane
x Opinion
Poll
McGovern Campus Favorite
Compared To Nixon, Muskie
Stuart Jay
'"/ don't like nnv of
the m (candidates)
because I don't think
they're honest
rnoiiqh."'     —     t.reer
Redding.
Bv ERIC BALOFF and
DEBBIE SAMUELSON
Of The Hurricane  Stall
Today is election day in
Florida and this week's
special poll of 300 UM
students is devoted entirely to determining campus
political moods.
This is how il went:
In the following matchups, for whom would you
vote?
Greer Kriltiirig
"He (Mct.orern)
was ihe only one who
sair ahead in the future abool I ictnain.
He spoiled the mistake before anyone
else," — Steve Herman.
':: ;       UK
Strvr Brrman
McGovern
56",,
Nixon
34",,
Undec.
10%
Muskie
44%
Nixon
42%
Undec.
13",,
Lindsay
43%
Nixon
46%
Undec.
11   n
Jackson
38%
Nixon
50 %
Undec.
12%
Chisholm
37%
Nixon
54%
Undec.
17%
Humphrey
23%
Nixon
51%
Undec.
26",,
McCarthy
22%
Nixon
67%
Undec.
11%
Wallace
18%
Nixon
«2%
Undec.
20%
George McGovern, Democratic Senator from
South Dakota, appears to
he a campus favorite
when paired against
Richard  Nixon.
The only other democrat with enough campus
support to edge Nixon out
of his lead was Senator
Edmund Muskie, but unlike McGovern, Muskie
failed to pull a majority.
George Wallace, basing
his candidacy on the busing issue, is expected to
win the Florida state primary. However, Wallace
had a poor showing on
campus, ha\ing the least
number ot votes.
"George Wallace represents everything I don't
like about politicians,"
said one coed who fell she
typified the UM student.
A surprising resull of
this week's poll revealed
that students are more
than willing to cross party
lines if they aren't pleased
with the candidate.
Many students stated
emphatically that if the
Democratic party candidal? did not live up to
their expectations, although they did not like
Nixon, they would be
more than happy to vote
Republican.
"I don't think parties
mean too much anymore.
Most students judge the
candidate regardless of
what political party they
belong to," said one student.
Do you feel your vote
involves you in the American political process?
bility is evidenced by the
perientage of students
polled w*ho feel they are
part of the system.
Although il does not appear to be an issue this
year, the electoral college
i) item was quite controversial following the 1968
ral college?
Do you favor the electoral college
Yes
13",,
NO
71",
Undec
19%
Yes
91%
No Undec.
24";,      19%
For   the   first    time   in
history, 18 year-olds
will he participating In na
tional  elections.   I he   impact of this new responsi-
Apparently, the electoral college is no longer favorable to UM students as
a strong majority of those
polled indicated the\
would rather see a direct
voting system.
Unfortuna not
everyone is as informed as
most UM students.
"What's the difference
between the electoral college and our college?" said
one coed.
To Decide
Nominees,
Issues
By DEBBIE SAMUELSON
Ol The Hurricana Self
Months of speeches, bumper slickers and door lo door
campaigning comes to an end
today when Florida voters
cast their ballots in the
state's primary. There are 11
Democratic and three Republican candidates in contention for their party's nomination for the presidency in today's race. There are also
many important issues thai
will be decided. Polls will be
open between 7 a.m. and 7
p.m.
With a larger amount of
seats at the conventions Florida's primary has become a
center of attention. Miami
Reach will play host to the
Democratic Convention in
August, focusing still more
attention on the state.
The primary is the first opportunity 18-21-year-olds
have to express their national views and answer questions raised by the parties,
and political analysts are
concerned if the new voter
will vote at all, if they will
vote in a block and if they
will vote very liberally.
UM has been visited by
several of the candidates,
and representatives have
been on campus dally.
GeorgC McGovern visited
UM twice, with Edmund
Muskie and John Lindsay
speaking here once.
The 11 Democratic candidates on the Florida Primary
ballot are: Congresswoman
Shirley Chisholm, Senator
Vance Hartke, former Vice
President Hubert H. Humphrey, Senator Henry M.
(Scoop) Jackson, Mayor John
V. Lindsay, former Senator
Eugene J. McCarthy, Senator
George McGovern, Congressman Wilbur K. Mills, Senator
Edmund S. Muskie, Governor
George Wallace and Mayor
Sam Yorty.
"Ihe three Republicans on
thp ballots are: Congressman
John M. Ashbrook, Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, who
has since withdrawn his
name from other state primates, and President Richard
Nixon.
The opinions for Florida
voters are being polled in
three important issues: an
amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would prohibit
forced busing and guarantee
neighborhood schools, standardization of fund allocations
lo public schools regardless
of residence and an amendment to the U.S. Constitution
allowing prayer in the public
schools.
Amendments to the state
Constitution on the ballot include: a proposed revision of
Article Five of the Judicial
Article of the Constitution
that would "reorganize the
trial courts into a uniform
court system: providing standards and procedures for the
selection and discipline of all
judges: and establishing a
system of court administration" and an amendment to
Article Seven of the state
Constitution which would
add a new Section 15, permitting "the issuance when
authorized by law, of revenue to make loans to stn
dents; to be effective immediately upon ratification by the
elector."
A proposed charter r
sum in Dade County would if
passed, establish a full
time mayor and vice mayor,
replace the present nine
member county with a 14
member commission having
three of its members elected
at large, a supervisor of administration and a recall pro
cedure on voted official*.
Four county commissioners are up on a recall qurs
linn pending their removal
from office. Fhey are: Earl J.
i arroll. Alexander S. Gordon, R. Hardy Matheson, and
Ben Shepard.