Miami Hurricane, May 12, 1972

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Vol. 47 No. 49
Editorials
Friday, May 12, 1972
No Funds Suspend SBG Bailbon
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By PAUL SWANSON
Of Th* Hurricane Staff
The SBG bailbond service, its funds depleted by the failure of students who used the service to repay debts, has been suspended for the remainder of the semester, while a new program called Release on Recognizance (ROR) is under current investigation as a replacement for the bailbond service.
“Student government could be operating on a purely debit budget, whereby we collect the Student Activity Fee, spend the money on services, and that’s it,” SBG President Sami Burstyn said.
“Realistically, however, the more services we can offer at a close to break-even cost, the more money we will have to offer for more and different services. I can only leave this choice to the student body. I don't think it’s unfair to ask students to repay the loans, especially since it’s so timely a loan as a bail bond," he added.
“I wonder how these students would have felt if we had to close the program before they needed it,’’ Burstyn said.
The new program under investigation, ROR, would en-
able students to be released from jail by merely presenting their student I.D. cards.
“If a student has invested a large sum of money in his education at UM, and is then arrested, he would not be so apt to jump bail, leave town, and quit school," Burstyn said in explanation of the reasoning behind the program.
Burstyn said that the actual work on the program began last fall when a committee was created in SBG to review law firms for the ROR program.
The committee selected James Gilbride after reviewing more than 20 firms.
"The best representation we felt came from the office of Paul, Landy, Beiley, and Bartel, with whom Gilbride is associated,” Burstyn said.
Burstyn said that he hopes the program will be in effect by this September.
"By releasing more funds from the bailbonds account, SBG will be able to direct more funds to new and different
projects,” Burstyn said.
Student
Week
Called
Success
By VIVIAN RACKAUCKAS
Of Th* Hurricane Staff
“I couldn’t be more en-thused about how things are going,” said William Sheed-er, director of student activities, as he discussed the success of Student Appreciation Week;.
He said that probably the most enthusiastic response has been toward the water show, which had the best turnout.
Now in progress, the week has offered balloons, ice cream, and shows to the students in appreciation for the success of the Student Union this past year.
"We gave away 1000 ice creams in an hour and all our balloons in 40 minutes", said Sheeder.
Today from noon to 3 p.m. there will be free swimming to students with I.D. cards, and free cokes will be available on a first come, first serve basis from noon to 2 p.m.
Tonight at 8 p.m. Verzatt and Laura Young will perform the Grand Pas De Deux from "Don Quixote" in the International
-Hurricane Photo bv BRUCE POSNER
Acting Chief Of Security Dave Wike Represents Balloons’ Meaning
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Lounge.

Tomorrow night WVUM will present “At the Hop,” at 8:30 p.m. on the Patio. For “bobby soxers of all ages.” The sock hop will include an American Bandstand type of party with dance contests and many other surprises.
Sunday will be Mother's Appreciation Day in the Student Union. Free bowling, billiards and swimming will be offered from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. for all mothers who are present with their sons or daughters who have student I.D. cards, or for student mothers accompanied by a son or daughter.
Student Appreciation Week will come to an end Monday, May 15 with two concerts presented by SEC. At 2:00 p.m. Bobby Whitlock and Christian Ghandi Syndrome will be on the Patio, followed by Free and Blues Project at 7:00 p.m.
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Student* Perform Dances
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Students Organize Anti-War Protests
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Burstyn Prepares To Speak To Protesters
. . . Wednesday, at the Rock
Speeches, Rallies,
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Bv MARK TARGE AND DEBBIE SAMUELSON
Of Th* Hurrican* Staff
In response to President Nixon’s Mining of Haiphong Harbor, and the shooting of two University of New Mexico students, SBG held a noon-day rally this past Wednesday on the Rock, while another group. We The People, meet and held a meeting on Wednesday night to decide upon which course of action to pursue this week and in the future.
Scheduled to speak today, at another noon-day rally at the rock are: Candice Bergen, Donald Sutherland, actor and peace activist, Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, of the Chicago 7 Conspiracy, Dr. Morris Zucker, an involved senior citizen and later in the day at the UM Forum, President Henry King Stanford.
This past Wednesday, Sami Burstyn, newly elected SBG President, spoke to a crowd of 300 students, at a noon-day rally, at the Rock concerning the events of the past 48 hours.
“I don’t really know what direction to take,” Burstyn said, ‘Tve called a special meeting tonight to find out which way the students want to go, and where the student support lies.”
In that noon-day rally organized by SBG, Jack Ma-lanki, a two-year Vietnam Veteran spoke of the atrocities, he has encountered both in Vietnam and in America.
“I’ve seen a lot of people die,” Malanki said, “Kent State was an accident, accidents will happen. But now two more students have been
SBG President Sami
shot at the University of New Mexico.
“I don’t know if I can stop this war. But we have to say we're not going to fight and kill anymore,” he added.
Malanki then spoke of the saying, “what if they gave a war and no one came” explaining, "there wouldn't be a war.”
"The way to ston the war is not by fighting,” Malanki said, “but by refusing to fight.”
He ended his speech by pleading with the crowd, "Just refuse, Please.”
Burstyn then read a UPI news release on the recent shooting of two students at the University of New Mexico protesting the mining of Haiphong Harbor, who were shot. One student in the back, another, a girl reporter, in the stomach who is still in critical condition.
“It hasn't happened here, but it could," Burstyn said,
"You could get shot!”
Rabbi Ringler of the Hillel_ House then spoke of the arrogance and stupidity of the man we elected our President.
“I sneak in pain over the stupidity and arrogance of our President as he speaks of peace creating homeless refugees, defoliating villages and jungles, calling the North Vietnamese, the people who have fighting for 25 years, the invaders and attackers,” Ringler said.
Ringler felt that this was the kind of arrogance that would “lead to our ultimate
destruction.”
Ringler was concerned that we no longer sit to ponder the future, while Nixon breaks every law known to man, hut that we must express our views in whatever way possible.
Dean of Students Nicholas Gennett, then read a letter of Administrative feeling on the
events of the last 48 hours written by himself and Assistant to the President Don Cubit.
In his letter. Gennett expressed Administrative concern on the campus protest all over the country.
“Yet, why is it that the student who has the most invested in the future, strikes out against the one establishment that has the most to offer,” Gennet said.
Gennet emphasized the point that although the Administration did not condone the actions, it did understand.
On Wednesday night, a group, calling itself, We The People, was formed in order “to express itself and its opinions and be heard.”
The group met in the Flamingo Ballroom of the Student Union and discussed the two issues at hand, the
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Sports Lack Student Support
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Poll
By ERIC BALOFF AND DEBBIE SAMUELSON
Of Th* Hurricane Stiff
This week’s poll of 100 UM students revealed that more than one third of all UM students did not attend a single UM home football game during the 1971-1972 school year.
Here’s how it went:
How many UM football games did you attend this year?
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39% 7%	4% 12% 11%
-5-	-6-	-7*	-8-
9%	3%	8%	5%
Showing a distinct lack of support for the football team, only 5% of UM students polled indicated that they had attended all home games.
Only 25% of those polled indicated they had even attended more than half the games played in the Orange Bowl.
"Who wants to attend football games when your team always loses?" asked one student in response.
How many Dolphin games did you attend this year?
-0-	-I-	-2-	4-	-4-
61% 8%	5%	5%	8%
-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-
,4%	3%	3%	3%
It is apparent that due to the scarcity and high cost of Dolphin football tickets, a majority of UM students did not attend any Dolphin games.
“I wanted to go, hut it’s impossible to get tickets; just look at the mess they had during the playoff ticket fiasco," said one UM "Dolfan."
Do you miss not having basketball at UM?
Yes No Undecided 39%	58%	3%
A year without a collegiate basketball program has left the student body accustomed to not having a baskethall team representing the UM.
However, the majority is slight, with 39% of the students polled indicating they miss having basketball action on campus.
Would you like to see college athic.ics dropped at the UM?
Yes No Undecided
11%	78%	11%
An overwhelming majority of students indicated that they would like to see the college athletic program at the UM continue.
“It’s a waste of money; we're here for academic reasons,” said one of the few dissenters.
Did you attend any baseball games or tennis matches this season?
Yes No Undecided 41%	58%	3%
Most students polled have apparently not attended UM
tennis matches or baseball games.
However, an encouraging 41% polled indicated that they had attended one of the two UM sporting events.
Do you think UM Coach Fran Curci did a good, fair, or poor job this year?
Good Fair Poor Undecided 41%	27%,	12%	20%
UM Football Coach Fran Curci received a vote of confidence from the students polled this week.
Let's hope for a good sports year in 1972-73!
Reference Forms Offered
Graduating seniors will have an opportunity to provide information which they would like to be used on their reference forms to employers or graduate schools.
Forms for this purpose are available in the Student Personnel Office, Building 21H, Merrick Street. Graduating seniors, as well as other students who are terminating their attendance at the end of this semester, are urged to drop by that office and fill out the form.
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