Miami Hurricane, October 05, 1973

              Concerts
Ml
UM Considers New Site
By DIANE RENNICK
Of  The   Hurricene   Staff
Negotiations are underway
between Miami-Dade Community College (south
campus) and the University
of Miami that could produce
a "unified concert series".
A proposal to hold UM
concerts in Dade South'*
gymnasium (11011 SW 104th
St.) has been approved by
the Miami-Dade administration.
The   UM   administration,
however,   has   not   yet   approved the proposal.
Miami-Dade does not have
the funds to hire performers
but they have a performance
area, said Kay Whitten, UM
Student Union Program
Director. UM has the money
for acts, she said, but lacks a
decent place for concerts.
"The agreement should be
made equitable to both
sides," Mrs. Whitten said.
.' ie said UM wants lo iron
out some differences in   the
proposal before approving it.
Presently, under the proposal, UM will pay for the
acts, rental of the 5,000 ca-
p a c i t y gym, equipment,
maintenance and security.
UM students will be admitted free. Dade will be given
an ■filmed number of tickets
to be sold to its students.
In an original proposal,
Mrs. Whitten said, Dade was
to be given  1.500 tickets in
sell al S3 per ticket.   Under
that proposal, she said, Dade
would profit Sl.ooi'i
However, she said, a more
recent proposal gives Dade
2,000 tickets at $2.50 per
ticket, without any profit.
"If we can make back our
expenses," Mrs. Whitten
said, "it will be a good deal."
She said a tarpaulin will
have to he purchased to
protect the gym floor from
cigaret burns. It will be purchased by Dade. how.
I'M will pay them back over
■ period of tine.
A suggestion of concessions "as a service" to
students has been rejected h\
Dade to avoid any damage to
the gym floor, caused hy
leakage of drinks beneath the
tarpaulin
Metro police, who regularly provide security for Dade,
will handle a good portion of
the concert security, Mrs.
Whitten said.
I In- proposal also calls fnr
free bus transportation to the
i oncerta tor i M students.
i oni srti cannot be held at
the Miami Jai-AUi Fronton
from November through May
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
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Miami-Dade t.oinmunity
College'* South (ampus
ha* already been approved by MIHC administration. The new
site would provide belter
facilities and more tecu-
rily.
because of the Jai-Alai season.
The only other alternative,
Mrs. Whitten said, would be
ihe Union patio,
inside
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Vol. 49, No. 7
FriclaN, Oeloln-r ."J.   1973
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Senate
Ratifies
FPIRG
By ALAN JACHTER
Hurricine Heeert.r
A referendum which
would add a mandatory
$1.50 to the student activity fee for funding a
•tudent organization,
FPIRG, was approved
Monday by the
Undergraduate Student
Body Governmen t
(USBG) Senate.
However, the referendum, which would benefit the Florida Public
Interest Research Group
(FPIRG), must now be
approved by the administration.
"I seriously doubt the
administration will okay
the FPIRG program,"
Linda Weeks, UM FPIRG
president said.
When the Hurricane
went to press, Dr.
William Butler, vice
president of Student
Affairs said he could not
comment on the administration's stand because
of a lack of information.
The referendum was
originally approved in
December by a student
vote.
However, the Student
Senate rejected FPIRG at
that time because of a
lack of a clear funding
mechanism.
FPIRG is a student
controlled and financed
organization with the
purpose of research and
advocacy in the public
interest.
Under the proposal,
students who don't want
to pay the $1.50 can obtain a refund shortly
after registration.
Ms. Weeks said the
refund of the FPIRG portion of the student activity fee might be an objection of the administration. "But," she said,
"other schools have
worked out this
problem.'"
Library Receives $200,000
New Books For
The Inirertity Library Committee will
op+n graduate stacks to
seniors. They are also
considering extending
weekend hours, creating
a lounge and having a
*ciencm librarian.
Lecture Series Picks Up Steam
By EL VTA H. THOMPSON
Of  Trie   Hurricene  Staff
The lecture series is alive
and well at the University of
Miami.
The list of lecturers currently under consideration
Includes Linda Lovelace,
Ralph Natter, Lilly Tomlin,
Erich Segall, Ed McMahon,
Billy Jean King, Bobby Fischer, Katherin* Hepburn, Jesse
Owen and Art Buchwald.
However,     definite     an
nouncements can't be made
as to who will appear,
because booking agencies
can't commit their clients too
far in advance, said Dean
James Brodie, Executive Secretary of the lecture Series.
An example, he said, was
the scheduled September
booking of Senator Howard
Baker, who was forced to
cancel because of his work in
the Watergate investigation.
James   McCord,   another
Watergate personality, was
booked in the event Baker
cancelled.
Four days before  Ihe  lee
ture date.   Sept    D.   Federal
Judge Sirica injoined McCord
from      further      speaking
engagemenis
Congressman Paul M
key was signed in his place.
The Lecture Series Committee, Brodie said, must
deal with a $12,000 budget.
Most personalities charge between $1,500 and $2,500 not
including incidental expenses
such as meals and accommodations.
The Lecture Scries some-
limes gets (lightly reduced
rates because it has been
working through the same
ihree or four agencies for
several years, Brodie said.
The Committee tries to
hook people who will appeal
to the whole campus community, not only to a small
group.
"We can'i afford ■ small
turnout with a limited budget," Brodie said.
I lie 10 member committee
made up of five students,
Ihree faculty members and
two administrators, is hoping
"to schedule a leclure at
least ones a month," Brodie
said
Undergraduates
By LINA TORO
Of   The   Hurricane   Sleff
The Otto <i Ritiher library has received $L'00,0O.I tn he
used for the purchase of new books and the improvement of
other lervil
The money is part of $500,000 fund authorized June I by
the University of Miami Board of Trustees to be used for
undergraduate enrichment.
"R. B. Gautlei Ir., chairman of the board, specified that
ihe sum lllooatfld 10 the library be used to acquire books that
pertain only to undergraduate academic subjects, and thai
each department requesting money to acquire books prove the
in id for thorn," said Dr, Carl E. B. McKenry, vice president of
v idemic Affairs, al a meeting Monday of the University Library Committee.
Library Director Dr. Archie L. McNeal provided the com-
miltee with a list of suggestions for improving undergraduate
library ser*. I
Suggestions immediately approved included:
tf> Opening graduate library stacks for seniors
sf) Printed library guides.
McNeal   said    he   received   most   complaints   from
undergraduates who wanted to use the graduate stacks.
He said all hough part of the building was designed
lor storage, the library staff   would he willing to experiment.
"Ihis would entail Ihe COS! of hiring a stack supervisor
and increase student assistance in Ihis area."
The library guides, he said, would help students make
better use of the library with such improvements as instructions on the card catalog system.
I ■ndergraduate Student Body Government President
Scott Anderson suggested the library extend its weekend
hours ;nid create I library lounge.
"The lengthening of staff hours would also permit in
extra costs," Dr. McNeal said.
A lounge, he said, would be impossible within the reading
"I have already investigated the possibilities seriously
. . .," Dr McNeal said. "Ihe Proving Room, now used by the
library staff, could probably serve for that purpose."
Also considered was the possibility of having a science librarian: someone who would be concerned with science material.
"Science students make up nearly one fifth of the student
population." Dr. McNeal said. "I proposed last year that a
separate science library be installed In Brockway Lecture Hall
but the idea wasn't acceptable at the time."
I
Dr. Robert I.. Kelley, chairman of the Library Committee
suggested the   establishment   of   an automated   circulation
system.
"This would facilitate Ihe checking out of books but
would iinnKi ■ gie.it deal of work," he said. "However, a report stating the cost should be prepared and investigated "
Study Says Banks Mislead
Student
Security
Officers
On Duty
By JIM HOLLANDER
Of The Hurricane Iteff
The University of
Miami security force has
altered its corps with the
addition of four new faces
— all students.
Casting aside the traditional blue pants and
white shirt with the university emblem, the new
patrolmen wear "normal"
clothing, conspicuous only
by an orange nameplate
and a walkie-talkie strapped around their shoulder.
Fred Doerner, Director
of UM Security, says he
went to UM President
Henry King Stanford last
year to obtain acceptance
Of a student security program. The idea was given
to him by two Syracuse
transfer students.
Ihe program was accepted and enough funds
were allocated he said,
from the work study program foe 12 participants.
Each student works 15
hours.
The students chose tn
join the security force.
Since they ara In the work
study program, they are
given a choice of various
jobs and paid according to
the job and their class.
"*."■:.     IMJI!
Tom Springer, a junior
engineer major, worked
last year at the Dade
County Department of
Traffic and Transportation. He says it would be
too far to travel to his old
job this year. He said,
when he saw the security
program on the work
study list he thought to
himself, "Far out, why
not?"
Doerner says the program has "a two-fold
funclion: exlia eves and
ears for the department It
will increase our effective
protection of students and
property on campus."
He says "95 per cent of
our troubles come from
off campus persons" and
that the student patrolmen, not as conspicuous
as the regular security
force, would be more apt
to spot crime as it occurs.
"Ihe    students     work
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ByELVlA II. THOMPSON
Of   The   Hurricene   Stall
Ihe    i ost    of    borrowing
money is difficult   to
tain in Miami because most
banks   in   this    area   quote
interest rales   m  a   "mislead
ing and confusing manner."
That is the result of a report and telephone survey of
95 Miami hanks conducted
by the Florida Public Interest
UF Rat Raided
Hurricene photo t>v Jon Rosen
Swurily Officer Tom Springrr
. . . student doesn't wear uniform
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The liquor license of the
University of Florida
Rathskeller was suspended
for five days this week
because they were caught
earlier this year selling beer
to minors and non-members
of the private club.
University     of     Miami
Rathskeller     Manager     Joe
Pineda said   the Gainesville
bust "could very easily have
happened here.
"State, federal, as well as
local agents can come in anytime," he said. "We know we
were scrutinized many times
last year."
Pineda said although it
may seem like hassling, anyone entering the Rat must be
carded.
"We must protect ourselves," he said. "We can't
afford to lose our license."
No exceptions ran be made
for the small number of UM
students under 18, he said.
"It wouldn't be worth the
I ifn e " Pineda >aid. "Not
when il would he at the expense of the thousands who
have access tn our facility."
Joe Pineda
'*H»<
manager
Research Group (FPIRG).
The report was compiled,
I PRIG said. tO find oul if
an accurate comparison of
bank interest rates could be
made m Miami.
I he survey asked hanks
what it would cost tn borrow
S2.00U and repay in three
years
There are three methods of
stating interest: the Annual
Percentage Rate of Interest
(APR), the add-on method,
and the discount method.
\PI< is the onlv legal
method of interest disclosure according to federal
law
i he add-on method re.
quires the borrower to pay
lack ihe amouni financed
nd the interest cost by
■ onthly installments over a
"d of years." the report
slates. 'The consumer does
not have the use of the
amount fijiam ed over the
length of the loan."
Ihis means the effective
rate of interest doubles from
the rate quoted, the report
stated.
In the discount method,
the borrower agrees to repay
the full amouni of the loan
plus finance charge.
However,    the     borrower
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