Miami Hurricane, October 05, 1973

              Concerts
UM Considers New Site
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By DIANE RENNICK
Of Th« HurrlctM 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’s 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 to 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 allnted number of tickets to be sold to its students.
In an original proposal, Mrs. Whitten said, Dade was to be given 1,500 tickets to sell at $3 per ticket. Under that proposal, she said, Dade
would profit $1,000
However, she said, a more recent proposal gives Dade 3,000 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 be purchased to protect the gym floor from cigaret bums. It will be purchased by Dade, however, UM will pay them back over a period of time.
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A suggestion of concessions “as a service" to students has been rejected by Dade to avoid any damage to the gym floor, caused by 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.
The proposal also calls for free bus transportation to the concerts for UM students.
Concerts cannot be held at the Miami Jai-Alai Fronton from November through May
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The only other alternative, Mrs. Whitten said, would be the Union patio.
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Senate
Ratifies
Library Receives $200,000
FPIRG
By ALAN JACHTER
Hurrican* taeartar
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 Government (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 réïund 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.”
By LINA TORO
Of Tho Hurricano Staff
The Otto G. Ritcher l ibrary has received $200,000 to be used for the purchase of new books and the improvement of other services.
McNeal said he received most complaints from undergraduates who wanted to use the graduate stacks.
The library guides, he said, would help students make better use of the library with such improvements as Instructions on the card catalog system.
Undergraduate Student Body Government President. Scott Anderson suggested the library extend its weekend hours and create a 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 room.
The money is part of $509,000 fund authorized June I by the University of Miami Board of Trustees to be used for undergraduate enrichment.
The University Library Committee will op*n graduate slacks to seniors. They are alio ronddering extending weekend hours, creating a lounge and haring a science librarian.
“R. B. Gautier Jr., chairman of the board, specified that the sum allocated to the library be used to acquire books that pertain only to undergraduate academic subjects, and that each department requesting money to acquire books prove the need for them,” said Dr. Carl E. B. McHenry, vice president of Academic Affairs, at a meeting Monday of the University Library Committee.
Library Director Dr. Archie L. McNeal provided the committee with a list of suggestions for improving undergraduate library services.
Suggestions immediately approved included:
•	Opening graduate library stacks for seniors.
•	Printed library guides.
He said although part of the building was designed for storage, the library staff “would be willing to experiment.
“This would entail the cost of hiring a stack supervisor and increase student assistance in this area.”
Lecture Series Picks Lp
By EL VIA H. THOMPSON
Of TIM Murrlcana Stiff
The lecture series is alive and well at the University of Miami.
The list of lecturers currently under consideration Includes Linda Lovelace, Ralph Nader, Lilly Tomlin, F.rich Segall, Ed McMahon, Billy Jean King, Bobby Fischer, Katherine 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 the lecture date, Sept. 9. Federal Judge Sirica injoined McCord from further speaking engagements.
Congressman Paul McCloskey 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 Series sometimes gets slightly reduced rates because it has been working through the same three or four agencies for several years, Brodie said.
The Committee tries to book people who will appeal to the whole campus ' community, not only to a small group.
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“We can’t afford a small turnout with a limited budget," Brodie said.
The 10 member committee made up of five students, three faculty members and two administrators, is hoping "to schedule a lecture at least once a month,” Brodie said.
”1 have already investigated the possibilities seriously . . .,” Dr. McNeal said. "The 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.”
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Dr. Robert L. Kelley, chairman of the Library Committee suggested the establishment of an automated circulation
system.
“This would facilitate the checking out of books hut would involve a great deal of work,’’ he said However, a report stating the cost should be prepared and investigated
Study Says Banks Mislead
New Books For l Inder graduates

Student Security Officers On Duly
By JIM HOLLANDER
Of The HurricaiM Staff
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.
The 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 to join the security force. Since they are in the work
study program, they are given a choice of various jobs and paid according to the job and their class.
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 function: extra eyes 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.
“The students work
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Hurrican* photo by Jon Rosen
Security Officer Tom Springer
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By ELVIA H. THOMPSON
Of The Hurricane Steff
The cost of borrowing money is difficult to ascertain in Miami because most banks in this area quote
interest rates in a “misleading and confusing manner.”
That is the result of a report and telephone survey of 95 Miami banks conducted by the Florida Public Interest
UF Rat Raided
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 can be made for the small number of UM students under 18. he said.
"It wouldn't be worth the sacrifice," Pineda said. “Not when it would be at the expense of the thousands who have access to our facility."
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Research Group (FPIRG).
The report was compiled, FPRIG said, to find out if an accurate comparison of hank interest rates could be made in Miami.
The survey asked hanks what it would cost to borrow $2,000 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.
The APR is the only legal method of interest disclosure according to federal law.
“The add-on method requires the borrower to pay back the amount financed and the interest cost by monthly installments over a period of years,” the report states. ‘The consumer does not have the use of the amount financed over the length of the loan.”
This 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 amount of the loan plus finance charge.
However, the borrower
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