Miami Hurricane, October 23, 1973

              On Drug Possession Charges
A University of Miami pre-med student,
Alfred 0. Chance, Jr., 26, was charged by Coral Gables police with possession of explosives, marijuana, and barbiturates.
Dave Wikes, Associate Director of UM Security said, “Someone called us Saturday at 11:46 a.m. and said a person was being held hostage in Chance’s apartment."
He said emergency entrance was made but no one was found.
“When we entered, in clear view was what could be considered a large arsenal, marijuana, and other narcotics,” Wikes said.
Chance, who resides in the married student apartment 27-F, turned himself in Saturday in the presence of his attorney.
Wikes said several hand guns and rifles were found in Chance’s apartment.
Last year Chance, a private pilot, flew a mercy mission to Managua to aid victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake.
A. O. Chance
. . . arrested
Any full-time registered UM student is eligible to run for toe position. Applications are available in the Student Activities Office in the Student Union.
Napolitano said he believes he can hold SEC together until a permanent chairman is named.
“SEC Is definitely not in a state of limbo. Everyone has things together and we are working hard trying to get things done.
“Al is still giving us a hand while he is taking care of his personal matters,” Napolitano said.
Napolitano said he wasn’t sure if he was going to seek the position of permanent chairman.
"Al is trying to get things
A selection panel will meet on November 12 to pick a permanent chairman. The panel consists of a representative from the Union Board of Governors, an old SEC member, a new SEC member and Undergraduate Student Body Government President Scott Anderson.
Photo bv Larry Groan#
Coral Gables Public Safely Dept.
... removes explosives from Chance's on-cam pus apartment
Pre-med Student Arrested
Advisors Here To Help
By VALERIE STRAUSS
AuilUnt New» Editor
Bobby is a senior who wants to graduate in June.
He can’t.
Bobby is in the College of Arts and Sciences. He thought he understood the distribution requirements for graduation. He thought he had filled his requirements in his freshman and sophomore years.
He was wrong. By the time he asked for help from his senior advisor, it was too late. He has to stay an extra semester to get his degree.
Bobby could ha v e completely avoided this waste of money and time if he had gone for advising when he first arrived at UM. The College of Arts and Sciences has a staff of advisors to solve just these types of problems, and more.
.'The staff of general advi-Sprs for the College of Arts and Sciences consists of six ifiidergraduate advisors and 1ffo senior advisors. They ad-vase undeclared majors in the ijchool of Arts and Sciences,
on the inside
At the U............: page 2
Hypertension...........page	3
Cane Editorials......page 4
Across Mrs. G’s Desk. page S
Rex Reed at UM ......page 6
T.V. I.istings ....... page	7
UM- Houston
Wrap-Up .............page ft
Berger on the Cougars. page • Intramural«.........page 10
Dean Papino
... guidance chairman
all general studies students, and any other student in the Arts and Sciences school who is in need of academic advising.
It is a small staff, but it has contact with thousands of students.
They pre-advise all fresh- , man in the College of Arts 1 and Sciences, and solve reg- ? istration problems. They sign drop slips and credit-only changes, and describe requirement changes when there is a change of major.
They are there to help J students who wish to with-draw from school, and students who have been put I on probation. They explain 1 CLEP credits, the Honors £ Program, course equivalency 1 for transfer students and j scheduling for freshmen and j the generally confused.
And they are there to j listen.
The chairman of the department is Dean Thomas R. Papino. Papino said, “This department is a very necessary part of UM. It provides the linkage between the student's needs and desires jL
as he sees them with the UM requirements.
“The advisors are highly trained for the job they do. This is why they are so successful.
“We are in this job not because it is high paying, because it is not. Our interest is in the students. We treat each case individually, and we listen completely. Many times, people whose full time profession is not advising have other problems, and they only hear with one ear.”
Papino said the undergraduate advisors and the senior advisors attempt to form a guidance circle. “We help to guide the student at pre-advising with the proper suggestions and recommendations. We try to help them through all four years, so they do not come up with an unsdvable problem in their senior year.
“The important thing is first for the student to read the catalog. That is his responsibility. If there is any problem with interpretation, then we come in. We are here to supplement the catalog, not to replace it,” he said
.Papino’s administrative assistant is Nancy Dean. Like the rest of the staff, including Papino, she is an academic advisor, but she also assists the Dean on policy questions involving students.
Ms. Dean said she also thinks the department is gn extremely important one, and cited some figures to prove her claim.
“From Sept. 25 to Dec. 21 of 1972, our staff saw 4,628 students, not counting the students we saw during reg-
Seen page 3, col. 4
Photo by Larry Gr#en#
Flying
J
High
This view of Greater Hiami. (or is it Iowa farmland?) was photographed by a versatile UM student. Not only docs he jump out of airplanes, he enjoys his other hobby of taking pictures simul-taniously. For more skydiving, see page 9.
HKS Calls Attrition Rapid
By HERB GREENBERG
N*wi Editor
Failure of undergraduates to attain a college degree is a national phenomenon. University of Miami President Henry King Stanford says, but the attrition rate at UM “is more rapid than that of any private university.”
In his annual report to the UM Board of Trustees, Dr. Stanford said steps are being made to alleviate attrition by improving the quality of student life at the University.
“The atmosphere in which students study and live on campus demands our continuing evaluation,” Dr. Stanford said, "its importance was pointed up by a report of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, released in' June 1973 . . .”
Dr. Stanford said UM has successfully pursued programs of “outreach” that strive to serve students “where they are on the University campus.”
A new Student Body Con-
stitution, he predicted, will abolish “the bureaucratic ‘blue haze’ which sometimes has engulfed student recommendations in the past.
"Among provisions of this document ... is the opportunity it offers students to make recommendations through the legislation of the Student Senate concerning issues and operations of the University.”
He said staff replies to student suggestions have created a Student Body Consti-
tution which "is one of the most satisfactory ventures in collaboration between the students and the .	.
Student Affairs Division
Undergraduate academic-related programs, must also continually be upgraded. Dr. Stanford said.
“Plans have bee n developed to enrich the undergraduate program further by extending the study
See page 2, col. 3
Robbery Causes Inconvenience
Health Center Vandalized, Wheelchair Stolen
By ELV1A H. THOMPSON
Of Th# Hurricane Staff
Somebody has been stealing Chris Olsen’s wheelchair and battery charger — and it’s the only way he can get to class.
Chris, a quadraplegic, keeps his motorized chair at the Health Center on campus. i>* do other commuting handicapped students.
Last week somebody took Chris' chair fo- a "oyride” smashed the control box, and stole the battery charger.
Repairs on the chair and replacement of the charger cost more than one hundred
dollars, and Chris missed classes all week.
Then Wednesday night the new charger was stolen. More money and more inconvenience.
Dr. Flipse, director of the Health Center said that students have been keeping their wheelchairs in a waiting room of the Health Center for several years. This is the first time they have had a problem with vandalism, he said.
Dr. Flipse mentioned an incident several years ago when a handicapped student's vehicle, a golf cart, was thrown into the lake.
But, this is the first time there has been any vandalism in the Health Center, he said.
Dr. Flipse suggested that the only solution to this problem which he called “shocking” might be for parents or friends of the students to build a cabinet in the health center so that the chairs could be locked up at night.
Motorized chairs have to be kept on campus because they are heavy and not collapsible.
Chris’ father said, “Maybe these peo-
ple (who are vandalizing) think the chairs belong to the University. What worries me is that Chris is missing classes.”
But the Olsens can’t keep paying for replacement parts, either.
“The $144 for the chair is s considerable amount,” his father said, Somebody must have found a market for these chargers.”
Chris just wishes whoever is vandalizing his transportation would stop. He’s a senior English major, and says he can’t keep missing classes
inside
Read Colleen Joyce’s Column .... Page 6.
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sports
Tuesday, October 23, 1973
Ph. 284-4401

Bill Fisse Explains Canes Loss .. Page 8.
Acting Chairman


SEC Picks Napolitano
As White’s Successor
By ROY BERGER MMr
Nick Napolitano has been selected acting chairman of the Student Entertainment Committee (SEC).
He succeeds Al White, who resigned last week after it was discovered he was ineligible to hold the position because he was not a registered University of Miami student.
Napolitano has been serving as White’s co-chairman. He is a senior from Brooklyn, majoring in Mass Communications.
Napolitano's selection as acting chairman was made and approved by the members of SEC. They include Sandye Hayman, Sandee Birnbaum, Stan Baum and Napolitano.
straightened out now and if he does I’m sure he will run for the position. If he decides to run then I won't; but if he doesn’t then I am going to go for it,” he said.
White said he was pleased with the selection of Napolitano as acting chairman.
"He has the most experience of anybody else and we worked together this summer. If anybody knows how to run things he does,” White said.
White said he “might” seek re-election pending
clearance of his registration dilemma or he will “devote more time to my studies. I'm not quite sure what I want to
do.”
Anderson said he was going to personally see to it that an amendment is added to the USBG Constitution which prescribes the proper course of action SEC should take if they are ever in this situation again.
“The constitution doesn't define what we should do in a situation like this and I figured the best thing for me to do was ask for an election of acting chairman this time until we agree on a
permanent statute,” he said.
Anderson said he was unsure what will happen at the November 12 meeting.
“I don’t think anybody can predict what will happen in a SEC panel meeting. If White can clear up his problem then of course the committee will give his application careful consideration.
"I think White did an excellent job in his position as SEC chairman,” Anderson said.
SEC currently has two concerts booked under White's guidance. John Ma-yall on November 4 and the

Anderson
... wants amendment
J. Giels Band on December 5. Both will be held on the Patio.