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Vol. 49 No. 43
Tuesday, April 16, 1974
Ph. 284-4401
There will also be a discussion of Black Businesses.
• Thursday, May 2 — A lecture by Dr. Alvin White on sterilization and birth control, including health problems that confront blacks.
You’ll Like It
Kay Whitten is caught in the holiday spirit — doing a com-
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merdai for none other other than matzos. Try them . . . you’ll like them. Word has It theyl-e even good with peanut butter.
CRAP Wins Again!
The Creative Apathy Party Wins again! Upon hearing that more than 6,000 students didn’t
vote (giving them a 4,000 vote lead) Leapin’ Larry was in shock after hearing the news. The only thing Bill Bill Kelley Kelley had to say was, “It’s a proud day for the Irish!’’
Theft
razor blades and cut out pages of books,” he said.
“Many freshmen who were caught shoplifting play prominent roles as seniors today,” he said.
Mitdhell said there is no record of a student’s crime to interfere with them being hired for a job, nor will it spoil the chances of transferring students, once they finish probation.
He said if a graduate student is found stealing then all chances of graduation are ended.
“A law student two years ago was caught stealing two weeks before graduation and he never graduated,” Mitchell said.
“This year two per cent of sales were stolen,” he said.
Mitchell said he prefers not to get involved in catching shoplifters, because he is soft and apt to let them go.
Detective Agency Guards Against Bookstore
Stealing for kicks was popular among students here this year, as the Bookstore caught 1200 such perpretrators since last fall.
Students caught stealing by the Bookstore’s private detective agency will find the situation anything but humorous, promised George Mitchell, Bookstore manager for eight years.
When a student is detained by the Spartan’s Detective Agency, he is told of his rights and questioned. All conversations are taped for use by the Student Personnel Office in disciplinary hearings, Mitchell said.
This testimony cannot be used in court.
“If a student admits to a crime he must sign one paper saying he or $l\e committed the crime and another saying he will not sue the school at a later date for illegal procedures.
“If a student refuses to sign the papers the police take over,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell said there has never been an accused
Hurricane, Ibis Seek Editors
Elections for editor and associate editor of the Hurricane and the Ibis yearbook, respectively, will be held April 19. Publications business manager will also be elected.
All candidates for positions must be screened by publications advisor George Southworth, along with turning in applications. These applications are available in the publications business office, S-221 of the Union.
All candidates for Ibis yearbook positions will be asked to sign a waiver, South-worth said, acknowledging that the yearbook may not be funded. The positions would then be void. ^

George Mitchell
... Bookstore manager
victim that was later found innocent, because the trained detectives watch the student’s entire transaction.
He said the detectives let just as many students go as they report, because they realize that many times a student may unconsciously be holding an object.
Mitchell said guys often follow girls out of the store forgetting to pay for something.
“The first time a student is Charged for theft he is put on probation for two semesters and must pay a $25 fine, but the second time they are turned over to the police.
“There has only been one person who ever repeated* a crime and there were only two students who actually stole out of need,” said Mitchell.
He said five girls in February stole nail polish from the Bookstore and he feels that a friend must have told them how easy it was.
“Girls give the store more trouble,” Mitchell said, “and in the event that a girl would hide the evidence, a woman may search them without a warrant, by the new Fla. law.”
Mitchell said greeting cards and make-up are the most popular things
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“Most items taken are under $3,” he satd.
“Students^ not only take books, FVt they take
Fred Tokars beat Marty Cohen for treasurer by a decisive 2-1 margin. This was the easiest victory for an executive spot since Jim Yasser won the presidency here in 1970.
Voting in the runoff will be outside the Union, as it was last week. Though security was tight, no lines were more than five minutes long, the USBG election commission said, although some students said otherwise.
Write-in votes in the election were not a factor, totaling only three per cent of the total votes.
Cuddlhy, a junior communications major, has run a campaign promising in-
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EM Voter Turn Out Best Since 1971
... security said lines weren't long — students said otherwise
Unity Desired In Black Culture Weel
See editorial, page 4 By DAVE TEPPS
AsucIMo Editor
Students go to the polls today and tomorrow to elect an Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) student government president and vice president in the third runoff election in four years here.
Ken Gardner, with 574 votes last week, or about a third of the total cast for president, runs against John Cuddihy, who had 296 votes, only about half as many as Gardner. Neither candidate had the required 51 per cent needed for victory in executive positions.
Five other presidential candidates amassed a total of 843 votes. Leapin’ Larry had 246; Pat Wilson, 232; Andy Fleisher, 174; Robby Braverman, 98; and Jeff Marcus, 93.
In the extremely close race for vice president, incumbent Phil Medico with 703 votes had a slight edge over Alan Harris with 677, just about splitting 1,380 votes. Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) said. The other vice-presidential candidate on the ballot, Bill Kelley got 243 votes.
Last week's turnout of 1,830 was 25 per cent of eligible voters, the best participation since a third of all students voted in the Ray Bellamy presidential victory in 1971.
John Cuddihy
... pres, candidate
“It must represent the students in every way possible,” he said.
Two of the four referenda questions posed in last week’s election passed, increasing the student activity fee by 85 cents per student
The bulk of this increase stems from a 75 cent hike ‘‘to be allocated to a special
By SUSIE O’BRIEN
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Black Culture Week begins Saturday, April 27. The annual event takes on new dimensions as it expands its program, for the first time.
“This year we are encouraging the total university community to participate in Black Culture Week,” said Ray Bellamy, assistant direc-
tor of Program and Management.
"We want everyone to be a part — this is a great chance for students to mingle, to have personal contact.
“We want to let people know we’re excited about them coming.”
The week-long program kicks off with a pool party at the Union pool on Saturday, April 27.
MDHP Seeks
Six Students Hear Pleas
The party is open to all students, and games and music will be provided.
“The pool party is to set the atmosphere of the week,” said Bellamy, "We want to expose the entire university to black culture.”
The highlights of Black Culture Week include:
•	Sunday, April 28 — A presidential breakfast, open to everyone, which is usually an informal affair, followed
by a church service at the Episcopal Church center.
•	Monday, April 29 — A Rap session at the Rock with President Stanford, on the
•	Friday, May 3 — Soul food will be served on the Patio at noon. Everyone is encouraged to come and get a little taste of black culture.
At 2 p.m. in the International Lounge a discussion on the U.S. government and the Haitian refugee problem will be held.
•	Saturday, May 4 — Black Culture Week tops off
with a banquet in the Rathskeller, which may be open to all if the funds are allocated.
“Black Culture Week has a lot to offer the student body as a whole ... I think it is unfortunate that the white and black communities at UM haven’t been able to get it together, but we are trying,” said Bellamy.
By DIANE RENNICK
Assistant News Editor
Concerned students interested in working in the Minor Disciplinary Hearing Panels (MDHP), the Selection and Review Committee (SRC) and the MDHP Appellate Board can now apply for positions for the 1974-75 academic year.
The MDHP consists of six students who meet once a week to hear cases of students who have pled not guilty to charges of minor offenses at UM.
After the questioning, the panel determines the guilt or innocence of the students. If the student is found guilty, the panel then assesses a penalty within the prescribed code of conduct.
The SRC is composed of six students and three administrators who are reponsible for the periodic investigation of existing minor disciplinary procedures and recommendations for changes.
Selection of thf members for the
MDHP is done by the SRC- Students are interviewed about their knowledge of the present system and then he or she is put into a mock situation to test abilities to handle the position.
The new members will participate in a workshop during the fall to prepare them for the job.
The Appellate Board hears appeals of the DHP if students feel they have been found guilty through a procedural error.
Applications will be available on April 16 in the following places: residence halls, Student Union information desk, Undergraduate Student Body Government Office and Student Personnel Office, Apt. 21-H.
Applicants must have a 2.0 cumulative grade point average, be enrolled as a full time student for Fall 1974 and must not be on disciplinary probation.
Interested students should contact Betty Daniels at 5353 for more information and to schedule an appointment
Ken Gardner
... pres, candidate
creased contact between executive and his constituency.
“I want to make sure each individual student’s voice is heard.
Ken Gardner, USBG senator, and sponsor of the Gard-ner-Harper Commission said student government needs to be more vigorous.
Phil Medico ... V.P. candidate
topic of problems of black students at the University.
• Tuesday, April 30 — A seminar in the International Lounge, “Black on Black Crime,” with representatives from the Dade County Public Safety Department, and attorneys James Burke, Harold Smith, Leo Adderly and James Matthews.
• Wednesday, May 1 — Discussion of the impact of black dollars on education and economics in the United States, with Henry Gibbons from the Small Business Administration, Frederick Johnson, and J. R. Frazier, Director of Pharmacies at the National Children’s Cardiac Hospital.
Alan Harris
... V.P. candidate
student activities account for the purposes of increasing both individual student and student organizational programs and services.”
Ten cents was additionally earmarked in the vote to boost the legal aid and bail bond program here.
A proposal to increase the
activity fee by one dollar to fund the Florida Public Interest Research Group (FPIRG) failed. Dying also was a move to additionally allocate ten cents per student for voter registration and electoral information through USBG.
Referenda results reported in Friday’s Hurricane were incorrect.
Gardner, Cuddihy For Presidential
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