Miami Hurricane, February 26, 1974

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Voi. 49 No. 35
Tuesday, February 26, 1974
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Cafeterias Ask For Advice
By ANDREA KAYE
Ot Tin OurrlcaM Staff
Do you have to wait too long for service in a cafeteria on campus? When you are finally served is the food as well prepared as you would like it to be? Are the portions of food substantial in amount and is the selection diversified?
Food committees have been formed in each cafeteria to provide a means of communication for the students who want to voice their complaints and offer suggestions.
"The food com m i ttee, made up of representatives from each housing area has given a general feeling of what students want,” said-Jim Levine, Hurricane Cafeteria manager
The most important function of the committee is to provide a means for the students to voice their complaints so the committee will know what the students want, Levine said.
He said so far the requests have been reasonable.
"We’ve already reacted to some requests such as the addition of a salad bar, a wider variety of salad dressings, and more diet foods,” Levine said.
”We will also have a food survey on March 5 and 6 questioning students on food preferences and allowing them to voice their likes and dislikes." he said.
Howard Sweitzer, director of dining services, said, “The food committee is a two way communication tool between the students and the cafeteria management.”
The students can improve the cafeteria by their sugges-t i o n s on the areas the management doesn’t notice, he said.
Hurricane Cafeteria committee members felt that the committee has been successful.	-*■
“The food committee Is a good Idea because a lot of times the students can’t get to see the managers, but the student committee members are more available to talk to,” said Mary Strehese, a committee member.
The committee members’ names and phone numbers are posted on the door of each cafeteria.
”1 think the committee has put some ideas into action,” said Pauline Sadovnik, another committee member. “They can’t work miracles, but they have accomplished things within their budget.”
“I joined the committee because I wanted to see improvements in the Hurricane food, and there have been things done,” Vicki Van Iver said.
Student relations coordinator for UM dining services, Vicki Livingston said, “The committee was originally established for communication with the students as a means for them to voice their individual problems."
The food committees are open to anyone interested in joining.
’Cane Indicts McKenry
Vice President for Academic Affairs Carl McKenry was strolling around Cami Gras grounds with Student Union Program Director Kay Whitten and their kids last weekend, when he was arrested by quasi-policemen for indecent exposure. McKenry was found cutting the ribbons to open up the affair, and was promptly grabbed by an unarmed patrolman and thrown
-Photo by GLENN KAGAN
in jail. McKenry’s buddy, Vice President for Student Affairs William Butler, was arrested for obstructing justice when he taunted the patrolman accompanying McKenry to the stockade. Members ot the Hurricane staff paid a quaiter for each vice president’s conviction. McKenry (left) stuck his head out in the ‘‘Dynamic Duo’s” defense. He bribed the judge with $.20, and both were released so that McKenry could escape to Atlanta for the weekend. We ask, “Is this administrative clemency?”
UM Má
Back Taxes
Bv PHYLLIS HONIG And DAVE GOLDSTEIN
Of The Hurricane Staff
An investigation into the feasability of pay concerts at UM by Committee Chairman Stan Baum may force UM to pay three years back taxes on either cer-t a i n portions or the entire student activity fee said Activities Director Howard Winniman.
Up to the present time, taxes have never been paid on the Student Activity Fee, the Florida Revenue Department said.
If the Florida Revenue Dept, decides the activity fee is liable for taxation, the fee from the past three years, or approximately $1.5 million could be taxed, revenue agent
George Sweet said.
Baum while looking into the feasibility of pay concerts, contacted the Florida Department of Revenue by letter on February 7 to find out the possible tax complications.
“About a month ago Florida Revenue contacted me by phone,” Baum said. “They asked me how SEC got their money and I told them through the activity fee.
“They also asked what other activities were funded through the fee. I said the Lecture Series and Homecoming.”
Sweet said the University would be liable for the back taxes on activities funded by the fee which carry an additional charge to students
Dropping Out?—Talk to Brodie
By TINA TILLES
Of Th# Humean« StaH
Transfer and withdrawing students can get assistance from the Retention Counseling program.
“The Retention Counseling Program’s primary function -m -nrweiwmtne	rea-
sons for leaving the University and to assist them in solving University -related problems so they may either continue at UM or transfer with the best possible chance of completing their education,” said Assistant Personnel Dean Jim Brodie, acting coordinator for the Student Personnel Office (SPO) where the program is housed.
Working with Brodie on the Retention Counseling Program are Gail Gunter, graduate administrative assistant, and William Sandler, associate dean of students and director of the SPO.
"We mainly act as a referral agent to the other University agencies and we talk on an individual basis,” Brodie said.
Brodie said they help students in educational and vocational planning.
“We make every effort to personalize our contact through a student-faculty relationship,” he said.
"We also have a complete set of catalogs to many other colleges in the country for anyone who is interested in finding information," Brodie said.
Brodie said the Rentention Counseling Program's overall fWirpnw*!« tn he Of assistance to students.
“The interviews are not necessarily a complete problem solving session, but instead expose the students to what UM has to offer in a
professional and or social sense,” Brodie said.
Less than 100 undergrade ate students have participated in the program, Brodie said.
“In some cases we have been successful In proving the reasons for transfer they
give for leaving are not , valid,” he said.
Thirty-three per cent of 40 students interviewed during the fall semester were found to have re-enrolled during spring semester.
He said after the interviews the program also gives the students one person or place to stop by when they have a question.
“The program also gives me a chance to meet the students on an individual hasis,” Brodie said.
He said students are “delighted we have taken an interest in them personally.”
There has been a change in the attitude on part of the UM community, he said.
“The academic faculty is willing to take that one extra step to keep a student here and student attitudes see the administration through a different light,” Brodie said.
Brodie said statistics (or the first semester are inconclusive.
However, some of the reasons for leaving the university have been that other students on campus are cold and unfriendly, the school is too expensive, UM doesn't offer certain courses and
students don’t feel they are getting proper academic advising.
Brodie said when asked if they made an effort to seek out a particular adviser in their specific field, many of the complaints were not legitimate,
"On the whole students have no specific negative reason against the University," he said.
"Most students that leave, leave with good feelings about UM,” Brodie said.
Caddy Goes To Stanford Each Year; Says Most Beautiful Car Ever Had
By LYNNE SCHEWE
Of The Hurricane Staff
In the Ashe Building parking lot there are two parking spaces marked ‘truck.’ Next to those two is a space marked ‘President’ for UM’s President Dr. Henry King Stanford’s new Cadillac Fleet-wood.
George Williamson Cadillac intends to donate a new Cadillac for the president's use, once a year for the next four years.
“Last year there was con-
siderable furor over the president driving a leased car,” said William F. McLaughlin, assistant vice president for financial affairs. “Students didn’t think UM should provide Stanford with a car.” “We were talking about tuition hikes and then students had petitions all around. Students didn’t realize that when we speak of tuition hikes it’s in terms of an additional three or four million dollars in revenue. A car is only a few hundred
Blind Students Make Career Of Music
Not Needed In W orld Of Sound
Sight
By SHELLEY WECKSLER
Of Th« Hurricane Staff
Pat Nichel and Doug Coyle, both UM students, are not going to let blindness deter them from pursuing careers as jazz musicians.
Nichel, a freshman music major, and Coyle, a first year graduate student in jazz pedigogy, have been playing the saxophone for eight and eleven years respectively.
‘Tve always wanted to be a jazz musician ... a musician or a teacher,” Nichel said.
Coyle did his undergraduate work at Washington University and Jefferson University in political science and originally planned on a career in law.
“For most of my life, music has been an avocation,’’ he said.
Nichel depends largely upon records and tapes for her music courses. There is a special service that provides her with these materials, as well as books printed in Braille. But, she prefers not to use braille.
“It makes me too obvious,” she said.
Nichel depends greatly upon
her ears, but she does not feel that her hearing is more acute than other people’s.
“People are amazed at your senses, but it isn’t so,” she said.
The nineteen-year-old musician, who has been blind since infancy, said because others have the advantage of sight, they take their ears for granted.
Nichel has dealt with sighted people all her IUe, and she said people generally accept her as they would those who do not have her handicap. Nevertheless, she said there are those who have the attitude of “Gee, I don’t want to associate with you.”
Similarly, Coyle has found the Miami student reacts differently toward him than did those at Washington University and Jefferson University.
“The students at Washington and Jefferson,” he said, “couldn’t understand how I got around as well as I did.
“They treated me like some super-human weirdo,” Coyle said.
“People here don’t do it so much.”
Coyle said most people think if you are blind you are missing out on life. But, he said he does not
feel he is missing anything by not being able to watch television or play baseball.
“I can still know people and love people,” he said.
Coyle said he would like to travel, write and play night clubs once he is through with school. Aside from playing the saxophone, he also has an excellent tenor voice; and hopefully, he will be able to both sing and play jazz.
“The more you can do, the better," he said.
Nichel also feels quite confident about her future. She said she is experiencing the noi'mal apprehensions of not being able to find a job or ending up with a dull office position. As a musician, she said she will have to live in a city near public transportation, which can be unsafe for a young woman.
Nichel also said she realizes people may take unfair advantage of her or that conversely, they may give her a break they may not have given to a sighted person. This does not bother her, however.
She said if she has the chance to play jazz, she is going to take it.
“I want to be accepted in the job market like everyone else,” she said, “but, I can’t expect it.”
dollars. There’s no comparison,” McLaughlin said.
“I think the president ought to drive a Cadillac. It’s traditional — the president of any corporation drives a Cadillac. Vice presidents drive Oldsmobiles, and so forth,” McLaughlin said.
George Williamson, Chairman of the Board of George Williamson Cadillac, initially proposed the idea of donating the cars. Williamson was unavailable for comment.
Ed Williamson, his son and president of the company, said, "He’s on UM’s Citizen’s Advisory Board. We realize the University’s tremendous influence in civics, culture and contribution to the community’s payroll.
“We annually reserve X-amount of dollars and try to evaluate, on the basis of who is deserving and where it will do the most good, where to allocate the money.
“By donating our own product, which we get at cost, it’s really about the most beneficial gift our company can give. And besides, it’s not bad advertising,” Williamson said.
The car gets about 14-15 miles per gallon when driving at 50 miles per hour, Williamson said, It will get about 12 or 13 miles to the gallon in suburban driving.
The $10,000 “canyon-amber” colored car is UM’s property and is designated for Stanford’s use. UM pays for gas and insurance, while Williamson Cadillac takes care of all maintainence problems.
Williamson said they intend to donate a car each year for the next four years "as long as we don’t have a strike or the gas shortage doesn’t get worse.”
Stanford said, “1 thought the car was a beautiful and generous gift.”
The car has any and all attachments available for a Cadillac.
“It has stereo, push button radio tuning, and windows
that go up and down electrically,” Stanford said.
“I use it also as a pool car. Instead of driving by myself to meetings downtown, I’ll take others along with me. It’s also used to take official guests to the airport, potential donors to meetings or for official trips into the community," Stanford said.
A student is employed part time as a chauffeur, Stanford said. The student drives the car to pick up guests at the airport and deliver them to meetings.
“I drive the car regularly,” Stanford said. "It’s the most beautiful car I’ve ever driven.”
Campus Crime Statistics New ’Cane Feature Topic
Burglaries, robberies and all other business of the University Police Department will be the subject of a new Hurricane feature.
“Fortunately, the situation on campus has greatly improved trom what it was three years ago, with our own police force on campus,” Fred Doemer, chief of security, said.
He said the number of crimes has been reduced considerably.
“We don’t have as many cars being broken into, for example,” Doemer said. "There are still quite a few thefts — but these are what I call crimes of opportunity, like when a student leaves his or her door open in the dorm to take a shower, and somebody walks in and takes his wallet. We don’t have many big things going on. Bicycle thefts are still a big problem on campus.”
Doemer said most crimes are committed by people from outside the University.
Last semester’s statistic sheet with information on what, where and when crimes were committed, is being printed at the Computer Center, he said.
Stan Haum
... SEC chairman
such as Homecoming, Carni Gras and possibly football games.
"I have to meet with some responsible person and find out exactly what the situation is,” Sweet said. “At the exact moment I’m not sure to what the University >s liable, but Tallahassee did inform me that someone will have to pay the back taxes on some of this fee."
Sweet said it’s possible the University wasn’t aware that certain activities within the student fee came under taxation.
“The entire investigation came about when Stan opened up the can of worms,” 'NmmiT.ar, said. “Stan got several calls from the revenue people and they asked him questions he was not qualified to answer. He answered them anyway.
“Stan apparently doesn’t care if everything else gets taxed as long as he gets his pay concerts. We’re not against pay concerts, we (the administration) just wanted an outline of the format,” Winniman said.
Sweet said he couldn’t make a detailed statement until he reviewed the budget with responsible University officials.
“Unfortunatelv 1 think a lot of time will have to be spent rectifying a mistake a student made without contacting the proper authorities," Winniman said. "If they end up taxing the fet, students will suffer because they will have * less money to use tor activities.”
Baum said he made no mistake.
"I had every right to go to the Florida Revenue Department to find out information. I did nothing wrong,” Baum said.
Does UM Need A Yearbook?
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