Miami Hurricane, October 15, 1974

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Vol. 30 No. 13
Tuesday. October 15, 1974
Health Under Scrutiny
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In the spirit of stuffing phone booths and cramming Volkswagen*, AEPi has started on a new world's record for staying under a shower. But un-
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like their 50's forebearers, AEPi is getting soaked to raise money for cancer research. For two weeks (350 hours), the members of the fraternity will be under water constantly, shriveling up to raise at least $1,000 from the IIM community and passing motorists.
Oil Prices:
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‘Unscrupulous' Policies Used. Prol Says
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The higher price of oil and its periodic shortages are mainly because of the unscrupulous policy of the oil companies, UM Hebrew club Friday.
Dr. Abir pointed to a collusion of the oil companies and the Arabs to keep prices high and tensions great here. He said the U.S. government could do much to remedy the situation with ■tronger controls on the oil Importers.
“The oil embargo had been planned since 1972 because of the oil companies' strong cartel. The oil companies werp just waiting for
the right time for the embargo," Dr. Abir said.
Relore an audience of 40 UM faculty members, he saidr ,vW-we~wnuld channel our efforts into finding adequate substitutes, the whole problem of oil would be solved.
"There is very little being done with the United States coal and shale deposits."
"Because the oil companies feel it is easier to import cheap Mid-East oil, the oil companies are the best allies the Arab's have.”
Dr. Abir said he has recently concluded talks with the U.S. State Department,
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New Program Allows Students To Have A Seeond Chance
By ELENA SEN /
Of Tha Hurricane Staff
Disciplinary probation records can now be stricken from a student's permanent, personal file if he is willing to participate in a new voluntary program being offered hv the Student Per sonnel Office.
In a unique approach, the Volunteer Activities Program (VAP) allows those students with either active or completed sentences of disciplinary probation to be able to clear their records through any combination of voluntary activities.
Associate Director nf Student Personnel and VAP Coordinator William McCoy said the program is a culmination of nearly "a year's work" and that the original proposal was presented in May 1973.
"Two UM law students, Norman Gerstein and Norman Milinski, who were working with the Student Personnel Office at that time, came up with the idea,” he said.
“Gerstein had been solved with the Pre-Trial Intervention Program in Dade County courts. Since then, there's been some fine-tuning, but the program remains essentially the same.”
Dean McCoy said in the past months there has been a series of meetings with various area organizations, but the finalized plans call for the students to be working in conjunction with the ■lunior League of Miami advocate Program.
"Ihe Junior League has s o m c 63 organizations throughout Dade County that arc looking for individuals to do volunteer work
for them,” he .said
"We’d like to place these people in areas where they would he the most beneficial and also provide them with viable educational experiences.”
Dean of students, Dr. Nicholas Gennett, said the students would be placed in the area in which he or she would he most interested.
"For example, pre-law students will work in various law firms or perhaps with the courts themselves," Dr. Gennett said.
“Those students with an educational background might be going into the jails and teaching the illiterate to read or they could become involved with teach-
ing opportunities in underprivileged areas.
“In other words, the program will be tailored to the individual students involved.”
He said the students will be placed in locales which would minimize the inconvenience to the student and maximize the benefits to the agency.
A set point scale will determine the completion of the program. Participants will be given a specified number of points according to the amount of work that is done, hut there arc also other criteria that a student can opt to fulfill other
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"Although I was impressed with the friendliness of the people working in the State Department and the Pentagon, i ■ wat ■ s-fttt-cerned with their attitude," he said. “The Pentagon is no longer speaking of peace in the Mid-East but rather of arrangements."
Dr. Abir thinks the prospects of a true peace seem
doubtful. "Israel has gone far beyond the original set of concessions. Some of the concessions that have been made will endanger the life and blood of Israel."
The October War shocked the new generation of Israel that grew up with the victorv of the Six Day War (in 1967), Dr. Abir said.
"Israel lived in a euphoric state after the Six Day
War. Due to the October War (in 1973), the spirit of optimism has been lost."
However, he said, the General Command of the Israeli Army won't be taken
by surprise again.
"There is a feeling of confidence, and Israel will be ready for the next time. Israel always survives and overcomes.”
Dr. Abir was sponsored in his appearance here by the American Association of Professors for Peace in the Middle East. He has appeared at Florida Interna tional University in Miami and will travel to the University of Florida and University of South Florida to lecture.
By LINDA BORISI!
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Blaming the Health Center’s problems on the ravages of inflation, Dr. William Butler, Vice President for Student Affairs, has ap- ■ pointed an advisory committee on student health services.
The committee will he composed of student leaders, faculty and administrative representatives.
"The health fee the students presently pay is about the same as in the past, yet medical costs have risen dramatically,” Butler said.
The health fee did jump 20 percent this year, from $25 to $30 for each undergraduate each semester.
These medical costs as well as other problems have prompted Butler to appoint the advisory committee which will examine the existing programs offered by the Health Center and recommend changes where necessary.
Counselor for residence students and advisory hoard chairman Dr. Robert Reddick explained the nature of the committee.
"The committee is a study group and is going to look at what exists and what could exist in terms of health center services for the student," he said.
According to a memorandum on the committee’s plans, they will also examine the adequacy of the student health fee paid by undergraduates, -spurie.» and law students, and ihake recommendations about possible increases.
The committee will also monitor trends in the area of national and state legislation dealing with health insurance and discern the impact of such actions here.
Problems the committee will study include the status of the now defunct gynecology program, a dermatology clinic, out-patient psychiatric consultating and a dentistry office.
Any conclusions which the committee reaches will be forwarded to the Board of Trustees for consideration, Butler said.
The committee will also look at the financial aspects of pharmacology services, nursing, X-ray and iab costs. Butler added.
The committee's members include:
• Roberto Andreu, Graduate Student Association
Advisor. 960 Complex A member of the Student Bar Association is to be appointed
Faculty on the Advisory committee are:
• Orville Briscoe, Insur-
ance and Safety
•	Marion Grabowski, Biology
•	Audre Kaye, Nursing
•	Dr, Mary Smith, Health Center.
•	Dr. Barry Zwibelman,
Guidance Center and Open Door Advisor Students were selected *o they could devote their time and become experts in health care here and elsewhere, Dr. Reddick said.
Art Department Chairman Dr. Andrew Morgan
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Art Professors:
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•	Debbie Fink, Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG)
•	Robert McGinty, Disabled Students
•	Chuck Peabody, Road-runners
•	Ralph Whitaker, Resident Advisor, 1968 Complex
•	Lori Walker, Resident
By STEVE MORETTI
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Behind the gleaming
structure nf the Ashe building, and the geometric patterns of the architecture building, tucked away in the black olive trees, and bordered by shady boardwalks, lies the main section of UM’s art department.
The buildings are old, breezy, and generally admired by UM’s art department.
The atmosphere of a new fresh building feels sterile, not relaxed,” senior Roger
Weiss said.
Art Department Chairman Dr. Andrew Morgan said, “The old buildings are more suitable for studios.
"Artists would rather have a good old building, than a new art building. The art department studios are like a factory, the artists are hardworking, spilling, splashing and really getting into their work.”
“We're not looking for a new art building, maybe
just more facilities in the present buildings," Dr. Morgan said.
Many artists feel UM's art department is excelling and has great potential. "The art teachers have so much to give,” freshman B.F.A. major Joel Rube said. “They have extensive and backgrounds they’re always willing to give extra to help you. It’s a shame so many people taking art don't use their own teacher's resources."
BFA major Lynne Auerbach said,	"I agree	about
the student's attitudes. Perhaps if there were fewer from	New
York that are here for the sun, and more people here for the school and the teachers,	our potential
would be one of the best."
The art department has seen dramatic changes in the past years under Dr. Morgan’s	direction.	Dr.
Morgan founded the Union of Independent Colleges of
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Maybe it all started with that tennis match between Billy Jean King and “what’s his name.” Or maybe it was when Joe Namath started wearing panty hose.
However it started, sexist barriers have been dropping.
Here at UM, starting in April 1973, UM was
among the first of the major universities and colleges in the nalion to offer athletic scholarships for
women.
This year 23 scholarships were awarded to women in six sports: golf, tennis, swimming, basketball, volleyball and softball, coordinator of UM’s Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics’ Isabella Hutchison said.
These one year scholarships are cither payments of $500 or $1,000 a year or tuition waiver payments
just for the girl’s tuition, Hutchison said.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need and talent. Unlike men, women are not recruited but are selected from the girls writing to UM about athletic scholarships. Selection is based on national rankings and recommendations from coaches, Hutchison said.
“I first found out about UM women athletic’s
‘‘I think athletic scholarships for women is really a great thing”
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scholarships from a UM physical education professor who told me about it and gave me a recommendation,” UM full-tuition sophomore golfer Terry Williams said.
Williams was the first UM woman to receive an athletic scholarship.
"I think most guys like the idea of me being a
woman golfer. I think it is easier to talk to guys; it gives you something to talk about." Williams said. U.S. Department of Health, Education and Wel-
fare’s (HEW) new federal rules prohibiting sex bias will take effect early next year in a large number of colleges and universities.
The new legislation will prohibit quotas limiting male or female admissions to graduate schools and professionals schools such as law and medicine.
It will prohibit restrictions limiting certain courses exclusively to one sex and discriminatory financial or fringe benefit provisions for female faculty members.
Each year an increasing number of women have enrolled in the UM engineering program and 30 women along with 239 men, are majoring in architecture.
A woman majoring in industrial engineering. Ofelia Nartinez is president of UM’s Tau Beta Phi, an engineering honorary.
Another major point of the federal anti-sex bias laws is equal pay for equal work. Universities will have to provide equal employment benefits, too.
The new federal laws do not apply to military schools and certain religious schools. The new regulations dealing with admissions also exclude private undergraduate colleges and schools that traditionally have been limited to one sex.
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Art, was once a director of the National Association of Schools of Art, and has been the president of an art school .
In the past three years, the art department has spent $200,000 for photomechanic equipment. They were one of the few arts and sciences departments to have increased their en-rollment this year. They have doubled their space, opened a full time student gallery, and expanded the areas of concentration.
"Our budget hasn't in-creased." Dr. Morgan said, "so what we can't afford we either make or improvise. We re proud of this department and all the people who really put a lot into it.’’
Art students can receive their B.A. in art or a B.F A. Under these broad headings they major in one specific area of concentration; ceramics, graphic design, sculpture, weaving, painting, printmaking, or art history
Rube believes that art history should be offered as a choice to students, for fullfilling the history requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences.
"Most people don't know anything about modern art," Rube said. "They don’t know the difference between abstract, realism and naturalism. If you paint a close up of a pattern it's realistic, but people think it’* abstract. Maybe if people understood art. they could appreciate it."
Most B.F.A. majors admit they don’t really know where they are headed Weiss said. "I’m undecided about a career, so I’ll go onto graduate work.”
"I just want to paint for now. Rube said. “Maybe I’ll teach later on."
Morgan said UM’s art department undergraduates will be trained comparably to other specialized art schools.
"We’re proud of what wc'vc done, and we’ve only scratched the surface."