Miami Hurricane, February 27, 1976

              Jack Gibbons
... ‘u'on'l be as uuiet in Pear ton'
Mahoney-Pearson, 960 Go Coed Next Fall
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By ELENA SELEZ
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In an attempt to "meet student needs" and at the same time reduce the amount of dormitorv damages. Housing Director .lames Grimm said there will be I wo more coeducational life styles next fall.
With Mahonev-Pearson Complex coed hv wings and 960 Complex by alternating floors, a total of four coed housing facilities are now available. Eaton Hall and the apartments will keep their current coed arrangements.
Only 1968 Complex will remain with separate men's and women's towers.
"There are some people who do not like the idea of residing in a coed tower arrangement," Grimm said. *• '68 will remain as is to provide more variety in living types.”
Grimm said "student needs" were determined by a Residence Halls task force set up in August to revise the lifestyles.
"The first thing they did was survey 1,600 students
in i random sampling from Pearson, Mahoney, 1968
and 960." he said
" I he survey Indicated 6.ri per cent of the male residents m 960 and 196H supported a coed conversion for life style arrangements, and 89 per cent of the women in 960 and 1968 requested coed housing by floor or 24-hour visitation.
"In Mahoney and Pearson Halls, we had a response of 77 per cent of the men and 57 per cent of the women wanting to change to coed housing arrangements."
Because of the survey results, next year men in 960 will be assigned to odd numbered floors in both towers and women to even numbered floors.
In Mahoney-Pearson, women will live In the "short wings” heading toward the cafeteria and men in the "long wings" heading toward Ponce de Leon Blvd. Single rooms will be equally divided, but the first and second floors in both buildings will remain the same to accommodate sororities and others who do not want to live on a coed floor.
(irimm said he expects a lower vandalism rate as a
beneficial outcome of coed housing and bases his expectation on past evidence
"Eaton is the primary example of declining damages since it was made coed." he said "I-'.iton now has the lowest rate of damages of all the dorms, with Pearson right behind it "
Grimm called the changes “excellent" and added, "We need to make innovations to ensure that our housing program is meeting student needs."
Shelly Miller, graduate assistant in 960, said she is “really enthusiastic" about coed housing
"Hopefully, we'll see more involvement and communication among people," she said. "It will be better for programming and will alleviate problems of visitation
"Students will assume a lot more responsibility to control the atmosphere around them RA's (resident assistants) this year do little reprimanding about quiet hours any way because there are enough students into
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Stimulating Student
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Is Still Main Goal Of Aubin Hill
By LESLIE TANNENBAUM
til l News ■ Niter
In the summer 1975 then newly-elected Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) President Aubin Hill said his main thrust would he "stimulating student involvement." He indicated a maior interest In the possibility of students aiding in decision-making on campus
Last week, during his second semester as president, Hill repeated his idea.
"1 believe students should participate at every level of decision-making that concerns their academic and social life here at the University," he said.
Hill said his administration has made progress towards accomplishing Its goal.
"I think there are two main things we accomplished," he said Students were able to take a serious part in tenure on campus and the voter registration drive was started, which could give UM a greater voice in Coral Gables affairs.
The completed student directory and a faculty evaluation project for the School of Arts and Science» were also important. Hill said.
Students were able to sit in on the Ad Hoc Tenure Study Committee (appointed by the Board of Trustees to study UM'» process of tenure) since September. Hill believes this project could have the most far-reaching effect.
"I believe In tenure but I wish that It didn’t give absolute security as it now tends to do,” Hill said. "1 hope the recommendations that we made to the committee will be put intoeffect."
Studenf were also able to take part in the Academic Planning Committee, and this month they were
allowed into the Grades Appeal C om mit tee
Hill said efforts are being made toward student representation on the Academic Dean’s Policy Council, and Vice President Council and hoard of Trustees committees
"The greatest thing I would like to accomplish is !o get the student body to realize they don't have to benignly accept decisions that are handed down to them," Hill said "I believe the administration should make their decisions with more student participation
"Issues that directly affect student life should take preeminence over administrative and other matters "
Hill, a graduating senior, has taken steps toward student involvement as long as he has been on the UM campus. A marketing and economics major on full scholarship from the largest department store in Jamaica, he has been on the Dean’s List, President's Honor Roll, and was named In Who's Who Among Students In Colleges and Universities. Hill partinpated on the Union Board of Governors and the Student Board of Publications. He was a resident assistant in Mahoney Hall and is in Orange Key. He was named most outstanding USBG Senator In 1974-75
Two weeks ago Hill led the student protest against the $400 tuition Increase. He said he opposed the Increase because no figures or reasons other than "inflation" were given to students.
Students deserve some Justification of administrative decisions, he said.
Hill said he could not call this or any other year in student government extremely successful.
“We need a firmer power base We need to be equals because we are why the University exists," he said. "Until we get that base, student government will remain relatively Ineffective ’*
"I am not sure that this was worth gelling dressed up for," he said.
USBG President Aubin Hill said "2,000 students didn't protest to carry banners or be out in the sun."
He said the $11)0 tuition increase is oppressive.
Put Cesarano, vlre-t hairmun of the Board of Trustees said the budget was too complex to be understood bv a student with only one year on the committee
"I don't think anything would be accomplished." he said
Another trustee said he doubted student participation would be jiro-diii lice or desirable on that i ornimi tec
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Carni (eras Increases Cross Intake
By I I SI II TANNI KIIAI M
Att i Newt editor
Carni Gras '76 grossed approximately $4-1.000. a 10 per lent increase over last year’s figure, ar • lording to graduate advisor Drew Vella
He said this increase "seems to he keeping in standard with past years "
Vella said Thursday, the first night of the three-dav < arrm tl. was "disappointing" because it did ned do as well Imam tally us it had last year But, he said Friday night's lirolits "far exceeded any other on ret ord" and vv a ■ above the < anti ( i ras committee’s ex pert at Ions He said that could be direi llv attributed to the "excellent television • overage on the II pm. news I hursday night "
( arm Gras had no major problems. according to Vella, except for a discrepancy with the Deggeller Amusement Company over their ticket count.
“Pursuant to that we've had to recount all of their to krts," Vella said. "It seems like an honest mistake, though, because this has
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USBG President Aubin Hill
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"Jewish nationalism is more complex due to exile It is unique because It’s a national movement for a small country where so few Jews lived," he said
He spoke of the comparison of the two national movements, both Arab and Jewish, n struggling for the same land, over the years.
He went over the political stands of the various "big powers" showing how France and F.ngland switched sides as was most convenient, and how it was only recently that the Russians found it suitable >o back the Vans Just in a historically speaking 'fw years' the Rus-
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UM Housing Director James Grimm spoke to the women of Pearson Hall’s second floor. Also at the talk were bagels and cream cheese.
Grimm spoke about living on campus, the different life styles, vandalism and the quality of food in the cafeterias.
The girls and few guys who were present were somewhat satisfied by the “rap session,” but were much more satisfied by the bagels.
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ALAN MARCUS
Murrictnt Stuff Wriftrt
In a special meeting of the Student Affairs Committee of the Hoard of Trustees, student representatives of almost every concern of UM voiced their complaints, requests and demands to key members of ihe board yesterday
The meeting, which in< luded top administration officials was a result of Ihe 1,500 students who demonstrated against the $400 tuition increase last vear week
Student representatives included members from undergraduate, graduate, law and medical school.
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They included: representation on Ihe Board of Trustees and other councils; releasing of the budget, especially administration expense accounts. and reduction of the tuition increase.
Graduate Student Association President Tom Romkov said there were three main areas of graduate concerns.
They were financial effects on students of the tuition increase, library problems and the academic atmosphere of the university.
The med school had 5 main points.
Though they now have med school representation on tuition policy, they want representation on the Board of Trustees, the med school representative said.
The med students asked for a contrai t fixing the tuition from the time a student enters, an explanation of where present tuition is spent, a rollback of the $1,900 increase, and that all med school tuition be used (or the med school
The administration has already permitted student input on money received and spent at the school
UM President Dr Henry King Stanford said that errors were made in the report that said administration expense was increasing much faster than the faculty's.
"The comparison of administrative and faculty costs made hv Ihe Faculty Senate was not complete due to the basis of their comparison." he said.
United Black Students' (UBS) representative Gregory Adams said that he was under a false assumption that the undergraduates were going to meet solely with the Hoard members.
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in the case of Israel), can only be decided by those people, here being the three million Jews that live in Israel,” he said.
In answer to a question raised by one of the Arab students present about Golda Meir's lack of recognition of the Palestinians, Avlneri said how Melr is no longer Prime Minister of Israel, it is now Yitzhak Rabin, and how Rabin clearly recognizes the Palestinian problem.
After his speech, there was a question and answer period, and after that there was a 20 minute private discussion between Avineri and the Arab students who had attended.
Avineri Speaks To Students,
By BRUCE I.LHR
CSmr
Shlomo Avineri. the Israeli Director Designate General of the Foreign Ministry, spoke to a crowd of Jewish and Arab students, as well as faculty, Tuesday.
Avineri, dean of faculty and professor of political science at the Hebrew Universitv of Jerusalem, pre-faced his remarks during his "Mideast Update" announcing that he had no intention of making any major policy announcements, as is oftendoneon college campuses.
The main theme of Avineri’s lecture on the Middle East question was that at its roots, it is not a problem between the United States and the Soviet Union.
"It's a conflict where the two powers have very considerable stakes," he added He then said that although they have heavy St ikes, to think that thev ore the root of the problem is "oversimplified and misleading."
He instead feels that the entire Mid East problem is "A conflict between two national movements — the Arabs and the Jewish (i.e. Zionism)."
He noted that the Arabs have existed for centuries, but the emergence of the Arabs as a national movement is something that started in the 19th and 20th century
He went on to sav that the Arab national movement was intended to free the Arabs from the Turkish rule.
"It took the French 500 years to get one French nation, united and indivisible," he added.
sians went from backing the Israelis against the English, to hacking the Arabs against the Israelis," he said.
He also spoke about the tightrope predicament of the United States, and how when Truman recognized Israel as a state in 1948, it was against the wishes of the State Department.
He wondered how long the United States would follow their political mores, and back Israel, and how long before economics would pressure the governmmnt into taking theotherside.
He also noted that it wasn’t until 1964 that Israel could purchase
arms from the US, under President Johnson sad ministration
lastly, as to when there would he pe.u e in the Middle East, he said that things like Sadat of I gypt's admittance or recognition of the state of Israel are Insignificant. It is only when the Arabs recognize the right of self determination of that state that anything will come of it, he said.
He also spoke of Article 20 of the PLO charter which approximately states, "Jews are not a nation, Just a religious group, with no right to self determination, no right for politics."
"Whether a nation is a nation (as
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