Miami Hurricane, November 04, 1975

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UMIICA
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Voi. 51 No. 21
TUESDAY/NOVEMBER 4. 1975
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Dorm Vandalism May Raise Rents»
Bicentennial
Homecoming
Homecoming 75 got underway Saturday at the official opening ceremonies (above). Other activities that will highlight the week are today s blood drive and Queen’s Contest finals; the parade Wednesday, a pep rally and boatburning Thursday, the football game Friday and the dance on Saturday night
ELENA SELEZ
New* Editor
Dormitory residents will be pay-inq higher rents if the currently excessive rate ol vandalism continues. according to Housing Director James Grimm He said "costly" repairs lor the numerous incidents of malicious damage this semester in the 1968 960 and Mahoney-Pearson complexes and the "minimal amount" in Eaton Hall will have to be paid from some resource, probably Increased housing fees
All it's going to do is raise the rent, and everyone is going to end up paying for It." Grimm said We re trying to hold the rents even as long as we can "
An elevator in Mahoney Hall will be out of service for three to four weeks after the doors on the second floor were torn off the track last Saturday night, affecting the electrical system Grimm said the repair company is trying to straighten out the doors, but new ones may have to be purchased At this point, the bill could run anywhere from $1,000 to $2,000, he said
The same weekend in Pearson human fecal material was spread over an elevator and drinking fountains
Grimm said investigations of both occurences yielded no leads and that students were "unwilling to provide positive identification" needed for further action
Nobody has been able to come up with any names, not even of any students in the area at the time he
»■id Thu MLond inctdani p*. ticuiariy r>others mm because "it
happened in the afternoon.'
Urban Studies Are Curtailed Due To Shortage Of Funds
STEPHEN COAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
A shortage of federal funding has forced a restructuring of UM's Urban Studies Center, according to Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr Sidney Besvinick
The center is one of two institutions to have its activities curtailed because of budgetary problems within the last month "Theres not as much funding available from federal agencies as there was in the past," Dr Besvinick said
The center was founded in 1968 with a $300.000 grant from the Ford Foundation At that time, the center was primarily concerned with the areas of education research and community service for an urban environment
According to Besvinick UM ol-
More Maids Soon
GARY MATEAA
Humean« Staff Wnt«r
Four new meter maids will soon be added to UM's security force in an attempt to stop the recent rash of parking violations.
Security Director David said fewer tickets have been
issued than in previous years because the force is two traffic officers abort and moat of their time is spent clearing fire lanes under orders of the fire marshall
students was discussed, but Wike felt they would be partial to their friends cars and didn't want to “put them on the spot
Before the |Obs open to the public, three days must pass to Wike give anyone inside the security force first priority "I'm almost
Wike
positive nobody will apply, so all
four jobs should be open," said
Wike asks anyone interested in a full-time |Ob as a traffic officer to contact the Security Office Theiob pays $2 28 an hour and after six months a student can apply for a tuition remission for seven semester credits
ficials feel its focus should now be on many different problems of the seventies not only those of the city
The idea for the Urban Studies Center began in the late 1960 s when the Vietnam War was winding down and there was general enthusiasm for the transfer of unused war funds to social programs However the funds educators (see page 3)
Repair Bill Could
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Along with Physical Plant Direc tor Matt Borek, Grimm composed a letter to all residence hall students asking them to "take some responsibility in stopping these acts before the damage is done
"I would rather see preventative methods taken than punitive ones, he said
Grimm said individual help is required in addition to that of the Residont Assisants
According to him, each RA guards against vandalism on his or her floor when on duty three nights a week but none has afternoon duty which would "interfere with schoolwork and other activities “We can't give 24 hour surveillance in all areas he said Other reported acts ol vandalism this semester include furniture damage breaking into rooms,
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Reach $2 .000
pninlinq
smashing
1 ast year. Grirr im said the total expenditure t( > repair such damages carne tc . $53,415
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Student Dies In Car Wrack
STEPHEN COAN
Hurncan« Stiff Writer
One UM student was killed and two others were injured Thursday when the car one of them was driving struck a concrete bridge abutment south of Riviera Dr on Ponce de Leon Blvd
David Haynes. 21. of Islip. New York, was dead upon arrival at Doctors Hospital
John Eaton. 23, of Key Biscayne and Daniel
Bandlayder 20 of Miami were also tat en to Doctors Hospital where Eaton was treated and released and Bandlayder was listed in satisfactory c< inditiori According to investigators. Eaton wa s driving and talking to Haynes, and Bandlayder was asleep in the back seat when Eaton ran oft the road a nd struck the bridge
Eaton was charged by police with driv mg without a valid driver s license and careless drivin g Police are still investigating
We have 7,000 parking spaces and only two meter maids to cover the entire campus If we are going to have a system of parking decals, we have to enforce It," he said
Wike said he is irritated by those who park in the disabled sections "I can't understand how in the hell someone can take a disabled person's space ' he said
Parking in fire zones and loading areas is another major problem "We are towing like mad this year and students still insist on parking in the fire zones Towing takes up a lot of time," Wike said
Anyone whose car is towed can expect a $20 to $40 charge, depen -ding on the procedure in which the car is hooked up Wike said UM doesn t get the money because an outside tow truck is used
In addition to writing tickets, the two traffic officers have to relieve the guard near the Ashe Building and the dispatcher during their morning and afternoon breaks
Wike said he would prefer to hire students for the new positions, but the only requirement is that they be "thick-skinned because officers take a lot of abuse
The idea of hiring work-study
Fewer Tickets Issued This Year
TRAFFIC
Gables Wants To Relieve Congestion
VICTORIA SIMON
Hurricane Staff Writ«»
In an effort to relieve traffic congestion in residential areas surrounding the University, the Coral Gables City Commission is currently considering a plan to close street intersections along both San Amaro Drive and Red Road on Dec 1.
The plan is one of six alternative measures tor re-routing university and commuter traffic presented to the Commission in a university-sponsored traffic circulation study
The plan to close local streets is the least expensive of the alternatives and is favored by City Commissioner Robert Brake He intends to submit a proposal to the Commission to implement the plan on an 120-day trial basis beginning in Dec !
The idea is to prevent the local
roadways from being used as freeways, explained UM Security Director David Wike He predicted that the road closings will offer a spin-off benefit of crime prevention for residential areas involved Wike cites traffic volume surveys accompanying the study which indicate that 50 per cent of the peak hour congestion problem is attributable to commuter traffic unconnected with the University Basically, my feeling is that the University itself does not have a problem with traffic The problem belongs to the residents around the campus perimeter Wike said The traffic volume survey also suggests that congestion has in creased since the initiation of rush hour counter-flow bus service on U S 1
“The speculated reason tor this Increase according to the study
"is that left turn movem ents along South Dixie Highway b ecome so difficult during these hours of operation that the < ommuter oriented vehicles are C iverted to the Coral Gables street system in order to provide easy rr lovements to and from S Dixie Hu ihway The study includes he street closing plan as the mitia I step in a program of improver nents by phase which recomn tend* as alternative solutions to the traffic congestion problem, i six foot widening of San Amaro Drive to provide left turn lanes am f the construction of a partial roadway parallel to San Amaro ( )rtve and Campo Santo Drive Also recommended by the study are a number of traffi c safety measures including wide ning the
(see page 2)