Miami Hurricane, February 22, 1977

              ... Annual Festival Begins Thursday
Emergency
Meeting
Angers Employees
Hv ISIDKO GARCIA
News Editor
Aii emergency meeting fur employees called b>
Inivrrsitv President Henry King Stanford drew
.strong employee dissatisfaction and .vas characterized ;is "total bullshit" by Jeff i-'ennik. r University
employee who attended the meeting. About 400 employees attended the meeting in Gusman Hall although most had heard about it only hours before.
According to Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance Dr John Green,the meeting was called "to improve employee communication with management," but several employees al
ledged that the meeting was called to stave off the
possibility of an employee unionization drive among
A03 emplovees. AOIS euployees had met Ihe night
before and had reportedly discussed the possibility
of unionization.
Kmployee Shari Turner characterized the meet-
ing as "nothing more than the Gestapo scare tactics
that the administration has used in the Mai
"They call an emergency meeting like this and
then expect the employees to back down. It's nol
working anvmore." she said.
Kmployees were told of the meeting at 3 p.m.
Thursday and informed that top UM administrators
would have an important announcement for them at
4.:i0 p.m.
Some emplovees alledged that they were forced
to attend the meeting by their supervisors. Many
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By LESLIE TANNI NHAIM
Entertainment Editor
It's f.'arni Gras tinn- again tin-
time of year when UM's empty intramural field is transformed into
the largest college carnival in the
nation It's i time when organizations unify lo build and run their
own      booths       when      Deggeller
Amusement Company moves its
major rides onto 'he fields, when
spotlights (ill tin- night, when
wvum fills the airwaves and deii-
i inns delicacies fill the stomachs.'
It's festival time, time to walk out
of class and into ,i world of fun
rami dras has become the largest
event held mi the I'M campus, and
tlM econd largest carnival event in
South Florida The thru day extravaganza draws approximately
.10,000 people and makes over $45,-
000
"Carni Gras is something the
whole community now looks forward to," said ('arm dras Chairman
Andy Meyer "We draw people
from as far away as North Miami
Beach and Homestead, but the bulk
is from Coral Gables and the South
Miami area.
"The community is proud of us.
We are unique because of our student aspect. We are not the professional blase carnival."
A sampling of what is to come
proves Meyer to be correct. Carni
dras is anything but a dull carnival.
There will be 93 booths on the field
this year, operated by student organizations and offering amazing varieties of foods and games
American favorites such as ham-'
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