Miami Hurricane, February 25, 1977

              USBG Elections: Probable Candidates Organizing
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By ISIDRO GARCIA
NIWI Editor
With Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) elections only a month away, the Election Commission is already preparing for it, as well as hearing rumors of possible Presidential candidates (hat may be organizing massive party tickets.
Other executive cabinet seats to be contested, besides the Presidency, are the office of the Vice President and Treasurer.
Election Commission Chairman Robert Mills says that he has heard of at least eight Presidential hopefuls, although only one (Charles Main) has filed for election. Only three persons have filed for 14 Senate seats available.
The 14 Senate seats available are:
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four Arts and Sciences seats two senior class seats two junior class seats
one School of Business Administration seat one School of Education seat one School of Engineering seat one Music School seat
•	one Nursing School seat
•	one Continuing Studies seat
Eour Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) seats will also be contested in the election scheduled for March 30 and 31. The filing deadline for all candidates is 5 p m., March 4. Application forms (which this year are about 1H pages long) may be picked up in the Student Activities Office on the second floor of the Student Union. Campaigning will begin March 17,
Reports that former USBG Senator David Goldberg is forming a huge ticket with up to 16 candidates are already circulating. Goldberg was not available for comment.
USBG Senator Allan I.ubel is also reportedly or-
Pat Woodward a possible running mate.
Greg Pape, also a former USBG Senator, is reportedly interested in the Presidency and Mills says that USBG Vice President Steve Osinski will act as Pape’s campaign manager.
Another interesting possibility that may ensue in the coming weeks are reports that three members of the same fraternity may all be in the race for President. Vince Mandelone, may contest I.ubel, his roommate at PKA fraternity.
Ifowie Shapiro, a junior, may also be seeking the office according to Mills
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Wilson Hicks Conference To Continue
By HOLLY ENGLANDER
Hurncant Staff Writer
Housing Rates Increase $35;
Leaders in the field of photojournalism gathered yesterday for the start of the 25th annual Wilson Hicks Conference at UM. This is the third consecutive year the conference is being held here.
“I'm extremely excited about this year’s Wilson Hicks Conference,” said Communication Department Chairwoman Dr. Josephine Johnson who is administrative executive of the program. "In the past two years we had been picking up the pieces from previous years, but now we are building up a whole new concept.”
Wilson Hicks, the man for whom the conference was named, was the photo editor of Life magazine. The gathering honors his contributions to photojournalism.
“The thrust of the conference is to initiate photojournalism as a real student-oriented program, rather than just an in-house meeting place for professionals in the industry.
“Hopefully, the Wilson Hicks Conference will motivate students and supply them with valuable job information,” Dr. Johnson said.
All areas of photojournalism will be explored during the conference, including art, commercial, editing and law aspects.
“The electronic media will also play a major role in this year's conference. In the future, we will delve even more heavily into the electronic media and film industries," Dr. Johnson said.
Clarence Jones, ABC newscaster, will be spokesman for the television medium. He is noted for his award winning documentary "Momma Lives in Miami Beach," dealing
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Carni Gras is fully under way after a good start yesterday. The intramural field, which is now fully transformed into an amusement park - carnival scene combination, will reopen today at 5 p.m., closing at midnight. Every good thing has a humble beginning. Preparations for Carni Gras began months ago and preliminary construction started last
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week. This scene is typical of the humble beginning. The Rock-O-Plane may not have looked like much here, but it'll be fully outfitted tonight and spinning its passengers through the air at death-defying speeds. Carni Gras will continue from noon to midnight tomorrow. After that it’s cleanup time, but in the meanwhile, have fun.
By ALAN MARCUS
Editor
Dormitory rales will increase by $35 per room starting next Kail while board prices will remain the same.
The increase was announced by UM Housing Director James Grimm Tuesday at a Student Affairs Committee meeting of the Board of Trust ees
l)M President Henry King Stanford said that no decision had been made concerning tuition at either the graduate, undergraduate, law or medical school levels.
Grimm said the dormitory increases, which amount to about eight per cent was "just to cover costs for the upcoming year."
lie said that while the increase will generate nearly $275,000 in new funds, expected expenses will increase by aboul $290,000
Grimm listed the major areas of additional expenses as follows: neartv SI 10,000 tor Increased electrical expenses; over $30,000 for increased telephone expenses; $83,000 for increased insurance costs and $62,000 for increased salary costs.
Grimm said that last year’s eight per cent salary increase must also be covered.
The only change as far as the meal service is concerned. Grimm said, was that cash allocations will be provided to upperclassmen for breakfast and dinner in the Ibis cafeteria.
Iron Arrow Off-Campus But Still Strong
By DARY MATERA
Hurric»n# Staff Writar
"We didn’t go off campus to give up; we want to know why the hell the government is sticking their noses in our business."
After being expelled from the UM campus where the society originated 50 years ago, Iron Arrow Chief John Benedict says the all-male honor society is just as strong as ever though it can no longer use campus facilities.
Iron Arrow, an honor society that follows Seminole Indian traditions, was ordered off the UM campus last November after the group voted 75-65 against accepting women into their society. The Department of Health. Education and Welfare (HEW), which prohibits sex discrimination in institutions that receive federal funding, threatened UM with the loss of $40 million in Eederal grants if the University continued to allow a discriminatory group to operate on its campus. Fraternities and sororities are not included in the regulations.
“Most of our members are still active," Benedict said. “ In fact, there is more spirit now because the active members realize they must carry the ball and can’t depend on UM anymore. Everyone is working harder than ever before."
The society tapped 31 new members yesterday at a luncheon in the Holiday Inn across the street from campus. All of the new members will be male.
“It’s my understanding that the lawyers have exchanged briefs and all that is left is the judge's ruling. We are requesting a permanent in-
Register Or Tomorrow
Tomorrow Is the last day to register to vote for Coral Gables municipal elections USBG is providing a registration booth that will be lo-lated in the Breezeway and remain open throughout the day.
More than 1,700 UM students are registered to vote in the election which features former Hurricane Editor Bruce Lehr, who is running for Coral Gables Mayor. The election is scheduled for April.
For more details about the election call the election office, 358-5600. or the *ity of Coral Ga-oles, 446-0881.
juction that will allow us to return to campus. We realize that UM is a jam; whatever the courts decide they must follow. We wante# to bring the case against the government only, but we had to bring suit against both because UM was the one that actually told us to get out. HEW just said that they would withdraw the funds from UM," Benedict said.
“There is a lot of controversy In our society about government intervention. It's hard to tell who is voting for allowing women anymore. Some members who favor tapping women have been voting against it because the government has been forcing it down our throats.”
“Our spirit is to continue the fight. We are off campus now, we accept it, and it’s back to the business of fund raising, tapping and the new chief elections. As for the court case, we feel our case is solid and we’ll win. The decision is ex-
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pected to come some time this spring, although both sides are expected to appeal the decision. If the court rules in our favor, we get to return to the campus while we wait for the government appeals," Benedict said.
HEW had acted on a complaint from local feminist leader Roxcy Bolton charging Iron Arrow with discrimination against women’ She also charged that Iron Arrow ritual was demeaning to American lndi-
ans.
Francis Spencer Houghtaling. the first student to enroll at UM in 1926, started the society with eight other students that year. Houghtaling. who now lives in Danville, Ohio, told the group members last year November not to bow to the government and accept women. “If you do this,” he said, “you dishonor the Indians."
Houghtaling said he remembers when the Seminóles paraded down
them. The men were warriors.
But that was 50 years ago, and the Seminóles have changed their traditions since then. Betty Mae Jumper served as election chairman, or chief, of the Seminole tribes of Florida from 1967 to 1971. ShP said women have the same rights rights as men to assume leadership roles. Buffalo Tiger, chief of the Miccosukee Seminóles said, "We do - not care if a female or a male is a leader; if the person is wise enough to he chief, they would be accepted."
Iron Arrow has 1,318 members nationwide but only the present student members still living in the Miami area are active at Iron Arrow-meetings. Members are selected based on their contributions to the University.
James Grimm
"They're simply too busy to do this at lunchtime," he said.
The last housing rate increase was two years ago when the average increase was about $25 per room. Last year, there was no increase because the Trustees fell that increasing tuition was enough of a burden for students to bear "At the meeting, the possibilities of raising tuition were also discussed. Students suid they hoped to be included in the discussions regarding the increase of tuition.
Medical school President Joe Mancuso siad that he had been assured by Medical school Dean Emmanuel Papper that there would be nojise in the Med school's tuition
Dr. Stanford said that the University had just completed analyzing the budget and that work was to begin on the budget for the next fiscal year Wednesdav.
The President noted that the University expects to be in the black for the second straight year.
Dr Stanford said, "I cannot imagine any group of students approving a tuition increase. What we have got to do is evaluate the budget for any savings, taking into account budget demands and tuition revenues."
In response to Student Government President Susan Havey’s concern over when, if at all, a tuition hike would be announced, the President said "sometime in the next 60 days."
New Baseball Stadium Dedication Tonight
By DAN VOSS
Hurricane Sparta Writar
After two long years of struggling to raise enough money to build a stadium, the night has finally come to unveil the ‘new’ Mark Light Stadium.
Coach Ron Eraser's $1 million “Showcase of the South” has been completed and the dedication ceremonies will take place tonight when the University of Florida invades Hurricane turf for a two-game stand.
The ceremony will not be quite as classy as the gala $5,000-per plate dinner affair that Fraser cooked up for Feb. 16, but will show style just the same.
A presentation will be made to principal donor George Light, the man that has meant so much to the development of the Hurricane baseball facilities.
UM President Henry King Stanford will throw out the first baseball to Dr. John Green and the Rhodes Brothers will be on hand to sing the National Anthem
And in a Super Bowl-like fashion, balloons are to be released after the singing of the anthem. A concession stand selling hats, pennants, shirts and the new Hurricane yearbooks is located underneath the stadium
An anticipated crowd of 4,000
should fill the stadium by the 7:30 p.m. starting time, and Fraser’s dream of playing in a stadium worth only one-sixth of what the Six Million Dollar Man is worth will become a reality.
The most amazing aspect of the "new" Mark Light Stadium is that the whole facility has been made possible by donations and did not use a cent of any University funds.
It all began in 1971 when George Light contributed $100,000 for the lighting of the baseball diamond. The field, complete with an artificial playing surface, was dedicated "Mark Light Field" in memory of Light’s 16-year old son who died in 1959 after a long affliction with muscular dystrophy.
Stadium light is powered by 10 towering poles and equals that of many major league fields. The light shines on the magnificent green carpet that covers 109,570 square feet and was sewn into place five years ago at a cost of $350,000.
Light donated over $100.000 more toward the building of the stadium in 1974. Fraser, working with the UM Athletic Federation, then raised the rest of the money through donations which included a $100.000 anonymous gift to com-
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plete the concrete stadium Mark Light Stadium provides the fans with sparkling new restrooms, ticket office, first aid room and can hold close to 3.000 people.
Include^ are 42 reserved chair-
back seats directly behind homep-late, and with the grandstands along each foul line, the seating capacity will be close to 5,000.
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pressbox, a new high-pressured watering system, 40-foot long dugouts, batting cages and the beautiful landscaping, UM and Fraser have a million dollar complex to be proud of.	f