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UM Assists Frat In Property Purchase
By IVONNE ROVIRA
Hurricane Staff Writer
After months of negotiations, the 17 Taq Kappa Epsilon members will remain in the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house, at least until next semester. according to William Sandler, associate dean of students.
“The University will negotiate for the purchase of the building sometime in the spring, or what we’re hoping is that TKE will buy the building. Maybe the University won't have to buy it at all,” Sandler said. ,	•
Kappa Sig had given itself a five-year period in which it would try to re-establish itself at UM. If, at that time, there were no results, the Kappa Sig frat house would be sold.
Instead, Kappa Sig decided to sell earlier. It did not appear as though there was any chance that Kappa Sig would be returning to the University campus in the forseeable future, Sandler said.
Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler called a meeting which revealed that TKE did not
have sufficient funds to buy the house.
“Our basic^tdea ... was that if the University would buy it (the house) and lease it to us for a year, we’d then have enough money to buy it," Dan Benike, TKE member, said.
Undergraduate Student Body Government passed a bill providing TKE with up to $1,000 for attorney fees.
Kappa Sig is represented by attorney John Dick.
Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Bill Sheeder said that even though the University has had a “negative view” of fraternities in the past, there has been a “reversal in attitude toward this situation.”
“In the past, the University was firm, for financial reasons, in not wanting to become a banker for the Greek system," Sheeder said.
Sheeder said that assisting the fraternity “is one of the strongest stands the University could have taken in support of Greek life.”
“Essentially, the University has
made the commitment to do everything within certain broad limitations to preserve Fraternity Row for Greek life. At a meeting a week ago, the University agreed to guarantee (TKE’s) rental payments for this year,” Sheeder said.
There had been rumors about a .private interest buying the property and building an apartment complex, but Sheeder said these rumors were unfounded,
“It’s questionable whether this particular facility would be used like that. I would label It as speculation with many "if's’.
“ ‘If there's no fraternity interested.’ ’If the University is unable or unwilling to purchase the property.’ 'If an outsider were interested in building an apartment house.’ 'If Coral Gables would approve.’ I say it’s speculative and highly unlikely.
“Right now, we have a whole cluster of fraternities. If you put something in that’s not Greek, no matter what it is, it'd be a hole in the row not used for Greek life," Sheeder said.
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Development
Shelves Five Year Program
Grass Grows Greener
Looks better doesn't it? The intramural field, converted to “weeds” last year because of “heavy use,” was renovated this summer at a cost of $6,600. Sprinkler heads were relocated,
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the irrigation system improved, and great amounts of fertilizer were added to get the “grass" to grow. Director of Campus Sports and Recreation Center Norm Parsons said he expects an additional $6,000 to complete the work. He did not say whether or not student use of the “grass” covered field will remain ‘ heavy.’
. By ISIDRO GARCIA
N«w, Editor
COMMITMF.NT/25, a program the Development Division had hoped would raise $2!> million for the University over a five year period, will be replaced by a broader and more carefully designed program, pending Board of Trustee approval.
“We had problems from the outset because we were never able to present the program in an appealing way," said Assistant Vice President for Development Affairs James Robinson.
Of the $25 million total, $5 million would have been used for general operations, $5 million more for renovations around the campus, and $15 million for long and short term debts.
Robinson said that finding people who were willing to help eradicate $15 million in debts “was difficult."
“We are now designing a program that will cover the entire University,” Robinson said.
Since its inception in 1974, the COMMITMENT/25 program has raised $6.4 million in gifts and pledges.
Of that, $2.5 million was secured in 1975-76, only one-half the amount required to meet the five-year goal.
The staff and operating budgets for the development division was reduced this year, but Robinson said '
Miami's Last Major Storm In W50
Residence Halls Prepared For Hurricanes
By CINDY VOVA
Hurricane StaM Writer
For those of you snowbirds who think that you have escaped the blizzards and ice storms of the freezing north, take heed!
You won’t necessarily miss all the climatic hazards while in. South Florida. Although not so frequently experienced as northern storms, Miami is noted for its hurricanes.
“The last major hurricane to hit • Miami directly was in 1950,” said Miles I.awrente, forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in the computer building on the UM campus.
There have been some hurricanes that have hit South Florida since then: Donna in 1960, Cleo in 1964 and Betsy in 1965. None caused as much damage as the 1950 storm.
Essentially, a hurricane is a low pressure center similar to a northern storm. The hurricane, however, is a tropical phenomenon which must originate over water. What makes the storm so destructive and deadly is that all of the windscon-centrate around the eye, an area of calm in the center of the hurricane, and Causes the gusts to have a much greater impact than a northern storm where the winds are dispersed. *
The National Hurricane Center has been operating in Miami since 1943.
Every haif-hour the Center receives satellite photos of the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico region. These photos enable forecasters to spot any minor disturbances and keep an eye on them for further development.
So, what are Miami’s chances of getting a hurricane this year?
The season runs from June through November. Lawrence said Miami is hit, on the average, once every seven yeiRrs. Even though it has been 11 yeJrs since Hurricane
Betsy struck the Miami area, the average does not change.
If a hurricane does set its “evil eye" upon South Florida, the University is well prepared, according to the Residence Halls office Ann Sprague, assistant director, said the entire staff is immediately mobilized to make sure the rules are enforced.
And there are rules indeed. A 15-step guideline of hurricane precautions was printed in 1968. Although there has never been cause to use them, stenciled sheets lie stored in the office ready to be distributed
should the need for them arise.
If a hurricane warning is put into Effect, the staff will notify the students. Sprague said evacuation of the dorms will not be necessary due to the stringent nature of South Florida building codes. She said the 1960 and 1968 Complexes, are the safest dormitories.
' "Even the stairwells can hold their own In a hurricane,” Sprague said.
Students should store their rooms with munchiM to tide them over during the sform, which usually will not last more than a day.
Food, however, will be brought into the apartments and dorms if the students are unable to leave the residence halls for an extended period of time. It is a good idea to keep a transistor radio tuned into a local station to receive reports on the hurricane’s progress.
Since fires are uncontrollable during a hurricane, students should avoid using candles and instead have flashlights. Hurricanes inevitably produce power failures.
Windows must be kept tightly closed and beds and all other furniture should be moved away from
them. If the storm becomes too severe, the safest place for students to go to is the hallway.
Of course, no one should leave their building until they are sure that the storm is over. The calm eye of the hurricane will only last for a short period of time and the storm will start up again, sometimes stronger than before, without notice.
Sprague said the most important thing to remember is to stay calm. If everyone complies with instructions the only danger students will face is missing a day of classes.
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the cuts have “not substantially” af- j fected the division.
“But we do regret the loss of the Public Relations Staff,” Robinson said.
He said the News Bureau is now handling Public Relations for Development.
"But they maintain contact with the printed and electronic media while a P R. staff serves to enhance the University’s image."
The annual alumni telephone campaign raised a total of $549,655 from a record 6,504 pledges.
Robinson said the telephone campaign was "very successful” because of the "generosity of our alumni” and the "dedication of our alumni volunteers."
An additional $586,955 was raised through the Alumni Loyalty Fund
Robinson said that a new computerized record keeping system will give the Development Division the "kind of flexibility we need to keep records on 60,000 alumni volunteers."
Robinson said the Development Division staff must be increased “as the University grows and inflation increases,” but he said the decision would be that of Executive Vice President for Financial Affairs Dr. John Green.
Robinson said that without a staff increase and additional resources the Development staff "can perhaps meet short term goals but not long term.".
Ham Radio Club Rings World
By SYEFAN BECHTEL
Hurricane Staff Writer
On a moonlit night in Czechoslovakia, the voice in the receiver is friendly, talkative. “This is K4HYE, University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida. Anybody out there this afternoon?"
Most likely it’s just a howdy-do from someone who couldn’t find a friend at UM and decided to ring up Prague or Helsinki, or perhaps someone testing a new antennae, or trying to locate a far-off relative without a receiver through a "phone patch.”
UM’s Amateur Radio Society, which operates its own station out of the sixth floor of the Engineering Building, is part of an international fraternity of radio freaks whose members include Barry Goldwater. King Hussein of Jordan, and about 3Q0.y>0 others in the U.S. alone.
Ham radio, explains Operational Director Gary Toncre, is a "technical hobby." Unlike CB, which has a range of 8 miles and is relatively unregulated, ham radio reaches world-wide, requires a license, a degree of technical proficiency, and a sense of the responsibility that comes with the call sign.
During the Guatemala earthquake, UM student Alfredo Bilet relayed calls for blood and supplies through the campus station K4HYE. fulfilling one of the most important roles of the amateur operator.
Amateurs, dedicated tinkerers and backyard engineers, pioneered the early days of radio, improved transmission and receiving devices and brought the art to its present-day flower.
Today, transmission can be made through voice, telegraph, teletype, slow-scan TV, satellite or EME, a. tern», which refers to the practice of
ping-ponging signals from earth to moon to earth.
A new Trident transceiver the club is planning to purchase will be paid for out of SAFAC funds, to which all students have contributed through their activity fees. Since students helped pay for it, all students are invited to enjoy.
“Anyone who wishes to receive or send a message anywhere in the known world is cordially asked to . attend," Bilet said.
Free classes In electronics and Morse code for ham radio will be taught at the group's Tuesday night meetings, held at 7:30, on the top floor of the Engineering Building.
“This is such a great thing. We need people to help us enjoy it," Bilet says.
“As a matter of fact," confesses Professor Joseph Mibelli, “I spend so much time out in my shack, my wife c^ls it my second fiancee!”
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