Miami Hurricane, February 11, 1977

              \ o 1.52. No. 33_Friday, February 11, 1977	IMi2KI-IIOI
‘Slander Tactics’ Mar Referendum
Cou nselors
Posters, Si pus I 'oru Do mi;
Help Ch oose Proper Jobs
By JANINE CRACCHIOLO
Hurricane Staff Writer
All UM students can participate in a special counseling career program beginning Feb. 15 and continuing for two weeks every Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m.
Dr. Barry Zwibelman, a UM psychologist, will head the sessions at the counseling center in Building 21 located on Merrick Drive.
Approximately six students will be allowed in each group, so interested students should sign up early at the counseling center
“The reason for such a small number in each group is more personalization. This will help the students share problems and ideas with each other," Dr. Zwibelman said
The program is divided into four sessions and each student is expected to be present at all four meetings because each discussion builds and elaborates on the previous one.
The first session entitled, "Goals of the Group," is a basic introduction! to the course, with emphasis on two specific areas. First, that the process of choosing a major and a future occupation is part of personal growth and development and students should think systematically about theircareers.
The second session is to give students a framework for making decisions on the first steps in choosing their careers. The second session. "Awareness of Interests and Values," will help group members understand who they are personally and intellectually.
The group will clarify what is important to each member
The third session, "Awareness of Abilities and Occupational Areas” will be a group discussion and completion of self-estimate inventories.
This facilitates understanding of general intellectual abilities, and the specific skills each student has. Students will be helped to select possible levels of educational achievement for themselves.
The final phase, “Understanding of Occupational Areas and Planning," will help match the student’s interests and abilities to various oc-
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By STEVEN GARWOOD
Hurricane Staff Writer
Throughout the ages, man has held a unique fascination for the sea, and a determination to conquer it.
The invention of the boat and the sail began this process
Men have sailed the seas for centuries, probably even before the beginning of recorded history.
A sailboat discovered America, and it was a sailboat that first sailed around the world Magellan, Drake and Columbus all captained sailboats.
Some of the inheritors of this tradition are right here at UM as members of the Sailing Club.
This group sails every other Saturday, and takes a couple of trips a year to the Bahamas,
“I sail because I enjoy it, and it's a break from the continual routine of studying.” said Bob Duncanson Sailing Club member
“It's a challenge to yourself, and a challenge to sail the boat,” says Sailing Club President Frank Had-
don.
Key Biscayne is the setting for these modern day explorers. They sail, eat and drink on the beach Anyone can come to a “sail day" with the club The charge is $5 for the day.
If you enjoy sailing you can join, and the $5 goes towards your membership fee which is $15 per semester. or $25 a year
Tbe club has five boats, a Ught-ning, two Sunfish. a Windmill, and a brand new' I.azer All of the members take turns saifing. while the
others relax on the beach.
Twice during the year, during Thanksgiving and Faster, the Sailing Club sails to the Bahamas. On the last trip to Bimini, during Thanksgiving, there were 10 foot waves and 20 miles per hour winds. The members of the UM Sailing Club were undaunted and fearless.
and took everything the sea could dish out They arrived in Bimini in seven hours.
On the trip to Bimini in 1075, one of the three boats ran out of gas because the charter boat company failed to fill the gas tank all the way up. The boat had to be towed all the way to Bimini.
Once in the Bahamas, the members sail, lay on the beach and go scuba diving
The Sailing Club will go to Bimini again during the spring break.
On a spit to ’’ey West one member awoke and found her sailboat missing. All sorts of terrible thoughts went through her mind until she saw two of her fellow members pushing the boat through the streets of Kev West
Members of the UM Sailing Club are quick to point out that they have traveled through the Bermuda Triangle on their many trips to the Bahamas. So far they’ve survived everv encounter.
Gorman Contesting Tenure Denial
By DARY MATERA
Hurrlcan# Staff Writar
Former UM professor Dr John Gorman is still fighting in the courts seeking tenure he was denied four years ago. Because the ensuing legal battle has been long and costly, Dr. Gorman’s supporters are asking for contributions from UM students and faculty in order to continue his fight.
In May of 1973, Dr. Gorman, an assistant professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages, received a termination contract This came after he believed that he had already earned tenure and could only be terminated according to due process.
After an appeal to UM President Henry King Stanford, the issue was placed before the University's internal grievance committee.
UM’s Tenure Review Board ruled that Gorman was indeed tenured and should be retained on the faculty. The administration ignored this finding and terminated Dr. Gorman's contract.
Unwilling to give up, Dr. Gorman
turned to the courts to gain his position back.
Tenure policy here stipulates that the University has the right to evaluate professors after seven years, then decide whether to award tenure. Once a professor receives tenure, he cannot be dismissed from his position
Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs Chris Robinson says that the Tenure Review Board has the right to make recommendations, but the administration still holds the final word on whether a professor receives tenure
The University denied Gorman tenure because “his qualifications were not up to University standards." This is the most common explanation the University uses for tenure denial.
Associate Professor of Finance Charles Eyre said the University AAUP (American Association of University Professors) chapter has supported Dr. Gorman with its Legal Defense Fund.
"Dr. Gorman has expended considerable sums of his own money to
fight for his case. The administration apparently has unlimited funds for lawsuits and has engaged in a complicated series of legal maneuvers which have depleted Dr. Gorman's resources and so far prevented his case from coming to trial," Eyre said.
"This struggle is a crucial one for the faculty. A tenure policy that is subject to unilateral interpretation by the administration’s lawyers offers no real protection to any faculty member. A grievance procedure whose findings can be ignored is worse than useless.
"Dr. Gorman has courageously undertaken the task of maintaining the integrity of our faculty manual in court. Only he cannot bear this burden alone. His cause is the cause of every faculty member who hopes for just treatment under the provisions of our manual. If he loses, the precedent may well be set for new injustices and new victims," Eyre said
Over the last few years, UM’s tenure policies have been chal lenged by many professors.
Dr. Nancy Clasby is also fighting her tenure denial in court.
UM's Math Department, which lost seven professors last semester, will lose at least two more at the end of this term due to tenure denial.
It is becoming apparent that the Biology Department may lose some of their more popular professors due to tenure denial Marion Grabowski, better known as Mrs. G, is presently in danger of losing her job, along with Dr Thomas Pliske
By ALAN MARCUS
Editor
Proponents of the referendum to transfer control of the Student Activity F'ee to the Senate have charged that "slander tactics of opponents of the referendum are clouding the issues for students, and may be the work of a USBG presidential hopeful."
Today is the last day for voting in the referendum election, which has been marred with various incidents, according to supporter Jose Cantil-lo.
Cantillo said all posters have been torn down, 200 copies of the proposed UBAC constitution have been stolen from the Student Government Office and that "slander sheets” are being circulated on campus.
It was reported that presidential hopeful David Goldberg’s campaign aides, John Bond and Alec Domb, were seen with two men who were distributing unsigned legal size pages with various charges on it.
Goldberg denied that anyone working for him would do "anything for mv campaign without mv authorization."
Goldberg said that although he is flatly against the referendum, he has done nothing graphically to campaign against it and he doesn’t know who did
The posters circulated charged that “they’re (USBG) stealing $1 million.” The poster included several inaccurracies and charged that Allan Lubel Is a presidential candidate who, among others, was running this 'dirty business.'
I.ubel said that he'd rather have 1,000 students vote "no" than 100 vote "yes,” . "I think that the politics in this election have gotten out of hand,” I.ubel said.
A former Student Government Senator said, "This is typical; the typical year to year work of a few slimy and incompetent political losers who skirted an issue by attacking individuals and distorting facts for their own personal gain."
He added that "Anyone involved in politics will know who is behind these slander tactics.”
"It’s a pity that a few people in dorm government, Mahoney-Pear-son President Ray Ciafardlni and Nelson Conde, are playing a great role with sleazy tactics In the campaign,” the referenuum proponent said.
Conde denied that he and Ciafar-dini had anything to do with the slander sheets and said that he wouldn’t sacrifice himself to violate any housing rules.
John Bond, a UM graduate and law school student who organized the campaigns of various presidential candidates, including Kathy Mc-Phee last year, is the name most associated with these “tactics."
Bond said he finds it "humorous” that he would be accused of distorting the issues when “the referendum supporters have implied that SAFAC is controlled by the administration."
Bond did say that he removed some illegally placed signs and posters and that he could list 100 people who ripped down the things.
“A lot of organizations are against the whole issue as are lots of students They’ve been running
around tearing the things down themselves," he said.
He said he had absolutely nothing to do with the production or distribution of these “slander sheets "
Goldberg said Lubel has accused him of tearing down posters and it's untrue.
“He just can't handle the fact that someone would philosophically disagree with him," Goldberg said.
He said that the "backstabbing was needless and immature "
Validity Of
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Referendum
Oneslioned
¡bis Applications Available
Applications are available in the Student Publications Business Office (Student Union room S221) for the position of editor and associate editor of the Ibis yearbook. Filing deadline for applications is noon, Feb. 18, and all applicants must be screened prior to that by Professor George Southworth
The Ibis editor receives tuition
remission for one academic year and a stipend of $200 per semester. The assistant editor of the Ibis receives 50 per cent tuition remission and a $100 stipend per semester. Applicants must be enrolled as fulltime undergraduate students and have a minimum 2.0 grade point average.
By ISIDRO GARCIA
News Editor
Students have until 4 p.m. today to vote in a referendum election that will decide whether or not students favor transfering control of the Student Activity l ee from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC) to the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) Senate. Polls will be open in the Student Union Breezeway from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
However, some expect the validity of the election may be contested because a last minute change in the wording of the referendum was made one day before voting began.
Senator Allan Lubel, who proposed the referendum question, discovered at the Senate meeting last Monday that ihe Election Commis sion had failed to add an amendment *o the referendum question that asked voters it they favored increasing the amount, of money allocated from the Student Activity V-ee to campus radio station WVUM
front $1 57 to $i.(> I per puyct Election Cttmmo.tion chairman Robert Mills said he hasn’t received an official re quest from Senate Speaker Jon Tepper to amend the referendum which originally proposed to maintain the WVUM allocation at $1.57 per payee
Tepper disputed Mills contention that the referendum question could only be changed if the Election Commission received an official document from the Senate Speaker.
"We haven’t done it that way according to SOP (standard operating procedure). Why wait for all the paperwork?"
"I did not go over the minutes of that meeting in as much depth as I should have," Tepper said “If people are passing amendments, they should check to see that they are worded right."
Tepper has missed two of three Senate meetings this year because he is working as an intern. However, he did attend the meeting in which the referendum was amended
The amendment to the WVUM question was never put on the agenda
USBG Secretary Donna Shapiro said she made a mistake in not recording the amendment during the Jan 24 meeting. Shapiro said she accepts full responsibility for the mistake
The Senate allocated an amount not to exceed $50 to the Election Commission and told commissioners to havp the ballots reprint'd.
However, Mills went 10 the Supreme Court late Tuesday afternoon and informed the Court that it would be impossible for him to have the ballots reprinted in time for the election The court voted unani-
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Ponce
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Ever since the redesign of Ponce deLeon Blvd., some people have complained that markings indicating parking and no parking zones are ignored. A ride down Ponce this week confirmed these complaints. On the left is the “new" parking lane on Ponce, obviously devoid of cars. Where the no parking signs have been erected (right), parked cars are found. Why motorists ignore obvious parking signs is unknown, but perhaps switching signs would get people to park their cars where they were originally intended.
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