Miami Hurricane, February 18, 1977

              4 Phaser Developed As Male Birth Control Device
By STEVEN GARWOOD
Hurrlctnt St»« Wriltr
A birth control device for males may be just around the corner.
Dr. Charles Lynne, a urologist at the UM School of Medicine, has successfully tested an on-off valve, called a Phaser, which controls the fertility of males.
Lynne, a UM Medical School graduate, has been working on developing a birth control device for five years. Research began on the Phaser in 1972 after th? Bionyx Corporation of New York asked the Med School to test its new invention, which they called a Bionyx Control.
Dr. Lynne said he believes the Phaser will be on the market within a relatively short time.
"There will probably be another six to 12 months of research and after that it will depend on the Drug Administration's approval," he said.
The latest model has been tried with complete success on animals, and Dr. Lynne said it is the best model so far
"The current model is the most effective of some 50 tested, and is the result of about 25 minor modifications," he said. Lynne has also experimented on human patients. He has been moderately successful, and the success rate has been steadily increasing
"We were 80 per cent successful on the last group we did," he said.
Lynne’s human guinea pigs are mostly young couples who have never had children, and who don’t plan to have any.
"Anyone who wants to volunteer can just call my office,” he said.
The Phaser, or Bionyx Control, enables a man to have a "reversible vasectomy." If he decides he wants to have children, he can still change his mind later. An actual vasectomy is almost impossible to reverse
It requires an extremely delicate and difficult operation.
The Phaser Is actually a tiny valve which is placed in a skin duct known as the vas deferens. The device acts as a spigot. Each valve contains a screw which can be turned as much as ninety degrees. In this way, the flow of sperm can be either shut off or let go. When the Phaser is in a closed position it performs the same function as a vasectomy. The sperm is still produced, but its flow is cut off. Instead it is absorbed into the
body without disrupting the man's normal sexual activity.
Sperm counts are continued until the count reaches zero. The valve can be opened again, and when it is, the sperm will reach its normal level in six to 12 weeks
The operation itself is a relatively simple one. The Phaser is placed in the vas deferens in an open position, which is maintained until the skin around the Phaser heals.
Dr. Lynne said he believes the latest Phaser is superior to the earlier models because they have finally eliminated the two defects which were present in the old ones. "Sperm leaking around the implant, and the formation of scar tissue in the lumen of the vas (defer-
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Dean Dispels Accreditation Rumors
By ISIDRO GARCIA
News Editor
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Constant pressure on students to vote would backfire. Coll said, because students would become "fed up" with the politicization and would not respond when the University really needed the votes.
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tickets. She says "I think if I had to pay for the tickets it might be a problem, but I enjoy seeing them play"
Frank l.ammoglia asks, “Who wants to go see a team that loses."
“We have such good relations with the mayor and the city of Coral Gables that this sort of thing isn't necessary. You'd only want to organize the students if we had a major area of concern with the administration. and. presently, we have no such areas," Coll said
Steinberg said that there weren't "many real problems — nothing that if discussed couldn't be worked out."
Alhambra Circle residents had requested Coral Gables to arrange for less traffic along their street and the University to arrange to block off collector streets in the north side of the University.
The Carr-Smith survey indicated that half of the traffic through Alhambra Circle was commuters on their way someplace other than UM. according to Coll He said that there was "no universal solution" to this proble^h	«
Football Market Evaluation Conducted
By PAUL STUART GINSBURG
Hurrican* Staff Writar
Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance, Dr. John Green, has confirmed that UM will follow through with plans for a full market evaluation of the football program.
Talk of a market survey began in the f'rst week of December right after UM fired head coach Carl Selmer. The final results are expected sometime in April, and then the entire survey will be published.
The whole spectrum will be analyzed by an economics professor from the school of business and a group of students yet to be chosen.
Included in the survey will be the
idea of a raise in ticket prices; however, no plans have been made yet to establish a precedent. Dr. Richard Ruch. assistant to the Executive Vice-President for Administration and Finance, describes the situation as "completely touch and go. The survey will decide basically whether or not it would be beneficial to raise the prices. It would not be practical to raise the prices if it would cause a drop in attendance."
Art Laskey, business manager of Athletic Affairs, said, "I am trying to put all the data I have together. Sometimes we get great input and sometimes we don’t. Part of the excitement is in the people. If one person talks about the football game, others begin to get involved."
“The University of Texas had an attendance of 20,000 students when we visited their campus this past season Now that's their home team and they only had 50 per cent of their students. UM in comparison is a much smaller school and we have at least 35 per cent attendance every game," says Laskey.
A few students were asked their opinions on the present football program, and these were their responses: Maria Arguelles replied. "1 go sometimes. It's a ripoff; they're not worth it."
Ken Stanley said the tickets are "too expensive."
Sharon Kendrick, a Hurricane Honey, does not have to pay for her
Council Continues Local Relations
Pets Illegal In Dorm,
But Aquariums Flourish
By JANINE CRACCHIOLO
Hurricane Staff Writar
To add excitement and decor to your otherwise lifeless, dull room, you can install an inexpensive, easy-to-care-for aquarium.
No room is complete without an unusual tank of sea life swimming around.
Although pets such as cats and dogs are illegal in the dorms and apartments, fish, one of man's finer domesticated animals are legal and becoming ever popular among many students.
Housing Director James Grimm said, “Pets can become a major health problem due to the close living in the dorms and apartments."
After finding some smuggled pets in the apartments last year, Grimm said, “the place was a mess and all torn up. The maids got fleas because it was so unsanitary."
Fish however, don't get fleas and
maintenance is minimal. They don’t chew curtains or bark at the door when they want out.
To start an aquarium, you need some basics, such as a tank, pump, filter, gravel and heater.
Tanks can be purchased as cheaply as $5 for a 10 gallon capacity tank at Animal Lovers Center, or $6 at Dick’s Pet and Garden A 55-gal-lon tank is $60.
Also needed is a pump which may cost anywhere from $4 to $30 depending upon the size and quality. A dependable starter pump can be bought for $5 at Tropical Pet Shop.
Seaweed and gravel can be purchased for as low as 20 cents a pound and filters which keep the tank clean come as low as $1.
Some typical fish that will add beauty to your tank are the Angel, Guppies, Cardinal Tetras, all of
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Widely circulated rumors that UM’s School of Business Administration may close its accreditation due to an inadequate percentage of professors holding Ph.D.’s are “grossly untrue” according to Dean Edward J. Fox.
The rumors began when several business faculty members told students that the school would lose its accreditation. In a letter addressed to the faculty, Dr. Fox warned that such statements are “dangerously mischievous” and "could lead to student demonstrations."
The School of Business is undergoing an evaluation review, which according to Dr. Fox is routine and performed every 10 years by the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). He did concede that the school was experiencing minor administrative problems
According to Provost Dr. Clyde Wingfield, the biggest problem facing the Business School is that too high a percentage of professors are part-time rather than full-time instructors.
“This doesn’t mean that they're not any better. Some of our most distinguished faculty members are available only on a part-time basis," Dr Wingfield said.
The Business School is actively recruiting full-time fatuity to replace part-time faculty members. Dr Wfngfleld said the process will be completed by next fall.
The AACSB delivered a report to the Business School with guidelines the University must meet in order to retain accreditation.
Dean Fox said that most of the recommendations dealt with minor administrative changes that have to be made, but according to Dr. Wingfield, the accounting department needs to increase the percentage of Ph D. accountants that are hired to teach.
In the past, the University has hired local Certified Public Accountants (C.P.A.) that are not “terminally qualified" according to the AACSB. Dr. Wingfield said that many urban universities recruit C.P.A.'s from local accounting firms for undergraduate instruction.
“We have recruited good C.P.A.'s, but most do not have their Ph.D.’s which is considered the terminal degree in accounting for teaching, but
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not for the profession. We do expect Ph.D.'s and we are actively recruiting them for the next academic year," Dr. Wingfield said.
Dr. Wingfield said the University regards the AACSB recommendations “very seriously” and even
though UM "may be outside of some of the specific standards" the organization is “flexible enough to justify variance for good reasons " Dr. Wingfield said he is recruiting
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only half of that total voted in the 1976 Presidential Flection, according to Council minutes. Dean of Students William Sheeder has arranged. through the committee, for a registration bus to register voters during the fall UM registration
“Absentee ballot people would have to go down or call the Flection Department. The Flection Department down here would tell them where to call or write back at their home,” Executive Secretary Jill Steinberg said
Some people have suggested that the University organize the students into a voting bloc, a move that would pick up voter numbers and operate as a semi-pressure group. Coll advised the Council not to do so unless relations with the city became overly difficult.
Dog Rejects Food
Ever since the University Food Service, SAGA, installed an outdoor food booth just outside the bookstore, students have been herding to it on the way to class to pick up a quick snack or maybe a cool drink on warm South 'Florida afternoons. Not surprisingly, non-students are attracted to the little food booth.
Rover seems to be very interested in the menu and like all wily dogs, is taking a closer inspection of the menu than is allowed to regular customers. Although the proprietors were helpful in explaining the cuisine. Rover walked away empty-mouthed. As he explained on the way to his next fire hydrant, “Naw, I never touch cold cuts. I'll go to the cafeteria tonight and have a sloppy joe. Now that’s what I call food fit for a dog.”
By IVONNE ROVIRA
Hurrican« Staff Wrif*r
Created to serve as a Mason between the University and Coral Gables. the Gardner-Harper Committee has changed its name to the Community-Campus Council.
Since tlien, the Council has attempted to make relations between the city and the University run smoothly.
"The impact from Mayor Robert Knight has been very, very positive,” Vice-President for Development Affairs and Council member Ed Coll said.
The Council has received much publicity in the past due to appearances on a WVUM President’s Fireside Chat segment in December and a WCKT (Channel 7) UM Roundtable show last month.
"It's very difficult to measure feedback from that program," Coll said, "although it has a very faithful audience."
"Unfortunately, the newspapers don't always print the topic, and we weren’t sure if there was the right audience (Coral Gables) listening.”
Of 1.689 UM students registered to vote in Coral Gables elections,
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