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Ample Parking Does 4 Laziness’ Causes Problems
By CINDY ESON
Hurricim Staff Writar
After the complaints about regisi-tration end. the complaints about parking begin
Everyone on campus', students, faculty, and employees alike, seems to have a complaint about UM’s parking facilities. They either say that there is not enough parking, they can’t park close enough to the buildings, or that they got a ticket for no good reason
Is the parking situation on campus really that had? The Hurricane went to the UM Department of Public Safety for some answers.
Parking Control Clerk Jane Galley said that there is “adequate and ample parking at UM” and that the parking problem stems from the poor attitude of the faculty and students.
“If everyone bought a decal and parked in their assigned areas, most of the problems would be alleviated.” Gailey said
Director of Public Safety Dave Wike claims that “we’re spoiled by our cars and it just seems a great Inconvenience if we have a five or ten minute walk from the parking lots.”
Wike added that he has seen cars circle the parking lots for 15 min-
utes looking for a spot close to the buildings when instead, they could have taken a spot a bit further out that would have taken only five minutes to walk in from
Wike also said that one cannot expect to find a spot close to the buildings, especially if one arrives five minutes before their work or class begins.
According to Wike. there are over 7,000 parking spaces available, and these are never all occupied at any given time
A major problem the Parking Control Division foresees is illegal parking in the fire lanes. According to Gailey. the top priority of the Department of Public Safety is to keep the fire lanes clear
“One or two cars parked in these lanes is extremely hazardous because they prevent fire trucks from getting through to where they are needed," Gailey said. “Cars parked in these areas will be towed away immediately. The same is true for any vehicle illegally parked in an area designated for the disabled ."
A large task facing Parking Control is the ticketing of cars parked in other than their designated area, such as residents who drive to class and cars with no decals.
Wike explained that many of the illegally parked cars have not been
ticketed as yet because the division is short-handed by three of its five officers. These officers are authorized to ticket vehicles both off and on campus and to have vehicles towed away When these postions are filled, the illegally parked vehicles will be attended to.
“We honestly do not like writing tickets," Gailey said "Ticketing
causes the division an incredible
amount of paperwork and it is costly to maintain a staff to process tickets. This could all be avoided if people simply parked where they were supposed to."
“We’ll do the best with what we have." said Wike. "Future plans? There are no long-term plans for the parking faeilltiaa as yet, but the idea of high-rise parking garages sometime in the future is certainly not out of the question."
By JEFFREY M. WEISS
Murrican« Staff Writar
The decision to eliminate housekeeping services for semi-privatp bathrooms in the dormatories and apartments resulted in a saving of $50 per person living in University housing, according to Residence Hall Director George Schoffner.
The eliminations of Ihe bathroom service allowed the Housing office to expand housekeeping services in the public areas to a seven-dav-a-week schedule.
"It (the move) seems to be coming as a brand new thing, and I’m not sure I understand why," Schoffner said. He explained that the loss of housekeeping services was well known and approved hy last year’s student leaders in the housing complexes.
Student reaction to change was mixed, with some students not sure if the service had ever existed and others being confronted with jobs that they had never performed before.
According to Schoffner. it was clear that the housekeeping services had a major problem last year. The staff worked five days with a full crew with a small, skeleton staff working the weekends. "The trash really piled up during those two days," he said
As the administration attempted to rectify that problem, the bathroom cleaning service was coming under close scrutiny. "There are very few schools that have bathroom cleaning for semi-private ar-
rangements,” said Schoffner
A survey of those who received the service revealed a mixed reaction. Some members of the APARTMENT BOARD of GOVERNORS were unaware tht the service even existed, while others clearly remembered sending the housekeepers away. Still others were pleased with the service. The response in the dorms was much the same, according to Schoffner. "A real mixed reaction".
The price for maintaining the bathroom sevice was set “in the neighborhood of $150,000". This happened to be about the same cost of an expasion of common area housekeeping to seven days.
“It was evident that we had to go to a seven-day-a-week schedule. You can’t provide housekeeping for 4,000 students five days and just see what happens for the other two." Schoffner said
The answer was to shift the staff from the bathrooms to the common areas. "In doing that we’re trying to provide a service was both necessary a problem that students found." Schoffner said.
The alternative was to hire additional staff that would have cost, in 1978 dollars. approximately $150,000. This would have worked out to “between $40 and $50 a person." Schoffner concluded
The students polled last year decided that the additional housekeep-services were not worth the
To Raise Funds For
Project
Maid Ser\ ice Stopped In Semi-private Baths; Students Save
By CINDY S. VOVA
M«w> Editar
The first stage in planning the construction of a formal entrance to the University has been completed, according to Alicia Cefvera, Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) president. Only a source of funds for the project remains a deterrent at this point
The idea of a formal entrance to the University came about as one of Cervera’s platforms during her campaign for president in March Cervera credits Scott Leeson, USBG vice president, with originating the idea
The structure itself, to be located on the corner of Ponce De Leon Blvd. and Miller Dr by Mahoney Hall, will be a four-story tall structure with a waterfall flowing from the top into a pool. Originally the Master Planning Committee of the University had reservations about building the structure because of all the exposed water, fearing pranks might turn it into a student shower and bubble bath
“We have dealt with that by planning to encase either the waterfall or the entire project." Cervera said.
During the summer the Management Committee approved the plans.
“The feeling behind building the entrance is that people like something to identify with, to say ‘this is my University ’We feel this is the beginning of the whole spirit of campus identity," Cervera said
Cervera stressed that the project has had a lot of backing from students she noted that when a student was asked what landmark stood out for the University many times the student would point out
the Burger King, located across from Hillel on USI.
“We wanted something a little more intellectual.” she said
Architect Miguel Rodngo-Ma-zure donated his time and effort in developing thr plans for the entrance way. Cervera pointed out that Rodrigo-Mazure. a native Peruvian, had recently won first prize in a Pacific coast architectural contest
"I think the plans reflect the progressive attitude that a Universit> such as ours has We didn't want something traditional, like an entrance for a university which has been around for hundreds of years We wanted something more progressive that universities of the future will have," Cervera stated
Total cost of the project is estimated to run between $75,000-$100,000. Cervera explained that in order for the entrance to be built,the students themselves will have to raise the money.
“I don’t want to touch any money from Student Government.” she said. “This will be the first time that students are asking for money We’re going to get the money and we’re going to build it (the entrance).”
When asked about fund raising plans Cervera said that the first appeal would be to people in the community. She hopes to work with the University's Developmental Office to identify possible donors for the project. Also, plans are being made to set up a committee of trustees and students to work on fund raising.
Cervera feels that the project will not take a lot of time, nor will it take away from other projects during the year if students decide to devote themselves to working on it.
NORML bounder Speaks On (Campus
R Keith Stroup, founder and Director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), will speak on that topic Wednesday. Sept 6, at 8p.m. in the Ibis cafeteria of the student union
The presentation, sponsored by Lecture Series, is entitled "Marijuana: The New Prohibition."
In addition to Stroup's lecture, two films will be shown: Marijuana: Assasin of Youth" and highligts of “Reefer Madness". Both of these films were originally produced as propaganda depicting the ‘evils of marijuana'. Admission is free.
After receiving his law degree from Georgetown Law Center in Washington D.C., in 1968, Stroup served for two years as staff counsel with the National Commission on Produce Safety. He founded NORML in 1970.
NORML is a non-profit, public interest lobby seeking a non-criminal response to the private use of marijuana and fully supports a policy of discouragement for all recreational drug use. including alcohol and tobacco. The organization believes, however, that the use of criminal law has been unnecessarily harmful to both society and the Individual, economically wasteful, and remarkably ineffective as a deterrent
“We feel that information pertaining to marijuana and marijuana laws are relevant on any cam-pus,including ours. People want to know why such dire consequences are related to such a seemingly innocuous substance." Mike Weber.
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Lecture Committee member, said The Lecture Series committee hopes that many of the students
will come out for the presentation.
Future guest lecturers have not yet been announced
Bookstore: Build tin Ark!
By LLOYD BARRY TENNEN
Editorial« Editor
Alumni Give '“iOver 81 Million
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extra cost, and the result was that the service was terminated
Condolences Expressed
Miami Hurricane ETÇNNE WERNER
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The Hurricane wishes to express its condolences to the families of George Pickar, professor emeritus of law and James Fitzpatrick, associate music professor. Both professors died during the month of August.
Professor Pickar died Aug.l at the age of 70. In 1949 he started teaching law at UM. but left in 1951 to teach at George Washington University School of Law Later he became an attorney-ad vi sor to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Wash-
ington. He returned to Miami in 1953 and taught here until his retirement in 1973.
Professor Fitzpatrick died Aug.
11 of heart failure aboard the Leonardo Da Vinci cruise ship, where he had been performing with the ship's orchestra since June. He was 45.
He had joined the UM's faculty in 1969. and served on the faculty senate and the University's research council.
Over $20.000 worth of damage resulted from an air-conditioning leakage in the UM Bookstore during the first weekend of school.
One-half inch of condensation ruined approximately $18.000 worth of notebook paper and other office supplies located in the storage area of the second floor, and rri	.	|	- soon flowed down to a confined
I it I 4 l\ M 11 V r< 11 Ilil area of the ,irst floor Only $2,000 ■ 4» lAfTaity I tl I HI worth of textbooks, including all
the books for one class, were damaged.
Physical Plant stopped the leakage. and the Bookstore quickly replaced the damaged supplies with the aid of local distributors.
“Ail Bookstore employees pitched in to help clean up the mess," Assistant Manager Joan Cleveland, who originally discovered the leakage, said
Official commendation of the Bookstore emmployees came from UM Business Manager Oliver Bon-nert and Housekeeping Administrator Ethel Mulligan
No negative effect upon daily operations since the incident has been observed by Bookstore Business Manager George Mitchell, and prices have not risen to compensate for the damaged supplies.
The UM Bookstore is covered by accident insurance, and investigations are currently underway to uncover the cause of the leakage.
Authorities believe it was probably a mechanical breakdown, rather than vandalism of the air-conditioning unit. However, the pr-cise cause of the breakdown is sti,t unknown
UM alumni contributed a total of $1.317.344 to the Alumni Loyalty Fund during the past fiscal year This marks the seventh year in which the figure has exceeded the $1 million mark
Francis Rouviere. D.D.S. president of the UM Alumni Association, said UM alumni donor participation in the fund was 23 per cent — - six per cent above the national average A total of 8,459 alumni participated
As a part of the Loyalty Fund, telephone campaign pledges totaled $646,305 This represented the ninth consecutive year that UM alumni have established a national performance record among telephone solicititation efforts.
Since 1960. when contributions totaled $18,514. alumni have given the University more than $11.5 million.
Arthur Hertz, senior vice-president and director of Wometco Enterprises. is UM alumni vice-president for fund raising Attorney-Charles Crowder was chairman of the telephone campaign, and attorney Michael Leone was associate chairman.
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