Miami Hurricane, August 31, 1979

              $500,000 Athletic Deficit
Covered By Administration
By JANE L. MARCUS
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The Athletic Department exceeded their budget by half a million dollars.
According to David Lieberman. director of Budgeting, the athletic department is budgeted for approximately a $900,000 deficit for both men’s and women's sports.
"They had a net deficit of half a million dollars over the budgeted $900,000,” Lieberman said.
“They (the athletic department) spent money in recruiting and in anticipation of income in gifts that never came in,” Lieberman said.
A University official, who asked not to be identified, told the Hurricane that the over-expenditure was noticed towards the end of May and that Dr. John Green, who resigned as Vice President for Finance and
Administration in June, failed to report it to the Board of Trustees.
"Immediately after May 31. when the fiscal year ended. Green left. He knew. There is no way to cover $500,000 without anyone noticing it,” the official said.
According to Lieberman, the funds used to cover the athletic department's deficit will come out of excess revenue generated. The money will be generated by the increase in enrollment during the first summer session, and the excess funds in the department of Continuing Studies.
UM students are paying $150 of their tuition dollars to the athletic department for this budgeted deficit of $900,000, over-expenditures equalling $500,000, and $200,000 spent on the football players’ lifestyles.
The deficit alone in the Athletic department is greater than the total
budgets of the English, Foreign Language, Philosophy, and Religion departments.
“I was shocked when I heard the news,” Paul Novack, Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) President, said.
“It is very unfortunate that the University allows so much money to be used by the athletic department when it could be used for academic improvement, like more financial aid, improving faculty salaries, and the level of research.
“After all, the main purpose of the University is education, not athletics,” Novack said.
According to University Business Manager. Oliver Bonnert, the financial affairs department kept their own records.
“Someone would have to know about it (the over-expendituresi. but who, l don't know,” Bonnert said.
According to Glen Cardwell, director of Budgeting and Auditing, the athletic department was spending out of one fund expecting revenues in another fund - which never materialized.
Lieberman said that extra money was spent in recruiting due to a change in coaching staff, duplicate recruiting, and more out-of-state recruiting was done this year than in the past.
According to Lieberman. when Lou Saban resigned, the recruits became uncertain about coming to UM. Therefore, they had to be recruited again and that cost more money.
Athletic Director Harry Mailios. claims to have been unaware of the problem. He was assistant athletic director at the time and was became director in mid May.
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Negated
By JEFFREY M. WEISS
Managing Editar
he Faculty Senate voted 18-7 iday to rescind a motion .passed leir final meeting of the spring, ch called for the implementa-of a system of plus/minus ting for the current semester, he vote came at the request of President Henry King Stanford, iford approved the recommen-on of a committee he estab-sd to study the question and :d the Senate to reconsider its on.
he measure passed after a short ussion. Some members took e with the findings of the corn-
tee,	„ . , ,
ir. Eugene Provenzo, School of cation, claimed “the administra-. afraid of student pressure, is ng in a way not in the academic rest.”
•r. Clyde Wingfield. UM Prov-attending the meeting respond-“Pressure on my office came n the faculty, although the stats warmly applauded it.'
aul Novack. President. Under-duate Student Body Government BG), was satisfied with the out-
I am pleased with this action of Faculty Senate." he said. Although some professors do fully appreciate the strong maty opinion held by the student y, or the rational reasons behind t opinion, it seems that the maty of the Faculty Senate has con-led that plus/minus is not the t wav to go. USBG whole heart-ir agrees " Novack said.
>r Eugene Clasby, Faculty Sen-Chairman. also expressed ap-val, stating that “the outconj« i in the best interests of the Uni-slty community, both the faculty
he decision overturned the vote
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Over 200 Need Dorm Rooms
law students' apartments which ere not air-conditioned. The rest are scattered in the apartment area.
However, many of the students at the University Inn don't mind the inconvenience.
“Even .though we call it a country club here, we do have problems like being isolated from the campus and not being able to meet more people."said Chris May, a junior transfer student.
“The University has not contacted us or ever said anything about when we would be moving into the dorms," Tony Novia. a transfer student staying at the University Inn. said.
Not all students were put up by the University while waiting for their dorm room.
The Hurricane received complaints Wednesday from students waiting in residence halls for a room.
According to Colleen Rice, who is a continuing junior, there were about 40 students waiting all day Wednesday to get one of the 25 rooms available.
“Since school started, I have had no place to live. I am staying at someone's house that I barely know, sleeping on the floor.” Rice said.
“We tried and successfully did not put any freshman across the street (at University Inn and Howard Johnson’s),” Shoffner said.
According to Shoffner, by mid October of last fall, all the students housed in temporary facilities were all moved into the dorms.
There were other problems at residence halls this summer. All continuing women students who contracted for their dorm room last spring received a letter stating that their dorm room had been cancelled.
According to Shoffner, Western Union was supposed to send cancellations to those students who never responded to notifications by residence halls.
Shoffner said that instead of sending the mail-o-grams to those students. Western Union mailed them to the wrong students f
By JANE L. MARCUS
N«W1 Editor
Over 200 students are living at University Inn, Howard Johnson's and at various apartment buildings on campus until dorm rooms become available.
Besides those students housed in temporary facilities, approximately 40 students were not given any housing until Wednesday Fifteen ol those 40 still have no place to live
According to George Shoffner. director of Residence Halls, these students have started to move into the dorms this week
“We are in the process of calling students who have not appeared yet to assure that it is a cancellation and not a late arrival,” Shoffner said.
“We don't know exactly how many 'no shows’ there are. but we have identified a lot of empty spaces.” Shoffner said
In addition to the 40 students who never received a room the 137 students who were placed in the University Inn, and the 20 students at Howard Johnson's on US1, 70 students are staying in the vacant
Is 1 his W hat 200 Students Are Waiting for?
. . . students began moling into the dorms this week T	A
By LORI BARRIST
M»WI Editor
Close to 14,000 students filled the Library and Brockway Lecture Hall last week in one of the heaviest registrations ever at UM
“We had approximately 1600 more students registering this year than last year, and the late registration is still not complete." Sid Weisburd, Registrar and Director of Registration, said
According to Weisburd, this year, the Manual Advanced Registration
System (M.A.R.S.) group was larger through registration during the summer was bigger, and more students enrolled.
“When you’re trying to process that many people in such a small area, you're bound to have problems,” Weisburd said.
Weisburd attributes the problems of long lines, closed out classes, and misinformation imparted to students to a manual system that is “archaic.”
According to Murray Mantell. professor of Civil Engineering, students were sent into lines that they shouldn’t have been in.
“They, in turn, were clogging up the lines and coming through some lines twice,” Mantell said.
Many of the students waiting unnecessarily in long lines were MARS participants - students who registered early and paid their tuition in advance in order to avoid those very same lines.
Weisburd stated that the MARS program mix-up was caused by a decision made by the Residence Halls Office to place housing charges on the fee card.
Housing officials thought that by having students pay all fees at one location, the problems of double registration and double payments would be eliminated.
“We probably solved more problems by having all payments centralized. Had we known in April that registration could not he completed without the housing payment, we would have notified the MARS students.
“Since the decision was made during the summer, it was too late to do anything about it." Weisburd said.
Weisburd stated that many of the problems inherent in the present manual registration sytems could be eliminated by the implementation of a computerized registration system (CARS).
The computerized system, which has been in the planning stages for several years, is based on the principle of demand scheduling. With such a program, the number of classes and sections offered would be determined by student choice.
“We can come a lot closer to giving the students want they want with the CARS program. That means fewer students closed out of classes." Mantell stated
“MARS works, but CARS works better. If we know in April that there is enough student demand for three classes of Engineering 221, we will have the time to find the teachers and the space to accoma-date the students." Weisburd added
A regular registration is planned for the spring semester. Weisburd has been given approval to plan and schedule the computerized system
“Once we get the funding and the okay to implement the plan, it will take about a year to put the system into operation." Weisburd said
the group of freshmen who went
Hurricane
Warning!!
By HARRY H. R1MM
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One of the fiercest hurricanes on record swept through the Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico late yesterday evening possibly headed for South Florida.
According to National Hurricane Center forecaster Joe Pelisser. winds have reached upwards of 75 miles per hour. “This is as strong as hurricanes get." Pelisser said.
In the event that Hurricane David does hit South Florida. University of Miami officials met Thursday afternoon to discuss preparations for the storm.
George Shoffner, UM's Director of Residence Halls, warned students of the potential dangers of the Hurricane should it hit UM.
"This may not be a good weekend to visit the Florida Keys or other places close to water,” Shoffner said. Students leaving for the weekend are asked to take precautions before departure."
Shoffner released the following precautionary instructions to be followed In case the storm does hit-
•	All furniture including beds should be pulled away from windows.
•	All windows must be closed tightly. Venitian blinds should be RAISED all the wav to the too.
•	Each student should provide his/her own flashlight in case of a power failure. It would also be a good idea to keep snack type food items on hand.
•	Students should remain away from danger areas, such as the glass windows and doors in the lobby areas of the halls or the living rooms of the apartments.
•	In case water supplies are cut off, it would also be a good idea to fill bathtubs half full with water for drinking and washing, etc
Paul Novack, President of the Undergraduate Student Body Government (U.S.B.G.) has set up a task force of students willing to help out should Hurricane David threaten our campus. Interested students should sign up in the U.S.B G. office in the student union.
On The Inside
With this issue, "Spotlight," a new feature in this semester's Hurricane, sheds light on the many different types of lifestyles UM students are living.
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