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NBC’s “Holocaust” provokes the nation
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Six million Jews of all ages were murdered in the holocaust.
The thousands who escaped, whether by hiding or by joining the underground or partisan units, and the few who survived the death camps, refused to return to their former homes.
These lands had become graveyards to them, and ¡.hey could not face the prospect of resuming life in these countries.
The very few who had survived the period of darkness, suffering, and death and who had returned to their native cities and villages in Eastern Europe, were received with anger and hostility.
The survivors, unwanted in their former homes and weary of a life of tribulation and adversity, waged a stubborn struggle for the right to immigrate to the land of Israel. They formed the vanguard of the "illegal immigration" and constituted a powerful force in the political campaign waged for the establishment of an independent state of Israel.
In fact, the majority of the survivors reached this country. Here they made new lives for themselves and their children.
Last week, the National Broadcasting Company presented a four-night telecast of Gerald Green's "Holocaust.” It was seen by an estimated 100 million viewers.
The presentation is over, but it has generated a rebirth of interest, analysis and controversy.
For 100 million Americans, most of whom had
only the slightest knowledge of what occured 40 years ago in Europe, the holocaust became almosi as real as it was to the few survivors for whom death and brutality was part of everyday life.
The wholesale destruction of millions of lives, unheard of and unbelievable in today’s world, happened only 40 years ago in a society relatively similar to our own.
For 100 million people, this was a shocking realization.
For the American Nazi Party, there is now little chance that the federal government will grant permission for their march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, III.
This issue, the Hurricane offers a special feature on the holocaust. Reporter Jamie Colby has written on Hitler’s final solution — the proposed murder of 11 million Jews.
Hurricane staff writers also took a poll on the NBC telecast, asking for student opinion on the necessity of the program. UM students showed an overwhelming majority in favor. Several of these appear inside on page 2.
$48 M will build Center
On Thursday, UM signed a contract enabling contruction of the City of Miami/University of Miami James L. Knight International Center, which will house conference rooms for the expansion of the UM's program of continuing education for adults.
The project is believed to be the first U S. enterprise bringing together a municipality, a university and a private developer.
Construction on the $50 million convention/conference/hotel complex will begin in July, with completion scheduled for late 1980. The 607-room luxury hotel will be built above Miami's convention center and next to the University’s conference center, on five acres of city land along the Miami River, just west of the Dupont Plaza hotel
According to UM President Henry King Stanford, the University's participation in this great complex is made possible by the $3 million grant to the University from the James L. Knight Charitable Trust in 1971 to build a major conference and continuing studies center on the University's main campus.
"No one anticipated the later opposition from motel and inn owners near the University to construction of the residence unit necessary to make the center successful, nor the conditions attached by the City of Coral Gables to the operation of the facility if constructed,” Stanford said.
"The invitation to the University from Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre in 1976 to make the James L. Knight International Center a part of the the city's convention complex was happily accepted. We are grateful both to Mr. Knight for sharing our vision of a great educational conference center and to the City of Miami for making possible its fruition.
"We see this as a tremendous benefit to the Greater Miami area The combination of the most modern academic facility with the kind of residence accommodations professionals seek will enable the University to increase sharply its offerings of continuing education programs.”
With the grant from the James L. Knight Charitable Trust, the University will pay the City of Miami
$2.5 million in advance rent for a 30-year period, with two 30-year renewable options.
The 31.000 square feet of space w’ill contain an auditorium seating between 500 and 600. an amphitheatre for 150 persons, conference and seminar rooms, classrooms and independent study carrels.
Conference and meeting areas will contain integrated audio-visual systems based on the latest developments in communications technology. These include closed-circuit television and sound channel, simultaneous translation capability, and a wide range of audio-visual presentation equipment.
A fully equipped television studio, capable of producing educational and training programs, will transmit live action as well as TV tape recordings, slides and films throughout the center including individual hotel rooms.
Dr. M Robert Allen, dean of the School of Continuing Studies who pioneeed the concept for the Center at the University, noted that in addition to the national conference, institutes and workshops the Uni-See page 3
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Yearly commitments:
Lecture Series Homecoming Chuck Mangione
Mark Almond Bond and Carmen Lundy Pure Prairie League ‘Steve Martin ‘Anne
Honniford Circus	
‘Ben Ver«en	
South Atlantic Karate	
Tubes	
Patti Labelle	
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Meisberg and Walters	
Billion Dollar Band	
Dixie Dreggs and Spatts	
Allocation to Video Tape Services	
Additional allocations	
$0,000
$8,500
$11,000
$8,500
$8,000
$5,000
52,500
$5,000
$2,000
$1,000
$8,000
$7,000
$400
$4,000
$2,500
$1,800
$4,000
$1,000
$2,500
Miscellaneous Expenses:
National Entertainment Conference
Orientation
Office Expenses
$750
$500
$2,000
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This semester s SEE shows: where's all the money?
By CINDY CHIEF A	*
Hurricane Staff Writer
This year's Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) goes out $92.000 poorer, while the 1978-79 SEC comes in with $93,600 and JSRCC on their lips
JSRCC stands for Jazz. Soul. Rock. Cultural and Country, all of which SEC plans to present an abundance of next year.
"We want to provide entertainment in every one of these areas next year," Bob Knapp, next year's chairman, said.
Major attractions for next year are being contracted at this time, but no names have become actual commitments.
"The committee is willing to sacrifice some of the smaller endeavors to direct more revenue to major events," Knapp said
At one of the new committee's
e Effective immediately, all requests for funds under $1,000 require submission to the committee two weeks prior to the event. Those requests for $¿,000 or more require submission four weeks prior to the event.
• Also, regardless of the amount of the allocation. SEC is requiring that they receive 50 percent billing in all promotional material There will be absolutely no exceptions to this
fpere will be absolutely no exceptions to this.
"These policies were created to alleviate University red tape," Knapp said.
"$93.600 sounds like an enormous amount of money, but when you are trying to book big name, or even small name, entertainment, you find out that the money isn't enough to give the students what they really, really want." Knapp said.
There are many obstacles facing SEC, from facility size and construction, to the noise levels placed on them by areas external to the University. In that the Student Union Patio is an outdoor faclity, the committee also has to worry about the weather. It is further faced with competition from area
for further income.
This year’s committee seems enthusiastic. and they want to bring the students the best talent that they can," John Stofan. Associate Director for Student Activities and SEC Advisor, said.
"There is discussion concerning off-campus pay concerts, but no resolution has yet been reached "The key solution would be to improve the existing facility (the Student Union Patio) or construct a new one," Stofan said
Tom Rebel, the Director of Student Activities whose resignation becomes effective this summer, said it is "unfortunate that he will not be around to witness future accomplishments of SEC.”
By MARSHALL STEINGOLD
editor
How do you know if the pot you've been smoking contains paraquat?
A simple test has been developed by a New York State agency to determine if the lethal chemical is present in marijuana.
Daniel Klepak. director of New York State's division of Substance Abuse Services, said he doesn’t encourage the use of marijuana, but doesn't want anyone to die from smoking it, either
"We want to do everything possible to make sure people do not die from marijuana." Klepak said
The test is simple and easy to perform at home:
1)	Wash one joint’s worth of pot in a teaspoon of water for 15 minutes. agitating gently.
2)	Strain the leaves. This should leave a brownish-yellow solution.
3)	Add 100 milligrams of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and sodium dithionite, a chemical which is available at chemical stores
4)	Take a good look at the solution's color. If it has turned a blue-ish-green, then there is paraquat present.
Many chemists have said that pa raquat can cause irreversible damage to the lungs and other tissues. It can also cause respiratory failure
Paraquat has been brought to the attention of the American public recently by the U.S. government Some fields in Mexico are being regularly sprayed with the substance to decrease the amount 'that is smuggled into the U.S. each year.
It has been reported that the amount of paraquat in some marijuana is as high as 650 parts per million. The Environmental Protection Agency has determined .05 to 10 parts per million to be the maxi mum for human consumption in foodstuffs.
first meetings they drew up policies for organizations seeking allocations from the SEC:
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