Miami Hurricane, February 23, 1968

              Cat Burglar Prowls In 730 Dorm
By LINDA KLEINDIENST
Hurricane Staff Writer
Early Monday morning, February 19, a cat burglar was discovered in the 730 East women’s dormitory. First seen by Betty Fishman on the second floor at 5:00, the burglar had already been in about 12 other rooms.
“I saw this big, dark thing walking around in my room and he wasn’t making a sound," said Betty. "At
first I thought it was a girl and then I realized that it was a man!”
Betty said that he then went into the bathroom and being curious to find out who he was, she followed him. “I opened the door and there he w'as, sitting on the floor, going through my roommate’s wallet.” She must have startled him because, "he jumped up and hit his head on the ceiling. Then he ran down the hall and went out through the fire escape.”
Mrs. Brett, Head Resident of 730, said that the burglar had gotten in through a 1R ironing room window'. She stated that he had forced the window open, but residents of the hall reported that the window' had been broken for two weeks, and even though it had been reported, it had never been fixed.
The campus police arrived after the man had left the area, and a Coral Gables Police investigator came
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Capp Fires Barbs
In Every Direction
By CRAIG PETERSON
Hurricane Staff Writer
People ranging from Everett Dirksen to singer Joan Baez came under fire Tuesday night when cartoonist A1 Capp unloosed his satirical barbs before a near-capacity crowd in the Ibis room. Answering both spontaneous and pre-submitted questions, Capp delivered dozens of penetrating one-liners in his inimitable style, directed impartially at statesmen, singers, actors, and presidents.
Capp was asked about his recent nationally-covered dispute with singer Joan Baez.
"I’d send her flowers tonight ... if I knew what jail she’s in,” he said. “Actually, only her lawyer knows for sure — he’s Leon Trotsky.”
Numerous queries centered around “student power” and "moral breakdowns” on U.S. college campuses.
“I’m all for student power,” Capp said. “It’s about time the lunatics ran the asylum.”
"Show me a guy who’s worried about moral breakdowns in other schools, and I’ll shoy you a guy who’s not getting much action.”
Capp was questioned closely about Vietnam. He told questioners they have been raised in an age of movies, where a happy ending is inevitable.
“Well, there are no happy endings in life,” he said. “I think we should shoot back until they quiet down. Anyone who kills Americans is no damn good.” He added, “And to hell with the rest of the world, let them worry about what we think.”
Political figures were popular targets for Capp. He expressed curiosity that a person who had never tried a law case had been appointed Attorney General of the U.S.
“Actually, I remember Robert Kennedy as the brilliant young advisor to Joe McCarthy.” (McCarthy, late Wisconsin senator, was censured for his unorthodox labeling of major officials as
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Vietnam
U.S Marines stormed the south wall of the crumbling Citadel in Hue against crumbling enemy resistance, and the Communist supply line was cut; Hanoi radio was bombed; a record nunbt. of American soldiers — 543 — were killed in a week.
National
Pres ier.l Johnson called on Congress to approve a 10-year, 26-milhon-unit housing program to replace what he calls “shameful substandard units of misery;” and he again plugged for a 10 per cent tax boost.
A mystery man in dirty cowboy clothes who forced a crowded airliner to detour to Cuba left behind him tales of wealth and a cautious fishing companion.
Gov. Ronald Reagan described the developing battle for the Republican presidential nomination as like an amateur night on stage with everyone waiting to pick their candidate.
Washington
Secretary of Defense McNamara ordered Pentagon censors to clear rapidly his testimony on the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident in dispute with Sen. J. W. Fulbright.
International
Britain boasted that soon it will be the strongest military power in allied Europe, foreshadowing greater British influence in NATO affairs.
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Al Capp, creator of “L’il Abner” and “Fearless Fosdick,” speaks before a near capacity crowd in the Ibis Room.
Student Bill Of Rights Sanctioned By USO
By DAVE BROWN
HurriCMM Ntwi Editor
USG President Dennis Alan Richard announced, at the Council meeting of Wednesday, February 21, a declaration of Student Rights. The Declaration was passed with an 11-1 vote — the dissenting vote coming from Senior Representative Wayne Stevens.
The declaration was considered one of the most important pieces of legislation introduced by this administration. Seven rights, considered basic to both students and general society, were outlined in the declaration.
Before introducing the specific declaration, Richard delivered a state of the student body address, in which ■ he discussed the achieve-1 ments and aspirations of his administration. He outlined his projected program for the coming semester. Richard suggested that the Board of Review should be abolished if it overshadowed or overlap the powers of Student Government. Concerning campus security, he stated that students should be used to a greater extent, and that the present system should be I completely revamped.
Secondly, he stated that high rise parking should be Instituted due to the fact that regular methods could not sufficiently handle the problem. He further supported the legalization of political parties as a part of the UM political system. Further comments concerned a ceiling on the rising cost of tuition, a re-evaluation of the loco parentis system at UM, and an increase In alumni affairs for the aid of the tuition situation.
Richard then enumerated the seven points of his Stu-d e n t Rights Declaration. They include:
A student shall have the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. Although this right is explicit in our society, it is not out-
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FILA Says Florida Has Sub-Par Ftliiralion
By NANCY HANDLER
Hurrkan* Staff Writ*r
Because of a crisis con
cerning the quality of education in the state of Florida, the Florida Education Asso-
ciation has declared statewide sanctions. The FEA declared that the quality of
education is below the national standards and has been deteriorating within the last ten years.
Reports indicate that 35.-000 of the state’s 60.000 teachers attended mass rallies instead of going to school, resulting in an unprecedented teacher walk-out that paralyzed much of Florida's public school system.
What do the teachers hope to accomplish? They hope to call the attention of parents and citizens to the existing conditions of the schools — “conditions that prevent the children of Dade County and Florida from receiving the best possible education they are capable of achieving,” stated a paper from the Dade
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West Lab Elementary School teachers walk out of classrooms to arouse public sympathy for their plight.