Veritas, Vol. 20, No. 02, September 10, 1979

              For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
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Vol. 20, No. 2    September 10, 1979
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Tax-cuts and
enrollment
In a rare departure from traditional University policy to remain impartial in political affairs, University of Miami President
Henry King Stanford expressed his concerns about the "deleterious effects" the
proposed property-tax cut referendum
would have on the quality of life in Dade
County if it is passed.
The comments were made at the first
general faculty meeting of the 1979-80
academic year held in Gusman Concert
Hall on Sunday. August 26.
Dr. Stanford urged the 300 faculty members and administrators in attendance who
share his views to vote against the proposal
during the special election which will be
held on Sept. 18.
"If passed," he said, "this referendum
would seriously reduce or eliminate services to which we in Dade County have
been accustomed—protection of people
and property, recreation and culture,
arts and sciences—and affect our physical
Dr. Stanford also spoke about the effects
the proposed tax-cuts would have on the
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UM was ready for David
The University of Miami survived unpredictable Hurricane David Labor Day
weekend relatively unscathed. Director of
Physical Plant Harvey Rose, who had been
designated Coordinator of Hurricane
Planning, reports that damage to the campus was slight. He estimates $5,000 was
spent for materials and emergency repairs.
Labor costs incurred have not yet been
Asked about student cooperation duting
the storm. Director of Public Safety Joe
Frechette said, "They were terrific—we
had 10 persons working around the clock
during the weekend and all reports indicate
the students followed instructions carefully.
There were no problems."
Here's what happened:
Aug. 28 Tuesday—
RSMAS staffers began boarding up
windows, moving materials from the
ground floor to 2nd story locations. Everything was shuttered up by Thursday.
Aug. 30 Thursday—
President Stanford met with key physical plant employees in the Ashe Board
Aug. 31 Friday—
Hurricane plans were discussed again
with President Stanford. A bulletin was
sent to the media concerning UM
preparedness.
Sept. 1 Saturday—
Hurricane instructions were distributed
ssidence halls.
mlized, <
BracUee
to lecture Sept. SO
Benjamin C. Bradlee. executive editor of
The Washington Post, will speak at the
University of Miami on Thursday, Sept. 20.
at 8 p.m. in the Ibis Cafeteria of the
Whitten Student Union.
Sponsored by the University Lecture
Series, the program is free to UM students,
faculty and staff with identification. Admission for the general public is $2 at the
After serving nearly three years as
managing editor of the Post, Bradlee was
named to his current position in September. 1968. His first association w ith the
paper was in 1948 as a reporter covering
the federal courts.
In 1953 he joined Sea fii eek magazine s
bureau in Paris where he earlier worked
as a press attache for the U.S. Embassy
During his tour years a^ a European correspondent he covered the Anglo-French
invasion of Suez and the Algerian rebellion,
Cyprus and Morocco.
Bradlee returned ro Washington in 1957.
first as a \t u tu 111 political correspondent
and latet. as Washington buteau chief. He
covered the  1960 political presidential
to all students living in
Sept. 2 Sunday—
Hurricane plans wen
munications discussed.
Some 20 staff and faculty families relocated to the second floor of the Whitten
Student Union. An additional 30 UM
staffers moved into the 1968 complex.
SAGA food service delivered meals to
the residence halls and work stations.
RSMAS was battened down and
evacuated.
Sept. 3 Monday—
At the Medical campus a 15 man crew-
worked around the clock and reported no
major difficulties. Preparation of temperature sensitive materials took special
At 1:30 a.m. transformer went out on
the Coral Gables campus. Power was out
at some student apartments. It was restored about 11 a.m.
Another transformer went about 2.0O
a.m. affecting power to the administrative
services building, security and physical
plant. Power was restored at 11 a.m.
At 9 a.m. word was sent to local media
outlets announcing that all UM offices
would be open on Tuesday and all classes
held as scheduled.
The UM Health Center reported no
major problems. According to Center
Director, Dr. Gene Flipse, "Just a few-
bumps and bruises, nothing unusual."
Some staff and handicapped students
remained in the Health Center. A doctor
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University telephone service remained
throughout the weekend. Switchboards
were manned 24 hours a day.
According to Harvey Rose, "All in all we
were pleased with the way things wei
do need to develop other back-up o
munications—otherwise everything
as planned."
We
Kennedy, his next-door neighbor in
Georgetown. "That Special Grace." his
tribute to the slain Presidenr. was published in 1964 by Lippincott, and his book
"Conversations with Kennedy" was published in 19~5 by W. W   Norton & Co.
Bradlee received his B.A. degree from
Harvard College, class of '43-
Thank you from President Stanford
To all members of the L'niversity family who cooperated so selflessly and prodigiously- in battening down the hatches for David's anticipated arrival. I express
my enthusiastic gratitude  There seems to be something about crisis and its
implication for suffering on the part of our fellow human beings that brings out
our altruistic best. I am proud of the way the L'niversity family responded.
That David turned out to be less than fierce in the Miami area should not make
anyone feel that he labored in vain. For one thing, we learned a great deal in the
process of getting ready
Thank you again for the impressive way you prepared for a date that didn't
materialize. Let us hope we will be stood up every time.
Henry   King Stanford