Miami Hurricane, September 16, 1983

              Volume 60 Number 6
A look at art deco — Special Section , -
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Friday, September 16, 1983
By RONNIE RAMOS
Hurricane Editor in Chief
The University of Miami appears on the verge of announcing plans to reinstate men's basketball.
_,A*hLetlc. director Sam Jankovich plans to meet with President Ed-ward T. Foote II today, “if his schedule and my schedule make it possible," Jankovich said, to discuss if and when an announcement will be made.
Sources in the athletic department said the announcement could come around the end of this month. Under the present plans, a source who did seasolfm ,0 ^ identi*ied said DM would begin competition in the 1985-86
* do not wan* to set a date as to when it will happen,” Jankovich said Wednesday. “I do not want him [Foote] to feel there is a lot of pres-sure on him to decide a certain way.”
Jankovich, who spoke to the Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate Wednesday, said he had no idea what Foote's reaction would be.
"He may come up with some tough questions," he said.
While Jankovich has his plans pretty well set, he does not want to rock the boat.
“Above all, I am a team player and I want to play by his [Foote’s] rules, ’ he said. "That is very important to me."
When asked if he was ready to see basketball return to UM, Jankovich said, “I’m about as ready as can be.”
In an interview on WVUM Tuesday, Foote said he was approaching basketball “with an open mind, a great deal of interest — and I'm intrigued.”
"The circumstances have changed substantially in the last 10 years," » Foote added, “and it’s [basketballl entirely worth revisiting.”
Jankovich, who has been at UM only slightly more than a month, has done plenty of revisiting.
He has spoken with “1,001 people" about a basketball program at UM and even has mapped out plans for student seating at the James L. Knight Center, where UM would begin playing. He told the USBG Senate that bleachers which could accommodate 500 students could be set up in front of the permanent stands.
Even the starting date — 1985 — was carefully considered. Starting in 1984 would present recruiting problems. Many high school seniors already have made commitments as to which colleges they are going to visit.
Under NCAA rules, a player is limited to a certain number of official visits a year. Starting in 1985 would give UM a full year to recruit athletes.
Miami also needs a coach, but that too has been considered. Sources said one might be hired by the end of this academic year.
Finding a coach does not seem to be a problem. "Several top-notch coaches have expressed an interest,” Jankovich told the USBG Senate.
The financial end of starting the program will be Foote’s major concern.
Jankovich did outline three possible ideas for funding a basketball program. One would be to have 15 corporations offer full scholarships for four years. Another would be to have individuals contribute $3,000 year for "X number of years.” The money could be applied toward season tickets.
The third, he said, could happen if the athletic department were still short. The school could, he said, “help us with the seed money now."
This would be an investment for the future, Jankovich said, because UM could save money later by allocating less money to the athletic department once basketball were to get on its feet.
But this type of investment might not sit well with Foote.
“I think it would be wonderful to have a basketball program here," Foote said. "But as I’ve told Sam Jankovich, if it is a question of spending money, it would be a high priority |problem] with me."
Jankovich pointed out that basketball programs around the country make “about $300,000-$500,000 a year," mostly because of television.
He added that college basketball has changed dramatically since UM dropped the sport 11 years ago.
When UM dropped the team, it was losing money and playing out at Miami Beach.
‘Above all, 1 am a team player and I want to play by his rules. That is very important to me.’
Sam Jankovich
Sam Jankovich
Millions lost to bad checks, unpaid tuition
By JOHN CROUT
Hurricane Opinion Editor
On July 31, the University of Miami had $4-5 million in accounts receivable. All of it was from unpaid tuition balances and about 50 percent of it was over seven months old, according to Al Matthews, UM Bursar.
In addition to this, the academic year 1982-83 presented another problem in the form of $750,000-$1.25 million in bad checks from students, written to the University. Each check, after being returned once from the bank upon which it is drawn, is sent back to the bank a second time.
These figures represent those checks that have been returned a second time. After the second time a check cannot be run through and the university is left holding the tab for whatever the check was written.
According to Matthews, "If receivable balances remain uncollected, those figures become revenues that need to be made up Tuition is the primary source of revenue."
According to a study he did this summer, a first year student is more apt to leave the university with money duethan a senior. The reasons, he theorizes, are that upperclassmen have more invested in the university than their first year counterparts.
There are plans for a better collection procedure that will incorporate existing computers and plans for establishing a better procedure for determining which studnents are good credit risks by having online terminals at registration.
USBG President Mark Cheskin pays off a wager he made with the University ot Florida student government president. Under the terms of the bet, the president from the losing school would have to wear a T-shirt provided by the other. Cheskin wore the shirt to a Senate meeting.
The wager
.Miami Hurricane/JEFF GOTTLIEB
T run to win’
Weisburd seeking Miami Beach post
By PETER PREMINGER
Hurricane Staff Writer
Everybody knows Sidney Weisburd the registrar; but what about Sidney Weisburd the Miami Beach City Commissioner?
In November Weisburd will be running for the Miami Beach City Commission. Having confirmed his desire to post for election, Weisburd will be one of six commissioners to occupy such a position
The City Commission, the organization in charge of proposing and approving a city’s policies and ordinances, elects the city manager and city attorney. The City Commissioner runs for two years and can be re-elected.
When asked if the new position would interfere with his activities as a registrar, Weisburd said that he received written authorization from the provost prior to running for office.
"It was with the understanding that I won't be a nine-to-fiver,” he said.” I have a track record for doing a good job."
He adds: “I run to win, not to play.” Weisburd has four other opponents, yet the definite list of those running will not be known until the end of the month.
He offers ideas on why Miami Beach is not the tourist capital of the world anymore. Among them are the lack of courtesy, which “starts at the airport", and the deterioration of Miami Beach's hotels .
The issues he has heard most while campaigning include crime and cleanliness. Weisburd says that it is more the fear of crime than crime itself He plans to deter crime "by making police more visible on foot- and horse-patrol versus the speeding cars."
On cleanliness Weisburd says: "My campaign is mostly to clean up the slum area in the South end." Weisburd believes this can be achieved by “everybody working together." and he plans to do it by making certain that the storekeepers keep their garbage clean, and by giving citations.
Weisburd also says that he has always supported historic preservation and suggests that the art deco area should be an in-between area — "an arch to walk in from one time to the other."
Weisburd, a resident of Miami Beach since 1960, is a member of both university and civic organizations. At UM, he belongs to Iron Arrow and Delta Sigma Pi.
Sidney Weisburd
His academic background is in business administration, where he has both a bachelor's and master's degree. He also has an associate's degree in electronic data processing.
Currently he counts with 25 University of Miami student supporters headed by Roy Robert, business manager of the Miami Hurricane and Aurelio Quinones, former USBG president.
Said Quinones says of Weis-burd:'Tve known Mr. Weisburd, seen his dedication, see that he's really concerned. Government needs people who are concerned."
Inside
Study in Brazil
Robert Levine, history department chairman, describes this study abroad program as one of the best. /Page 3
The state of UM
This new column takes a look at different trends and happenings at UM. This issue focuses on the growth in the honors program. /Page«
Purdue Preview
The sports section sizes up the Purdue team for the game tomorrow. /Page 8
Art Deco
A tabloid on the Miami deco district and the culture of that period. /Special Section
Jankovich promises to change athletics
By LOURDES FERRER
Hurricane Associate News Editor
With anything new there is always the possibility of changes and reforms. And with a new athletic director. UM’s athletic program is changing.
Sam Jankovich, the new athletic director, wants to move the program forward.
"Nothing can change overnight, but we are going to change,” said Jankovich at an Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate meeting Wednesday.
Since his appointment last July by UM President Edward T. Foote, Jankovich has been working to-
gelUer with student leaders in order
to gain new ideas and insights that may help the athletic progam.
He sees the relationship as a joint-partnership.
Re-organization of the staff, marketing and promotion departments has been his main task so far.
Jankovich wants to "do things differently,” especially getting students interested in the smaller, underfunded sports such as soccer, where there is hardly any student spirit or support.
Jankovich told the USBG Senate that he will not make any decisions if they are not in the "best interest"
of both the university and the student body.
Jankovich announced that Kath> Nobal, the new assistant athletic director for internal affairs, will work directly and be the liason between the student body and the ath letic department.
Jankovich is currently working on ideas for an on-campus. 40,000 seat stadium, which he said will be a "great investment for the future "
"This will add spirit to the university and will bring students — even the alumni — together and back to the campus," said Jankovich. “It will contribute to the university as a whole and add too campus life."
The main obetailu, however, w;U
be money.
"This is a good challenge that will take a lot of work and cooperation; It's a political issue as far as the (local] community is concerned," Jankovich said. "The different schools at UM won't object as far as it doesn't take money away from the general fund/bud-get."
He is also working out a plan for a football schedule through 1990
Of his new job Jankovich says: "It's been hectic, exciting and the best decision — after my marriage — I've ever made."
Job openings offer extra income, skills for many students
By MARLENE J. EQUIZABAI
Hurricane Stall Writer
Students participating in a program sponsored by the Department of Career Placement and Planning now find it possible to earn extra income while working at a job they like.
Through the Students Earn and Learn (SEAL) Program these students are making work part of their educational process. As an off-campus job location and development program. SEAL matches student qualifications and interests with available employment opportunities in the Miami area.
According to its directors, the overall goal of the program is to bring the student population together with the employer community for the benefit of both. In addition to serving as a referral service for students and emloyers. SEAL counselors are also ready to advise students on job searching skills and other employment and career-related topics.
The SEAL Program began in 1981 as another type of financial aid which offered students off campus jobs, ideally in their career field. Presently, more than 500 employers list approximately 1,500 jobs — ranging from yard work and tutoring to paid summer internships and positions in fields as diverse as marketing, import/export. recreation, government, insurance, television, and radio
"We have non-typical jobs that necessitate dealing with people on a larger scale than just 'Can I take your order"’’ ” said Shanda A Mez-zorana. assistant director of Career Planning and Placement for Off-campus Employment.
And students are still taking adventage of the program's benefits. Last year. SEAL placed more than 300 sudents whose gross earnings totaled over $450,000
For one of these students, Aida Mesa, SEAL provided not only supplemental income, but a head start on her career as well. A senior marketing major, Mesa was employed as a sales representative for Personal Products Company, a division of Johnson & Johnson
Working full time, she receives a salary and benefits worth a combined total of about $25,000 a year.	„
“This is the kind of job I was hoping for when I graduated,' sfib Mesa
However, since she now attends evening classes, it will take longer for her to recieve her degree. She realizes the drawbacks that working full time involves, but nevertheless states, “When I see my friends and the difficult time they have financially, I'm certain it's worth it."
Most students are eligible to participate in the SEAL Program. The only requirements to apply for a full- or part-time job through the program are proof of being a UM student and a United States citizen or permanent resident.
SEAL counselors are welcoming interested students to visit Building 37-R in the department of Career Planning and Placement or call 284-5454 for more information
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