Miami Hurricane, April 26, 1985

              IN THE LIGHT				 ■— ■ ' 			
		GRADS PARTY AT TIFFANY’S		IT’S CLEVELAND FOR K0SAR
A profile of associate dean Susan Multane N E WS — page 3		Originally planned for Club Z, the Second Annual Hurricane Graduation Party for the Class of ’85 offers some excitement ENTERTAINMENT - page 8		Hurricane quarterback Bernie Kosar announced Wednesday that he plans to play for the Cleveland Browns SPORTS- page 11

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Volume 61 Number 53
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April 26, 1985
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Hurricanes fumble grades
By USA GIBBS
. ■“	Hurricane Manuring Editor
Over 46 percent of the Hurricane football team have cumulative grade point averages of 2.0 and below, according to figures obtained by The Miami Hurricane
Of 65 football players on the 73-man roster for the fall of 1984. only nine have cumulative grade point averages above a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. Twenty-six of the 65 have averages between a 2.1 and a 2.5.
The team has an average cumulative grade point average of 2.0777
According to the University of Miami Bulletin, any student who receives less than a 2.0 for any semester may be placed on academic probation, If a student has fewer than 30 credits, only a 1.5 is needed to remain in good standing; for a student with more than 90 credits, a 2.0 is needed.
A student placed on academic probation has one semester to raise their grade point average before being dismissed. A student can appeal the dismissal, and a faculty committee can grant one more semester to the student, said Director of Academic Advising Maureen Biggers
"Athletes have the same set of circumstances that normal students
have." said Bruce Mays, assistant athletic director in charge of academics. "If they don't meet these requirements, they can be subject to dismissal.”
Mays would not say how many football players are currently on academic probation
In March, safety Reggie Sutton was removed from the team for academic reasons. If his grades show significant improvement for this semester, he may be eligible to play next fall.
“There are a couple of individuals that are in severe academic trouble, but that's always a case at any college level," said Head Coach Jimmy Johnson.
Johnson cited the fact that, this past fall, no team member who took English composition got below a 2.0 in the class.
“I think we're in better shape academically right now than in a lot of places that I've been," said Johnson.
"1 don't worry about statistics," said Mays. "I worry about the individual. What do stats prove? If the individual shows that he can t meet certain requirements, then we have to work with those circumstances."
Making the grade
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Let's go crazy!!
Dolphin Mike Charles aerobicizes on the Patio as part of the Student Union's 20th Anniversary Celebration.
Student travels to holocaust sites
By SHERYL STEIN
Hurricane News Editor
The holocaust Millions of men, women and children mutilated, murdered, starved to death or scarred for life. All of this only 40 years ago
But the holocaust came alive last week for University of Miami junior Robyn Kerzner. She traveled as part of a delegation of 24 American students and many other international students to see Poland and its remnants of the death and labor camps. The trip, sponsored by the World Zionist Organization, lasted from April 14-22 and took the delegation to the Warsaw ghetto as well as to three concentration camps: Majdienk,
Auschwitz and Treblinka
“The country itself |Poland] is bleak and dirty,” said Kerzner “There are a lot of factories little houses and little farms the people are sad-looking." Kerzner noted empty stores and a lot of black market trade in the communist bloc nation
Majdienk, the first camp Kerzner saw on the trip, has been left intact. "One barrack had just piles of shoes, another was of hats |from the victims|. There were no windows — every 20 feet there were watchtowcrs and barbed wire everywhere " The crematory, though, was really a difficult experience for Kerzner. "I swear it still smells like burnt skin."
The next stop was Auschwitz,
which Kerzner said was turned into a museum. "There were 28 huge barracks. There we saw piles of hair, clothes, rugs made from the hair of the victims. And pictures. The German soldiers took pictures the whole time."
Kerzner was a little angry to find Auschwitz commercialized. "There was a bookstore and a restaurant there,” she said. The group held services at the Auschwitz crematory in memory of the victims.
Treblinka, a camp that was destroyed by the Germans after the Warsaw uprising, was the tour's next stop. "There are 17.000 stones there in memory of the 17,000 communities destroyed Each person took a bouquet, wrote
a wish for the world and put it on a stone.
“Every time you kick the ground there, you kick bone,” said Kerzner of the numerous dead.
People know what happened, but until they see it, they cannot fully comprehend what actually happened just 40 short years ago, said Kerzner.
"My obligation now is to let people know what happened and what I saw," Kerzner said
By LISA GIBBS
Hurricane Managing t ditor
This is the lust of a series on religion ul the University of Miami.
In the Arab world, Muslims can pray to Allah in elaborate ancient mosques, fast from dawn to sunset for the entire month of Ramadan (the ninth month in the lunar calendar) and give alms to the poor once a year At the University of Miami, the 506 Muslim students have the Muslim Student Center, a room in the International House where they can pray and study, and cooking facilities so they can eat food that is halal. or properly prepared.
"Their religion is their life force," said Laura Morgan, director of International Students and Scholar Services. "It keeps them together. They help each other and are very positive.”
The number of Muslim students at UM has risen about 33 percent in the last three years, from 339 students in the fall of 1981 to 506 for last fall.
"As an Islamic student, you're constantly aware of your religion," said Raymond Augustin, former president of the Council of International Student Organizations.
Not all Muslims practice their religion
"Either you're Muslim or you are not," said Ahmad Sabri Ismail "There is no in-between."
“Although some don't partake in religion per se,” said Morgan, "many participate in other religious activities."
"Religion becomes more important when you're far away from home," said Augustin, a Catholic from Malaysia “|lnternational students| definitely turn toward religion/'
"My first three years away from home, religion was what I held
onto, it was something the family used to do together. It brings home
memories."
Proposal to affect grads
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane editor In Chief
The Faculty Senate has proposed cutoff grade point averages for summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude. The cutoffs were added to a proposal written ci' 'i16 Committee on Academic srandards, which advocated that students deserving of a summa or magna cum laude must write a thesis paper
The proposal also stated that to
graduate summa cum laude, the highest honor, a student must receive a rating of “distinction" on
his thesis.
The Undergraduate Student Body Government Senate had
opposed this in their meeting last week, on the basis that it was unfair for a student with a lower grade point average to receive summa cum laude while a student with a higher grade point average would not for lack of distinction on his thesis.
The proposal passed by the Faculty Senate stated that a student must have a 3.9 grade point average and receive specialdistinc-tion on his thesis for summa cum laude. The thesis must be approved by the University Committee, which will be composed of one representative from each school or college and one representative from each of the humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences.
For magr,a cum laude, a student must have a 3.75 and write a thesis tnat will be approved by a departmettal committee. For cum laude, a indent must have a 3.6 grad/ pont average. A thesis Is not n ce sary for cum laude.
USBG	awards best
Year brings in new deans, sees creation of residential colleges
By ROLAND S. MEDINA
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Student Body Government announced the winners of the Professor of the Year award last Wednesday
The outstanding professors from the College of Arts and Sciences were: Richard Sanzenbacher, (humanities); Charles II Mallery and James S Clegg, (natural science); and Frank C. Stuart (social science).
Gary A Anderson of the School of Business, Scott Baldwin of the School of Education. Robert Gower of the School of Music, Tayelo A. Guima of the School of Engineering, Teofilo Victoria of the School of Architecture and Geòrgie Labadie of the School of Nursing were the other winners.
Upon receiving the award from USBG Speaker of the Senate Xavier Cortada. Mallery, who is also the assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, exclaimed, "I really appreciate the award. It means very much to me."
The other professors were either tapped yesterday or will be tapped today. They each receive an Inscribed plaque.
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Dr. Charles Mallery, associate professor of biology, receives the “Professor of the Year' award from Xavier Cortadn, USIIfi Speaker of the Senate r
By LOURDES FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Edit nr tn Chief
From searches for new deans to implementation of a residential college system to politics on and off campus, this year has seen its share of news that affected students at the University of Miami Here is a synopsis, month by month, of what has happened this year
September
The Honors Resideniial College opens its doors to 543 residents, even though construction is still underway
UM implements a new phone system that has touch-tone telephones However, fraud will become rampant when students make long-distance calls using other people's codes
Former sociology professor Abraham Lavender sues the University in federal court Lavender, who was not granted tenure In 1982, files suit for discrimination and defamation. The judge rules in favor of UM
Evelyn Barritt, dean of the School of Nursing, leaves amid rumors that her departure is due
to the administration's inahilitv to
fulfill the needs of the School.
October
National and local politics bicorne a hot issue, with a Mon-dale/Eerraro banner burned at Pearson Hall At a rally sponsored by Youth for Reagan, a shouting match occurs betweenReagan supporters and members of College Democrats In a mock election. 300 out of 388 students vote for Reagan
November
Undergraduate Student Body Government elections are held for i h seats SPIRIT win* all the seats a preview of the spring results
Crime is up from last year, as is the number of students being suspended
The College Council passes resolution which proposes to *pl the department of politics a public affairs in order to have
This is the last i Hurricane. We wish all congratulations to the next year
-cience department in the of Arts and Sciences of the School of Business December
President for Student Af-illiam Butler receives the 's Cross of the Order from the F'ederal Republic many. The prestigious med given in recognition of s many years of work in mg a student exchange with the Republic January
MO r	John McCollum, former
ftghsh department chairman, do r njuries from a fall sufferer a stroke while he vacationed n Ocala, Fla. His death is mournec 6- many here
February
A hike of 11.9 percent raises Please turn to page 3/1984-85
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th semester for The Miami studuts good luck with finals, at! best of luck to everyone
Internationals’ religions are their iife force’