Miami Hurricane, April 18, 1989

              Reach Out
A UM professor forms a community outreach program with the help of some students.
News—page 3
Blue Notes
Robert Cray and band gave UM students a cool taste of the blues.
Accent —pages
Playing the bully
The baseball team rebounded this weekend by drubbing overmatched Florida Atlantic twice.
Sports — page 8
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Volume 66, Number 49
University of Miami
Tuesday, April 18,1989
Lack of funds may close the Open Door
By YVONNE ALVAREZ
Stall WrUtr
Students at the University of Miami may be forced to find counseling elsewhere if the Open Door continues to have budget problems.
Like many other organizations, it is faced with a diminishing budget and increasing costs, pr. Lori Blum, a psychologist at the Counseling Center, which runs the Open Door, said, "For the past several years our budget has been cut. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough money now to run the service as it should |be run]."
Since 1971, when the program began receiving Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee funds, the Open Door's income has been provided by a 50-cent tier student share of the activity fee, currently $57.50. Funding reached its peak in 1980 when it totalled $10,811.23.
The budget is tied to student enrollment at UM,
Center can’t support programs
which is itself declining. Accordingly, the money the Open Door receives for the year has decreased.
"we asked SAFAC for an emergency allocation," Dr. Arthur Brucker, director of the Counseling Center, said. “But we were turned down.”
Rich Gauthier, chairperson of SAFAC, said when the group applied ia February, the application arrived late, and there was a serious shortage of funds.
Next year doesn’t look any better, according to Brucker.
“We have also applied for an extra allocation of $4,000 for next year, but I don’t think we'll get it,” Brucker said.
Open Door is a counseling service staffed by trained students. The volunteers help other students
with problems ranging from academic stress to suicide. Begun in 1970 by two graduate students as a place to help students with drug problems, today it has become a comprehensive program with a staff of upto 40.
According to Brucker, the only graduate assistant they employ receives over half of their allocation.
“We can only pay a graduate assistant $4,000, which means less actual money for the program. How can you have a graduate assistant for $4,000 when ttij can get $8,000 from th* department?
“All the equipment is broken down,” Brucker added. “We need to replace the tapes and the answering machine. We haven't been able to print new pamphlets to hand out to students for about
three years. New students are not aware of our existence.
“Right now we are in a deficit of a couple hundred dollars. The deficit can be covered by the Counseling Center’s budget, but we really don’t have all that much either. Our allocation for this fiscal year is supposed to be $7,900. If it’s true, we will be over by $7," Brucker said.
Open Door is located near the apartment area in Building 37-Ai Volunteers are trained by Counseling Center personnel and are available from 7 p.m. to midnight everyday for individuals who want to walk in and talk. Students may also receive help over the telephone by calling the Open Door at 284-2309.
Students can request informational tapes by calling the abqve number. The cassettes deal with topics such as assertiveness, sexuality, financial aid,
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New UM commuter affairs director named
By LAURIE L. THOMAS
Assitant News Editor
The University of Miami has its first commuter student affairs director. Stephanie Palubicki, currently assistant director of admissions, will assume the new ! position June 1.
Palubicki said she is “excited about the commitment the University is making to commuter students.”
Carolyn Salisbury, president of Roadrunners Commuter Student Organization, said while doing research to illustrate the need for a commuter student affairs direc-. tor to the administration, she frequently ran across Palubicki's name.
"She's nationally known in the commuter affairs department,” said Salisbury.
Palubicki served as coordinator of the off-campus center at Texas A&M University and as the director of student affairs at the University of Houston.
“I hope to help |commuter| students realize everything at the University of Miami is accessible to them except for actually residing on campus,” said Palubicki.
According to Salisbury, less than 40 colleges and universities nationwide have commuter student affairs directors or a similar agency to assist-students who reside off campus.
“Her talents were wasted in the admissions office with her expe-
UM police arrest alleged imposter
Palubicki
nence in commuter affairs," said Salisbury.
“Everyone is looking forward to working with her."
Palubicki said one of her first projects will be to do more research, in conjunction with Road-runners and independently, and to work up a profile of the typical commuter student.
“Everytime I think about the job, 1 think about who and what commuter students are," Palubicki said.
“I don’t mean to sound pretentious, but I think I have what the University needs right now,” Palubicki said.
For the second time, police have caught Jonathan Ashley Battle allegedly claiming false connections with the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Wednesday night, UM police charged Battle with possession of false identification, theft and illegal impersonation of medical personnel.
According to police, Battle was at the Rathskeller telling people he was a millionaire and a medical student with a doctorate in psychology. However, students saw him going through other students’ purses and told police.
Officer Ralph Salas asked Battle for his identification, and Battle inadvertantly handed the officer a number of ID cards with
Last hurrah
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Friday, The Miami Hurricane will publish its last issue before September. Groups who want to place News Briefs, Updates or advertisements for events occurring after April 21 must do so today. Display advertisements, News Briefs and Updates for the last issue must be submitted to University Center 221 by 4 p.m. Classified advertising must be submitted by noon.
Parking fee increase voted down
By LAURIE L. THOMAS
Assistent News Editor
Students, faculty and employees who drive to the University of Miami and pay $50 a year to park can breathe a sigh of relief. The parking advisory committee and appeals board voted unanimously Thursday not to recommend a $25 per year increase to Provost Luis Glaser.
"I can’t speak for every committee member, but I think they found it outrageous to tax the University community for a garage they’ll never see,” said Carolyn Salisbury, president of Road-
Oommittee vetoes proposal
runners Commuter Student Organization and a student representative on the committee.
The committee is composed of four student representatives, two faculty members and one employee.
The proposed $25 increase would have been put in an account to pay for an on-campus parking garage to be built at an unannounced date.
However, last year Salisbury authored a bill that would ear-
mark $10 of the annual $50 fee for a fund with the same purpose. The measure was accepted, and the fund currently contains an estimated $100,000, according to Salisbury..
“For them to say now ’We need 15’ is very insulting," Salisbury
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said. "Frankly, I myself slapped in the face.”
Joe Frechette, director of Public Safety, said he had “no idea" if the proposed increase would be
brought before the advisory committee again.
“I gave them all the facts and figures," said Frechette.
Today UM's parking consultant, William Crenshaw, will attempt to gauge student opinions about the overall parking situation. According to Frechette, Crenshaw is a member of a Coral Gables firm that has worked for the city for 10 years.
Resident students will receive a questionnaire in their mailboxes while commuter students will be handed copies of the survey as they arrive for and leave classes.
Sandler to replace Sheeder
New dean wants to fight drug abuse
By ASTRID ROMERO
Stall Writer
After 23 years at the University of Miami, William B. Sheeder, «Ai
Sandler
different names. Only a few of the cards identified Battle as Michael Ashley Brown, the name Battle claimed was his, UM police report said.
Last February, Battle confessed to charges of burglary, theft and trespassing in return for a sentence of one year on probation and the assurance be would not again pretend to be a doctor, nurse, student or intern. At that time, he claimed to be a doctor at UM-Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Police are holding Battle at the Dade County jail and have added burglary and battery to the Ii4t of charges already against him, said UM’s Lieutenant Henry Christenson.
— ROBERT S. MARSHALL
vice president for student affairs, has decided not to return from a leave of absence he took in February.
“He’s leaving UM to go into business ventures for himself,” said Dr. William Butler, vice president for student affairs. “I’m going to miss him in the day to day work. He’s touched the lives of so many generations of young people.
Sheeder came to UM in 1963, when Butler brought him in as director of the Student Union.
William Sandler, dean of student personnel, will be promoted to replace Sheeder, and the offices of student personnel and the dean of students will merge under the title of office of dean of students, said Butler.
“I’m looking foward to helping the students." said Sandler. “It will be a challenge."
Butler said no one will replace Sandler, but a new assistant dean of students will help with the different areas of the office and the substance abuse program.
"Our big concern is substance abuse, and the need for programming and educating," said Sandier. “We’re are working on a peer-advising program and a handbook on substance abuse for next.fall."
Sandler, who came to the University in 1962, has been dean of student personnel since 1971 Currently, he is responsible for the University’s undergraduate student disciplinary programs, the Greek system and alcohol education programs.
In addition to its current responsibilities, the new office will serve as a	,
liaison between Sheeder the campus chaplains and the University, said Sandler.
Student Government and the Whitten University Center will hold a reception honoring Sheeder on Monday in the International Lounge.
“We are honoring him for his many contributions to the University," Butler said
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