Miami Hurricane, April 26, 1991

              YEAR IN REVIEW
Joining the Big East was only one of many revolutionary changes that affected UM athletics this year.
• SPORTS —page 10
ON THE RUN
Many runaways have no hope and no future. The Miami Bridge, a facility funded by the United Way, is hoping to change that.
• ACCENT — page •
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NEWS: Plans to intagrate UM football players Into general student housing have been put on hold. Pages
VOLUME 68, NUMBER 50
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. CORAL GABLES, FLA.
FRIDAY. APRIL 26, 1991
NEWSBRIEFS
Renovations planned for Apartment Area
A series of renovations to be completed before the start of the fall semester are slated for the University of Miami Apartment Area. Apartment windows will be tinted and steel doors will be installed within the interior stairwells this summer.
According to Dr. Robert Redick, director of the UM Department of Residence Halls, the purpose of the tinting is "energy conservation, aesthetics and a response to students’ complaints about too much sunlight waking them up in the morning.’’
Renovations to “replace all furniture, fix up the kitchens and replace bathroom vanities” are still in the planning stages, he added.
— MARY LOU DUNNIGAN
Students win national broadcasting award
University of Miami students Linda Powell's and Eivaen Treadway’s production of the first episode of Local Color won the grand prise in its category at the 28th annual National Student Production Awards.
The film highlighted local reggae band "Copacetic” and was entered as a “Video Variety or Dance Program/Segment.”
The swards ceremony was held earner this month in Los Angeles by Alpha Epsilon Rho, which is a national broadcasting honor society.
Honors students coll for Improvements
The results of a recent honors student survey, administered by the Honors Students Advisory Committee and sponsored by the Honors Students' Association, have been released:
O 85 percent favored offering more special topics honors courses.
O 75 percent did not think there are enough honors courses offered at the 300 level or above.
• 42 percent felt that honors professors need to be more accessible to their students outside of the classroom.
The survey was based on 625 honors students.
A majority of those surveyed also made several suggestions on how to improve the nonors program, including smaller classes, a greater availability of honors sections and the abolition of all mixed regular and honors classes.
Summer housing and moal plan avallabla
Summer housing is now available for students enrolled in either of the two summer sessions.
Mahoney Residential College is the only building that will be available for student housing. Rates are $500 per session for a double and $650 for a single. An optional meal plan can be purchased for an additional $500 per term.
For more information, call the Department of Residence Halls at 284-4506.
FACE THE FACTS
The total amount of the U niverslty'» endowment since President Foote’s inauguration In 1981:
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SAFAC votes on allocations of student activity fee
Preliminary 1991-92 budget awaits administration approval
Editor In Chief
The Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee met last night to approve its recommendations for 1991-92.
Although a copy of the final report waa not available at press time, an unofficial breakdown of the $978,750 in allocations was submitted anonymously to The Miami Hurricane on Tuesday.
Among other things, the recommendations would eliminate all funding for religious and political
groups, thus enforcing a guideline set by SAFAC in 1989.
Clayton Randall, SAFAC adviser, stressed that the document received by the Hurricane was
"It does not include all of the allocations or thejustifications of those allocations,” Randall said on Tuesday. The report waa submitted to the Hurricane before SAFAC members had seen it, Randall added. The only student who had received a copy was Student Gov-
ernment President Irwin Rajj.
“This is the result of i deliberations," Randall “It was obtained by questionable means, and I don’t think it should be ininted.”
The official recommendations of SAFAC, which were voted on last night, will be sent to Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler next week. All SAFAC recommendations are subject to his approval.
According to Randall, the deci-
sion not to fund religious and political groups is not a new policy.
“This year’s committee was just more consistent in enforcing the rules,” Randall said. Last year, groups such as the Organisation of Jewish Students and Students far America were given funding.
“SAFAC does not have enough money to give all of these groups money, so they’re not going to promote one over the other by allocating it money,” Randall said.
If preliminary recommendations
are approved, OJS, SFA and the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship would receive no funding.
According to senior Brian Bartley, SFA national co-chairperson, the group is non-partisan.
“We are not affiliated with any political party and we do not receive money from any political party,’’ Bartley said. “We sponsor programs that are beneficial to all students. Besides, who is to decide what is political and what’s not?” Cindy Schafer, president of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship,
Please see page 5/SAFAC
TEN YEARS OF SERVICE
DAVE BERGMAN / Photo Editor
‘•ANDBAOOED’: University of Miami President Edward T. Foote II, center, receives the first Vice President’s Award for Service. Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler, left, and Student Government President Irwin Ralj look on.
Foote celebrates 1 Oth year
give the most important speech of his life, he seemed to sink into his chair. During the testimonials his wife put her arm around his shoulders and whispered in his ear. And finally, when the chairman of the Board of Trustees gave him his pin for 10 years of service to the University, and the entire room signalled its approval with a standing ovation, President Edward T. Foote II was at a loss for words.
After several minutes of standing at the podium, “thanks” was all he could say.
The occasion was the Board of Trustees’ annual retreat, held at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla., April 12. They were celebrating Foote’s 10th anniversary as the University of Miami’s fourth president. The Board had decided to f
By ROBERT MILLER Managing Editor
...And so we gather at a University of astonishing accomplishment, in a city of boundless opportunity, astride a fulcrum of continents and peoples — perhaps of eras. There are times when cities take off. There are times when universities take off. When those times coincide, there is the stuff of combustible excitement. We here are at the threshold of such times.
President Edward T. Foote II Inaugural address, Dec. 4,1981
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atching himself on the big screen television in the comer of the banquet hall, and seeing himself as a man 10 years younger
> surprise him Please see page 2/FOOTE
SG Senate votes ‘no’ on lower GPA requirement
By TRACY KRAMER Assistant News Editor
The University of Miami Student Government Senate voted 20-9 against a bill to lower the requirement for students seeking executive positions within SG from a 2.5 to a 2.0 grade point average.
Edward T. Foote H] said a 2.5 is University policy,” SG President Irwin Rajj said at the senate meet-
irothea Ward, commuter north senator who sponsored the bill, disagreed.
“According to the bulletin, good academic standing is not 2.5,’’ Ward said. “It says 2.0."
Proponents of the bill said equal representation for all students was their primary concern.
‘‘[SG] should represent all students — not just those above a 2.5,” said Drew Chulock, who presented the bill. Author Mark Chiap-pone was not present at the senate meeting.
“It’s morally wrong to exclude those who do not meet the 2.5,” UM junior Dale Reed said. “Every student can decide where his learning is derived from.”
Raij and SG Speaker of the Senate Esther Feuer stood firmly against the bill.
“For those who [want to be in SG] and don't have the 2.5, they can bust their tails to get a 2.5 to be in Student Government,” Rajj said.
“You need accountability to lead the student body,” Feuer said.
If bill had passed, it would still require final approval by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler.
“Any amendments must be approved by the administration [to] take the force of policy,” Dr. Craig Ullom, director of student life ana adviser to SG, said.
Officer
elections
challenged
By ALLBTTA BOWERS Associate Naws Editor
Despite the swearing in of newly-elected Speaker of the Senate Esther Feuer and Speaker Pro Tempore Eddie Pereira, questions are being raised about the constitutionality of both elections.
The controversy centers around the interpretation of section 3-2.2 of the SG Constitution which sutes, “The senate shall elect by written ballot a speaker, with a majority of the whole senate required to elect.” The meaning of the phrase “whole senate” is being questioned.
Dale Reed, one of the candidates for maker, filed a petition with the SG Supreme Court concerning the validity of both elections.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Derk Shoup could not be reached for comment on whether the case would be heard.
According to Reed, the phrase can be interpreted in three ways. Either “whole senate” indicates the entire number of senate aeaU filled, the number of senators present at role call or the number of senators present at the time the vote was taken.
“The closest 1 can find to the meaning of ’whole senate’ in Robert's Rules of Order ia the definition of ‘whole committee,’ ” Reed said. “ 'Whole committee’ ia defined as the entire body, which in this case would be the number
Please see page 5/VOTE
New Hecht master, Pearson RC named
By JON DEESLIE
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A couple of new faces will be leading Hecht and Pearson residential colleges next semester.
Dr. Frederick Tims, University of Miami music therapy program director and chairperson of the student affairs committee, will replace Dr. John FiUgerald as resident master of Hecht. At Pearson, Lisa Bardili will become the new residence coordinator, replacing Michele Franklin.
Tims, who has been with the UM School of Music for seven years, began teaching over 30 years ago. According to Tims, this experience, along with a desire to work with studenU, will help him in his new position.
“After I found out more about the job from other masters, the more interested I became,” Tims said. ”1 am excited about working dose to the students.”
Bardili is currently residence coordinator for the UM Apartment Area. Interview* are being conducted to fill the vacancy created by her departure. The position ia expected to be filled within the next
UM not affected by research audit
By FRANK RECIO
Staff Writer
Recently, the federal government announced that the research practices of 12 universities nationwide would be audited.
The announcement came after Paul Biddle, who has represented the Office of Naval Research on the Stanford University campus since 1988, found
bills for a wedding reception, flowers, antique furniture and the depreciation of a yacht among the overhead coats Stanford asked the federal government to cover.
Washington allows colleges to charge it for overhead costa — utilities, building depreciation, administration, libraries, some student services
Please see page ¿'/RESEARCH
Programming boards restructured
NEW FACE: Dr. Frederick Tims will take over as HRC master next semester.
two weeks.
“We are interviewing five applicants from universities like Michigan State and Southern California,” Dr. Robert Redick, director of the Department of Residence Halls, said. “Both the faculty and the stu-. dents are involved in the interviewing process.”
By TOM B. HIGGINS Special to the Hurricane
The winds of change have blown through the campus programming boards, and a new structural (' has emerged that should higher quality presentations for students, according to Jody Kalman, director of the Department of Student Activities.
Adopting the name “Program Council” from a previous programming board, the new body will act as an umbrella group for Hurricane Productions, Forum, the special events and recreation committee and the variety entertainment committee.
We’ve trimmed down to create ir quality programming i,” Kalman said.
She explained that a committee of four undergraduate and two
graduate student*, the Director of Student Ufe Dr. Craig Ullom and herself came up with the new
design;
The Homecoming committee, Rathskeller Advisory Board and the Cinematic Arts Commission will remain independent, within the student activities department.
Kalman said the new Program Council will be the most comprehensive programming board at the University.7
Students who are interested In joining Program Council must bring their applications to University Center room 236 by 3 p.m. today.
END OF THE LINE
It's sad but true. This is the last Issue of The Miami Hurricane tor \h* year. The staff wishes everyone good luck on exams, papers, final projects, etc. To those who era graduating, have a successful, productive life. To those who are not, hang In there and enjoy It while It lasts.