Veritas, Vol. 20, No. 07, November 19, 1979

              For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Voi. 20, No. 7 November 19, 1979
Conference focuses on energy solutions
The energy dilemma is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Rapidly depleting fossil fuels, particularly oil and gas which presently provide most of our energy needs, are reaching exorbitant price levels.
Alternative sources of energy are available but are relatively undeveloped technologically or not utilized fully. Some of these are renewable, such as solar heat, solar electricity, hydro, wind, ocean thermal and salinity gradient energy.
Others are depletable but relatively untapped, such as geothermal heat or synthetic fuels from coal or wastes. Nuclear energy as presently produced, depletes uranium more rapidly than energy from breeder reactors. Nuclear fusion is still ar hope for the future.
Hydrogen is a suitable synthetic fuel for many applications and has an unlimited raw material base—water. It requires the development of an environmentally acceptable and economical energy source, preferably a non-depleting one, to produce it.
The planet s energy problems and some possible solutions will be discussed Dec. 10-13 at the second Miami International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources presented by the Clean Energy Research Institute of the UM’s School of Engineering and Architecture (CERI).
Registration fee is $215 for attendees and $165 for authors and session officials. Sessions will be held at the Fontainebleau Hilton, Miami Beach.
Dr. T. Nejat Veziroglu, director of CERI, is chairman of the conference which will include technical sessions on all the above mentioned energy sources.
Engineers, scientists, economists, planners, managers and educators from 30 countries will present papers. They include UM-originated papers: "A Figure of Merit for Solar Collectors with Several Separate Absorber Segments” by H. S. Robertson and R. P. Patera, physics department; "Static Endo-Absorbant Flat Solar Collector” by L. N. Blanco, School of Medicine; "Alternative Energy for Puerto Rico,” coauthored by Dr. H. P. Harrenstein, chairman, civil engineering; and "Hydrogen

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Donna J. Hippman, staff coordinator in the Office of the Provost, accepted the first place award in the United Way campaign from UM President Henry King Stanford and Dr. Rick McKinney, chairman of the campaign on campus. Academic Affairs raised more than $35,000, an average of $29 per employee, to earn the award. Second, third and fourth place awards went to RSMAS, Administration and Finance, and Medical Affairs, respectively. Within Administration and Finance, Development Affairs took first place honors. Awards were based on highest per capita giving and greatest percentage of participation among employees. They were announced during the first United Way faculty-student softball game, Tuesday, Nov. 6. The faculty won9-7.
Production by Thermoelectrochemical Cycles Using Sodium Chloride” by Dr. Veziroglu, Dr. J. D. Sheffield, mechanical engineering, and A. A. El-Bassuoni, visiting faculty from Egypt.
Two sessions will be open to the public. "Energy Policies and F*ublic Understanding” will be conducted by panelists Mike McCormack, U.S. Representative from Washington, Carl Goldstein of the Atomic Industrial Forum, Leonard J. Emmerglick of the UM School of Law and John W. Prados, vice president for academic affairs, University of Tennessee. John Shacter, Union Carbide, Oak Ridge, Tenn., moderator, will be assisted by Dr. Laurence Poteat, UM mechanical engineering department. The session will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Dec. 12.
The second, a workshop on "Addressing the F*ublic on Energy” will feature conferees discussing some of the tougher questions that the public brings up. It will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Dec. 13-
For further information on the conference, call 284-4666.
Xew Laboratory on Virginia Key
The Experimental Waste Treatment and Bioeffects Laboratory at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.	Rendering by Gerald /. Scbiff. architect
By Jean Yehle
A new laboratory, the Experimental Waste Treatment and Bioeffects Laboratory , has been added by the Rosenstiel School to its facilities on Virginia Key acreage acquired from Dade County.
The unique facility includes a 26.000 gallon-per-day waste treatment plant with full capability for treating sewage by a variety of methods, including chemical flocculation.
Tuition rebate for UM students
UM President Henry King Stanford announced that the University is refunding $860,000 to its students.
The refund is a tuition rebate of $ 100 per full-time undergraduate student which is based on high fall enrollment and projected spring enrollment figures. However, the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) has voted to put half that amount into a special account to fund campus improvements students will select.
The special arrangement between the administration and students to earmark $430,000—half the rebate—for special projects to improve the campus was suggested by Paul Novack, president of USBG. It is hoped the program will continue to reduce attrition and serve as a symbolic gesture of the working relationship between the University and its students.
Tuition was rolled back $85 last fall for full-time students. That reduction was the University’s first since its founding in 1925.
Tuition at the University of Miami is $1,970 per semester. The rebate will be given to full-time undergraduates who enroll for the spring semester.
According to Stanford, the tuition reduction can be attributed to an undergraduate admission program that exceeded projections for new incoming students and an increase in student retention.
Total undergraduate enrollment for this fall is 10,962 of which 9,001 are full-time students and 1,961 are part-time students. This represents an increase of 777 over last year’s enrollment of 10,185.
"We have reviewed our fall enrollment figures and assessed the University’s fiscal posture. The rebate is a fiscally sound decision. It’s extremely heartening the students have acted so nobly, choosing to allocate half of the rebate to physical improvements to the campus,” Dr. Stanford said.
In announcing the tuition reduction, Stanford emphasized that admission criteria had not been lowered to improve the enrollment picture. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for incoming freshmen exceed the national average by 86 points and have risen for the fourth consecutive year from a 940 composite score in 1976 to 980 this year, bucking the national downward trend.
Dr. Stanford said, "I appreciate the cooperation the University has received from the students and the leaders of the Undergraduate Student Body Government. The students and the administration have entered into a real partnership for progress.”
Tuition rates are related to the Consumer Price Index and are likely to increase next fall.
^ews Council to discuss ethics
A bioeffects laboratory containing flow through aquaria w ill be used to test the effects of treated sewage on living organisms common to South Florida waters.
Funds for construction and some preparatory research came from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <S6"~5,000> and the LTniversity (S311.578). The EPA also is funding the first study that will be Continued on page 7
The National News Council will meet on campus Nov. 29 and 30 to deliberate on complaints regarding recent media activity.
All sessions will be held in Rm. 226 of the Student Union from 9 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. both days. The University family and public are invited to attend this event hosted by the UM communications department.
Members include such distinguished journalists as Ralph Otwell, editor of The Chicago Sun-Timef, Michael Pulitzer, associate editor of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Richard Salant, former president of CBS New s and now vice chairman of the Board erf NBC, and Ralph Renick, vice president for news. WTVJ. Channel 4, Miami.
Chairman of the Council is Norman Isaacs of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia Universitv. .
Dr. Elden E. Rawlings, department chairman said, "I am pleased that students and others in the community will have the opportunity to hear significant ethical debates over recent media activity. They also w ill get an insight on recent court cases, some of which have had a chilling effect on the nation’s press.”
The News Council is an independent, non-profit, voluntary' organization consisting of 18 members representing various occupations and shades of opinion.
It examines complaints received about inaccuracy' and unfairness in new s coverage, or unethical conduct by' a new s organization.
The Council works to uphold the principles of the First Amendment and to protect the nation’s news organizations from unfair attack.