Veritas, Vol. 24, No. 02, October 1983

              For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Veritas.
liversity of Miami
Voi. 24 No. 2	October 1983
A glittering preview opening ofMacy’s at the Aventura Mall Oct. 4 featuring a fashion show by Calvin Klein and dinner for nearly 400people netted gifts and pledges of more than $82,000for the University of Miami School of Medicine earmarked for research, student financial aid
and the department of Dermatology. An additional pledge of $50,000 was announced by Lifemark Corporation, owners of Palmetto General Hospital, to be used fen-scholarships, equipment and research at the medical school
U.N. Day Conference
Foeus on Latin America’s economic crisis
Faculty Senate’s new structure aims to speed legislation
By Holly Englander
To develop and implement quality legislation in the most expeditious way is the foremost priority for the 1983 — 84 Faculty Senate, according to Prof. Robert Zaller, chairman of the Senate.
Zaller believes that the new internal plan that has been developed for the reorganization of the Senate’s committee structure will be successful in accomplishing this goal.
Under the plan, Faculty Senate committees will be divided into three areas, each supervised by an area coordinator. The areas and coordinators are: Academic Affairs, Prof. Howard Pospesel — Philosophy; Administrative Services, Profs. William Betsch — Art and Art History; and Robert Rubin —Anatomy; and Budget Affairs, Prof. John Knoblock — Philosophy.
The coordinators will chair the major committees in their areas and will develop charges for the other committees as well. In addition, they will provide timely reports to the Senate from the committees, and will schedule regular committee meetings. They will also establish liaison with University standing committees that have relevance in their jurisdiction.
The Administrative Services Committee will be asked to undertake an overall inquiry into administrative service’s impact on UM faculty. Other responsibilities include studying University purchasing practices, computer services, and employee benefits.
‘Our goal is to develop some appropriate instrument to formalize faculty input into the budgetary process. ’
The Academic Affairs area encompasses the Academic Standards Committee which will be developing an honor code; the Student Relations Committee, a liaison with the student body government; the Athletics Committee, which oversees in part whether student athletes are meeting the established academic standards; and Student Academic Appeals, w-hich acts upon student petitions.
Budget Affairs comprises two committees: Compensation and Fringe Benefits, chaired by Prof. Steve Green; and the Budget Committee, chaired by Knoblock. The committees will work together to study issues of faculty salary and fringe benefits, and to develop strategies to analyze budgetary" decisions. Legislation proposed last year to establish a University" Budget Committee as a liaison between faculty and administration on budgetary issues is still pending,
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At a time when U.S. support for the United Nations is being questioned, the second highest ranking U.S. representative to the U.N. will discuss “The Role of the U.S. in the U.N.” at a conference co-sponsored by UM’s Graduate School of International Studies and the United Nations Association of Greater Miami.
The Honorable Jose Sorzano, deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, w-ill be the keynote speaker at the United Nations Day Luncheon and Conference on the Political and Economic Crisis in Latin America, on Monday, October 24. The luncheon honoring the 38th anniversary of the United Nations will begin at noon in the Hyatt ballroom at the University of Miami/City of Miami James L.
Knight International Center.
Ambassador Sorzano’s address comes in the wake of a Senate vote to reduce the U.S. contribution to the U.N. by $480 million over the next four years. Scholars and foreign policy specialists say the U.S. reaction was partly caused by the Soviet downing of the Korean airliner. However, a recent study by the United Nations Association says that the Reagan administration’s attitude toward the United Nations predates the airline tragedy.
While U.S. support for the U.N. may be in question, its support for Latin American countries drowning in debt is steadfast. Congress recently approved an increase in U.S. foreign lending which w ould add $8.4 billion to the International Monetary' Fund. Central and Latin American countries owe almost $300 billion, much of it to
U.S. banks. Focusing on the area with the world’s worst debt problem is the Conference on the Political and Economic Crisis in Latin America, which immediately follows the U.N. Day luncheon, from 2 to 5 p.m., also at the Knight Center.
Representing international bankers at the conference is Dennis Nason, president of the Florida International Bankers Association and vice president and agent of Credit Suisse. He will discuss “Latin America’s Monetary Crisis” with the Honorable Basil B. Buck, Jamaican Minister of State. Afterwards, a panel of scholars from F.I.U., Miami-Dade and UM will question the tw-o speakers.
By Victoria Stuart
“The University of Miami... A Rising Star,” will shine its brightest during Homecoming Week ’83, Friday, Oct. 21 though Saturday, Oct. 29-
Homecoming ’83 festivities begin Friday evening, with the Miss University of Miami Scholarship Pageant at Gusman Hall. Marty Philips, Miss Florida 1979, will emcee the pageant this year.
Saturday morning, Florida State Senator Roberta Fox w-ill present an Outstanding Service Award at the annual Education Alumni Champagne Breakfast, followed by the Medical
The other session of the conference will focus on “Political and Economic Solutions for the Caribbean Basin.” The Honorable Ambler Moss, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama and the Honorable Reynaldo Galindo-Pohl, former Ambassador to the U.N. from El Salvador w-ill be the speakers.
Opening the U.N. Day luncheon and afternoon conference will by UM President Edward T. Foote II, who was appointed U.N. Day Chairman for the Greater Miami Area by Dade County- Mayor Steve Clark.
Tickets for the luncheon are $13 per person and can be reserved by calling 284-3500. There is no charge for the afternoon conference.
School Spinal Cord Research Unit Picnic at Tropical Park in honor of slain police officer Cheryl Seiden.
Saturday night is “Catch a Rising Star” at the Rathskeller, as the winner of a campus-wide talent search performs w-ith nationally renowned comedians from the Catch A Rising Star club in New York.
Tuesday the University of Miami Hurricane Band of the Hour will march down Ponce de Leon Boulevard in the 1983 Homecoming Parade w-ith Grand Marshall, UM President Edw-ard T. Foote II. Many floats and decorated cars, clowns, boy scouts
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UM Homeeomlug boasts a week of stellar events