New Parking Code to Start Soon
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Michener meets Miami Jazzin' it up Men's basketball begins Renowned author James Michener will serve as a Jazz is undergoing a resurgence in popularity. But Tito Horford and the rest of the UM basketball distinguished visiting professor in UM's English is it really traditional jazz, or just a commercialized squad tipped off the season with their first open department while working on his upcoming novel. version? practice Wednesday News — page 3 Entertainment — page 6 Sports — page 8 THE MIAMI L j i/E HiURRICAN E Volume 64, Number 12 University of Miami Friday, Oct. 17, 1986 New parking code to start soon By i>l mill MORGAN did not have a lot of power, the students will he Hurricane Nawa Editor losing representation in parking derisions. 'If we expect the number of paid tickets to decrease, there will be an The exact price eef the- parking decals will be As soon as the new parking rodr can be printed derided by the budget committee, since it sets all fees for distribution lo the University of Miami communi increase in the decal price.' for the University ty, it will go into effect, according to Paul Dee, UM's Paul Dee, UM's general counsel. Dee said the price of the decal will be determined general counsel. by the question uf Income provided hv parking fines The new code, which applies to all students, "If we expect the number of paid tickets to faculty, administrators and employees who use decrease, there will be .in Increase In the decal prui'." warning period" added to the period at the beginning University parking, will be in effect only during the The board will consist of one student nominated he said. of the year in which warninR tickets are given. academic year, not during the summer or during by Jose Garcia, president of the Undergraduate In addition, the code also adds a "gate" for faculty vacation recesses. The free tickets will not count however, for Student Body Government, who will then be and administration so that they must pay their tickets Although Ihe University is now operating under parking in fire lanes, disabled spaces, on the grass or approved by Butler. or have their cars towed the former code. Dee said the part of the code reserved spaces. In these cases, the car will most A representative for the faculty and administration Dee said students have always had • gate — the concerning the free parking tickets will be honored likely be towed. will be selected in a similar way. fee document — to catch offenders and make them since it has been publicized. pay outstanding tirke>ts But there ha.s been no such The new code changes the original proposal from On the receipt of the third outstanding ticket, the Dee said the board will develop its own rules as it offender's car will be added to a list of cars to be goes along during the year. method of fori.ing fatuity and administration to pav three to two waivered tickets per academic year, parking tickets which instigated much debate. Dee said. towed. Butler said he hopes and expects that the board Dee said one Important addition to the rode was "The original purpose [of three waivered tickets| Therefore, no one will be able to run up a total of will grant fewer appeals under the waiver system that only one ticket can be given at one time. was to limit the number of appeals," Dee said. more than five tickets that have not been paid before than were granted under the now-defunct Parking For example, a ear parked without a decal in a Dee said however, that now the purpose to give his car will be towed. Dee said. Appeals Committee. residential parking lol e.m not get ticket-, fe.r both warning tickets is so that the immediate feeling of parking without .e decal and parking in an getting a parking ticket is not a negative experience. Despite whether the first two tickets were right or But Garcia said that the number of appeals will be unauthorized lot. "I don'l think the purpose is to intentionally allow wrong, they cannot be appealed, Dee said. just as great as last year since it is human nature for Also, the new eeeele- has eliminated sin h fines for people- to break the rules." he said. Ile also said the people to appeal tickets because they do not want to There has been no functioning appeals committee parking on the painted line and front end parkil new system was nol established to make money for pay them up to this point this year. However, an appeals board parking in backwards. the Iniversity. is being formed, according to Dr. William Butler, vice Another committee to be discontinued is Parking in addition, the compact lots will no longer be Dee called the two free tickets "an extended president for student affairs. Authority. Garcia said that, although the committee restricted to compart cars Columnist offers business advice By JUAN CARLOS COTO makes ,e bonehead <1»•< Ision, it nvlll llltrrli un. VI | Jifnr ree^t thousands of people their Jeehs " Judging from the way he' kept Barry suggested that university the parked house at lhe Residen students only take courses with tial College of the Universit) eet the word "business" in the title Miami in stitches Wednesdaj "If you have to take liberal night, humorist, satirist ami syndi arts," he added, "take something cated columnist Dave Bans gets like Business Poetry " the same response in person as be Step one, he said, in clawing a,., . iii print. your way to ee.. top ...... tor The primary purpose of the reading the want ads and picking lecture was to promote his new only the job descriptions with the book, Claw Your Way lo (he Top, nieest adjectives in them. a self-help book about job hunting Once you've got the job, H.irrv written with the unmistakable said, don't settle for being on the style of the columnist, who wrote bottom, (iet to the top. You want for 7 lie Miami Herald for six years tee get to the meetings because — while living in Philadelphia. that s where the power is located However, Barry moved to Coral There are many steps Involved Gables several weeks ago (as a in getting a promotion, he said. cover story in Tropic magazine and the- preens-. (,eu!d take years warned) because, as he said, he He advised typing up the an wanted his six-year-old son "to nouncement of your promoti'in grow up in a city where he could yourself and tacking it right up on have a machine gun." the office bulletin board Mostly using material from his As final advice, Barry suggested book, the author offered unusual that you he able to "give good advice on how to succeed in lunch" and to keep vour subordi today's corporate world, which, he nates subordinate — by not allow said, used to "actually make ing them to think products, but, now, we have Asia In a question-and-answer ses for that." sion after the talk, Barry noted Barry noted that corporate em that his favorite humorist is Rob ployees have two tasks — to go to ert Benchley, who is recognized as meetings and to take phone mes eene- nf the great satirists of the sages for people in meetings. ^nth century. TOM ANNETT/llurriraiir stuff Unlike other self-help books in Due to his ability. Benctile) the same category. Barry stated never had to bow to traditional Dave Barry (left) speaks to a full crowd in the Meseons' apartment at The Residential College on that the goal of his book is to writing structure Wednesday. Senior Tim Howling demonstrates the dress-for-success look of the executive. allow the reader to achieve see "He broke- all the rules," Barry much power that "if |the reader| said Political activist Various faiths join ends college tour in Christian group By MARILYN GARATEIX "I condemn the violations of Hurricune- tdlttir in fhii-f human rights everywhere," he By OLYMPIA ROSS b) showing up and being the-re." said and appealed to the audience Hurricane Assistant \e'u, tditn, Ting said He autographs his books with a he it,, the same. ll. added that the-re- is no drawing of a tree behind hars, a Valladares said that Cuba, at the this is the second './or, nf a membership fee, anet membership symbol representing prisoners, moment, is the only country to series mi the part religion p/n\s in is open to everyone in the UM rhe two words he lives by are institutionalize the violation of the liirs of I 'n(versi't) oj .Miumi communit) truth and solidarity, he said human rights students. "We want people to come and I nding his tour of American He nted Article 52 of the Cuban talk tn us and to find out what we universities at the University of constitution, which states that "Our main goal is to help people ire .ell about." Ting said I, \rmando Valladares, Cu- there is freedom of speech in Cuba develop in their relationship to 1 ing said the Interv arsitv •an poet, author and ex-political but that it is only for the benefit of Jesus Christ," said Paul Ting, Christian Fellowship is essentially prisoner, spoke to a crowd of socialism. president of the University of Up of students interested in aboul 600 Monday in the Ibis Article 58 of the same constitu Miami Intervarsity Christian dist ipling, hinle study and • na.