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Ml.tHW •* •nur-v Hurricane Photographer 381 I Captures Bo Derek J In ENTERTAINMENT page 6 THE /WIA URMCANE Volume 57, No. £9 ?>(_. Tuesday. January 27. 1981 Phone 284-4401 Faculty Wants Pay Hike By AMY JACOVES Nests Editor Several plans for increases in fac ulty salaries and benefits have been proposed by UM's Faculty Senale, according to Eugene Clasby, chair man of the F'aculty Senate. The plans will be considered by the Uni versity Budget Committee, and all approved proposals will go before the University's Board of Trustees for final approval. The proposals include an "overall base salary adjusted pool" in which "12.7 percent of the base salaries of everyone in the University is to be set aside for salary increases on a ~ - - - *, mg li _»!•__ • merit basis," Clasby said. Miami Hurncan./STU BAYER Under this proposal, all salaries paid to University employees would be totalled. Of this amount, 12.7 percent will be calculated. This the oretical sum of money will be taken The patio's concert stage is receiving a facelift. Before long, a new covering above the stage will be in tact, thus out of the overall University budgel and will be allocated for salary in eliminating the threat of those dreaded rain-outs. creases. Based on Diirturman-Ai. all University employees will be eligi ble for a raise. "In addition," Clasby said, "|it was proposed| that there would be a market adjusted pool of 4.5 per cent of faculty salaries to be sel 'Target' Is To Increase Black Enrollment aside to improve certain faculty sal aries to meet national standards. "The third element is a fringe consideration. "While a particular benefits package which would be' By CATHY HICKEY has been concentrating on getting said. requirements of the university; Another reason that the recruit those students' SAT scores are not person did mention this, no cre an equivalent of 2.6 percent of the A'MMar:: \,\, rdiln' students who are qualified to re total salary base to purchase im ceive John F. Kennedy - Martin Lu ing program is centered in Dade and used in the calculation of the aver dence was given to the discussion," Broward counties is because "we age score for the incoming fresh Butler said. proved health insurance to include "Our objective this year is to at ther King, Jr. Grants. A03 |clerical, etc.| employees, a least double the number of blacks in Giampetro mentioned that pres felt that if we were going to make men. The result is that the school is Butler gave several examples of an appreciable impact and help able to admit a large number of mi the ways in which other institutions disabled plan, a life insurance plan the freshman class as compared ently there are about 500 black stu and a dental plan." with the present year. That's our dents in the four classes at UM. black students, we ought to do it nority students without adversely have manipulated their statistics: target," William Butler, UM's vice Exact statistics are difficult to ob right at home," Giampetro said. affecting the average SAT score. • Some universities have two "These are our proposals and we president of student affairs said. In tain because students may decide He said that Fells has developed There was apparently no serious admissions programs — one for are prepared to change them to fit addition, he said that there is a new against reporting their race when an excellent recruiting program discussion regarding UM's adopting regular admissions into the fresh into the fiscal needs of the Universi assistant director of admissions they apply or register. which has employed about six or such a policy, according to Giampe man class and one for special ad ty. .We're especially aware of the whose fulltime responsibility is the A problem in recruiting minori seven students from the Dade and tro, and the question of whether missions (i.e., those prospective stu impact of tuition on students," Clas recruitment of minority students. ties is that the money available to Broward area. "These students all there was any possibility of putting dents who do not meet the mini by commented. Mrs. Lois Fells has been with the these students is not "a bottomless happen to be black and from pre such a plan in operation brought mum admissions requirement, but pit." This is one of the reasons why dominately black high schools," this response from him: are still desirable to the university These increases are necessary in admissions program at UM since order "to reward excellent teach May, 1980, and "one of her prime the recruiting program for blacks is Giampetro said. The work that "There's no validity to that. It is for other reasons). The school concentrated in the state of Florida. these students do for the admissions a practice at some institutions, doesn't report the statistics from ers, and to allow us to attract and responsibilities is recruiting minori retain excellent faculty," he stated ty students," George Giampetro, Di If a student is a resident of the office is considered part of the where they do make an exception. both the programs. rector of Admissions, said. state, he has a much better chance work-study program in which they They do not necessarily include • Other institutions are known "Some salaries in certain depart are involved. According to Giampetro, Fells of receiving state aid, Giampetro those critera |in their SAT averages to accept freshmen into the regular ments are below the AAUP's At a recent Budget Committee and final reports|." fall class, and to take the freshmen |American Association of Universi meeting, in an informal discussion Giampetro said that such prac who do not meet requirements in ty Professors| national standards," concerning the number of black tices are "not honest;" he said that the summer. Only the fall statistics Clasby said. students in attendance at the Uni he felt that all SAT scores "should are reported. Butler said that some Committee Seeks versity of Miami, an unidentified be included as part of the admission schools in the state of Florida use "In order to recruit qualified peo administrator mentioned a ques report." this method. ple, we need to have a good salary tionable plan used by other schools William Butler, vice president in • Special admissions for sons and fringe benefits package," said New Chairperson as an aid in recruiting minority stu charge of student affairs, agreed and daughters of alumni, athletes UM President Henry King Stanford. dents. with Giampetro that the mention of admitted under certain circum Stanford said that the salaries are Basically, the plan involves ad an alternative policy for minority stances, or minorities are simply "paid partially by tuition" and that By SHARON HINSON , mitting minority students who do admissions was more in the form of not counted in the statistics for "tuition is a very large part of our News Writer not necessarily meet the admission a casual remark than a topic for some schools. |UM's| revenue." Other revenue, according to Stanford, is derived I'he Student Entertainment Committee is searching for a new chair person this semester, according to John Stofan, Program Director. from research grants, endowments and contracts. This chairperson will serve only this semester in order to complete the term of the last chairperson, Craig Malone. Malone, a music merchan "We have a smaller endowment dising major, vacated the position in order to take an internship in Dallas, Students Participate than do some of our competitive Stofan said. universities (including Tulane and Stofan said that as advisor, he and the chairperson call agencies and Emory]," he said. Because of this, find out what acts are available and how much" money they want. "We list In Freedom Celebration approximately 57 percent of UM's possibiities and SEC eliminates some of them immediately. If SEC decides revenue comes from tuition. it would like to have an act, it confirms a bid," he said. "Then, the advisor Stanford said that this may be and chairperson put in the bid to the agency." By CATHY HICKEY students are doing fine when we lie Relations for USBG. said of the due to the fact that the olher insti Stofan stated that some of the shows the new chairperson will be re Assistant New. Editor can never know for sure. celebration, "Our whole idea is to tutions are more established than sponsible for include the Vapors (who will appear this week), the Broad "Let's not forget our obligations present that we still care, and that UM. He also pointed out that even way show Pippin, and Michael Iceburg on acoustics and synthesizers. to each other," he said. We can help we cared when the people were still though other universities have larg There will also be two other shows this semester, "which we have bids on "This is our way of saying: Hos out those people who are "still held hostages." er endowments, their tuition is now," he added. tages, we're glad you're back!," hostage by their own insecurities At the end of the celebration, higher than that paid by UM stu Stofan outlined some of the chairperson's other duties, which include and problems," he said. Robinson reminded the students dents. said Chairman of the Student 1 "being completely knowledgeable of the show." For instance, one question Rights Agency Mark Robinson, as There was a moment of silent that despite all of the joy at the re on a required application asks for "a brief breakdown of what costs you prayer, and other students were turn of the 52 former hostages, Tuition must be increased, ac he opened UM's celebration for the cording to Stanford, because "we feel are involved in the typical SEC production." return of the American hostages.

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