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Student Appreciation Week Begins Monday! r^NIVERSITV OF MIAMI APR 9 1981 THE /WIA UI\I\IC/VN Volume 57, No.**& 4g Friday, April 10, 1981 Phone 284-4401 Board Homework Is Members Foote's Task By AMY JACOVES I should do is bring in people of the News fditor ' highest caliber," he stated. Foote also said that he is "study- Elected "1 think that this University has a j ing the organizational structure of great opportunity to make dramatic the University and am planning strides to and including excellence," nothing more until I find out more By AMY JACOVES about it." News Editor said UM President-elect Edward Thaddeus "Tad" Foote II. The question of a football stadi­ um has been brought to Foote's at­ The University of Miami Board of Foote, who was in Miami this tention, but he said that he is not Trustees elected five new trustees, week to do some "homework," dis­ clear on all of the details. He is including one designated alumnus cussed with the Hurricane some of aware that "it's an issue." trustee during its annual meeting his impressions and goals for UM. "I have not even had the pleasure held on Wednesday, March 25. "The reason I'm here |in Miami] of meeting the coach [Schnellenber­ James W. McLamore was re­ now is that I'm literally the newest ger!," commented Foote. elected chairman of the Board of student on this campus," Foote said. He said that he was proud of the Trustee and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. "There are many things to be done Hurricanes' Peach Bowl victory, "in on this campus," he said, and he is retrospect." was elected as vice chairman. Neil on campus to help define the areas Schiff was also elected to the posi­ of improvement and to become fa­ "I think that intercollegiate ath­ tion of vice chairman. miliar with students. letics in perspective is a good thing. Charles Capps, secretary to the "I just met with all the student The trick is to keep the perspec­ Board, said that each year new trus­ leaders and I've gotten their tive," Foote said. tees are elected to serve. Approxi­ views," he stated. According to Foote, education is mately three to six are chosen each In his relationship with students, a "twin mission" and must incorpo­ year. Foote plans to be "fully accessible." rate the "development of the whole He clarified his statement by saying person." Regular trustees are elected for that his job carries many responsi­ Another area that can provide one year terms and, according to bilities, thus he may not be avail­ fun for students, according to Capps, this is a kind of test perios able at all times, but, "I guarantee Foote, is the Greek system. He said where their performance as a mem­ to return the call" and to keep up that at Washington University it is ber of the Board is evaluated. "maximum communication." not very big and had heard that it Among the things looked at is Foote says that he likes students was not very big at UM. "their ability to attract" community and that it's "been the high point" favor, "fund raising potential" and "A University is supposed to be a of his career. He served as Vice place of enjoyment. .that's what I whether or not they serve as "good Chancellor, General Counsel and trustees." think fraternities and sororities are Secretary to the Board of Trustees all about. They can be a fun part of and Washington University in St. Stanley N. Glasgow, an architect campus life and 1 hope they are Louis, Missouri, and as Dean of its here," he said. with the firm of Ferguson, Glasgow Law School. Foote was also Special and Schuster, Inc. was elected to a Advisor to the Chancellor and The students' newspaper is an three-year term as an alumnus trus­ Board of Trustees. important part of a university, tee. Glasgow, who received his But he says, "I have only one Foote said. "I think one of the major B.S.N.E. in 1953, is vice president of challenges of any great university is the Coral Gables chapter of the University now — the University of 1 Miami. .I'm really proud tn be communication" and he promote ! * American Institute of Architects, a "anything that does that accurate­ director of the Florida A.I.A, and here." Foote stated that the Sun Tan U ly." was 1976 president of the General "I love journalism. I think it has a Alumni Association. image that has plagued UM for years "is much less of an image na­ great role to play," Foote stated. Selected were Eddie T. Pearson, tionally than it had been. UM President Henry King Stan­ executive director of vocational and "Images are sometimes quick to ford, Foote said, is "one of the most adult education for Dade County form and slow to dissolve," he said. respected and well known college Public Schools. He also serves on Foole: "I'll Be Accessible To The Students "The University has taken large presidents in this country. The Uni­ the Board of Directors of the Great­ strides . .this University may just versity has made extraordinary er Homestead Chamber of Com­ be better than they think it is." I achievements under his leadership." merce and is a member of the The president-elect said that he Foote said that he looks forward Health Task Force of Homestead/ plans "to learn as much Spanish" as to working with the Board of Trus­ Florida City. he can. "One of the exciting things tees and hopes to have a "cordial The president of Florida Memori­ about this city [Miami] is its mul- and constructive relationship" with New Stage Has No Name tiethnocentricity," Foote said. al College, Willie C. Robinson was them. With the retirements of some key also selected. Robinson is on the ex­ "I already have a relationship the ecutive board of the United Negro By ELIZABETH BABUN "The money was spent because the drama and people in the administration, Foote music students didn't have that kind of a facility," said that he will have a key role in Board — they hired me. .They've College Fun, the executive commit­ iSews Writer paid me a highest compliment, f. tee of the Greater Miami Chamber said Novack. "The university wasn't going to build selecting qualified people to fill Choosing a title for the soon-to-be completed one." these positions. will do my best not to let them of Commerce and vice president of down," he said. the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Brockway Hall Stage has been a controversial issue This spring, as the construction of the stage, lo­ "One of the things a president Authority of Dade County. for the Undergraduate Student Body Government cated in Brockway Hall opposite the Riehter Li­ Michael Weintraub, the vice (USBG) and the UM Administration. brary, neared completion, Diers officially recom­ president and chief executive offi­ The student government was asked late last fall mended Novack's name to President Stanford. Ac­ cer of Pan American Bancshares by Dr. Hank Diers, chairman of the drama depart­ cording to a memorandum issued Feb. 25 from and partner in the law firm of ment, to recommend a title for the stage. The USBG Diers to President Stanford, Diers notes: "It seems Executive Council proposed that the stage be named most appropriate that the facility be named for a Feel Appreciated Smathers and Thompson. His civic activities include serving as a direc­ in honor of former USBG President Paul Novack, student and especially for a student who did so tor of The Miami Heart Institute, a who fought for the funding of the stage. much towards creating the funds which initiated trustee of Mount Sinai Hospitial and President Henry King Stanford's cabinet over­ the project and who so steadfastly sought the member of the advisory board of ruled the proposal at a cabinet meeting on March 5. achievement of this goal." All Next Week Variety Children's Hospital. "Because the funding came from many depart­ Instead, the Executive Council has planned to Industrial and educator, George mental the cabinet felt the stage should not be place a plaque with the names of all contributors on named after Novack," said Assistant to the Presi­ the stage, which is now valued at $60,000. S. Wise, who until March 25 served give back to the students a week of as director of the University's Cen­ dent C. Bryce Dunham. "I was flattered that the drama department and By DEBBIE WILKER USBG President Alan Rubin disagreed. USBG supported the naming of the stage after me," tdilor-in-Chi-/ appreciation which shows how ter for Advanced International much we care about all the hard Studies for the past two and one- "Things in the university are named after do­ said Novack. "I do think the stage belongs to the nors that have not contributed 100 percent to the students, and I was working for the student body at A week-long festival offering work and time they have put in this half yearswas also selected for the year," explained Jeffrey Zirulnek. one year term. cause," he said. "Novack was probably the best the time [of rebate money decisions]. something special for all UM stu­ USBG president we've ever had." "I was disappointed a little when I was in­ dents begins this Monday with a assistant director of Student Activi­ In other action, the boar re-elect­ ties.

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